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Provision of life saving and life-sustaining learning opportunities to vulnerable children (girls and boys) affected by humanitarian crisis in Mogadishu – IDP Camps

Conflicts and natural disasters contributed to almost 2 decades of chronic emergency in Somalia. This took a considerable toll on the education system, with only 30 percent of primary school-aged children in school.

The present project intends to ensure that out-of school children identified in the IDPs camps of Madag, Mabda, Maryama, Hersi Ruug and Kabka of Zona K, Mogadishu, are provided with protective learning spaces (with WASH facilities separated for girls/boys) that offer psychosocial interventions, life skills, health and hygiene, peace building activities, GBV, protection and learning and recreational opportunities.

Activities under the project will focus on: promotion of awareness raising campaigns advocating girls’ education; provision of safe learning spaces and gender sensitive education materials for 1010 out-of school girls and 1200 boys; incentives and training of education personnel (25 female, 25 male) on subject such as pedagogy and psycho-social care; school feeding for children involved in the learning spaces; free health screening to the pupils through the mobile clinics being run by COSV in the target camps.

Fighting malaria in Somalia, in Lower Shabelle, Benadir e Gedo

In Somalia, malaria is still one of the biggest killers, especially for under 5 and pregnant women. This project – which is focused on Lower Shabelle, Gedo and Benadir regions- aims at contributing to the achievement of the goals set by the Somali National strategic plan for Malaria through 3 main components.

The first component aims at increasing the access to effective malaria diagnosis and treatment to at least 80% of patients in 41 target health facilities, while the objective of the second component is to cover 90% of the population in 6 districts of Lower Shabelle and Elwak District of Gedo Region with LLINs.

For the achievement of the third project’s component, which is to raise awareness on 90% of the target populations in order to recognize and take and treat malaria, the project will sustain education campaigns on the importance of seeking diagnosis and treatment at health facilities.

Estimated beneficiaries will be 280.516 WCBA, PLW, children U5 and local communities.

HIV/AIDS integrated prevention, treatment, care and support services

The HIV/AIDS Integrated Prevention, Treatment, Care and support (IPTCS) programme is implemented in L/Shabelle, Middle Shabelle (Jowhar), Banadir region (Fiqi and Banadir Hospital), L/Juba (Kismayo district) and El Wak district in Gedo region with the aim of strengthen and expand HIV/AIDS related services, reduce the HIV prevalence rate and provide ART.
In Lower Shabelle, Benadir e Gedo activities are directly implemented by COSV in co-operation with the Ministry of Health, while on the other side, supervision, supplies and staff trainings are provided to partner NGOs supporting IPTCS services in Jowhar (INTERSOS) and Kismayo (Muslim Aid).
Thus, project outcomes will be the following: Increased community awareness on HIV among vulnerable communities in the target areas; improved VCCT (Voluntary Counseling testing) and PMTCT (Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission) services in Lower Shabelle, Gedo and Banadir Regions; enhanced prevention and treatment of STI and OI; improved management of patients with HIV/AIDS through provision of quality HIV treatment; enhanced care and support of chronically ill patients; improved Health care delivery system through training of staff on HIV case management. Target groups are pregnant women, women in child bearing age, men aged 15-48, and under-5 children, for a total number of 290,500 beneficiaries.