SASMO Somalia

SASMO, a rights-based org in Somalia working to address marginalization & social exclusion dynamics and enhance access to services for the disadvantaged groups.

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

On the eve of the #WorldHumanitarianDay observed on 19th August, @Sasmosom team begin to celebrate with aid workers around the 🌍in particular #Somalia for their hard work in difficult conditions to sustain & save lives! Kudos to all humanitarians!

#ActforHumanity!
@GConway_UN

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

As super #El_Nino is projected to hit @Somalia during the 2026 Deyr season, @SasmoSom issues an advocacy alert for the riverine #marginalized communities in #Somalia with weak coping mechanisms and resilience to withstand disaster. Read the PDF alert 👇
https://t.co/08vIzpMEHE

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

We join fellow #Somali citizens in celebrating 66 years of independence, hope and resilience.

Hambalyo munaasabada xoriyada ee 1da Luulyo.

@SomaliPM @Somalia @UNinSomalia @HassanSMohamud

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

Our Ex. Director, @myerow contributed to a diologue on #Climate_Responsive rangelands govenance in #Somalia organized by #MyLandMyLife with support from @FAOSomalia and @CoalitionL45963 in Mogadishu on Sunday 31st May. The effects of climate change is real in Somalia.

[IGAD Secretariat @IGADsecretariat]

🚨 IGAD Convened Emergency Ministerial Meeting on Ebola Outbreak.

#IGAD convened Health Ministers from Member States for an Emergency Ministerial Meeting following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the region.

Linked to ongoing transmission in eastern DRC, this outbreak underscores the urgent need for coordinated regional action, strengthened cross-border surveillance, and collective preparedness.

Through the PREPARE Project, supported by the Pandemic Fund and implemented with WHO and IFRC, IGAD continues to strengthen regional health security and response capacities.

Preparedness saves lives. Regional solidarity strengthens resilience.

Read the full statement by the Executive Secretary:
https://t.co/5R1e571Mum

#OneRegionOneFuture
#RisingWithIGAD

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

Our Ex. Director @myerow adds his voice to the calls for increased #Somalia funding to save lives and avert #famine.

6 million people incl. 1.9m IPC4 (emergency) face acute food insecurity by June & 1.88m children <5, acute malnutrition by Dec, 2026.
@UNReliefChief @GConway_UN

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

@SasmoSom leadership works to enhance relations with #donors so the latter's support #empowers communities that often face #barriers to access to #opportunities and #services.

Thanks to @UKinSomalia for its support to strengthening #MROs capacities in #Somalia.

@GConway_UN

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

Despite not currently funded to provide services to the most vulnerable, underserved groups, @SasmoSom continues to engage multiple stakeholders in its advocacy for inclusive #humanitarian action when #drought prevails and parts of #Somalia are at risk of #famine.
@GConway_UN

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

In #Somalia, the #Eylo are a marginalized hunter-gatherer communities who barely access humanitarian aid due to their location in #H2R areas. Today, some had a chance to be seen by a gov't & UN mission in #BurHakaba. @SasmoSom works to ensure humanitarian inclusion.
@GConway_UN

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

People in agropastoral livelihoods in #Burhakaba district of Bay region #SWS face the risk of famine if rainfall fails, food prices spike & humanitarian assistance not scaled up. @SasmoSom urges humanitarian actors to scale up their #inclusive life-saving responses.
@GConway_UN

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

In the heat of severe drought in #Somalia, @SasmoSom ramps up its advocacy & communication efforts on #inclusive life-saving emergency responses to ensure 'no one is left behind' It's engaging affected people at site levels & coordinating with humanitarian partners.
@GConway_UN

[Nimo Hassan, MBE @NimoA_Hassan]

A stark reminder from Baidoa. Rising needs, rising costs & shrinking resources.

Many frontline partners, including @NGOConsortium members are forced into impossible choices.

Flexible, sustained funding is essential to save lives.

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

In Baidoa, SW Somalia, today.

Families fleeing drought and conflict, only to face floods.

At one site, 135 households share two latrines.

At the hospital, babies too weak to cry.

Aid cuts are not a line on a budget.

They lead here.

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

A cruel swipe of a pen in a rich capital stacks the survival odds even further against the displaced Somali women I met today.

Cuts mean they have to go much further to get lifesaving food, medicine and water, with no guarantees they’ll find any.

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

@SasmoSom appeals to international #donor community, #UN agencies & local/International NGOs to scale up emergency responses as drought and conflict pushes millions to the brink of a major humanitarian crises in #SWS
PDF doc: 👉https://t.co/PWEDgTscIa
@GConway_UN @UNTMIS_

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

@hunger @GConway_UN @shf_somalia @WFPSomalia @nasirarush @OCHASom @gredosom @SoDMA_Somalia @TheVillaSomalia @UNTMIS_ She says she also needs a 'wheelchair' as she has a mobility challenge. @UNHCRSom

[WFP Somalia @WFPSomalia]

At the current rate, 5,000 children in Somalia are falling into malnutrition every day.

@WFP’s support is already extremely limited, and without urgent funding, even lifesaving treatment for the most vulnerable will come to a stop.

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

The severe drought threatens the lives of millions in #Somalia. #SWS is among the worst affected areas. Thanks minister #Arush & your team for the continuous efforts to coordinate #Emergency humanitarian response and save lives.
@SasmoSom ready to play a role in response efforts.

[Minister Abdinasir Abdi Arush @nasirarush]

Gurmadka Degdegga Abaaraha

Humanitarian Crises Response ….

[SASMO Somalia @SasmoSom]

As drought conditions worsen in #SWS, our team in #BurHakaba distribute water to affected people incl. marginalized #IDPs. It is a community-driven, self-reliant initiative to bring water to the needy.
@OCHASom @nasirarush @GConway_UN @shf_somalia @NGOConsortium @gredosom

[Minister Abdinasir Abdi Arush @nasirarush]

Baidoa, 17th December, 2025

PRESS RELEASE:

Alert: Looming humanitarian Crisis is Imminent in South West State

Recent assessments reveal alarming trends: over 621,000 people urgently need food assistance, 134,970 children under 5 face severe acute malnutrition, water sources are rapidly depleting, and poor Deyr rainfall threatens agricultural production across all regions. Regional, district authorities and civil society organizations have raised consistent alerts that living conditions in the community is deteriorating fast.

After reviewing all available data and information, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs & Disaster Management (MoHADM) of South West State officially declares an urgent alert of an impending humanitarian crisis, urging immediate preparedness and coordinated action to prevent further deterioration.

MoHADM calls on the Federal Government of Somalia, donors, and humanitarian partners to mobilize urgent support and closely monitor the situation.

The South West State Government reaffirms its commitment to protecting its people and urges Somali citizens—especially SWS communities—to stand together and play their part during this critical moment.

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@TheVillaSomalia
@GConway_UN
@HarunMaruf
@AwHirsiSO
@NGOConsortium
@nichferris
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@UNReliefChief
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