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Somalia: UNHCR Emergency Response at 31 October 2017

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61,000 people assisted in October

28,800 individuals* (4,800 households) were provided with potable water in Lower Juba region through borehole rehabilitation.

670 Unconditional Cash Grants were provided to 670 households in Mudug region benefitting 4,025 individuals, as part of the response in October.

1,597 individuals were reached with Gender Based Violence (GBV) response. 1,429 individuals in Bay and 168 individuals in Banadir regions through: identification of survivors, awareness raising & capacity building activities and legal, material, medical and psychosocial support.

Situation overview

From 1 to 31 October, the UNHCR-led Protection & Returns Monitoring Network (PRMN), recorded 32,000 new displacements (23,000 drought-related), bringing the total of internal displacements since the beginning of the year to 1,062,000, of which 860,000 attributable to the drought and 172,000 conflict related.

Baidoa, Bay region, continues to be the most affected district with 7,000 new arrivals in October, followed by Bari region with some 3,000 new arrivals for the same period.

The Deyr rainy season commenced in much of the country during October but rainfall has been below average and poorly distributed (FSNAU Somalia Seasonal Monitor).