electricsheepafrica/africa-hrp-projects-som

Somalia: Response Plan projects

Publisher: OCHA Humanitarian Programme Cycle Tools (HPC Tools) · Source: HDX · License: cc-by-igo · Updated: 2026-03-30

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Abstract

Projects proposed, in progress, or completed as part of the annual Somalia Humanitarian Response Plans (HRPs) or other Humanitarian Programme Cycle plans. The original data is available on https://hpc.tools

Important: some projects in Somalia might be missing, and others might not apply specifically to Somalia. See Caveats under the Additional information tab.

Each row in this dataset represents time-series observations. Temporal coverage is indicated by the startdate, enddate column(s). Geographic scope: SOM.

Curated into ML-ready Parquet format by Electric Sheep Africa.

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Dataset Characteristics

Domain	Humanitarian and development data
Unit of observation	Time-series observations
Rows (total)	450
Columns	14 (1 numeric, 11 categorical, 2 datetime)
Train split	360 rows
Test split	90 rows
Geographic scope	SOM
Publisher	OCHA Humanitarian Programme Cycle Tools (HPC Tools)
HDX last updated	2026-03-30

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Variables

Geographic — locations (SOM).

Temporal — startdate, enddate.

Identifier / Metadata — name (Improving camp coordination and management systems to support displaced populations in Mudug and Nugaal in Puntland state somalia., Provision of Lifesaving and Sustaining GBV services in Kahda district in Banadir Region, Balcad and Jowhar Districts Middle in Shabelle Region, Somalia, Providing protection and psychosocial support for vulnerable children in IDP settlements and host communities in SWS.), versioncode (HSOM22-CCM-184160-1, HSOM22-PRO-184688-1, HSOM22-PRO-184532-1), response_plan_code (HSOM22), esa_source (HDX), esa_processed.

Other — currentrequestedfunds (range 120300.0–421371748.0), objective (Populations in Somalia continue to be affected by Conflict, drought, COVID-19, and flooding are some of the mainshocks and, often lead to their displacement. Currently, an estimated largely affect at least 2.9 million internally displaced persons in Somalia. The majority of displaced people have self-settled in over 2,400 sub-standard and unplanned IDP sites in urban, semi-urban, and rural areas across the country. Based on total numbers, Somalia represents the fourth largest IDP crisis in the world. According to the detailed site assessment findings (DSA) and site verification assessments and CCCM cluster monthly service monitoring and complaint feedback mechanism (CFM) trend analysis conducted by the CCCM cluster, indicate simultaneously that more than 80% of sites are informal settlements settled on private land with the majority of sites located in urban areas. The lack of access to land coupled with a weak land tenure system, the multiplicity of land ownership, land disputes, weak judicial systems to seek redress, and a lack of proper national land policy further exacerbates the vulnerability of IDPs. Most Somali IDPs have self-settled in sub-standard IDP sites and are repeatedly identified as the poorest and most vulnerable, often with limited local acceptance due to their social background. IDP settlements lack site planning translating to poor access to resources and sites performing well below SPHERE standards. Escalations in forced evictions continue to undermine efforts to assist IDPs and accelerate their path to recovery and attain durable solutions. This poses major protection concerns related to site layout that increases the risk of fire and disease outbreaks, floods but also other protection concerns related to overcrowded spaces and lack of privacy. In the presented context, through CCCM in Garowe and Galkacyo in Puntland state, PMWDO will: Reinforce and strengthen governance, management, and coordination mechanisms at appropriate levels; Increase site safety through site maintenance and improvement works; Capacity Build Camp Governance, CCCM stakeholders, and local authorities working towards self-management. This intervention will be achieved in IDP sites in Garowe and Galkacyo and Burtinle benefitting a total of 3,125 households (approximately 25,000 individuals), in addition to the community working in these sites including local authorities, clusters, and other NGOs. The Action will be Achieved in synergy with PMWDO ongoing IOM funded CCCM interventions in target sites aiming to help Amongst the populations that have the most acute needs in IDP sites, persons with disabilities (PWDs), individuals from minority clans, women, and youth face extensive barriers in accessing humanitarian services preventing a dignified living condition for such demographics activities to food affected and vulnerable populations. Participation of the affected population is lacking in many aspects of the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Camp Management is therefore crucial to empower the affected population through the dissemination of information on delivery of humanitarian assistance; to support inclusive and representative community governance structures; monitor that the community is engaged in safe service delivery by other partners to increase coordination at the site level and building the capacity of community governing committees, site managers and government agencies. In Adhering to conjunction with CCCM operations in Somalia PMWDO seeks to address identified frontline humanitarian needs for IDPs by establishing camp coordination structures at the site level that improve living conditions and protection of IDPs and ensure equitable access to services and assistance for all members of the community. These aims are achieved through administering activities that look to address current humanitarian needs in IDP sites and fill gaps in operationalizing durable solutions for IDP communities residing in IDP sites., The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Somalia has increased from 5.2 million to 5.9 million due to the consequences of multiple threats including climatic shocks (flood and drought, tropical cyclones), COVID-19 pandemic, protracted conflict, and desert locusts. 15% of this population account for women and people living with disabilities respectively.
In Somalia, vulnerable women and GBV survivors in particular face serious protection risks, especially as response services are limited. Ninety-six per cent of reported GBV survivors in Somalia are women and girls, of which 76 per cent are IDPs. Women and girls have unique health concerns and protection needs in situations of displacement. From menstrual hygiene to life-threatening complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, to unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions. (HNO 2021) According to UNFPA advocacy brief 2021, about 2.6 million are internally displaced persons (IDPs) across the country. Gender-Based Violence (GBV) continues to be an issue of major concern in Federal Members States Galmudug, South West State, Jubaland, Hirashebelle Puntland and in Somaliland especially in the event of the COVID-19. Recent spikes in Intimate Partner Violence, rape, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and abuse have multiplied GBV risks for women and girls with worsening impact on women and girls living with disabilities. In IDP camps and host communities, inadequate physical infrastructure, distance to water points, markets, health facilities and schools, poor lightening, lack of doors on toilets and lack of disaggregation of sanitary facilities are some of major factors that increase GBV exposure. In addition, distance to distribution centers and lack of specific measures to ensure women’s inclusion and participation in food distributions worsen levels of exposure of women and girls to GBV risks. Vulnerable pregnant mothers and women at reproductive age in communities for IDPs and hard-to-reach locations continue to experience restrictions in accessing sexual and gender-based violence services. Loss of livelihoods and food insecurity among female-headed households and other vulnerable women and adolescent girls worsened the dependency on food aid and humanitarian assistance. Harmful coping mechanisms such as early marriage and sex in exchange for favors are common among women and adolescent girls to assure food security. Limited availability of specialized services such as rape treatment for rape survivors, psycho-social support for traumatized women and girls are major gaps for GBV service provision in Somali. At present, the GBV Area of Responsibility (AoR) in Somalia has 52 partners that report on the 5Ws. Out of this number, only very few are specialized service providers. Despite the considerable progress made over the last decade in state and institution building, both at the national and Federal Member States levels, Somalia remains in a precarious situation. Limited economic activities, high unemployment rates and inequalities that are reflected in the political influence and power relations among different social groups (i.e. clans, sub-clans) result in further marginalization of the most vulnerable groups, including women and girls, the young and elderly, and persons with disabilities. Aid Vision proposed project will: provide age accessible clinical management services of rape and PSS services to boys, girls men and women in one stop GBV centers that meet the minimum standards, it will provide recreational and livelihood support to GBV survivors, age appropriate information on GBV/RH to women and girls, dignity kit and Menstrual Hygiene Kits and Solar Lamps to at risk women and girls and create awareness on GBV/RH and FGM among duty bearers and right holders in the targeted sites. , The Child Protection aspect will concentrate on the CP AoR approach to support static and mobile responses to deliver child protection services in order to expand the reach of services including boys and girls exposed to protection threats such as abuse, neglect, abduction, exploitation and violence; through a comprehensive case management process. The project will create child rights awareness and address needs specific to disable children, children of single parents, neglected children and as well children with mental distress and in need of Mental Health Psycho-social Support (MHPSS). Baidoa hosts large IDPs and as well residents include diverse ethnic minorities such Eyle, Jareer, Arab Somali, and women and children are most vulnerable exploitation and neglect . Children in the target location from low income families, IDPs, and disabled children either from IDPs or host communities face human rights violation such abuse, neglect, rape, and physical injury in the family or strangers because of their vulnerability and humanitarian situation in the ground. Most parents of these children are distressed due to living standard and/or physical environment in which they life that leads parents project their anger to the children harming physically or neglect them; besides negative parental behavior has psychological impact for the children. Under these circumstances they become despair and slow thinker than other children. Most of the people are unaware child rights that increase child rights violation in the family and as well in the community.

), partners (SOS Children's Villages Somalia , 1. Sustainable Development and Peace Building Initiatives - SYPD 2. Centre for Peace and Development – CPD 3. Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development - NAPAD, NONE), globalclusters (Water Sanitation Hygiene, Food Security, Nutrition), organizations (Somali Young Doctors Association, AYUUB Organization, Wamo Relief and Rehabilitation Services) and 1 others.

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Quick Start

from datasets import load_dataset

ds    = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-hrp-projects-som")
train = ds["train"].to_pandas()
test  = ds["test"].to_pandas()

print(train.shape)
train.head()

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Schema

Column	Type	Null %	Range / Sample Values
name	object	0.0%	Improving camp coordination and management systems to support displaced populations in Mudug and Nugaal in Puntland state somalia., Provision of Lifesaving and Sustaining GBV services in Kahda district in Banadir Region, Balcad and Jowhar Districts Middle in Shabelle Region, Somalia, Providing protection and psychosocial support for vulnerable children in IDP settlements and host communities in SWS.
versioncode	object	0.0%	HSOM22-CCM-184160-1, HSOM22-PRO-184688-1, HSOM22-PRO-184532-1
currentrequestedfunds	int64	0.0%	120300.0 – 421371748.0 (mean 3239545.9133)
objective	object	0.0%	Populations in Somalia continue to be affected by Conflict, drought, COVID-19, and flooding are some of the mainshocks and, often lead to their displacement. Currently, an estimated largely affect at least 2.9 million internally displaced persons in Somalia. The majority of displaced people have self-settled in over 2,400 sub-standard and unplanned IDP sites in urban, semi-urban, and rural areas across the country. Based on total numbers, Somalia represents the fourth largest IDP crisis in the world.
According to the detailed site assessment findings (DSA) and site verification assessments and CCCM cluster monthly service monitoring and complaint feedback mechanism (CFM) trend analysis conducted by the CCCM cluster, indicate simultaneously that more than 80% of sites are informal settlements settled on private land with the majority of sites located in urban areas. The lack of access to land coupled with a weak land tenure system, the multiplicity of land ownership, land disputes, weak judicial systems to seek redress, and a lack of proper national land policy further exacerbates the vulnerability of IDPs.
Most Somali IDPs have self-settled in sub-standard IDP sites and are repeatedly identified as the poorest and most vulnerable, often with limited local acceptance due to their social background. IDP settlements lack site planning translating to poor access to resources and sites performing well below SPHERE standards. Escalations in forced evictions continue to undermine efforts to assist IDPs and accelerate their path to recovery and attain durable solutions. This poses major protection concerns related to site layout that increases the risk of fire and disease outbreaks, floods but also other protection concerns related to overcrowded spaces and lack of privacy. In the presented context, through CCCM in Garowe and Galkacyo in Puntland state, PMWDO will: Reinforce and strengthen governance, management, and coordination mechanisms at appropriate levels; Increase site safety through site maintenance and improvement works; Capacity Build Camp Governance, CCCM stakeholders, and local authorities working towards self-management.
This intervention will be achieved in IDP sites in Garowe and Galkacyo and Burtinle benefitting a total of 3,125 households (approximately 25,000 individuals), in addition to the community working in these sites including local authorities, clusters, and other NGOs. The Action will be Achieved in synergy with PMWDO ongoing IOM funded CCCM interventions in target sites aiming to help Amongst the populations that have the most acute needs in IDP sites, persons with disabilities (PWDs), individuals from minority clans, women, and youth face extensive barriers in accessing humanitarian services preventing a dignified living condition for such demographics activities to food affected and vulnerable populations. Participation of the affected population is lacking in many aspects of the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Camp Management is therefore crucial to empower the affected population through the dissemination of information on delivery of humanitarian assistance; to support inclusive and representative community governance structures; monitor that the community is engaged in safe service delivery by other partners to increase coordination at the site level and building the capacity of community governing committees, site managers and government agencies.
In Adhering to conjunction with CCCM operations in Somalia PMWDO seeks to address identified frontline humanitarian needs for IDPs by establishing camp coordination structures at the site level that improve living conditions and protection of IDPs and ensure equitable access to services and assistance for all members of the community. These aims are achieved through administering activities that look to address current humanitarian needs in IDP sites and fill gaps in operationalizing durable solutions for IDP communities residing in IDP sites., The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Somalia has increased from 5.2 million to 5.9 million due to the consequences of multiple threats including climatic shocks (flood and drought, tropical cyclones), COVID-19 pandemic, protracted conflict, and desert locusts. 15% of this population account for women and people living with disabilities respectively.
In Somalia, vulnerable women and GBV survivors in particular face serious protection risks, especially as response services are limited. Ninety-six per cent of reported GBV survivors in Somalia are women and girls, of which 76 per cent are IDPs. Women and girls have unique health concerns and protection needs in situations of displacement. From menstrual hygiene to life-threatening complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, to unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions. (HNO 2021)
According to UNFPA advocacy brief 2021, about 2.6 million are internally displaced persons (IDPs) across the country. Gender-Based Violence (GBV) continues to be an issue of major concern in Federal Members States Galmudug, South West State, Jubaland, Hirashebelle Puntland and in Somaliland especially in the event of the COVID-19. Recent spikes in Intimate Partner Violence, rape, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and abuse have multiplied GBV risks for women and girls with worsening impact on women and girls living with disabilities. In IDP camps and host communities, inadequate physical infrastructure, distance to water points, markets, health facilities and schools, poor lightening, lack of doors on toilets and lack of disaggregation of sanitary facilities are some of major factors that increase GBV exposure. In addition, distance to distribution centers and lack of specific measures to ensure women’s inclusion and participation in food distributions worsen levels of exposure of women and girls to GBV risks. Vulnerable pregnant mothers and women at reproductive age in communities for IDPs and hard-to-reach locations continue to experience restrictions in accessing sexual and gender-based violence services. Loss of livelihoods and food insecurity among female-headed households and other vulnerable women and adolescent girls worsened the dependency on food aid and humanitarian assistance. Harmful coping mechanisms such as early marriage and sex in exchange for favors are common among women and adolescent girls to assure food security. Limited availability of specialized services such as rape treatment for rape survivors, psycho-social support for traumatized women and girls are major gaps for GBV service provision in Somali. At present, the GBV Area of Responsibility (AoR) in Somalia has 52 partners that report on the 5Ws. Out of this number, only very few are specialized service providers.
Despite the considerable progress made over the last decade in state and institution building, both at the national and Federal Member States levels, Somalia remains in a precarious situation. Limited economic activities, high unemployment rates and inequalities that are reflected in the political influence and power relations among different social groups (i.e. clans, sub-clans) result in further marginalization of the most vulnerable groups, including women and girls, the young and elderly, and persons with disabilities.
Aid Vision proposed project will: provide age accessible clinical management services of rape and PSS services to boys, girls men and women in one stop GBV centers that meet the minimum standards, it will provide recreational and livelihood support to GBV survivors, age appropriate information on GBV/RH to women and girls, dignity kit and Menstrual Hygiene Kits and Solar Lamps to at risk women and girls and create awareness on GBV/RH and FGM among duty bearers and right holders in the targeted sites. , The Child Protection aspect will concentrate on the CP AoR approach to support static and mobile responses to deliver child protection services in order to expand the reach of services including boys and girls exposed to protection threats such as abuse, neglect, abduction, exploitation and violence; through a comprehensive case management process. The project will create child rights awareness and address needs specific to disable children, children of single parents, neglected children and as well children with mental distress and in need of Mental Health Psycho-social Support (MHPSS).
Baidoa hosts large IDPs and as well residents include diverse ethnic minorities such Eyle, Jareer, Arab Somali, and women and children are most vulnerable exploitation and neglect . Children in the target location from low income families, IDPs, and disabled children either from IDPs or host communities face human rights violation such abuse, neglect, rape, and physical injury in the family or strangers because of their vulnerability and humanitarian situation in the ground. Most parents of these children are distressed due to living standard and/or physical environment in which they life that leads parents project their anger to the children harming physically or neglect them; besides negative parental behavior has psychological impact for the children. Under these circumstances they become despair and slow thinker than other children. Most of the people are unaware child rights that increase child rights violation in the family and as well in the community.

| | partners | object | 65.6% | SOS Children's Villages Somalia , 1. Sustainable Development and Peace Building Initiatives - SYPD 2. Centre for Peace and Development – CPD 3. Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development - NAPAD, NONE | | startdate | datetime64[ns] | 0.0% | | | enddate | datetime64[ns] | 0.0% | | | globalclusters | object | 0.0% | Water Sanitation Hygiene, Food Security, Nutrition | | locations | object | 0.0% | SOM | | organizations | object | 0.0% | Somali Young Doctors Association, AYUUB Organization, Wamo Relief and Rehabilitation Services | | plans | object | 0.0% | Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan 2022 | | response_plan_code | object | 0.0% | HSOM22 | | esa_source | object | 0.0% | HDX | | esa_processed | object | 0.0% | |

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Numeric Summary

Column	Min	Max	Mean	Median
currentrequestedfunds	120300.0	421371748.0	3239545.9133	553880.0

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Curation

Raw data was downloaded from HDX via the CKAN API and converted to Parquet. Column names were lowercased and standardised to snake_case. Common missing-value markers (N/A, null, none, -, unknown, no data, #N/A) were unified to NaN. 2 column(s) were cast from string to numeric or datetime based on parse-success rate (>85% threshold). The dataset was split 80/20 into train and test partitions using a fixed random seed (42) and saved as Snappy-compressed Parquet.

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Limitations

• Data originates from OCHA Humanitarian Programme Cycle Tools (HPC Tools) and has not been independently validated by ESA.
• Automated cleaning cannot correct for misreported values, definitional inconsistencies, or sampling bias in the original collection.
• The following columns have >20% missing values and should be treated with caution in modelling: partners.
• Refer to the original HDX dataset page for the publisher's own methodology notes and caveats.

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Citation

@dataset{hdx_africa_hrp_projects_som,
  title     = {Somalia: Response Plan projects},
  author    = {OCHA Humanitarian Programme Cycle Tools (HPC Tools)},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://data.humdata.org/dataset/hrp-projects-som},
  note      = {Repackaged for machine learning by Electric Sheep Africa (https://huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica)}
}

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