Horn of Africa: resource portal for responders

A farmer from Kilway village in Afdher zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia, April 2022. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/Mulugeta Ayene

An unprecedented four consecutive droughts, compounded by rising global food prices, have plunged the Horn of Africa into hunger crisis. More than 36 million people have been affected; in Somalia, the most drought-affected country, an estimated 8.3 million people are expected to face the crisis level of acute food insecurity by June 2023.

CDAC Network members are on the frontline responding to the critical needs in the region, including creating tools and resources for those working on the response. This portal is continually updated: if you have resources to share, please send them to info@cdacnetwork.org.

Key CCEA resources

• The state of communication, community engagement and accountability in the Horn of Africa drought response: a snapshot report for Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia — CDAC Network

• How-to guide on collective communication and community engagement in humanitarian action — CDAC Network 

• Rumour has it: a practice guide to working with rumours — CDAC Network 

• Capacity decision framework for CCE/AAP — CDAC Network

• Information management guidance for CCE/AAP — CDAC Network

• Rules on sexual conduct for humanitarian workers — CLEAR Global 

• Tools for communication needs assessments — CDAC Network & ACAPS

• Tackling language-based exclusion in the Horn of Africa hunger crisis: lessons from the 2021 JMCNA data for Somalia — CLEAR Global & REACH

• Two-way communication is aid: animated video translated into Amharic and Somali

Regional key messages 

• ‘Working with what we have’: key advocacy messages for inclusive communication and engagement in the Horn of Africa — CDAC Network 

• Horn of Africa Drought: Humanitarian Key Messages, 25 April 2022: Ethiopia — OCHA 

• Girls at risk in Horn of Africa as drought crisis continues — Plan International

• The threat of starvation looms in East Africa after four failed rainy seasons: Somalia — joint alert by meteorological agencies and humanitarian partners 

• As rains fail again, catastrophic hunger looms over Somalia — FAO, OCHA, UNICEF & WFP 

• Regional call to action: Horn of Africa drought crisis: climate change is here now, May 2022: Somalia — UNICEF 

Country-specific resources: linked on map