Food Security & Livelihoods

Degaan Relief and Development Organization (DRDO) has more than 15 years of experience   implementing large-scale Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), emergency response, and resilience programmes across Puntland, with particularly extensive operations in Mudug Region. Over the past two decades, DRDO has partnered with WFP and other humanitarian and development actors to deliver food assistance, cash and voucher transfers, Food-for-Work/Food-for-Assets, and livelihood interventions for drought-affected, food-insecure and vulnerable communities. Over the past two decades, DRDO has partnered with WFP and other humanitarian and development actors to deliver food assistance, cash and voucher transfers, Food-for-Work/Food-for-Assets, and livelihood interventions for drought-affected, food-insecure and vulnerable communities.

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Building Resilient Communities, Improving Lives

DRDO combines immediate food and cash assistance with the creation of productive community assets, helping households meet urgent food needs while strengthening longer-term resilience, livelihoods, water access and natural-resource management.

Food Assistance

Delivering food, cash and vouchers to vulnerable families.

Livelihoods Support

Supporting livelihoods and income-generating opportunities.

Water & Natural Resources

Improving water access and natural resource management.

Resilience Building

Strengthening communities to withstand future shocks.

DRDO’s work in Food Security & Livelihoods supports vulnerable households and strengthens local resilience by improving access to food, livelihood opportunities, and sustainable resource management in Puntland and Galmudug

Some of the Key Experience and Results

Food for Work / Food for Assets (2012–2015)

Reached approximately 38,400 beneficiaries through community-based asset creation and food assistance, including sanitation, water catchments, roads, shallow wells, berkads, gardens, soil bunds, fodder production and canal rehabilitation.

Food, Voucher and Cash-Based Assistance (2016)

Supported approximately 5,000 beneficiaries through in-kind food assistance, vouchers and Cash-Based Transfers (CBT) linked to community asset creation.

Emergency Drought Response (2017)

During severe drought conditions in Puntland, DRDO delivered cash, vouchers and in-kind food assistance, reaching more than 45,000 vulnerable people.

Emergency Relief and Drought Livelihoods (2017)

Provided emergency food assistance to approximately 7,550 drought-affected people, helping vulnerable households address immediate food gaps and protect their livelihoods.

Relief and Livelihoods Programme (2019)

Supported more than 30,000 drought-affected individuals in Galkayo District through integrated emergency relief and livelihood assistance.

Community Asset Creation and Food Security (2019)

Reached more than 12,000 individuals in Galkayo District through livelihood asset-creation interventions, combining community infrastructure development with assistance to address household food gaps.

Livelihoods and Resilience Programme (2020)

Implemented livelihood and productive asset-creation activities in Jariiban, Galkayo and Galdogob Districts, reaching approximately 6,500 individuals and strengthening household resilience.

Overall Reach

The documented interventions above represent more than 140,000 beneficiary instances across multiple programmes and years, demonstrating DRDO’s capacity to manage large-scale humanitarian and livelihood operations.

Securing Food. Creating Livelihoods.
Building Resilient Communities.

Working Together
for a Better Future

Empowering
Communities

Sustainable Impact,
Lasting Change