Somali Resilience Program (Somrep)

the somali resilience program (somrep) is a members-led resilience consortium whose objective is to build the capacity of pastoralist, agro-pastoralist, fisherfolk and peri-urban host and internally displaced persons (idp) communities. we focus on women, youth and people with disability to mitigate the impact of natural and man-made shocks and stressors, adapt to climate change, as well as diversify and adopt sustainable livelihood strategies. following the somali famine of 2011, ngos and donors mobilized best practice and expertise to co-create an area- based, multi-sector design with interventions spanning the humanitarian, recovery, development and peace nexus. building on member’s long-term commitment to vulnerable communities, somrep employs graduation pathways to layer and sequence interventions over five-year periods to build absorptive, adaptive and set the foundation for transformative capacities. somrep works directly with communities, in partnership with government and loca