Tenders are invited for Strengthening Food Security and Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Maroodijeh The project Cultivating the Future: Strengthening Food Security and Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Maroodijeh started on 1 March 2025 and is being implemented over an 18-month period, ending on 31 August 2026. The project is funded by the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers 8x1000, with ActionAid International Italia E.T.S. as the lead partner and ActionAid International Somaliland as the implementing partner in Somaliland. The project is being implemented in six pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Hargeisa and Gabiley Districts: Abaarso, Beeyo Liban, Biyo Macaan, Xidhinta, Gogoysa, and Ilma Dado. Since the start of implementation in March 2025, the project has focused on improving access to food and water for drought-affected households, strengthening community resilience, and promoting inclusive and women-led approaches in the target communities. The project was originally designed in response to the severe drought, food insecurity, water scarcity, and market-related shocks affecting Somaliland and wider Somalia during the proposal development period. Although the project was approved and started implementation in March 2025, the underlying context remained highly relevant at the time of implementation. Drought conditions, reduced household income, livestock losses, limited agricultural production, high food and fuel prices, and wider geopolitical shocks continued to affect vulnerable pastoral and agro-pastoral communities. These pressures increased household vulnerability and reinforced the need for timely support to improve access to food, water, livelihoods, and resilience. Women, girls, children, elderly persons, internally displaced persons, and persons with disabilities remained among the most affected groups. Women and girls, in particular, continued to face increased unpaid care responsibilities, longer distances to access water and basic services, and heightened protection risks. Therefore, the projects design and implementation approach remained relevant both to the crisis context identified during proposal development and to the continuing humanitarian and livelihood challenges present when implementation began in March 2025. As the project approaches its final implementation period, this end-line evaluation will assess the extent to which the project has achieved its intended objectives, results, and approved indicators since implementation began in March 2025. The evaluation will also document key achievements, challenges, lessons learned, sustainability prospects, and recommendations for future food security, resilience, agroecology, cash, and WASH-related programming. Tender Link : https://somalijobs.com/tenders
