Nearly four years ago, 500 families moved into the newly opened El-wak South IDPS camp as Internally Displaced People (IDPs) from Wajir County, while others are located at Rhamu Sub-County.
Nomad Green Belt Movement Conducted 3 days of need assessment for El-wak/ Rhamu IDPS in response to their prevailing conditions. The IDPs expressed priority needs are shelter, income, non-food items, food and health. The committees for both camps have played povital roles in the assessment exercise. Our special thanks goes to our volunteers teams, women, youth and elders, IDP committees. This assessment has provided them with a platform to express their views on desired development plans or needs, as priorities for urgent interventions.
It was an interactive discussion between NGBM and representatives of IDP camps on highly prioritised needs and way forward agreed.
The following are a few summarised needs and prioritized goals.
a) Establishing education Centres: The classes will be fully functioning on evenings from Monday to Friday. Apart from basic writing and reading skills, the community will be taught how to improve their living standards, important topics on health, Sanitation, protection (child protection and GBV, will be relayed to IDP communities and Committees.While for children below (3-7 years) will go for Pre-primary classes during daytime from Monday to Friday.
b) Restoration of Livelihoods, targeting women and youth empowerment through livelihood activities by forming four(4) groups and provide them with vital Entrepreneurship skills so that can earn income to maintain their families as a coping mechanisms. This will be useful to both El-wak and Rhamu Sub-County and the initiatives include kitchen farm at different homesteads, group farming, kiosks and tree planting as Income generating activities helping them access local markets with produce of fresh quality vegetables supply.
c) Awareness campaign on Girls child- there are many girls who discontinued schooling due to displacement and if allowed or enrolled in schools shall transformtheir lives and of their families in future.NGBM will find and away of helping them on fast tracking.
d) Baitul Maal system- The system of Baitulmaal based on the collective approach and effort of society is a workable concept to secure and help the brethern in the times of poverty, handicaps, accidents, calamities and tragedies. It invokes the concept of unity among the individuals so that a wealth keeping person helps a poor, a powerful man helps a weak person and rich and the poor come closer to each other. Our volunteer members encourage households or residential contribute non-food items, unused clothes, shoes, dry foods and other kinds of charity.
The Quran states:
“The likeness of those who spend for Allah’s sake is as the likeness of a grain of corn, it grows seven ears every single ear has a hundred grains, and Allah multiplies (increases the reward of) for whom He wills, and Allah is sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knower).” (Qur’an, 2:261)
El-wak Town collection point is at Haji Abdiqafar plot as we're organising to have charity focal points in Rhamu, Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Marsabit and Nairobi County. We will share the collection centre and contacts person. The logistics will be incurred by Nomad Green Belt Movement group.
e) Forum on Trauma healing and social reconstruction should be done at IDPS centre. Activities will include individual and group counselling, and opportunities for sports and recreation, including soccer.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. We are pleased to announce the opening of 2 new official IDP education Centres both for adult and primary school. The IDPS children will no longer walk long distances.
2: We shall provide psychosocial assistance to help displaced persons regain dignity in their lives.
3. Initiate Income generating activities to restore the IDPs Livelihoods.
4.A charity mission will be implemented known as Baitul Maal system.
5. We plan to establish Islamic-Duksi system and construction of a mosque at Elwak and Rhamu IDP centre Insha Allah.
Kindly contribute towards the assistance of our brothers and sisters to alleviate suffering. Donate Food and Non food items. We shall receive both cash and kind at our designated charity centres.
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