ANGOLA PEOPLE IN NEED 756k PEOPLE TARGETED 756k REQUIREMENTS (US$) 261M AVAILABLE FUNDS, GOV. 26.7M AVAILABLE FUNDS PARTNERS 5.73M Sectors Requested Food 76k Wash People Targeted 756k People Targeted Health & Nutrition 120k People Targeted Education 50k People Targeted Protection 756k People Targeted Agriculture 756k People Targeted 40 Overview/Context Southern Angola has been experiencing consecutive seasons of poor rainfall. The recent El Niño has exacerbated the situation, affecting access to water for human consumption, irrigation and livestock. There has also been an increase in cases of malaria, diarrhoea, cholera, malnutrition in children under age 5, measles, scabies, acute respiratory infections and yellow fever. An estimated 756,000 people in rural areas require humanitarian assistance, of which 75,593 require immediate food assistance. An estimated $261.423 million is required for the response, of which $26.715 million has been made available by the Government of Angola. Government has implemented programs to providing people with food and nonfood items and healthcare, and built and rehabilitated water infrastructure. A contingency plan has been put in place. Key Humanitarian Needs Implement a food assistance program and provide non-food items to the most vulnerable populations in the affected provinces. • Distribute agricultural inputs. • Strengthen and expand school feeding programmes to affected areas. • Implement actions to prevent malnutrition in communities, increase exclusive breastfeeding and introduce continued and adequate complementary food. • Provide essential micronutrient supplements, including vitamin A and iron, and administer Albendazole. • Provide technical assistance smallholder households. to • Strengthen early warning information and surveillance systems for food and nutrition security. • Introduce IPC (Integrated Phase Classification) in assessments of food and nutrition security, focusing on strengthening early warning systems and information systems. • Improve the treatment of acute moderate malnutrition in communities, acute moderate and severe malnutrition in health centres, and acute severe malnutrition with medical complications (marasmus and kwashiorkor) in hospitals (therapeutic nutrition centres or special nutrition units). • Undertake disease prevention actions within communities, and treat infectious diseases. Medium-Term Needs • Develop and implement a strategic investment framework, along with a specific fund for building national resilience, and supporting community resilience-building initiatives. • Construct or rehabilitate water provision, retention and distribution systems for people and livestock. • Distribute short growing season seeds and introduce drought resistant varieties of cereal food crops and perennial fruit trees. • Provide veterinary medical assistance and drug distribution. • Identify of new routes for transhumance. • Needs Long terms • Implement structural projects identified to address the drought impacts: construction of dams and channeling rivers.