LESOTHO PEOPLE IN NEED 709k PEOPLE TARGETED 491k REQUIREMENTS (US$) 38M Overview/Context The unprecedented El Niño-induced drought has resulted in a number of impacts, including water scarcity for human and livestock consumption, crop failure, water-borne disease outbreaks, animal disease outbreaks and malnutrition. The current number of affected people is expected to increase due to related factors such as increasing food prices (which have doubled), reduction in income from agricultural activities and loss of productive assets. . Key Humanitarian Needs AVAILABLE FUNDS, GOV. 10.0M AVAILABLE FUNDS PARTNERS 12.8M Sectors Requested Agriculture and Food Security • Expansion of life-saving humanitarian intervention in some districts. • Distribution of home gardening kits to vulnerable households. • Cash top-ups of social protection schemes to the most vulnerable. • Provision of food to maternal waiting homes. • Response to an anthrax outbreak. Food 491k People Targeted Wash 66k People Targeted of • Ensure water quality. • WASH • Provision of clean water in affected areas. • Rehabilitation of water sources that have been damaged/depleted. • Provision of purification; inputs for water • Dissemination of key hygiene messages (related to water-borne diseases, safe excretion and solid waste disposal). • Provision of commodities and education for household water treatment and water conservation. • Provision of water storage supplies (tanks & classroom water buckets) to schools and health centres. • Provision of sanitation facilities. Agriculture, Security Livelihoods and Food • Response to anthrax cases (outbreaks) and diarrheal diseases. • Introduction of resilience-based conditional cash and/or food for assets programmes. • Procurement and distribution of equipment for management of diarrhoea, malnutrition and diseases. • Distribution of home gardening kits to vulnerable households. • Procurement and provision of supplementary and therapeutic feeding. • Distribution of life-saving reproductive health (RH) supplies and equipment - RH kits including male and female 44 • Ensuring access to commodities and treatment of PLHIV. Medium-Term Needs Health and Nutrition • Prevention and management (severe) acute malnutrition. condoms to support HIV prevention efforts. • Livelihood protection and livestock support to vulnerable households. • Capacity development on climate smart agriculture. • Scale up and expand existing social protection schemes to reduce