From November 2023, southern and central Somalia was hit by severe flooding as a result of rains and thousands of people fled their homes and relocated to higher ground areas. The floods have also destroyed schools and interrupted learning for thousands of children who were taking their lessons at Tayo for Education schools where two schools have been made inaccessible by floods and temporarily closed with children left without learning and teachers and support staff left helpless as they would get their pay from the little fee paid by the children who can’t be able to afford the fee at the moment forget about food.
Baldwyn Primary and secondary school, Cumar bin khadab primary and secondary school in Baladweyne Hirshabelle state & Salahuddin primary and secondary school in Baidoa/ southwest state are among the schools where learning was interrupted as the learners and teachers cannot be able to access the flooded facilities.
The floods that trigged by the unrepresented heavy rainfall recorded during October and November have further destroyed properties, damaged infrastructures, destroying farmland and isolating entire cities and villages. The floods came at a time when over 8M people in Somalia were facing a highly vulnerable humanitarian context and still recovering from the effects of a drought that has been lingering since 2020.
Widespread flooding has directly affected according to Somalia Humanitarian clusters records had affected an estimated 2.4M people in Jubaland, Hirshabelle, Galmudug, Puntland and South-West states. However, the floods are affecting the south of the country worst of all, with the number of people urgently needing learning assistance continuing to rise in Gedo, Bay, Lower Juba, Hiraan, Middle Shabelle, and Middle Juba.
Access to provide education to the affected population is very difficult, as many roads and bridges are impassable.
