SRS Programming

Thematic Areas & Delivery Model

SRS designs programs through community consultations and needs assessments, linking immediate humanitarian support with sustainable resilience outcomes.

SRS team at USAID Climate Resilient WASH disaster risk management training of trainers

Thematic Areas of Intervention

Women tending seedlings in a community nursery

Livelihoods, Agriculture & Livestock

Income generation, women’s economic empowerment, and climate-smart local production systems.

Program Details
Community members collecting water from a new SRS hand pump well

WASH, Health, Nutrition & Education

Safe water, sanitation, hygiene, health and nutrition services, and equitable education access.

Program Details
SRS distributing water containers and hygiene supplies in rural communities

IDP Support, DRR/M & Emergency Response

Relief, rehabilitation, and disaster risk reduction support for displaced and vulnerable populations.

Program Details
SRS water well with pump project in Shabeeley Woreda

Natural Resource Management

Community-based approaches that protect natural resources and improve resilience to shocks.

Program Details
Children and adults gathered outside a rural school building

Orphaned & Vulnerable Children

Protection and service linkage for children facing social, economic, and displacement vulnerabilities.

Program Details
SRS disaster risk management capacity-building workshop

Prevention of Harmful Practices

Community awareness and prevention, including eradication efforts on harmful practices such as FGM.

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Cross-Cutting Issues

Peacebuilding and social cohesion

Gender equality and women empowerment

Governance, transparency, and human rights

Implementation Strategy

Bottom-up, participatory, people-centered planning.

Partnership with CSOs, government institutions, and communities.

Local knowledge from pastoralist/agro-pastoralist contexts.

Program Highlights

UNICEF emergency WASH response reached 10,998 beneficiaries.

CR-WASH DRM with RTI/USAID strengthened risk-informed planning.

2026 shallow well construction ongoing with ARAHA in Fafen Zone.