Large sections of the vulnerable population in the Horn of Africa face recurring climate shocks, conflicts, and natural disasters that leave communities without food, shelter, or basic protection, often with little warning. An estimated significant share of crisis-affected households are unable to meet their immediate survival needs, including access to food, clean water, emergency shelter, and safe spaces. The main drivers of this situation are linked to recurrent drought, displacement, disease outbreaks, and the breakdown of essential services during emergencies.

To address the challenges enumerated above OSDA has focused its effort on delivering timely, equitable, and principled multi-sectoral assistance to crisis-affected populations, including general food distribution and emergency nutrition support, emergency water trucking and sanitation services, mobile health clinics and disease surveillance, emergency shelter and non-food item (NFI) distribution, and protection monitoring and response, ensuring that the most vulnerable receive life-saving support guided by the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence.