Its matter of pleasure and contentment for me to demonstrate you concise update report of 1 day of free visitation and treatment campaign in Lafoole IDPs which part of Afgoi corridor, As regularly done, we visit Lafoole IDPs for an assessment, then the result of our assessment came through this consultations activity performance, we have agreed the intellectuals and elders of Lafoole IDPs to take the responsibility of operating area, after their signature of that service agreement we start to finalize our project.

For your information this part of serial routine activity perform SOYDA planning to assist IDPs disadvantage live at several areas in and outside Mogadishu and all over the country, SOYDA medical intervention was associated/put emphasis health problem suffer mainstream of the IDP’s, for this day’s activity and scenario service delivery include numbers of SOYDA utilize the exercise beneficiaries, drug and medical equipments and other expenses.









subsequent to that SOYDA was send its medical team for appraisal and think about any possible intervention can be contribute, SOYDA and committees who were acting on be half of Lafoole community during discussion we have agreed to establish a permanent appropriate working place were people can access without difficulty and go out site again and at same time provide tables and chairs etc which can be a part of community contribution and SOYDA will utilize its medical service assist to the IDP’s of Lafoole and people live at the catchment’s will able to come in and benefit the health project as to obtain free of charge medical check up, drugs and follow up of the cases, the SOYDA health service has already commence on 1 day free visitation and treatment campaign on 5th Febuary 2010, based on our previous experience we find that Lafoole IDPs specially elder people who recently flee from mogadishu were suffer a lot of psychiatric diseases particularly post traumatic stress due to constant fighting in that area they fled from when compare to the other IDPs in Mogadishu or in the corridor, cluster findings are: -
· Total screened cases are 362

· Most of the under five yrs old children were suffer Bronchitis and pneumonia, Diarrhea and Malnutrition and some cases of whooping cough and measles (rare) seen during screening.
· Based on our observations there was no shelter problem being existed in that area.
· No Primary Functional health care is available.
· No vector control measures in place
· In the respect of the UN/International aid agencies their presence on the ground is not exist too due to security reasons.

· The environmental sanitation was poor , these can be ruin the public sanitary measures.
· Insufficient sanitation facilities and no toilets for people with physical Disabilities
· Shortage of food supply and water
For your information, in the respect of man power utilize the medical service were composed 19, 9 out of 19 were MDs, 6 are qualified nurses, 2 lab technician and 2 pharmacist, by consider the quality control.
We strongly appreciate to share with us this information and to put your medias, yesterday activity participated by all Local Media, for further information you can contact us below phones.

Executive Director of SOYDA
Dr. Abdiqani Sheikh Omar
Mob.+252 1 5577282
Tell. +252 5 0750607

Mogadishu, Somalia

dr.abdiqani@hotmail.com