Responding when disaster strikes
When disaster, conflict or climate crisis hits, Zamzam Foundation is on the ground, delivering lifesaving relief. We act quickly — before hunger, disease and suffering spread.
Your support helps us provide immediate aid and long-term recovery for affected families.
How we responded
In 2024 Zamzam Foundation helped over 80,000 people affected by drought, floods and conflict.
We prioritise meeting the basic needs of the most vulnerable among people driven from their homes by extremes of weather or by conflict. That means we focus on providing food, water, healthcare and shelter. In some camps we also provide education for children who would otherwise miss out.
We support people affected by both floods and drought, which increasingly alternate in Somalia in a cycle of climate extremes that can be devastating for livelihoods and food security.
Partnership is pivotal in delivering an effective humanitarian response in major emergencies. We are a member of the Somalia NGO Consortium, working closely with UN bodies and other aid agencies in a coordinated way to save lives.
Prevention and preparation are just as important as rapid response when it comes to dealing with emergencies. In 2023 we initiated new projects in partnership with Save the Children and International Rescue Committee to reduce humanitarian needs and displacement and strengthen livelihoods under the Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCIS) programme, funded by the UK Government and the European Union.
Rebuilding lives and planning for the future
Dhigan Adan Mohamed lives in Dhalandool, an overcrowded camp for displaced people in the south-central city of Baidoa.
“We were fortunate to be selected as beneficiaries of Zamzam’s housing project, which has provided us with a permanent shelter,” she says. “Before we had this house, we lived in a makeshift shelter, struggling with overcrowding and lack of privacy and exposure to the elements.”
Every day is a long day for Dhigan, fetching water and preparing meals for her seven children while finding what casual work she can in the limited time in between. “With a roof over our heads, we can focus on rebuilding our lives and planning for the future,” she says.
