National Drought Emergency Response Plan

This plan was established as a response to the impacts predicted due to the El Niño phenomenon (2015-2016). The overall objective of the National Response plan is to mount a timely, consistent, effective and coordinated response to save lives, property and livelihoods for the affected communities. The specific goals are to:

1. To ensure that affect people are provided with water;
2. To develop national capacity at all levels to mitigate the anticipated El-Niño effects;
3. To ensure that surveillance and monitoring systems for key emergency indicators are in place;
4. To ensure adequate planning to allow for service delivery in key sectors to minimise the impact of the emergency.

Response strategies to be engaged will be divided into three sectors, namely, Water and Sanitation, Agriculture and Food Security, Health and Nutrition and Logistics.