1. Cooperative Business Plan Development and Basic Nutrition Training.
Field story:
Under a canopy of acacia trees in Gatawaha village, roughly 50 men and women — members of a single cooperative — gather to learn how to turn their shared enterprise into a viable, bankable business. The training covers advanced financial literacy alongside business planning for livestock and agricultural cooperatives, equipping members to budget, forecast, and plan collectively. This cooperative is one of 34 that SCAN is supporting under the WFP-KOICA climate resilience programme — a mix of agricultural and livestock cooperatives spread across Somaliland — each working toward becoming a self-sustaining vehicle for household income and community resilience
Growing enough food is only half the challenge — using it well is the other. A SCAN trainer leads members of a crop cooperative through practical nutrition guidance: how to diversify diets, get more value from what they harvest, and identify affordable alternatives when certain foods are scarce. Delivered alongside the programme’s livelihoods and financial literacy components, this session reflects SCAN’s integrated approach — pairing income and production support with the knowledge households need to translate a better harvest into better nutrition.
2. Financial Bookkeeping Training for VSLA Groups.
Field story:
In a modest sitting room in Sayla Bari, ten women lean in as a SCAN trainer opens a savings ledger and walks them, line by line, through how to record contributions, track loans, and reconcile their group’s books. This VSLA is one of dozens formed under the WFP-KOICA “Building Climate Resilience for Food Security” programme, which is building financial literacy and savings discipline among 500 women from pastoral communities hit hardest by recurrent drought. For women whose livelihoods depend on livestock and casual labour, a well-kept ledger is more than paperwork — it is the foundation of a savings and credit system they can trust, manage themselves, and rely on when the next dry spell arrives.
Project: Building Climate Resilience for Food Security in Somaliland
Donated by: KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency)
Funded by: WFP (World Food Programme)
Implemented by: SCAN (Somaliland Community Action Network)
Coverage area: Maroodijeex, Awdal, and Gabiley regions, Somaliland
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