Somalia is currently experiencing a critical nutrition and food security crisis due to ongoing conflicts, economic instability and climate-related challenges. From October to December 2024, 4.4 million people — 23% of the population — were anticipated to face severe food insecurity. Among this group, an estimated 1.6 million children aged 6–59 months are likely to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2025. In response to this crisis, several development initiatives and programs are underway in Somalia, including integrated nutrition strategies that combine health, agriculture and education to address food security and malnutrition. However, while nutrition is a key priority in the government’s development agenda, significant gaps remain in budgetary allocations, data availability and stakeholder collaboration that need to be addressed in order to reach the country’s nutrition goals.
The Government of Somalia through the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), with the support of the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) – Finance Capacity Development Platform (FCDP), convened an inception workshop to address the critical challenges to sustainable nutrition financing, focusing on establishing a roadmap for resource mobilization and prioritization in the country. The event brought together key stakeholders from government and international organizations to deliberate on strategies for financing nutrition interventions. The main objective of the workshop was to address the pressing issue of financing nutrition in Somalia.
FCDP is a SUN Movement resource available to all 66 SUN Countries. The platform aims to transform the nutrition financing landscape by inspiring and igniting government leaders to elevate nutrition financing as a priority and accelerate impact across sectors.
