Jobs / Somalia / Security & cybersecurity
Project Assistant
Mogadishu, Somalia
About US
Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 24 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a non-profit organization that works across over 50 countries, our 8,300 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.
Action Against Hunger USA is part of the Action Against Hunger International network. As an independent NGO, Action Against Hunger USA currently manages operations in 8 countries: Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia and Haiti. Action Against Hunger-USA has over $100 million in programs, and approximately 1,100 permanent staff based in New York City, Washington D.C, Nairobi, and country offices. Additional growth is anticipated.
Organization context and rationale for this position
Action Against Hunger (ACF), in consortium with IGAD and ICPAC, is implementing the DG ECHO-funded Regional Disaster Preparedness Program across Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti, operationalizing the SCALAA methodology and the IGAD Anticipatory Action Roadmap through four interdependent Result Areas. Within the Djibouti component, Result Area 3 addresses the city's acute and growing exposure to extreme heat events with temperatures regularly exceeding forty-five degrees Celsius and climate projections indicating increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves through 2030-2
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