Tender Notice for Feasibility Study on An integrated Climate Adaptation, Food Security and WASH project in Beledweyne District, Hiraan Region, Hirshabelle State in Somalia.

Tender descriptionTerms of ReferenceTender Subject:Feasibility Study on “An integrated Climate Adaptation, Food Security and WASH project in Beledweyne District, Hiraan Region, Hirshabelle State in Somalia.Buy MapsTenderReference:WARDI/Caritas/Feasibilitystudy/Beledweyn/ process-001/2026Project InformationContractingOrganizationWARDI Relief and Development InitiativesProject titleStrengthening Community-Based Climate Adaptation and ClimateResilient Livelihoods in Food Security and WASH, Beledweyne District, Somalia.Project Period01.07.2027 – 30.06.2029 (24 months)Project location: 8 villages in Beledweyne District, Hiran Region, Somalia (final village selection subject to feasibility study)Project DonorBMZ through Caritas Germany Implement Partner WARDI Relief and Development Initiative.Introduction,a.About CARITAS and WARDI.CARITASGermany is the international aid agency of the German Caritas Association, one of the largest social welfare organizations in Europe. It funds humanitarian assistance, disaster preparedness and long-term development cooperation worldwide, working through local Caritas member organizations and civil society partners. Its main sectors are food security and livelihoods, water, sanitation and hygiene, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

Caritas Germany is a recognized implementing partner of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and places strong emphasis on local partner capacity and community ownership.WARDIis one of the leading national non-governmental organizations in Somalia with operational presence across six regions in South Central. Founded in 1993 and duly registered with the Federal Government of Somalia, WARDI’s mission is to provide dignified support to people affected by crises to enable them to lead a dignified and prosperous life. WARDI has offices in Mogadishu, Beletweyne,Jowhar and Buloburte and matan in South Central, Guriceel in Galgadud region Galmudug State,Wanlaweyn and Afgoye districts in Lower Shebelle as well a liaison office in Nairobi.

WARDI specializes in responding to humanitarian emergencies, bridging the gap between crisis and resilience as well as long-term developmental projects with track record in implementing high quality health and nutrition, food security and livelihood, education, protection, and WASH interventions. Our programming has the distinct attributes of applying bottom-up approach that puts the communities, local authorities, and governments (National and Federal states) we work with at the centre of our programmes.Buy MapsBackground, Preparatory Work, Project Description2.2 BackgroundBeledweyne District, situated in the Hiraan region along the Wabi Shebelle River, is a recognized hotspot for compound climate risks. Geographic information system (GIS) analyses confirm that the district faces recurrent and increasingly severe riverine flooding, which frequently intersects with prolonged drought cycles (Osman, 2023).

The World Bank (2020) documented that flooding from the Shebelle River has repeatedly inundated Beledweyne, displacing hundreds of thousands of residents and destroying critical infrastructure. These alternating extremes contaminate existing water points, degrade farmland, and accelerate riverbank erosion, forcing households to rely on unsafe, distant water sources during dry periods (Adaptation Fund, 2024).The local economy, heavily reliant on rain-fed, traditional smallholder farming and agro-pastoralism, is highly susceptible to these shocks, resulting in chronic crop failure, livestock loss, and persistent food insecurity (Adaptation Fund, 2024). The burden of these climate impacts is not distributed equally.

Humanitarian assessments identify women, children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and minority/marginalized clans as the most acutely affected populations (International Organization for Migration [IOM], 2023). Research further highlights that minority clans and wo