Djibouti | Floods - Simplified Early Action Protocol: Activation Report (MDRDJ006), 18/5/2026

Country: Djibouti Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Please refer to the attached file. SUMMARY OF THE SIMPLIFIED EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL The IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) has allocated CHF 200,330 for the Djibouti Red-Crescent Society to implement early actions to reduce and mitigate the impact of Flood in Djibouti. The early actions to be conducted have been pre-agreed with the National Society and are described in the Early Action Protocol. Summary Floods is one of the exacerbated hazard effects of global climate change and Djibouti is at risk of both flash floods due to the topographic nature of its landscape of volcanic formations and seasonal riverbeds and tributaries draining to the ocean as well as oceanic effects of climate change including sea level rise, floods and relative Tsunamis making Djibouti one of the non-island high-risk countries. The major flood impacts experienced by the vulnerable communities are human causality (deaths due to drowning, diseases e.g. diarrhoea, cholera), damage to house structures and household assets, and loss of food grains and livestock. The targeted population by this simplified EAP has been selected based on who is more exposed to the flood impacts and it also takes into consideration levels of vulnerability, cooping capacities and social parameters, with attention to particularly vulnerable and/or most-at-risk groups. Specially people from households living in the risk-prone area at risk of displacement, with low-income, females or child-headed households, large households with 3 or more children, households with children under 5 years, and households with elderly members. The trigger was reached at the 14-21 November 2023 in which Djibouti Met and ICPAC issued a w...

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