Urban livelihood assessments - Disaster risk reduction

Somali Shillings per year (in ‘000s)Annual expenditure of very poor and poor households (2007-08)Very poorhouseholdsspent about$113 permonthfor a familyof 6 people.70000600005000040000othergiftsclothessocial servicesThey could notafford to sendkids to formalschool, only tokoranic school(included in‘socialservices’).3000020000100000Very PoorPoorwaterrentHH itemsnon-staple foodstaple food‘Staple food’ includes: sorghum, rice, wheat flour, pasta‘Non-staple food’ includes: sugar, oil, and small quantities of vegetables (onions,tomatoes, potatoes), pulses, meat, milk powder, salt, tea leaves‘Household items’ includes: soap, firewood, kerosene, rent