# Africa’s Voices - Report “Listening to affected populations: deploying the Common Social Accountability Platform to understand humanitarian priorities for the Somalia HNO 2020” [Report](https://www.africasvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Africas-Voices-AAP-Consultation-_-Briefing-Note_FINAL.docx-1.pdf) ### Glossary - HNO := Humanitarian Needs Overview - CSAP := Common Social Accountability Platform - JMCNA := Joint Multi Cluster Needs Assessment - [OCHA](https://www.unocha.org) := United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - [REACH](https://www.reach-initiative.org/where-we-work/somalia/) := humanitarian initiative working in over 20 countries, data analysis and dissemination, doing surveys - WASH := Water, Sanitation, Hygiene ### Content - August-September 2019, two-week nationwide radio show - 8,251 people answered via SMS - 84% of these reported “that they feel they had more of a voice in humanitarian decision-making processes” - Partnership with “REACH” and “OCHA” - Parallel with JMCNA - Project deployed AVF’s CSAP, distribute findings from JMCNA - 26 FM radio stations - Is Supposed to be compared to 2018 show, where 8,955 citizens participated and estimably 100,000 listened - Included all regions of Somalia, even some inaccessible to JMCNA - Particularly inclusive for women (41%), youth (87% under 35), IDP (47%) - Demographics broadly consistent with 2018, except for rise from 35% to 47% in IDP’s -> increasingly effective way of engaging with this vulnerable group --- - Episode 1: contained overview of JMCNA findings, interviews with OCHA and government representatives - Episode 2: citizens perspective on aid agencies building self-reliance in Somalia, featuring interviews from NGO community and government ### Findings - Theme of good governance and peace and security as solution to humanitarian crisis - Demand for greater community organisation as a mechanism to address humanitarian needs - Need for more information, in terms of awareness creation and data collection - … - Comparing to findings from 2018 ### Meta - Lots of footnotes saying this and this is so many percent, significant at p