This Emergency Appeal responds to BRCS’s request to provide immediate food security support to agro-pastoralist households unable to make ends meet. It will support 20,000 households (about 4.5% of the affected population) through a timely response that secures access to food for the most vulnerable households whilst at the same time strengthening livelihood related activities linked to the next rainy season expected in June/July. The households will be selected through a community-based targeting system, classifying households according to their food security status based on their food stocks, income sources, nutritional status and those resorting to irreversible coping mechanisms.