Views from the Frontline (VFL) surveys are being carried out in Somalia for the first time.  Mr. Abdullahi Nur from the National coordinating organisation CEPID says, “Somalia is a hostile and volatile country.  Nevertheless, we want to do our best to reveal current disasters in Somalia using local people through NGOs and our local governance departments.”  Somalia has been experiencing conflict since the collapse of its central government in 1991 and has various groups competing for control of the country.  UN agencies and Reliefweb reports earlier this year revealed that drought was affecting millions in parts of Somalia and causing large scale refugee movements to country borders.  In the middle of this hugely challenging environment, CEPID has been carrying out the survey in ten regions of the country.