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2016
ETHIOPIA
Humanitarian Requirements Document
Red Sea
ERITREA
SUDAN TIGRAY
Gulf of Aden
AFAR
AMHARA
DJIBOUTI
BENESHANGUL
GUMU
DIRE DAWA
HARERI
Addis-Ababa
GAMBELA
OROMIA
SOMALI
SNNPR
SOUTH SUDAN
SOMALIA
KENYA
UGANDA
CONTENTS
5. Humanitarian needs 10
6. Response strategy 12
7. Operational capacity 15
8. Response monitoring 16
Protection 37
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PART I: ACRONYMS
ACRONYMS
ACF Action Contre La Faim
AfDB African Development Bank
Belg Short rainy season from March to May (in highland and mid-land areas)
Birr Ethiopian currency
CMAC Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition
CRS Catholic Relief Services
CSB Corn-soya blend
CWA Consolidated WASH Account
Deyr Short rainy season from October to December (in Somali Region)
DfID UK Department for International Development
DRM ATF DRM Agriculture Taskforce
DRM-SPIF Disaster Risk Management Strategic Programme and Investment Framework
DRMTWG Disaster Risk Management Technical Working Group
ECHO European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
EHCT Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team
ES/NFI Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
FMoH Federal Ministry of Health
GAM Global Acute Malnutrition
GBV Gender Based Violence
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GFD General Food Distribution
Gu Main rainy season from March to June (in Somali region)
HW Health Workers
HEW Health Extension Workers
HRD Humanitarian Requirements Document
ICP Incident Command Post
IDA International Development Association
INGOs International Non-Governmental Organizations
IRC International Rescue Committee
IYCF Infant and Young Child Feeding
JEOP Joint Emergency Operation Program
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
Kiremt/Meher Long and heavy rainy season/post-kiremt harvest
MAC Multi Agency Coordination
MHNT Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams
MoFED Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
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PART I: ACRONYMS
MT Metric Tones
NGOs Non- Governmental Organizations
NDRMCC National Disaster Risk Management Coordination Commission
NMA National Meteorological Agency
CPC Climate Prediction Center
Region Highest Administration Structure
OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN)
OFDA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
OTP Outpatient Therapeutic Program
OWNP One WASH National Programme
PLW Pregnant and Lactating Women
PSNP Productive Safety Net Program
RUTF Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food
RMF Response Monitoring Framework
SAM Severe Acute Malnutrition
SGBV Sexual and Gender Based Violence
SNNP Southern Nations, Nationalities & Peoples region
SWAP Sector Wide Approach
TFP Therapeutic Feeding Program
TSF Targeted Supplementary Feeding
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNICEF United Nations Childrens Fund
USAID US Agency for International Development
WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
WDA Women Development Army
WFP World Food Program
WSWG Water Sector Working Group
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PART I: Foreword by the Government of Ethiopia
FOREWORD BY
THE GOVERNMENT
OF ETHIOPIA
During the past few decades, the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has significantly
strengthened its National Disaster Risk Management approach. Many lessons have been learned and systems
strengthened, to ensure risk is reduced and crisis response is effective. The Disaster Risk Management Strategic
Program Investment Framework (DRM-SPIF) will also serve as a tool to translate the DRM Policy, which was
launched in 2013. Starting from recognition of the potential for DRM in Ethiopia and the strengths of established
systems and practices, the DRM-SPIF maps the required program components of a comprehensive DRM
system for Ethiopia. It presents clear investment options for partners desirous of supporting DRM efforts and
designs mechanism for efficient and harmonized resource allocation and utilization.
More recently, the Government has taken further steps to strengthen national disaster risk management,
including transforming the Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS) to a full blown
Commission, the National Disaster Risk Management Coordination Commission (NDRMCC). The NDRMCC
will ensure a more streamlined Disaster Risk Reduction and disaster response approach across all Government
sectors.
In response to the current drought, the Government has provided over US$200 million of emergency support
in 2015. Furthermore, the Government of Ethiopia has committed a first instalment of US$97 million to support
food distribution in early 2016.
The Government is continuing its efforts to address the full scale of needs; donors and partners must now
scale-up to give Ethiopia the humanitarian support and attention it deserves.
In 2016, as humanitarian needs spike, international support at least in the short term, must tilt towards more
humanitarian assistance. This is critical, to ensure that Ethiopias development gains of the past decade are
preserved.
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PART I: Foreword by the Humanitarian CoordinatoR for Ethiopia
FOREWORD BY
THE HUMANITARIAN
COORDINATOR FOR ETHIOPIA
Drought, worsened by El Nio effects is having a devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of over ten million
Ethiopians.
With the support of Government, families have been building their resilience, but this has been stretched
by the belg failure and by the erratic meher rains this year.
The international humanitarian community supported the Government in developing the Humanitarian
Requirements Document for 2016. This is an ambitious but achievable plan that focuses on saving lives,
but also on protecting and restoring livelihoods. The aim is to help people recover quickly from shock, and to
prevent further deterioration.
The HRD for 2016 calls for a multi-sectoral response including food, health, nutrition, sanitation, water and
education. However, it is critical that food assistance moves at scale and quickly.
The HRD for the first time reflects the costed activities of international non-governmental organisations. If
properly resourced, the HRD for 2016 will be the basis for a well- coordinated and prioritised humanitarian
response that saves many lives and livelihoods. The HRD also commits us to stronger monitoring, which we
hope will help us prioritise our support to those most in need and areas most affected.
We are now looking to the donors to deliver the resources needed for this response.
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PART I: The Humanitarian Response Plan at a glance
AT A GLANCE
PEOPLE WHO NEED HUMANITARIAN FOOD ASSISTANCE
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1 PEOPLE TARGETED (HRD)
10.2M 10.2M
Save lives and
reduce morbidity
related to drought 1.2M TIGRAY
REQUIREMENTS (US$)
Protect and 2.2M 439,218
1.4
restore livelihoods BENESHANGUL
GUMUZ
$ Billion 79,357
56,771
14,500
DIRE DAWA
HARERI
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3 Addis Ababa
GAMBELA
Prepare for and 39,800 3.7M
respond to other SNNP
SOMALI
humanitarian OROMIA
1.5M
shocks, including 756,483
natural disasters,
conflict and
Number of relief food
displacement ## beneficiaries per region
SECTOR # PEOPLE TARGETED TOTAL REQUIREMENTS US$ AVAILABLE RESOURCE US$ NET REQUIREMENTS US$
General Ration: MT
Gross: 1.5M MT
Cereals: 1.2M MT 10.2M* 1.2Billion* 158.2M 1.0Billion
Blended Food: 202,843 MT
Pulses: 121, 443 MT
Oil: 36,433 MT
Net MT: 1.0M
FOOD SUB TOTAL 1.2Billion 158.2M 1.0Billion
* Government and donor carry-over and pipeline pledges to 2016 are US$158,271,229. Therefore, net food requirements are
US$1,022,092,384. This brings HRD net overall requirements to US$1,286,536,103 as of 7 December 2015.
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PART I: Overview of the crisis
OVERVIEW OF
THE CRISIS
Ethiopia is experiencing one of the worst droughts in decades. The two main rainy seasons that supply over 80 per
cent of Ethiopias agricultural yield and employ 85 per cent of the workforce were not successful in 2015.
In June, the Government declared the failure of the The meher assessment concluded that the expected
spring belg rains. This affected smallholder farmers and harvest was far below expectations, with some regions
pastoralists in the north eastern rangelands of Afar and experiencing between 50 to 90 per cent crop loss. The
the northern Somali regions. A Government-led multi- lack of rainfall and subsequent drought have caused
agency assessment on the impact of agricultural yield and a massive spike in humanitarian needs, which are
livestock concluded that 4.5 million people were in need expected to continue through much of 2016.
of emergency food assistance in August. Subsequently,
Further informing the needs presented in this HRD are sector
the summer rains were weak and erratic due to El Nio,
projections for 2016, which have been established through
which negatively affected meher dependent farmers and
joint Government and Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team
tipped pastoralists into severe food insecurity in late July.
(HCT) analysis of analogue El Nio impacted years.
The Government led a pre-harvest, rapid multi-agency
assessment in early October that concluded the number AUGUST 2015 NEGATIVE SOIL MOISTURE
of people requiring emergency food assistance had Standardized
Soil Moisture
increased to 8.2 million, following which an addendum to BENESHANGUL
TIGRAY
Anomalies
the 2015 Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) GUMUZ AMHARA AFAR
+2.0
was released. +1.5
+1.0
The bulk of the needs presented in this HRD for 2016 were DIRE DAWA
+0.6
established through a subsequent robust, Government- Addis-Ababa
HARERI
-0.6
led multi-agency meher assessment, which took place
-1.0
over three weeks in October/November. Close to 200 -1.5
SNNP
Government, UN, NGO and donor representatives GAMBELA OROMIA
-2.0
visited affected communities across Ethiopias nine SOMALI
women affected by the crisis. August is usually the peak of the summer rains. The most affected
areas are experiencing the least soil moisture in over 30 years.
CRISIS TIMELINE
Jan 2015 18 Aug 2015 zz
2.9 million relief belg verification
food beneficiaries assessment
as identified in 2014
meher assessment 4 Jun 2015
13 Oct 2015
The Government
declared failed belg Rapid pre-meher
rain assessment
10.2M ppl
8.2M ppl
4.5M ppl
2.9M ppl
Jan'15 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan'16
Typical belg rain Typical kiremt rain
FAILED ERRATIC due to El Nio
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PART I: Humanitarian needs
HUMANITARIAN
NEEDS
Climatic shocks greatly affecting successive harvests and high food price inflation have combined to drive food
insecurity and malnutrition significantly higher. At the household level, the poorest wealth quintile in affected areas
are of particular concern, able to cover on average only one third of their minimum daily caloric needs from their own
means. Coping mechanisms are stretched to their limits, household debts are rising sharply and dietary diversity has
narrowed significantly, with affected populations consuming a diet consisting predominantly of cereals.
NOVEMBER 2015 VS 2016 PEOPLE NEEDING HOTSPOT WOREDAS (AS OF DECEMBER 2015)
HUMANITARIAN FOOD ASSISTANCE
TIGRAY
0.8M
1.2M
429 TIGRAY
The Hotspot woreda
classification is derived from
AFAR expert judgment using six
AMHARA
2.2M
0.7M
0.4M AMHARA
AFAR multi-sector indicators that are
1.4M agreed upon at zonal, regional
BENESHANGUL
79,357 GUMUZ
BENESHANGUL and federal levels.
65,900 56,771 GUMUZ
DIRE DAWA DIRE DAWA
HARERI 32,500 14,500 HARERI Operationally it
Addis Ababa 3.7M
triggers prioritized
2.9M 1.4M 1.5M
GAMBELA GAMBELA
response, most
SNNP SNNP
OROMIA notably in supple-
SOMALI SOMALI
21,380 39,800 0.6M 0.7M mentary feeding.
OROMIA
Priority woreda
1 - 186
2 - 154
3 - 89
2015 Relief food beneficiaries 2016 Relief food beneficiaries No priority
10.2 M Need
emergency food 2.1M malnutrition (MAM)
and severe acute 2M Need
Livestock and 3.6M Need
emergency
assistance malnutrition (SAM) seed health care
support and disease
1.7M control
MAM 0.4M
SAM
40 PEOPLE TARGETED
Children* & % children &
*Children (6 - 59 months) Pregnant and Pregnant and
Projection
lactating women lactating women
20
Typical AFAR 136,000
Hunger Gap
0
Jan Aug Dec AMHARA 340,000
Given the greatly reduced harvest, admissions are expected to OROMIA 561,000
increase much earlier than usual. SAM projections of 0.4M are
dependent on the success of the food and TSF response.- If
there are delays, the figure will be much higher. SNNP 204,000
SOMALI 238,000
TIGRAY 204,000
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PART I: Humanitarian needs
SEED REQUIREMENT PER REGION - 2016 PROJECTION ANIMAL FEED REQUIREMENT PER REGION - 2016 PROJECTION
0.5M 0.5M
10,400
52,000TIGRAY
##
## Seed requirement per region Concentrate required
TIGRAY
AFAR
(in Qt.) AFAR
in million (kg)
1.7M 1.2M
failed spring/belg and 1.6M
60
AMHARA 250
poor summer/kiremt rains 0.6M Roughage required in
Forage Seed/ poor summer/kiremt rains million (Bales)
Planting
15,000 Materials
BENESHANGUL AMHARA
BENESHANGUL
GUMUZ GUMUZ
DIRE DAWA DIRE DAWA
470 HARERI HARERI
Addis Ababa
1.5M
GAMBELA GAMBELA
SNNP OROMIA
0.4M SOMALI
SOMALI SNNP
2,000 0.6M
14,600 0.4M
5.8M (Mt.) OROMIA
Sweet Potato 1,600
Cuttings
2016 PROJECTED DISPLACEMENT - IOM DISPLACEMENT TRACKING 2016 WASH PRIORITY WOREDAS
AFAR
AMHARA
425,000 110,000
GAMBELA
OROMIA
SNNP SOMALI
Flooding Communal
conflict
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PART I: Response strategy
RESPONSE
STRATEGY
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The Government and the Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team have prepared this evidence-based plan on the basis
of the meher and projections for 2016. To ensure appropriate inter-sector coordination, it has been built around
three pillars, which have formed the basis for related sector-specific operational plans, which will be presented in the
second part of the HRD.
1 2 3
Save lives and Protect and Prepare for and
reduce morbidity restore respond to other
related to drought livelihoods humanitarian
shocks natural
disasters, conflict
and displacement
Activities will focus on priority (1,2 & Activities will focus on priority This objective relates to drought
3) woredas. Ensuring access to safe (1,2,3) woredas to ensure that at and flood affected areas. El Nio
drinking water underpins all efforts risk livelihoods can be protected, will likely be followed by La Nia
without which there could be large- and to take advantage of the 2016 related flooding. Drought will force
scale population movement. The rains. Supporting livestock survival, more people to move in search
Government has requested monthly including plough oxen, through for water and pasture. This could
food distribution. Regular screening the provision of fodder, access to exacerbate communal conflict and
will ensure that the most vulnerable drinking water and vaccination will increase displacement in parts of
are reached with treatment and be key. For families most affected by the country. The Government flood
supplementary food. The potential drought, timely access to seeds and contingency plan expects 210,600
for disease outbreaks is of particular fertilizer will be prioritized to enable people to be affected by flooding
concern and hence the need to them to take advantage of the 2016 and at least 105,300 people at risk
increase immunization coverage. rains. of displacement.
In coping with these factors, school
absenteeism and child labour
increase, families marry young girls
off at earlier ages and send their
children to much longer distances
to fetch water. Women face risks of
different forms of violence, including
when eroded livelihoods forces them
into survival sex.
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PART I: Response strategy
This cross-cutting theme reaches across the whole Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD). Almost
all humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia is provided through the Government, with technical and material
support for systems provided at multiple levels. Whilst there are obvious concerns that the crisis may impact
some of Ethiopias impressive development gains, there is also hope that if well-funded, the implementation
of the HRD will lead to longer-term development outcomes, in particular through the support that will be
provided to front-end service providers.
Development Agent: Through the Agents, the Government provides Health Extension Workers: Through these workers, the Government
agricultural services to farmers, including better seeds, livestock care, provides essential curative care in rural areas, where health care is
and newer technologies limited.
PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS
There has been great progress in improving the quality of cross-sector needs analysis underpinning the
HRD for 2016. Needs projections have already been introduced earlier in the plan, based on analysis of
past El-Nio events in Ethiopia.
A number of unpredictable variables remain beyond the control of Government and other humanitarian
responders that will affect needs, and the ability of partners to address them over the coming year, most
notably the weather.
The following planning assumptions have been agreed as a basis for the HRD:
i) The spring 2016 belg rains will not fail; meaning that at least 10 per cent of those targeted for emergency
food aid will be self-sufficient from the end of July. Historically, the belg rains have been good after an El Nio
year, though the intensity of the current event has led meteorologists to remain cautious in their predictions.
However, noting livestock loss, it will take pastoralists and farmers several seasons to fully recover from
the current drought. The HRD will be revised as part of a Mid-Year Review exercise after completion of a
Government- led belg harvest assessment in April May 2016. Contingency planning for possible belg
failure will be considered early in 2016.
ii) There will be increased flooding compared with recent years due to the effects of El Nio. As outlined
above, the Government has identified locations where increased flooding is very likely. The effects will be
somewhat mitigated due to the construction of the dams and other Government interventions.
iii) Continued three month lead times for the procurement and delivery of food and other assistance. Any
new funding contribution will take this time to materialize as assistance in the hands of beneficiaries.
iv) The Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) will provide monthly food and cash transfers to 7.9 million
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PART I: Response strategy
PRIORITIZATION
The prioritization of activities (and of the overall approach) has been considered in three main dimensions
throughout this plan:
Most Lifesaving: Responses that can have an immediate, large impact in a cost-effective manner (whilst
still addressing the needs of the most-vulnerable groups e.g. the elderly that often comes at a higher
cost).
Time Critical: i.e. Ensuring the timely procurement and distribution of seeds to areas benefiting from the
different rainy seasons across the country
Critically Enabling: i.e. Drinking water interventions, without which the rest of the multi-sector response
would not be possible.
Each sector (cluster) operational plan includes a short list of agreed, prioritized activities categorized as
either high or critical priority the associated costing has also been prioritized accordingly.
Geographical prioritization in most sectors is driven primarily by the Governments Hotspot woreda
Classification, which will be periodically updated throughout the year. Further ad-hoc operational prioritization
of multi-sector response gaps in affected areas will be handled via the Disaster Risk Management Technical
Working Group and Inter-Cluster/sector Coordination Groups.
The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) will work with Government to develop and share regular updates for
donors and partners throughout the year on evolving operational and funding priorities, taking into account the
dynamics of the crisis, funding allocations and gaps, and the response of the Government (beyond the HRD).
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PART I: Operational capacity
OPERATIONAL
CAPACITY
Currently, there are over 66 humanitarian organizations operational in Ethiopia and
supporting the Government-led response
This includes 10 UN agencies, 43 INGOs, ICRC, IFRC, and risk assessment, information management, capacity
the Ethiopian Red Cross and IOM. At least 13 national building, and on integration of disaster risk reduction into
NGOs are conducting and supporting humanitarian development plans.
operations. These include faith and community based
The Government has also established an Emergency Food
organizations, who have the multiplier effect of ensuring
Security Reserve Administration, which provides a short-
assistance reaches those in the remotest areas.
term buffer stock of emergency response commodities
and items on loan to agencies engaged in relief activities
COORDINATION (be it Government, UN or NGOs) until they can mobilize
replacement resources through other mechanisms.
The overall coordination is led by the Ethiopian Government's
The Multi-Agency Coordination (MAC), at the strategy
National Disaster Risk Management Coordination
and technical levels, led by NDRMCC comprising
Commission (NDRMCC*). NDRMCC leads federal and
representatives from the respective Sector Task Forces
regional level Disaster Risk Management Technical
and humanitarian partners coordinates and provides
Working Groups (DRMTWGs) across Ethiopia and hosts a
guidance to facilitate effective response at all levels.
series of specialised task forces that work in tandem with
The Disaster Risk Management Strategic Programme
the clusters/sectors, including food and agriculture.
and Investment Framework (DRM-SPIF), aimed at
As the crisis evolves, the Government is strengthening preventing, mitigating and forecasting disaster risk
the DRMTWGs across Ethiopia, with OCHAs support. to enable effective response, is a tool to facilitate an
Different UN, NGOs and the Ethiopian Red Cross are active effective implementation of the National DRM Policy. A
participants, including at the regional and sub-regional levels. DRM-SPIF Steering Committee and Task Forces were
established to support in operationalizing the DRM Policy
Humanitarian partners are committed to a do no harm
and the DRM-SPIF including development of guidelines
approach and to a nuanced consideration of gender that
and operational documents.
takes into account the different vulnerabilities that women,
men, boys and girls face in accessing humanitarian
assistance. Programmes must always include female CASH AS A RESPONSE MODALITY
community members, beyond the female headed household
The nature of the drought crisis means that food
indicator, which can be misleading. Many women are
availability in local markets is variable and in some
temporarily heading their households as the male heads of
areas limited. Cash as a modality of response will
units move in search of livelihood and pasture.
be considered by WFP, in areas where markets are
functioning well. Availability of food in the pipeline, may
DEVELOPMENT AND DISASTER RISK be used as a basis for determining whether to prioritise
MANAGEMENT CONTEXT: food or cash transfers. A cross-sector cash coordination
group is being established.
# OF INGOS
Over the last decade, Ethiopia has had remarkable economic
growth, with real gross domestic product (GDP) growth
43
13 TIGRAY
the UNDP Human Development Index 67per cent of the ADDIS ABABA 10
1 HARERI
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PART I: Response Monitoring
RESPONSE
MONITORING
In order to ensure ongoing coordination, operational management and collective
prioritization, appropriate management to ensure regular collective analysis of key
indicators to enable well-informed coordination of the response over the coming year.
THE FRAMEWORK monitoring the collective humanitarian response but at
the same time will count on the clusters/sectors and
The Response Monitoring Framework (RMF) will track individual agencies to report on their activities. The RMF
achievements against the HRD strategic objectives. The will take advantage of the annual assessments (belg and
RMF will be developed and agreed by the Government meher), and use them to monitor and review progress
and HCT to track progress against targets for delivery based on primary data collection. These assessments
of humanitarian assistance to affected populations. The together with the PMR will be used to prepare for the
RMF defines what will be monitored, how and when, 2016 belg and meher assessments and the Mid-Year
identifies responsibilities for monitoring and analysis, Assessment of the HRD.
and provides a clear schedule for the release of reports,
including Periodic Monitoring Reports (PMRs) and
humanitarian dashboards. While providing an evidence REPORTING
base to the Government and HCT to make decisions
on strengthening humanitarian response, addressing Two PMRs will be produced, one in July and the other
shortcomings, and adjusting the HRD as required, in December at the end of the implementation cycle.
the monitoring framework will also strengthen the The PMR will present progress made on Strategic
humanitarian communitys accountability towards the Objectives, challenges faced in reaching the set targets,
affected populations and local partners. changes in the context, if any, an analysis of funding,
and recommendations for the way forward. Each cluster/
sector will also elaborate on achievements towards
SCOPE cluster/sector Objectives, any changes in the context,
challenges faced, and recommendations to address gaps
The framework will cover the period from January 2016 in the response. The humanitarian dashboard will be
to December 2016. The RMF will be based on the used to present information on the response highlighting
three strategic objectives set out in the HRD. These key responses, needs and gaps. It will also be used to
will be monitored in-line with the existing coordination measure progress on the beneficiaries reached against
mechanisms between the Government and the HCT. the target and in so doing set a platform for reviewing
Central to the RMF is the cluster/sector system, where progress.
clusters/sectors will be largely responsible for monitoring
and reporting on progress. The RMF will focus on
2016 2017
Dashboard
Meher assessment
Humanitarian Requirements
Document (HRD)
Monitoring Report
Belg assessment
Mid-year review of HRD
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN
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PART I: Response Monitoring
Food
Nutrition
Agriculture
WASH
Health
Education
Emergency Shelter
Protection
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PART II: Food
FOOD
10.2M
woredas by agency
critical coping mechanism NDRMCC
until the next harvests, mid- JEOP
WFP
2016 for belg producing areas AMHARA PSNP
1.1Billion
The 2015 meher assessment ADDIS ABABA
HARERI
# OF PARTNERS
For the relief response
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covering 10.2 million people
in the first 6 months of 2016,
NDRMCC and WFP will
mobilize to cover 7.6 million
IN SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC people, while the CRS-led
OBJECTIVES 1,2 AND 3 Joint Emergency Operation
(JEOP) will cover the needs by the NDRMCC and assisted by woreda
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 1
1
of 2.6 million people. authorities. The category of the woreda
Improved food consumption for in the hotspot ranking, the prevalence of
targeted households and / or It is essential to see food assistance, global acute malnutrition and the level
individuals. supplementary and therapeutic feeding of household food insecurity will inform
and WASH as a package of interventions. this prioritization. Data supporting this
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 2 Evidence shows that failure to distribute
2
exercise will originate from health and
Humanitaran food needs caused food and operate supplementary feeding nutrition screening carried out by woreda
by emergency shocks prepared both undermines the effectiveness of authorities, the results of the meher
and responded to. nutrition interventions and directly causes assessment and the WFP Community
significant increases in severe acute and Household Surveys.
malnutrition.
Main Partners
Targeting
NDRMCC; WFP; JEOP (JEOP is a consortium
The HRD will focus on immediate and led by Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
transitory needs that have arisen as and includes CARE, Save the Children
a result of a particular shock such as International (Save the Children), World Vision
drought, flooding or conflict (e.g., water, Ethiopia (WVE), Food for the Hungry Ethiopia
food, shelter, health). The PSNP and (FHE) and the Relief Society of Tigray (REST).
HRD are complementary and do not CRS works through its local implementing
overlap in terms of beneficiary households partners - Ethiopian Catholic Church Social
and offer a continuum of support to the and Development Coordination office of Harar
most vulnerable households. This being (ECC-SDCOH) and Meki (ECC-SDCOM).
said, for both vulnerable segments of the Both Save the Children and FHE partly
population will be prioritized including implement through the Organization for Relief
people displaced by drought as well as and Development in Amhara (ORDA).
women- and child-headed households.
In the event that resources are not
sufficient, prioritization of the most- Implementation and Coordination
affected woredas and households will be arrangements
carried out by the Food Cluster/sector, led The humanitarian response in 2016 will
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PART II: Food
be led by the Governments National Meeting, which is the forum for reviewing
Disaster Risk Management Coordination the national pipeline and recommending
Commission (NDRMCC), who, together allocations to address the emergency
with WFP, will assist a projected 7.6 food needs of the country. In addition,
million people in close to 200 woredas. CRS and WFP co-lead the Food Cluster/
The Joint Emergency Operations (JEOP) sector structure. CRS, NDRMCC and
will provide support to 2.6 million people WFP also participate in monthly Food Aid
in 76 priority woredas. Management Task Force meetings which
meet to discuss operational challenges
CRS, representing the JEOP consortium,
(e.g., transport and port operations).
and WFP participate in a monthly
NDRMCC-led Prioritization Committee
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PART II: Nutrition
NUTRITION
115.4M of the adult population suffer from stunting previous analog El Nio years.
as children. Stunted children achieve 1.1
years less in school education and 16 per
cent of all repetitions in primary school are Main Partners
# OF PARTNERS associated with stunting. ACF, ADRA, AMREF, CARE, Child Fund,
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The drought-induced increase in Concern, CordAid, DRC, NDRMCC,
household food insecurity will result in EPHI, FAO, FEWSNET, FH-E, FMoH,
record levels of acute malnutrition. In 2015 GOAL, IMC, Islamic Relief, IRC, Mercy
rates of childrens SAM admissions have Corps, Save the Children, MSF, Oxfam,
been on the rise, with August numbers Plan International, Red Cross, UNFPA,
IN SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO, World
OBJECTIVES 1,2 AND 3
being the highest ever reported in the past
years even compared with the Horn of Vision, ZOA.
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 1
1
Africa crisis in 2011.
435,000 severely acute With this admission trend it is expected
malnourished (SAM) Implementation and Coordination
children under 5 identified
that by the end of 2015, the total reported arrangements
and treated. SAM cases will exceed 350,000 across
the country. The Government and partners have
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 2 agreed to focus on key food, nutrition,
2
1,000,000 moderate health and WASH interventions in priority
acute malnourished Targeting woredas to ensure maximum impact and
(MAM) girls and boys of to prevent a further deterioration of the
6 to 59 months and 700,000 The priority caseload for the cluster/sector nutritional situation. For example, for TSF
moderately malnourished
pregnant and lactating women TRENDS IN SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION
treated and rehabilitated.
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CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 3
3
Appropriate caring
Projection
and feeding practices
for children, pregnant 20
and lactating women in
emergencies promoted. Typical Hunger Gap
0
Jan Aug Dec
Typical year For comparision of Already in 2015 monthly
2011 Horn of admission in August were
Africa drought higher than peak of 2011 crisis
will be the 435,000 severely malnourished programming, the Food cluster/sector will
children across the country. 1,000,000 be responsible for the overall procurement
moderately malnourished children of 6 of supplies, while the Nutrition cluster/
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PEOPLE TARGETED
Children* & % children &
*Children (6 - 59 months) Pregnant and Pregnant and
lactating women lactating women
AFAR 136,000
AMHARA 340,000
GAMBELLA 17,000
OROMIA 561,000
SNNP 204,000
SOMALI 238,000
TIGRAY 204,000
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works closely with the NDRMCC and the providing basic preventive and curative
DRM task force. It also chairs bi-monthly health services including prevention and
Emergency Health and Nutrition task force treatment of acute malnutrition.
meeting of key partners from UN and
The NGOs listed above also play crucial
NGOs. The ICP has established a similar
role in supporting the nutrition response
system in Somali (Sitti zone) and Afar
in the priority woredas. They support
regions.
the Regional Health Bureaus including
The nutrition response is primarily with technical support and logistics in
implemented by the Government transportation of supplies procured by
employed Health Extension Workers UNICEF from region or zones to lower
(HEWs) with support from humanitarian level health facilities.
actors. The HEWs are found at the kebele
level (smallest administrative units)
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PART II: AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE
PEOPLE TARGETED Context on-farm labour are also reduced and this
is reflected in deteriorating seasonal daily
In Ethiopia, 80 85 per cent of the labour rates.
2M population are practicing rain-fed
agriculture. After a decade of impressive With increasing food prices and declining
increases in annual agriculture production livestock prices, household food insecurity
and productivity, the 2015 cropping season is expected to worsen. Smallholders
REQUIREMENTS (US$) and pastoralists are already reporting
has been poor. The failed belg rains not
only resulted in a failed belg harvest but rising levels of indebtedness, while other
46.3M also prevented smallholder farmers in the
belg and kiremt rainfall areas from planting
households have reported that they have
already been forced to sell livestock and
longer maturing crops such as maize and eat seeds that they would normally have
sorghum. planted in 2016.
# OF PARTNERS
The arrival of the 2015 El Nio episode
or summer cropping season was poor The scale of the 2015 El Nio is
across much of the eastern half of unprecedented in recent history and it is
IN SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC Ethiopia. The kiremt rains in Afar and recognized that it is not possible to protect
OBJECTIVES 2 northern Somali regions also failed all livelihood assets drought affected
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 1 causing drought conditions and livestock livestock or provide all the seed and cash
1
loss in the north-eastern rangelands. that farmers ideally require. For this
Livelihoods protected and
restored through the provision reason, it will be necessary to target the
Drought in the eastern highland farming most drought-affected areas i.e. those
of emergency livestock and seed
interventions. areas led to loss of crops and livestock areas where crops and livestock are
in large areas of south and south-eastern most affected and at risk and where food
Tigray, eastern Amhara and central and prices and household purchasing power
eastern Oromia and parts of SNNP most threaten household food security.
regions. The forecast poor performance Identified priority groups therefore include
of the meher production season has drought-affected pastoralists in the
already resulted in rising food prices and northern rangelands of Afar and northern
declining terms of trade as farmers and Somali regions that have lost more
pastoralists in the drought affected areas significant percentage of their livestock.
have sold their livestock for progressively
lower prices. Opportunities for seasonal Drought-affected pastoralists in the
DIRE DAWA
HARERI
Addis-Ababa
Government partners at -1
-1.5
federal and regional levels. -2
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
+2.0 +1.5 +1.0 +0.6 -0.6 -1.0 -1.5 -2.0 232015 El Nio affected areas
PART II: AGRICULTURE
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PART II: WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE
5.8M
population has access to improved water actors. The WASH ETF and the OWNP
sources, with coverage higher in urban coordination mechanism is active in
areas (92 per cent) compared to rural the majority of the regions but could
areas (45 per cent). Community-led total be strengthened through an improved
REQUIREMENTS (US$) sanitation and hygiene interventions have real time monitoring system, under the
reduced open defecation from 92 per cent umbrella of the WSWG where linkages
73.5M in 1990 to 29 per cent in 2015.
Despite this tremendous progress, the
between development and humanitarian
sector players is being fostered.
water supply and sanitation coverage According to the meher 2015 seasonal
# OF PARTNERS is not equitably distributed. Access to needs assessment, 6.5 million people
water and sanitation in the highland (49.4 per cent women and girls) were
xx 16
regions often exceeds 80 per cent and affected by drought. The impact of poor
access in the lowland regions is often water access on the nutritional status of
below 5 per cent. To address these children, breastfeeding mothers and on
differences the Government of Ethiopia water borne diseases is considered urgent
IN SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC and its development partners developed and critical. An additional 104,450 people
OBJECTIVES 1,2 AND 3 a US$ 2.4 billion Sector Wide Approach are projected to be affected by flooding,
(SWAP) entitled the ONE WASH National which will require water purification and
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 1:
1
Programme (OWNP) 2013-2018. The related sanitation and hygiene services.
Emergency water supplies OWNP includes both a Consolidated
for human and livestock
WASH Account (CWA) established in
consumption provided in a
sustainable manner. the Ministry of Finance and Economic Targeting
Development (MOFED), which supplies
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 2 Approximately 45 million people across
2
development WASH financing to 382
Safe access to water and woredas. The coordination of the OWNP Ethiopia (43 per cent of the national
sanitation to drought and flood
affected communities facilitated.
2016 WASH PRIORITY WOREDAS / CONSOLIDATED WASH ACCOUNT (CWA)
AFAR
AMHARA
BENESHANGUL
GUMUZ DIRE DAWA
HARERI
GAMBELA
OROMIA
SNNP SOMALI
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Federal Ministries of Water and Health; In hard to reach areas, and in complex
Regional Water and Health Bureaus; geological formations (parts of Afar,
ONEWASH/CWA development partners Amhara [e.g.Waghimra], Tigray, Somali,
(UNICEF, DFID, IDA, AFDB, JICA, and Oromia lowlands) drilling and
USAID, GoF); INGOs: Oxfam, Save the construction of emergency boreholes
Children, CARE, IRC, NRC, DRC, GOAL, would be the most cost effective
ACF, IMC, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) response. Water trucking, according to
and PIN; Private sector WASH Service the National Water Trucking Guidelines
providers developed by the cluster/sector, is a last
resort. Water trucking will be triggered
as a bridging measure as drilling and
rehabilitation is being undertaken. The
cost of water trucking for two months
for 2,000 people would be enough to
establish a new water scheme for the
same population.
Water provision quantity and quality
will be according to National Water Quality
standards, the minimum is 15 litres
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PART II: WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE
per person per day. For water trucking prioritized in areas where ponds and
the threshold is 5 litres per person per surface water (unsafe) is available.
day. Water treatment chemicals will be
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PART II: HEALTH
HEALTH
3.6M
actively engaged in response, including campaign against meningitis A. However
critical public health, nutrition and water new threats are appearing such as
services. Access to emergency health Meningitis C in Gambella and increased
services is needed for the approximately incidence in watery diarrhea, malaria,
REQUIREMENTS (US$) 435,000 children projected to be dengue and other communicable diseases
severely acute malnourished, 1.7 million in drought and/or flood affected areas.
33.6M moderately malnourished pregnant and
lactating mothers and the projected
820,000 displaced for the year 2016. Targeting
National systems are currently reacting
# OF PARTNERS to needs of communities affected by the The at risk population, are those
drought. The meher 2015 assessment affected by drought, and those at risk of
1
with disabilities.
Life-saving health with decreased food availability and
services to highly food displacement will significantly increase The geographic areas of concern include
insecure and displaced the risks of increased mortality and the hotspot priority 1 and 2 woredas within
people in emergency affected morbidity, including from malnutrition, Tigray, Amhara, Afar, Somali, SNNP,
areas provided. and due to outbreaks of communicable Gambella, Oromia and Dire Dawa City
diseases, including measles, meningitis, Administration; and areas of population
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 2 displacement (Afar, Gambella, Hareri,
2
malaria, dengue fever, diarrheal disease
Epidemic disease and acute respiratory infection. Oromia, Somali and SNNP).
outbreaks in high risk
It is estimated that 20 per cent of the The affected population will be regularly
areas detected and
responded to. expected 435,000 severely malnourished monitored in 2016. The health sector
children will develop medical complications will strengthen regular surveillance and
that need intensive lifesaving medical monitoring and expand emergency
treatments in hospital-based therapeutic preparedness and response, including
feeding centers. Malnutrition amongst early warning and community-level alert
pregnant women increases the risk systems. Health and nutrition surveillance
of abortion, fetal death and bleeding, systems will supplement each other
contributing to increased maternal to increase coverage, screening, and
and neonatal morbidity and mortality. surveillance and alert mechanisms.
A minimum initial reproductive health
service package is required. Stresses
from displacement are also linked with
increasing psychosocial and mental health
effects. Overburdened national health
systems will face increasing difficulties to
address emergency health needs.
The Federal Ministry of Health (MoH) and
partners have already taken important
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PART II: HEALTH
PEOPLE IN NEED
Type Location Number affected Number at risk
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PART II: EDUCATION
EDUCATION
1
(Shabelle zone, Somali region) and access quality education opportunities
A safe and protective as a result of drought. This number is
environment provided
conflict (West Hararge zone, Oromia).
Schools in drought-affected regions have expected to rise to over 2.5 million during
to school-aged children
and adolescents affected by closed due to pastoralists moving with their the HRD period.
shocks. children in search of water and pasture. The most affected regions are Afar,
Moreover, in almost all affected schools, Amhara, Gambela, Oromia, SNNP,
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 2
2
The return of children
to school is promoted # OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS
through the provision of
school meals.
TIGRAY
33,370
2.1M Children affected
AMHARA
AFAR 0.9M Girls
1.1M Boys
BENESHANGUL
GUMUZ
DIRE DAWA
HARERI
ADDIS ABABA
GAMBELA
OROMIA
SNNPR SOMALI
Schools affected
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PEOPLE TARGETED
Total children % boys & girsl
Region
AFAR 46,404
AMHARA 511,800
GAMBELLA 23,300
OROMIA 293,900
SNNP 87,800
SOMALI 31,000
TIGRAY 176,300
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PART II: Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items
13
According to IOMs, over 131,400
relocation of at-risk communities, timely
individuals in Afar, Oromia and
harvesting of crops, and appropriate
Somali were displaced by drought,
water catchment practices.
floods, communal conflict over scarce
resources between August and October Cluster/sector partners will track population
IN SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES 1, 2 AND 3 2015. 61,201 (47 per cent) are women movement, mobility induced needs, of
and girls. With an estimated projection existing and newly displaced populations,
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 1: of 9.6 million people to be affected in to enable more targeted programming and
1
Access to locally appropriate drought and flood prone areas, the response to emerging needs. This will be
emergency shelter and non-food cluster/sector will prioritise a total of done through the Displacement Tracking
items for drought, flood and 821,472 most vulnerable -because of Matrix, which include identification of
other natural disaster affected people resource based competition (110,000), protection risk factors such as GBV, child
with a focus on the most vulnerable,
drought (286,472) and flooding protection and trafficking in person. The
improved.
(425,000) will critically require lifesaving ES/NFI Cluster/sector will hold regular
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 2 ES/NFI assistance. meetings on a monthly basis as well as
2
ad-hoc meetings as necessary to plan and
Population movement tracking, respond efficiently.
registration and profiling Targeting
management strengthened, to Population movement tracking will be
improve the delivery of immediate Prioritized areas will be identified by implemented monthly and will inform
humanitarian services, including
shelter and non-food items (NFI).
Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), Government and humanitarian partners
severity levels, vulnerability criteria, and priority needs identification. With cluster/
at risk factors. Special emphasis will be sector partners registration, profiling,
placed on existing IDP caseloads will be intention surveys and flow monitoring will
given special focus. be strengthened.
Given the cyclical and thus predictable The cluster/sector will develop people-
nature of floods in the country, centred design, with community
communities and partners will be participation, to ensure appropriateness
encouraged to focus on disaster risk and equity, and to reduce tensions
reduction and management strategies between IDPs and host communities.
in flood prone and drought affected This will go hand in hand with monitoring
areas. of activities, distributions and coverage
placing emphasis on the specific needs
of women, men, boys, girls, elderly and
Main Partners disabled. Complaint mechanisms will be
set-up by the cluster/sector to ensure
NDRMCC, IOM, UNICEF, UNOCHA, IRC,
accountability to affected populations.
ICRC, ERCS, GOAL, Save the Children,
NRC, OXFAM, CISP, COOPI In all settings, emphasis will be placed on
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Internal Displacement
Causes
TIGRAY Drought
Communal conflict Drought 54% 46%
Flood
AFAR Fire
Flooding 54% 46%
AMHARA People Displaced
20,000 - 30,000
6,000 - 20,000 Communal
51% 49%
2,000 - 6,000 Conflict
BENESHANGUL Less than 2,000
Male Female
GUMUZ
DIRE DAWA
HARERI
ADDIS ABABA
GAMBELA 31,490
communal
conflict 24%
OROMIA
53,400
SNNPR SOMALI 41%
Drought
46,530 35%
Flooding
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PART II: PROTECTION
PROTECTION
2.5M*
how the current drought has increased vulnerable groups.
child protection concerns, including
increased rates of child labour and
migration (in search of water and pasture Targeting
REQUIREMENTS (US$) and into urban areas). Children in
assessed areas are showing distressed Internally displaced people, children on
11.9M** behaviour due to food shortages, increase the move and those at risk of trafficking,
in child marriage and family separation. elderly, unaccompanied and separated
The drought is forcing children, especially children and orphaned girls and boys,
girls and women, to walk longer distances out-of-school children, girls at risk of
# OF PARTNERS to fetch water, exposing them further to harmful traditional practices, pregnant
sexual and gender based violence. Food and lactating women, single female and
1
to engage in domestic servitude that
Vulnerable groups
are protected from life further exposes them to different forms Main Partners
threatening protection of sexual and gender based violence.
risks including gender based The multiple responsibilities of women Government - MoWCA, MoH, MoJ, MoLSA,
violence, neglect, abuse and and girls for household chores in the NDRMCC and their respective sub national
exploitation and other life face of limited resources predispose offices/bureaus; UN agencies - UNICEF,
threatening forms of violence UNFPA , IOM and UNHCR; NGOs - Save The
them to anxiety and psychological stress
in hotspot priority one woredas
that require urgent assistance. Water Children, IMC, PAPDA, Plan International,
(142) affected by the drough.
scarcity has compromised women of Oxfam, IRC, Religious organizations working
CLUSTER OBJECTIVE 2 reproductive ages hygiene, especially on humanitarian issue , NRC, WVI, DRC,
2
during menstrual period. SoS, ZOA, Right To Play, RaDO
Vulnerable children are
protected against life For many women, boys, girls, elderly and
threatening protection
disabled, they require special assistance Implementation and Coordination
risks including abuse, neglect,
exploitation and violence in to collect food rations; to transport non- arrangements
hotspot priority one woredas food items, to access health care.
(142) affected by the drought. Coordination1) Protection Cluster/sector
The Regional Bureaus of Woman and Coordination at national level and in
Childrens Affairs are conducting in priority drought- affected regions 2) CP/
depth protection assessments that will GBV Coordination at national and sub-
further inform programming. However, national level through sub cluster/sector
initial results highlight the need to focus led by MOWCA and BOWCA/BoLSA
on strengthening community protection
systems and mechanisms including Service delivery Provision of minimum
prevention interventions, and the urgent package of protection services in priority
need for psychosocial support particularly one woredas to be provided by the
* Children - 1M among children within displaced Regional Bureaus of Women and Children
Women and girls - 1.3M communities. Some additional measures and Bureaus of Labour and Social Affairs
Men and boys - 0.2M include the use of floodlighting and complemented by NGOs present in
** Child protection - 5.5M lockable shelter kits. It is also important the area. Based on Global Protection
Gender-based violence - 5.2M to establish family tracing programs, Child Protection Minimum Standard in
General protection - 1.2M
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PART II: PROTECTION
39
PART I: Response Monitoring
40 5
Afar Regional Meher Assessment Summary (as of 2 December
Red Sea 2015)
41
Very low supply of staple crops, including maize to local
markets 439,218
Hari
require food assistance
Very high supply of livestock to local markets (drought
stress sale), but the demand is very low due to poor
livestock body conditions. No milk yield from livestock in all Key recommendation
assessed woredas Gabi
Timely food assistance to the 439,218 food insecure people
1.8 million livestock face acute feed shortages, affecting identified by the assessment team
at least 118,172 households Seed support for 8,600 agro-pastoralist households
Priority 1
246,200 people do not have access to safe drinking Livestock feed and health services for 1,181,717 small
water. Some 137,000 people are completely dependent ruminants, 354,515 cattle and 236,343 camels
on water trucking to meet their water needs. 66 boreholes Relief food beneficiaries per month (2015 Jan. - 2016 Jan.) (in millions)2
in visited woredas need repair Water trucking support and rehabilitation of dysfunctional water
800 schemes
Coping mechanism Long terms: diversify community livelihood and income sources,
600
Excessive and unseasonal livestock migration within the region especially in Zone 1 and Zone 2
and neighbouring areas in search of water and pasture 400
42
Gojam
2.2M
South Wollo Special require food assistance
Cereal prices are stable for now, but prices of pulses
Awi/Agew Woreda
increased, while livestock price decreased as a result of
emaciation East Oromia
Gojam
:
1.5 million people face acute water shortages, people North
Shewa
travel up to 6 hours to the nearest water point; increase in Priority 1 Key recommendation
WaSH-related disease outbreaks, including scabies Priority 2
Emergency food aid and nutriton intervention in the 85 identified
5
Priority 3 woredas
No priority
Multi-sector (Health, WaSH, NFI) response to the scabies and
dysentery outbreaks
Relief food beneficiaries per month (2015 Jan. - 2016 Jan.) (in millions)2
Coping mechanism
Provision of livestock feed and drugs; Commercial destocking for
Excessive livestock sale - livestock supply to markets tripled, but 2.0 non breeding livestock
demand is low 1.6 Preventing school dropout and absenteeism through school
More and more family members migrating in search of labor 1.2 feeding and WaSH interventions
opportunities, especially the men, to support their families back
home 0.8
Metekel
Impact
8% of regions population require food assitance
43
Planted area this year (746,992.2ha) is 10.7% larger
compared to the same time in 2014. Apart from the pocket
Asosa
areas that received poor rains, a bumper harvestis
expected
The long dry spell in affected areas reduced the meher
Kemashi 79,357
require food assistance
443 severely malnourished children under five years and
1,000 moderately malnourished children under five and
pregnant and lactating mothers, : in areas confirmed
measles outbreaks Assosa zone has the highest SAM
prevalence
Relief food beneficiaries per month (2015 Jan. - 2016 Jan.) (in thousands)2 Key recommendation
Increasing number of malaria cases reported compared
84 Timely food assistance to the 79,357 food-insecure people
to the same time last year
identified by the meher assessment team
56 Strengthen food security monitoring in the drought-affected areas
Unseasonal increase in cereal prices in some areas of
Ensure consistent supply of water treatment chemicals in drought
Assosa zone 28 and excessive rain-affected areas at public facility and household
levels
As the dry season intensifies, livestock in some parts of 0
Assosa zone will face severe water and pasture shortages, Jan'15 Jan'16
impacting their body condition and price
PART I: Response Monitoring
Gambella Regional Meher Assessment Summary (as
Red of
Sea2 December 2015)
(280.5ha of crop in Mengeshi woreda alone) and impacting the Remittances from family members outside and inside the country
quality of coffee production
A mid-season dry spell (15 July to 15 September) impacted Current response
agricultural activities. Farmers in Dimma woreda in Mejang zone Nuer Wild life
reserve Nutrition response (SAM and MAM) by ACF in four woredas; and
missed the planting season for sorghum one of the major staple
by ZOA for 2,116 HH Akobo IDP returnees
foods
Food, emergency shelter and non-food items distributed for
Agnuak internally displaced people by Federal and regional authorities, the
Ethiopian Red Cross and ICRC, IRC, IOM
44
Impact
Majang
49% harvest yield loss from the production plan (2.5
million quintals) for the year
9% of regions population require food assitance
1,325 cattle (974 cows and oxen, 183 shoats) and 168
chickens died due to animal skin disease in Agnuak and
Nuer zones
5
Priority 1 39,800
Price of maize is increasing (current price is 115% Priority 2 require food assistance
higher compared to same time last year)
47,502 people do not have access to safe drinking Relief food beneficiaries per month (2015 Jan. - 2016 Jan.) (in thousands)2
Key recommendation
water and are at risk for water-related diseases Timely food assistance to the 39,800 food insecure people
40
identified by the meher assessment team
Of 1,106 assessed water points, 278 (28%) water
30 Timely food assistance to the former Akobo IDPs (2,111HH) now
schemes are not functioning, 45 water schemes due to
the dry spell/drought returned to their area of origin (they were not able to cultivate this
20
season)
10 Water scheme maintenance and ensure consistent supply water
0 treatment chemicals in drought-affected areas at public facility and
household levels
Jan'15 Jan'16
Livestock emergency intervention, including drugs
Oromia Regional Meher Assessment Summary (asRed Sea
of 2 December 2015)
45
Bale
Arsi 3.7M
Impact require food assistance
Coping mechanism 3 134,645 quintals of different types of emergency seed support for
396,264 HHs to plant 307, 048 hectares of land
Out-migration of school children and able-bodied men in search 2
of casual labour opportunities, including urban areas and Veterinary requirements for 7,479,398 different types of livestock,
commercial farms. This increases school dropout rates, child 1 Livestock feed (1,849,616 quintals of concentrate and 13,118,778
protection risks, and leaves households temporarily headed by bale of straw/hay) for 3,067,306 livestock (cattle and shoats)
0
women at risk of gender-based violence benefiting total of 493,614 HHs
Jan Jan'16
Traditional hunting and gathering of wild food, leaves and roots Livestock emergency intervention, including drugs
PART I: Response Monitoring
and household food security is expected during the first half of Current response
Gurage
2016 in most lowlands and dry midlands along the rift valley
Yem Selti
Due to operational constraints late and irregular relief food
Although the kiremt rains were late by four to six weeks and distribution to belg needy people
Sheka Hadiya
uneven and below normal in performance, relatively better rainfall
Alaba Due to operational constraintsinadequate and late TSF food
was received in the drought-affected areas since the second Keffa KT
Hadiya delivery to moderately malnourished people in hotspot woredas
week of October. Unseasonal rainfalls continued to be reported
Dawro
until mid-November Konta Wolayita SCI, GOAL, ACF and Concern involved in capacity building and
Sidama logistics support on CMAM programs
46
Impact Bench Maji Basketo Gamo Gofa Regional Water Bureau (RWB) and IMC provide clean water in
Gedio Mareko woreda (water trucking)
40-60% crop damage in drought affected
RWB, UNICEF, PIN, IRC maintaining damaged water schemes
Declined coffee production in Gedeo and Sidama zones. Segen Peoples' and providing water treatment chemicals
South Omo
Crop diseases also contributed to the reduction in coffee
Priority 1
production 4% of regions population require food assitance
Priority 2
5
In September, some 34 woredas reported a 50% increase Priority 3
in the number of children treated in therapeutic feeding No priority
program sites in relation to August
Relief food beneficiaries per month (2015 Jan. - 2016 Jan.) (in thousands)2
25-35% increase in staple food price compared to same 668,900
period last year; and 50% reduction in livestock prices require food assistance
800
600
Some 552,000 people are at risk of Malaria, 85,500 at Key recommendation
risk of measles and more than 292,000 at risk of meningitis 400 Distribution of relief food for 756,483 people in the 56 identified
woredas
200
Provision of targeted supplementary food for all children
0 discharged from therapeutic feeding programme sites
Jan'15 Jan'16
Preventing school dropout and absenteeism through school
feeding and WaSH interventions
Somali Regional Meher Assessment Summary (as ofRed Sea
2 December 2015)
47
zone alone, and damaged livelihoods Doolo
children
Shabelle Korahe
Impact PSNP beneficiaries in Afder, Liban and Shabelle are 226,115
(untill December 2015)
1.5 million people need food assistance, 375,000 people
Afder
in Siti zone alone
Liben
27% of regions population require food assitance
Drought-induced internal displacements amount to some
Priority 1
124,082 people across 27 IDP sites in Siti zone
Priority 2
In some lowland areas, planted meher crops totally failed due to UNICEF providing nutritional supplies (plumy nut, F 75, F 100,
PART I: Response Monitoring
delayed and inadequate kiremt rains Amoxicillin,) for 2, 200 children under-5
Most farmers practiced dry planting and replanted more than Raya Beer Factory provided 200qt of by-products for livestock
59,000 hectares of land in most Eastern, Central, Southern and feed
South-eastern zones With HRF funding, Concern World Wide Is implementing nutrition
North
Western Central interventions, benefiting 7,150 people
Impact Eastern
Western
56% meher harvest yield reduction compared to 2015
48
Fewer casual labour opportunities 24% of regions population require food assitance
2.2 million livestock are facing acute feed shortages 1.2M
Southern require food
Market supply in the region is normal assistance
Priority 1
Priority 2
669,479 people face acute water shortages Priority 3
5
No priority Key recommendation
Coping mechanism Emergency relief food aid response, including TSF and nutritional
Increased dropout and absenteeism of students to supplement supplies (F 75, F 100 and essential medicaments for treating
Relief food beneficiaries per month (2015 Jan. - 2016 Jan.) (in millions)2
household income source SAM cases)
1.2
Excessive sell of livestock, including milk cows, which is Multi-sector response to scabies and diarrhea by improving
1.0
depleting household assets WaSH and health services
0.8
Sale of cash crop such as teff and pulse to purchase cheaper Preventing increased school absenteeism and drop out through
0.6
and usually less nutritious crops (cereals) school feeding and WaSH interventions.
0.4
Sale of charcoal and firewood 0.2
Commercial livestock destocking and advocacy with
0 communities to increase slaughter of livestock for children during
Reduction in daily meals (in quantity and quality) the Christmas fasting period
Jan15 Jan16
Increased use of wild food (cactus fruits) and borrowing food
and/or cash from better-off families
Increased labor migration in-country and abroad (Arab countries)
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Sectors Revised Carry over from 2014 Contribution in US$ Gap % Coverage of the
Requirements total Requirement
Food 470,213,297 335,712,187 134,501,110 71%
TSF 26,300,000 7,000,000 17,819,013 1,480,987 94%
Health and Nutrition 49,935,153 10,189,620 49,710,181 (9,964,648) 120%
Health 12,435,153 5,049,462 7,385,691 41%
Nutrition 37,500,000 10,189,620 44,660,719 (17,350,339) 146%
WASH 22,026,625 1,649,673 11,289,507 9,087,445 59%
Agriculture 25,504,733 1,471,027 9,084,820 14,948,886 41%
Education 2,420,192 955,791 1,464,401 39%
Total 596,400,000 20,310,320 424,571,499 151,518,181 75%
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EDUCATION
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This is a joint Government of Ethiopia and Humanitarian Partners document.
This document provides a shared understanding of the crisis, including the most pressing humanitarian needs, and
reflects the joint humanitarian response planning.