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OCHA has been in Ethiopia since 2001 with the aim of coordinating effective and principled humanitarian action. OCHA works on four core functions: alleviate human suffering in Ethiopia caused by drought; promotion of preparedness and prevention efforts to reduce future vulnerability to natural disasters; advocating for the rights of people in need; and facilitating sustainable solutions to address root causes.
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02 November 2009
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE
Revised Humanitarian Requirements Document Launched
On 22 October 2009, the Government and humanitarian partners launched the revised Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) requesting US$ 175 million for prioritized food and non-food needs for the reminder of the year. The revised HRD confirms that 6.2 million people will require emergency food aid assistance between October and December 2009. Regionally, 29% of beneficiaries are in the Somali, 22% in Oromiya, 17% in SNNP, 16% in Amhara, and 12% in Tigray. Given available resources amounting to $157.6 million, the net emergency food requirement from October to December equals $130 million, including $121 million for general food rations (159,022 MT) and $8.9 million for targeted supplementary food (11,000 MT).
Nutrition Update
Summary of TFP monthly reports by partners submitted to ENCU during the MANTF meeting indicates a mixed nutrition situation across the regions. Admissions to Therapeutic Feeding Programmes (TFPs) have been decreasing in some woredas of SNNPR, East Hararghe zone (Oromiya), Degehabur zone (Somali) and Mekedela and Legehida woredas (Amhara), while admissions have increased in Dalifage (Afar), Korahe (Somali) and Fedis and Midega (Oromiya). Similarly, the findings from standard nutrition assessments conducted between August and September 2009 also indicate a mixed nutritional situation.
Health Update
WHO reports an increase of malaria cases in some woredas of Amhara, Oromiya and SNNPR. The revised HRD identifies 2.6 million people at risk of malaria infection in 122 woredas across eight regions, requesting $5 million (as a sub-set of the health and nutrition request) to undertake emergency interventions including indoor residual spraying, provision of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) and implementation of effective case management. Provision of anti-malarial drugs, supplies, and training of Health Extension Workers, community health promoters and kebele-level committee members have been prioritized for control and prevention of malaria.
Food Distribution Update
WFP reports that the sixth round of food distributions (seventh round for Somali Region under the hubs-and–spokes system) for 6.2 million emergency beneficiaries is underway with allocations completed for Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Oromiya, SNNP and Tigray. The food basket contains a full cereal ration and reduced Corn-Soya-Blend (CSB) ration. Pulses and oil have been excluded due to resource shortages. Additionally, resources for the TSF programme are insufficient to meet requirements for another round of distributions in 2009. WFP further notes that shortages in 2009 mean that there will be no carry-over stocks into next year, threatening the programme’s continuation. For more information contact: wfp.addisababa@wfp.org
Market Watch
According to the latest Ethiopia Market Watch issued by WFP, general inflation based on the monthly moving average continues to decline, standing at 24.1 per cent in August (down from 41.6 in May 2009), with food inflation at 25.4 per cent and non-food inflation at 21.8 per cent. The continued decline, particularly in food price inflation, which has declined by more than half over the same period, is attributed to the decease in food prices, especially cereals, due to the continued market stabilization programme by government and food aid interventions. Since July 2009, the local price of major staple food has shown an average decrease of 6.1 per cent for wheat, 9 per cent for maize and 4.2 per cent for sorghum. For more information contact: wfp.addisababa@wfp.org
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Humanitarian Requiremens Document, October 2009
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CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE
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SUMMARY OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
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UPCOMING & ONGOING MEETINGS
Humanitarian Requirements Document 30 January, 2009
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UN CERF, Press Release, 21 July 2009
What is OCHA?
Who,What, Where(3Ws) Matrix
- National 3Ws Map
- 3Ws by Region
- 3Ws by Sector
- 3Ws by NGO
Maps
- National Hotspot Map, September 2009
Humanitarian Situation Update
- Humanitarian Bulletin, 21 September 2009
- Humanitarian Bulletin, 14 September 2009
- Humanitarian Bulletin, 07 September 2009
- Humanitarian Bulletin, 31 August 2009
Humanitarian Requirements Document
Government-Partners Joint Document, 30 January 2009
Government-Partners Joint Document, 12 June 2008
LINK
Government of Ethiopia - Disaster Prevention and
Preparedness Agency (DPPA) Digital Library
Ethiopia Interagency Sectoral/Cluster Website
Humanitarian Response Fund
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IRIN Lead Stories/Dernières Nouvelles
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ETHIOPIA: Bright lights, big city is high risk for students
ADDIS ABABA Monday, November 02, 2009 (IRIN) - Being a university freshman is an exciting time for any young person, but many students get carried away, partying too hard and taking sexual risks.
AFRICA: AU pushes the envelope on "climate migrants"
JOHANNESBURG Thursday, October 29, 2009 (IRIN) - An African international agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a result of climate change.
Analysis: African IDP convention fills a void in humanitarian law
KAMPALA Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa is a comprehensive document that will, if ratified, fill a void in international humanitarian law, say experts.
AFRICA: Electronic records can streamline health care
NAIROBI Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Replacing manual data with electronic health records would significantly improve the quality of care and enable African HIV treatment programmes to be scaled up more efficiently, say the authors of a new article on the subject.
AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change
MIDRAND Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Disaster risk reduction as a tool for climate change adaptation is a "technical mouthful" said Rachel Shebesh, chair of the African Parliamentarian Initiative for Climate Risk Reduction.
AFRICA: IDP convention - now the hard work begins
KAMPALA Monday, October 26, 2009 (IRIN) - Seventeen countries signed the African Union convention on internally displaced persons (IDPs) after years of preparation culminated in a week of meetings in the Ugandan capital but a lot more hard work remains before it becomes effective, according to observers.
ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA: Rising numbers of illegal immigrants enter Somaliland
HARGEISA Friday, October 23, 2009 (IRIN) - Immigration officials in the self-declared republic of Somaliland have expressed concern over the increase in the number of illegal Ethiopian migrants entering the region, with claims that up to 90 people are arriving daily, against 50 in 2008.
AFRICA: Climate change could worsen displacement - UN
KAMPALA Friday, October 23, 2009 (IRIN) - With increasing natural disasters, including floods, storms and droughts, hitting the continent, more people in Africa are likely to be displaced, creating a challenge for governments, the UN warns.
ETHIOPIA: Increased condom use among sex workers but more education needed
ADDIS ABABA Friday, October 23, 2009 (IRIN) - With non-skilled jobs in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, paying as little as US$16 per month, the financial incentives to engage in commercial sex work are overwhelming - earning 30 times a domestic worker’s salary.
ETHIOPIA: Drought need not mean hunger and destitution - Oxfam
NAIROBI Thursday, October 22, 2009 (IRIN) - With droughts becoming more common, donors and the Ethiopian government must look beyond the traditional "band aid" responses to disasters by using approaches that are more cost-effective, sustainable and better suited to the population, international aid agency Oxfam says in a new report.
AFRICA: Talking about forced displacement
KAMPALA Thursday, October 22, 2009 (IRIN) - Civil society and government officials are gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to discuss the Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa and a declaration on refugees, returnees and IDPs.
GREATER HORN OF AFRICA: Preparing to mitigate negative impact of El Niño
NAIROBI Monday, October 19, 2009 (IRIN) - As countries across East Africa and the Horn of Africa begin to receive El Niño-related enhanced rainfall, disaster risk reduction experts from 10 countries in the region are meeting in Nairobi to develop strategies for reducing the negative impact of the evolving El Niño phenomenon.
AFRICA: Shining the spotlight on the displaced
NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Forty years after the rights of Africa’s refugees were enshrined in a landmark convention, the continent’s leaders are due to make legal history again by adopting a new instrument to assist people displaced within the borders of their own country.
AFRICA: Africa's IDP situation at a glance
NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Africa hosts at least 11 million of the world's 25 million conflict-affected IDPs. Millions more are displaced annually by natural disasters.
AFRICA: Africa's IDPs in numbers
NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Most IDPs in Africa have been forced out of their homes by conflict, either between government forces and armed opponents or between communities.
AFRICA: The objectives of the IDP Convention
NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - The objectives of the Convention
In Brief: When health facilities become casualties
DAKAR Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Designed to be safe havens in times of disaster, health facilities are vulnerable to upheaval when catastrophe strikes, according to the UN, which is focusing on hospital safety for International Day for Disaster Reduction.
AFRICA: Fighting the "double whammy" of obesity and hunger
BANGKOK Thursday, October 08, 2009 (IRIN) - Africa faces a double burden of obesity and hunger as millions take up increasingly sedentary lives in cities and the global financial crisis hits rural populations’ food security, nutritionists warn.
How To: Rescue people trapped in a collapsed building
NAIROBI Thursday, October 08, 2009 (IRIN) - When an earthquake strikes a town, or a building is levelled by an explosion, news footage invariably shows search and rescue teams trawling through the rubble looking for survivors. But what does it take to rescue people trapped under tons of concrete?
In Brief: Voices of landmine survivors
DAKAR Thursday, October 08, 2009 (IRIN) - A landmine survivor in Senegal’s Casamance region on 6 October used the recent report, ‘Voices from the Ground’, based on a survey of mine victims worldwide, to remind aid agencies, Senegal’s anti-mine agency and the media of victims’ needs and governments’ responsibilities.
In Brief: Pilgrims "helping to spread AWD" in Ethiopia
NAIROBI Wednesday, October 07, 2009 (IRIN) - The movement of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to and from holy sites as well as migrant labourers to private farms is contributing to the spread of acute watery diarrhoea in Ethiopia, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns.
In Brief: Migration myths dispelled in UNDP report
BANGKOK Monday, October 05, 2009 (IRIN) - Most migrants do not move from developing to developed countries, and when they do, rather than hurting host economies, they benefit them, according to a new report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
AFRICA: "Climate witnesses" don't want handouts
CAPE TOWN Monday, October 05, 2009 (IRIN) - The "climate witnesses" - all poor farmers - told a special tribunal on climate change in Cape Town, South Africa, on 5 October: "We don't want any handouts from the West." Instead, they needed strategies and policies to help them overcome the effects of climate change.
ETHIOPIA: Maids, condoms and kerosene
ADDIS ABABA Friday, October 02, 2009 (IRIN) - The life of a domestic worker in Ethiopia is rarely an easy one. Often escaping a deeply impoverished existence in the rural areas, these women find themselves in employment hundreds of miles away from their hometowns as maids – or serategnas in the national language, Amharic.
In Brief: Twenty cities most vulnerable to storm surges, sea level rises
DAKAR Thursday, October 01, 2009 (IRIN) - According to (yet another) new climate change report, this time from development think-tank CGD, these are the 20 cities where the most people will be at the greatest risk from sea level rise and storm surges in the developing world.
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