CERF has allocated $17 million to the UN Country Team in Ethiopia for their underfunded emergency programmes.
12 March 2010: The World Food Programme (WFP) will receive $5.8 million for emergency food supply to more than 125,000 refugees, targeted supplementary feeding programme for 1 million people, and emergency telecommunications service. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will receive $5 million for WASH programmes for 420,000 people, prevention and control of measles for 900,000 people, enhanced outreach strategy for child survival that will affect 1.2 million people, and education programmes for 10,000 children. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will use $1.9 million for emergency livelihood support to 300,000 drought affected people through crop seed, animal health and water rehabilitation. Some $1.6 million will go to the World Health Organization (WHO) for WASH programmes for 400,000 people, management of outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea and meningitis for 30,000 people, and support for management of severe acute malnutrition of 100,000 people. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been allocated $950,000 for life-saving assistance to 30,000 camp-based Sudanese and Afari refugees. Some $800,000 will go to the International Organization of Migration (IOM) to address immediate shelter, non-food items and livelihoods needs of 35,000 IDPs in Somali and Southern Nations,
Nationalities, and Peoples (SNNP) regions. Finally, $300,000 will go to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for emergency reproductive health response to 50,000 women.
In 2010, the level of humanitarian needs in Ethiopia remain significant due to the impact of recurrent periods of cyclical droughts. The overall performance of the belg and meher 2009 rains resulted in a significant reduction of crops particularly in the eastern half of the country. Over the years there has been a significant decline in livestock herd size and productivity, including milk, significantly contributing to a rise in malnutrition among under 5 children. Shortage of animal feed is also likely to continue in the drought affected parts of the country.
[Last updated: 14 April 2010]