Source: US Agency for International Development
Country: Ethiopia, United States of America
HIGHLIGHTS
- GoE and partners release 2016 HRD appealing for $1.4 billion in assistance
- Estimate of Ethiopians requiring food assistance increased from 4.5 million in August to 10.2 million in December
- USAID announces more than $88 million in assistance for Ethiopia
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) and humanitarian partners released the 2016 Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) for Ethiopia on December 11. The updated HRD identifies 10.2 million people in Ethiopia as requiring relief food assistance and appeals for more than $1.4 billion in assistance for food and non-food humanitarian interventions in 2016.
- On December 18, USAID announced more than $88 million in additional funding to address the humanitarian needs resulting from the drought and acute food security emergency in Ethiopia. The new USAID funding includes $74 million in relief food assistance through USAID/FFP and more than $14 million in non-food assistance from USAID/OFDA. The additional funding brings total U.S. Government (USG) humanitarian assistance for Ethiopia to more than $435 million since the start of FY 2015 and will increase funding for nutrition and relief food assistance, health care programs, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions, among other activities. In 2015, the USG is the leading provider of humanitarian assistance for Ethiopia.