HIGHLIGHTS
Internal displacement due to flooding caused by heavy kiremt rainfall and resource-based inter-communal conflicts in some areas increases ES/NFI needs.
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) response crucial to contain acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) outbreak.
Operators prioritize dispatch of food to woredas for the next round or month.
USAID supports an OCHA supported country-based pooled fund for the first time.
In this issue
1.Kiremt floods increasing ES/NFI needs in East Shewa zone.
2.Woredas prioritized for the next round of TSF dispatch.
3.WaSH response crucial to contain AWD.
4.USAID funds EHF.
Communities affected by recent flash floods in East Shewa zone require emergency shelter/NFIs
The Government of Ethiopia, UN agencies, NGOs and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ECRS) conducted a multi-agency assessment to identify gaps and response to recent flash flood-affected population in East Shewa zone, Oromia region, between 20 – 22 July. The ECRS, in coordination with the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), distributed ES/NFI kits to 488 households. However, some 1,315 households still require emergency shelter (ES) and non-food items (NFIs).
IOM also distributed ES/NFI kits in Dawa, Fafan, and Liben zones in Somali region to 2,160 households displaced by conflict. In response to people displaced in East Harerge zone, the ICRC/ERCS and the International Rescue Committee/International Medical Corps moved 6,000 ES/NFI kits to distribution sites, although distribution is not yet underway due to the tense security situation. NRC has transported 8,284 ES/NFI kits to Faafan, Ngob and Sitti zones in Somali region and plans to start distribution this week.
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) response crucial to contain acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) outbreak
With anticipated heavy rainfall in some parts of Oromia region, WaSH Cluster partners will stock sufficient amounts of water treatment chemicals and water filters during the rainy season to respond to the AWD outbreak and flooding. Additionally, the maintenance and rehabilitation of water sources, plus hygiene and sanitation promotion remain the priority activities in August. An inter-regional AWD taskforce will work between Oromia and Somali regions to contain the spread of AWD, with similar taskforces established in Bale, Borena, Guji, and West Arsi zones in Oromia region. AWD needs and responses in the second half of the year will be highlighted in the Health and WaSH sections of the revised 2016 Ethiopia Humanitarian Requirements Document due to be launched on Friday 12 August.
The “woreda food dispatch prioritization” exercise is underway
The prioritization exercise ranks woredas based on operational indicators, identified by a team composed of OCHA, ENCU and WFP such as the level of dispatch of previous relief and targeted supplementary feeding (TSF) rounds; and, vulnerability indicators, such as the woreda hotspot classification, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) prevalence and the number of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) admissions. The ranking will allow operators to prioritize food dispatch for the next round or month.
USAID supports a country-based pooled fund for the first time
USAID provided its first support to a UNOCHA-managed country-based pooled fund (the EHF) by contributing US$5 million to support response to the drought crisis in Ethiopia and increasing the Fund’s response capacity. To date, the EHF has allocated $68 million to support 68 multi-sector projects.