Humanitarian Bulletin Ethiopia: IDP Rapid Response Plan for Benishangul Gumuz and the Wollegas seeks US$25.5 million December 26, 2018
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IDP Rapid Response Plan for Benishangul Gumuz and the Wollegas seeks US$25.5 million
Ethiopia Humanitarian Bulletin Issue 70 | 10 – 23 December 2018
- Benishangul Gumuz IDP Rapid Response Plan seeks US$25.5 million.
- Emergency Operations Center (EOC) set up for coordinated IDP Response in East and West Wollega
- At least 2.4 million people are currently displaced by intercommunal violence across the country.
Humanitarian partners, together with Government, have finalized an operational plan for a rapid response to address urgent life-saving needs of people displaced by inter-communal violence in Benishangul Gumuz region since late September 2018. This plan combines the response plans of the three zones: Assosa zone, East Wollega zone and West Wollega zone and targets nearly 250,000 displaced persons, including 57,000 people displaced within Benishangul Gumuz (Assosa and Kemashi zones) and some 198,000 people who fled across the border in East and West Wollega zones of Oromia region.
Based on a working scenario of the displacement situation to continue for the coming three months, the response plan lays out prioritized humanitarian needs in the health, nutrition, education, WaSH, non-food items, protection and agriculture sectors.
At least $25.5 million is needed to implement the plan, including an estimated $9.6 million for NDRMC to provide relief food with 11,250Mt of cereals, 1,125Mt of CSB and 337.5Mt of Vegetable oil.
Humanitarian partners count on the continued donor support to urgently implement the plan.
Funding can be channeled through partners or via the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund.
EOC set up for coordinated IDP Response in East and West Wollega
In response to the growing humanitarian needs of the people displaced by inter-communal violence along the Benishangul Gumuz and Oromia regional boundary that has started late September 2018, the Oromia regional authorities have decided to establish an Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in Nekemte Town of East Wollega zone.UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:To learn more about OCHA’s activities, please visit https://www.unocha.org/.
REPORTfrom UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsPublished on 23 Dec 2018 —View Original
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Despite the benefit of recent Belg rains and anticipated above average rainfall in many regions the coming months, recovery of livelihoods will not be spontaneous, nor can it be expected without concerted assistance. Belg rainfall did not cover all regions equally, and although rainfall in southern pastoral areas was forecast to be near average for the Deyir (Oct-Dec), rainfall is below average to date. Below-average rainfall in eastern Oromia, southern Tigray, eastern Amhara and northern SNNPR has led to reduced production prospects.
To improve household food security and nutrition outcomes, the agriculture sector highlights the need to continue assistance for core-breeding and milking livestock; including resilience and key sustainable livelihood activities, supplementary animal feed/fodder production and densification, animal health services and crop interventions. The 2018 planting window has already passed, but prevention and mitigation activities for the next planting season would help to avoid long-term dependency on humanitarian assistance.
Conflict among communities in Somali, Oromia, SNNPR and Benishangul Gumuz, has led to an alarming number of IDPs. Predictions of a weak El Nino in 2019 indicate above average rainfall in central Ethiopia, causing concerns that flooding may destroy pasture and crops, and kill livestock – with potentially serious humanitarian impacts. A comprehensive, multi-sectoral livelihood approach is required to tackle the needs of drought, flood and conflict displaced communities. https://reliefweb.int/map/ethiopia/ethiopia-agriculture-sector-hdrp-monthly-dashboard-december-2018