150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Appeal Tel: 41 22 791 6033 Fax: 41 22 791 6506 e-mail: [email protected] Ethiopia Coordinating Office Assistance to Drought Affected - AFET-22 Appeal Target: US$ 27,030,875 Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 26,995,619 Geneva, 21 November 2002 Dear Colleagues, According to the report released in September 2002 by the Ethiopia Federal Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Commission (DPPC), over 6.8 million people in Ethiopia are facing severe food shortages during the current period, with the numbers expected to rise to about 10 million people in the early part of 2003. The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi was quoted earlier this month as saying that the country faces a famine worse than that of 1984 which killed nearly one million people and sparked off huge international relief efforts. He was further quoted “if the 1984 famine was a nightmare, then this will be too ghastly to contemplate”. Whether this statement could be considered accurate or not, the truth of the matter is that Ethiopia is once more faced with a very severe food crisis which calls for the international community to intervene with massive food aid. As a country highly dependent on rain fed agriculture, this years’ partial or total failure of the belg (short rains) in many areas aggravated the problem of food insecurity. The meher rains (longer rains) also came late and were erratic affecting the long cycle crops and the availability of pasture and water supplies in many pastoral areas. Consequently there were pocket areas that were in need of food assistance from January 2002. In addition many pastoral areas have not recovered from the effect of the 1999/2000 drought. JRP/ACT forum partners working in pastoral areas have reported massive loss of livestock. The worst affected areas being Afar and Somali regions and pastoral woredas of East Shewa zone of Oromia region. In Afar it is estimated that almost half of the cattle population have been wiped out. Nutritional surveys by the DPPC indicate an alarming nutritional status among children under five. Nutritional surveys conducted in Afar and Fentale in East Shewa, Oromia region indicate 13.1% and 17.9% respectively which is higher than the acceptable below 10% The ACT/JRP members have submitted the following proposals to respond to food needs and rehabilitation programs in their areas of operation. These members are, Ethiopia Orthodox Church (EOC), Ethiopia Catholic Church (ECC), Ethiopia Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), Lutheran World Federation/World Service (LWF/WS), Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), and Christian Aid (CA). Christian Aid and Norwegian Church Aid would work through local partners described in the appeal. ACT is a worldwide network of churches and related agencies meeting human need through coordinated emergency response. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland. Ethiopia – Assistance to Drought Affected 2 AFET-22 Appeal Project Completion Date: 31 July 2003 Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested ACT JRP CA ECC EOC/ LWF/ NCA/ ACT CO Total FOOD DICAC EECMY EECMY Monit. & Appeal ITEMS Communic Target Appeal Targets 24,615,230 878,817 39,723 529,590 571,664 384,851 11,000 27,030,875 Less: Pledges/Contr 0 0 0 28,756 0 6,500 0 35,256 Recd Balance Requested 24,615,230 878,817 39,723 500,834 571,664 378,351 11,000 26,995,619 from ACT Network Please kindly send your contributions to the following ACT bank account: Account Number – 240-432629.60A (USD) Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together UBS SA PO Box 2600 1211 Geneva 2 SWITZERLAND Please also inform the Finance Officer Jessie Kgoroeadira (direct tel. +4122/791.60.38, e-mail address [email protected]) of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers, now that the Pledge Form is no longer attached to the Appeal. We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind cooperation. For further information please contact: ACT Director, Thor-Arne Prois (phone +41 22 791 6033 or mobile phone + 41 79 203 6055) or ACT Appeals Officer, John Nduna (phone +41 22 791 6040 or mobile phone +41 79 433 0592) ACT Web Site address: http://www.act-intl.org Ms. Geneviève Jacques Thor-Arne Prois Robert Granke Director Director, ACT Director WCC/Cluster on Relations LWF/World Service Ethiopia – Assistance to Drought Affected 3 AFET-22 Appeal I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION Joint Relief Partnership/ Action By Churches Together (JRP/ACT) forum members in Ethiopia The JRP/ACT forum was formed by members of JRP and ACT in Ethiopia. It was instituted in the second half of the year 2000 to better co-ordinate the emergency responses. The JRP/ACT Forum consist of: Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) Ethiopian Catholic Church (ECC) Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Lutheran World Federation / Department for World Service (LWF/DWS), Ethiopia Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), Ethiopia Christian Aid (CA), Ethiopia Canadian Food Grain Bank (CFGB) Dan Church Aid (DCA), Ethiopia and Bread For the World (BFW) This application is being sent to the ACT network, however the JRP/ACT forum members will submit another appeal, which covers some of the food needs in the 20 districts to USAID through CRS. The Ethiopian Catholic Church (ECC) is also working through the Caritas Network and currently preparing its plan for relief and rehabilitation activities to be submitted to the Caritas Internationalis network. Due to the severity of the problem in the country and lack of relief resources the JRP/ACT forum members agreed to submit their application to all traditional donors with the hope that all contributions made will cover the need in areas where the forum members intended to assist. The request in this appeal includes both food and financial support to address current food shortages and for rehabilitation activities. JRP members have long experience of sharing information and resources. The application sent to ACT, USAID and the Caritas Internationalis network will cover the need in the most food insecure areas that are identified by each partner and agreed up on by JRP/ACT forum members. Therefore the ecumenical partnership and sharing of information which make the JRP unique will still continue in 2002 and 2003. II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION The Joint Relief Partnership (JRP) is an ecumenical consortium of the three local Churches namely, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC), the Ethiopian Catholic Church (ECC), the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) and the two church related international organisations, the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). The JRP was established in November 1984 during the peak of the Ethiopian famine and has since then continued with relief and rehabilitation intervention in different areas of the country whenever needed. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Lutheran World Federation are also members of the ACT network. The ACT network members, Norwegian Church AID (NCA), Christian Aid (CA), Canadian Food Grains Bank (CFGB) and Bread For the World, individually have been working with JRP partners, especially with the EOC and EECMY, in relief, rehabilitation and development activities for many years. Since the formation of the JRP/ACT forum members have been engaged in relief and rehabilitation activities in different parts of the country. In order to facilitate effective and smooth co-ordination for implementation of relief and rehabilitation Ethiopia – Assistance to Drought Affected 4 AFET-22 Appeal programmes, JRP/ACT forum member have taken the responsibility of co-ordinating and implementing relief and rehabilitation programmes according to their local presence (ongoing programmes), capacity of each members in the woreda and existing infrastructures. Description of ACT Members' implementing partners The Ethiopian Orthodox Church diocesan in North Gondar, South Wello and South Tigray Zones will be the responsible implementing partners of the programme in their respective areas. All diocesan have been implementing relief, rehabilitation and development programmes for many years. There are ongoing food security programmes under implementation in their area. They have well established relation with the community and the local line ministries, which is an asset for smooth and better co- ordinated implementation of the proposed programmes. The ECC partners, Meki Catholic Secretariat and Sodo-Hosana Catholic Secretariats have been involved in relief and rehabilitation and development programmes for many years. They have ongoing development programmes, which will provide a technical support for the EGS programme that is indicated in this proposal. The Church presence in the areas and the relationship established with the local community and government officials will be an asset in the implementation of the planned activities. The EECMY South East Area Work (SEAW) will implement the operations in the three districts in Bale Zone. EECMY North Central Ethiopia Synod (NCES) will implement the operations in Dahena woreda in Wag Hamra zone and the two woredas in Afar region. Both church units have for several years been implementing relief, rehabilitation and development projects and programmes with the Lutheran World Federation. During previous ACT appeals, e.g. in 2000 and 2001 both church units did implement the relief and rehabilitation activities. The NCA have been working in close collaboration with the EECMY Church units for many years. The proposed programmes in Filtu and Liben woredas will be implemented with the EECMY/SES. Konso special woreda that is under the EECMY/SWS area of operation will be implemented with SWS.