COVID-19 RESPONSE OVERVIEW Ethiopia | 20 August 2020

25,800+ Returnee migrants arrived since April 1

238,300+ Individuals reached with hygiene awareness this week

1,461 Currently in quarantine facilities

1 Partnerships and Coordination 2 Disease Surveillance • As the designated lead agency for supporting the • Between 1 April and 20 August, Ethiopia received over Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the management 25,800 returnees: 6,631 from Djibouti, 6,352 from of migrant returnees, IOM continued to assist GoE in Somalia, 5,238 from Sudan, 3,162 from Kingdom of coordinating support for quarantine facilities in Addis Ababa and the regions (34 in total). Saudi Arabia (KSA), 1,139 from Kenya, 1,024 from Kuwait, 650 from Lebanon, and some more from other • Distributed 652 children’s COVID-19 coloring books countries. to Bule Hora woreda children in collaboration with Ministry of Women, Children, and Youth Affairs, • 1,313 new returnee migrants were registered in the woreda administrations and health office. During the last week. distribution, 12 volunteers from the government offices assisted IOM’s psychosocial support team. • IOM continued to provide direct assistance to returnee Returnee migrants by country migrants in quarantine facilities, including registration, food, water and onward transportation assistance. April 01 • Continued to distribute non-food items (NFIs) in quarantine facilities in Addis Ababa and the regions, including soaps, dignity kits, medications, kitchen sets, DJIBOUTI 6,631 clothes, bedsheets and mattresses.

SOMALIA • Continued to provide Personal Protective Equipment 6,352 (PPE) such as facemasks, gloves and sanitizers to quarantine facility staff in Moyale, Jijiga and Semera. SUDAN 5,236 • Provided COVID-19 screening for 4,652 individuals TOTAL in quarantine facilities and government health posts; KSA 3,162 25,800+ 2,412 in Gedeo Zone, 570 in East Wollega, and 1,670 in West Guji. KENYA 1,139

KUWAIT 1,024

LEBANON 650

August 20 COVID-19 RESPONSE OVERVIEW Ethiopia | 20 August 2020

3 Protection 5 Site Management Support • Migration health aspects of COVID-19 awareness • Conducted a meeting with authorities in Dire Dawa raising was carried out and flyers on coping with stress Deder, Goro Gutu, Meta and Kersa to draft site-specific due to COVID-19 was distributed to Bule Hora staff. standard operation procedures (SOPs) for COVID-19 • Organised orientation on MHPSS aspects of COVID alert/outbreak in the respective sites. -19 and gender-based violence (GBV) for eight Kebele leaders in Sassiga woreda. • In collaboration with respective woreda Disaster Risk Management Office (DRMO) focal persons, 42 • Awareness-raising sessions were conducted during handwashing facilities were installed and 420 soaps coloring book distribution and through door-to-door were distributed in12 sites at Dire Dawa and East campaign at six returnee sites in Sassiga woreda. Hararghe. • Coordinated a training on prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) to the Ministry of • Conducted community sensitization through display of Women, Children and Youth Affairs (MOWCYA) COVID-19 banners in West Guji and Gedeo Zones. representatives, in coordination with the PSEA Network Also COVID-19 messaging banners were displayed at in Ethiopia to facilitate the set-up of complaints and several IDP sites in Dire Dawa and East Hararghe. feedback mechanisms for PSEA and GBV cases in quarantine facilities. • Awareness-raising sessions on COVID-19 has been conducted by hygiene promoters in Deder and Goro Risk Communication and Gutu. Community Engagement • Handwashing station and site improvement materials 4 with COVID-19 banners have been transported to West Wollega and will be allocated to13 operational kebeles of SMS. • Facilitated and supported the distribution of educational comic books and crayons for 552 households in Deder 238,300+ 800+ 16,500+ 126 249 and Goro Gutu. individuals individuals received individuals Wash management religious and Reached with hand washing reached through 47 committees community leaders hygiene awareness demonstration Jerrycan cleaning trained trained campaigns 7 Displacement Tracking Matrix • Conducted COVID-19 awareness and health education • Access and baseline information is updated regularly sessions for returnee migrants at the 6 kilo quarantine and is available at https://migration.iom.int facility in Addis Ababa. • COVID-19 key health messaging delivered to 40,463 individuals in Gedeo Zone, East Wollega and West Guji.

Provision of support to returning Ethiopian migrants is being IOM’s work in Ethiopia is supported by: led by the Government of Ethiopia, under the coordination of UNRCO and IOM, and with contributions from: