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Humanitarian Requirements - 2013 HUMANITARIAN REQUIREMENTS - 2013 Joint Government and Humanitarian Partners’ Document February 2013 Addis Ababa Ethiopia TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS/GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................... 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 3 1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND .................................................................................. 4 2. REVIEW OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 2012 HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE .......... 5 2.1 RELIEF FOOD AND TSF ............................................................................................................ 6 2.2 HEALTH AND NUTRITION .......................................................................................................... 7 2.3 WATER , SANITATION AND HYGIENE ...................................................................................... 11 2.4 AGRICULTURE ......................................................................................................................... 11 2.5 EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................. 12 3. THE 2013 FOOD AND NON-FOOD HUMANITARIAN REQUIREMENTS ..................... 13 3.1 RELIEF FOOD NEEDS ................................................................................................................. 13 3.2 Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme: ....................................................................... 13 3.3 NON-FOOD NEEDS .................................................................................................................. 14 3.3.1 Health and Nutrition ..................................................................................................... 14 3.3.2 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ..................................................................................... 17 3.3.3 Agriculture .................................................................................................................... 20 3.3.4 Education ...................................................................................................................... 23 4 OVERALL STRATEGY .............................................................................................................. 25 COORDINATION MECHANISM .......................................................................................................... 25 ANNEXES: ...................................................................................................................................... .27 ACRONYMS/GLOSSARY AWD Acute Watery Diarrhea IOM International Organization for Migration Belg Short rainy season from March to May ITNs Insecticide-treated Nets (in highland and mid-land areas) BSF Blended Supplementary Food JEOP Joint Emergency Operation Programme CERF Central Emergency Response Fund MAC Multi Agency Coordination CFR Case Fatality Rate MAM Moderate Acute Malnutrition CRS Catholic Relief Services M/BoARD Ministry/Bureau of Agriculture CSO Civil Society Organizations CTC Case Treatment Center MoW&E Ministry of Water and Energy DDK Diarrheal Disease Kit Deyr Short rainy season from October to Meher/Kiremt Long and heavy rain season usually from June December (in Somali Region) to September (in highland and mid-land areas) DPPB Disaster Prevention and Preparedness MHNT Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams Bureau DRM Disaster Risk Management MT Metric Tones DRMFSS Disaster Risk Management and Food NDPPC National Disaster Prevention and Security Sector Preparedness Commission DRMTWG Disaster Risk Management Technical NGOs Non- Governmental Organisations Working Group EDKs Emergency Drug Kit OTP Outpatient Therapeutic Programme EFSR Emergency Food Security Reserve OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian EHNTF Emergency Health and Nutrition Taskforce Affairs (UN) OFDA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance EHK Emergency Health Kit Region The higher administrative structure, EMWAT Emergency Water Treatment Kit RHB Regional Health Bureau ENCU/DR Emergency Nutrition Coordination Unit RWB Regional Water Bureau MFSS EOS/TSF Enhanced Outreach Strategy/Targeted PSNP Productive Safety Net Programme Supplementary Feeding RUTF Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food EPI Expanded Programme of Immunization SIA Supplementary Immunization Activity EWRD Early Warning and Response Directorate SNNPR Southern Nations, Nationalities & Peoples EWS Early Warning System Region TFU Therapeutic Feeding Unit FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) TFP Therapeutic Feeding Programme FDA Food Distribution Agents Targeted Supplementary Feeding FDPs Food Distribution Points UN United Nations F/MoH Federal/Ministry of Health UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund FMIP Food Management Improvement Project UNDP United Nations Development Programme FMTF Food Management Taskforce USAID US Agency for International Development GAM Global Acute Malnutrition USD United States Dollars Gu Main rainy season from March to June (in Somali Region) WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene HEA Household Economy Approach WES Water and Environmental Sanitation HNEs Health and Nutrition Emergencies WFP World Food Programme HRD Humanitarian Requirements Document WHO World Health Organization (WHO) HRF Humanitarian Response Fund Woreda Administrative/geographic unit, equivalent to district 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The overall good performance of the 2012 meher/deyr/karma rains has resulted in an improved food security situation in most parts of the country, apart from pocket areas in belg-dependent and pastoralist/agro-pastoralist areas that experienced poor consecutive seasonal rains. The food security situation in some of these areas (south eastern and north eastern) may be further impacted by below-normal performance of the 2013 belg/gu rains. Thus, in light of the forecast recently issued by the National Meteorological Agency (NMA), the situation in these belg-producing and gu/ganna-receiving areas requires close monitoring over the coming months. The present document identifies approximately 2.4 million beneficiaries in need of relief food assistance from January to June 2013, identified through the multi-agency assessment and subsequent monitoring results. The total gross emergency food and non-food requirement for the period January to June 2013 amounts to USD 258.9 million. Considering available resources amounting to USD 83.2 Million ,the net total requirement stands at USD 175.7 million. The net food and TSF requirement totals to 165,751.69 MT, estimated to cost around USD 132.4 million. In addition, a total of net USD 43 million is required to respond to the non-food needs of identified beneficiaries in the health and nutrition, water and sanitation and agriculture and education sectors. Table 1: Summary of Humanitarian Requirements (USD)-2013 Sector Total Available resource Net Requirement Requirement General Ration: Gross: 239,585.69MT Cereals,193,996.51 MT blended food, 189,562,594 61,859,171 127,703,422 20,369.63MT Pulses,19,399.65 MT Oil- 5,819.9 NET MT 161,402.69 Supplementary (EOS/TSF) Food: 13,280,743 8,535,984 4,744,759 Gross: 12,173MT Net: 4,349MT FOOD SUB TOTAL 202,843,337 70,395,155 132,448,181 Health and Nutrition 28,584,231 9,250,000 19,334,231 Water and Sanitation 13,177,567 9,586,580 3,590,987 Agriculture 10,487,550 - 10,487,550 Education 3,900,000 - 3,900,000 Non Food Total 56,149,348 12,840,987 43,308,361 GRAND TOTAL 258,992,685 83,236,142 175,756,542 3 1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND With largely favourable long season rains (meher/deyr/karma) received in 2012, the food security situation has improved in most parts of the country. In pastoralist areas, this third consecutive season of good rains replenished surface and upper groundwater points and supported improved pasture production, resulting in continued improvement in livestock body condition and supporting livelihood recovery from the impact of previous droughts. The favourable 2012 meher production has significantly contributed to improved access to food for many vulnerable households. However, the food security situation remains of concern in pocket areas in pastoralist/agro-pastoralist as well as belg-dependent areas that have experienced poor consecutive seasonal rains. Water scarcity continues to impact water-insecure pocket areas, and is likely to worsen as the dry season progresses. The performance of the 2013 belg/gu rains also needs to be closely monitored in-line with the National Meteorological Agency (NMA) 1 forecast, particularly in the north eastern and south eastern parts of the country, in order to identify further implications on the overall food security situation. The overall nutrition situation is presently stable in most areas apart from pocket areas in Afar, Oromia and Somali Regions, from which there have been reports of increased admissions of severely malnourished children to therapeutic feeding programmes (TFPs). On the health front, efforts in the second half of 2012 concentrated on containing malaria outbreaks in malaria-prone areas of SNNP, Gambella and Tigray regions as well as responding to increased number of cases in Oromia and Amhara regions. Presently, the biggest concern for the sector is an upsurge in Meningitis cases attributed to prolonged dry, hot and windy/dusty weather during the second half of 2012. Compared to previous years, the scale and frequency of AWD outbreaks has been substantially reduced
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