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Ethiopia:Ethiopia: Gedeo-WestWest Guji – Guji Gedeo ConflDisplacement ict Displacement Crisis FlashSituation Update update 5 No.6 2919 June July 2018 2018 Highlights Highlights• The Government and partners have taken several measures to enhance response coordination and to boost response capacity at site level. Two Emergency Operation Centres (EOCs) were established in Dilla Town and • Thein number Bule Hora of peopleTown. displaced by the West Guji (Oromia) – Gedeo (SNNP) inter-communal violence reached 818,000. • The response is currently being rapidly scaled-up with diverted resources from life-saving responses to drought, • Overall,flood the and security conflict-displacements situation in the confl elsewhere ict-affected in the areas country is improving. and new resourcesHowever, tensionsallocated. and intermittent, local- ized incidents continue to be reported and to hinder humanitarian response. • The EHCT endorsed the re-activation of the Logistics Cluster to urgently fill gaps in transportation, storage and • In supportdistribution/staffing of the Government, capacity, humanitarian and speed-up partners ongoing have relief been efforts. extending lifesaving assistance mainly by fl exing existing resources, and are trying to scale up response despite the still challenging context and major resource •constraints. There are still significant resource and commodity gaps. IDPs’ living condition is still cramped; relief food deliveries are still not adequate; protection risks and hygiene and sanitation issues are still rife; while health • Unlessoutbreak preventive, risks are surveillance still high. Theand levelcase of management acute malnutrition capacity among is urgently IDP children scaled-up, is also the a overcrowdedgrave concern. living con- dition in the IDP sites creates a high risk for a major disease outbreak. • I.OCHA Displacement and partners overview are working to strengthen zonal coordination and information management by deploying ad- ditional dedicated staff to the areas. Operational hubs are established in Dilla (Gedeo) and Bule Hora (West Guji). Recognizing the need for urgent scaled-up multi-sector re- • The National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) and humanitarian partners have released a priori- sponse and based on a working scenario1 of the displacement situationtized multi-sector continuing Response for at least Plan the next for sixthe months, Gedeo-West the National Guji displacement crisis, urgently822,18 seeking US$117.7 million. Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) and humani- 1 307,741 822,18514,446 tarian partners had released a multi-sector Response Plan on in collective centers/ in host communities I. Displacement22 June 2018, targeting overview 818,250 people displaced (IDPs) by the camp settings Figure 1 source:307,741 Government/OCHA 514,446 The Gedeo-Westnumber of people Guji violence, displaced at bya costthe West of US$117.7 Guji (Oromia) million. – The Figure 1 inIDPs collective in Gedeocenters/ zone. Source:in host DTM communities Rapid Re- GedeoPlan (SNNP) aims tointer-communal address life-saving violence needs, has furtherensure increaseddignified tem- sponse Assessmentcamp settings Report, 9-11 July 2018 to 818,250porary livingpeople conditions, as of 22 June. mitigate/prepare According to for the potential SNNP re- public 188,4 gionalhealth and outbreaks,zonal authorities, including there measles are more and than acute 642,152 watery IDPs diarrhea in Gedeo(AWD), zone and dispersed ensure protection across Bule for vulnerable(38,459 IDPs groups. in one site), 76,093(40%) 188,4112,654(60%) Dilla Zuria (12,751 IDPs living with host communities), Gedeb in 10 collective centers Hosted by 18 communities (306,572However, IDPs the in threenumber sites), of IDPsKochere has (82,423 further IDPsincreased living sincewith the 76,093(40%) 112,654(60%) hostrelease communities), of the Response Wonago Plan. (32,784), According Yirgachefe to the Displacement(106,832 in 10 collective centers Hosted by 18 communities IDPsTracking in four sites) Matrix woredas Rapid Response and Dilla Town Assessment (62,511 conductedIDPs in one from “collective”9 to 11 typeJuly, center).there are now 822,1872 displaced people (113,760 Figure 2 IDPs in West Guji zone. Source: West Guji zonal households) in Gedeo zone alone. The IDPs are spread across authorities In West183 Guji,sites some in Bule, 176,098 Dilla IDPsZuria, are Kochere, scattered Gedeb, across Wanago, Abaya Yir- (9,377gachefe IDPs), woredas Birbirsa andKojowa Dilla (9,767 and Yirgachefe IDPs), Bule Towns. Hora (15,330 IDPs), Gelana (43,224 IDPs), Hambela Wamena (29,086 IDPs) and InKercha West (69,264Guji zone, IDPs) zonal woredas. authorities Around confirmed 33 per cent at least of the 188,747 displaced people across 28 sites in Abaya, Birbirsa IDPsKojowa, in West Bule Guji Hora,are ethnic Gelana, Gedeos. Hambela Wamena and Kercha woredas, 30 per cent of whom are female-headed house- holds. A DTM Rapid Response Assessment team had deployed to West Guji on 12-16 July to identify any change in The thedisplaced displacement people are figure mostly and settled displacement with already sites. food However,insecure hosta complete communities picture or residingcould not in crampedbe acquired public due buildings to access with- out adequateconstraints food in andtwo waterof the and six IDP-hostingsubstandard woredas.sanitation and hygiene facilities. Most of the IDPs, including children, are sleeping on the cold fl oors of the public buildings for lack of mattress and blankets, exposing them to pneumonia. Unless preventive, surveil- lance and case management capacity is urgently scaled-up, the overcrowded living condition creates a high risk for a major disease outbreak. 1 See full document at https://bit.ly/2KddHeX 2 Displacement tracking matrix: Rapid Response Assessment Report (9 -11 July 2018) 1 See 3full A multi-donor document pooledat https://bit.ly/2KddHeX fund managed exclusively by NGOs. Funds are released within 72 hours of an alert and focuses on three types of humanitarian need: underfunded small to medium scale crises; spikes in chronic humanitarian emergencies; forecast and early action for impending 1 1 In both zones, the vast majority of the IDPS are still residing with host communities, while a relatively smaller number are residing in make-shift “camps” or collective centers such as public buildings and churches. Pop- ulation movements remain fluid as IDPs continue to commute on a regular basis between IDP sites and host communities, and as new displacements continue to occur. Partners’ response operation long remained limited and challenging due to resource and access constraints. The response is currently being rapidly scaled-up with diverted resources from life-saving responses to drought, flood and conflict-displacements elsewhere in the country and new resources allocated, including from USAID, START3 and the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF). The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has also released $15 million on 12 July to enable urgent scaled-up response, making this the third allocation by CERF to the Ethiopia humanitarian response in 2018. The new CERF funding will be apportioned between UNICEF (WaSH), WHO (Health), WFP (nutrition) and UNHCR (ES/NFI). New contributions to EHF were also pledged by Switzerland, Ireland and Sweden. A fresh EHF allocation is being planned in the first week of August to make use of the new resources. A detailed response update is given under section III below. Government and partners are ready to further scale-up response to address the still significant gaps: IDPs’ living condition is still cramped; relief food deliveries are still not adequate; protection risks and hygiene and sanitation issues are still rife; while health outbreak risks are still high. The level of acute malnutrition among IDP children is also a grave concern. Nutrition screenings conducted by the zonal health office this month found an average of 27 per cent GAM and 3 per cent SAM among children under five years of age in IDP sites in West Guji zone. Screening results also revealed that 51 per cent of the pregnant and breastfeeding mothers were malnourished in these sites. In 13 of the IDP sites, SAM and/or GAM rates were higher than the emergency thresholds. The key priorities are emergency shelter and non-food items, food and health outbreak prevention, including through camp decongestion and massive expansion of WaSH interventions. The National Disaster Risk Man- agement Commission is facilitating the expedited customs clearance within Government for incoming relief supplies. Relevant Government bodies, including the Ministry of the Federal and Pastoralist Affairs are working on finding a lasting solution to the IDP crisis in Gedeo and West Guji zones. II. Coordination Arrangements The Government and partners have taken several measures Figure 3 IDP number by woreda to enhance response coordination and to boost response capacity at site level. Two Emergency Operation Centres Birbirsa Kojowa 3,109 (EOCs) were established in Dilla Town (Gedeo zone) and in Bule Hora Town (West Guji zone). The EOCs have four Kercha 68,060 sections: 1) Management, which is responsible for the over- 44,709 all response management under the leadership of NDRMC Gelana West Guji and Zone Administration, 2) Planning, which is responsible Gedeo Bule Hora 33,199 for collecting, evaluating and disseminating information, 3) Logistics, which is responsible for identifying and procuring Abaya 23,062 resources