Ethiopia Humanitarian Situation Report
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UNICEF ETHIOPIA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT ETHIOPIA Humanitarian Situation Report SitRep # 4 - Reporting Period April 2019 SITUATION IN NUMBERS Highlights The Government announced its strategic plan to return, 4.89 million reintegrate and resettle all conflict related Internally Displaced # of children in need of humanitarian assistance Persons (IDPs) by the end of June 2019. UNICEF is currently (Ethiopia Humanitarian Needs Overview 2019) engaged in providing humanitarian support to the internal displacement in-country and is responding to the life-saving 8.86 million needs of returnees and the displaced by prepositioning support # of people in need and advocating for voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable (Ethiopia Humanitarian Needs Overview 2019) return/relocation of the conflict-displaced population. UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children appeal was revised 3.19 million to US$ 143.5 million to reflect the increasing needs as set out in Internally displaced persons in Ethiopia the Ethiopian Humanitarian Response Plan 2019. (Ethiopia Humanitarian Needs Overview 2019) In April 2019, floods in four regions of Ethiopia have resulted in further displacement of people, damage to property and death of 919,938 Registered refugees and asylum seekers in livestock. Ethiopia UNICEF’s Response with Partners (Ethiopia, refugees and asylum seekers (UNHCR, 31 August 2018) and UNHCR Eritrean influx update of 20 UNICEF Sector/Cluster October 2018) UNICEF UNICEF Cluster Cluster Target* Results** Target Result** UNICEF Appeal 2019 Nutrition: Children under 5 years with SAM admitted 503,696 50,230*** 487,696 51,064*** US$ 143.5 million treatment Health: Number of Medical consultations in priority Funding Status 441,000 112,056 locations (Afar and Somali Funds received 2019 to date: regions) US $9 m (6%) WASH: People accessing Carry-over: sufficient water of appropriate US$ 12 m quality and quantity for drinking, 1,850,000 1,065164 5,500,000 4,884,042 (8%) cooking and maintaining personal hygiene Child Protection: Vulnerable children provided with 2019 Funding psychosocial support, including Requirement: 77,000 53,570 42,000 55,707 access to child-friendly spaces $143.5m with multi-sectoral programming interventions Education: School-aged Funding gap: children, including adolescents, 370,017 27,250 2,346,922 27,250 US $122.5 m accessing quality education (85%) * UNICEF target includes new arrivals of refugees and has been revised with the release of HRP Overall funds available for 2019 includes funding received for the ** Results are cumulative for the year current appeal year as well as the carry-over forward from the *** Nutrition results are in lieu by eight weeks. Results reflected are at February 20191 previous years. UNICEF ETHIOPIA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs Following the release of the Ethiopia Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), which were developed by the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Coordination (UNOCHA) in collaboration with the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) in March 2019, UNICEF revised its Humanitarian Appeal for Children (HAC) requirement from US$124.1 to US$143.5 million. The HAC requirement is costed by considering the needs, targets, and the capacities of UNICEF partners. Accordingly, UNICEF will target three million people, including 1.59 million children, through interventions in Nutrition, Health, Child Protection, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Education. The increase in targeted beneficiaries is a result of the rising number of conflict-induced IDPs and the adverse effects of consecutive years of severe droughts in parts of the country, coupled with expected drought conditions from June onwards predominantly in the southern part of the country. The cost of reaching new refugee arrivals is also included. The disaggregated figures on population in need is depicted in the below table: Estimated Population in Need of Humanitarian Assistance and Population Targeted through Humanitarian Response Plan (Estimates calculated based on initial figures from Ethiopia Humanitarian Needs Overview 2019 and Ethiopia Demographics and Health Survey 2016) Start of humanitarian response: In Need Targeted Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Population in Need 8,860,000 4,456,580 4,403,420 8,300,000 4,174,900 4,125,100 Children (Under 18) 4,890,000 2,459,670 2,430,330 4,580,926 2,304,206 2,276,720 Children (Under Five) 1,302,420 655,117 647,303 1,220,100 613,710 606,390 According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) round 16 (conducted March – April 2019) and rapid assessments, there are 3.1 million IDPs in Ethiopia. Conflict was reported to be the primary cause of displacement (2,505,832 million) followed by displacement due to climate induced factors (498,841 million). Displacement trends in 2019 are depicted in the table below: Causes of Internal Displacement in Ethiopia April 2019 2,481,726 Conflict 2,505,832 508,228 Climate induced 498,841 55,485 Other 72,389 DTM Round 15 DTM Round 16 On 8 April, the Government of Ethiopia, through the Ministry of Peace (MoP) and the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), presented its strategic plan for IDPs to donors and international agencies. The strategic plan builds on assessments it conducted on damage and loss of properties, and intention of the displaced, and incorporates the return of displaced to the areas of origin, re-integration in the current area of displacement, and relocation to other areas within the region. Furthermore, the plan will adopt a three-phased, sequential approach; 1) prioritizing those ready to return to areas of origin within two months (June 2019); 2) prioritizing those who will be ready to return in the intermediate term which is envisaged within four months; and 3) prioritizing those who’ve lost livelihoods and assets, including those whose places of origin are deemed viable for return but who still choose not to return. To realize this, the Government has requested support from donors and international agencies worth US$ 700 million. According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET), the delayed and below average performance of the Gu/Gana rainy season in southern and south-eastern pastoral areas of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Oromia and Somali regions, is expected to cause significant food insecurity and water scarcity in these areas. As a result, these areas are expected to remain in Crisis (IPC Phase 31) through September 2019. The national level of acute malnutrition is also likely to deteriorate through September due to the seasonal reduction in food access during the lean season, intermittent humanitarian assistance, and shortage of specialized nutritious foods for children under five and lactating and pregnant mothers in displacement sites and drought-affected areas. The graph below depicts the projected food security outcomes across the country. 1 Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) phases are used to illustrate thresholds and classify the severity of the current or projected food security situation. The phases range from IPC 1- 5 ranging from minimal food insecurity to famine. 2 UNICEF ETHIOPIA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT Projected food security outcomes, April to May 2019 Projected food security outcomes, June- September 2019 Source: FEWSNET Food Security Outlook Update Source: FEWSNET Food Security Outlook Update A flood alert by the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) reported that flooding on 15 April forced three rivers to change their natural course and inundated farmlands, destroying houses in Silti Woreda in SNNPR. As a result, 5,615 people were reported to have been displaced with deaths of livestock that further exposes the community to economic insecurity and restricts their access to basic services. In April, damage to 407 houses, three schools, and six woreda administration offices was reported due to floods, heavy rain and wind in in seven woredas of three regions (Amhara, Gambella, and Tigray). The country is projected to experience further floods and the below graph depicts areas prone to flood. The country is projected to experience further floods. The visual on the left illustrates flood-prone areas and current internal displacement sites. Flood prone areas in the Ethiopia Source: DTM round 16 The national Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) was activated on 1 April to better coordinate the health sector’s preparedness and response efforts for IDPs. This platform will include representatives from EPHI, different Directorates of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other Government sectors, WHO, CDC, UNICEF, and other partners who are current members of the PHEOC. Humanitarian Leadership and Coordination The humanitarian response in Ethiopia is led by the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) through the federal and regional Disaster Risk Management Technical Working Groups (DRMTWGs). UNOCHA coordinates the humanitarian response of UN agencies and NGOs in support of the Government-led humanitarian response. The Government prioritizes its emergency response based on targeted hotspot woredas2. 2 Districts, or woredas, are the third-level administrative divisions of Ethiopia. They are further subdivided into a number of wards (kebeles), which are the smallest unit of local government in