Ethiopia: Humanitarian Dashboard (as of 31 August 2018)

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1 Ethiopia: Humanitarian Dashboard (as of 31 August 2018) The Humanitarian Dashboard is a monthly product which consolidates headlines based on the evolving context, humanitarian needs, response and outstanding priorities. Cluster sections include changes in sectoral needs and progress towards current priorities, which were reviewed and endorsed by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team and the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) in August Conflict displacement 1 (as of mid-august 2018) The IDP situation in West Guji (Oromia) and Gedeo () remains fluid. As of 14 August, the number of IDPs stands at 694,327 persons in Gedeo zone and 189,010 persons in West Guji zone. The Government and partners have taken several measures to enhance response coordination and to boost response capacity at site level. Two Emergency Operation Centers (EOCs) were established in Dilla Town in Gedeo zone and in Bule Hora Town in West Guji zone. Federal and regional authorities are working on finding a lasting solution to the IDP crisis in Gedeo and West Guji zones. About 141,410 people have been displaced in region immediately after unrest started on 4 August The majority of the IDPs in Jigjiga city (35,450) are sheltering in and around churches. Other regions have also reported influx of new IDPs from region following the conflict; IDPs have reportedly arrived in Babile (55,000), Chinaksen (23,000), Gursum (24,000) and Harar (280) in East Hararghe in Oromia region while 2,000 IDPs arrived in Mekelle Town in Tigray region. The Region Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau (DPPB) is leading the response, and partners are assessing the situation. An Emergency Operation Center (EOC) has been established in Jigjiga since 10 August 2018 to coordinate a scaled-up response for the rising IDPs needs. Meteorological update 2 (as of end August 2018) Recent increases in conflict IDPs BENESHANGUL TIGRAY Addis Ababa Dila Town Bule Hora P Jijiga 1.7M August 2018 precipitation compared to long term average (ECMWF/FAO GIEWS) Based on remote sensing data from ECMWF/FAO GIEWS, it can be seen that most of the southern part of the country received less than normal precipitation compared to the long term average. According to FEWS NET, the belg harvest has begun, replenishing household stocks, except in portions of eastern Amhara and southern Tigray, where it is delayed. Despite a dry spell from mid-july to early August across large areas of Amhara and Oromia, kiremt rainfall is expected to support overall average meher production. With the harvest beginning in November, this is expected to improve food availability, ease staple food prices, and improve outcomes, particularly in portions of southern Tigray, northeastern Amhara, and eastern Oromia. The ongoing karan/karma rains in northern pastoral areas, despite some parts that received below-average rainfall, are expected to improve pasture and water availability, leading to better livestock body conditions and productivity. While milk production is projected to improve, it will remain below average, due to poor conception rates. NDRMC and humanitarian partners are currently analyzing results of the recent belg seasonal assessment process. Hotspot woreda classification 3 (as of July/August 2018 ) Following the belg seasonal assessment process, the recent hotspot woreda analysis classified a total of 444 rural woredas as priority hotspots, out of a total of 760 rural woredas in the country (58 per Priority woreda cent). Compared to the January 2018 hotspot classification, the total number of priority woredas dropped (from 463). The number of highest priority (P1) woredas remained more or less the same at 215, although there has been a slight geographical shift due to the increased number of IDPs notably in West Guji and Gedeo zones warranting rise in P1. Moreover, the poor belg outlook reported in pocket highlands of northern Amhara and Southern and South Western Tigray suggest a deterioration in food security. With 85 priority 1 woredas, and the remaining 8 woredas priority 2, the (28%) 161 (21%) 86 (11%) (28%) 133 (17%) 96 (13%) nutrition and food security situation across region remains critical and of high humanitarian concern. The outlook in Afar remains vulnerable with 23 of the 32 woredas reporting P1 status. Jan 2018 Jul 2018 Conversely the relatively good belg/gu rains across the southern zones of Oromia (notably parts of Borena and Bale) and (South Omo) improved the food security outlook resulting in drop in P1 to P2 and P3 status. The hotspot woreda classification is derived from expert judgment using six multi-sector indicators that are agreed upon at zonal, regional, federal levels. The hotspot matrix is often used as proxy for IPC. Creation date: 12 September 2018 Feedback: ocha-eth@un.org Sources: 1. NDRMC-OCHA, Flash and Situation updates 2. ECMWF/FAO GIEWS and FEWS NET 3. ENCU, Hotspot woreda classification 1

2 AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK Despite the benefit of recent Belg rains, recovery of pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods will not be spontaneous, nor can it be expected without concerted assistance. Belg rainfall did not cover all regions equally. In the low plains of Afar and Regions, rain resulted in flooding and damage to irrigation infrastructure and cropland. Some pockets in Afar, Amhara and Tigray have reported low or no crop yield. Curent response priorities It is likely that further deterioration of the situation will occur unless timely response is undertaken in the 187 prioritized woredas. The priority interventions identified by the cluster include provision of feed for core breeding animals in Afar regions particularly for Zone 1, 2, 3 and 5 where an estimated 6,400 HH require animal feed and provision of animal health services. Animal health services are needed for an estimated 130,000 HH in Afar, Oromia and. Only Segen and Gamo Gofa zones are prioritized under R. Emergency seeds are urgently needed for Oromia (IDPs/Host Community), Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions, and construction of 3 fodder banks in for future fodder requirement for 92,000 HH. Changes in needs and outlook assisted with emergency seeds benefited from livestock health provision 92, ,000 22% 20, ,499 Given that majority of the areas in pastoral regions have received good rains as a result, there is good pasture currently. In order to preserve the excess production and utilize the available pasture beyond this period particularly for the next dry period, establishment of Livestock Feed Bank is prioritized as one of the activity for the coming few months. Progress against current target 228, ,134 Households targeted for priority interventions 55% Over all households reached 37% Funded Recently received: $11.0M Priority requirements $0.6M - Emergency Seed and Tools $3.5M - Animal health benefited from livestock feed provision 6,400 0 EDUCATION A vast number of IDP children continue to live without access to education across Oromia, and regions. Further, as schools have been destroyed in conflict and are being used as shelter, the conflict may greatly affect the school age children of the host community as well, if the situation does not vastly improve before the beginning of the new school year in September. Changes in needs and outlook As a consequence of the Gedeo-Guji conflict more than 475,000 children have been displaced across the two zones, of which 200,000 are assumed to be primary school age. As the displacement happened just prior to the school summer break, the impact on access to education has so far been minimal. However, as the conflict has left 27 schools destroyed and at least 70 schools are being used to shelter IDPs, the situation may severe consequences for both the IDP s and the host communities ability to access education, if immediate action is not taken to improve the situation before the new school year begins in September. In Gedeo zone alone, more than 90,000 school age children from the host community are enrolled in schools that have been destroyed in the conflict or are being used as shelter and will not be able to start the new school year if immediate action is not taken. Response priorities The education cluster is advocating with relevant stakeholders to find alternative shelter for the large number of IDPs that are currently living in schools as a result of the conflict between Gedeo and West Guji. It is paramount that the schools are decongested and operational, so that children in the affected community and IDP may return to school in September. As a vast number of children has been exposed to trauma due to the conflict, the cluster is prioritizing that teachers deployed to schools where affected children are enrolled are trained in providing the necessary psycho-social support, further as the conflict erupted prior to the beginning of the new school year, the cluster is prioritizing the provision of accelerated educational programmes to the displaced school age children. The response priorities for the IDPs in and Oromia remain the same and is working to provide temporary learning centers, teachers training in psycho social support and the delivery of accelerated educational programmes. A P R I L 48% 27% 25% 6M Priority requirements Gedio - Guji Conflict: School children affected 9,600 MAY 205,503 AUGUST $2.9M confirmed $1.6M pledged $1.5M required Number of IDP children age 5-14 have no access to any form of education 223, ,342 Total IDP children age 5-14 Minimum Children not attending School 62, ,905 14,615 3,499 6,112 3,822 3,232 1,642 1, Oromia Afar Tigray Gambella Dire Dawa Amhara Addis Hareri Ababa School children affected 2

3 EMERGENCY SHELTER AND NON-FOOD ITEMS A higher level of need for ES/NFI support is anticipated in the coming months, as floods are expected to cause the displacement of large numbers of people in several regions. Further the numbers of those displaced by conflict and drought are not expected to reduce significantly during the remainder of this year. In West Guji/Gedeo, there are still major gaps, and long-term resolution of the displacement crisis is not yet within sight. Further funding is needed, in particular to allow prepositioning of stocks for a rapid response. Changes in needs A prioritisation exercise conducted at the end of July identified a total of 369,736 households in need of S/NFI support, 239,248 of them categorised as priority 1. The above uses agreed S/NFI criteria such as the displacement type and time, the vulnerability percentage, the size and type of the shelter, as well as location and condition of displacement sites. The need to increase support for Pillar III activities was again highlighted. IDP s along the - Oromia border are still displaced after more than a year and are in urgent need for improved shelters. In West-Guji/Gedeo, the Government is expecting returns to start/accelerate imminently and these IDPs will also require support to repair and rebuilt their structures. At the same time the gaps for emergency shelter and non-food items support are only slowly narrowing with the pipelines and funding coming on stream. However, to meet even the most basic needs of the highly vulnerable caseload more funding and programming is required. Since the last prioritisation exercise, and as of August 10th, a total of 12,125 households have been supported through full kits (7,009), cash grants (1,000), split UNHCR kits (4,116). 90 per cent of these are located in West-Guji/Gedeo. Funded Pipeline situation $54M Priority requirements 96,607 full and partial kits are in stocks and pipeline and 20,810 cash grants are in planned. Around 40 per cent of them will be distributed in West-Guji/Gedeo. NUTRITION Current response and outlook Changes in needs and outlook Gambella 1,605 HH 956 HH Pillar 2 239,248HH 5% (12,125 HH) # of priority 1 households received ES/NFI kits or equivalent cash grants Beninshangul Gumuz 0 HH 561 HH R 62,373 HH 13,191 HH Tigray 3,941 HH 1,605 HH Amhara 806 HH 12,780 HH Addis Ababa 1,816 HH Oromia 59,838 HH 16,081 HH Afar 3,515 HH Pillar 3 58,000HH (0 HH) # of priority households benefitted from repair and reconstruction activities Dire Dawa 1,697 HH 730 HH Hareri 875 HH 48 HH PRIORITY 1 HOUSEHOLDS PILLAR 2 48,331 HH 8,499 HH ,000 1,000-5,000 5,000-20,604 The need for continued high level of emergency nutrition response in Ethiopia will remain in the second half of The annual projection to treat 350,000 children suffering with severe acute malnutrition, 1.7 million children suffering from moderate acute malnutrition and 1.7million pregnant and lactating women suffering from acute malnutrition will be surpassed by the end of the year given mid year analysis on reached 910 of targets) and the concerning outlook presented below. A continued expansion of the Government National CMAM programme continues to SAM admissions (as of June 2018) improve access to SAM treatment, including inpatient care. WFP report elevated MAM reached compared to the January projected targets. WFP planned to support 4.3% increase in June treatment of MAM in 1.2 MILLION individuals, targeting 216 P1, 44 second generation (including some non P1) and IDP communities (addressing critical needs regardless of hotspot status). By mid year WFP was supporting around 244 woredas, and annual 31,421 30,478 target was elevated to 2 million based on the Jan-June TSFP admissions. 30,385 Alarming rate of acute malnutrition persists in Region with June TFP admissions 23,718 remaining above 8,400 children. The recent unrest and disruption of routine and emergency response services and support will further compromise the quality of the Jan-17 Jun-17 Nov-17 Jun-18 emergency nutrition response for these highly vulnerable communities. We hope to expedite a return to high coverage of the CMAM/TSFP response. The deterioration of the nutrition status in parts of Oromia region, and especially East and West Harerge where the highest number of IDPs reside is concerning as we enter the hunger season. The emergency nutrition response to the crisis across West Guji and Gedeo remains a challenge. While the successful fund mobilization efforts have secured pipelines for SAM and MAM projected needs in these zones (13 woredas), and NGO have initiated response to support Government CMAM and TSFP, the implementation of quality TSFP is lagging in Gedeo. Projected outlook from the Cluster is continued high response across Region, the conflict affected zones of Oromia and, pockets of the highlands of Amhara and Tigray and in Afar. Flood risk remains high with the lowlands of the Awash Basin (lower Afar), parts of Gambella, Tana Basin area, off flow from Oromia likely to affect low lying woredas of Dire Dawe and Fafan/Jijiga where IDPs remain highly vulnerable. The revised projected caseload for 2018 to reflect the second half of the year is likely to be slightly above the 350,111 SAM and 3.48 Million MAM cases as a result. 3

4 HDRP 2018 Indicators 4% 7,074 FOOD Food dispatches were delayed due to re-targeting exercise for the 2018 HDRP. The unrest in region also contributed to delays in R2 and R3 food dispatches and distributions in targeted regions. As of first week of August, there were no food distributions for R3 in region. In Oromia, and R regions, the food requirements have increased starting from Round 2 due to additional conflict IDPs that are being assisted by food operators. As of the 10th of September, 97 % of planned in the first round of the HDRP had received food assistance in the 10 targeted regions, through cash based transfers or in-kind distributions. Round 1 Update: 5,844,777 received in-kind food rations and 2,948,927 received assistance through cash transfers. 96 % of planned 102,459 Mt were dispatched to food distributions points,94% were distributed to. NDRMC also transferred 608,586,417 ETB for the 2,948,927 that are targeted for cash transfers in NDRMC targeted woredas. 94% out of the 163,656 Mt allocated for Round 2 were also dispatched to food distribution points and 92% distributed to targeted. Round 3 Update - 102,459Mt are allocated for distribution to in R3, and 71% was dispatched to. 43% was distributed. Starting from 2, WFP and JEOP started to assist conflict IDPs in Oromia region and R - East & West Hararge for WFP and West Guji & Gedeo zones for JEOP. received emergency food assistance in R2 received cash assistance in R2 Challenges / achievements Food dispatches were delayed due to re-targeting exercise for the 2018 HDRP. Flooding in region also contributed to delays in movement of food from warehouses to distribution points. In region, approximately 250,000 people were affected by floods, including 165,066 that received ad-hock food assistance from WFP in Round 1. The GoE also distributed 92.3Mt of food in affected woredas including 19.9 MT that were airlifted to Mustahil, Ferfer and Kelafo woredas. Resources constraints will affected implementation of the national cash-food integrated plan, as all operators have shortfalls in cash resources. The food requirements have increased starting from Round 2 due to additional conflict IDPs that are assisted in Oromia and R regions. In region, food dispatches and distributions for Round 2 and Round 3 were disrupted by the conflict, starting from the first week of August. HEALTH To ensure access to free heath care, the high number of IDPs have continued to receive free medicines and medical kits hence the continued shortfall in medicines and medical kits. The health care system has also suffered due to the heavy toll on routine health service as a result of rise in number of IDPs. 2,408,000 21% 8.54M 2.3M 1,400,000 9% 83% (7.1M) 28% (636,974) 2,500,000 49% received emergency food assistance in R3 received cash assistance in R3 7.8M 2.3M 22% (1,7M) (0) Measles 857 confirmed measles cases out of the 3,046 suspected cases reported between January and June Distribution of suspected measles cases by region 27% 19% 18% 15% Oromia 95% Afar 97% 0.45M Amhara M Tigray 96% 0.32M Afar Amhara Beneficiaries reached with emergency food assistance Round 2 Planned vs actual timeline (as of 10 Sep) Planned Round 8 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Actual Round 1 Round 2 ongoing Round 3 ongoing 13% 88% 94% Round 3 Oromia 46% 2 16% 77% Tigray 52% M 0.42M 0.39M 1.2M 1.4M 2.0M 2.1M 3.3M Reached Not reached 3.8M Reached Not reached Dengue 52 confirmed cases in flood affected Gode zone of region. In July 2018, two cases were reported from Liban zone in region. Vaccination Consultations SRH Risk Comm Target Distribution of AWD cases by region (Week 1-33) 1, There is currently an outbreak in the Tigray region that started in June 2018 affecting 29 woredas in six zones. 98% of the cases come from Mekele woreda. 151 Afar Tigray Dire Dawa 17 3% 3% 2% Addis Ababa Oromia Amhara Tigray Gambella Others Challenges The health system is overwhelmed by repeated complex emergencies and disrupted primary health care services. Threat of diseases outbreak and malnutrition emergency in IDPs affected woreda remains high. Inadequate operational funds to support mobile health/nutrition teams as well as RRT and surveillance staff can also affect the response. Unavailability of psychosocial care personnel and non-provision of mental health services for IDPs is also a challenge. 4

5 PROTECTION The Cluster will prioritize woredas hosting IDP sites with more than 3,000 conflict-induced IDPs per site. These types of sites are spread over 64 woredas nationwide. Changes in need and outlook Insufficient provision of basic services, shelter and NFIs is a serious protection concerns in Gedeo and West Guji zones. The assistance is so far focused on IDPs living in collective centres and IDP sites. There is a need to gather more information on IDPs living with host communities and whether assistance is reaching them. UNHCR is in the process of conducting Community Mapping both in Gedeo and West Guji. UNHCR deployed 6 international ERT staff members in Dilla and Bule Hora and is in the process of recruiting 6 national staff. The Protection Working Group in Dilla distributed UNHCR codes for persons with specific needs in English and Amharic and developed key messages on Child Protection in English and Amharic. There are 14 and 6 protection partners in Gedeo and West Guji respectively. In addition to the organisations in the field, NGO Mary Joy has 300 volunteer caseworkers on the ground. Woredas with prioritised sites BENESHANGUL TIGRAY ADDIS ABABA Prioritized Woredas Number of IDP sites Current response priorities Based on the protection gaps identified by the cluster, the following needs are prioritsed: - Identification of persons with specific needs and establishment of protection referral pathways - Prioritization of persons with specific needs during distributions - Identification of unaccompanied and separated children and foster care arrangements - Provision of a psychological first aid - Support of IDP community participation, access to information and empowerment, including community-based protection mechanisms - Mapping of the IDP communities - GBV prevention and response - Establishment of Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) and Women Friendly Spaces (WFS) - Provision of dignity kits for women, men, girls, and boys # of children with specific needs psychosocial support # of children reunified or placed in appropriate alternative care 29,981 5, % (6,266) 24.1% (1,206) WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE Provision of water supply and sanitation are still critical challenges as number of IDPs has drastically increased in Gedeo-West Guji zones and Oromia- border areas where more than a million IDPs do not have an access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities. It also heighten the risk of AWD breakout in those IDPs sites and other high risk areas during Kiremt rainy season. Changes in need and outlook There is still large gaps in funding for emergency water trucking, exit out of water trucking, sanitation and AWD preparedness and response. New influx of IDPs in Gedeo-West Guji mount the demand for funding. Current response priorities - Provision of water supply to IDPs and host communities through alternatives to water trucking (durable piped solutions) - Installation of sanitation facilities specifically in IDP sites - Hygiene promotion (social mobilisation) - Procurement and distribution of essential WASH NFIs and water treatment chemicals - Rehabilitation and O & M access to safe water 2,072, % (1,185,000) with other WASH response 1,000,000 WASH priority areas BENISHANGUL 8% (79,755) TIGRAY ADDIS ABABA Conflict IDP sites DTM11, and Gedeo, West Guji sites Areas in need of water supply support in 2018 reached with WASH supplies 2,000, % (1,806,799) # of IDPs sanitation 583, % (65,875) 5