• LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DROUGHT AFFECTED AREAS OF ETHIOPIA
• PREPARED BY THE UN-EMERGENCIES UNIT FOR ETHIOPIA
  • PART I: Food and Non-food Assistance to Severely Drought Affected Areas of Ethiopia
  • 1. Introduction
  • Food Pledges
    • Table 1. WFP EMOP 6143 Cereals
• Donor
• Appeal amount 93,600 M/T balance unresourced 5,995 M/T
  • Total confirmed & pending pledges 87,605 M/T
• Appeal amt 3,620 M/T fully resourced
• DonorAmount M/TStatus
• Table 3. WFP EMOP 6143 Blended Food
• Appeal amt 6,033 M/T fully resourced
• DonorAmount M/TStatus
• Table 4. Cereal Food Pledges in Support of Overall Government Appeal DPPC/NGOs
  • Donor
• WFP EMOP
• Total confirmed pledges (including 30,000 M/T EU pending pledge)
• Balance unresourced
  • Supplementary Food
• WFP to resource and deliver, UNICEF to administerAppeal amount 1,952 M/T balance unresourced 1,252 M/T
  • Donor
• Oil UN Appeal amount 370 M/T no pledges to date balance unresourced 370 M/T
  • Donor
    • Health, medical supplies and EPI
• Table 7. Expanded EPI Coverage - UNCT Action Plan/Appeal
• Table 8. Medical Support UNCT Action Plan/Appeal
• Appeal agencies: WHO & UNFPA total appeal amount $ 2,210,688 balance unresourced $1,860,688
  • Water and Environmental Sanitation
• Appealing Agency: UNICEF total appeal amount $1,773,000 balance unresourced $1,225,750
• DonorAmt US$StatusRemarks
  • Blanket provision
• Appealing Agency: UNICEF total appeal amount: $330,000 balance unresourced $194,700
• DonorAmt US$StatusRemarks
  • Agricultural Support
• Appealing Agency: FAO total appeal amount $1,008,000 balance unresourced $503,000
• DonorAmt US$StatusRemarks
  • Fodder
  • Seeds
  • Related NGO Projects Seeds
• DonorAmountStatusRemarks
  • Monitoring and Reporting
  • Special Logistics
  • Other Appeals
  • Summary of Nonfood Needs and Responses to UNCT Appeal for the Drought
    • Table 12. Summary of Nonfood Needs and Responses to UNCT Appeal for the Drought
  • PART II: Food Assistance to the Internally Displaced
    • Table 13. Food Assistance to the Internally Displaced
• WFP EMOP 6080 for IDPs Cereals appeal amount 36,720 M/T balance unresourced 26,206 M/T
• WFP EMOP 6080 for IDPs Supplementary and non-cereal food appeal amount 8631 M/T balance unresourced 543 M/T
  • List of Acronyms

PART I: Food and Non-food Assistance to Severely Drought Affected Areas of Ethiopia

1. Introduction

The current DPPC estimate of food requirements for people affected by drought for the period June to December 1999 now stands at 386,586 M/T.[2] In response to the critical needs in the most affected areas and in support of the overall government appeal, the World Food Programme has launched an Emergency Operation (EMOP 6143) for assistance to 1.2 million people in eight regions. Donor response has been extremely encouraging so far.

Based on the findings of a joint UN/DPPC assessment carried out in June 1999 as well as other information from the field, the UN Country Team on 12 July issued a Relief Action Plan and Appeal for non-food assistance to people in the most affected areas, which include the zones of South Tigray (Tigray Region), North and South Wello, Wag Hamra (all in Amhara Region), East Harerghe (Oromiya Region) and Konso Special Wereda and Welayita in North Omo Zone (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region - SNNPR). Proposed inputs in the areas of water and sanitation, nutrition, health and immunization, and agricultural support amount to a total of US$ 7.5 million, $2.2 million of which has now been resourced. In addition to these actions, the NGO and donor community has been active in mobilizing resources in response to the DPPC, the UNCT and other appeals for support to the most affected areas.

Part I of this report provides a first attempt at a comprehensive listing of confirmed contributions from international donors, UN agencies, and NGOs towards addressing the needs of those most affected by food insecurity in this emergency. It includes both food and non-food, cash and in-kind contributions of major international donors, assistance both appealed for and provided for by major implementing agencies.

The report is broken down by sector. Food aid pledges are given, both with respect to the WFP EMOP and the DPPC's annual appeal. A summary of these combined amounts is also provided. Pledges in the areas of medical support, including expanded immunization coverage (EPI) and supplemental feeding (in this case considered a medical intervention), water and sanitation, agricultural support, and monitoring are also given.

Part II of this report provides a short breakdown of responses towards the food requirements of the internally displaced in Tigray and Afar Regions. While pledges for the drought affected have been forthcoming, pledges for this EMOP remain low, and supply beyond the next two months is precarious.

Food Pledges

WFP's EMOP for assistance to drought affected areas is for 103,253 M/T of food (93,600 M/T of cereals and the balance being pulses, blended food, and oil). Thus far, total confirmed pledges amount to 87,605 M/T, leaving an unresourced balance of only 5,995 M/T. All of the EMOP's appeal amount for pulses (3620 M/T) and blended food (6033 M/T) has been fully resourced through contributions from the USA, Spain and WFP's pledge of US$2.5 million from its Immediate Response Account. In addition, to ensure the commencement of immediate distributions to drought affected areas, WFP, DPPC, MEDAC and MOA have signed an agreement to channel 37,000 M/T through employment generation schemes from WFP food for work resources, with the expectation that this will be repaid should the appeal be fully resourced. The Government of China has also donated $100,000 to the DPPC for food assistance to the drought affected, although this amount has not yet been quantified in tonne amounts.

Confirmed cereal pledges in support of the Government's overall appeal for 386,856 M/T in support of the drought affected total 369,205 M/T. Outstanding requirements stand at 16,651 M/T. Although the pledged amounts are encouraging, food availability may still pose a problem until deliveries are received. Food may be borrowed from the Ethiopian Food Security Reserve against confirmed pledges; however, current food stock levels in the EFSR remain low.

Table 1. WFP EMOP 6143 Cereals

Donor

Appeal amount 93,600 M/T balance unresourced 5,995 M/T

Total confirmed & pending pledges 87,605 M/T

Table 2. WFP EMOP 6143 Pulses

Appeal amt 3,620 M/T fully resourced

DonorAmount M/TStatus

Table 3. WFP EMOP 6143 Blended Food

Appeal amt 6,033 M/T fully resourced

DonorAmount M/TStatus

Table 4. Cereal Food Pledges in Support of Overall Government Appeal DPPC/NGOs

Donor

WFP EMOP

Total confirmed pledges (including 30,000 M/T EU pending pledge)

Balance unresourced

Supplementary Food

As indicated above, WFP EMOP 6143 includes 6,033 M/T of supplementary food. Subsequent to the launching of the EMOP, however, it became clear that the needs for supplementary food exceeded this amount. Thus, in the UNCT Appeal, it was proposed to provide an additional 1,952 M/T of supplementary food and 370 M/T of oil through a joint WFP/UNICEF programme for children under five and pregnant and lactating women. This food will be procured locally and transported by WFP to 48 of the worst affected weredas. UNICEF will coordinate with the DPPC and Ministry of Health to identify those most at risk for appropriate targeting and distribution and will be responsible for monitoring. A request made to the US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) for 700 M/T is pending. The remainder remains unresourced. For programming and monitoring, UNICEF has reprogrammed $14,600 from its own resources.

Table 5. UNCT Appeal - Supplementary Food

WFP to resource and deliver, UNICEF to administerAppeal amount 1,952 M/T balance unresourced 1,252 M/T