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Ethiopia Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin, 5 January 2015

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2014 Humanitarian Response Overview

In 2014, the Ethiopia humanitarian community supported the Government in responding to various man-made and natural disasters, including refugee influx from neighboring countries, health outbreaks, localized flooding and localized drought conditions. The projected 2.7 million people requiring relief food assistance was increased to 3.2 million people during the mid-year review. The increased humanitarian needs reflected the poor performance of the belg/gu/ganna/sugum rains contrary to the National Meteorological Agency (NMA) forecast, especially in north eastern Afar, southern SNNP and Tigray regions, and in the south and south eastern pastoralist areas. This led to water shortages, growing food insecurity and deteriorating nutritional situation in affected areas. Unforeseen emergencies, including the Desert Locust infestation since March 2014 and the impact of the sudden South Sudanese refugee influx in Gambella region on the host community also contributed to increased needs.
The revised funding requirements for the year were 12 per cent higher than the initial projection of US$305 million. As of end December, the 2014 HRD was funded at 58 per cent, taking into account a carry-over of $50.7 million from 2013 and the disbursement of $67 million from the PSNP’s Risk Financing Mechanism (RFM) to WFP. Critical sectors including WaSH were severely underfunded.

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