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Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) 2015 Horn of Africa (ECHO/-HF/BUD/2015/91000) Last update: 10/07/2015 Version 5

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AMOUNT: EUR 93 000 000

  1. MAJOR CHANGE SINCE THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP

Fourth modification as of 16/12/2015

A shift between the specific objectives of the Financing Decision is necessary in order to adapt to the current humanitarian situation, which results in the following new breakdown of the HIP budget, namely EUR 80 050 000 under Man-made crises and EUR 12 950 000 under Natural disasters.

Third modification as of 15/10/2015

Ethiopia is experiencing severe droughts due to under performance of two consecutive rainy seasons. As a consequence, the people in need of emergency assistance increased from 2.9 million to 4.5 million as per the revised Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD - appeal) published in August 2015 by the Government. On 13 October, The Governement of Ethiopia announced that the number of people in need of relief assistance had increased to 8.2 million. The continued El Niño phenomenon is expected to further increase the caseload over the next 3 – 6 months. It is urgent to respond to the on-going crisis, but also take preparedness measures to further mitigate the impact.

In some locations the malnutrition situation is showing above emergency thresholds, requiring urgent response in order to save lives. The livestock, which is the main livelihood resources and means of survival for the majority of the pastoralist population, is dying or in very bad conditions. In almost all cropping areas dependent on the rainy seasons, an average of over 70% crop failure is reported. Food resources in the country have dwindled, the emergency reserves are depleted and food needs to be imported and replenished.

Factoring in the previous shortfalls with adjusted needs, the 2015 humanitarian requirements were adjusted to US$ 596 400 000 required to provide assistance to 8.2 million people. The financing gap for the revised HRD stands at some 60% representing US$ 340 million.

As a first response, EUR 1 000 000 are now mobilised to replenish in priority the Emergency Response Mechanism in Ethiopia to respond to the unmet basic needs of the local population such as access to safe water, nutrition and food assistance.