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SITUATION ANALYSIS
Description of the crisis
Since July 2024, heavy rains, landslides, and flooding in Ethiopia affected over 500,000 people across 14 zones, displacing more than 140,000 and claimed lives of about 420 people across the 7 regions. Oromia, Sidama, Amhara, Tigray, Gambella, Central, Southwestern and Southern regions suffered severe damage, with more than 8,659 hectares of cropland lost, 113 livestock dead, and 277 houses destroyed. Gofa, Desnech Woreda, Omorate Town, and multiple zones were identified at high risk of landslide, forcing the relocation of communities to a newer identified area. Since then, ERCS and other humanitarian actors have been actively providing humanitarian support to the affected people. ERCS, with the support from IFRC, launched an appeal, Ethiopia - Landslides and Floods (MDRET036); with the funding ask of 6 million preceded with an operation update, Ethiopia - Landslides and Floods (MDRET036), to increase scope, scale and time of operation from 1 year to 18 months.
The response is designed to support the affected communities with transitional shelter and household materials, food security and livelihood recovery through MPCT, farm inputs and skill training for youth, WASH, health, strengthening community disaster risk reduction while mainstreaming protection, gender and inclusion and ensuring communities have full ownership of the program for sustainability.