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Situation Overview
Ethiopia’s Shelter and Non Food Item (NFI) response is facing a critical crisis, with newly displaced families left unassisted, existing shelter conditions rapidly deteriorating, and the Cluster’s ability to respond is severely compromised.
- The rainy season is expected to begin within a month, heightening risks for displaced populations living in damaged, overcrowded, or makeshift shelters.
- Over the past four months, 154,807 people have been newly displaced, yet very few have received emergency shelter or NFI support, leaving families exposed and unprotected.
- The Cluster currently has no available stock or functional pipeline, leaving it unable to respond to either existing needs or new displacements.
- In Shire (Tigray), six schools currently accommodate an average of 6,997 IDPs each, far beyond safe capacity. Conditions are severely overcrowded, and 70% of IDPs in collective centers are living in emergency or temporary shelters that provide inadequate protection from weather and hazards.
- In Amhara, particularly South Wello, North Wello, and North Shewa, IDPs are living in overcrowded, structurally damaged, and aged shelters that were never intended for prolonged use. Many are sheltered in congested communal spaces or substandard structures, with no privacy or safety, and persons with disabilities lack appropriate support or accessible facilities.
- Across displacement sites, while humanitarian access remains relatively fluid, displaced households continue to lack access to essential NFIs, including bedding, cooking sets, and basic household materials, due to limited resources and coverage.
- In April 2025, the Emergency Shelter and NFI (ES/NFI) Cluster reached only 0.3% of its 2.2 million target population, reflecting a near-total gap in life-saving assistance.
- This marks an 87% decline from March, as the response continues to be constrained by a broken pipeline, lack of stock, and reduced operational capacity.