ETHIOPIA: FOOD INSECURITY

Emergency appeal n° MDRET005

GLIDE n° DR-2008-000043-ETH

19 August 2008

This revised Appeal seeks CHF 8,157,607 (USD 7,920,006 or EUR 5,035,560) in cash, kind or services to support the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) to assist 76,075 beneficiaries for 6 months. CHF 300,000 (USD 288,462 or EUR 187,500) was allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support this operation. Unearmarked funds to replenish DREF are encouraged. Furthermore, this emergency operation has received bilateral contributions from ECHO, through Finnish Red Cross and Austrian Red Cross (EUR 2.7 mill) and the Austrian Development Agency (EUR 200,000). Ethiopaid also Photo Above: Food distribution in process contributed GBP 200,000 (CHF 400,000) towards the Emergency Appeal. Based on the situation, this revised appeal responds to a request from ERCS to include the population of neighbouring Damot Gale who live under the same precarious situation as the population of Damot Pulasa and to provide support to 15,215 (7,200 in Damot Gale and 8,015 households in Damot Pulasa) with the total beneficiary of 76,075 (36,000 in Damot Gale and 40,075 in Damot Pulasa). This revised appeal is intended to address emergency food and relief assistance, early recovery activities as well as improving access to safe water and hygiene promotion. This operation is expected to be implemented over 6 months time The first two months’ emergency relief assistance have already been distributed in June and July 2008 in Damot Pulasa while distribution in Damot Gale is expected to start in August 2008. The operation will therefore be completed by November 30, 2008. A final report will be made available by 29 February 2009 (three months after the end of the operation). The operation will take place in two woredas of Damot Gale and Damot Pulasa, Wolayita Zone Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional (SNNPR) State. The two woredas were integral part of the Damot Gale woreda which was bifurcated into Damot Gale and Damot Pulasa following the recent administrative restructuring. A team of experts from ERCS were deployed to the area to appraise the situation on the ground and report back to National Headquarter. Thus, this update is based upon the findings and recommendations of the assessment team. Continuous update will be made to this revised appeal based on the real situations in the ground as deemed necessary. Due to the available funding not being sufficient to cover all the targeted beneficiaries for the entire intended operational time frame, the society may be forced to reduce the operational period from 6 months to 4 months for Damot Pulasa (Damot Gale will remain at 4-month duration) and to reduce the both the quantity and type of food items to be distributed. On the contrary, should long-term funding be available for food security, livelihoods and recovery programming, the appeal may be extended in time into 2009, following agricultural calendar.

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The situation The total failure of the Belg rain (Mid January to end of February) which accounts for 20 percent of the total grain crop production of the country coupled with the soaring inflation (on average throughout the country, maize price as the main staple food has increased by 187 percent between April 2007 and April 20081) caused severe food shortage affecting most parts of the country. This situation led the Government of Ethiopia to issue a Humanitarian Requirement Plan on 10 April 2008 to the tune of USD 68 Million to assist 2.2 million people. In July 2008, drought affected population reached 4.5 million (according to government) while UN Agencies estimate that the number is significantly higher2. The World Food Programme (WFP) caseload for August 2008 relief distribution is 4.6 million and 5.7 PSNP beneficiaries in drought-affected areas). In order to come to the rescue of the vulnerable population, the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) has conducted two assessments in the SNNPR in Wolayita and Sidama zones. In addition, a joint Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) and ERCS team have carried out assessments in Bale Zone and Moyale Woreda in Oromiya Region. The methodology used for the assessments were: key-informant interviews, household interviews, community targeting (in which the youth and women were active participants) and secondary information obtained from the Zonal and Woreda level offices. Based upon the findings of the assessment teams, ERCS decided to intervene in Damot Pulasa Woreda and Damot Gale, Wolayita Zone, SNNPR, through the provision of Emergency food aid. To mobilize the necessary fund, preliminary emergency appeal was launched on 14 May 2008. Until response is given to the appeal ERCS has withdrawn Birr, 1,850,000 (approximately CHF 185,000) from its coffer to procure the necessary food items for distribution to the vulnerable. Over the past two months situations worsened and the conditions of the population in the intervention area deteriorated to the extent of even affected households becoming unable to feed themselves. Thus, it was found necessary to include additional 7,200 households from Damot Gale in the list of beneficiaries. Damot Pulasa and Damot Gale are two of the 12 woredas under Wolayita Zone in SNNPR. The two woredas form the north-eastern part of the zone and bordering on Kambata in the north, Hadiya in the north, and Boloso Sore and Kindo Koyisha Woredas in the west and Sodo Zuria Woreda in the south. The woredas lie entirely within the Woina Dega agro-ecological zone. The woredas have bimodal distribution of rain fall, Damot Pulasa and Damot Gale are predominantly Belg growing areas. The short rainy season called Belg extends from mid January to first week of February and during this season, maize, millet and beans are cultivated. Main Meher rain, which extends from mid July to end of September, is another major cropping season with maize, beans millet, Teff and wheat cultivated. An extension of the Meher is the Sappian rain, (which occurs in October) a very short period of shower used to produce root crops, like cassava, sweet potato and Irish potato. The production from the Sappian is used to bridge the food gap until the main Meher harvest which is usually realised early January. The population of the two woredas combined stands at 304,296 (180,758 Damot Gale and 123,538 Damot Pulasa). Like other woredas of Wolayita they have one of the highest population densities of more than 370 persons per square kilometre, and reaching up to 600 persons per square kilometres in some Kebeles. The population is engaged in mixed agriculture, crop growing and livestock tending. Field findings reveal that there are more livestock per households than the available pasture warrants such that close to 40 percent of livestock feed is purchased from markets. The mismatch between land and population equation has by far remained the major contributing factor for the presence of endemic food insecurity. Both woredas are considered to be the most affected within Wolayita Zone according to Government reports. The limited agricultural land has not been able to reasonably support the progressively increasing human and livestock population while on the other hand the area of cultivable land per households is constantly decreasing there by weakening the capacity of rural

1 WFP Ethiopia Market Report for End of April 2008, dated on 15 May 2008. 2 WFP External Sitrep: “Ethiopia Emergency report on the drought”, Weekly Situation Report No. 38 dated 5 August 2008.

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households to produce enough food for consumption. The woredas are some of the food deficit areas in the zone and are able to produce only 50 to 60 percent of their food requirements even in the best of times. The gap between food production and food requirement is always bridged through food purchase from markets outside the woreda and through external food aid. In 2007/2008 the problem of food insecurity was caused by several factors. The flood and water logging caused by the heavy Meher rains of 2007 destroyed most of the crops such as maize, millet, wheat, haricot beans and Teff root crops (root crops cuttings are planted during Meher rains mainly in August with seed multiplication taking place during the Sappian rains) in the field. Secondly, there was failure of rain in Sappian (an extension of the Meher but which is very important for the production of root crops another staple crop of the woredas at par with Maize). In 2008, before the farmers could recuperate from the food shortage caused by the excessive flood of preceding year, shortage of rain during the Sapian and total failure of the Berg rain occurred, and as a consequence farmers were not able to plant maize, millet and beans resulting in acute shortage of food in the woredas. Hence, alternating periods of very heavy rain fall (which was followed by devastating flood) and long period of drought (in Sappian and Belg) exacerbated the already existing food insecurity in the woredas. Grain prices in Wolayita zone (central Sodo market) escalated by more than 330 percent from April 2007 to April 20083 and this was beyond the reach of the poor households with many families going hungry on a daily basis. An indicator of the escalation of prices is the joint decision by the Government of Ethiopia and WFP to provide food assistance to Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) beneficiaries for the next six months due to the diminishing purchasing power of the cash allowance4. On the other hand, the declining of livestock prices and decline in daily labour wage have seriously weakened the copping capacity of the people. Vulnerable households were forced to sell livestock mainly sheep and goats and their agricultural hand tools at throw away prices to buy food at exorbitant prices. Households have resorted to eating maize and haricot beans while they are green and there is the fear that there will be lean harvest further exacerbating the already existing food crisis. The long dry season was also followed by severe shortage of water. Springs, shallow wells and hand dug wells were almost dried up. For example, in Damot Pulasa alone 19 of the 54 existing hand dug wells and 13 of the 39 shallow wells are not functional. Similarly, the existing two bore holes are not also functional and households have to travel longer distances than before to fetch water for household chores and to water livestock. Due to acute shortage of food and water the health situation of the population mainly those of children under 5 years of age and those of pregnant and lactating mothers and the elderly is at risk and it will be necessary to take appropriate and timely actions in order to avoid the looming humanitarian crisis. Report of Damot Pulasa woreda administration shows that death among children is high and so far 21 children and 13 adults have died of acute malnutrition between mid February and mid April 2008. The nutritional survey conducted by GOAL Ethiopia in Damot Pulasa indicates that the global acute malnutrition (GAM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) results which stand at 17.5 and 3.5 respectively are above normal. There are 16,128 (7,560 in Damot Gale and 8,568 in Damot Pulasa) acutely malnourished children of whom 1,614 are in therapeutic centres across the two woredas. The situation of the remaining acutely malnourished children will further deteriorate unless immediate intervention is taken particularly in Damot Gale woreda. According to the recent Nutrition assessment report on Gale woreda provided by GOAL Ethiopia (August 2008), the GAM and SAM stand at 12.1 percent and 2.9 percent respectively, which indicates that the nutrition situation remains extraordinary serious, in particular because of aggravating factor such as children aged under 5 years mortality rate above 2 (2.24/10,000/day) and overall morbidity rates for children under 5 at 24.3 percent (mainly water borne diseases related to poor hygiene habits and water quality). The shortage of food also caused unusual migration of people from the woreda and high level of school dropouts between mid February and mid April 2008, dropouts. Field findings show that close to 5,000 people have left the woreda in search of job opportunities while 4,500 have dropped out from schools between March and first week of June.

3 WFP Ethiopia Market Report for End of April 2008, dated on 15 May 2008. 4 WFP vulnerability analysis and mapping (VAM) and WFP sub offices weekly/monthly reports.

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The occurrence of the unusually long-period of drought has resulted in the shortage of livestock feed in the form of pasture and hay such that the physical appearance of livestock is dismally poor. Reports of the Wolayita Zone Agriculture and Rural Development Department shows that 2,703 (March to June 2008) cattle have died in Damot Pulasa alone because of shortage of pasture while as much as ten times of this number are reported to have been sold at a much depreciated prices. On the other hand, milk and butter productions have significantly reduced there by robbing the population the source of its main cash reserve. The population of the two woredas are under stressful living conditions as they do not have any resources to carry them through this hard time. The support being provided by the government is a six-month supply consisting of both general ration and supplementary food ration. Able bodied persons could not get employment in non agricultural activities even with the currently depressed daily labour wage (daily labour wage reduced from 10 to 5 or 6 Birr) and have resorted to leaving the woreda to look for job opportunities. The affected population needs emergency food assistances until the main Meher harvest is realized, beginning first week of January, 2009. This is too long time for hungry people to wait and many people (especially children under the age of 5 years, lactating and pregnant mothers and the elderly) in Damot Gale, where so far no distribution has taken place, may be at risk of losing their lives unless timely and appropriate emergency measures are taken. These measures shall comprise not only of direct relief (food and supplementary food) distributions, but also a combination of activities which will enable the community to restore their livelihoods and gradually bring back their former agricultural production and income generating levels. Coordination and partnerships The Disaster Management Department Head together with the concerned personnel will develop detailed Plans of Action to monitor the implementation of this operation. Responsible persons for different activities will be identified ahead of time. The detailed Plan of Actions will be the basis for monitoring the performance of the operation and for the production of monthly reports. Existing reporting formats will be used to write monthly progress reports. While the day to day monitoring of the project and production of monthly reports will be handled by project staff, the responsibility of providing independent opinion on the implementation of the operation at the final stage will be done by the Planning Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) Department. The final implementation report will be communicated to all stakeholders 3 months after the expiry of the operation. On 6 May 2008, the ERCS and the Federation representation office established a Task Force in Ethiopia, comprising of the ERCS head of Disaster Management, head of Health, head of Public Relations, a Disaster Management officer, the Federation Representative, Finnish Red Cross Programme and logistics delegates and Austrian Red Cross delegate. In agreement with the International Federation and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) country offices, the ERCS will have the lead role within the Red Cross Movement for this operation, while the Federation office will provide support in coordination and implementation of activities, with the Eastern Africa Zone Office in Nairobi providing technical support in the various sectors involved in the response. In addition, the ICRC will avail its logistical means to assist in the implementation of this operation, as it did previously. Overall coordination with external actors takes place through the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA), as well as the Early Warning Working Group (EWWG). Government-led Sectoral Taskforces (STF), including Emergency Food Aid, Agricultural, Health, Water and Environmental Sanitation, and Health and Nutrition Task Forces, play a coordinating role in their respective sectoral areas. On 8 May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) called for an emergency meeting, inviting all humanitarian actors with presence in Ethiopia, in order to share information on the alarming situation in regards to food insecurity. Coordination meetings took place on a weekly basis, with the head of the ERCS Disaster Management department and the Federation Representative attending. The World Food Programme (WFP) is the main agency providing food aid in Ethiopia through government structures. WFP, in cooperation with DPPA, provides a government approved standard food basket, comprising of (in kg/person/month) 15 kilograms cereals, 1.5 kilograms pulses and 0.5 litre of oil. A supplementary ration for distributions to particularly vulnerable groups consists of 4.5 kilograms of Corn Soya Blend (CSB). The ERCS maintains good coordination with DPPA, which in view of increasing unplanned needs has requested support from ERCS in bridging the current food gap in Damot Pulasa woreda. The International Federation representation in Ethiopia has discussed with WFP, which has

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confirmed it is facing a pipeline break already in May and likely to exacerbate in the coming months5. WFP and International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) working in the area consider that Damot Pulasa and Damot Gale are indeed hot spots in terms of need for food aid.

WFP/DPPA are the most relevant agencies working on emergency assistance in Wolayita, providing support both in kind and in cash. As a result, 51,048 beneficiaries of the PSNP have received cash assistance in Damot Gale and Damot Pulasa in the first half of 2008, while WFP/DPPA distributed 3,269 MT of food for about 75,000 relief beneficiaries from March to June 2008 in Damot Gale) for the two woredas. Furthermore, WFP supports the organizations involved in Therapeutic and Supplementary Feeding programmes. In addition, there are some INGOs working in Wolayita Zone, including GOAL Ethiopia, World Vision, and Concern, among others. Almost all NGOs have their own focused programmes and intervention areas. For instance, World Vision Sodo and Humbo are working on integrated food security programmes focusing on their respective areas. Concern is also working in Damo Woide, Kindo koisha and Dugna Fango woredas. Goal Ethiopia is working in emergency response to the recent crisis by providing supplementary feeding for children aged less than five years, and lactating and pregnant mothers in the two woredas. Currently, 1,614 children from Damot Pulasa and Damot Gale with poor nutritional status are supported by GOAL Ethiopia in five therapeutic feeding centres. This operation will seek to complement, rather than substitute or duplicate, activities already carried out by the government and other humanitarian actors in the area. Usually, children who leave therapeutic centres are sent home with 2-months supplementary food ration which ends up in being shared between other members within the households. To avoid this, understanding has been reached between ERCS and GOAL Ethiopia that ERCS will provide food to those households with discharged children from the TFC.

Red Cross and Red Crescent action The ERCS, with the support of the Danish Red Cross and European Commission of Humanitarian Office (ECHO) has been implementing an Emergency Drought Preparedness Intervention Programme in Wolayita Zone, as well as in Afar Region and East Hararge in Oromiya Region since October 2006. As a result of this programme, ERCS has been able to assist in the evolving crisis since February this year with water trucking and distributions of jerry cans, soap and water treatment chemicals. So far, 65,293 people have been provided with over 6,354,950 litres of water in 22 drought-affected communities. This appeal revision is made based upon the findings of the assessment team sent by ERCS at the request of the Damot Gale Woreda administration and due to the deteriorating food security situation in Damot Pulasa. The zone and woreda administrations have asked ERCS to increase the number of beneficiaries by 36,000 which was also recommended by the assessment team. At the time of writing this revised appeal, ERCS has completed the second round of distribution for 40,000 beneficiaries in Damot Pulasa and will immediately conduct an emergency seeds distribution for 8,000 households (4,000 households in Damot Pulasa and 4,000 households in Damot Gale) to be concluded within the third week of August 2008.

Due to the size of the operation, both multilateral and bilateral supports are encouraged. The Federation team in Ethiopia shall provide support to Partner National Society (PNSs) intervening bilaterally whenever possible. The Federation will report on both types of support provided by ERCS partners. The needs Out of a total population of the two Woredas standing at about 304,296 people, 15,215 households (HH) (76,075 persons) were classified as severely affected and are thus recommended by DPPA for food assistance. ERCS after conducting its own assessment intervened in Damot Pulasa Woreda and has so far conducted two round distributions in the months of June and July for 40,075 persons. Damot Pulasa was considered an emergency hot spot at Federal level by DPPA and the most affected woreda by the Wolayita Zone Administration. Due to request from the Zonal administration and zonal ERCS branch and based on the recommendation of the field assessment team it was found necessary to include 36,000 people from adjacent Damot Gale woreda in the lists of beneficiaries, as being the second most affected area. Consequently, the target population to be considered through this revised appeal will be 15,215 households

5 OCHA Situation Report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia 4th August 2008.

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76,075 beneficiries (8,015 households with 40,075 in Damot Pulasa and 7,200 households with 36,000 family members in Damot Gale). Immediate relief assistance through the provision of general food basket and supplementary food to vulnerable groups shall be coupled with a combination of early recovery activities to assist the population to restore their agriculture production levels. Considering the non-existing or limited cultivation rates in the previous rainy season and the current steady rain pattern in the area, distribution of seeds was found extraordinary important, in line with Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) strategy for the emergency period in Ethiopia6. Emergency distribution of seeds, bearing in mind the end of the current Meher rains (late August 2008) and the forthcoming planting period (October 2008), are to be considered. Furthermore, provision of livestock becomes vital for the most vulnerable households in the community, which do not have access to farming land7 Providing emergency food assistance will save the lives of the drought-affected population, but this will not be sustainable in Wolayita zone, a traditionally food-insecure and disaster-prone area. Therefore, building their resilience through the introduction of long-term food security programmes to enhance their livelihoods will be of paramount importance. Resource being sufficient to address the needs of all the vulnerable people, no discrimination will be made against the vulnerable people on the basis of gender, religion or status of health (HIV and AIDS affected or not). If on the other hand, the project is strapped for cash, priority will be given to acutely malnourished children under the age of 5 years, pregnant and lactating mothers, HIV and AIDS affected people, the disabled and the elderly, while the able bodied persons will not be considered for gratuitous support. The project's implementation time will be 6 months beginning first week of June 2008.

The proposed operation The needs of the vulnerable target population will be addressed through the implementation of the following objectives. OBJECTIVE 1:- To improve the food security status of vulnerable households To improve households food security status of the vulnerable beneficiaries, general food ration consisting of 5,760 MT of maize, 528 MT of beans and 192,000 litres of cooking oil and 548.5 MT of supplementary feed Corn Soya Blend (CSB) will be procured and distributed. The standard distribution entails the provision of 15kg of maize, 1.5kg of beans and 0.5 litres of cooking oil per beneficiary per month. On the other hand, 4.5kg of CSB is distributed on a monthly basis for children under five, orphans, lactating and pregnant women, elderly and disabled persons. OBJECTIVE 2:- To increase household access to water and to promote personal hygiene To improve households access to safe drinking water, the ERCS will rehabilitate 22 of the non functioning shallow wells in Damot Pulasa and 5 boreholes in Damot Gale. With the aim of further increasing the use of safe water at household level, water treatment chemicals will be distributed to households using unprotected water sources. Appropriate training on the importance of safe water and use of treatment chemicals will be provided by volunteers. In addition 18,830 bars of soap and 9,415 hand jugs will be distributed to encourage hand washing after visiting toilets.

To ensure the sustainability of the rehabilitated water schemes and to promote personal hygiene 27 water committees will be established and training will be given to approximately 250 Red Cross Volunteers and selected members of the target community using Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) methodology. OBJECTIVE 3:- To protect further erosion of the livelihood asset bases Due to acute shortage of livestock feed and shortage of water, 2,703 cattle have died while more than ten times of this figure is believed to have been sold by owners at throw away prices than to see their means of livelihood decimated before their eyes. Seeds which were stored to be sown on the onset of the next rainy season were eaten up when the rain failed to materialize. Some of the destitute households have even sold their agricultural hand tools to buy food. Thus, it can be stated without any exaggeration that most of the households have lost most of their means of livelihood assets and cannot cultivate their farms even if the

6 OCHA Situation Report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia 11 August 2008 7 ERCS Livelihoods Assessment Report for Damot Pulasa, dated 10 July 2008

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most optimum cropping conditions prevail unless assisted with the necessary agricultural inputs to enable restart the disrupted food production activities: For example;

• Procurement and distribution of emergency seeds; 100 MT of haricot bean seeds and 180, 000, 000 sweet potato cuttings. Shortage of seeds in the area is a wide phenomenon across the region, which makes a cash or voucher distribution ineffective at this point of the year.

• Provision of livestock to the most vulnerable households; 10,000 sheep (5 sheep per households). For this particular activity, and considering the functioning livestock local markets, if feasible and appropriate to the local context, voucher distribution programme will be encouraged in conjunction with partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and their technical staff at Zone and Woreda level.

• Assorted agricultural hand tools; pick axe, finger hoe and hoe will be procured and distributed for the next agricultural season provided that the new assessment in August will reconfirm initial findings.

OBJECTIVE 4:- To enhance sustainable livelihoods and/or food security situation of the targeted population through long-term approach Addressing emergency and/or relief needs alone will not respond to the longer term vulnerability and subsequently it will not build the resilience of affected communities. Therefore, there is a need to go beyond relief and early recovery activities to a more longer-term and/or development intervention aiming at strengthening the capacities of the communities to cope with any kind of eventual situation that may affect their food security status in the coming future. This is related to the recently launched Red Cross/ Red Crescent longer-term Africa food security initiative that includes Ethiopia as one of the National Societies prioritized to practice this initiative8. OBJECTIVE 5:- Capacity building for ERCS both at Wolayita branch and National Level Wolayita zone is one of the disaster-prone areas in the country with repeated vulnerability to food insecurity and other related hazards. As a result, the ERCS branch should build its capacity in order to be able to respond to disasters by assisting vulnerable communities in a timely manner. The response capacity of the branch will be enhanced by providing equipment and relevant training to ERCS staff and volunteers.

Relief distributions (food and basic non-food items) Objective 1:To improve the household food security status of vulnerable households. Expected Result 1.1 Planned Activities Household access to food improved. • Purchasing and distributing 5,760 MT of maize, 528

MT of beans and 192,000 litres of cooking oil. • Procuring and distributing 548.5 MT of

supplementary food/CSB. Water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion Objective 2: To improve access to safe drinking water and to promote personal hygiene in Damot Pulasa Expected Result 2.1 Planned Activities Personal hygiene improved • Training 250 youth volunteers for hygiene and

sanitation promotion. • Procuring and distributing 18,830 bars of soap. • Procuring and distributing 9,415 hand jugs.

Expected Result 2.2 Planned Activities Household access to safe water improved • Rehabilitation of 22 shallow wells.

• Rehabilitation of 5 boreholes • Procuring and distributing 94,150 sachets of water

maker. Livelihoods Objective 3: To protect further erosion of livelihood asset bases. Expected Results 3.1 Planned Activities Disrupted food crop production activities restarted

• Purchasing and distributing assorted seeds (100 MT haricot bean seeds and 18mill sweet potato cuts)

Expected Result 3.2 Planned Activities Livelihood assets base restored • Providing 10,000 sheep to selected HH.

8 IFRC Longer-term food security initiative for Africa, launched in April 10, 2008.

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• Provision of assorted agricultural hand tools. Objective 4: To enhance sustainable livelihoods/food security situation of the targeted population through long-term approach Expected Results 4.1 Planned Activities Relief-recovery activities linked to long-term development intervention

• Conduct baseline food security/livelihood assessment.

• Developing long-term food security proposal Capacity building Objective 5: Capacity building for ERCS both at Wolayita branch and National Level Expected Result 5.1 Planned Activities Enhanced capacity of the National Society and the branch office to better respond to future disasters.

• Provision of information technology and communication equipment to branch office.

• Training to ERCS headquarters, branch personnel and volunteers on disaster management, logistics, finance and administration.

Budget summary See attached budget for details.

Thomas Gurtner Bekele Geleta Director Secretary General Coordination and Programmes Division

How we work All International Federation assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) in Disaster Relief and is committed to the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response (Sphere) in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable. The International Federation’s activities are aligned with its Global Agenda, which sets out four broad goals to meet the Federation's mission to "improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity".

Global Agenda Goals: • Reduce the numbers of deaths, injuries and impact from

disasters. • Reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from

diseases and public health emergencies. • Increase local community, civil society and Red Cross Red

Crescent capacity to address the most urgent situations of vulnerability.

• Reduce intolerance, discrimination and social exclusion and promote respect for diversity and human dignity.

Contact information For further information specifically related to this operation please contact:

• In Ethiopia: Fasika Kebede, Secretary General, Ethiopian Red Cross Society, Addis Ababa; email: ercs.sg@ethionet.et; Telephone: +251.11.515.38.53; Fax: +251.11.551.26.43

• In Ethiopia: Lorenzo Violante, Ag Federation Country Representative and Head of Operations, Horn of Africa Sub-Zone Office, Addis Ababa, email: lorenzo.violante@ifrc.org telephone: + 251.11.551.45.71; fax +251.11.551.28.88

• In Kenya: Nancy Balfour, Disaster Management Coordinator Eastern Africa Zone, Nairobi; email: nancy.balfour@ifrc.org; telephone: +254.20.283.5208; fax +254.20.271.2777

• In Kenya: Ed Cooper Ag Federation Head of Eastern Africa Zone, Nairobi, telephone: + 254.20.283.52.26; fax + 254.20.271.27.77; email: asha.mohammed@ifrc.org

• In Geneva: John Roche, Federation Operations Coordinator (Africa); email: john.roche@ifrc.org; telephone +41.22.730.4527

APPEAL BUDGET SUMMARY

Ethiopia Food Insecurity MDRET005

ORIGINAL REVISED VARIANCE

RELIEF NEEDS500 Shelter 0505 Construction Materials 0510 Clothing & Textiles 0520 Food 1,254,700 4,265,565 -3,010,865523 Seeds & Plants 41,600 565,180 -523,580530 Water & Sanitation 629,772 -629,772540 Medical & First Aid 0550 Teaching Materials 0560 Utensils & Tools 0570 Other Supplies & Services 200,000 -200,000

Total Relief Needs 1,296,300 5,660,517 -4,364,217

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT580 Land & Buildings 0581 Vehicles Purchase 0582 Computers & Telecom Equipment 5,100 4,400 700584 Office/Household Furniture & Equip. 0587 Medical Equipment 0589 Other Machinery & Equipment 0

TRANSPORT, STORAGE & VEHICLES590 Storage - Warehouse 15,950 40,183 -24,233592 Distribution & Monitoring 6,000 5,280 720593 Transport & Vehicles Costs 231,060 1,347,723 -1,116,663

PERSONNEL600 International Staff 18,300 267,308 -249,008640 Regionally Deployed Staff 0661 National Staff 0662 National Society Staff 20,243 60,340 -40,097670 Consultants 0

WORKSHOPS & TRAINING680 Workshops & Training 13,500 37,830 -24,330

GENERAL EXPENSES700 Travel 24,960 24,960 0710 Information & Public Relations 13,000 27,556 -14,556730 Office running costs 6,000 24,582 -18,582740 Communication Costs 3,600 9,630 -6,030750 Professional Fees 5,702 -5,702760 Financial Charges 4,860 -4,860790 Other General Expenses 105,000 105,000 0

PROGRAMME SUPPORT599 Programme Support - PSR 122,284 531,735 -409,451

Total Operational Needs 584,997 2,497,090 -1,912,092

Total Appeal Budget (Cash & Kind) 1,881,297 8,157,607 -6,276,309

Available Resources

Net Request 1,881,297 8,157,607

Annex 1:- WOLAYITA ZONE/DAMOT PULASSA WOREDA POPULATION FIGURE AND ERCS TARGET BNEFICIARIES

Total HH Total Pop ERCS Beneficiaries HH No

Name of Kebeles M F Total M F Total M/headed HH F/headed HH Total HH T/beneficiary

<5 years of age

1 Lera 752 942 1,694 2,882 5,652 6,000 393 60 453 2,265 407 2 Waseda 575 85 660 1,940 2,020 3,960 318 28 346 1,730 313

3 Game Kebecho 1,157 167 1,324 3,893 4,051 7,954 395 76 630 3,150 566

4 Gudecho 517 170 687 2,020 2,102 4,122 168 34 271 1,355 245

5 Lamarada 908 142 1,050 3,087 3,213 6,300 486 40 526 2,630 473 6 Busha 679 57 736 2,164 2,252 4,416 255 47 302 1,510 366 7 Galle buge 726 198 924 2,716 2,828 5,544 341 62 403 2,015 363 8 Denba galle 603 43 646 1,899 1,977 3,876 192 45 237 1,185 214 9 Hellina Korke 1,020 89 1,109 3,261 3,393 6,654 361 51 412 2,060 371 10 Abota ultao 918 63 981 2,884 3,002 5,886 515 46 561 2,805 505

11 Tontom menta 978 65 1,043 3,067 3,191 6,258 575 70 645 3,225 580

12 Bebisso ollola 1,000 450 1,450 4,264 4,436 8,700 626 48 674 3,370 607

13 Ollola 857 225 1,042 3,063 3,189 6,252 251 65 316 1,580 284

14 werbwra gollo 719 176 895 2,631 2,739 5,370 317 33 409 2,045 368

15 Werbera suke 1,115 223 1,338 3,934 4,094 8,028 558 63 621 3,105 559

16 Gulcha suke 830 280 1,110 2,263 3,396 6,660 282 57 455 2,275 409

17 Pulassa bekela 513 40 553 1,626 1,693 3,318 107 36 143 715 127

18 Gollo shanto 407 64 471 1,385 1,441 2,826 115 42 157 785 142 19 Seyara Mahe 423 30 453 1,331 1,387 2,718 191 40 231 115 208 20 Warete balika 736 101 837 2,460 2,562 5,022 267 44 311 1,555 281 21 Shanto town 700 80 780 2,293 2,387 4,680 501 32 533 2,665 480

22 Ade shanto 477 64 541 1,590 1,656 3,246 208 25 233 1,165 208

23 Zemene welisho 829 232 1,061 3,120 3,246 6,366 494 52 546 2,730 492

Grand Total 17,439 3,986 21,425 61,019 63,137 124,156 8,319 11,,009966 9,415 47,075 8,568

Annex 2 Implementation plan Ethiopian Red Cross Society Risk Reduction project in Damot Pulasa and Damot Gale

2008 Time Schedule No Program activities June July Aug Sep Oct Nov

1 Agreement concluded with partners

2 Floating bid document and analysing bids 3 Purchase emergency food items 4. Purchasing agricultural inputs 5. Purchasing water purifying chemicals and tablets 6. Transporting items to field warehouses 7. Arrangement of warehousing and preparing branch for distribution 8. Targeting, registration of beneficiaries, providing ration card and preparing

distribution list

9. Training youth volunteers for hygiene promotion 10. Conducting training community on health education 11. Organizing orientation about the general relief program and responsibilities and

roles of each staff regarding distribution

12. Organizing orientation for community leaders 13. Transporting food items to operational sites 14 Distribution of food items to beneficiaries 15. Evaluation conditions of water schemes 16. Rehabilitating selected water schemes 17. Monitoring program activities 18. Organizing review meeting with ERCS departments, Community and partners 19. Writing update reports 20 Preparing and submitting final report.