|
Action Against
Hunger (AAH)
(November 22, 02)
AAH is currently intervening in Afar and Ogaden regions. Its
programs include access to safe drinking water - essential
for the survival of pastoral communities in a semi-arid environment
- and animal health - a major aspect of food security for
the population - as well as early warning systems.
Adventist Development
and Relief Agency International (ADRA)
(July 24, 03)
ADRA provided 110 oxen for 55 farmers and emergency relief
food and seeds for 30,000 drought-affected families in the
community of Shashamane district and Adami Tullu, Jido Kombolcha,
East Showa zone, Oromiya Regional State, and Wolayita zone,
Southern Nations and Nationalities Regional State. Food grain
and oil were distributed to 20,000 people affected by food
shortage in Admai Tullu Jido Kombolcha and maize was provided
for 19,080 people in Shashamane, Weyde and Humbo districts.
Africare
(May 29, 03)
Africare delivers emergency food aid assistance to populations
in need and assists communities in the development of long-term
solutions to mitigate the effects of future droughts. Currently,
Africare works in communities throughout the Gambella Region,
and is planning to expand assistance to the SNPPR in Ethiopia.
In Eritrea, Africare is providing agricultural and food assistance
in the Southern Red Sea Zone. More detailed information can
be found at: http://www.africare.org/news/news_release/foodcrisis.html
American Jewish
World Service (AJWS)
(January 15, 04)
AJWS is supporting grassroots groups in Ethiopia that are
addressing the needs of communities affected by food and water
shortages. AJWS has worked with Ethiopian NGOs during past
emergencies and continues to work with several on long-term
agricultural, health and economic development projects.
The American
Red Cross
(November 26, 02)
The American Red Cross, in collaboration with the Ethiopian
Red Cross, is involved in major health, child survival and
water and sanitation activities in the Hadiya and Zeway Regions
of Southern Ethiopia. More detailed information can be found
at: http://www.redcross.org/news/in/africa/020923famine.html
AmeriCares
(June 6, 03)
For Ethiopia, AmeriCares has shipped 38 tons of corn-soy blend
food by airlift and continues to extend support with containers
of nutritionals and essential medical needs. One ongoing partner
of AmeriCares is Project Mercy, another is Southern Nations
Nationalities Regional Health Bureau, a network of 13 hospitals,
118 health centers and 305 health stations. AmeriCares is
accepting in-kind donations of nutritionals and medicines
for this emergency.
Baptist World
Aid (BWAid)
(November 20, 02)
BWAid plans to work through the Baptist Evangelical Association
of Ethiopia, other Christian churches and NGOs, and other
partners, to provide food and water.
CARE
(May 30, 03)
CARE is working in some of the hardest hit areas in Ethiopia,
including West and East Hararghe. CARE is distributing food
and rehabilitating water points, as well as providing animal
fodder and veterinary medicines to help families protect the
health of their livestock. In Eritrea, CARE is helping distribute
emergency seeds and provide tractor-plowing services, and
ongoing development projects include agriculture, water and
sanitation, nutritional support, health and education. More
detailed information can be found at: http://www.careusa.org/careswork/countryprofiles/Ethiopia.asp
Catholic Relief
Services (CRS)
(May 27, 03)
In both Ethiopia and Eritrea, CRS is the lead agency among
consortiums of humanitarian aid organizations working to provide
and coordinate emergency relief to nearly four million and
over a half million beneficiaries, respectively. In Ethiopia,
CRS is also distributing locally purchased supplementary food
to selected vulnerable communities and providing basic medicine,
water rehabilitation and seed distribution to help farmers
recover from the current crisis. In Eritrea, CRS is also supporting
agricultural recovery and training initiatives. More detailed
information can be found at: https://www.catholicrelief.org/emergency_responses/africa_in_crisis/index.cfm
Childreach/Plan
(July 8, 03)
Plan, as a member of the Ethiopian government's Disaster Prevention
and Preparedness Committee, is providing over 26,560 people
with grain. Plan is also undertaking school-based feeding
programs that benefited 4,486 primary school children, and
a long-term solution to assisting farmers in increasing crop
production, Plan is constructing irrigation canals. Plan also
supports a variety of water programs like well construction,
development and protection of springs, and the construction
of a reservoir with public tap connections throughout the
communities.
Christian Children's
Fund (CCF)
(May 27, 03)
CCF-Ethiopia has received close to $145,000A$ from CCF-Australia
to purchase local maize for relief distribution. CCF's water
development initiatives have served as a model in the drought-stricken
communities and have addressed longer-term sustainability
issues. CCF-Ethiopia is implementing food security programs
that consist of credit schemes for agricultural inputs; training
of farmers and agricultural development agents on various
agricultural technologies (crop production and animal husbandry);
and initiating and assisting in the construction of grain
banks by farmer's cooperatives.
Christian Reformed
World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
(February 10, 03)
CRWRC is providing tools and tree seedlings, but also contributing
to a large Food-For-Work program, facilitated by FHI, which
will target 42,000 people with more than 3,000 MT of wheat
while focusing on environmental conservation and development,
crop production, and roadway access.
Church World
Service (CWS)
(January 14, 04)
In collaboration with Food for the Hungry International/Ethiopia,
CRWRC is helping to provide 40,000 people with more than 3,000
MT of wheat per year through a food-for-work project, now
in its second of three years, that is focused on environmental
conservation and development, crop production, and roadway
access. CRWRC also continues to work in collaboration with
an Ethiopia-based international NGO called ZOA Refugee Care
in the provision of 700 MT of wheat to more than 20,000 people
also in the Amhara National Regional State. Lastly, CRWRC
is supporting the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada
in the provision of 500 MT of wheat to more than 20,000 people
in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples State;
this program involves free food distribution to about 15%
of the beneficiaries and food-for-work for the other 85%.
Concern Worldwide
US
(September 15, 03)
Concern Worldwide operates food security programs and emergency
feeding centers in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Please contact the
organization for details on in-kind donations.
Ethiopian Community
Development Council, Inc. (ECDC)
(November 21, 02)
ECDC has established an "Ethiopian Famine Relief Fund"
to help provide emergency food relief for an estimated 14
million people facing imminent peril. Founded in 1983, ECDC
maintains an office in Addis Ababa and has extensive experience
in managing relief and aid contributions for victims of drought,
famine and war in Ethiopia. All tax-exempt donations will
go directly to organizations and institutions involved in
helping relieve the suffering.
Food for the
Hungry
(November 25, 02)
Food for the Hungry maintains development and food security
programs in Ethiopia and is currently planning to provide
food, seeds, and tools and build water irrigation systems.
International
Medical Corps (IMC)
(May 28, 03)
IMC is operating an emergency nutrition and health program
in Ethiopia to minimize the effects of the drought on the
population in drought-affected areas. IMC has established
therapeutic and supplementary feeding centers in West Hararghe
and SNNPR, and is also providing immunization and health services.
Additionally, IMC is running a training program for local
health staff on the nutritional management of the malnourished
in order to increase the Ethiopian health system's capacity
to provide emergency nutritional response. IMC accepts gifts
in kind from the WHO List of Essential Drugs, as well as computers,
vehicles, and medical supplies.
Latter-day Saint
Charities (LDSC)
(June 27, 03)
LDSC is providing over 5,000 tons of supplemental feeding
formula to tens of thousands of children under 5 years of
age as well as to pregnant and lactating mothers. LDSC's initiative
is intended to reach out to the most vulnerable people affected
by the severe drought in Ethiopia, and the assistance is being
provided through two partnering organizations, Catholic Relief
Services and Project Mercy, in close coordination with the
government of Ethiopia. The value of this initiative, derived
by donations of Church members and friends to Latter-day Saint
Charities, is $3 million dollars.
Lutheran World
Relief (LWR)
(August 6, 03)
LWR is helping to provide immediate access to food for more
than 400,000 Ethiopians and Eritreans affected by the droughts
and food shortage. A shipment of clothing, blankets, soap,
school kits and sewing kits worth over $500,000 is expected
to arrive in Eritrea in early August. Recognizing the critical
need for long-term food security in conjunction with food
and non-food aid, LWR has also been supporting development
projects such as the construction of irrigation canals, diversification
of crops, and provision of micro-loans for more than 15,000
people. More detailed information can be found at: http://www.lwr.org/emergencies/docs/foodcrisis.pdf
Mercy Corps
(June 30, 03)
One of the first organizations to respond to Eritrea's appeal
for drought assistance, Mercy Corps is distributing emergency
food supplies to 150,000 drought-affected people in the hardest-hit
regions of Eritrea. Mercy Corps also operates a school feeding
program that provides locally produced, high energy biscuits
to 60,000 students every day and has mobilized community groups
using donkeys and storage tanks to provide water to remote
schools. As drought conditions persist, Mercy Corps continues
to explore sustainable, low-tech water distribution systems
for rural households as well as expanding the breadth of current
food and biscuit distribution.
Oxfam America
(May 27, 03)
Oxfam America has been working with communities in the Horn
of Africa since the 1984 famine, and is currently collaborating
with partners and other Oxfams in the region on multiple programs
that link emergency relief strategies, including targeted
supplemental feeding initiatives, to long-term development
issues. Examples of projects that address both immediate and
long-range problems facing Ethiopia are Oxfam's conflict prevention
programs in the Afar and Somali regions, empowerment and capacity
building work with the Oromiya Coffee cooperative in response
to the coffee crisis, and integrated irrigation and micro-credit
programs that improve the lives of small farmers. Oxfam America,
through its diverse group of local partners, is involved in
distributing food aid to the most vulnerable segments of Ethiopia's
population: the elderly, pregnant women and lactating mothers,
and children.
Save the Children
(May 27, 03)
Save the Children is operating therapeutic feeding centers
in southern Ethiopia to help nurse hundreds of severely malnourished
people, including many children, back to health. More than
100,000 liters of water have been delivered daily to help
ensure farmers and herders do not abandon their homes in search
of water, and the agency has launched an emergency livestock
vaccination effort to protect more than 200,000 animals and
preserve the livelihoods of their owners. Save the Children
also is offering emotional and physical support for childen
forced to leave their homes and now living in refugee camps.
US Fund for
UNICEF
(May 30, 03)
In Eritrea, UNICEF set up 19 Therapeutic Feeding Centers and
more than two metric tons of special food has been distributed
to treat severely malnourished children. In two Ethiopian
provinces, some 60,000 children benefited from UNICEF-supported
interventions. UNICEF is also providing water tanker services
in the target regions to respond to the need for safe water,
and is supporting the construction of new water supply systems,
on-site sanitation facilities, and the training of Water,
Sanitation, and Hygiene Education workers.
World Concern
(November 21, 02)
World Concern, which has a long history working Ethiopia,
has an assessment team involved in relief operational planning
for the Jigjigga, South Omo, Borana, and Gambella regions
as well as feeding centers in Addis Ababa.
World Relief
(October 7, 2003)
World Relief has assisted the MesereteKristos Church Relief
& Development Association (MKC-RDA) to expand their food
distributions in the Boricha area (near Awasa, 200 km southwest
of Addis Ababa). World Relief provided funding for the procurement,
transportation and distribution of 220 MT of maize over the
months of April, May, June and July; 41 MT was distributed
each month to 5,224 beneficiaries in April and May. Through
assistance from Mennonite Central Committee and Food for the
Hungry International, MKC-RDA is also complementing these
distributions with a supplementary feeding program to assist
1,800 malnourished children under five in these communities;
this has led to a marked improvement of the nutritional status
of the under-5's, with the Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM)
rate dropping from 16.17% to 11.29% over this time.
World Vision
(May 30, 03)
World Vision offices in the U.S., Canada and Hong Kong, partnering
with USAID and the European Union, funded the distribution
of more than 4000 metric tons of food to some 300,000 people
in East Tigray, North and East Showa, Oromia zone of Amhara
region, Arsi, Wolaita, Hadiya and Gamo gofa zones. In addition,
World Vision runs a general ration distribution and supplementary
feeding program in the Soddo and Humbo sub-districts. In addition,
World Vision runs non-food interventions, including water
supplies, veterinary programs and emergency health/immunization
programs.
Back
to Top
|
