Other work includes health, education and community water development. This experience has left SCF well-placed to mount an emergency response to the current crisis. Funding from other donors is being sought. The first priority for SCF is to get food assistance to affected households as quickly as possible, and to provide children in the most vulnerable areas with supplementary food. Temporary food warehouses will also be set up in the more remote parts of the Highlands so that people can collect their rations close to their homes.
Communities are responsible for selecting beneficiaries to receive food aid.
SCF monitors this process to ensure that those most in need are helped. SCF has also applied to the European Union for a total of 30,000 tonnes of food aid, including 20,000 tonnes for North and South Wollo and Wag Hamra, and 10,000 tonnes for East Haraghe. An application has gone to the Dutch Government for 10,000 tonnes of food for North and South Wollo, and to the Canadian Government for 9,000 tonnes for South Wollo. Supplementary feeding SCF is providing 486 tonnes of supplementary food to children under the age of five years. Young children in this growing phase are particularly vulnerable to the stresses of malnutrition, and need a boost of supplementary feeding to recover their health and normal weight.