Lifesaving Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items Response to newly displaced IDPs in 2017 The proposed intervention will provide life-saving assistance to 30442 internally displaced persons in 2017 impacted by natural disasters (drought, floods, and other natural hazards) and conflict and are in critical need of emergency shelter (ES) and non-food items (NFI) in the various regions in Ethiopia.

Natural disasters mainly attributed to drought, flooding, landslide and conflict are recurrent phenomena in most parts of Ethiopia. These disasters are major causes of displacement for large numbers of people and result in loss of human life and assets, disruption of livelihoods and damage to basic services and infrastructure. According to DTM Round 5, conducted nationwide in May/June 2017, a total of 171,161 households (HH) representing 1,056,738 individuals are in a situation of internal displacement in various regions of Ethiopia with the highest displacements reported in Somali (53%), Oromia (34%), Afar (5%), Tigray (4%), Gambella (2%) Amhara (1%) and Hareri (0.4%) regions respectively. The primary drivers of displacement across the country include conflict (56%), drought (35%) and flash flood (3%). Of the total displaced 51.6% are women and 48.4% are male.   

Since the start of 2017, as per DTM R 5, it is reported that 73,328 HH representing 450,160 individuals are newly displaced with the vast majority located in Somali (41,220 HHs) and Oromia (30,011 HHs) regions. This number has already surpassed the projected displacement in 2017 under the Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) 2017 which projected a total of  68,000 newly internally displaced HH (376,000 individuals). 

From a total of 171,161 HH representing 1,056,738 individuals identified by DTM Round 5, 84 percent (144,000 HH) have been identified as in need of ES/NFI humanitarian assistance in Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Hareri, Oromia, Somali and Tigray regions.  In 2017 alone, the ES/NFI cluster led by IOM, has received official requests to support 61,000 internally displaced HH – 95% per cent of the total HRD 2017 target beneficiaries. Out of the population displaced in 2017, 73,328 HH (DTM R5), the ES/NFI cluster have reached 1,763 beneficiary households only in Somali Region (5% of IDP HHs in the region). 49,838 kits distributed by the cluster went to households displaced prior to 2017. Nationally, the ES/NFI Cluster has 6,000 ES/NFI kits in stock, with an additional 10,300 kits being procured. With the current needs exceeding the ES/NFI kits in stock and pipeline, the cluster is forced to prioritize its response to an alarming degree. Within the proposed project, the ES/NFI cluster will apply the inter-cluster prioritization criteria and will respond in areas that have not received any response across 16 zones (51,000 HHs) classified as  ‘priority 1’ and further 22 zones (72,000 HHs) who have received some assistance considered as ‘Priority 2’.  

The project will be implemented through a coordinated response of the following Cluster members: the International Organization for Migration (IOM)/Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS as implementing partner), International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). 

In total, through the joint IOM, IRC and NRC intervention, ES/NFI assistance will be provided to 12,900 households (9,800 in kind and 3,100 in cash) while a total of 16,318 women and girls from ES/NFI beneficiary households will receive in kind dignity kits. The ES/NFI kits will be distributed in Somali (30%) Oromia (20%), Afar (20%),Gambella (10%), Amhara (7%), Southern Nations Nationalities and People (SNNP) (5%), Tigray (5%) and ‘Other’ (3%) regions. Exact areas of distribution will be identified through joint assessment by ES/NFI Cluster agencies in coordination with regional and zonal government authorities. 


NRC will directly assist 4,000 households with in-kind ES/NFI, 500 households with cash-based assistance and 5,692 girls/women of reproductive age with dignity kits.