Integrated Emergency WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Nutrition and Shelter Response in Ethiopia, Oromia region, East Harerghe zone: Chinakson, Gursum, Gola oda, Midegatola, Fedis, Babile, Meyu and Kumbi woredas. Two successive years of below average rainfall in lowland areas of Ethiopia have left hundreds of thousands of people from pastoral and agro pastoral population destitute and in need of humanitarian assistance. In 2017/18. Ethiopia has been seen a significant increase of its IDP population. In year 2018, about 1.5 Million people displaced due to conflict, drought, and floods.  According to 2018 HDRP 1 million individuals of the IDP caseload displaced due to conflict, 528,000 individuals are climate-change induced IDPs displaced by drought, and floods. The displaced community require multi-sector support to address immediate needs to save lives. 

According to the 2018 HDRP, (Humanitarian and Disaster Resilience Plan document) people will encounter a lack of safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion to protect them from WASH related diseases. The critical needs for WASH services provision in terms of quality and quantity has been identified as a severe gap in the targeted IDPs and drought affected woredas. In the targeted Woredas, the low WASH (water and sanitation coverage), limited number of functioning and accessible water sources of safe water, poor condition of sanitation facilities, and hygiene practice increases the risk for WASH-related diseases. In addition, as per the gender roles women and girls are required to travel larger distances (often over 5 kms) for water collection from unsafe water sources (rivers and ponds), which has increased the vulnerability for WASH related disease spread, AWD  and protection challenges. The critical water shortage 

International Medical Corps will cover under this second round allocation uncovered woredas in Nutrition WASH and Shelter. International Medical Corps covered six of eight most affected woredas under Nutrition in the first round allocation, Namely: Chinakson, Fedis, Gursum, Gola Oda, Midegaola and Babile). Similarly, International Medical Corps covered three woredas under WASH program in East Harerghe Meyu, Kumbi and Chinakson. International Medical Corps will cover under Nutrition program in Kumbi and Meyu which has significant number of IDP and malnutrition cases. Whilst WASH program proposed to cover and complement the ongoing Nutrition and health programs, and address the most critical needs of displaced community due to the current conflict and drought affected community in Gursum, Midegatola, Babile Gola Oda, and Fedis to cover a total population of 39990 IDPS and host community.   

Similarly, International Medical Corps plan to support on Shelter items for those displaced on recent conflict (in June 2018) between Oromia and Somali in three East Harerghe woredas. International Medical Corps will support for the most vulnerable displaced 1098 households in total (Gursum 480, Chinakson 290, and Babile 328 households). The target beneficiaries will be prioritized for disabled, elderly people and women headed family with children to cover 5490 individuals and Nutrition program 38995 individuals children, pregnant and lactating mothers, women under two children.