Emergency Nutrition and Health Response for Drought-Affected, Conflict-Affected, and Displaced Communities in SNNP and Oromiya Regions The project will respond to the critical nutrition and health needs among vulnerable groups and communities affected by the recent conflict and displacement in three Woredas of West Guji and Gedeo Zones – namely Abaya, Dilla Town, and Yirga Chefe, and in one drought-affected Woreda in West Arsi with chronic food insecurity – Hebana Arsi.

GOAL’s proposed set of activities will include life-saving and life-enhancing interventions that consist of a full CMAM intervention at static health facilities and in IDP camps, as well as the establishment of temporary clinics or Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams at IDP camp level in specific Woredas, and support to health response in static health facilities where relevant. The response will be tailored to ensure maximum support to IDPs at both health facility level and at camp level for communities not accessing health facilities. The approach will include a full CMAM response in all Woredas, with an integrated health and nutrition response in Abaya Woreda, whereby CMAM activities will be complemented by health response – through the implementation of a MHNT at camp level, support to temporary clinics if relevant, and through support to the government health workers at static health facility level. Activities will include:
- Supporting the Ministry of Health frontline staff with the treatment of severe acute malnutrition among children under five, through the establishment or strengthening of out-patient therapeutic programme (OTP) sites and stabilization centres (SCs) at static facilities and camp level.
- Implementation of a targeted supplementary feeding programme (TSFP) to treat moderate acute malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women and children 6-59 months
- Community mobilization and outreach within the Woreda and at IDP camp level to raise awareness of services and increase uptake
- The provision of education on infant and young child feeding in emergencies to caregivers of children suffering from malnutrition, pregnant and lactating women, and other community members
- Formal and on-the-job training of health workers and health extension 
- Logistical and technical support to the Woreda Health Office – supporting transportation of RUTF and supplies for example.
- Curative medical consultations and treatment, reproductive healthcare, vaccination campaigns and other health services in Abaya Woreda. 
- Ad-hoc support to improve the living conditions of the IDPs – supporting the Zonal and Woreda administrations with the transportation of NFIs or food to camps, construction of external kitchens at congested collective centres and so on.

GOAL aims to target:
2,737 children under 5 suffering from SAM
19,894 children 6-59 months suffering from MAM
9,380 PLW suffering from MAM
554 health workers and health extension workers for training and capacity building
2,400 IDPs for medical consultations during MHNT activities or in temporary clinics 

GOAL will establish or strengthen 101 OTP and 17 SC, and expects to establish 46 TSFP sites. 
1 MHNT or temporary clinic will be established in Abaya Woreda.
In Yirga Chefe and in Dilla Town GOAL will provide mobile/outreach nutrition services in all IDP camps. The health response in those Woredas will be covered by other actors.