Integrated Multi-sector Assistance to Drought Affected People in East Harerghe Zone, Oromia Region (Envelope 2– Oromia Region) In alignment with the 2022 First Standard Allocation strategy document, World Vision (WV) in partnership with a local partner, Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization (MCMDO), designed this integrated multi-sector project to respond to severe acute malnutrition in drought- affected areas in the prioritized hot spot districts. With this application, WV and its partner MCMDO will implement an integrated package of intersection that consists Agriculture, Food, Health, Nutrition and WASH to save lives, prevent mortality rates and reduce number of acute malnutrition and disease cases in Kumbi woreda of East Hararghe zone, Oromia region.

According to UNOCHA situation report on Oct 7, 2022, in East Hararge Zone of Oromia Region, more than 29,000 people were displaced mainly from the four most drought-impacted woredas of Chinaksen, Mayyu, Midega tola and Kumbi and more than 228,457 livestock have been affected and several thousand livestock died over the past six months alone. The protracted drought has resulted crops loss where thousands of children and families pushed to the brink of starvation. As over 85% of the population is dependent on rain-fed subsistence agriculture and livestock husbandry, the severe drought has triggered high levels of food insecurity resulting in an increased number of children with acute malnutrition.

These affected communities highly need support in areas livestock feed and veterinary clinic service, crop seeds, farm tools, and trainings to produce their own and be self-reliant.  The annual SAM admission in East Harerghe zone is 17,748. Lack of nutrition-sensitive crop and vegetable seed, livestock feed and Animal health service, access to clean water and sex-segregated latrines, WASH NFIs, essential health services and nutrition treatment are among the identified need of Kumbi woreda.
 
Thus, over a period of 12 months, WV in partnership with MCMDO will provide technical and operational support to the woreda health offices, ensuring the delivery of full CMAM/IMAM packages by strengthening the continuum of care for SAM-MAM case management in health facilities. MCMDO will implement response package of Health where, WV will oversee the overall interventions. WV will implement WASH, Agriculture, Nutrition and Food support to address the factors that have a direct impact on the morbidity and mortality of the drought affected population in Kumbi woreda. WV in its agriculture intervention will support vulnerable women-headed and child-headed households HHs with different crop seeds and forage/fodder seeds animal health service and asset protection multipurpose cash support. WV will provide lifesaving WASH services addressing urgent public health risks through scaling-up of existing emergency response to ensure the most vulnerable households are supported and have access to adequate and dignified minimum water, sanitation and hygiene promotion services. WV will also provide cash for food to improve the affected community access to minimum basic food needs. 

This integrated multisector response will address a total of 132,778 drought affected persons.