Life-saving and Multisectoral (CCCM, Education, ESNFIs, Health, Nutrition, WASH) emergency response in Metekel, Benishangul Gumuz (Envelope 1 - Benishangul Gumuz) During the course of 2022, the overall humanitarian situation in Ethiopia remarkably deteriorated. Several concurrent crises such as ongoing northern conflict, widespread violence, and climate shocks including prolonged drought and floods, have increased significantly the humanitarian needs. The HRP 2022, reported that 20 million people in Ethiopia are in need of humanitarian assistance, out of them 541,000 in Benishangul Gumuz (BGR). Specifically the proposal target Metekel Zone, affected by tension with UAG and intercommunal violence. The Zone currently is hosting 19,384 IDPs HHs in 7 Woredas, living in camp-like settings, in public facilities or dispersed among the host population while and additional 35.000 HHs are categorized as returnees. Extreme needs exacerbated by poor humanitarian access are multi-dimensional, including Shelter, access to water supply and sanitation, food and livelihoods opportunities. The conflct has also affected the capacity of the health system of functioning in full capacity. COOPI, ASDEPO and Imagine1day, already partners  accompanied by DPO will provide emergency response by:
- COOPI and NRC distributing 3726 Emergency Shelter kits to returnees and IDPs in alignment with the cluster strategy 15% of target population will include HH with a member with disability. It is estimated that 20504 individuals will be covered under this sector.
-ASDEPO will intervene to cover the needs of 35572 beneficiaries through Health and Nutrition services. ASDEPO will deploy one Mobile Nutrition and Health Teams (MNHT) per woreda (Dangur, Dibate and Mandura) by following standard MHNT guideline to provide outreach and Primary Health Care (PHC) services, provide emergency obstetric care, reproductive health (RH) and Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) services integrated into emergency health service, Management of Children with Medical Complications of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), provision of Support on Clinical Management of Rape and Strengthening disease surveillance for outbreak response for eight months, while strengthening the local capacity.
Imagine1day will provide integrated lifesaving responses in Education reaching 11, 468 (750 Girls, 750 Boys, 4,984 Women, and 4,984 Men) people in need living in Metekele ( Diabte, Mandura and Dangur Woreda),) zones of Benishangul Gumuz region.
COOPI will be in charge of covering water supply needs, sanitation and hygiene needs by rehabilitating 21 water schemes, and facilitating access to basic hygiene items and sanitation. The WASH and Shelter Component will have strong integration with CCCM activities, which is designed based on the four pillars of the CCCM Cluster: 
  Camp/Area Coordination and Information Management, including meetings organized at displacement locations, producing and sharing information products, in order to request and coordinate for assistance delivery.
 Camp Maintenance  Improvement, Decommissioning including Rehabilitation, will include site assessments, partitioning of communal living spaces installation of communal facilities, partitioning of rooms to improve privacy in communal shelter, support the implementation of the safety, security measures and ensure dignity of targeted IDPs
 Community Participation, Mobilization/Self-Governance, including through support of community self-governance structures, running of a Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM), mainstreaming protection, and awareness raising.
 Capacity Building of key stakeholders (for staff, authorities, partners and other stakeholders) on key CCCM concepts and protection mainstreaming.
Furthermore, COOPI will act as Zonal Focal point for the CCCM Cluster in Metekel Zone, supporting the coordination among partners and strengthening the advocacy for the coverage of humanitarian gaps in the area.