Lifesaving Emergency Shelter/ Non-Food Items Response to IDPs/Returnees in Oromia region in 2020 The proposed intervention will support the most vulnerable crisis affected individuals by providing the basic needs to 3,226 HH displaced affected persons and will target HH whose living standards and ability to pursue normal productive and social activities, and who are unable to meet this basic needs due to, conflict drought and disease and who are in need of emergency shelter (ES) and non-food items (NFI). 

In the targeted region, man-made disaster- mainly inter communal conflict-induced displacements (returned to home, IDPs’ in the host communities, IDPs’ in the sites and returns to area of origin but not at home) will be supported. According to Ethiopian Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO 2020), 8.4M people nationwide are projected to have humanitarian needs in 2020 those majority of whom are in Oromia (3.3 million 9 percent of the region population) followed by Somali (2.4M 39 percent of the population). As stated in 2020 HNO under the critical need for living standards (including Shelter/NFI), 5.0M peoples in need with 30%, and 21% at high severity and very high severity respectively. As stated, HRP 2020, the Government of Ethiopia, and the humanitarian community suggested targeting 7M out of 8.4M people who identified as in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 73 percent have acute humanitarian needs that must be addressed immediately that includes IDPs’ and returns those affected due to conflicts. 

Of the conflict-related PIN, 1.2M persons remain in displacement because of conflict related drivers, while 200,000 conflict IDPs who returned back to their areas of origin are still not able to live in their homes for lack of recovery support.
The Shelter/NFI cluster identified 1.95M IDPs, returnees, and displacement affected people are still in need of Shelter/NFI support, (Cluster dashboard, Feb 2020). The 2020 HNO identified 8.4m people in need (PIN) of 10.6m affected among 6.2m are in acute humanitarian need which is 74% that need to be immediately addressed. Therefore, the provision of emergency shelter repair kits amp NFI items either in-kind or cash will be implemented. As shown on ES/NFI cluster prioritization, there are three pillars, namely Return, IDPs’ (conflict and climate induced), and COVID19 specific response. The cluster identified 81 woredas (26 return and 55 IDPs due climate induced and conflict-affected IDPs’) across Oromia, Somali, Afar, and BSG regions that failed under priority 1 for ES/NFIs Cluster.  This allocation targets top priority 1, which includes Returnees (660,141 individuals), and IDPs (416,176 individuals) due conflict and climate induced (in 81 woredas) those prioritized by the ICCG amp ES/NFI cluster. The IRC will directly respond in West Wollega (Mana Sibu woreda) and Bale (Laga Hida woreda) zones of Oromia regions those affected due to conflict displacement both for IDPs’ and returns for 3,226HHs’ (17,743 individuals) and will coordinate with the ES/NFI cluster and in collaboration with the other implementing partners.  
The project will provide Core Relief Item, NFI (in-kind 70% or Cash 30% based intervention), Emergency Shelter Repair Kit (ERK) amp Emergency Shelter (ES) for IDPs and Returnees in the context of project areas. For the cash-based response, IRC will conduct market functionality assessment or verification, if a pre-existing market assessment has been conducted and works with pre-existing financial service providers (FSP) that have countrywide network branches and experienced on CVA for humanitarian response. These all, the process will be done considering the COVID19 precautions both for IRC staff and targeted beneficiaries in line with the current pandemic disease and its means of transmission. IRC will ensure or minimize the COVID19 pandemic dissemination either digital/e-cash or open bank passbook and envelop considering the exiting and upcoming situations.