Integrated multi-sector assistance to conflict-affected IDPs in Debre Birhan town of the Amhara Region  (Envelope 1 – Amhara Region) According to UN-OCHA September 2022 humanitarian situation report, there are currently 20 million (Female 11,500,000, Male 8,500,000) people in Ethiopia who are in need of humanitarian assistance due to conflicts and natural calamities such as droughts and floods.  The UNHCR FACT sheet November 2022 indicated that the humanitarian situation across Northern Ethiopia is deeply concerning, with 2.6 million internally displaced persons , over 240,000 returnees and 94,140 refugees amp asylum seekers in the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. Due to the escalation/expansion of the war to various areas of Amhara National Regional State since June 2021, people from north Gonder, South Gonder, North Wollo, south Wollo and north shoa were displaced from their original localities. Authorities in Amhara and Afar reported over 250,000 displaced populations in 2022. To make things worse, the resumption of the war in August 24, 2022, after a five-month generally calm situation in the region has also started to negatively impact and displace communities in various woredas of north-wollo and wag-Himira.The capital of North shoa zone, Debrebirhan is one of the IDP hosting towns in the region. According to North Shoa DRMC and EOC-DICAC North Shoa coordination office, there are currently 25,552 IDPs in the town. 

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in partnership with Ethiopian Orthodox Church - Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission (EOC-DICAC) plans to support response to the worsening humanitarian situation in North Shewa-Debre Berhan Woreda in Amhara region. LWF and EOC-DICAC will leverage on their experience of humanitarian and development interventions in the area. The proposed project will support interventions in CCCM, Education, Health, Nutrition, ESNFI and WASH sectors. A total of 23,000 IDPs is targeted in the six IDP Sites in the town i.e. 03 kebele, 04 kebele, 08 kebele, 06 kebele, China Camp and Woynshet Camp 1. Data from the Water Bureau shows that there is only 24% water coverage in Debre Berhan town. This has been made worse by the presence of the IDPs that has caused more stress in the existing water sources. There is acute shortage of sanitation facilities, with an average of 355 individuals per door against an emergency requirement of 1 toilet per 50 person for communal latrines according to SPHERE Standards. The project will rehabilitate existing water sources, construct communal latrines and support hygiene promotion.  

There is acute shortage of shelter in the IDP Sites, a situation which poses health as well as protection risks. The IDP also lack essential household items that were lost as a result of the conflict. The proposed interventions seeks to support cash for rent with an aim of ensuring access to safe and dignified shelter for the IDPs. Lack of formal and well-coordinated registration of IDPs in each camp has been mentioned as a major issue in the IDP Sites. This makes it hard to get comprehensive IDP data. It was mentioned as one factors that contributes to delay in updating IDP data. It also makes it difficult to know their needs as well as other issues affecting them like insecurity. The camp management team mentioned that it could not have proper management of data including IDPs registration desegregated by gender and age and other population parameters

Regarding Camp Coordination and Camp Management interventions, LWF aims to reach out to IDPs living in host community to promote minimum standard of service provision in the IDP site surroundings The intervention is to be area based approach / mobile CCCM programming, LWF will focus on out of camp programming as per the comment received from CCCM and also agreed with EHF as well as the partners working in the IDP camp.