Lifesaving Emergency Shelter/ Non-Food Items Response to IDPs in 2018 The proposed intervention will provide life-saving assistance to 3,250 HH (17,875 internally displaced persons) impacted by man-made disasters like inter communal conflict and natural disasters (mainly flood and other natural hazards), and who are in critical need of emergency shelter (ES) and non-food items (NFI) in Ethiopia. 

Natural disasters including flooding, drought, landslide and conflict are a recurrent phenomenon in most parts of Ethiopia. These disasters are major causes of displacement for large numbers of people and result in loss of human life and assets, disruption of livelihoods and damage to basic services and infrastructure. According to the DTM (Displacement Tracking Matrix) Round 10, conducted nationwide March/April 2018, 274,765 households (1,613,436 individuals) in various regions of Ethiopia. The highest rates of displacement are reported in Somali (47%), Oromia (45%), Afar (3%), Tigray (2%), Gambella (1%), Dire Dewa (1%), Amhara (0.4%) and Harari (0.4%) regions, respectively. The primary drivers of displacement across the country include conflict (67%), climate induced shocks (30%) and other shocks (3%). Of the total displaced, 51.6% are women and 48.4% are male.   

Nationally, as of 31 May 2018, the ES/NFI has in stock 48,776 in stock and pipeline and 9,644 cash grants planned. With current needs exceeding the ES/NFI kits in stock and pipeline, the cluster is forced to prioritize its response, so that only a fraction of acute needs are currently met. Within the proposed EHF project, the ES/NFI cluster will apply the inter-cluster prioritization criteria and will target 14,400 HHs who are newly displaced IDPs in Gedio, SNNP through in kind NFI assistance whereas 8,100 HHs in Somali and Oromia regions through cash for NFI. 

The project will be implemented and coordinated/collaborated through cluster members which include  the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the International Rescue Committee (IRC),  the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), GOAL and other partners. IOM will take the lead on central procurement of the ES/NFI and work with partners for the immediate distribution of SNFIs.

The Cash-based assistance will target 8,100 households (IRC: 3,250 HHs, NRC: 3,250 HHs other NGO: 1,600 HHs) in project locations where quality materials are available through the local market and can be purchased directly by beneficiaries. IRC piloted cash transfers based on lessons learned from other cluster member cash based programming. Through this funding IRC plans to scale up cash based responses, and will pilot cash-based programming on ES/NFI. Through this project, the IRC will provide life-saving cash based assistance for NFI’s, targeting 3,250 IDP HHs, Somali (40%) and Oromia (60%) priority locations.  Exact areas of distribution will be identified through joint assessment by ES/NFI cluster agencies in coordination with regional and zonal government authorities.  The assessment will prioritize beneficiaries who have been internally displaced in 2018 due to conflict and/or natural disasters (mainly floods, and other natural hazards), and who are in critical need of ES/NFI. Though the IRC has operational presence in most regions throughout Ethiopia, prioritization of interventions will target regions most affected disasters, where needs are unmet.  . 

IRC’s Cash based assistance will reach 100% of the total number of beneficiaries IRC will support 3,250 IDP HHs assigned to IRC by the cluster.