Lifesaving Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items Response to newly displaced IDPs in 2017. The proposed intervention will provide life-saving assistance to 29,766 internally displaced persons in 2017 impacted by natural disasters (drought, floods, and other natural hazards) and conflict and are in critical need of emergency shelter (ES) and non-food items (NFI) in the various regions in Ethiopia.

From a total of 171,161 HH representing 1,056,738 individuals identified by DTM Round 5, 84 percent (144,000 HH) have been identified as in need of ES/NFI humanitarian assistance in Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Hareri, Oromia, Somali and Tigray regions. In 2017 alone, the ES/NFI cluster, received official requests to support 61,000 internally displaced HH – 95% of the total HRD 2017 target beneficiaries. Out of the 73,328 HH (DTM R5), population displaced in 2017, the ES/NFI cluster has reached 1,763 beneficiary households only in Somali Region (5% of IDP HHs in the region). 49,838 kits distributed by the cluster went to households displaced prior to 2017. Nationally, the ES/NFI Cluster has 6,000 ES/NFI kits in stock, in additional to the 10,300 kits being procured. Within the proposed project, the ES/NFI cluster will apply the inter-cluster prioritization criteria and will respond in areas that have not received any response across 16 zones (51,000 HHs) classified as ‘priority 1’ and further 22 zones (72,000 HHs) who have received some ES/NFI assistance considered  as ‘Priority 2’. 

The project will be implemented through a coordinated response of the following Cluster members: the International Organization for Migration (IOM)/Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS as implementing partner), International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). 

In total, through the joint IOM, IRC and NRC intervention, ES/NFI assistance will be provided to 12,900 households (9,800 in kind and 3,100 in cash) while a total of 16,318 women and girls from ES/NFI beneficiary households will receive in kind dignity kits. IOM will engage ERCS as an implementing partner for ES/NFI and Dignity kit distributions based on the agency’s wide geographic coverage, cost effectiveness and past partnership history with IOM. 

For cash-based assistance IOM, IRC and NRC will provide assistance to 3,100 households. IOM will apply lessons learnt from the cash pilot  funded by EHF (in Gambella beneficiaries received cash to cover transportation cost to market due to distance from the  IDP site, pre-defined commodity voucher and two plastic sheets) and (Somali region: Unconditional cash due to protracted situation of IDPS) which reached a total of 982 households from September 2016 to March 2017. The cash-based intervention is based on the recommendations of the ES/NFI Cluster’s continued development of experienced based knowledge on cash interventions in the sector. 

IOM will assist 4,400 households through distribution of in-kind Emergency Shelter (ES) kits. Due to poor quality of plastic sheets in the country, IOM will import plastic sheeting of international quality specifications as per IOM NFI standards for distribution. A total of 2,200 HHs assisted with ES will receive in-kind Non-food items (NFI) assistance while the remaining 2,200 will receive cash-based assistance for NFI materials. Out of the total 4,400 HHS, 5,566 girls/women of reproductive age will be assisted with dignity kits. In addition, in areas of ES/NFI assistance to contribute to the protection of affected communities, IOM will distribute in-kind 150 solar lanterns to community spaces, including health post, youth centres, community police, women association and community administration centre. 

IRC will directly assist 3,600 households with in-kind ES/NFI, 400 households with cash-based assistance and 5,060 girls/women of reproductive age with dignity kits

NRC will directly assist 4,000 households with in-kind ES/NFI, 500 households with cash-based assistance and 5,692 girls/women of reproductive age with dignity kits