Integrated critical lifesaving WASH, Health, Nutrition, Food, and Agriculture interventions to respond to drought-affected peoples in Midhaga Tola woreda of East Hararghe, Ethiopia. (Envelope 2-Oromia) International Medical Corps UK*
*International Medical Corps (IMC) is a US-registered independent affiliate organization of International Medical Corps UK (IMC UK), with which IMC UK shares the same name and charitable objectives and mission. IMC UK and IMC work together to deliver assistance programs in an accountable and effective manner in pursuit of their commonly-held charitable objectives. IMC UK will engage IMC to implement its programmes in the field, with IMC UK oversight, according to the terms and conditions of the agreement that results from this proposal and the terms of the parties’ administrative service agreement. Together with IMC Croatia, IMC provides administrative and operational support to IMC UK and to the programmes on the ground, including but not limited to financial management, banking and cash management, procurement management/international procurements and logistics.
Under this application, IMC is applying an integrated sector approach to respond to the immediate lifesaving needs of people suffering from devastating drought in the East Harerghe zone of Midaga Tola woreda focusing on Nutrition, Food, Health, Agriculture, and WASH sectors. The nutrition and Food sectors will focus on life-saving nutrition activities and food support for vulnerable community groups, children under five, and PLW both at community and health facilities. The activities include Providing technical and logistics support to woredas in regular monthly screening and campaigns, ensuring quality service delivery and referral of SAM management at OTP and SC, Providing MAM management jointly with WFP, supporting the IYCF practice at the health facility and community level, Link MHPSS and nutrition counseling and referrals at the facility, Sensitize HDAs with key IYCF message regularly. Further, local food procurement and provision of cooking materials for health facilities will be done to strengthen the availability and accessibility of food assistance for caretakers in health facilities. In Health sectors most Health Facilities are unable to provide lifesaving PHC services to IDPs due to a lack of medications, medical supplies, and skilled health professionals. To overcome such gaps, IMC has planned to conduct emergency health response activities for drought-affected communities in Midega Tola woreda of East Hararghe zone, Oromia region. The proposed health interventions will contribute to improved access to basic PHC and referral services for vulnerable drought-affected communities. This will be accomplished by deploying two MHNTs. Adult and under 5 OPD consultations, MISP for SRH services for women of childbearing age, and MHPSS services. GBV clinical management is another service offered by the MHNT. Additionally, 2 serge teams will be deployed to disrupted health facilities to support the provision of basic primary health care services and support referral and in-patient health care including mental health and psychosocial support. In the WASH sector, the proposed interventions will mainly focus on scale-up and complementing of the existing IMC WASH program to address the existing WASH needs/gaps among conflict and drought-affected IDPs, returnees, and host communities and including two health facilities in Midegatola woredas. The WASH interventions include increasing access to WASH services through rehabilitation and /solarization of existing hand pumps with 2 KW, construction of public ponds, water trucking, provision of WASH NFIs, construction of sex-segregated temporary sanitation facilities, maintenance of temporary latrines, improve the solid waste disposal systems at health facilities, formation and capacity building for WASHCO members, hygiene promotion and provision of hygiene kits for adolescents' girls. The Agricultural component will be implemented by EECMY however, partners’ activities and budgets are dependent on a successful due diligence process and OCHA will be kept updated.