Life Saving Emergency Shelter and Nonfood assistance for conflict and flood affected IDPs. The proposed intervention will provide life-saving assistance to 17,875(3250HHs) 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 recurrent phenomena 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) were displaced 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.   

According to DTM R10, recent ETT’s, partner’s assessments and government request, a total of 414,810 households are displaced across 10 regions as of 04 July 2018. 312,246 households of them remain unassisted. Humanitarian partners are planning to provide S/NFI support to 45,420 households in Oromia, Somali and SNPPR, decreasing the overall gap to 266,826 households out of which 157843 households are priority 1.  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 is currently met. Within the proposed EHF project, the ES/NFI cluster will apply the inter-cluster prioritization criteria and will target 14,400 HHs newly displaced IDPs Gedio in SNNP through in kind assistance whereas 8,100 HHs in Somali and Oromia regions through cash for NFI. 

The project will be implemented through a coordinated response of the following Cluster members: International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), GOAL Ethiopia and other partners. IOM will take the lead on central procurement of the ES/NFI and work with partners for the distribution of NFIs. NRC, IRC, GOAL Ethiopia will implement the cash based intervention.

The Cash-based assistance will be provided for 8,100 households (IRC: 3,250 HH, NRC: 3,250 HH GOAL: 1,600 HHs) in project locations where quality materials are available on the local market and can be purchased directly by beneficiaries.


NRC has extensive experience in cash based interventions and recently distributed cash for ES/NFI support in Somali region Fafan and Dawa zones.  NRC will use lessons learned from previous cash based interventions to scale up cash response in various parts of the country. Under this project, NRC will provide life-saving ES/NFI cash based assistance 3,250 IDP HHs in Somali30%), Oromia (30%), Gambella(20%) and Tigray(20%) regions priority locations. 

Exact areas of distribution will be identified through joint assessment by ES/NFI Cluster members, recipients of this grant and in coordination with regional and zonal government authorities.  People who have been internally displaced in 2018 due to conflict and/or natural disasters (mainly floods), and who are in critical need of ES/NFI, will be prioritized.