Integrated Multi-Sectorial Emergency Response Project for  Bugna  District of Amhara Region, Ethiopia ltpgtAccording to Ethiopia - Situation Report, 1 Mar 2024, in Amhara region, an estimated 66,153 displaced people/18,335 households were identified in 88 sites between August and September 2023. Hostilities were the primary reason for displacement (98 per cent of sites assessed), while only 2 percent was due to flooding. Assessments identified food (89.8 per cent of assessed sites), shelter (64.8 per cent) and livelihood support (35.2 per cent) as the priority needs.ltbrgtMeanwhile, the drought has so far displaced over 1,200 people in two deeply impacted zones of North Gondar and Wag Hamra of the Amhara Region. (5) at least 2.4 million livestock face shortage of water and feed in seven zones and nearly 175,000 livestock migrated to neighboring kebeles, in search of water and feed according to the APHI.ltbrgtAt least half of the IDPs in the region are not receiving humanitarian assistance for lack of Government and partners' resource capacities and insecurity. There is delay and shortages of general food distribution (GFD) in IDP sites in North Gondar, North Wello, Wag Hamra, South Wello, Central Gondar and North Shewa zones, where nutrition support is being provided through mobile health and nutrition teams (MHNTs). In response to this crisis, AEID and HelpAge International (HAI) plan to support the conflict and drought-affected communities of Bugna woreda of North Wello Zone in Amhara. The project aims to assist 128,255 individuals through interventions in WASH, Nutrition, and Health sectors.ltbrgtHealth:ltbrgtDeploying Mobile health and Nutrition Team to Bugna woreda and give health services.ltbrgtProviding 13 type of medical supplies for Health facilities in the Three WoredasltbrgtCreate awareness of GBV and HTPs for women, children, and adolescent girls in the target communitiesltbrgtTrain HEW and GBV specialists to educate the community on GBV and HTPsltbrgtOrganize community conversation/dialogue sessions to fight against all forms of HTPs and GBV against women and children.ltbrgtNutritionltbrgtProvision of wheat flour, lentils and food oil, Minor Rehabilitation's of SC/OTP sites, SAM Management training for the Woreda HEW, IMAM training for HW's, IYCF capacity building IYCF demonstration and Counseling for caregivers of children on OTP/SC, TSFP and IYCF-E messaging. And HAI will sub grant from AEID for Providing capacity building, and advocacy training for the humanitarian and Government actors, conduct screening for most at-risk and chronically ill older men and women and create linkage and referral to available supplementary/therapeutic Feeding Programs, providing conditional cash transfer, and producing awareness-raising materials, IEC/BCC materials, e.g. leaflets on appropriate feeding for malnourished OPs to guide volunteers.ltbrgtWASH:ltbrgtMaintaining 9 water schemes at Bugna Woreda, conducting training for 9 WASHCO committees, 6 blocks of inclusive semi-permanent latrines block with 1 shower room will be constructed, 12 hand washing facilities will be installed in all blocks of latrines, Distribution of Wash NFI to most vulnerable beneficiaries, HP training, Provision of HTH Chlorine for Woreda Water OfficesltbrgtThe project, through a multisectoral approach, aims to reduce the risk of malnutrition among the most vulnerable groups affected by multiple crises. It will support malnourished older men and women or those at risk of malnutrition through the management of OP malnutrition in coordination with Child and PLM malnutrition. Sector-specific conditional cash support will ensure most at-risk households can access food and other related commodities, fulfilling their immediate food needs.ltbrgtlt/pgt