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Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams support for war-affected communities in six woredas of Tigray region The project intends to respond to the Humanitarian crisis that erupted in Ethiopia, Tigray region due to the war or law enforcement operation launched by the Federal Government of Ethiopia. The project is designed to provide Mobile Health and Nutrition Response (MHNR) services in the most affected six woredas in Eastern, Southern, Central, and North Western zones in which MCMDO is delivering similar services for the last months. This project will facilitate access to displaced and vulnerable host communities due to the ongoing conflict to essential health services through deploying Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams (MHNT) and surge support to manage referrals from the MHNTs and strengthen the local health system in health facilities that are damaged, looted and disrupted. 

The direct beneficiaries of the project for health will be 152,787 affected communities to deliver consultations, treatment, family planning, immunization, surveillance, MCH services, nutrition screening, response to outbreaks and referral services. The Team is also responsible to report on regular basis to early warning weekly and DHIS 2 on communicable disease alerts of outbreaks, when needed to undertake together with the Zonal RRTs outbreak investigation for the confirmation of outbreaks and initiation of rapid response supporting for the control of diseases spread in the most remote and underserved communities, The team also provide MHPSS services including trauma care for most vulnerable communities in the areas and re functionalizing the local health system supporting Health workers and HEWs on surveillance and outbreak management. The project also integrates key support on COVID-19 prevention and WaSH support. The project will ensure strong coordination and partnerships with humanitarian response organizations and the regional interim government as well as the Federal government to harmonize and achieve sustainable impacts on the communities affected. 

The project will be implemented for a period of six months to cover the immediate health service needs aiming to reduce the avoidable mortality and mortality attributable to negative outcomes of war, food insecurity, and outbreaks including Covid-19 with a total budget of USD 305,904.04 USD which will help MCMDO to resume the health services being delivered in the targeted woredas for the coming six months period.
Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (ESNFI) assistance to populations affected by crises in Oromia and Somali regions of Ethiopia The proposed intervention will provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance focusing on Emergency Shelter and NFI (ESNFI) interventions to targeted internally displaced persons (IDPs) and vulnerable affected households (HHs) in host communities. The proposed project intervention will target the affected population in cluster-identified priority locations of Somali and Oromia regions in Ethiopia. The proposed key activity is the provision of in-kind ES-NFI kits.

To ensure a well-coordinated response, IOM works in collaboration with national and sub-national ESNFI cluster, Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) and protection clusters to ensure overall coordination and inclusive response. 

Under the proposed project, IOM will assist 2,010 HHs (11,055 individuals). Primary target locations for the proposed response as per the Shelter cluster priority allocation are Guto Gida Woreda of East Wollega Zone, Oromia Region and Dollo bay Woreda of Afder Zone, Somali region. IOM seeks to continue the provision of lifesaving ESNFI services to individuals in prioritized communities in the targeted woredas. The project is in line with the EHF allocation strategy and identified needs and caseloads as per the ESNFI Cluster under the standard allocation. 
Key activities include:

IOM will provide emergency ESNFIs to 2,010 households in Oromia and Somali regions Implementation will be managed through IOM’s direct implementation for planned response in Somali region while  the response in Oromia region will be done through a local implementing partner: the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY). 1,060 households will have access to ESNFI kits in Guto Gida Woreda of East Wollega Zone, Oromia  region, while through IOM direct implementation, 950 HHs in in Dollo bay Woreda of Afder Zone, Somali region, will be supported with ESNFI kits.
Providing life saving nutrition interventions for the management of children under five admitted for severe acute malnutrition with medical complications in drought affected woredas of Somali and Oromia regions Somali and Oromia region has been affected by the drought and conflict as a result of delayed and sub-optimal rains for the last three seasons and intercommunal conflicts both resulting in internal displacements of people. Consequently, crop planting was delayed or missed, while pasture and water sources were not replenished. The effects of the drought are being felt in most of Somali and pastoralist areas of Oromia, SNNP and Afar regions. Reports of deteriorating food and nutritional security, water shortages and worsening livestock body conditions and livestock deaths have increased, while concerns are rising over pipeline breaks in emergency supplies and interruption of life-saving operations due to funding shortfalls. Some of the drought-affected areas are also hosting increasing populations due to migration of pastoralists in search of water and pasture for their animals. Disease outbreaks such as measles and cholera, are further stretching the meagre Government and partners’ resources and adding another layer of complexity. 

Acute malnutrition remains a major public health concern especially for those that develop the severe acute malnutrition because of the associated high mortality. The situation may be worsened in the presence of disease outbreaks such as Cholera, measles and diarrhea and severe pneumonia. Although the risks of mortality are due to the immunological changes that occur in the affected individual, avoidable factors such as lack of skilled health care workers, lack of medicines for the treatment of medical complications can be resolved. In the months of October/November 2021, a cholera outbreak was reported and responded to in Dawa zone, the presence of disease outbreaks such as cholera further risk the deterioration of nutrition status of the community. Additionally, Fafan zone and Dawa zone have a high concentration of IDPs requiring food assistance, WASH, health and nutrition services 
.Food insecurity and malnutrition coupled with disease outbreaks and weakened immunity and vulnerability after over a year in displacement in over-crowded and sub-standard living conditions have increased the risk of morbidity and mortality of affected communities. 

Therefore, the project will support and strengthen the regional, zonal and woreda health bureaus’ capacity to manage cases of severe acute malnutrition in line with the revised national guideline for management of acute malnutrition in drought and conflict affected woredas and improve quality of care for children hospitalized for SAM with medical complications in the referral level stabilization centers ensuring availability of additional essential drugs in the selected hospitals in Somali region, and Oromia regions
Emergency WASH Response to conflict affected IDPs and Host Communities in Efratana Gidem Woreda of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI), Swiss Church Aid (HEKS) and Enhanced Rural Self Help Association (ERSHA) are proposing an immediate life-saving WASH response to conflict affected population in Ataye town, North Shoa Zone of Amhara Region.

The project aims at addressing the urgent public health risks of the households/people affected by the inter-communal conflict through provision of life saving water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion services. 
Lack of sanitation facilities, high risk of water supply service interruption due to low access to spare-parts and low access to hygiene materials are exposing the target people including women, children and other vulnerable groups to waterborne disease and the impact may escalate if this situation is not managed in a timely manner.
 
The six month project aims to benefit 37,500 IDPs and their hosting community in the target area distressed by recent rounds of conflicts by implementing the following emergency activities: provision of spare parts for rehabilitation and maintenance of water schemes, construction of sanitation facilities, hygiene promotion and delivery of essential WASH Non-Food Items. The proposed project will also promote the practice of adequate handwashing and environmental sanitation to mitigate potential outbreaks of water-borne diseases, including AWD (cholera) and curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will ensure the most vulnerable households are supported with assistance and have access to adequate and dignified minimum water, sanitation and hygiene services.
provision of safety and security support for humanitarian operation based in Tigray The Department of Safety and Security is responsible for providing leadership, operational support and oversight of the security management system to enable the safest and most efficient conduct of the programs of the United Nations Security Management System.
This funding will enable UNDSS to support humanitarian assistance programs in the Ethiopia through delivery of safety and security services. The aim of the project is to ensure the safety and security, to the furthest extent possible, of all UN and NGO staff members operating in the particular areas where humanitarian operations are conducted. It also complements existing UNDSS capacity to monitor the security situation, coordinate security measures, and respond to security incidents. Additionally, UNDSS maintain coordination mechanisms with Government security forces and local authorities, thus facilitating Government security clearances for humanitarian access.
Life-saving Shelter  NFIs emergency response in Metekel (Benishangul Gumuz) and Guji (Oromia Region) The proposal aims at responding to the escalating tensions and intercommunal violence in Metekel and Guji. The project is linked with the “Ethiopia Emergency Shelter/NFI Cluster Q3-2021 Cluster Priority Locations and Activities”. The ShelterampNFI Cluster has included Madira Woreda in Metekel and Liben Woreda in Guji Zone as priority areas (extreme severity) in consideration of the following categories/factors: access, security, recurring displacement, neglected responses, number of people in displacement situation and existing cluster capacities. 
The project will be implemented by COOPI in partnership with ASDEPO
In Guji, the project covers Liben Woreda. It is planned the distribution of 830 ESNFI kits benefitting both Internally displaced persons and vulnerable households from the hosting communities. 
COOPI, in agreement with the Shelter amp NFI cluster has included 40 kits for addressing the needs of households living with members with disability. In Liben, COOPI will reach 4565 individuals (approximately: men 1001, women 1024, boys 1075, girls 1050).   
In Metekel, ASDEPO will work in Madira Woreda. In this geographical area, 1260 ESNFI kits will be distributed, including 60 ESNFI kits designed for people with disability. The project will reach 6930 individuals (estimated as men 1672, women 1710, boys 1795 and girls 1753).
Following the EHF strategy, this project will ensure protection and gender mainstreaming as well as accountability to the target population and relevant stakeholders while promoting access to critical and essential shelter and household’s items. COOPI has included a set of indicators for monitoring that a proper protection mainstreaming  is applied throughout the project, focussing on 4 dimensions: prioritize safety amp dignity, and avoid causing harm meaningful access accountability participation and empowerment.
COOPI will continue to apply the Shelter amp NFI guidelines related to COVID-19 mitigation in consideration of the spikes of positive cases in the country and the spreading of new variants (Omicron).
Wellbeing of populations affected by the Northern Ethiopia Crisis is strengthened through camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) support to IDPs and host community This project aims to increase the wellbeing of crisis-affected populations in displacement-affected locations through Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), including site planning and development, coordination and information management, community participation and capacity building. IOM will target 25 sites prioritized by the CCCM Cluster in North Gondar Debark and Dabat and South Wollo (Dessie and Kombolcha towns) in Amhara region. In terms of beneficiaries, IOM’s CCCM interventions primarily targets IDPs in sites or site-like settings, but depending on needs and access, also supports IDPs in the host community in some instances.

IOM’s CCCM response will focus on four pillars:

 Site/Area Coordination and Information Management, including meetings organized at displacement locations (i.e. Site amp Woreda/Sub-City levels), and sharing of site and area-level information products.
 Site Planning, Development, Maintenance and Upgrades, such as site feasibility assessments, design of site plans for new, converted or extended sites partitioning of communal living spaces installation of communal facilities, Infection prevention and Control (IPC) measures, etc.
 Community Participation/Self-Governance, including through support of community self-governance structures and running of a Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM)
 Capacity Building of key stakeholders (for staff, authorities, partners and other stakeholders) on key CCCM concepts and protection mainstreaming.

In view of the continuing risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, IOM will mainstream COVID-19 mitigation and prevention measures across its interventions. For example, IOM does not encourage large community events, and instead uses community leadership structures and locally designed and relevant COVID-19 Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material to train community leaders to cascade COVID-19 awareness messages to the wider community, and IPC measures are included in envisaged sit e upgrades and maintenance.
Restore the livelihoods of conflict and natural disasters affected Households in six Woredas of  Tigray Region. (Eastern Tigray (Gulomakeda, Kilte Awulaelo, and Atsbi), South East Tigray (Enderta and Samre) and North West Tigray (Medebay Zana) Food security and livelihoods of community of targeted Woredas is severely deteriorated for several factors. Moisture shortage, Desert Locust infestation, and COVID-19 pandemic are natural disasters that affected agricultural production.  In addition, the conflict that was erupted between Federal Government of Ethiopia and TPLF, the ruling party of Tigray region damaged crops, livestock and HHs properties and disrupted other livelihoods. It disrupted economic structures and social services, collapsed markets and exacerbated food insecurity. 

This 6 months project is designed to improve food security, restore assets, and build the resilience of targeted beneficiaries. The project will be implemented in Enderta and Samre Woredas of South East Tigray and Gulo Mekeda, Kilte Awlalo and Atsbi Woredas of Eastern Tigray and Medebay Zana Woreda of North West Zones. 
World Vision Ethiopia (WVE) has long year presence (15 -20 year experience) in all of the selected Woredas, implementing integrated development and emergency response and built good reputation. Having this opportunity, WVE can mobilize partners successfully and support the HHs recover their livelihoods, enable to produce their own need and build resilience to shock. 
The project will address 3000 most vulnerable HHs with animal feed, poultry, crop seeds, cash assistance and other capacity building activities. Moreover, about 23816HHs will benefit from livestock health service through provision of vaccine, veterinary drug and equipment. 
Due attention will be given for protection of women headed and child headed HHs, elderly, and People Living With Disability (PWD) and other most vulnerable community segments. Accountability to the Affected Population (AAP) and “do no harm” approach are a special focus of the project.
Providing Emergency Education in Kamashi, Sedal and Miyziga Woredas of Kamashi Zone  Benishangul Gumuz Regional State. Ethiopia is categorized as a high-risk country for humanitarian crises, ranking second in the International Crisis Group’s list of conflicts to monitor in 2021, and ranking 18th out of 191 countries when considering levels of exposure to hazards, vulnerability, and lack of coping capacity. Therefore this project aims at enhancing access to equitable and inclusive education for 20,300 students (50% girls, 50% boys in Kamashi, Mizigan (Belojiganfoy), and Sedal woeras of Kamashi Zone of Benshangul Gumuz Regional State for emergency-affected school-aged boys’ and girls’. ASDEPO will give priority to CWDs. The project is in line with the 2021 Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). It will support the education service delivery system by strengthening its institutional and technical capacities as well as by building the resilience of children, communities, parents, and the existing education structures through capacity building, coordination and information management. To meet the set objectives and to ensure that children can exercise their right to education and also are protected from risks, ASDEPO will provide the service in safe and protective learning spaces for children affected by the conflict in Kamashi, Mizigan (Belojiganfoy), and Sedal woeras of Kamashi Zone. This project is guided by the revised education in emergency response strategy (2021-2023) developed by the education cluster in collaboration with the Federal MoE. The project activities include the provision of temporary learning spaces (TLS), teaching and learning materials, recreational kits, recruitment and deployment of facilitators/teachers for the implementation of accelerated learning programs (ALP) modalities. Teachers will be trained on accelerated learning programs, gender-responsive and sensitive curricula, and psychosocial support (PSS). The project will implement safe school protocols stated by the MOE, for protection against COVID-19 by providing PPE such as facemasks and also by sensitizing teachers, school principals, center management committees/PTAs, children, and the communities on ways of COVID19 transmission and its protection methods.
Strengthening management of severe acute malnutrition with medical complication in Tigray, Somali and SNNP regions Acute malnutrition remains a major public health concern in Ethiopia especially for those that develop the severe acute malnutrition because of the associated high mortality. In 2021, an average number of 40,000 children are admitted with severe acute malnutrition across the country. Recent conflicts, high levels of food insecurity due to drought, destruction of crops and pasture by locusts, internal displacements due to conflict, floods are some of the underlying aggravating factors for the cases of acute malnutrition. Since the beginning of November 2020, armed conflict broke out between the Ethiopian Defense force and Tigray Regional Security Forces and as a result, over 2.3 Million people have been displaced. Joint multi-sectoral assessments conducted have reported significant needs for humanitarian assistance in all aspects of health, nutrition, WASH, shelter, protection among others. Nutrition surveillance based on available data shows continued increase of cases severe acute malnutrition in the region. In Somali and SNNP, reports of deteriorating food and nutritional security, water shortages and worsening livestock body conditions and livestock deaths have increased, while concerns are rising over pipeline breaks in emergency supplies and interruption of life-saving operations due to funding shortfalls. Some of the drought-affected areas are also hosting IDPs and returnees. Disease outbreaks such as measles and cholera, are further stretching the meagre Government and partners’ resources and adding another layer of complexity
Assessments conducted in some of the stabilization centers some gaps such as shortage of trained personnel on the management of severe acute malnutrition with medical complications and infant and young child feeding, poor recording of patient history at admission, systematic treatment, feeding amp discharge outcomes, lack of updated multi charts, SAM registration book and nutrition job aids and shortage of essential drugs for the treatment of medical complications among the admitted cases in the stabilization centers. It is critical that the capacity gaps among the health care professions and drugs availed to support care in order to prevent avoidable mortality in these cases. 
Therefore, the project will support and strengthen the regional, zonal and woreda health bureaus’ capacity to manage cases of severe acute malnutrition with medical complications in line with the revised national guideline for management of acute malnutrition in emergency prone areas and improve quality of care for children hospitalized for SAM with medical complications in the referral level stabilization centers ensuring availability of additional essential drugs in the selected hospitals in Somali, Tigray and SNNP regions.