Save the Children Canada

Purpose

March 2020 – Ongoing drought and population displacement caused by intercommunal conflict since late 2017 have left at least 8.4 million Ethiopians in need of humanitarian assistance, including emergency food rations, treatment for acute malnutrition and other healthcare services, and safe water and sanitation services. Additionally, some 700,000 refugees, from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and Sudan, are now living within Ethiopia’s borders and remain reliant on international assistance to meet their basic needs. With GAC’s support, Save the Children Canada is providing essential health and nutrition support to an estimated 42,000 people affected by drought or conflict in Ethiopia’s Somali region. Project activities include: (1) providing training and materiel support to local health centres; and (2) coordinating activities to strengthen local response to sexual and gender-based violence.