Requirement
AIn January 2009, the Ethiopian Government with its humanitarian partners identified a total of 4.9 million beneficiaries that require emergency assistance in the year through the joint needs assessment conducted in November/December 2008. This joint approach shows the Government’s commitment to make the procedure transparent.More

Response
The Government and Humanitarian partners are jointly working to provide humanitarian assistance to the identified beneficiaries. In addition, using the Early Warning System, ad-hoc responses have been made in pocket areas.More

Food allocation and dispatch
Under the Hubs and Spokes system, DRMFSS and WFP work together in 7 zones of Somali region to ensure timely delivery and distribution of relief food.
Currently, WFP continues to dispatch against January-April allocations. So far 93% of January allocation has been dispatched. More

Stock Status of EFSRA (MT)
As at May 22/2009, the overall stock balance stands at 405,004 MT of grain. The stock on loan and the committed stock amount to 236,751.01 Mt. The un-committed stock amounts to 168,253.82 Mt. The following table shows the guarantors, the amount of stock committed, loan overdue, and actives loans.More

Government Plan to Strengthen Disaster Risk Management System
Working closely with its partners, the Disaster Management and Food Security Sector has developed a plan to prioritize investments in strengthening its ability to manage disaster risk in the long term. This plan has 5 objectives... More

Training of Trainers on Forest Fire Management
A training of trainers on forest fire management has been conducted at Disaster Risk Management & Food Security Sector from 4 to 8 May 2009. More