OCHA Situation Report
Ethiopia
5 March 2007


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

JOINT UN-GOVERNMENT CLUSTER APPROACH WORKSHOP

Approximately 50 representatives from Government, UN agencies and key 
NGOs are expected to attend the Joint UN-Government Cluster Approach 
Workshop scheduled to take place between 8 - 9 March. The Cluster 
approach, part of Global Humanitarian Reform, aims to strengthen 
humanitarian response by ensuring predictable leadership and 
accountability in all areas of humanitarian response. Through inclusive 
discussion among humanitarian partners and the government, the workshop 
aims to strengthen the organization and management of the approach in 
order to effectively support the government-led planning and 
implementation of humanitarian programming. Among the expected outcomes 
of the workshop are a joint country plan on the formation of strong 
Cluster teams, initial identification of gaps and capacity requirements 
for each cluster and the determination of potential cluster membership. 
For more information contact: ocha-eth@un.org

UNHCR SUDANESE REPATRIATION PROGRAMME RESUMED

The UNHCR Sudanese repatriation programme resumed on 26 February. A 
convoy of 507 Uduk refugees departed from Bonga camp, and arrived at 
Sudan last week. Another convoy is expected to depart on 5 March. 
Repatriation is expected to continue until the onset of the rainy season 
when roads become impassable. Until then, approximately 500-to-600 
refugees are expected to be repatriated every week. Following a cross 
border meeting in Damazin, Sudan, repatriation from Yarenja camp will 
recommence from 10 March 2007. For more information contact: 
gegziabk@unhcr.org

AWD EMERGENCY TRAINING MATERIALS

In an effort to strengthen Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) response, 
Humanitarian Partners are harmonizing emergency training materials, 
particularly related to prevention and control for WASH interventions. 
UNICEF will convene a meeting early next week to facilitate the 
preparation of training materials focusing on water quality, emergency 
sanitation and hygiene and CTC- case management. For more information 
contact: aingabire@unicef.org

HRF RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT

The newly released Humanitarian Response Fund (HRF) Annual Report 
indicates that HRF has allocated US$ 14.4 million since March 2006 
towards emergency assistance in Ethiopia addressing sectoral needs in 
three major emergencies: the Horn of Africa Drought, the Floods, and the 
AWD outbreak. During the year, the HRF targeted 5.7 million 
beneficiaries plus 3 million livestock in emergency response activities. 
The HRF for Ethiopia is a pooled funding mechanism managed by the UN 
Humanitarian Coordinator (HC), established to address gaps in critical, 
live-saving emergency response. The HRF is currently supported by 
contributions from DFID, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. The full 
report is available on OCHA website:  For more information contact: 
ocha-eth@un.org

NUTRITION SURVEYS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA

UNICEF in partnership with Tulane University has recently reviewed more 
than 700 nutrition surveys conducted over the past six years in the Horn 
of Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia). Findings of 
the review indicate that only Ethiopia and Somalia have a central system 
for collection and regular publication of survey reports. In addition, 
Ethiopia is the only country with a central system for quality control 
and endorsement of survey results. Almost all countries in the study 
have national guidelines for nutrition surveys, and most surveys meet 
the minimum international standards in terms of methodology, sampling 
techniques, basic indicators with some quality limitations. The review 
aims to further improve the quality of surveys in the region. For more 
information contact: dominiqueb@dppc.gov.et

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