Somalia

Somalia is experiencing a prolonged and complex crisis characterised by conflict, displacement, drought and disease.
Extreme weather patterns, locust swarms and epidemics have increased the humanitarian need in the country.
Violence between communities, which flared up in 2017, continues in several regions of Ethiopia and displacement resulting from conflict is rising. Hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring countries are living in Ethiopia, adding further strain.
Months of extreme weather and climate shocks, including droughts, floods, and most recently, swarms of desert locusts, are destroying crops and homes, gravely affecting communities and their livelihoods.
The country is now dealing with the new threat of Covid-19, which further threatens the economic situation for communities and has put immense pressure on the country’s already fragile infrastructure.
“If they lose their harvests this season, they will be vulnerable until the next rainy season, which is now becoming unpredictable because of climatic change.”
Ethiopia has a population of more than 100 million people.
Ethiopia ranks 173rd out of 189 countries in the Human Development Index.
In Ethiopia, 1.8 million are internally displaced as a result of conflict.
We’ve been operating in Ethiopia since 1985, supporting communities to prepare and recover from severe episodes of drought and economic instability. Our teams work with host communities and refugees mainly from neighbouring South Sudan.
We continue to:
We reached 957,819 people in Ethiopia through our programmes in 2019.
We have 615 staff based in Oromia, Somali, Amhara, Gambella, Benishangul and Gumuz Dire Dawa.
We started working in Ethiopia in 1985.
In Ethiopia, we’re collaborating with government officials to ensure that health workers and nutrition officers at our treatment centres are trained in how to prevent Covid-19. In refugee camps, we continue to treat children with life-threatening hunger. Community health volunteers are identifying and treating the severely malnourished children. Life-saving services are ongoing despite the challenges caused by the pandemic.
Somalia is experiencing a prolonged and complex crisis characterised by conflict, displacement, drought and disease.
In recent decades peace and stability has enabled economic growth, but despite progress malnutrition is still common.
With millions fleeing from conflict, many people in the world’s newest country are at risk of life-threatening hunger.