Ethiopia
Current Situation
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2011 Global Peace Index ranking of 153 countries: 131 |
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44 per cent of the population is undernourished, with this number rising drastically daily due to the famine in the Horn of Africa |
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Only 22 per cent of the population has access to safe water supplies and only six per cent to adequate sanitation |
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80 per cent of Ethiopians rely on agriculture for their livelihoods, with the country now facing the worst drought in sixty years |
Ethiopia was already struggling with ethnic and religious divides before the drought crisis worsened in 2011. Across the Horn of Africa, 12 million people are on the brink of starvation as a result of the drought and increased food prices. Please
click here to read about how Act for Peace's partners have responded to the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Act for Peace in Ethiopia
Our Ethiopian partners are working to assist over 100,000 drought-affected communities in nine districts of Oromia region of Ethiopia and assisting Somali refugees in Dollo Odo camps.
The program in Oromia aims to save lives and livelihoods through providing food and agricultural inputs, rehabilitating water supplies and strengthening of drought coping plans.
The work assisting Somali refugees in Dollo Odo is through the provision of food, health and nutrition, shelter materials, water, sanitation and hygiene, literacy programs, standard and quality secondary education as well as psychosocial support and skills training.
Our partner, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission (DICAC), continued to assist rural communities to help break the cycle of extreme poverty and conflict. DICAC's Integrated Rural Development Projects tackle several cross-cutting issues simultaneously, including water, sanitation and hygiene, income generation, gender and development activities to enhance women’s participation in society. Through these programs, they also work to eradicate harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation and early child marriage.
Click here to read about how monthly giving by Act for Peace Partners is helping improve water and sanitation in rural Ethiopia, and here to read about innovations that are bringing greater food security.
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can train one Water Committee Member on water, sanitation and water-borne disease prevention |
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can provide tools, seeds and agricultural education for one Ethiopian farmer |
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can provide a five-day water and sanitation course in Ethiopia. Once trained, participants can then travel to communities to educate them on water and sanitation |
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can supply a pump for one hand dug water well in all soil types in Ethiopia |
