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Humanitarian Response Fund Update
The Humanitarian
Response Fund (HRF) for Ethiopia is an emergency funding mechanism
managed by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and established to
address gaps in critical, live-saving emergency response.
Contributions to the HRF has been made by various donors including
DfID, Netherlands, Norway, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain and Switzerland.
Through its
cooperative decision-making process, the HRF has allocated more
than US$ 66 million in emergency assistance, addressing sectoral
needs in major emergencies stemming from hazards such as drought,
floods and disease outbreaks, including complex emergencies such
as displacement consequences, between March 2006 and 2008. In
order to address the most pressing cross-sectoral needs, the
Humanitarian Response Fund has focused particular attention on
non-food needs such as emergency health, nutrition, water,
sanitation, non-food items, and agriculture and livestock
interventions.
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So far, in 2009, HRF has allocated more
than US$ 39 million
in response to priority sectoral and emergency gaps of health and
nutrition, water and sanitation, agriculture and livestock,
education,
assessment
and NFIs,
reaching different parts of the country.
For details:
2009 HRF funded projects by
Sector(s),
Location(s)
and
Type of Agency. |