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, Sweden. Italy and Switzerland.  

The Humanitarian Response Fund (HRF) has allocated more than US$ 52 million since March 2006 towards emergency assistance addressing sectoral needs in three major emergencies: The Horn of Africa Drought, The Floods, and The AWD Outbreak. 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.