Assessments

Mission Highlights Torrential rains and the worst floods in 40 years in February and March resulted in a serious loss of foodcrops area and yields in three southern provinces. Two central provinces were also affected. The second season…

SPONSORS CHRISTIAN AID (CA) DUTCH INTERCHURCH AID (DIA) NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID (NCA) ETHIOPIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF MEKANEYESUS, SOUTH WEST SYNODOS (EECMY/SWS) MAY 2000 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Nutrition training and nutrition survey were conducted in Kuraz and Hamer Bena woredas in South Omo zone between…

Background: The bulk of the IDPs currently in zoba Anseba have been displaced from zoba Gash-Barka and are now on the move or temporarily settled along the Anseba/Gash-Barka border. The IDPs had previously been received mostly by the local population and…

Background Aside from a marked lack of resources and time, one of the main problems dogging our relief work for the recent war-displaced following Ethiopia's invasion of Eritrea on May 12, 2000, has been our near total ignorance as to…

MAY 16-18, 2000 MSF- BELGIUM Pascale Delchevalerie, Michel Van Herp, An Willems SUMMARY A retrospective mortality and nutritional survey was conducted in the camp and the town of Denan from May 16-18, 2000. Objectives To quantify the global and severe malnutrition among…

A UN flood assessment team Wednesday released the results of an aerial and ground survey of parts of southern Somalia, after unusually heavy rains recently swelled the Shabelle river to bursting point in at least one location. The UN team…

Mission Highlights Continued strife since the resumption of warfare in 1998 has increased the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to nearly 2.6 million, 1.9 million of whom urgently need humanitarian assistance. 1999/2000 cereal production is estimated at 504 000 tonnes,…

Rapid Assessment Mission: 19 - 24 April 2000by Yves Guinand, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia VIEW MAP Introduction and background The Afar Region, structured into 5 zones and 29 weredas, is located in the Northeast of Ethiopia, sharing international borders…

STATEMENT FROM THE FIFTH CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR THE NORTHERN PARTS OF EASTERN AFRICA,1-6 May 2000, Nairobi, Kenya. SUMMARY There are enhanced probabilities for below-normal to near-normal rainfall conditions for the period June to September 2000 over…

UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on the drought in the Greater Horn of Africa Summary of findings and recommendations of the Special Envoy's mission to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea and Kenya1 between 11 - 19 April 2000 Following are the basic findings and regional…