Assessments

1. Introduction Ethiopian Red Cross Society under its Benishangul Gumuz regional branch office is implementing a project entitled “Assisting IDPs and Returnees in Benishangul-Gumuz Region through Increased Response Preparedness Capacity of Benishangul-Gumuz Branch of ERCS” which is…

This cash and market assessment report outlines the markets status inside Tunaydbah refugee camp and host communities with the aim of informing the IRC’s cash transfer modalities and value as well as to understand the opinion…

BACKGROUND The arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) counties have been affected by climatic shocks including dry spells in the last quarter of 2020 and floods in April 2020. This, coupled with the desert locust infestation has increased…

BACKGROUND The arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) counties are currently experiencing multiple shocks to their livelihoods and food security. While people’s health is threatened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the approaching agricultural season is endangered by a…

BACKGROUND The arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) counties have been affected by climatic shocks including dry spells in the last quarter of 2020 and floods in April 2020. This, coupled with the desert locust infestation has increased…

INTRODUCTION Cash-based interventions have been used by humanitarian organisations in Somalia since 20031 . Initially, significant variations in transfer values were implemented by different organisations, occasionally leading to different transfer values in the same locations. It was…

INTRODUCTION Cash-based interventions have been used by humanitarian organisations in Somalia since 20031 . Initially, significant variations in transfer values were implemented by different organisations, occasionally leading to different transfer values in the same locations. It was…

BACKGROUND The arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) counties are currently experiencing multiple shocks to their livelihoods and food security. While people’s health is threatened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the approaching agricultural season is endangered by a…

BACKGROUND The invasion by desert locusts in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) counties that started in December of 2019 is still ongoing as per reports by the Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in…

BACKGROUND Kenya is experiencing its worst locust infestation in decades following the invasion by desert locusts in its arid and semi arid lands (ASAL) counties in December 2019. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the…