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Dan Church Aid (DCA)

Titre : Food and Livelihood Improvement for South Sudanese Refugees and Host Communities in Gambella and Eritrean Refugees in Afar (Ethiopia)

Région / Pays : Ethiopia

Durée : 22 September 2022 – 21 September 2023

Contexte
Refugees in Gambella and Afar regions of Ethiopia are highly dependent on food rations from the World Food Programme and the government. With an increased influx of unregistered refugees hosted in the camps, food insecurity is increasing, and some people are living without any humanitarian assistance. Natural resources are scarce, and especially in Gambella, competition between the local population and refugees has increased. The situation increases pressure on the government and humanitarian actors and has enforced ration cuts, so that food rations for refugees now only covers 15 to 20 days per month for an average family size

Descriptif
This project focuses on increasing food security and self-reliance for the most vulnerable refugees in four refugee camps in Afar and Gambella regions as well as in the surrounding host communities in Gambella. DCA implements this by combining short term cash and voucher assistance for refugees to access immediate basic needs, especially food, with longer term livelihood activities, which supports refugees and host communities in generating an income and building resilience. Additionally, in Afar, the project aims to build social cohesion amongst refugees and host communities by linking people through mutually benefitting livelihood activities such as sharecropping.

Bénéficiaires : Direct : 36,090 ; Indirect : 37,000 (of the Direct Beneficiaries, 34,717 are Refugees and 1,373 are Non-refugees including host communities. The project is currently in its last out of three years. In the first two years, the project has directly benefitted 39,507 people (38,532 refugees and 975 host community members).

Financement : USAID - US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM)
Budget : USD 2,000,000

Présentation : Dan Church Aid (DCA)