This Annual Report presents information on the achievements of the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund during the 2018 calendar year.
The humanitarian context in Ethiopia continues to evolve, characterised by both natural and man-made disasters – primarily protracted drought impact, flooding and conflict. These disasters are major drivers of displacement for large numbers of people, resulting in loss of human life and assets, disruption of livelihoods and damage to basic services and infrastructure. While Ethiopia continues to recover from years of back-to-back drought impact, additional humanitarian needs arose due to spikes in inter-communal conflict-induced displacements since April 2018. As of the end of the year, nearly 8 million people required multi-sector humanitarian assistance. Similar levels of needs are identified for 2019 by the national needs assessment conducted in November/December 2018.
