Save the Children Ethiopia

Description

Ethiopia has experienced prolonged drought and its effects over the years. While El Niño is driving drought in the north of the country, in contrast, flooding seems to have become an annual occurrence in the east and south. The latter has led to both loss of livestock and livelihoods, not to mention displacement and related disease outbreaks. Overall, such contexts are aggravating Ethiopia's multiple humanitarian challenges. Over 20 million Ethiopians need urgent assistance with half of them being children. Women and children are particularly affected by such inconducive circumstances. The shocks of the global economic crisis are also being felt in Ethiopia – inflation has spiked the prices of basic goods such as food and fuel.