EDRMC Says Finalized Preparations to Provide Humanitarian Support to Prioritized Vulnerable Communities

Addis Ababa   December 9/2023 (ENA) The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC) said it has finalized preparations to provide humanitarian support to prioritized vulnerable communities for the third round this December, 2023.

In a statement it issued on humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia, the EDRMC noted that following the temporary suspension of emergency aid provision by its partners, and with a view to alleviating the economic and social pressure on the vulnerable communities, the government has provided 7.9 billion Birr in food aid and cash assistance to 7.3 million people for the past five months, in two rounds from July to November 2023. 

Similarly, coordinating partner organizations who have recently resumed their humanitarian aid works, the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission has finalized preparations to provide humanitarian support to prioritized vulnerable communities for the third round, this December 2023, it added. 

The statement further said the national humanitarian aid recipients identified include 6.5 million displaced citizens and communities affected by the effects of drought in different parts of the country.

The Emergency aid package on channel included more than 867 thousand quintals of food aid in kind and more than 560 million Birr in cash. 

The total support worth more than 8.6 billion Birr, it said.