What we did to help in Ethiopia
| The Red Cross assisted more than 76,000 people severely affected by drought in the southern Wolaita region.
The organisation provided emergency food and relief assistance, as well as hygiene promotion, improving access to safe water and early recovery activities including providing livestock. | | |  | |
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The operation, which the Ethiopian Red Cross launched in May 2008 to help 40,000 people in Damot Pulasa, was extended in August 2008 to support an additional 36,000 villagers in neighbouring Damot Gale.
The Red Cross operation was designed to complement support from the government and other humanitarian organisations, helping the families of children being treated in therapeutic feeding centres.
Immediate and long-term relief
The Red Cross distributed food and seeds and donations allowed the Red Cross to buy and distribute thousands of sheep as well as agricultural tools to prevent further damage to people’s livelihoods.
Longer term needs will be addressed through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ Africa Food Security Initiative, a five-year plan covering 15 countries – including Ethiopia – which will develop food security programmes.
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The people we helped
Last updated March 2009 | |
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