Introduction
The El Nino global climactic event significantly affected the 2015 meher/summer rains on the heels of failed belgl spring rains in 2015, driving food insecurity, malnutrition and serious water shortages in many parts of the country. The Government and humanitarian partners issued a joint 2016 Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) in December 2015 requesting US$1.4 billion to assist 10.2 million people with food, health and nutrition, water, agriculture, shelter and non-food items, protection and emergency education responses. Following the delay and erratic performance of the belg/spring rains in 2016, a Prioritization Statement was issued in May 2016 with updated humanitarian requirements in nutrition (MAM), agriculture, shelter and non-food items and education.
Six months into the year, as of 30 June, the HRD is 64 per cent funded, with contributions of $982 million from international donors and the Government of Ethiopia (also counting carry-over resources from 2015). Under the leadership of the Government of Ethiopia delivery of life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian assistance continues across the sectors. However, effective humanitarian response was challenged by shortage of resources, limited logistical capacities and delays, and weak real-time information management.
This Periodic Monitoring Report (PMR) provides a summary of the cluster inputs versus outputs and achievements against cluster objectives using secured funding since the launch of the 2016 HRD (impacts are being considered for later in the year; for example there will be an assessment of the seed response). The PMR also describes changes in the humanitarian context where appropriate. The update on the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF) provides a detailed funding overview of prioritized projects supported in 'hotspot' areas of the country.
The PMR should be considered in complement to the HRD - see: http://reliefweb.int/node/1302911
The HRD is structured around three Strategic Objectives: 1) Save lives and reduce morbidity related to drought, 2) Protect and restore livelihoods and 3) Prepare for and respond to other humanitarian shocks, including natural disasters, conflict and displacement.