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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
68 million USD sought for emergency food aid and strengthening the relief-to-development project in Ethiopia
Reported by Getachew Teklemariam in Addis Ababa
It is becoming a vital concern to volatile economies to cope with the recent phenomenon of food price hike. The situation is no different in Ethiopia, though the economy which has evidenced a fifth term two digit growth is struggling to get things right. According to the United Nations (UN) some 2.2 million people in Ethiopia are in need of emergency food aid worth 67.7 million USD. The world situation, that is, according to Robert Zoellick, president of the world bank, worth “seven years” in a fight against global poverty, summed up with the domestic factors of inadequate rainfall, poor infrastructure, and increased farmer income has worsened the local situation, especially for the urban poor.
According to Vincent Lelei, head of the OCHA office in Ethiopia, and deputy to the HC a.i. “ the continued collaboration by all humanitarian actors in Ethiopia for the benefit of the most vulnerable in the country is highly appreciated, and we look forward to strengthening this collaboration”
Besides covering the emergency food aid, it is planned to strengthen the relief- to-development project, which was set up by the government of Ethiopia in 2005 as a way to end food aid dependency of the country in a sustainable matter.
According to UN news, the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon (pictured) also supported the OCHA effort in his message to a high level meeting organized by WTO, UNCTAD and ESC in New York on April 14, 2008. He underlined the fact that the rapidly escalating crisis of food availability around the world has reached emergency proportions. He has affirmed that the UN needs to find out ways to lead a process for immediate and long-term responses to this global problem.
For a recent humanitarian situation in Ethiopia have a look at http://www.ocha-eth.org
It is becoming a vital concern to volatile economies to cope with the recent phenomenon of food price hike. The situation is no different in Ethiopia, though the economy which has evidenced a fifth term two digit growth is struggling to get things right. According to the United Nations (UN) some 2.2 million people in Ethiopia are in need of emergency food aid worth 67.7 million USD. The world situation, that is, according to Robert Zoellick, president of the world bank, worth “seven years” in a fight against global poverty, summed up with the domestic factors of inadequate rainfall, poor infrastructure, and increased farmer income has worsened the local situation, especially for the urban poor.
According to Vincent Lelei, head of the OCHA office in Ethiopia, and deputy to the HC a.i. “ the continued collaboration by all humanitarian actors in Ethiopia for the benefit of the most vulnerable in the country is highly appreciated, and we look forward to strengthening this collaboration”
Besides covering the emergency food aid, it is planned to strengthen the relief- to-development project, which was set up by the government of Ethiopia in 2005 as a way to end food aid dependency of the country in a sustainable matter.
For a recent humanitarian situation in Ethiopia have a look at http://www.ocha-eth.org
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