East Africa Drought - Humanitarian Response - WFP 2019

June 2019 - Two years after the 2016-2017 drought brought Somalia and parts of Ethiopia to the brink of famine severe climatic conditions are again pushing the Horn of Africa towards a major humanitarian emergency. Currently an estimated 11.4 million people are facing acute food insecurity due to drought or displacement in Ethiopia Kenya Somalia and Uganda. Without immediate humanitarian action it is estimated that as many as 17 million people across the region could be acutely food insecure as soon as August. With support from GAC and other international donors the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is meeting the emergency food assistance and nutrition needs of an estimated 4.7 million drought-affected people in Ethiopia Kenya Somalia and Uganda. Project activities include: (1) the unconditional general distribution of food rations and/or cash or vouchers to help meet basic household food needs; and (2) the provision of supplementary food rations to households with young children at risk of acute malnutrition.

Expected results for this project include: (1) increased food security for drought-affected households; and (2) decreased levels of severe and moderate acute child malnutrition amongst vulnerable beneficiary households in Ethiopia Kenya Somalia and Uganda. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.