Emergencies in Ethiopia Archives

Hunger spreads in East and Horn of Africa

9/04/2018 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malnutrition, Middle East & North Africa, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda by Caritas Communications

East Africa and the Horn of Africa are confronting a humanitarian crisis that may worsen in 2018. Armed conflict and severe drought are causing extreme levels of hunger. Up to 35 million people are in need of urgent food assistance across the region.

Alarm as Ethiopian drought worsens

12/02/2016 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

As Ethiopia’s long-running drought worsens, more than 10.2 million people now need food assistance for their survival and 48,000 children under five are suffering from severe malnutrition.

Caritas tackling root causes of Ethiopia food shortage

24/11/2015 Africa, Climate Change, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Food, Malnutrition, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is appealing for funds help build farmers’ and communties’ resilience to drought in response to food shortages in Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Catholic Church calls for efforts to tackle food crisis and environment

13/11/2015 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia by Caritas Communications

Massive food shortages, leaving millions of people hungry, and environmental degradation were two of the issues discussed during Ethiopia Catholic Church Partners’ annual coordination meeting was held on November 5-6, 2015 in Addis Ababa.

Clean hands save lives for Somali refugees in Kenya

8/08/2013 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis has launched two appeals for Somali refugees living near Dadaab in Kenya since 2011. In Kambioos, Caritas works through its American member CRS to provide training on hygiene and better sanitation.

Changing lives in Ethiopia

18/06/2013 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies in East Africa, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Food by Caritas Communications

In Ethiopia, failure of successive rainy seasons brought about massive crop failure, the death of livestock and critical food and water shortages affecting 4.5 million people in eastern, southern and northern parts of the country. Caritas launched an appeal for €1.4 million to help some 65,000 people with food, water and the recovery of livelihoods.

East Africa, one year later

9/08/2012 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Food, Kenya, Malnutrition, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Somalia by Caritas Communications

The situation in 2011 was very critical. Thanks to the Caritas member organisations who supported us, our programmes have saved lives. Supplementary food has been distributed for some malnourished children in some pocket areas through Catholic health institutions and this contributed to save lives of this children.

Restocking Ethiopia’s cattle

10/02/2012 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia by Caritas Communications

By Makeda Yohannes/ECS Before drought struck Ethiopia in 2011, Mulu Jaletu owned five oxen, enough to help his farm support his 12 children. But with no rain falling, his crops would often fail. As his money ran out, he was forced to sell one ox at a time so he could buy food for his ...

No Plan B in Ethiopia

20/10/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

The food crisis in East Africa hit the headlines over the summer. Resources were mobilised around the world to support communities in need as drought in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia put millions of people in peril. Val Morgan of SCIAF (Caritas Scotland) reports from southern Ethiopia that although the news attention may have moved on, ...

In Ethiopia, intensive care for cattle

13/10/2011 Africa, Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Food by Caritas Communications

By Val Morgan, Media Officer for SCIAF On some days in the field, I almost despair. It was a red-hot morning and we drove two hours to see a cattle feeding centre and destocking programme in Miyo, a village in southern Ethiopia. The more we drove the drier the landscape became until eventually it was ...