Ethiopia: Aisha, One Among 100,000 Refugees At Southern Camp

More than 80,000 Somali refugees have arrived in Dolo Ado in southern Ethiopia on the Kenya-Somali border since the beginning of the year. They all have a similar story: they are looking for food, the harvest failed in Somalia and there was nothing left to eat...

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Pastoralist communities in southern and southeastern Ethiopia have been deeply affected by the drought ravaging much of the Horn of Africa. According to the government, 4.5 million people are in need of emergency food assistance. WFP is currently reaching 3.7 million people in Ethiopia with emergency food assistance, including 240,000 refugees. A further 3.4 million people are receiving assistance through non-emergency programmes.

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Country at a glance 2011
Planned Beneficiaries5,906,788
Beneficiary needs (mt)699,575
Beneficiary needs ($US)570,373,609