Ethiopian Somali Development Association
10 followers
Local NGO
Company Type
Humanitarian
Industry
11-50
Company Size
Jigjiga
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The Somali Development Association (SDA) was established in April 2012 by the Somali communities in the region as non-governmental, no-profit making association registered under the Ethiopian civil society charity organization number 3122 with a view to mitigating the development and humanitarian problems of the region by mobilizing local and external resources
SDA support the development and humanitarian endeavours of the people of Somali region in the areas of Health, education, food security and livelihood, protection, Water, hygiene and sanitation, livestock health, peace building, income generating activities for women and youth, and other related development activities through mobilizing resources from members, Diaspora communities, supporters, donors, pastoral and agro- pastoral communities and other income generating sources. SDA provides both humanitarian and longer-term development support to respond to the needs of the communities affected by acute crisis
Approximately 18 million people need humanitarian assistance during the first half of 2022 due to multiple concurrent shocks to food security in Ethiopia which include back-to-back droughts, desert locust upsurge, COVID‑19 pandemic, abnormally high food prices, and protracted conflict and insecurity
The impact of consecutive droughts from the previous year’s/seasons and a spike of conflict-induced internal displacements severely affect the lives and livelihoods of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in several regions of Ethiopia
As July 2022 report consolidated by OCHA to provide a regional overview of the humanitarian needs and urgent funding requirements for the Horn of Africa drought indicated, the March-May 2022 rainy season was the driest on record in the last 70 years—making the 2020-2022 surpass the horrific droughts in both 2010-2011 and 2016- 2017 in duration and severity—and early forecasts indicate that the October-December 2022 rainy season is also likely to fail
Poor rangeland conditions have driven below‑average livestock body conditions, falling livestock prices, poor terms of trade, reduced milk production and deaths of more than 2.5 million livestock in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia
Unusual livestock movements have also been observed, resulting in rising resource-based conflicts that are expected to escalate during the upcoming dry season
Recently, about 7.4 million people in Ethiopia are severely food insecure due to the drought
Furthermore, food prices have risen sharply (the cost of a food basket has risen by 66 percent) due to the combined effect of pre‑existing macroeconomic challenges that have been recently exacerbated by the economic impacts of the conflict in northern Ethiopia.
SDA support the development and humanitarian endeavours of the people of Somali region in the areas of Health, education, food security and livelihood, protection, Water, hygiene and sanitation, livestock health, peace building, income generating activities for women and youth, and other related development activities through mobilizing resources from members, Diaspora communities, supporters, donors, pastoral and agro- pastoral communities and other income generating sources. SDA provides both humanitarian and longer-term development support to respond to the needs of the communities affected by acute crisis
Approximately 18 million people need humanitarian assistance during the first half of 2022 due to multiple concurrent shocks to food security in Ethiopia which include back-to-back droughts, desert locust upsurge, COVID‑19 pandemic, abnormally high food prices, and protracted conflict and insecurity
The impact of consecutive droughts from the previous year’s/seasons and a spike of conflict-induced internal displacements severely affect the lives and livelihoods of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in several regions of Ethiopia
As July 2022 report consolidated by OCHA to provide a regional overview of the humanitarian needs and urgent funding requirements for the Horn of Africa drought indicated, the March-May 2022 rainy season was the driest on record in the last 70 years—making the 2020-2022 surpass the horrific droughts in both 2010-2011 and 2016- 2017 in duration and severity—and early forecasts indicate that the October-December 2022 rainy season is also likely to fail
Poor rangeland conditions have driven below‑average livestock body conditions, falling livestock prices, poor terms of trade, reduced milk production and deaths of more than 2.5 million livestock in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia
Unusual livestock movements have also been observed, resulting in rising resource-based conflicts that are expected to escalate during the upcoming dry season
Recently, about 7.4 million people in Ethiopia are severely food insecure due to the drought
Furthermore, food prices have risen sharply (the cost of a food basket has risen by 66 percent) due to the combined effect of pre‑existing macroeconomic challenges that have been recently exacerbated by the economic impacts of the conflict in northern Ethiopia.