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Appeal
Ethiopia
Assistance to asylum seekers and refugees from South Sudan, Revision 1 – ETH141
Appeal Target: US$3,639,452
Balance Requested: US$2,313,966
Geneva, 21 October 2014
On the evening of 15 December, violence erupted in Juba, South Sudan following tensions that followed reorganization of the entire cabinet in July 2013 including dismissal of the vice president. What started out as a political crisis has now mutated into an all-out conflict with ethnic overtones. The three states closest to the Ethiopian border are mostly inhabited by people of Nuer ethnicity and fighting Bor in Jonglei State followed a massive influx into Ethiopia.
By October 2014, over 190,000 South Sudanese refugees have arrived in Ethiopia and nearly 48,000 have been accommodated in Leitchuor camp, which has very little in terms of WASH, shelter and other basic services. Out of all the neighboring countries receiving South Sudanese asylum seekers, Ethiopia has witnessed the biggest surge in arrivals, bringing the total number of South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia to 246,704. This year, with 635,950 refugees in total, Ethiopia has become the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa.
ACT members LWF, IOCC/EOC-DICAC and EECMY-DASSC are working in coordination to respond to the current crisis through this revised coordinated appeal ETH141. The refugee camp, Leitchuor, where the activities of the implementing members (LWF and EOC-DICAC only in the original appeal) were taking place until September, became flooded and declared unsuitable. With refugees self-evacuating the camp site to the elevated areas within the host community, the future of the refugees in Leitchuor remains uncertain for the time being. Given this drastic change in the field situation and its high level of uncertainty, it has become extremely challenging to plan ahead. LWF, IOCC/EOC-DICAC and a new implementing member, EECMY-DASSC, are revising the appeal and their activities to take into consideration the fluctuating emergency context, with an aim to assist the refugees along with the host community where they have settled, despite the fluidity of the situation.
This Revised Appeal replaces the Full Appeal issued on 12th February 2014.
For the full appeal document, please click here.
