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PLEDGING CONFERENCE

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FUNDING GAP ANALYSIS AND PRIORITY AREAS

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OVERALL SITUATIONDriven by a combination of factors: • Severe drought• Resultant crop failure• Rising food prices occasioned by supply side

deficit• In Somalia 450,000 are in famine situation in

two regions of South. • Conflict in Somalia which results in fragile

security situation.

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HORN OF AFRICA CRISIS•12.4 million

people in need of humanitarian Assistance •3.4million

inside in Somalia are acute need

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In Dark Red are those areas where famine has been declared in Somalia.

OVERALL HUMANITARIAN REQUIREMENTS US$2.481 BILLION

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FUNDING SUMMARYCountry Population in

Need of HARequired Funding(US$’000)

Funding To date(US$’000)

Percentage

Djibouti 165,02733,000 17,700 53%

Refugees 18,427

Ethiopia 4,800,000 398,000 153,000 39%

Refugees 233,437 246,000 96,500 39%

Kenya 3,700,000741,000 477,300 64%

Refugees 525,674

Somalia 3,700,000 1,600,000 602,000 57%

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PRIORITY AREASThe African Union has prioritized the following five sectors:•Food•Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)•Nutrition and Health•Shelter and Non-food-items (NFIs)•Agriculture and livelihood (medium and long term recovery)

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FOOD SECTOR

• 12.4million in need of food assistance

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NUTRITION AND HEALTH SECTOR

• Funding for Severely Acute Malnutrition (SAM) treatment is only at 50%.

• Child malnutrition rates have tripled the emergency threshold of 15%.

• Diseases are on the increase; Cholera outbreak is reported in Mogadishu

• Crude Mortality Rate as high as 13/10,000 per day

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NUTRITION AND HEALTH SECTOR

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WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE SECTOR (WASH)

•50% of communities can no longer access clean water.

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SHELTER AND NON-FOOD ITEMS SECTOR (NFIs )

•Most essential requirements for NFIs are in Somalia

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AGRICULTURE AND LIVELIHOODS SECTOR(Medium and Long Term Recovery)

• Agriculture core survival strategy in the Horn (Primary source of food & income).

• Strategies that focus on saving lives and livelihoods, through building longer-term resilience.

• Recovery programmes that include: Increasing access to water resources (rehabilitation and construction of water points), support small scale producers and livestock herders, support asset building including income generating activities.

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AGRICULTURE AND LIVELIHOODS (medium and long term recovery)

• Strengthening food security information system through effective Early Warning System.

• Establishment of The African Risk Capacity Pool (ARC) to support institution building & raise funds to mitigate against risk.

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PLANTING SEASON

MODALITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION

• Prioritization criteria will be based on:– Magnitude of funding gap, by sector and country,

as indicated by OCHA’s objective analysis of needs and shortfalls: 40%

– Potential for immediate impact on saving lives, the primary objective of the resource mobilization exercise: 40%

– Potential for contribution to early recovery and long-term solutions to hunger and food insecurity in the region: 20%

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MODALITIES Cont…

• Cash contributions will made through the AU Account

• All funds received and disbursed will be recorded in the OCHA Tracking System

• In-kind food donations may be matched through WFP Twinning system: (In-kind donations will be matched with cash from other donors to meet corresponding cost, eg: logistics)

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COORDINATION

CONCLUSION• We are here to

pledge money, which we intend for immediate life saving needs.

• Drought is not new to Africa, but famine and hunger are unacceptable.

• We must ensure that this is the very last time that we have such a crisis on our continent.

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THANK YOU

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