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በግጭት፣ በአየር ንብረት ለውጥ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊ ቀውስ እና አለመረጋጋት ምክንያት በዓለምአቀፍ ደረጃ ከ140 ሚሊዮን በላይ ሰዎች ለከፋ የምግብ ዋስትና እጦት የተዳረጉ ሲሆን ይህም የርሃብ መጠን በሚቀጥሉት ወራት በእጅጉ ሊያድግ ይችላል፡፡

ከአየር ንብረት ጋር የተያያዙ ድንገተኛ አደጋዎች፣ የትጥቅ ግጭት፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊ ችግሮች እና የፖለቲካ መሰናክሎች መበራከት በዓለምአቀፍ ደረጃ ርሃብ ከጫፍ ጫፍ እየጨመረ ይገኛል ብሏል፡፡

በመሆኑም አፋጣኝ እርምጃ ካልተወሰደ ሰቆቃው እየሰፋ ለሚሊዮኖች ህልፈት ምክንያት መሆኑ አይቀሬ መሆኑን ተናግሯል።

በግጭትና በአየር ንብረት ቀውስ ለምግብ እጥረት የተጎዱትን አካባቢዎች የምግብ ምርት ማሳደግ የሚያስችሉ ዘመናዊ አሰራሮች ላይ መዋዕለ ንዋይ ማፍሰስ እንደሚገባም አስረድቷል፡፡

ከነዚህ የቀውስ አዙሪት ለማምለጥ የሥርዓት ማሻሻያ መደረግ እንዳለበትም ዓለም አቀፍ የቀይ መስቀል እና ቀይ ጨረቃ ማህበራት ፌዴሬሽን (IFRC) እና የአለም አቀፍ ቀይ መስቀል ኮሚቴ (ICRC) ከመጪው የተባበሩት መንግስታት ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ አስቀድመው ያሳስባሉ።

የብዙ ሰዎችን የርሃብ ሰቆቃ ለመግታት የአደጋ ጊዜ ምላሽ ብቻውን መፍትሄ አይሆንም ያለው ንቅናቄው በአንጻሩ የተቀናጀ እርምጃ እና በረጅም ጊዜ ዕቅድ የቅርብ ትስስር ስርዓት መዘርጋት እንደሚያስፈልግ ያስረዳል።

ዘላቂ የምግብ ዋስትናን ለማረጋገጥ በመንግሥታት፣ በግሉ ሴክተር፣ እና በሰብአዊና በልማት ቡድኖች ተጨማሪ ጥረቶች መደረግ አለባቸው ብሏል።

የ IFRC ፕሬዝዳንት ፍራንሲስኮ ሮካ ሁለት ደርዘን የአፍሪካ ሀገራት ባለፉት አሥርት ዓመታት በከፋ የምግብ ቀውስ ውስጥ ይገኛሉ ብለዋል።

እንደፕሮዝዳንቱ ገለጻ በአፍሪካ ቀንድ በግጭቶች፣ በድርቅ፣ በጎርፍ፣ በኮቪድ-19 ኢኮኖሚያዊ ተፅእኖዎች እና በበርሃ አንበጣ ምክንያት 22 ሚሊዮን የሚሆኑ ሰዎች ለርሃብ ተጋላጭ እንደሆኑ አስረድተዋል፡፡

ይህ ርሃብ እ.ኤ.አ. በ2023 እንደሚባባስ ጠቁመው በአሁኑ ወቅት አፋጣኝ እርምጃ ከተወሰደ የብዙ ሰዎችን ሕይወት ማዳን እንደሚቻል ፕሬዝዳንት ፍራንሲስኮ አስታውቀዋል።

በመሆኑም እርዳታ ለሚያስፈልጋቸው በሚሊዮን የሚቆጠሩ ሰዎች ህይወት መታደግ የሚያስችል አስቸኳይ ድጋፍ እንፈልጋለን ብለዋል፡፡

የ ICRC ፕሬዝዳንት ፒተር ሞሬ በበኩላቸው ግጭት አርሶ አደሩ እህል እንዳይዘራና እንዳይሰበስብ የሚከለክል በመሆኑ ለርሃብ መከሰት ዓይነተኛ ምክንያት እንደሆነ ይናገራሉ፡፡

ፕሬዝዳንት ፒተር አያይዘውም በሰብአዊ ምላሽ መዋቅር ውስጥ የመቋቋም አቅምን መገንባት ምኞታቸው መሆኑን ገልጸው በግጭትና የአየር ንብረት ለውጥ ምክንያት የዜጎች ህይወትን በሚያሰቃዩ ጉዳዮች ላይ ትኩረት ሰጥቶ መስራት እንደሚያስፈልግ አስረድተዋል፡፡

ከሰሃራ በታች ባሉ የአፍሪካ ሀገራት ከአምስት አመት በታች ከሆኑ ህጻናት መካከል ከሦስቱ አንዱ ሥር በሰደደ የተመጣጠነ ምግብ እጥረት የቀነጨረ ሲሆን በአንጻሩ በወሊድ ዕድሜ ላይ ከሚገኙት ከአምስቱ ሴቶች ሁለቱ በደካማ አመጋገብ ምክንያት የደም ማነስ ችግር አለባቸው።

በሶማሊያ በተመጣጠነ ምግብ እጥረት ምክንያት እንክብካቤ የሚያስፈልጋቸው ህጻናት ቁጥር በአምስት እጥፍ ጨምሯል። ባለፈው ወር በባይዶዋ የሚገኘው የቤይ ክልል ሆስፒታል 466 ህጻናትን የተቀበለ ሲሆን ይህም በነሀሴ 2021 የነበረበት 82 ነበር።

በአፍጋኒስታን በሶስት አስርት አመታት በትጥቅ ግጭት እና ኢኮኖሚ ውድቀት ምክንያት ምግብ የመግዛት አቅም ላይ ከፍተኛ ተጽዕኖ እያሳደረ ነው። ከአገሪቱ ከግማሽ በላይ ወይም 24 ሚሊዮን የሚሆነው ህዝብ እርዳታ ያስፈልገዋል፡፡

በተመሳሳይ በፓኪስታን በቅርቡ የተከሰተው የጎርፍ አደጋ 12 ቢሊዮን ዶላር የሚገመት ኪሳራ አስከትሏል። ከዚህ የቅርብ ጊዜ ጥፋት በፊት በሀገሪቱ 43 በመቶው ህዝብ የምግብ ዋስትና እጦት ላይ ነበር። አሁን የተራቡ ሰዎች ቁጥር በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ይጨምራል ተብሎ ይጠበቃል።

እንዲሁም በሶሪያ ከ2019 ጀምሮ የምግብ ዋስትና እጦት መጠን ከ 50 በመቶ በላይ ጨምሯል፡፡ በአሁኑ ወቅት ከሶሪያ ህዝብ ሁለት ሦስተኛው ወይም ከ 18 ሚሊዮን ውስጥ 12.4 ሚሊዮን የሚሆነው የዕለት ተዕለት የምግብ ፍላጎታቸውን ማሟላት አይችሉም፡፡

በዩክሬን ያለው ዓለም አቀፍ የትጥቅ ግጭት ዓለም አቀፋዊ የምግብ እና የማዳበሪያ አቅርቦት ላይ እያሳደረ ባለው ተጽእኖ በብዙ ሀገሮች የወደፊት ምርትን በእጅጉ አስተጓጉሏል። ለአብነት ያህል በምስራቅ አፍሪካ ለርሃብ ተጋላጭ ለሆኑ ህዝቦች የእህል አቅርቦቱ በሚፈለገው ደረጃ እየደረሰ አይደለም፡፡

IFRC እና የቀይ መስቀል እና የቀይ ጨረቃ ቡድኖችን ያቀፈው ቡድን በሁሉም የአለም ማዕዘናት በተለይ ለመድረስ አስቸጋሪ በሆኑ ማህበረሰብ ውስጥ እርዳታ እያደረሱ ነው።

ICRC በዚህ አመት በደቡብ እና በማዕከላዊ ሶማሊያ ወደ 1 ሚሊዮን የሚጠጉ ሰዎች ከ150 ሺህ ለሚበልጡ ቤተሰቦች ጥሬ ገንዘብ በማከፋፈል የአንድ ወር ምግብ እንዲገዙ ረድቷል። በናይጄሪያ ተመሳሳይ ፕሮግራም 675 ሺህ ሰዎችን የረዳ ሲሆን ከሩብ ሚሊዮን በላይ ሰዎች ደግሞ የሰብል ምርትን ወደነበረበት ለመመለስ የአየር ንብረት ስማርት የግብርና ግብአቶችን አግኝተዋል።

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ERCS has developed a system to predict flood risk where precautions are already being taken to help mitigate the risk. A call has been made for the residents of areas that are at risk of flooding this summer to take the necessary precautions.

Consequently, 2 thousand households in Hanakis and Arado kebeles, where flooding is possible, have been relocated to flood-free areas. Necessary support is being given to the displaced from their homes to cover their daily expenses.

Similarly, in the Afar region of Dubti district, Gurmudali Kabul was packed with sand in bags and early flood prevention work was also carried out. This work will save 250 hectares of agricultural land from flooding. Besides prevent the danger that may befall the local community.

Approximately 2 thousand bags of sand were filled to avoid flooding for three consecutive days.

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Abraham Tesfaye, Coordinator of Innovative Approach for response and Preparedness (IRAP) at the ERCS, who gave a presentation, said that flood prevention work will be done. 2000 sand bags would be given to prevent the disaster, in the Gurmudal area of the Dubti district. One hundred daily workers have been selected to carry out flood prevention work. These workers will be paid 1 thousand birrs per day. Workers will fill up to 2,000 sandbags for three consecutive days starting Monday, September 5, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. One hundred daily workers have been selected to carry out flood prevention work. These workers will be paid 1 thousand birrs per day.

Residents in the flood prone areas will be evacuated and moved to the designated areas, where they will be provided with appropriate food and other support.

Volunteers who took the awareness creation will carry out and coordinate the prevention work in three kebeles. The disaster is likely to occur in five districts of the Afar region, namely Amibara, Asagita, Dubti, Gulecha, and Gewane, while the system will be implemented in Dubti on a pilot basis.

The system ERCS develops, in collaboration with public and international stakeholders, is in the pilot stage, it was learnt.

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Secretary General of ERCS, Getachew Ta’a, said during the handover, the vehicles and generators that have been given to us will help to move one step forward in the humanitarian services we provide to our community and will strengthen us even more. “We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for all the support given to us on behalf of our beneficiaries.”

In his speech, Getachew urged all those bodies to refrain from attacking Red Cross ambulances as well as misusing the Red Cross emblem, as they are creating an obstacle to the independent, impartial and neutral humanitarian services of the Society.

Nicolas Von Arx, Head of the ICRC Ethiopia Delegation, on his part said that today’s support will make a big contribution to reach those in need of humanitarian assistance quickly. He affirmed that the Committee will work in cooperation with the Society in all humanitarian aspects.

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society is currently providing ambulance services to more than 400,000 people annually in 256 stations with 400 ambulances. The current support will increase the ambulance service of the Society. The generators along with the vehicles will soon be distributed to the regions.

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It was learnt from Ato Dires Desyibelew, Program Advisor of the Deputy Secretary General that the Ethiopian Red Cross Society in partnership with the Red Cross Family has planned to reach 680,000 people in order to implement the Hunger Crisis Response Project.

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1. አቶ አበራ ቶላ፣ ፕሬዚዳንት

2. ዶ/ር ፎዚያ አሚን፣ ምክትል ፕሬዚዳንት

3. ወ/ሮ ሒክመት አብደላ፣ አቃቤ ነዋይ

4. ዶ/ር ደረጀ ዱጉማ፣ አባል

5. ፕሮፌሰር አብርሃም ኃ/አምላክ፣ አባል

6. አምባሳደር ዶ/ር ቶፊቅ አብዱላሂ፣ አባል

7. ዶ/ር አዲስአለም ሙላት፣ አባል(የወጣቶች ተወካይ)

8. ኢንጂነር ጌታሁን ሁሴን፣ አባል

9. ዶ/ር ሰይፉ ጌታሁን፣ አባል

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Solidarity messages conveyed on the occasion of the 19th General Assembly of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society on the16th of July 2022.

The Assembly recognized the support of ICRC, IFRC and Partner National Societies working to save lives and livelihoods of the vulnerable in Ethiopia due to man and nature made disasters.

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The 19th General Assembly of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society elected on Saturday the 16th of July 2022 its Governing Board members for the next four years. The photo shows the elected members taking an oath infront of the GA. Left to right: Amb. Dr. Taufick Abdullahi, Dr. Dereje Duguma, Dr. Fozia Amin (Deputy President), Engineer Getahun Hussen, Mrs. Hikmet Abdella(Treasurer), Mr. Abera Tola(President), Dr. Seifu Getahun, Dr. Addisalem Mulat, and Prof. Abreham Haileamlak.

Congratulations!

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The Ethiopian Red Cross Society in collaboration with the Austrian Red Cross celebrated World Menstrual Hygiene Day on May 30, 2022 under the theme “we are committed”.

The event was held at Netsanet Berehan Primary School, Kirkos Sub-City, Addis Ababa. During the day, the Red Cross provided hygiene kits for the school serving for 295 female students as well as other equipment, including small water tanks, which may be used during Menstrual Hygiene Management.

Isheba Tafari, Gender and Governance Program Manager of Coordination Office for Austrian Development Cooperation to Ethiopia, said at that girls should not drop out of school due to the impact of menstruation. She told that necessary support to address the issue will be given.

Ermias Getachew, Principal of the School, thanked the Red Cross for the support, underlines that this has a significant implications for the change of perception.

Tigist Nigussie and Fedila Tofiq are a 5th and 6th grade students of the school. They explained the difficulty to change their sanitary pads during menstruation because it is in unsanitary toilet. They also said that it would be better if they could have a room for rest at the school when they have menstrual cramps and feel different.

Issues related to menstruation, especially in schools, are related to lack of perceptions, lack of WaSH facilities and items, privacy and space awareness and education, limited access to counselling and guidance are some identified that school girls facing during menstruation.

It is stated during the day that the Ethiopian Red Cross Society is working to change harmful traditional attitudes as well as to prevent Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) through its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program.

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