Ethiopia is among Caritas Switzerland’s larger Programmes, where its commitment started with an emergency response in 1974 and then shifted towards the Humanitarian-Development (HD) Nexus. This Nexus, enhanced with a peace component (HDP), remains a core pillar of this Country Strategy with its overarching objective to contribute to end poverty based on its interlinked themes income, climate and migration.
Of Ethiopia’s 109 million inhabitants, 85.5 million are multidimensionally poor. Increasing income and creating employment and job opportunities are thus key aspects of development. To support vulnerable people to access safe, nutritious and enough food, focus is on increasing production of agro-pastoralists and smallholders and developing inclusive market systems along agricultural value chains.
Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to impacts of climate change. The economy, from smallholders to large industries, depends strongly on predictable weather patterns. Smallholders rely on enough and evenly distributed re ins for food production. The water-energy-food Nexus becomes apparently important in this context. Caritas Switzerland will thus strive to sustainably secure livelihoods of vulnerable people based on climate change adapted and sustainable natural resource management whilst considering the supporting eco-systems.
The confluence of urban expansion, ongoing conflict over resources, ethnic conflicts and high levels of vulnerability to ongoing drought and seasonal floods continue to generate numerous new displacements within Ethiopia every year. In addition, Ethiopia is marked by complex and dynamic mixed migration movements of the Horn of Africa. Caritas Switzerland, besides providing basic services, will thus work towards attaining durable solutions for Internally Displaced Persons, migrants and host communities based on the HDP Nexus.
Income
Climate
Migration
Emergency Aid
Droughts and extended dry spells have further exacerbated the precarious water supply situation in Ethiopia. In order to counteract the drying up of the Ziway-Shallal basin, Caritas is training the small farmers in efficient, ecological cultivation methods that both conserve natural resources and lead to higher crop yields.
Droughts and extended dry spells have further exacerbated the precarious water supply situation in Ethiopia. In order to counteract the drying up of the Ziway-Shallal basin, Caritas is training the small farmers in efficient, ecological cultivation m...
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Noemi Grossen
Programme Director
Lucerne, Switzerland
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ngrossen @caritas .ch
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Jens Steuernagel
Country Director
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 11 667 227 3
jsteuernagel @caritas .ch