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Ethiopia
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663-012
USAID MISSION: Ethiopia
PROGRAM TITLE: Southern Tier Initiative (Pillar: Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Improved Livelihoods for Pastoralists and Agro-Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia, 663-012
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $850,000 DA; $350,000 CSH
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $1,600,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2001 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2007Summary: This program focuses on the pastoral (livestock-herding) areas of southern Ethiopia, which are among the least developed parts of the country. The objective includes the following components:
- increase incomes of pastoralist families through livestock marketing associations, and savings and credit institutions;
- support animal health, risk management and conflict resolution; and
- increase access to basic education; and
- increase access to family planning and reproductive health services.
Pastoralists and agro-pastoralists living in southern Ethiopia are the primary beneficiaries of the program.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: Improving the livelihood of pastoralists in the Southern Tier area is critical and requires sustained multi-year funding. The harsh environment, combined with ineffective social and political coordination, frequently results in conflict over control of available land and water. FY 2002 resources will be used to develop a livestock price information database. Market data will be collected, processed and transmitted to district level livestock marketing authorities. The database will increase the marketing efficiency of primarily the pastoralists and small "bush" traders who depend on up-to-date price information to assist them in determining the amount of herd off-take, the sex and age of off-take, and the most favorable market for selling animals. Secondary clients include the larger livestock traders at the cross-border markets and the terminal markets in the urban areas in Ethiopia, as well as researchers, policymakers and those who will use the database to inform the Famine Early Warning System. The database will be designed to be compatible with the needs of Ministry of Agriculture, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission, Famine Early Warning System, livestock institutes and non-governmental organizations.
- Arid and semi-arid pastoral areas make up approximately 60% of Ethiopia's land mass.
- Ethiopia has the largest livestock herds (camels, cattle, sheep and goats) in Africa.
- Over 65% of children in livestock areas are malnourished.
- Literacy levels among pastoralists are the lowest in Ethiopia.
FY 2002 resources will also be used to increase access to basic education appropriate to pastoralists, implement activities to strengthen the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV, and improve the diet of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists, particularly mothers and children. The program area covers approximately 2.7 million (1.3 million female and 1.4 million male) pastoralists and agro-pastoralists.
FY 2002 Family Planning/Reproductive Health Program: FY 2002 resources will be used to increase access to family planning/reproductive health. Planned FY 2003 Program: FY 2003 Development Assistance resources will fund technical assistance to aid the development of pastoralist livestock marketing associations, and the development of appropriate methods and alternative forms of comprehensive risk management and training of community animal-health workers.
In FY 2003, an education development center will pilot an interactive radio instruction for Somalis activity which addresses the immediate educational needs of Somali-speaking children attending 15 schools in Ethiopia. The activity weaves issues such as drought, conflict prevention and mediation, girls' education and other pertinent cultural issues into literacy and math instruction. The pilot program will utilize multi-channel learning and interactive radio instruction methods in developing an engaging, culturally sensitive, and educationally effective pilot program. In addition, 60 math and 40 literacy scripts will be written and produced in Somali.
Planned FY 2003 Family Planning/Reproductive Health Program: FY 2003 resources will be used to support mobile clinics and facility-based family planning/reproductive health services.
All contracts and grants funded with resources from the Southern Tier Initiative program will incorporate clauses that implement the President's directive reinstating the Mexico City Policy.
Performance and Results: During FY 2001, selected pilot activities supporting animal health, risk management and conflict resolution performed well. Local authorities established an association responsible for coordinating and improving livestock health care in the Somali region. The association trained 39 community animal health workers who are now operating independently as fee-based service providers in their communities. The workers have vaccinated 164,000 animals and treated 16,400 animals for disease. Community animal health workers offer animal health-care services for a small fee and have found livestock owners willing and able to pay for their services, even in low-income areas. These workers can generate sufficient income to provide for their own needs, thereby making animal health care available for pastoralists on a sustainable basis. The Ethiopian Livestock Marketing Authority has completed the design of a livestock market price information and dissemination system focused on the Southern Tier area.
A USAID-funded pastoral risk management project is working with local communities to improve access to savings and credit institutions. In FY 2001, this project organized five savings and credit groups with a total membership of 175 men and women. The group's total savings reached US$770 in five months. The ultimate goal of this activity is to capture wealth otherwise lost in livestock deaths and convert it into investment capital for locally identified development projects. In FY 2001, 80 pastoralists in Ethiopia were also trained to increase their awareness of cross-border pastoralist issues, including land use and grazing between Ethiopians and Kenyans.
Principal Contractors, Grantees or Agencies: USAID's activities are implemented through the Global Livestock Collaborative Support Research Project -Outreach Component (prime), Save the Children - USA (prime), Education Development Corp., and several local indigenous non-governmental organizations.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
663-012 Improved Livelihoods for Pastoralists and Agro-Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia CSD CSH DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 0 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 0 Unliquidated 0 0 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 400 0 1,100 Expenditures 76 0 57 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 400 0 1,100 Expenditures 76 0 57 Unliquidated 324 0 1,043 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 350 850 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 0 350 850 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 0 1,600 Future Obligations 0 0 3,500 Est. Total Cost 400 350 7,050
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