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Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Response to the Horn of Africa Emergency written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the recurring drought situation in the Horn of Africa, UNICEF had integrated disaster risk reduction -- particularly drought mitigation -- into its regular programmes since the end of 2010 and had accelerated its response to the effects of the worsening drought since the end of 2010. An even worse situation was averted across much of the Horn of Africa as systems and services -- such as the UNICEF supported Health Extension Programme in Ethiopia -- were already in place to mitigate the effects of the drought on the most disadvantaged people. With the rapid escalation of the crisis in mid-2011, UNICEF scaled up operations in all affected countries significantly. Generous public and private funding contributions enabled the rapid expansion of the emergency programmes for famine-affected populations in Somalia; the provision of life-saving services for thousands of refugees crossing into Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti; and the strengthening of existing programmes in drought-affected communities in Kenya and Ethiopia.