BUSINESS & ECONOMY INDICATORS TRENDS FORTUNE+ VIDEO TENDERS JOBS SPONSORED CONTENTS FORTUNE AUDIO

COVID-19 UPDATES: All the stories and commentaries on Coronavirus, in one place


Oxfam Develops COVID-19 Response Strategy

May 31 , 2020

Oxfam Ethiopia has developed a Novel Coronavirus (COVID–19) response strategy and preparedness plan that focuses on four priority geographies in Ethiopia: Addis Abeba, Dire Dawa and the Gambella and Somali regional states.



These locations have been identified as key intervention priorities given the level of vulnerability and the programmatic presence of the non-profits in these areas, with the exception of the capital.




In Addis Abeba, the organisation supported 13 health and isolation centres with water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) services with an initial allocation of two million Birr.


A total of 27 million Br has also been invested by Oxfam Ethiopia in the Gambella Regional State. This is allocated for responses to the COVID-19 pandemic supporting Nguenyyiel and Terkidi camps as well as Gambella University, which is set aside as an isolation centre.

The strategy in this region supports a total of 150,000 people, 82,000 of which are vulnerable South Sudanese refugees. Oxfam has also begun to support eight isolation centres in the Somali region. It has invested over 30 million Br in the COVID-19 pandemic response across Ethiopia.


PUBLISHED ON May 31,2020 [ VOL 21 , NO 1049]



Related Posts

Put your comments here


Editors' Pick

View From Arada

Nostalgic Arada Disappears Amidst Aluminum, Glass of Addis

February 13 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

In Arada, I stopped over by a hotel in front of Cinema Empire. I sat alone inside wit...

Fortune News

Council Establishes Corp. to Absorb Residual Debts

January 30 , 2021 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The Council of Ministers approved a regulation that will establish the Liability &...

Editorial

How to Counter Rising, Unbridled Nationalism

January 16 , 2021

It was a sunny day on September 12, 1974. A machine gun mounted on top of a tank was...

Featured

CHRISTMAS TREES: A Tale of Two Markets

January 3 , 2021 . By ABDUREZAK LESMAN

Women wearing netela, a white cotton garment with woven coloured borders, and men in...

Commentaries

Disasters: Tragic the First Time Around, Calamitous When Repeated

Humanity has, from time immemorial, been grappling with pandemics, natural catastroph...

When Special Drawing Rights Aren’t Special

With the arrival of US President Joe Biden's administration, calls for a fresh alloca...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country’s most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or tw...

Editorial

Prosperitians' Economic Regime Up for Campaign Season Debate

March 6 , 2021

It was somewhat of a surprise when officials at the electoral board came out to annou...

Ethio Telecom Could Be Cash Cow, But Needs to Compete Fairly

February 27 , 2021

That Ethio telecom would remain in the hands of the state was never a sure deal. A ra...

Economic Policy Orientation Reckons with Dire Political Circumstances

February 20 , 2021

The late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was in parliament in 2010, taking questions on h...

As in Politics, Ethiopia Faces Precarious Economic Future

February 13 , 2021

What most spooked buyers owning a billion dollars of Ethiopia’s Eurobonds was not a...

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

September 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

December 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

April 26 , 2019

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

Sunday With Eden

Rarely Acknowledged Mental Health Pandemic Affects Young People

A couple of weeks ago, a chilling story of a boy was heard. A high school student too...

Elections: Thin Red Line between Democracy, Violence

The way people are talking about the upcoming general election, which will be held on...

Life Matters

Keeping Up with Ethiopia's Joneses

Many are in shock over the current rise in the cost of living. It has grown more concerning by the day. Yet some people are attempting to li...

When Friends Fight, Duck

Sometimes two close friends get into a heated argument in front of us, and we are asked to step in and play the role of referee. This presen...

In-Picture

Drop us a message

Or see contact page