CLWR - Canadian Lutheran World Relief

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February 2022 - The conflict in northern Ethiopia is well into its second year and has given rise to one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. An estimated 9.4 million people in the three conflict-affected states currently require humanitarian assistance, including up to 90% of the population of the Tigray region. Displacement, disruption of livelihoods, and constraints on humanitarian access have left at least 400,000 people facing famine conditions and human rights abuses, including widespread sexual violence, have marked the conflict since its outset. With GAC’s support, Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) addresses the critical protection and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ethiopia’s conflict-affected Tigray region. Project activities include: (1) providing unconditional cash grants, shelter materials, and essential household items to affected households; and (2) restoring damaged water and sanitation facilities serving IDP sites and host communities. The project also includes a longer-term development component, through which CLWR addresses gender equality, economic empowerment and local climate change resilience by, respectively; (3) supporting livelihoods and income generating activities for women and other vulnerable people; and (4) developing community-level climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.