ICERAS

Shire Operation: Due to the increasing influx of refugees, UNHCR and ARRA, opened and established a fourth camp (Hitsats). On average, new arrivals are estimated at about 1500 individuals every month. Key achievements in 2013 include:

• Construction of permanent and user friendly shelters in Mai-Aini, Adi-Harush and Hitsats
• Participation in vocational training activities for some 600 refugees thanks to several NGO partners
• Provision of 20 litres of water per person per day to refugees in Shimelba and Mai-Aini
• Provision of scholarship to various universities in Ethiopia to over 1100 refugee students
• Provision of psychosocial services to refugees in Adi-Harush and Mai-Aini.
• Construction of three boreholes in Adi-Harush and four in Hitsats
• In addition, over 4900 refugee were issued an ID in Shimelba camp in 2013
• More than 1300 unaccompanied or separated children (UASC) have been living in alternative care arrangements (foster care, group care, kinship, etc) in Mai-Aini, Adi-Harush and Shimelba.
• Over 1000 resettlement and registration forms (RRFs) have been submitted to different countries.
• UNHCR and ARRA provided core relief items (CRIs) to vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers
• Coordination among stakeholders both at camp and Shire level has been strengthened READMORE