Horn of Africa crisis

Information Sharing for Better Humanitarian ActionKuwait

12 September 2011

The deepening of the crisis

Number of targeted beneficiaries

Funding requirements

8.97

Start of2011

Mid-yearplanning

Jul Sep

9.8

12.413.3

1.38

Start of2011

Mid-yearplanning

Jul Sep

1.49

2.48 2.48billion

62% fundedas of 7 Sep

Scaling up the humanitarian response

UNICEF/Kate Holt

Focus on Somalia: 4 million in crisis

Mogadishu

SOMALIA

ETHIOPIA

KENYA

YEMEN

DJIBOUTI

ERITREA

30 per cent: Threshold for famine consideration

No data

0 15% 30% 45% 55%

Source: FSNAU/FAO

Global Acute Malnutrition exceeds30

Mogadishu

SOMALIA

ETHIOPIA

KENYA

YEMEN

DJIBOUTI

ERITREA

Source: FSNAU/FAO

2 deaths per day: Threshold for famine consideration

No data

0.5 1 2 4

Crude Death Rate exceeds2

Focus on Somalia: Famine in six areas

Mogadishu

SOMALIA

ETHIOPIA

KENYA

YEMEN

DJIBOUTI

ERITREA

Sources: FEWS NET, FSNAU/FAO

None/minimal Stressed Crisis Emergency Famine

Lugh

DinsoorBardera

Qansah Dere

Kismayo

7.5 milliontotal

4 millionin crisis

3.3 millionneed

immediatelife

savingassistance

895,000affected

by famine

Populationin Somalia

Humanitarian Access in Somalia

Humanitarian Response in Somalia

AU-UN/Stuart Price

Regional Refugee Crisis

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

35

64

58

231918

1519

New Somali arrivalsin Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen and Djibouti

Kenya

152,734new Somalirefugees in 2011

Ethiopia

78,476

Yemen

15,252

Djibouti

UNHCR 25 Aug

ETHIOPIA

KENYA

SOMALIA

DJIBOUTI

INDIANOCEAN

100km

Jun 2011:Drought in Horn of Africa

Evolution

ETHIOPIA

KENYA

SOMALIA

DJIBOUTI

INDIANOCEAN

100km

20 Jul 2011:Famine declared in two areas in southern Somalia

3 Aug 2011:Famine declared in three additional areas

ETHIOPIA

KENYA

SOMALIA

DJIBOUTI

INDIANOCEAN

100km

5 Sep 2011:Famine declared in Bay region

ETHIOPIA

KENYA

SOMALIA

DJIBOUTI

INDIANOCEAN

100km

Coming months

UNICEF/Kate Holt

Funding for emergency response

Funding needed:

$0.94 billion

Funding received(as of 7 Sep 2011):

$1.54 billion

62% funded

Funding requested:

$2.48 billion