icrc-annual-report-2013

ETHIOPIAContinuously present in Ethiopia since 1977, the ICRCprioritizes protecting and assisting people detained, displacedor otherwise affected by the 1998–2000 international armedconflict with Eritrea or by other armed conflicts. It helps topreserve the livelihoods of conflict-affected communities,which also often grapple with natural disaster, and supportsphysical rehabilitation services. It visits detainees and restoresfamily links, particularly for relatives separated by the closedEthiopia-Eritrea border, ensuring compliance with IHL withregard to any persons still protected by the Third and FourthGeneva Conventions. It supports the Ethiopian Red CrossSociety.YEARLY RESULTLevel of achievement of ICRC yearly objectives/plans of actionHIGHKEY RESULTS/CONSTRAINTSIn 2013:. detainees in regionally run prisons in Afar, Amhara, Harari, Oromiaand Tigray received ICRC visits and, for the first time since 2005,so did detainees in all federally run prisons. conflict-displaced people and Ethiopian returnees from SaudiArabia, including unaccompanied minors, re-established contactwith their relatives through phone services provided by theEthiopian Red Cross Society/ICRC. vulnerable residents and refugees had better access to water andmore hygienic conditions following efforts by the local waterauthorities and the ICRC to build/repair water and sanitationinfrastructure. thousands of physically disabled people, many of whom had beeninjured during armed conflicts or episodes of violence, receivedfree rehabilitation services at seven ICRC-supported physicalrehabilitation centres. the ICRC remained without access to conflict-affected people,including detainees, in the Somali Regional State and to peopleheld by the Federal Police Crime Investigation SectorEXPENDITURE (in KCHF)Protection 3,731Assistance 8,975Prevention 2,214Cooperation with National Societies 710General -15,629of which: Overheads 954IMPLEMENTATION RATEExpenditure/yearly budget 90%PERSONNELMobile staff 34Resident staff (daily workers not included) 167PROTECTIONTotalCIVILIANS (residents, IDPs, returnees, etc.)Red Cross messages (RCMs)RCMs collected 3,061RCMs distributed 3,191Phone calls facilitated between family members 39,496People located (tracing cases closed positively) 60People reunited with their families 3of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children 2PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)ICRC visitsDetainees visited 30,619Detainees visited and monitored individually 232Number of visits carried out 29Number of places of detention visited 25Restoring family linksRCMs collected 238RCMs distributed 33Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereaboutsof a detained relative17ASSISTANCE Targets AchievedCIVILIANS (residents, IDPs, returnees, etc.)Economic security, water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protectionor cooperation programme)Essential household items Beneficiaries 10,000 46,399Productive inputs Beneficiaries 5,000 4,675Cash Beneficiaries 2,125 942Water and habitat activities Beneficiaries 100,000 230,000WOUNDED AND SICKPhysical rehabilitationCentres supported Structures 7 7Patients receiving services Patients 5,000 7,718146 | ICRC ANNUAL REPORT 2013