Ethiopia

1.9 million internally displaced person

1.1 million refugees and asylum seekers

10 million people acutely food insecure

60,000 people helped

Ethiopia, the second most populated country on the African continent, is facing several humanitarian crises caused by a variety of factors.

Past conflicts affecting many parts of the country, recurring climate disasters (droughts and floods), resource destruction from current conflicts, and the economic crisis have plunged over 10 million people into acute food insecurity. This has led to a prevalence of malnutrition far above emergency humanitarian thresholds, particularly affecting children under 5 and pregnant and breastfeeding women. In Tigray, the 2020-2022 civil war resulted in unprecedented infrastructure destruction in much of the northern part of the country. In southern Amhara, currently the epicenter of Ethiopia’s ongoing humanitarian crisis, inter-communal violence, hostilities, and the spillover effects of broader regional instability are causing widespread displacement, severely hampering access to basic services, and dire humanitarian needs.

The country is facing several epidemics, including acute watery diarrhea, cholera, measles, malaria, and monkeypox (May 2025). In addition, Ethiopia now has 1.9 million IDPs and is hosting 1.1 million refugees, all of whom facing daily challenges to access basic services and means of survival.

With these combined shocks hitting the country, the humanitarian community estimates that 19 million Ethiopians need humanitarian aid, which far exceeds the response capacities currently mobilized for the country.

135.5 million inhabitants
180st out of 193 on the Human Development Index

Mission
opened in 2024
Team 4 international staff
24 national staff
Budget 1.9M€

SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL teams are focusing their interventions on northern Tigray, due to the impact of the 2020-2022 conflict on the population, and in Amhara, due to the impact of current conflicts. The responses primarily address food insecurity, malnutrition, and insufficient access to healthcare, clean water, and resources.

In partnership with Mums for Mums, the Ethiopian Institute for Peace, Don Bosco polytechnical college, and Médecins du Monde – France, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is also providing unconditional cash transfers to the most vulnerable households, and promoting the reintegration of former combatants and individuals affected by the Tigray Conflict into civil society through a program supporting access to income-generating activities.

This strategy is complemented by SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL’s participation in a Rapid Response Mechanism initiated by a consortium of 13 international NGOs, aimed at providing emergency assistance in the event of a new crisis anywhere on Ethiopian territory.

Assessments were also carried out in Gojjam, in the Ahmara region, where the absence of humanitarian actors has made it nearly impossible to meet growing humanitarian needs caused by armed conflicts. As a result, a new water, sanitation, hygiene and health project should start in July 2025 in coordination with a local health organization.

Partners

Institutional and private financial partners CDCS, GFFO

Operational partners Médecins du Monde, Ethiopian Institute for Peace, Mums for Mums, Don Bosco