Oromia Drought

Ethiopia has been experiencing one of the most severe La Niña-induced droughts in the last forty years following four consecutive failed rainy seasons since late 2020. The prolonged drought continues to compromise fragile livelihoods heavily reliant on livestock, deepening food insecurity and malnutrition. The world needs to unite to combat and aid Oromia before more lives are lost.

Resources on the Drought in Oromia:

Oromia in Peril: The 8 Million Ethiopians Facing Hunger & Drought

The Drought in Oromia has Reached a Crisis Point

Oromia Region Reports 1.3 Million Cattle Deaths Worth 26 Billion ETB in Eight Drought-Stricken Zones

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In early April, UN OCHA reported that 8 million people were currently affected by the drought across the Oromia, Somali, and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) regions of Ethiopia. #OromiaDrought @UN_HRC @Unicef @HungerProject @WFP @Bread4theworld Share on X Let's do more by using @ollaaoromo call-to-action letter and phone call template. It will take five minutes of your time, just visit https://ollaa.org/advocacy-templates Share on X In the Oromia region of Ethiopia, more than 3.4 million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists are currently affected by the drought and have lost millions of livestock. #OromiaDrought @UN_HRC @Unicef @ACF_Ethiopia @HungerProject @WFP @Bread4theworld Share on X In Ethiopia, more than 7.2 million people are in need of food assistance and 4.4 million people need water assistance. @UN_HRC @Unicef @ACF_Ethiopia @HungerProject @WFP @Bread4theworld Share on X The current climate crisis and drought conditions are compounded by the war that the Ethiopian government is waging in Oromia and it is worsening the humanitarian situation. @UN_HRC @Unicef @ACF_Ethiopia @HungerProject @WFP @Bread4theworld Share on X October 2021 to mid-April 2022, over 344,000 people have been displaced in search of water, pasture, and assistance in Ethiopia, including 139,000 people in southern Oromia Region @UN_HRC @Unicef https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/ethiopia-drought-update-no-4-june-2022 Share on X Children in Oromia are most vulnerable to drought as they get malnutrition, their livelihoods are uprooted and education is discontinued as families migrate to better areas to escape drought. @UN_HRC @Unicef @ACF_Ethiopia @HungerProject @WFP @Bread4theworld Share on X More must be done to address the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation particularly in Oromia, which contains more than half of the Ethiopian population and produces 57% of the entire country’s wheat supply @UN_HRC @Unicef @ACF_Ethiopia @HungerProject @WFP @Bread4theworld Share on X “There is a significant lack of clean water and the food security is deteriorating rapidly leading to an increase in malnutrition cases” @UN_HRC @Unicefhttps://www.unicef.org/press-releases/prolonged-drought-pushing-families-ethiopia-brink Share on X The Borena Zone is one of the most drought-affected areas of Ethiopia, where locals have experienced back-to-back droughts resulting in food shortages. @UN_HRC @Unicef https://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/stories/drought-and-climate-change-pushing-communities-brink Share on X Malnutrition in pregnant & breastfeeding women and children has lasting effects with serious developmental consequences that will impact the entire life of a person. This deserves immediate attention.@UN_HRC @Unicef @ACF_Ethiopia @HungerProject @WFP @Bread4theworld Share on X In the Borana zone, 90% and 82% of older people have no access to safe drinking water and sufficient food, respectively. @UN_HRC @Unicefhttps://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/fact-sheet-borena-zone-drought-rapid-need-assessment-dubluk-and-elwaye-district-borena-ethiopia Share on X The Ethiopian government should not sugarcoat the dire situation in the country and prioritize ensuring food security for its citizens instead of wasting money on unnecessary wars on different fronts. @UN_HRC @Unicef @ACF_Ethiopia @HungerProject @WFP @Bread4theworld @CNN @ BBC Share on X Though environmental factors have caused the drought, lackluster government response, civil wars and destabilization of Ethiopia have exacerbated the environmental crisis and made communities desperate. @UN_HRC @Unicef @ACF_Ethiopia @HungerProject @WFP @Bread4theworld @CNN @ BBC Share on X