Ethiopia — Data for Sustainable Support to Persons Displaced by Conflict and Natural Disasters and their Host Communities, Household Level Survey (HLS), Benishangul Gumz Region (March 2024)

The EU-funded Individual Measure 3 (IM3) project "Sustainable support to persons displaced by conflict and natural disasters and their host communities in Afar, Amhara, Benishangul Gumz and Tigray” aims to sustainably enhance the protection and response to basic needs, for forcibly displaced persons and host communities in Ethiopia, with an emphasis on areas affected by natural and man-made disasters.

As a cross-cutting component of the IM3 project, IOM’s Data and Research Unit (DRU) carried out a Household Level Survey (HLS) with Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) households, returning IDP households and non-displaced resident households in Assosa and Assosa Town Administration zones of Benishangul Gumz region. The multisectoral household survey indicators are in line with global cluster standards, as well as frameworks to measure progress towards durable solutions.

KEY FINDINGS: 

• For IDP households, the most reported need was food (90%), followed by shelter (71.2%) and NFIs (54.7%). The largest share of returning IDPs reported NFIs as one of their top 3 needs (61.5%), followed by food (59.4%) and shelter (53.1%). Three in five non-displaced resident households reported a need for livelihood support (62.5%). This is followed by NFI support (59.5%) and needs related to WaSH (49.4%). 

• The most reported barriers finding employment were financial constraints or lack of access to capital (95.8%) and limited job opportunities in the field of work (85.5%). 

• Overall, 97.3% of household members (≥15yrs) had not participated in a TVET. 

• Notably, 98.6% of households reported they had not received any support related to their income generating activity or livelihood project. 

• High prices in markets was the most reported barrier accessing markets (94.2%).

• The most reported WaSH challenges for female dominated households were limited/no dignity kits (75.5%), limited/no soap for personal hygiene and handwashing (71.7%) and limited/no toilets that lock (50.9%). 

• Non-displaced resident households were the most likely to receive support from the local community (61.9%), followed by IDP households (50%) and returning IDP households (36.5%). 

• For households with no or limited valid IDs, limited movement was the most reported challenge (96.7%).