Ethiopia — Data for Sustainable Support to Persons Displaced by Conflict and Natural Disasters and their Host Communities, Household Level Survey (HLS), Tigray 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 Central, Eastern and North Western zones of Tigray 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: 

• The most reported need across all target groups was food, which was reported by 92.4% of IDP households, 87.2% of returning IDP households and 88.4% of non-displaced resident households. 

• The most reported barriers finding employment were financial constraints or lack of access to capital (73.1%) and limited job opportunities in the field of work (59.4%). 

• Overall, 96.6% of household members (≥15yrs) had not participated in a TVET. 

• Notably, 93.3% 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 (96.8%).

• Across the three target groups, the most reported main sanitation facility (latrines/toilets) was open defecation (53.8%).

• The most reported WaSH challenges for female dominated households were limited/no dignity kits (69.7%), limited/no soap for personal hygiene and handwashing (66.5%) and insufficient water storage containers at the household level (32.1%). 

• The most reported persons to seek support from in the community were kebele government representatives (67.2%), community leaders (58.8%) and village elders (45.4%).