English News and Press Release on Ethiopia about Food and Nutrition, Health, Epidemic, Flash Flood and more; published on 11 Jan 2021 by Ethiopian Red Cross Society
Ethiopian Red Cross Society: Conflict and Violence Induced Disaster Assessment Report
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Ethiopian Red Cross Society: 2.53 million people need humanitarian support
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) announced its emergency response and early recovery fundraising plan 2021, on the press conference held at Sheraton Addis Hotel on January 05, 2021.
ERCS President, Abera Tola, on his opening speech, said that human and nature made calamities, mainly conflict, flood, locust swarm, covid-19, among others, have been alternately ravaging our country causing endless humanitarian crisis especially in the last two years. He told that where ever calamities are in rage, and whenever humanitarian crisis strikes, the Ethiopian Red Cross Society has always been there first and the last to withdraw. He added that it has, therefore, been mobilizing its volunteers, staff and other resources to render various humanitarian services with a view to saving life and protecting livelihoods. The presid