The Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF) is one of the principal sources of humanitarian financing in Ethiopia. Since its establishment in 2006, the Fund responded to disasters triggered by natural causes, such as droughts, floods and outbreaks of diseases, as well as complex conflict-related crises. The EHF aims to support timely and flexible disbursement of funds to the most critical humanitarian needs in the context of the annual Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and also unpredicted emergency needs. The EHF provides funding to international and national non–governmental organizations and UN agencies.
The core mandate of the EHF is to allocate funding to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity based on humanitarian needs and priorities identified at the country level. By providing timely, coordinated, and principled assistance, the EHF enhances the effectiveness and accountability of the humanitarian response. The EHF promotes partnership and diversity in humanitarian efforts by providing catalytic funding to a variety of humanitarian organizations to complement and support the response and their engagement in Fund governance. While addressing humanitarian needs is the primary goal of EHF, localization is recognized as a secondary aim. The EHF strives to advance localization, aligning with the Grand Bargain commitment to making principled humanitarian action “as local as possible and as international as necessary”.
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About the EHF dashboard |
HC vision paper |