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DPPC launches new appeal for displaced

    NAIROBI

    The official Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) has launched a new appeal internally displaced populations (IDPs) in the country. In the appeal “Relief Assistance Requirements for Internally Displaced and Deportees”, the Commission said it had started the process of rehabilitating IDPs and deportees (from Eritrea) with the help of the World Bank. According to the appeal, there are 363,901 IDPs in Tigray and Afar regions, and “33,000 people are expected to be deported in the near future.”

    The DPPC expected the rehabilitation process to take two years and requires $112 million for non-food emergency assistance. The needs detailed in the appeal included: “shelter material, clothing, health services, household utensils, educational materials and transport assistance.” Also included was an appeal for 113,561 mt of food aid for the displaced and deportees.

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