1.The Disaster Prevention and Food Security Commission, Amhara Regional State Bureaus of Finance, Education, Women, Children, and Social Affairs, and implementing partners signed an operational agreement in March 2022 to establish responsibilities and ensure cooperation. A workshop was held in Bahir Dar Town on April 6, 2022, with 39 participants. In North Shewa Zone, Debre Berhan Town, a launching workshop was organized on May 30, 2022. A taskforce was formed to collaborate with implementing partners and assist with project execution.
2. The Education Emergency Response Project, under outcome 1, had planned to save over 2770 children, girls, young mothers, and their families lives through delivering food and noon food items. During the implementation period, 4410 children, girls, and families’ found in East and North Amhara have received food, supplementary food, and noon food items, including hygiene and sanitary management items. These supports helped the children, girls, young mothers, and their families access nutritional food and lunch food items.

3. training on informed safeguarding, violence, abuse, and trauma practice emphasises physical, psychological, and emotional safety for everyone and creates opportunities for survivors to rebuild a sense of control and empowerment. The Education Emergency Response Project, under outcome 2, has planned to deliver training for 408 girls and service providers on safeguarding, GBV, trauma, and case management. During the implementation period, 571 girls, IDP coordinators, volunteers, women, children, and youth affairs, and CSOs were trained on safeguarding, GBV trauma, and case management. The training enabled service providers to embrace and develop a deep understanding of safeguarding, GBV, and trauma handling practices that allow them to provide counselling and psychosocial services for girls and boys once they are needed. Similarly, trained service providers organised meetings and established referral service provision pathways in the respective IDP centres.
4. the Education Emergency Response Project under Outcome 3 has planned to deliver a safe space for girls to protect them from any form of abuse and violence that occurs in the IDP center. During the implementation period, partnerships were created among national and international NGOs that have implemented emergency response projects in the IDP center. The partnership was established based on each partner’s experiences and expertise in guidance, counselling, and psychosocial support for the girls and boys in the IDP enter. Accordingly, the project established a safe space and service delivery corner and delivered awareness and services to 494 girls and boys (200 boys and 293 girls and young women) on GBV, abuse and exploitation, guidance, counselling, and psychosocial services. As a result, girls and boys awareness increased and they were protected from any form of abuse or violence.

5. The Education Emergency Response Project aims to motivate girls to return to school and equip affected schools in the project target areas. Partner organizations collaborated with government partners to identify necessary materials and equip eleven primary and secondary schools with necessary equipment. This support facilitated the teaching and learning process, attracting girls to return and attend their education. 4008 girls from 12 schools received scholastic materials, including uniforms, exercise books, pens, pencils, sanitary pads, sanitizer, and detergent. The project also provided food, supplementary foods, hygiene, and sanitary materials, which saved children, young girls, women, and their families’ lives. Trainings on safeguarding, gender-based violence, and trauma management were provided to service providers, IDP center coordinator teachers, and other government partners. The project also created safe spaces and reduced abuse, violence, and trauma for girls and boys, reducing dropout rates.