Results

Ethiopia’s progress

At a national level, Ethiopia has made significant progress in the following areas:

• The proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day decreased from 55.6% in 2000 to 27.6% in 2012.
• Almost 7 million food insecure households benefited from food and cash support in 2013.
• Under-five mortality rates declined by 44% between 2005 and 2013.
• The proportion of households with access to iodised salt has increased from 15.45% in 2011 to 80% in 2013, an important step in reducing iodine deficiencies.

How we have helped

Irish Aid has played its part in the progress made by Ethiopia, among other things:

• We supported a programme which helped 3,818 families to grow nutritious sweet potato, as well as ensuring 5,400 children benefited from sweet potato in their school meals.
• Through our operational research technology programmes over 175 tonnes of improved crop varieties were distributed to 10,254 poor farmers in 2013 and a total of 284 improved breeds of rams, 2,116 chickens and more than 200 beehives were distributed to poor and/or landless women and unemployed youth.
• With Irish Aid funding, 2.4 metric tonnes of potassium iodate (for salt iodisation) was supplied to the Ministry of Health.
• Irish Aid’s contribution to the humanitarian sector through the OCHA managed Humanitarian Response Fund (HRF) has contributed to addressing acute and severe malnutrition for 86,039 individuals.
• In 2013, Irish Aid supported over 130 NGOs to deliver projects to improve health, education, nutrition, agriculture and social inclusion.