Problems of Realization of Humanitarian Aid in Borana Zone, Ethiopia

Kumala Tolessa Gadeffa

doi:10.7176/iags/81-01

Abstract

Disaster is a serious of the functioning community or a society. In response to disaster, Humanitarian Aid Agencies operates under challenging environment. Historically, Borana zone is among the area from the southern part of Ethiopia which is highly vulnerable to both natural and manmade disaster. The researcher aim to identify problem Humanitarian aid agencies faced during their operation. The researcher employed descriptive research design and purposive sampling technique. And data was collected from 139 respondents through questionnaire, FGD [1] and interview. The finding revealed that; there are serious communication barriers, fund shortage and allocation problems, lack of physical infrastructure and facilities, lack of control and follow up among Humanitarian Aid Agencies and government bodies, lack of collaboration among humanitarian agencies, lack of coordination among government and None Governmental Organizations officials. And drought, disease and economic crises are the top three disasters that are being major cause for humanitarian aid. In general, based the findings the researcher recommended that HAAs [2] , Government bodies and Pastoral communities should set solution for the issue at hand. Keywords : Disaster, Humanitarian Aid Agency, Disaster Relief logistics, Humanitarian Aid and Relief Supply. DOI: 10.7176/IAGS/81-01 Publication date: March 31 st 2020 [1] FGD: Focus Group Discussion [2] HAA: Humanitarian Aid Agency

Highlights

The term disaster is defined by many institutions and scholars e.g. FEMA3 defined disaster as an event that causes 100 deaths or 100 human injuries or damage worth US$ 1 million
Among the definition the one is a general definition of disasters that is given by the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)7 (UN, 2004) 8 i.e. a disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of society, posing a significant, widespread threat to human life, health, property or the environment, whether caused by accident, nature or human activity, and whether developing suddenly or as a result of complex, long-term processes
Another broad definition is a disaster being “a disruption that physically affects a system as a whole and threatens its priorities and goals” (Van Wassenhove, 2006, p.476)

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Introduction

The term disaster is defined by many institutions and scholars e.g. FEMA3 defined disaster as an event that causes 100 deaths or 100 human injuries or damage worth US$ 1 million. Among the definition the one is a general definition of disasters that is given by the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) (UN, 2004) 8 i.e. a disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of society, posing a significant, widespread threat to human life, health, property or the environment, whether caused by accident, nature or human activity, and whether developing suddenly or as a result of complex, long-term processes. This is the general definition of disaster without separating natural disaster from the manmade disaster. The situation is declared an emergency and assistance is requested (Blaikie., 1994)

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