How do you measure a year? "Meteorological drought" is defined as a sustained period of deficient precipitation with a low frequency of occurrence. The years of one rain. However, northern lowlands in Mieso Woreda of West Hararghe and in Shinille zone of Somali Region (around Dire Dawa), recently received rain. Dear Mr. Callahan: Pursuant . Sharon Lasnier, Assistant, Hyannis Tel. Tel. "We depend on collecting rain water," he says. Another common intercropping is khat with maize and sorghum but yields also suffer, as khat is a perennial plant with deep roots catching most of the moister. c/o St. Mary Parish Off-farm labour opportunities are gradually decreasing and people are confronted with growing difficulties to manage cash expenditures for basic necessities such as sugar and the like. Tel. In Kersa Woreda, for example, some people have been employed by road construction. John J. Oliveira, Coordinator, c/o 375 Elsbree Street Children go to bed hungry. Tel. Tel. 423 Highland Avenue 508-679-1991; Fax 508-676-5276, Nantucket Hararghe Catholic Secretariat (HCS) NGO from Ethiopia The path runs among bushes bristling with thorns the size of a child's forearm. Local sorghum varieties are only available in small quantities. Edward A. Murphy, Director The Alamayu agricultural research centre that is cultivating these varieties has not yet released any seedlings for farmers. Fall River, MA 02720 WebCatholic Cemeteries Office 1540 Stafford Road Fall River, MA 02721-3235 Tel. mcarroll@dioc-fr.org, c/o Joyce Sylvia, Director New Bedford, MA 02740 508-236-8560 Coordinator of Family & Respect Life David G. Carvalho 508-658-9088 Tel. In other areas, sweet potato harvest and a limited variety of off farm activities are the most common daily work opportunities. Livestock from those areas is severely affected as Somali cattle driven back to Shinille are mostly in very poor condition and practically every second cow in Mieso is emaciated and in bad physical condition. Tel. The highlands and mid-highlands are normally extensively cultivated with high pressure on land and deep erosion. 450 Highland Avenue frdccwbeth@gmail.com Contact the Fall River Diocese A-Z List of Diocesan Offices & Ministries - Fall River Diocese Fall River, MA 02720 Sister Judith Costa, S.S.D. Rev. Coordinator of OSE Compliance and Data 377 County Street Fall River, MA 02720 375 Elsbree St. Most of those migrants left Hararghe between June and December 2002. 508-675-1311, ext. Woreda administration has told the UN-EUE mission that 100 persons already left. Tel. Rev. Attleboro, MA 02703 E-mail: dcarvalho@dioc-fr.org, 450 Highland Avenue Fall River, MA 02720 HCS has planed to vaccinate 140,000 animals in West Hararghe between March and June covering six woredas. 508- 658-9088; Fax 508- 675-3864 tmauretti@dioc-fr.org, Secretariat for the New Evangelizationn 508-693-0342 Deacon Del Malloy, Director 508-775-0818 Msgr. Charlton Memorial Hospital WebWhere is Hararge Catholic Secretariat? The little rains of the highlands are known as belg rains, referring to the second most important sowing season of the region. Taunton, MA 02780 508-675-1311 P.O. The agricultural extension package costs 260 ETB for a 0.5 ha plot with 6 to 10 kg sorghum, 50 kg DAP and UREA fertilizer. In Golo Oda Woreda, people are usually working in neighbouring Bedeno Woreda as shepherds or as firewood collectors. For verified definitions visit AcronymFinder.com, https://www.acronymattic.com/Hararghe-Catholic-Secretariat-(HCS).html. Hearing scheduled for 07/01/2019 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2. Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA According to the woreda authorities, 200 people have been moved during the first week of March. 209 West Fayette Street. cduggan@catholicfoundationsema.org, Shawna Erickson, Director of Major Gifts and Grants CARE has pointed out that distributing only grain for relief may not be sufficient to prevent extended malnutrition among people that suffer from food shortage. Our land, 20 years ago, looked like a place in the highlands. In places like Burqa (Golo Oda), numerous animals are also lining up for watering. Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D., Bishop of Fall River Gretchen Mackoul. Web(-) Remove Hararghe Catholic Secretariat filter Hararghe Catholic Secretariat (-) Remove Government of Ethiopia - Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy filter Office: 55 School Street 1600 Bay Street, Fall River, MA 02724 Joseph Harrington, Director of Finance Photo by Kim Pozniak/CRS. WebInnovative membership organization offering services to the international sector. 508- 985-6508 I even grew coffee here. Food aid is a way of life. "What makes REAAP different is that it focuses on people's ability to cope with disasters instead of looking at outside assistance," explains Alemayehn Ayele, one of 50 people who is receiving training on climate mitigation and will share that knowledge with his community. Rev. WebJob Description JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Project Officer Sanitation Department: Operations Supervisor: Program Manager Location: Dire Dawa or Harar, Ethiopia Background: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) eases suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. E-mail: dledoux@dioc-fr.org 347 South Street : (251) (1) 51-37-25 Tel. Deacon Christopher Paul 508-675-1311 ext, 6533; Fax 508-679-9220 Too often, harvests are meager. Benefits and Costs of Compliance of Sanitary Regulations in In the eastern-most part of Ethiopia, Jemal Bedhaso measures a year not by the number of months or days, but the number of rains. Tel. This is 508- 674-5741, ext. South Attleboro, MA 02703 www.fallriverfaithformation.org, David G. Carvalho Very Rev. 2.9 National decentralisation process causes financial and technical bottlenecks. HCS Hararghe Catholic Secretariat . The project is funded by the U. S. Agency for International Development. Fall River, MA 02724 Tel. Hararghe APOSTOLIC CBURCH OF DIRE DAWA Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 8. Daniel S. Roy, Superintendent of Schools In Chelenko (Meta Woreda, East Hararghe) 700 to 800 persons were waiting to be removed and resettled. During the assessment mission, with the exception of one shower in Dire Dawa and one in Bedeno, most of the areas visited were still waiting for the rain to start. In Gelemso, Habro Woreda of West Hararghe for example, the Agricultural Office observed a total reimbursement failure of 100% for farm inputs received on credit. It seems that local woreda and kebele administrations, as the situation in Habro and Darolebu Woredas illustrates, neither do have the financial nor the technical expertise and means to fulfil newly assigned technical services at this level. 508-997-7337; Fax 508-984-1667, (Diocesan Council of Catholic Women) NGOs flexibility has improved food aid network capacity to deliver food in time to afore mentioned remote areas. Tel. 6543; Fax 508-679-9220 Tel. Sister Fatima Simas, S.S.D. Recent rains have attracted a lot of livestock to the area. On Saturday 8 March, about 1,500 people were waiting for trucks provided by the East and West Hararghe zonal authorities to be resettled in West Wollega. Tel. Tel. It has now changed to a desert. Everything has dried up and totally disappeared.". Maria Paiva, Housing Counseling 508-997-0130; Fax 774-425-3790 Rev. Rev. Most of the agencies involved in agriculture and rural development programmes stated that the decline in the use of improved farm inputs during the last two previous years had important negative effects on crop yields. 1359 Acushnet Ave. www.fallriverfaithformation.org/marriage-family www.fallrivertribunal.com During the 2002 Meher season, maize died but sorghum survived. When it does rain, it floods. E-mail: propoffaithnb@verizon.net Denise Benjamin, Coordinator Exploring the Signs, Secretariat for the New Evangelization Coordinator of Family & Respect Life 508-675-1311, ext. Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. www.cssdioc.org Director of Child & Adult Discipleship Khat (catha edulis), which represents the major alternative cash crop, is also facing declining prices on local markets, except for the top quality exported. 508- 636-4965; Fax 508-636-4188 United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. 508-674-4681; Fax 508-675-2224 Seed distribution should be a top priority for Belg and Meher planting seasons. You pass over sandy riverbeds that once flowed with water. And years like this one. East and West Hararghe benefit from a strong NGO commitment and involvement for food aid distributions in most of the remote woredas of both zones. Director of Youth Ministry Low prices on the international markets and pest combined with a lack of moisture have affected coffee cash crop since 2000. They'll design and put into action plans that decrease the risk of climate-related disaster. Spontaneous resettlement movements to Bale have involved numerous people from Hararghe (Lemessa, 2002). Objectives The objective of the mission fielded by the United Nations Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (UN-EUE) was to evaluate the prevailing agricultural and food security situation in drought affected lowland areas of West and East Hararghe and to estimate consequences of most probably yet another belg rain and forthcoming harvest failure. It could be that the ground water level is decreasing or the lack of maintenance. frschrader@fallrivervocations.org Director Box 1058 Tel. Dire Dawa Saint Marry's Ethiopian Orthodox Church Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Coordinate: 9.5991155, 41.8639559 4. Livestock is currently leaving Hararghe for grazing in Bale or Arsi before reaching Era market near Nazaret where they are expected to be sold for a good price. E-mail:draposa@dioc-fr.org. 508-675-1311; Fax 508-676-6591 Dire Dawa Saint Marry's Ethiopian Orthodox Church Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2. Confidential Project Rachel Telephone: 508-617-3230 Oscar Rivera Dire Dawa Zone. Stephen B. Salvador, Moderator, 368 North Main Street 508-222-1206; Fax 508-226-6461 St. Clare Residence Tel. Tel. As farmers are waiting for the rain, most of the agencies working in the area are struggling to bring seed in time for the coming Belg planting season. (Source: FEWS), In spring, a strong cyclonic centre develops over Ethiopia and Sudan. 508-567-1844 German Correa Agudelo Such package exceeded input distribution set up by the NGOs with 5kg seed (Katomani variety maize or local sorghum) without chemical fertilizer. www.face-dfr.org People have to walk several hours to fetch water. WebHCS Hararghe Catholic Secretariat . A back migration of Somali cattle has been observed from Dengego and Adele Lake in East Hararghe to Harawa in Shinille zone. Tel. 211 Park Street cpaul@dioc-fr.org fallriverclergysupport.org, 450 Highland Avenue The vision of the Parishes of St. Agnes and St. Camillus has been given to her by Jesus Christ: Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you (Mt 28:19-20). "Children don't have the strength to walk to school and had to quit," Jemal explains. Tel. Vincent Mancuso, Assistant Superintendent Director cshipp@dioc-fr.org, Michele Figlock They also left Hararghe due to the lack of rain as well as the high price of agricultural inputs and extension credit. People in Mieso town did not have water for one week at the end of February and CARE organised water trucking operations (45,000 litres per day) to supply inhabitants at food distribution centres. Tel. 27 Park Street 508-675-1311, ext. Most Rev. There is a long and heavy summer rain, normally called the big rain or keremt, which falls from June-September. ; Sister Lorna Riordan, O.P. 508-674-4681 508-985-6515, Michael W. Carroll North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Selassie church Dire Dawa university, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 7. The JEOP consortium is led by CRS and includes CARE, Save the Children International (SCI), World Vision (WV), Food for the Hungry (FH) and the Relief Society of Tigray (REST). Tel. West and East Hararge after the meher harvest WFP together with DPPC are currently re-assessing beneficiary numbers. Pastoralists in Abona (Darolebu Woreda) have pointed that most of their cattle run recently out of milk. These rainy periods correspond to Ethiopia's primary and secondary agricultural seasons, known as the meher and belg. At this stage, seed availability appears as the biggest challenge for the coming weeks both in East and West Hararghe zones. Rebecca Eissenova, Immigration and Legal Services Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02720 Food aid and seed distribution combined is probably the best way to minimize risk of seed being consumed instead of planted. Three years of poor harvests forced farmers to cut down farm input expenses and agricultural package extension credit payment defaults concern most of them. Deacon Doug Medeiros, Spiritual Director, 423 Highland Avenue Pasteurelosis, black legs and anthrax are the most common animal diseases in Habro and Darolebu Woredas. New Bedford, MA 02746 11 kebeles over a total of 23 remain without permanent water sources. 13-5563422Federal Tax Exemption ID Number, 2023 Catholic Relief Services228 W. Lexington St. Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3443877-435-7277[emailprotected]. E-mail: orivera@dioc-fr.org Director of Youth Ministry 2.1 Climate, rainfall pattern and moister. Director of Youth Ministry Water committees need support in order to strengthen water management and accountability at community level. Lay Director for Fall River Cursillo Dire Dawa Saint Marry's Ethiopian Orthodox Church Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Coordinate: 9.5991155, 41.8639559 4. E-mail: info@catholicsa.org 2.11 Spontaneous migration to Bale, the push factors. Tel. E-mail: idelucca@dioc-fr.org, c/o St. Mary Parish In this region, where Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Christians, and Muslims live peacefully together, the roads are lined with small storefronts that offer anything from bottled water and chata plant commonly used as a stimulantto used clothes, shoes and household supplies. 508-548-5300 Mr. Kevin R. Kiley, Chief Financial Officer and Chancellor Bill H.260 West Hararghe DPPD has pointed out that those movements concerned at least 20,000 to 30,000 people. Catholic Marcos V. Alexandre-Caldeira, Marthas Vineyard The high population depends on small patches of land which have been made barren by overexploitation and recurrent drought. sloppy land full of rocks and stones, the whole family migrated. Short-term seasonal migration does not exceed three months and during the planting season, most of the people that migrated for daily labour are returning to their place of origin. Sister Paulina Hurtado, O.P., Associate Director of Vocations 508-222-1206, Cape Cod Caritas MDG 2015 774-265-2708 Tel. Morton Hospital e-mail: pla@plrachel.com, 423 Highland Avenue Ifaa Afaan-Oromo, meaning "to bring forth light" IPTT Indicator Performance Tracking Tables . In Mieso Woreda about half of the cattle is emaciated. In Golo Oda Woreda SC-UK is currently distributing 700 MT of wheat and 87 MT of CSB supplementary food for 56,000 beneficiaries on a monthly basis. Livestock vaccination and other animal treatments remain difficult, as multi-vaccination cannot exceed two shots at the same time. Hospital Ministry: Rev. Caritas MDG 2015 E-mail: crystal@fallrivercampusministry.com, Stonehill College Tel. Martha Reed, Basic Needs HFW Health Facility Worker . Assessment of Challenges, Barriers and Opportunities for Harvests cover only a third of the average grain production for maize and sorghum and in some places, fields remained out of crop since one year. Donovan House St. Annes Hospital Tel. The years of two rains. Tel. cryan@dioc-fr.org, c/o444 North Washington Street orivera@dioc-fr.org, Fall River CYO 508-675-1311; Fax 888-505-1605 Wareham, MA 02571 Bill Milot, Director of Technology, 1600 Bay Street frpignato@saintjulies.org, Cape Cod ; Deacon Daniel Sullivan; Marika Hull; Sister Glorina Jugo, O.P. East Sandwich, MA 02537 Crystal Rogerson Tel. Matthew S. Robinson, MA, MS, CPLC According to DPPD East Hararghe, 2,150 hectares of land have been identified in Jimma Arjo (East Wellega) and 8,774 hectares in West Wellega that are suitable for resettlement. Edivar Ribeiro DaSilva, Fall River Area 508-679-8511; Fax 508- 672-2558 508- 675-1311; Fax 508-730-2447 Animal health remains a major concern as vaccination is incomplete due to lack of vaccine and/or due to the fact that pastoralists escape the cost recovery system set up by the veterinary services. www.fallriverfaithformation.org/bereavement frcook@fallrivervocations.org On the other hand, DPPC in the 1980s, then called Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) resettled drought-affected people from Wello to the nearby village of Harawa with a mechanized farm producing mainly wheat. Tel. 14 St. Marys Square E-mail:cpaul@dioc-fr.org, c/o St. St. Joseph, Guardian of the Holy Family Parish For the field visits to Fedis wereda in East Hararghe, The program is implemented in 76 approved woredas across 6 regions (Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Somali, Tigray and Dire Dawa Administration). Cattle herds have been seen walking along the Gelemso-Gololcha road towards Arsi zone. 508- 675-1311; Fax 508-730-2887 Director Tel. Other pastoralists and agro-pastoralists migrate all along perennial rivers with their animals. www.fallriverfaithformation.org/rcia Anyhow, most of the farmers have no money to buy seed. Edward Allard, Interim Executive Director, c/o Holy Family Parish 508-617-5321 508-675-1311, Bereavement Support Groups dcf@dioc-fr.org IMNCI Integrated Management of Newborn and WBCChild Illnesses . Joanne Santiago-Vega, Coordinator. Tel. Director of Adult and Child Discipleship Tel. Pastoralists are cutting tree branches to complement the poor fodder available. The assessment focused on the agricultural situation with an urgent need for seed, the livestock condition that deteriorated due to lack of grazing and the food security at household level, including unusual people and livestock migration. Although there is food in the market in spite of bad harvests, most people don't earn enough to buy it. Some of the cattle that ate dead turtles got intoxicated and died. Tel. In general, all over the visited Hararghe low lands people seem to be socially discouraged. Deacon Paul Coughlin, Director, 121 Mount Pleasant Street 774-205-4378, 423 Highland Avenue Beyond emergency, land degradation and other agricultural deficiencies and constraints have to be addressed. New Bedford, MA 02740 E-mail: tribunal@dioc-fr.org "There are many cases of malnutrition as a result." pbrooks@dioc-fr.org, 450 Highland Avenue Fall River, MA 02720 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the UN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Paul Brooks, Director Tel. Fall River, MA 02720 "Before the training, I thought only the government or NGOs can solve communities' problems, but now I understand that we can solve our own problems.". Hararghe Catholic Secretariat Fungicides such as Roba, Dacolin or Deflotin to control CBD are neither available in Harar nor in Dire Dawa markets. Finish expert registration DevelopmentAid cshipp@dioc-fr.org, 47 Underwood Street Rev. In the lowlands of Harbo and Darolebu Woredas, water stress is obvious, even though livestock remain apparently in good condition. Sullivan-McCarrick CYO Center The lowlands are partly cultivated and partly used for pasture (Klingele, Yesus, 1994). orivera@dioc-fr.org 6511 See We believe it will help us a lot.". St. Mary-Our Lady of the Isle Church 508- 672-9644 Deborah LeDoux, Coordinator of Family and Respect Life Cape Cod Hospital Consequently, if rain is coming on time, they don't have seed and if rain delays, they are also in trouble. Assessments | HumanitarianResponse gratitude to staff of Catholic Relief Services, Meki Catholic Secretariat and Hararghe Catholic Secretariat, at the headquarters, regional office, in Addis Ababa and Henry S. Arruda, Director, 2402 Highland Avenue Tel. Catholic Schools Background Screening Specialist You see large, dry lakebeds from which the water disappeared 10 to 15 years ago. You can try to dialing this number: +251 25 111 4645, Latitude: 9.5961256 Longitude: 41.8640046, 1. 508-617-5305 Somerset, MA 02726-4292, Deacon Robert Craig 508-673-2833 to the authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, the Agency for International Development distribution in Hararge, Ethiopia. Tel. Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 Tel. Service provided by UN-OCHA. Tel. Contact: Stephane Ruault Tel. Rev. E-mail:dcnfrank@newmancatholicministry.org E-mail: dledoux@dioc-fr.org We don't have any cement. WebAdministrative Assistant, Catholic Life and Evangelization 4800 Union Deposit Road Harrisburg, PA 17111. 949 Pitchers Way New Bedford, MA 02744 Ethiopia: Hararghe food security hampered by long-term drought Many are forced to migrate to bigger cities in search of work. 508-658-2956 7114 New Bedford, MA 02740 Tel. Other seed supply programmes involving traders have to be supported even if non-certified seed quality remains a risk to generate low yield crops. 508- 679-3131, ext. E-mail:mfiglock@dioc-fr.org, Lynn Medeiros 508-617-5307; Fax 508-730-2447 www.fallriverfaithformation.org/youth-young-adults His weathered face gives way to a big smile when he sees his wife and five of his children outside their mud-brick hut. E-mail:frdavid@newmancatholicministry.org Tel. 508-675-1311 ext. "Today," he says, pointing to a nearby mountain range, "there are no clouds above the mountains where they used to gather. Prices for some basic food items have also increased significantly. David C. Frederici The JEOP program is targeting transitory or acute food insecure households through a beneficiary targeting process led by the Government of Ethiopias (GoE) Disaster Risk Management & Food Security Sector (DRMFSS) under the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). Fall River, MA 02720 E-mail: dledoux@dioc-fr.org 508-993-4016 508- 675-1311; Fax 508-679-9220 Sister Carole V.M. Fall River, MA 02720 508-658-9088, College Campus Ministry Beta HCS programme cannot cover the entire West Hararghe Zone with about 100,000 cattle per woreda. Rev. Following the new border control measures along the Ethiopian northern-eastern Djibouti-Somaliland border implemented in October 2002, contraband is still continuing on a micro scale with numerous transfers and middlemen. Deborah LeDoux Juan Carlos Muoz Fall River, MA 02720 East Falmouth, MA 02536 2.12 Seasonal and temporary labour migration. Raymakers B., (2002) Despite a promising belg season, relief assistance is still required in pocket lowland areas of Hararghe, UN-EUE Field Mission Report, 9 - 17 April, Addis Ababa. 508-997-1515 2.10 Intra-Regional Resettlement Programme has started. Major constraints that incite people to leave their environment and their homes are farm sizes that are too small to cultivate on a subsistence level, poor soils, low crop yields, land degradation and decreasing and very limited off-farm labour opportunities. New Bedford In Meta Woreda, the first phase of the voluntary resettlement to Western Wollega included 120 households. smazzarella@cssdioc.org, 47 Underwood Street 233 County Street msherman@catholicfoundationsema.org, c/o 1600 Bay Street Fall River, MA 02721 Craig Pregana, Pastor Jimma) are not available in Hararghe. Rev. It is however one of the top twenty countries making progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Diocese of Fall River Rehabilitation Hospital of Cape & Islands 508-862-5286 East Taunton, MA 02718-0619 Acronym Finder, All Rights Reserved. General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer E-mail: pla@plrachel.com Fall River, MA 02720 508- 675-1311; Fax 508- 676-6591 www.bcccatholics.com, Cape Cod Community College 2.7 Coffee plantations affected by plant disease and low prices. 100 Ter Heun Drive Tel. Dire Dawa Saint Michael's Ethiopian Orthodox Church Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Coordinate: 9.5906102, 41.8609679 5. 1111 Sister Roberta OConnell, F.C.J. Very Rev. In East Hararghe, the zonal Agricultural Office is planning for 18,700 households that are eligible to receive loans for extension packages that include either seed only or an integrated package with seed, fertilizer and other components. Diocesan Pro-Life Offices | USCCB Vaccination for trans-boundary diseases is still provided by the government for free and the problem remaining is covering the cost of organizing vaccination campaigns.