In Makpandu refugee settlement, UNHCR started distributing agricultural tools, crop and vegetable kits donated by FAO to 1561 refugee & host community families

UNHCR distributed second-hand clothing to some 2,000 refugees in Gorom, including garments for men, women and children.

DanChurchAid (DCA) in collaboration with UNHCR and the Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) hosted a delegation of the Ambassador of Denmark to Ethiopia, the DCA General Secretary, Head of Humanitarian Director, and the DCA Regional Representative Delegation. The mission visited the Fresh Food Voucher project in Tierkidi camp on 19 October.

An update released by the Protection Cluster highlights reports of violence in southern and central Unity State, including the killing of 80 civilians in Leer.

UNHCR distributed non-food items to 2,500 IDPs from Liang Boma who fled to Bunj.

UNHCR completed the construction of a maternity ward for Bunj PHCC to improve access to quality basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care services.

In Lasu settlement, primary school attendance increased from 58 to 67 per cent compared to the first two weeks of October, following a back-to-school campaign.

UNHCR in collaboration with UNFPA & UN Women officially launched in KK the HeForShe campaign on 9 Nov. to raise awareness on inequality faced by women and girls

The Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Addis Ababa, Mr. Peter H. Vrooman, visited UNHCR Sub-Office Gambella on 9 December. Mr. Vrooman’s last visit to Gambella was in March 2015 when he inaugurated Jewi camp along with the President of Gambella Regional State, His Excellency Ato Gatluak Tuk Khot; Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA); Deputy Director Ato Ayalew Aweke; then outgoing UNHCR Representative (Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa), Mr. Valentin Tapsoba; and the Deputy Assistant Secretary Catherine Wiesner of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM) in Washington.

541 new arrivals, consisting of 131 families from South Sudan, were registered at the Pagak entry point and relocated to Pugnido 2 camp on 15 January 2016. The refugees were mainly from Upper Nile State and 70% of them were children. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitated the relocation.