Wereda Disaster Risk Profiling Programme: SNNPR
Disaster Risk Profile: Alle special wereda
HOUSEHOLD AND COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABILITY
Crop production is practiced on average by 80% of the households. The
production system is traditional and 97% of the households use oxen for tillage.
Maize, Teff, Barely and Sorghum are the main types of crops produced in the
wereda. Drought, flood and crop pests and diseases are the major reasons of
Proportion of reasons for crop damage for those crops cultivatred
by the households last year and last five years ago
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crop damage in the area.
Livestock rearing is another important source of livelihood in the wereda next to
crop production even though poor access to veterinary service including
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Last Year
Five Year Ago
vaccination and livestock drugs are reported. In addition lack of irrigation is also
Pests Drought Flood Frost Others
the other factor in reduction of crop production there by community vulnerable
to food shortage
Favourable condition for mosquito reproduction, typhoid lack of clean drinking
Proportion of households by major crops grown and changes last
year and last five years ago
water and hygiene severe shortage of water because of drought and lack water
treating methods or chemicals exposed households to different health problems.
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Lack of awareness (high illiteracy level), large family size (on average a household
has 6 members) poor land use system, low access to infrastructures (such as road,
electricity, health centre, veterinary service and market) and poor natural
resource conservation are also among the factors making the community
vulnerable to disasters in the community.
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Maize Teff Barley Sorghum Others
Last Year
Five Years Ago
Accessibility:
Access to road and urban center: From the surveyed households 99% reported either there is no road or dirty road that is difficult for car. The average
time taken to reach the nearest paved road in the woreda is 25 minutes and the average time to reach the nearest urban canter is 1 hour and 30
minutes.
Accesses to electricity: Of the household surveyed 3.10% are located in the community with electricity and 1.53% of the community located with
electricity are actually connected to electric power.
Access to Veterinary Services and Livestock Drug: 77% of the surveyed household has reported that they have very poor and poor access to both
veterinary services and livestock drug.
Access to market: Most kebeles reported that there is no access to market because of lack of road and far location of market place.
Access to water and sanitation: Most of the households use water for drinking from river or stream (33%), piped water outside the house (13%),
pond or lack (29%) and (22%) from communal tap, where 87% of them of them have no treating methods. Out of the surveyed households 95% of
them have out door latrine (hole on plot) and only 1% has no toilet facilities in the house and 1.53% of them are sharing toilets.
Access to credit: ‐ 82% of the surveyed households reported that they are using credit service mainly from bank/formal lending institution,
friends and neighbors mainly to buy food, to buy agriculture input, pay for health care and for other purposes.
Level of Awareness and Institutional Development
Literacy level The proportion of literate population above 7 years old is 12.25% out of which 60%
completed below 1st grade level, 32% and 7% of the population completed primary and secondary
school respectively. With regard to gender parity in education, proportion of female students is
higher than male students in completing 1st grade level, but dominated by male students in all other
education levels. Of the total households surveyed, 12% of them are female-headed households.
Community awareness about disaster risk management system and actors Is reported to be
good in all kebels except that there is lack of institutional integration, lack of fund and limited
number of skilled man power. There are formal and informal community based Organizations
such as farmers association, women associations, Omo micro finance institution and cooperatives
working on different activates and informal organizations Ider and ekub to help each in farm
activities, during problem and funeral. There are different NGOs such as AMREF (African medical
and research foundation), MERCY CORPS and Save the children supporting the community by
proving aid, improving mothers and child health care, constructing water source and job opportunity
or the community and environmental protection.
Info Bits:
Population
Sex ratio
Urban Population
Mean Altitude
Mean Slope
Road density
Measles caseload
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Sources: Various Secondary sources