Advancing Refugee Inclusion in the Somali Region, Ethiopia (ARISR)

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The European Union, in partnership with UNHCR and the Government of Ethiopia, has launched a €14.26 million initiative aimed at strengthening refugee inclusion and promoting sustainable solutions in Kebribeyah, Somali Regional State. The project will benefit more than 20,000 refugees and over 52,000 members of host communities and internally displaced persons. It includes construction of hundreds of affordable housing units and shared sanitation facilities, improvements to spatial planning and infrastructure, establishment of new classrooms and a library, solarization of targeted schools, strengthening of health services with new facilities, equipment, ambulances, and medicines, improvement of solid waste management, and strengthening governance and coordination for inclusive and sustainable service provision.