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SWAN, one of the rapid humanitarian response mechanism (RRM) in the country established and implemented emergency humanitarian responses in Ethiopia by a consortium of four international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) (the ‘SWAN consortium’): Save the Children International (SCI), World Vision International (WVI), Action Against Hunger (AAH), and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) since March 2019. SWAN consortium established with the aim of provision of Essential Humanitarian Supplies of Health, WASH, Protection and ES NFIs through timely, Cost-Effective Procurement, and Response Mechanism (‘the SWAN projects’). SWAN consortium has strived towards being an effective humanitarian response mechanism as part of the wider humanitarian response and fill existing humanitarian need gap in the country. SWAN RRM has responded quickly and effectively to the humanitarian situation, and addressed most urgent needs through provision of essential supplies of health, WASH, Protection and ES NFIs, including cash with timely, cost-effective procurement and response mechanism
The overall objective of SWAN RRM projects are to contribute towards saving lives, reducing suffering and increasing human dignity for people affected by displacement including host communities across Ethiopia. SWAN consortium joined the humanitarian response mechanisms as a new way of working for the entire humanitarian architecture as a response and supply mechanism in Ethiopia in 2019. For the last four years, SWAN has contributed towards a more resilient humanitarian system due to the immediate and prepositioned humanitarian supplies, which have significantly improved the humanitarian system performance continuity in the country.
SWAN consortium has proven an exemplary track record in facilitating multi-agency and multi-sectoral coordinated joint responses (Protection, WASH, NFI and Emergency Shelter, and Health sectors) reaching 8.6M affected people (4.6M adults and 4.0M children) with 20.49M USD total fund secured (20.0M USD from EHF and 0.49M USD from Irish Aid). The financial support has enabled SWAN HRM to address the immediate needs and contributed towards saving lives, reducing suffering and increasing human dignity for people affected by displacement and diseases outbreak including host communities between March 2019 and December 2022 in Ethiopia.
Based on the key lessons learned from practical implementation of the response, recommendations from Oxford Policy Management evaluation findings, EHF Advisory Board and SWAN Steering Committee strategic direction; SWAN HRM prepared this draft strategic framework with the aim of further strengthening our strategic engagement, coordination and partnership with localization agenda, enhancing the timeliness and effectiveness of the mechanism through aggressively diversifying funding sources, expanding sectoral interventions and improving the management and governance capacity of the mechanism.
SWAN will focus on the following ambitions, strategic humanitarian objectives and action for 2023-2025: (i). Providing effective, immediate life-saving and sustaining responses to critical humanitarian needs, thus reducing suffering, increasing well-being and human dignity; (ii). Working towards building and strengthening a localized and accountable humanitarian system and; (iii) Actively engage with local, national and international actors in the planning, delivery and accountability of the anticipatory action and emergency responses to better respond to affected people and children’s needs and promoting their rights and address inequalities in the humanitarian programmes in the country.