The Nutrition Survey commenced on Saturday, 29th October, following final training sessions and a pilot study. The first camp being surveyed is Kobe. Staff members from UNHCR, ARRA, GOAL and IMC are involved in gathering the survey data in Kobe.

The rainy season continues in Dollo Ado, with floods hampering access for humanitarians to the camps.(Dollo Ado, Ethiopia)

An average of 178 refugees arrived every day from the beginning of the month, up to Saturday 11 Nov. If this trend is sustained, a total of over 5,300 individuals can be expected by the end of this month alone, which would make November the second highest month in 2011 in terms of new arrivals.

Task Force meeting at Addis Ababa level was cancelled for tomorrow 15th Nov. 2011.

The next Refugee WASH coordination meeting in Addis Ababa will be held tomorrow, as per the schedule. Because the previous meeting time of 8.30am was proving difficult for some attendees, the meeting time is moved to 2pm. It will be held in the 1st floor conference room at UNHCR.

Dollo Ado camps are currently preparing for Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. The sixteen days in question, Nov 25th to Dec 10th each year, encompass International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, International Human Rights Day, Universal Children’s Day and World AIDS Day. The campaign will use a variety of activities, including sport, music, drama, coffee ceremonies and community discussions. The key message selected by partners for Dollo Ado is \'Peace in the Home, is Peace in the Community. We can end violence against women.

Hundreds of Somali refugees in southern Ethiopia’s Dollo Ado region have been relocated from an overcrowded transit centre to a new camp, Bur Amino. The Camp was opened on 30 Nov. 2011 and became the fifth one in the Dollo Ado region. The first group of some 400 refugees has been moved by bus from the transit centre to Bur Amino, 26 kilometres away. On arrival, the visibly relieved refugees underwent health and nutrition screening before being shown to their tents and given hot meals.

Refugee population in Ethiopia\'s Dollo Ado passes the 140,000 mark.

An extra-ordinary Task Force Meeting is called in for 04 January, 14:30 at UNHCR. The topic for that meeting is to discuss the contingency planning for refugees coming from Sudan and Somalia.

Final report of Nutrition Survey in Kobe and Hilaweyn camps, Dollo Ado, Ethiopia, Oct-Nov 2011 published by UNHCR, ARRA, WFP, UNICEF and GOAL. (UNHCR, ETHIOPIA)