FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LINC PUBLISHES WHITE PAPER OUTLINING THE URGENT NEED AND RESOURCES FOR MONITORING OF ONGOING U.S. GOVERNMENT FOOD ASSISTANCE TO ETHIOPIA
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AUGUST 5, 2025
The Horn of Africa sits at the crossroads of climate disruption, conflict, and economic uncertainty. Across Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, humanitarian needs are high—and rising. Communities are navigating cascading crises: droughts and floods, currency shocks, inflation, food insecurity, conflicts and displacement. In this environment, development and humanitarian donors and project implementers face an urgent question: how can we ensure the integrity and accountability of emergency response and resilience-building food aid in the face of compounding shocks, stresses, and urgent need?
On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa reaffirmed its strong commitment to food assistance in Ethiopia in this press release. The U.S. officially transitioned food delivery in the north from WFP to the JEOP project, led by Catholic Relief Services—ensuring support to over 1.2 million people across Afar, Amhara, and Tigray. “There is no reduction in U.S. food assistance—only a more focused and coordinated way of delivering it,” U.S. Embassy representative, Tim Stein, stated. This continued investment is vital. But coordination, measurement, accountability, and appropriate scaling remain essential companions to delivery.
As the United States scales-back its own personnel on the ground and moves to regional or remote oversight models, the need for monitoring, data analysis, and coordination are even more pronounced. When resilience investments aren’t measured, we can’t know what’s working or where to adjust. When humanitarian aid isn’t monitored, it can go missing, as it did in northern Ethiopia just two years ago.
