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Title:

Strengthening Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net (SEASN)

Agreement Number:

7448784 P011783001

Agreement Value:

$49,600,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 22, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025

Description:

The Strengthening Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net (SEASN) project is a social protection initiative designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability among the rural poor and help to stabilize household health and nutrition during economic shocks, enhance livelihoods during stability, and enable people to overcome their vulnerability to food insecurity. The SEASN will support the Government of Ethiopia's efforts to improve the income of 2.5 million climate-vulnerable rural households and strengthen the rural safety net mechanism.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

This project’s anticipated intermediate outcomes include: i) Expanded and improved delivery of an equitable productive safety net program to deliver cash-for-work and direct access to food for poor rural women, men and vulnerable children to improve health outcomes; ii) Improved and equitable shock responsiveness of the rural safety net program to improve health outcomes; iii) Improved systems, capacity development and program management support for kebele and woreda (ward and district-level government) implementers; and iv) Increased women’s voice, agency and economic empowerment, employment and independence. This project will be delivered in 408 rural woredas and target 8 million chronically food insecure people (51% women and girls) from 2.5 million climate-vulnerable rural households.

Location:

Washington, US

Reference Number:

064-2022-2023-Q4-00099

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank

Program:

International Development Assistance Program

Program Purpose:

The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.