Semera Branch Office

RRS – Semera Branch Office, located in Afar Regional State in Eastern Ethiopia bordering with Djibouti.

Currently RRS – Semera Branch Office is hosting refugees in the region under the following Camps:

General information:

  • Coordinated under the RRS Semera branch office;
  • Date of establishment:  in 2007;
  • Area coverage: 2.2 km2.

The camp is located in Afar Regional State, Awusi Rasu zone-1, Aysita wereda, kebele 01, at a place called Borawuli. It is 675 km from Addis Ababa, 75 km from Semera (the capital of the regional state), and 5 km from Aysita town (a town for both the zone and wereda).

As of October 2022, the camp is hosting 26,828 refugees all of whom are from Eritrea. The number of the host community at kebele and wereda levels respectively is 76,232 (M: 40, 411; F: 35, 821) and 54,797 (M: 30, 686; F: 24,111).

 

Facilities: –

  • 2 Schools, (1 ECCD and 1 primary) 
  • 1 Health Center
  • Electricity
  • Clean water and others
  • Youth and recreation center

Partners and project(s) available in and around the camp: –

  • Goal Ethiopian à nutrition;
  • IMC à wash and SRH;
  • HIS à child  protection, youth, and ECSSD school;
  • DICAC à  SGVP, community engagement, and women empowerment;
  • AHA à shelter, environment,  and  energy;
  • EECMY à support   IGA and psychosocial  support;
  • DAN churchà livelihood activities and cash assistance;
  • EECMYà Support for people with a specific need.

 

Figure:
Figure at the time of the establishment

 

Current figure

General information:

  • Coordinated under the RRS Semera branch office;
  • Date of establishment:  in 2007;
  • Area coverage: 2.2 km2.

The camp is located in Afar Regional State, …

Current figure: