Alianza Shire, which was selected as a good practice at the first Global Refugee Forum, has just completed a renewable energy access project in the Kobe and Hilaweyn refugee camps and host communities in Dollo Ado, southern Ethiopia. With a working model based on public-private-social collaboration, a solar mini-grid has been installed that supplies 16 […]

La entrada Energy transition reaches humanitarian action: Alianza Shire brings clean energy to 55,000 refugees and their host communities in Ethiopia se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

The luminaires installed harness solar energy to light the roads of Kobe in Dollo Ado (Ethiopia). This improves security in an area without access to the electricity grid. Thanks to this action, the percentage of public spaces lit in the Kobe refugee camp and its host community has increased from 13% of the territory to […]

La entrada Alianza Shire lights up the lives of 38,000 refugees in Ethiopia with the installation of 200 solar luminaires se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

Alianza Shire, which was selected as a good practice in the first Global Refugee Forum, will bring access to electricity to about 55,000 persons in refugee communities and host communities at Dollo Ado, in the south of Somali region in Ethiopia. The project is carried out by a multi-actor partnership formed by AECID, itdUPM, acciona.org, […]

La entrada Spanish humanitarian initiative ‘Alianza Shire’ brings clean energy to more than 6,000 refugees in Ethiopia se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

Following the interruption of the project in the Tigray region, due to the outbreak of armed conflict, Alianza Shire is beginning a new project in the refugee camps and host communities of Dollo Ado, on the border with Somalia. The main goal is to improve living conditions in refugee camps and in their host communities, […]

La entrada Alianza Shire kicks off a project in Dollo Ado refugee camps, on the Ethiopian border with Somalia se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

The members of the Shire Alliance have taken this decision after the armed conflict that has erupted in the Ethiopian region of Tigray since the beginning of November As soon as the situation allows the activity to restart, the European Union will be requested to immediately resume the project Madrid, 9 December 2020.- The armed conflict […]

La entrada Alianza Shire partially suspends its project in Ethiopia until April 2021 se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

At the beginning of September, the nation-wide state of emergency declared by the Ethiopian government came to an end. However, the Government of the Tigray region, home to the refugee camps in which Alianza Shire operates, has decided to extend the state of emergency until the end of the year. Still, the limitations hardly affect […]

La entrada Alianza Shire finalizes the technical design and accelerates its activity in the refugee camps se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

The declaration of a state of emergency in Ethiopia, due to the health crisis caused by COVID-19 worldwide, has driven the partnership to focus on activities that do not interfere with the protection of the refugee population’s health.  Alianza Shire is progressing in the finalization of the technical design and training, as well as in […]

La entrada Alianza Shire continues its activity during the COVID-19 crisis se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 28 November 2017: The Government of Ethiopia today formally launched the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), effectively paving the way for the implementation of the nine pledges it made at the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees in September 2016 in New York. Through the pledges, which serve as a vehicle for implementing the […]

La entrada Ethiopia embarks on ambitious roadmap to further the protection of refugees se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

Dear friends, Here you can find some information about the project to extend access to energy in the four Shire refugee camps (Ethiopia) and their host communities, involving around 42.000 people until 2021. Last year on behalf of Alianza Shire the Spanish Official Cooperation (AECID) signed a Delegation Agreement with the Delegation of the European Unionin Addis Ababa. […]

La entrada News from Alianza Shire. January 2019 se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

Last year, the first phase of the project, implemented in the Adi-Harush camp, involved the improvement and extension of the electricity grid and connection of community services – including markets, school, communal kitchens, and a wellness centre for women and girls. In addition, 4 km of public lighting with LED technology luminaires were installed. Over […]

La entrada We started the second phase of the project in 4 refugee camps and their host communities. se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.