Where is afar located

Afar is a semi-arid region of northeastern Ethiopia. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia CSA published in , the region has an estimated total population of 1,,, consisting of , men and , women. With an estimated area of 96, square kilometers, the region has an estimated population density of 14 persons per square kilometer. Of the rural population of the region, most are subsistence pastoralists and heavily depend on livestock for their survival Table 1.

Each pastoralist needs a minimum of about 1, 1, kg live-weight biomass TLUs or roughly camels or cattle or 77 sheep and goats to survive. On average, Afar pastoralists possess about 4 TLU's. Afar Depression, Ethiopia. At the time of publication, it represented the best available science.

Image of the Day for September 6, View more Images of the Day:. APDA was established because Afar leaders felt their needs, particularly around health and education, were not being met by formal Government services that did not take into account the unique geography, climate, culture and lifestyle of the semi-nomadic pastoralist Afar people.

Over the years APDA has gradually grown from a core group of volunteers, to first taking on international assistance in , and now operating with hundreds of field workers supported by assistance from international NGOs and agencies. What does the Afar Pastoralist Development Association do?

Today, APDA works on a wide variety of projects to contribute to the development and wellbeing of the Afar people, many of them focusing on vulnerable women and children, including mobile health and vaccination, water provision and harvesting, maternal and child health activities, and education for Afar children. APDA also supports projects to help people with their livelihoods such as improving animal husbandry, along with protecting and managing the unique Afar environment.

In all their projects, APDA works with communities to build relationships and knowledge so that the Afar people can take the lead in their own development. APDA also undertakes relief work in times of crisis such as drought. Our partnership: the background. Anglican Overseas Aid has been partnering with Valerie Browning and APDA since , initially supporting crisis relief and a variety of disparate programs to help the Afar people.

The Afar region of Ethiopia was particularly badly affected. With assistance from the Australian Government, which matched each dollar donated by the Australian public, drought-destitute households had their goat herds restocked and APDA educated families on how to care for these animals.

Many lives were saved as people regained their livelihoods. APDA runs a variety of programs to help the Afar people — many of them focusing on vulnerable women and children — including health and vaccination, water provision, maternal and child health, education and more. From to we worked with APDA through The Road Less Travelled project, which focused on improving nutrition and maternal and child health through improved access to community-based health services.