The Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) is an Ethiopian government agency that was set up in
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
in the aftermath of the 1973 drought. It played a central role in bringing the
1984 - 1985 famine in Ethiopia to the public's attention, and helped to distribute international aid to the areas in need of help. The Commission continued to function during the
Transitional Government of Ethiopia
The Transitional Government of Ethiopia (TGE) was an era established immediately after the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) seized power from the Marxist-Leninist People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) in 1991. ...
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It was renamed in August 1995 as the
Commission for Disaster Prevention and Preparedness.
"Monthly Situation Report for Ethiopia, August 1995"
UNDP-EUE (accessed 20 January 2009)
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The Challenges of Drought: Ethiopia’s Decade of Struggle in Relief and Rehabilitation
' - a 1985 publication of the RRC
Government agencies of Ethiopia
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