150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Tel: 41 22 791 6033 Fax: 41 22 791 6506 e-mail: [email protected] Appeal Coordinating Office Asia Regional Asia Earthquake & Tsunamis - ASRE51 (Revision 1) Appeal Target: US$ 75,068,023 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 32,370,663 Geneva, 18 February 2005 Dear Colleagues, A 9-magnitude undersea earthquake off the west coast of the northern Indonesian island of Sumatra set off massive tidal waves on the morning of 26 December 2004, which slammed into coastal towns and villages across south and south east Asia, killing over 280,000 people and affecting millions throughout the region. Immediately ACT International members throughout the region mobilised relief assistance teams and relief supplies through their local partner networks. The assistance includes food, emergency shelter materials, medicines, and non-food items such as blankets, clothing and cooking utensils and water. Assessment missions are continuously underway and co-ordination is taking place with governments and other (I)NGOs as well as within the ACT Alliance. The relief phase is expected to continue for 3 months, but where possible the rehabilitation activities are planned to help people to become independent from relief distributions as quickly as possible. This is a revision of (and replaces) the appeal for US$ 41.79 million issued on 7 January 2005 which replaced a preliminary appeal issued on 30 December 2004. Both appeals were fully funded. This revised appeal incorporates the programmes from the ACT members in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, and adds an appeal for work with tsunami affected people in Somalia. The appeal is for work beyond the relief phase into rehabilitation and reconstruction and in some cases is for work until 31 December 2006. It is envisaged that further revisions will be made to the appeal during this period of time as plans change in the light of co-ordination with governments and other implementers. As this Appeal incorporates different countries and implementing members the co-ordination and follow up of the implementation and reporting will be complex. Therefore provision for strengthened ACT Co- ordination in Geneva, in Indonesia and Sri Lanka is included in this appeal. There is also provision for some monitoring and a major evaluation and lesson learning component. ACT is a global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and support communities in emergencies worldwide. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland. Asia Regional – Asia Earthquake & Tsunami 2 ASRE51 Appeal (Revision 1) Project Completion Date: Due to the magnitude of the disaster, longer term assistance to the affected will be necessary. To ensure the appropriate time for planning and implementation this Appeal will be for the period of two years to 31 December 2006 Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested COUNTRY ACT MEMBER TARGETS INCOME, US$ BALANCE US$ PLEDGES, ETC REQUESTED INDONESIA CWS 10,078,250 TOTAL 22,894,780 YEU 4,739,304 14,564,074 8,330,706 YTB 7,173,887 ACT Coord & CB 903,339 SRI LANKA NCCSL 14,947,128 JDCSI 1,759,684 7,501,083 9,705,729 TOTAL 17,206,812 ACT Coord & CB 500,000 CASA 23,157,847 INDIA LWSI 4,332,481 19,396,025 13,511,117 TOTAL 32,907,142 UELCI 5,416,814 THAILAND CCT 194,289 159,970 34,319 SOMALIA NCA 1,116,800 0 1,116,800 EVALUATION 148,200 81,904 66,296 ACT CO CO-ORD & COMMUNICATION 600,000 195,486 404,514 UNEARMARKED 798,818 ************** TOTALS 75,068,023 42,697,360 32,370,663 The table above shows the current funding status of this appeal. In order to ensure that all implementing partners are covered we ask that wherever possible you contribute unearmarked funding to the appeal. Where this is not possible we ask that you consult with the ACT Co-ordinating Office in advance about earmarking requirements so that we can ensure it is possible to accommodate such requirements. Please discuss any intent to submit applications to back donors with the ACT Coordinating Office in advance of submissions being made. Please kindly send your contributions to the following ACT bank account: Account Number – 240-432629.60A (USD) Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together UBS AG 8, rue du Rhône P.O. Box 2600 1211 Geneva 4, SWITZERLAND Swift address: UBSW CHZH12A Please also inform Jessie Kgoroeadira ([email protected] ) or Beatrice Mayanga Kalumba (bmk@act- intl,org) of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers. For further information please contact: ACT Interim Director, Jenny Borden (phone +41 22 791 6032 or mobile phone + 41 79 203 6055) or ACT Appeals Officer, Mieke Weeda (phone +41 22 791 6035 or mobile phone +41 79 285 2916) ACT Web Site address: http://www.act-intl.org Jenny Borden Interim Director, ACT Co-ordinating Office Asia Regional – Asia Earthquake & Tsunami 3 ASRE51 Appeal (Revision 1) INDONESIA I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION Church World Service (CWS) Indonesia II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION CHURCH WORLD SERVICE (CWS) Indonesia has been operational with relief and development programs in Indonesia since 1964. CWS works through and with both faith based and secular organisations in the areas of disaster response, capacity building and social development, enhancing the access of the poorest to basic needs. CWS has offices in Jakarta, Makassar, Palu, Tentena, Poso, Manado and Soe. CWS has recently opened offices in Banda Aceh and Meulaboh as well Medan (ACT co-ordination office). Over the last two years CWS has assisted thousands of the most vulnerable internally displaced (IDP ) families and conflict affected people with food, shelter, health (including psycho-social mental health – PMH- and HIV/AIDS), water, sanitation as well as non-food items in different areas of Indonesia such as Sulawesi and West Timor. In Central and Southeast Sulawesi CWS has provided emergency shelter materials and tools well as hygiene kits and non-food items to over 3,000 IDP families living in camps, makeshift shelters and host families (2003). In West Timor, CWS covers around 5,000 children in a supplementary feeding program and as many households participate in FFW/FFT (ongoing). In addition, CWS is implementing a Transitional Activities Program in Makassar (2001-2004) which includes food for work, supplementary feeding, economic revitalization and conflict resolution activities, as well as grants program with over 30 local NGO partners mostly in Aceh, Java, Bali and Sulawesi. Implementing Partners Local NGO MAMAMIA (Masyarakat Makmur Mitra Adil : For a Prosperous and Just Society through Partnership) Faculty of Psychology, Harapan Bangsa School of Higher Education Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) CWS works through and with local partners, both NGOs and CBOs. Only in emergencies and when local capacities are inadequate does CWS take a more direct approach by deploying program staff and opening offices. This was the case in Central Sulawesi where CWS currently has three offices, and is again the case with Aceh where CWS has opened offices in Banda Aceh and Meulaboh. However, CWS tries to use local resources as much as possible - this means identifying suitable local partners (process is currently under way) and hiring local field staff and / or partnering with local organisations (this is the case in Banda Aceh at the moment where CWS works with two local partners and has started recruiting local staff, in addition to deploying CWS staff). CWS always signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a local partner. The Humanitarian Code of Conduct and the ACT principles and guidelines form a part of this agreement. CWS partners are therefore aware of and committed to adhering to these principles. The SPHERE standards are disseminated (in English as well as Indonesian) as part of CWS’ capacity building program for local partners, and are followed by our partners in their work. MAMAMIA : was established in 2003 as a non-governmental organisation. It has a several staff members with previous experience in both community development work and emergency relief operations. Before establishing MAMAMIA these staff members were working for another NGO that had worked with CWS in emergency relief in the highlands of Central Aceh, where conflicts between the Indonesian Army and the Free Aceh Movement set three major ethnic groups in the area into a circle of conflict. Working closely with CWS Indonesia staff, MAMAMIA conducted initial assessments following the tsunami and started distribution of essential food and non-food items. Asia Regional – Asia Earthquake & Tsunami 4 ASRE51 Appeal (Revision 1) MAMAMAI is also a partner of CWS Indonesia in a community development project in Montasik sub-district, Aceh Besar District. The organisation has been working with 100 farmers in several villages in Montasik sub- district from 2003 until present. Harapan Bangsa: A private university, Harapan Bangsa boasted the only Faculty of Psychology in the Province of Aceh before the earthquake and tsunami struck. The university was partially destroyed by the tsunami which swept away most of the equipment but left the building standing. Many of the students were also killed in the tsunami. CWS has recruited, among others, the Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and several senior lecturers, as well as lecturers, alumni and students. Norwegian Church Aid (NCA): According to the MOU signed between CWS Indonesia and NCA, NCA is providing temporary assistance to CWS Indonesia in the field of water and sanitation. CWS works mainly through local partner organisations, providing financial as well as programmatic and institutional assistance, bearing in mind that ultimately the local organisations will need to have the capacity to ensure sustainable programming.