Programme Update No.1
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EASTERN AFRICA 20 July 2004 REGIONAL PROGRAMMES The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org In Brief Appeal No. 01.10/2004; Programme Update no. 1; Period covered: January to May 2004; Appeal coverage: 50.0%; Outstanding needs: CHF 1,706,823 (USD 1,335,000 or EUR 1,107,600). Click here to go directly to the attached Contributions List, also available on the website. Appeal target: CHF 3,412,740 (USD 2,563,078 or EUR 2,196,807) Related Emergency or Annual Appeals: · Eritrea: Drought, Emergency Appeal 04/2004 1 · Madagascar: Cyclone Gafilo, Emergency Appeal 08/2004 2 Programme summary: The regional delegation continued implementing the Strategy for Change notwithstanding the postponement of the decentralization process at Geneva level. Besides maintain ing focus on health activities in line with ARCHI 2010 3, scaling up HIV/AIDS activities, food security, and strengthening the capacity of national societies and volunteers’ management systems, emphasis is increasingly shifting to activities directly linked to organizational development and the coordination role of the Federation. A prudent start was made with the establishment of the External Relations Unit. The financial situation of the regional delegation is tight, given the level of coverage (see above). For further information specifically related to this operation please contact: · In Kenya: Reidar Schaanning, Easten Africa Regional Programme Coordinator, Nairobi; Email [email protected]; Phone 254.20.283.50.00; Fax 254.20.271.84.15 · In Geneva: Josse Gillijns, Federation Regional Officer for Eastern Africa, Africa Dept.; Email [email protected]; Phone 41.22.730.42.24; Fax 41.22.733.03.95 This Programme Update reflects activities to be implemented over a one-year period. This forms part of, and is based on, longer-term, multi-year planning (refer below to access the detailed logframe documents). 1 Eritrea Drought Appeal - http://www.ifrc.org/cgi/pdf_appeals.pl?04/0404.pdf 2 Madagascar Cyclone Appeal - http://www.ifrc.org/cgi/pdf_appeals.pl?04/0804a.pdf 3ARCHI – http://www.ifrc.org/what/health/archi/ East Africa Regional Programmes; Appeal no. 01.10/2004; Programme Update no. 1 All International Federation assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct 4 and is committed to the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response 5 in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable. For support to or for further information concerning Federation programmes or operations in this or other countries, or for a full description of the national society profile, please access the Federation’s website at http://www.ifrc.org Operational developments The Disaster Management Coordination Unit of the Eastern Africa Regional Delegation (Nairobi) effectively coordinated several disasters in the region during the period: flash floods in Djibouti city, Cyclone Gafilo in Madagascar and a food security assessment in Tanzania. The unit was also involved in monitoring the refugee influx in Burundi, the drought in Kenya and food security in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Human resource constraints hampered the effectiveness of the delegation over the period. This includes departure of the Programme Coordinator in March; this position will only be filled mid-August. A suitable Health and Care Coordinator has not been found since the departure of the incumbent in December 2003. The position of the Federation Representative in Sudan is still vacant. The capacity of the regional delegation could not effectively respond to the needs of the Sudanese Red Crescent and participating national societies (PNS) active in Sudan, especially in view of the ongoing review process in the national society, the peace process in southern Sudan and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur (western Sudan). The handover of the Tanzania Refugee Operation to the Spanish Red Cross was completed smoothly. Negotiations on the future role of the Federation in Tanzania and the link to the sub-regional office with the Tanzania Red Cross are ongoing. The Burundi Red Cross terminated its cooperation with the task force on Burundi. The departure of the Secretary General and the appointment of an acting Secretary General, and a commitment to organize a General Assembly in 2004 has somewhat eased the relationship between the Burundi Red Cross and the Federation. An influx of refugees into Burundi as a result of hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo further opened opportunities for an assessment and new contacts. The regional delegation was instrumental in supporting the Somalia Delegation and the Somali Red Crescent in holding an ‘all inclusive meeting’ in Djibouti and adopting a new health policy and long term strategy for the national society. 4 Code of Conduct - http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/conduct/code.asp 5 Humanitarian Charter - http://www.sphereproject.org/ 2 East Africa Regional Programmes; Appeal no. 01.10/2004; Programme Update no. 1 Health and care Goal: Support national societies in the region to contribute towards sustainable improvement of overall health of vulnerable communities through provision of quality community based health care programmes. Objective: Support national societies in the region and consequently vulnerable communities to address their public health needs in a sustainable manner using the ARCHI strategy while at the same time building upon the capacities of national societies to rapidly and effectively address public health needs in emergencies (preparedness and re sponse). Expected result 1: Technical support within the ARCHI framework has been provided to national societies to scale up health and care initiatives by 2007. Progress Through the support from the regional health and care support unit (HCSU) during the period, Ethiopia n Red Cross achieved 100% coverage in areas assigned to it during the national measles campaign in Ethiopia. The health and care unit also supported the Somali Red Crescent in developing its five-year strategic health plan for 2005-2009 and in the development of a training curriculum for traditional birth attendants (TBA) aimed at improving services to pregnant women, for instance early detection and referral of pregnancy related complications. The regional Water and Sanitation (WatSan) Programme Officer/Software6 co-facilitated at an introductory PHAST and CHAST7 training workshop organized by the German Red Cross and Caritas International in Somalia for 11 Somali Red Crescent staff attached to an EU-funded health and WatSan programme. The regional delegation also supported Somalia Delegation and the national society to document the maternal and child health clinics into a best practice brief. In Djibouti, the newly recruited Project Coordinator of the integrated health seed project received support in designing a PHAST/ARCHI curriculum that was used to train 20 volunteers who are now undertaking health promotion activities. Technical support was also given in designing monitoring and evaluation tools, baseline survey checklist and the HIV/AIDS peer educators training outline. UNICEF and the Ministry of Health (MoH) will collaborate with the national society in this intervention to access the vulnerable communities in Balbela. The Sudanese Red Crescent has been supported in developing a proposal and training curriculum for social mobilization. The proposal will assist the national society to carry out house to house social mobilization through its volunteers to access children aged 9 months to 14 years in the 2004 mass measles campaign. In Eritrea, the national society is receiving support in implementing its five-year integrated health programme focusing on HIV, malaria, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis (HAMSET). A peer education programme and training manual have been developed, and technical support provided in integrating malaria prevention in home management training for women in the villages. The Kenya Red Cross was supported to develop a project proposal for malaria prevention and control interventions for Bureti branch. The Siaya branch of the national society is being supported to integrate tuberculosis management, malaria prevention and WatSan interventions within a family and home based care project. Other support to Kenya Red Cross has included: developing an HIV/AIDS workplace policy for staff and volunteers (endorsed at its General Assembly in May 2004), initiating a commercial HIV/AIDS programme for the corporate sector in partnership with American Red Cross, documenting and launching a best practice case study of the family and home based care of the Mombasa branch, and preparing and submitting an abstract for the International Conference on HIV/AIDS (ICASA) to be held in Bangkok in July . 6 ‘Software’ refers to the planning stage of a project where needs of a community are identified, defined and capacities build in order to promote self-sustainability, ownership. 7 PHAST – Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation; CHAST – Children Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation 3 East Africa Regional Programmes; Appeal no. 01.10/2004; Programme Update no. 1 Assistance to Malagasy Red Cross resulted in the national society finalizing its HIV/AIDS strategic plan 2004- 2006. The national society will also be supported in its participation in the national mass measles campaign for children aged 9 months to 14