Development Operational Report Quarter 3 & 4 2013 China

PROGRAMME INFORMATION Implementing Secretariat body/host National Geographical coverage: Society: IFRC East Asia Regional Delegation Sichuan Province, China Red Cross Society of China (RCSC)

Number of people to be reached: Estimated direct and indirect: 4 million Project manager: Project Project title: Annual budget (CHF): Code: Baktiar Mambetov PCN022 Livelihood support programme 177,826 Martin Faller PCN165 Response preparedness 1,623,510

Baktiar Mambetov PCN002 Organizational development 139,739

Hong CHEN PCN009 Community health 1,019,231

56,978 Hong CHEN PCN401 Health and care

Barbara Tai PCN024 Psychosocial support 311,193 Kazutaka Isaka PCN021 Construction and disaster 1,085,972 preparedness centre Baktiar Mambetov PCN026 Community Resilience project 1,569,403

Total

Total annual budget 5,983,851

Partner National Societies: American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross/Canadian government, Finnish Red Cross/Finnish government, Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) and Swedish Red Cross/Swedish government. RCSC has active programmes of bilateral cooperation with other members of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, including its special autonomous branches in Hong Kong and Macao, the American, Australian, Canadian, Netherlands, Norwegian and Swiss Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The RCSC coordinates closely with the ministry of health and civil affairs at local and national levels, ensuring that Red Cross activities are focused in areas where they have greater impact and cooperation from the local governments. Local organizations and community groups are important local partners for implementing activities, as well as reaching groups that might otherwise be difficult to access, such as minority communities. The RCSC also participates in collaborative efforts with other stakeholders and Page 1 of 2

organizations working in related fields, such as the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO). The launch of a HIV Global Alliance in China will bring together many Red Cross partners, as well as non-Red Cross Red Crescent partners, under one programme strategy and plan of action, devised by Red Crescent RCSC.

Note: The format of this report has been adjusted to allow for narrative explanations of each activity along side the targets. Since many targets are qualitative, or have simple quantitative targets, this alternative format allows us to both quantify the accomplishments, and at the same time provide qualitative explanations of the outcome of the support provided in these areas. Click on the link provided in the respective executive summaries below for a detailed report on each programme.

Executive Summary

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Livelihood Support (PCN022)

Response Preparedness (PCN165)

Organizational Development (PCN002)

Community Health (PCN009)

Health and Care (PCN401)

Construction and Disaster Preparedness Centre (PCN021)

Community Resilience Project (PCN026)

Financial Status

Budget and expenditure analysis (CHF)

A. Annual approved budget 5,983,851.12

B. Total funding to date 15,853,637.24

C. Funding to date as % of annual budget (B ÷ A) 100%

D. Year To Date Budget 5,983,851.12

E. Total expenditure to date 2,696,215.88

F. Expenditure to date as % of YTD budget (E ÷ D) 45%

G. Expenditure to date as % of annual budget (E ÷ 45% A)

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Development Operational Report: Quarter 3&4 2013 Livelihoods Support China

DOCUMENT INFORMATION Version number 1.0 Individual responsible for this draft: Baktiar Mambetov Date: 10 January 2014

PROGRAMME INFORMATION Implementing Secretariat body / host National Geographical coverage: Society: IFRC East Asia Regional Delegation Sichuan Province, China Red Cross Society of China Number of people to be reached: Small loan project: 2,000 households, approx. 6,789 people Livelihoods support and infrastructure assistance project in Luojiang: approx. 1,500 households, 4,300 people Project manager: Project Project title: Annual budget: Code: Baktiar Mambetov PCN 022 China Livelihoods Support CHF 179,378

Total annual budget CHF 179,378 Partner National Societies: Japanese Red Cross Society Other partner organisations: Postal Savings Bank of China

1. Executive Summary

Overall Project/Program Status:. As a part of the Sichuan earthquake recovery programmes, this programme, comprising of both vocational and business training and access to financial resources through microcredit loans, is designed to help earthquake survivors. Many of the programme beneficiaries relocated from mountainous areas where they lost their land to find new ways of making a living. It is targeting nearly 6,000 beneficiaries from two groups of earthquake-affected people viz. relocated farmers and the disabled.

The training component had been successfully completed with the total number of beneficiaries trained - 6,676, out of which 1,480 are disabled.

Small loan component: By the end of December 2013, 677 households (approx. 2,300 people) have received small loans with 375 loans re-paid. The Mianzhu county and Deyang prefecture Red Cross branches, in cooperation with IFRC, are now reviewing plans for final expenditure of residual funds at the branch level in the small loan component of the project. In accordance with the project agreement, the small loans project will be closed at the end of October 2014 and the branches have presented IFRC with proposals, and planning amongst the stakeholders is now in progress on how the remaining project funding shall be utilized with maximum impact.

Livelihoods support and infrastructure assistance project in Luojiang county: This project component was launched in December 2012 in Luojiang county, Deyang prefecture, Sichuan province. It is using the balance (CNY 2.6 million in total) from the Sichuan Earthquake Livelihoods project to increase community resilience in five villages in Luojiang county, through infrastructure construction and agricultural activities. The expected number of beneficiaries in all five villages is more than 8,000 people.

All the construction projects in the five villages have started and will be completed by February 2014. The agricultural activities, which are in the preparation phase, will be completed by May 2014.

People reached for reporting period Direct recipients Indirect recipients Total Male Female Total people reached Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual N/A 2,829 N/A 2,146 11,089 6,598 N/A 3,887 10,485

Note: The number above includes both Mianzhu and Luojiang project. For Mianzhu it is calculated by the actual loan recipients, and for Luojiang it is the beneficiaries benefiting from constructions and agricultural activities. Indirect recipients refers to villagers in five concerned villages in Luojiang who are not directly involved in the programme.

Volunteers during reporting period (as reported by RCSC County branch) Male Female Total 68 27 95

Note: The volunteers have been mobilized in the project sensitization.

Key Accomplishments:

Output 1.5: RCSC has captured the experience of pilot livelihoods interventions, including small loans and training programmes, and further develops its capacity to have livelihoods recovery activity, scalable and replicable, as part of its service package. 2012 target (This code wasn’t closed as planned at the end of 2012. The objectives remain the same in 2013 and will be reported on as long as it remains active.)  RCSC has successfully piloted skills transfer/livelihoods transformation project  RCSC has successfully piloted financial assets (small loans) programming as part of post-disaster livelihoods recovery  Elements of skill transfer and provision of financial assets are incorporated into the community resilience programme to build resilience to cope with disaster events, climate change and economic challenges  Livelihoods opportunities (income generating activities, skills transfer and small credits) provided to at least 1,000 disaster-affected and vulnerable people  RCSC’s guidelines on skill transfer and small credit are developed and published.

Small loan component operated through the Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC): By the end of December 2013, 677 households (approx. 2,300 people) have received small loans with 375 loans re-paid. A total of 17 loans are partially overdue, and 17 are fully overdue. The non-performing rate is 8.56 per cent. This is within the range planned for bad debt (delinquency rate); the ceiling for the bad debt rate according to the plan is 15 per cent. Given the nature of the project, it is not a surprise that there are non-performing loans as a result of the vulnerable borrowers not being able to re-pay due to different reasons. All bad debts are processed according to the standard policy and standard operating procedures (SOP) called “The Process of Handling the Arrears in Small Loan Projects”.

The seed budget has been used up and the project is now relying on revolving funds. This modus operandi has allowed the project to distribute CNY 11,992,000, which is 1.6 times more than the original seed money. Available funds in the account now stand at CNY 844,309.

Disbursement and repayment status in CNY

Loan disbursed 5,090,000 6,000,000 Loan disbursed 4,020,000 Repayment Loan disbursed 5,000,000 3,776,010 2,882,000 Repayment 4,000,000 2,897,390 3,000,000 234 270 2,000,000 173 Repayment 375 25,000 157 1,000,000 loans 2 0 2011 2012 2013

The above chart illustrates the loan disbursement status from March 2011 to December 2013 (March to June 2011 was a pilot project period). There is steady growth in terms of both the number of loans and the total amount. More and more low-income beneficiaries, normally excluded from other formal financial sectors, have received this loan service. The cooperation between PSBC and Red Cross has been further strengthened through this project. The National Society’s ownership and accountability of the project is enhanced through direct operation of the project with some distant support from the IFRC. In the meantime, the capacity of project staff is also significantly increased.

Livelihoods support and infrastructure assistance project in Luojiang County: This project component was launched in December 2012 in Luojiang county, Deyang prefecture, Sichuan province. It is using the balance (CNY 2.6 million in total) from the Sichuan Earthquake Livelihoods project to increase community resilience in five villages in Luojiang county, through infrastructure construction and agricultural activities. This project component has been modified from the community-based microloan component as the local authorities did not support the microloan model to be rolled-out at the community level after signing the agreement.

The activities include road construction, bridge construction, irrigation system reinforcement and construction, pond renovation, nursing home establishment, new-variety cash-crops plantation and technical innovation (such as introduction of new kinds of citrus, lotus root, arrowhead, bletilla, walnuts, etc.) A total of CNY 2.45 million has been allocated for the implementation and CNY 150,000 for operational costs at prefecture and county level.

Besides funding from the Red Cross, villagers have also contributed in the form of cash or labour, strengthening the ownership of the project in the communities. Beneficiaries expressed that they do not only care about the quality during the construction, but will also be careful and conscientious when using the roads.

Pond renovation in Huangjing Village Pond renovation in Huangjing Village (after) (before) Photo by Deyang Red Cross

There are 1,572 beneficiaries directly involved in the agricultural activities under this project, among whom 339 are villagers with exceedingly low income and are exempted from making cash contributions themselves. The agricultural activities include citrus technical transformation, forest breeding, arrowhead and lotus root planting, Chinese medical herb planting, and walnut planting. Furthermore, a sense of community life will be built when villagers join the on-the-spot planting training, work together in the field, and sell products in the market which will eventually enable them to earn some income.

In terms of construction, there are 3,720 direct beneficiaries and 5,003 indirect beneficiaries. Among the direct beneficiaries, 979 are low-income villagers and elders exempted from providing cash and labour contributions, and 48 others have been identified to contribute less cash than those with better financial status.

All the constructions in the five villages have commenced and will be completed by February 2014. The agricultural activities are in the preparation phase and will be completed by spring time, targeting May. (For detailed activities and funding status for construction and agricultural activities in the five targeted villages see annex.)

Key issues:

The small loan project in Mianzhu is dependent on the level of motivation and attention of the technical service provider, which is the PSBC. In August 2013, as a result of a temporal transfer of the manager (for three months to the prefecture branch) in charge of the microcredit department, the distribution rate slowed down. SLPMO and Mianzhu Red Cross immediately arranged a meeting at the beginning of September 2013 to address this issue. PSBC Mianzhu branch expressed that full attention would be given to this project and made an effort to catch up on the planned number of loans.

Starting October 2013, available funds for new loans is less than CNY one million, which to some extent has reduced the disbursement rate, i.e. applicants may not receive the loan immediately after approval as the balance has been used up with repayments not made. According to the five-year project design (2011- 2015), by the end of October 2014 the project will stop issuing new loans, and will instead only collect the repayments. Based on the current disbursement rate and average loan amount (approx. CNY 17,418), around 1,000 households (3,395 beneficiaries) can be reached by the completion of the project in November 2015.

Plans for next quarter:

Major upcoming events Event Dates Recommended participation Finalize the usage of residual funds from Mianzhu Jan-Feb IFRC, DyRC, MzRC, JRC Small Loan project. If agreed by donor, a document will be drafted and signed between IFRC and Deyang Red Cross (DyRC).

Field monitoring to Luojiang county Mar JRC representative, IFRC delegate and officer

2. Analysis of Implementation

Project Goal: To strengthen specific Red Cross contribution to development

Outcome 1: RCSC is recognized as a valuable and essential actor in building community safety and resilience, with tools and methodologies guided by the global community safety and resilience framework and integrated across programmes such as disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, road safety, health, livelihoods and others. Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year Year LTPF % (where this Q Target to to 4-yr towar available) 3&4 Date Date Target d 4-yr Date Value Actual % of target targe t Output 1.5: RCSC has captured the experience of pilot livelihoods interventions, including small loans and training programmes, and further develops its capacity to have livelihoods recovery activity, scalable and replicable, as part of its service package. Livelihoods opportunities (income generating 270 activities, skills transfer and 186HH HHs 31- small credits) provided to at 407 (approx. 1,000 (appro 91.8 May, N/A N/A least 1,000 disaster HHs 633 people x. 918 % 2013 affected and vulnerable people) people people )

3: Stakeholder Participation & Feedback Stakeholder participation: In the five targeted villages of Luojiang county, the proposal is drafted according to the participatory approaches (community meetings, focus group discussions, etc.) and reflects the willingness of the local villagers. Activities proposed are on their top agenda, however, without the support from Red Cross these activities will be really difficult to carry out, and that is the reason why they want to contribute both money and labor to the construction.

4. Exit/Sustainability Strategy Summary

Small loan component residual funds (projected CNY 3.5 million) – All funds have been transferred to the Red Cross branches, but according to the project agreement, the IFRC will jointly plan the expenditure of all residual funds from the small loan component of the project with the branches. The residual amount projected is around CNY 3.5 million. Proposals from the branches have been received and the IFRC is working with the branches to make the appropriate plans of action based on stakeholder agreements and maximum impact to beneficiaries.

Mianzhu county Red Cross has proposed to use these funds for an integrated community project in ten villages, following the Bo Ai Jia Yuan model, aiming at strengthening Red Cross organizational development and capacity building, improving community production and economic conditions, increasing disaster risk reduction awareness and hygiene and health conditions at village level, assisting in living facilities improvement, and taking care of the left-behind children and empty-nesters.

Deyang prefecture Red Cross has further proposed to use some funds for a broader geographical area and mainly for the building of Red Cross capacity in disaster response. This includes procurement of disaster preparedness stocks and improving the warehousing and logistics function of the disaster preparedness centre; improving rescue and response capacity of the Red Cross voluntary service team; enhancing first aid capacity in Deyang branch; and building the disaster preparedness and response capacity of the Mianzhu county Red Cross. According to the project agreement signed by RCSC headquarters, Sichuan branch, Deyang branch, Mianzhu branch and the IFRC in December 2010, all signatories will be consulted on any changes to how residual funds will be utilized. Planning for the expenditure of these funds involves all stakeholders and will be formalized in the coming weeks. Livelihood support and infrastructure assistance project in Luojiang County: This project component was launched in December 2012 in Luojiang County, Deyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is using the balance (CNY 2.6 million in total) from the Sichuan Earthquake Livelihoods project to increase community resilience in five villages in Luojiang county, through infrastructure construction and agricultural activities. This project component has been modified from the community-based microloan component as the local authority did not support the microloan model at community level after signing the agreement. 5. Update on Monitoring and Evaluation events There is an ongoing monitoring of the loans after the disbursement. In addition to the regular monitoring by the bank, the SLPMO staff will also track the beneficiaries by telephone calls and home visits to follow up on the beneficiaries’ business progress. One tracer study has been conducted from July to August, 2013.

A total of 40 beneficiaries (24 males and 16 females) who received loans from 18 October to 19 December 2012 have been interviewed with the total loan amount of CNY 695,000.

Of those interviewed, three borrowers or their family members attended the livelihoods training. Five borrowers have repaid their first loan from the project and borrowed again.

Before receiving the loan, eight people stayed at home and did some farm work for their own consumption, and basically had no income. Also, the monthly income of 23 of those interviewed was around CNY 1,000 and a monthly income of nine interviewees was around CNY 2,000. A total of 36 out of 40 have increased their income. The remaining four beneficiaries are engaged in seedling plantation, and due to the long growth cycle, income will only be generated two years after the plantation. According to this tracer study, all 40 beneficiaries met the selection criteria, and usage of the loans are in accordance with their stated business plan. Beneficiaries expressed their gratitude to the Red Cross project and wish to get continuous support, with larger loan amounts over a longer term, to deal with more expensive raw materials, cost of labour, transportation, etc.

6. Report Annexes

Activities and funding status for construction in five targeted villages:

Funds Donation from Village Townshi from Value of Village Construction Activity Cash p project Labor (CNY) (CNY) (CNY) 1,190 meter road construction in village 222,395 6,000 22,107 group 12 Huang Reinforcement of a pond in village group 25,185 N/A 13,180 jing 13 Construction of a simple bridge in village 29,036 N/A 11,480 group 4 Reinforcement of a pond in village group 56,812 N/A 9,940 Huijue San 2 jing 1,000 meter road construction in village 194,906 3,400 29,600 group 2, 7 and 8 1,000 meter ditch construction in village 49,999 N/A 14,560 Er group 14 and 15 long 730 meter road construction in village 125,727 8,400 11,600 group 5,6 and 7 Renovation of the Senior’s activity 70,338 N/A 8,140 center Sub-total 774,398 17,800 120,607

1,100 meter ditch construction in village 48,000 N/A 33,000 group 4 and 7

Reinforcement of a pond in village group Xiao’an 30,000 N/A N/A 3 2,600 meter road construction in village 380,000 89,200 50,400 Panlong group 2, 8 and 11 Construction of irrigation station and 166,800 N/A N/A ancillary electric wiring system in village Wen 1,300group meter1, 8 and road 9 construction in village 233,500 49,600 N/A chang group 4 and 8 800 meter road construction in village 49,700 68,000 N/A group 1 Sub-total 908,000 206,800 83,400

Total 1,682,398 224,600 204,007

Remark:  According to Deyang prefecture standard for the labor contribution, each person can contribute his/her labor for maximum CNY 280 value of labor per year.  The fund shows in above table reflects the total amount regulated in the construction contract. For the projects related to road, bridge, ponds construction, there might be higher cost due to more concealed work than expected, which will be subject to the final settlement.  Poor households and the elderly (over 60-year old) are exempted from most cash donation and labor contribution activities.

By the end of 2013, closed tenders for construction part of five concerned villages have been held in respective village. According to the regulation, at least three companies have been invited for the the tender in each village. The tender has been organized and democratically evaluated by the bidding evaluation team, which was comprised of village committee members-- chief, village director, accountant, and/or women director, etc., village supervisory committee member, villager representative, party representative, village cooperative member, etc. The results of the tenders have been posted in the village bulletin boards for at least three days.

Construction has started soon after the construction contract is signed. Each village has formed the monitoring team for the daily on-site monitoring of the construction. The monitoring team is comprised of village and group leaders, villager representatives, party representatives, and village resource person with basic construction knowledge. They are responsible for the monitoring of project quality, progress and making arrangement for related coordination.

Agricultural activities and others:

Expected Town- Village Proposed activity progress completio ship n time To conduct 200-Mu citrus Basic information from technical transformation households in targeted village End of Huangjin Huijue (involving 100-acre ‘Chunjian’ groups has been acquired and March g and 100-acre ‘Qingjian’) in their intention to be engaged in 2014 village group 11, 12, 13, and 14. the proposed agricultural activity To assist 10 poverty-stricken has been captured. End of households to engage in forest March breeding and generate income. Detailed reimbursement criteria 2014 To conduct 100-Mu arrowhead will be developed based on the End of Sanjing and 150-Mu lotus root planting vulnerability level of the March in village group 1, 7 and 8. households. Land to be used for 2014 To conduct 150-Mu citrus the intended activity will be technological transformation coordinated with relevant parties Early of (involving ugly orange) in village or households. April 2014 group 14. To start 100-Mu Chinese Early of medical herb planting(involving April 2014 Bletilla) in village group 15. Purchasing contract of the house Erlong has been signed.

Next step is to finish the interior To establish Happiness Mutual decoration and to build the toilet End of Assistance Senior’s Home and water tower (renovation of March (activity centre). the house is considered as 2014 construction) and procure necessary equipment—beds, tables, fitness and leisure facilities, installation of gas, etc. Dissemination of the advantages of growing walnuts have been distributed to villagers and village leaders.

Villagers have been motivated to prepare 300-Mu land ready for the walnuts planting. To conduct 100-Mu walnut Mid-March Panlong Xiao’an planting in village group 1, 8 and Next step is to organize on-spot 2014 9 training so that the involved beneficiaries can learn walnuts planting skills, such as digging proper holes, applying fertilizer, backfill, planting seedlings, etc.

Procurement of seedlings will be conducted on 15-20 February. Remark: no agriculture activities in Wenchang village.

Development Operational Report: Q 3&4 2013 RCSC National Water & Sanitation ERT China

DOCUMENT INFORMATION Version number: 1 Individual responsible for this draft: Yili Liao Date: December 2013

PROGRAMME INFORMATION Implementing Secretariat body / host National Geographical coverage: Society: Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) China Number of people to be reached: N/A Project manager: Project Code: Project title: Annual budget (CHF) Kazutaka Isaka PCN165 Response Preparedness 1,623,510

Total annual budget 1,623,510 Partner National Societies: British Red Cross and Japanese Red Cross Other partner organisations: N/A

1. Executive Summary

Overall Project/Program Status: In the second half of 2013, China was continuously hit by different natural disasters including rain storms, typhoons, floods, landslides and earthquakes. Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) with the support of IFRC East Asia regional delegation (EARD) has responded efficiently, including quick assessments, rescue and relief operations through dispatching emergency response teams (ERTs) and distributing relief items to each disaster affected area.

RCSC also actively contributed to international operations. In responding to Typhoon Haiyan, which hit Philippines and caused devastated damage as an unprecedented scale in the country in November, RCSC dispatched ERTs with relief materials to the most severely damaged Tacloban city in Layte Island through bilateral channel. This is the first ERT deployment for RCSC since 1923. The operation has continued and is supposed to scale up in the transitional phase.

IFRC’s China disaster management programme continues to focus on the capacity building of RCSC’s emergency response. During this period, IFRC continually supported RCSC’s ERT capacity building in Hubei, Hunan and Yunnan provinces. RCSC set up 21 national-level Red Cross ERTs with eight categories in October.

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Support to RCSC’s logistics capacity building is one of the highlights in this reporting period. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between IFRC and RCSC in July 2013 on the logistics cooperation plan. The MoU focused on the capacity building and the developments of a logistics strategy of RCSC. Following this agreement, IFRC and RCSC co-hosted a four-day logistics workshop for nationwide disaster preparedness center’s staff in mid-October.

British Red Cross and Japanese Red Cross have supported further relief operations through IFRC’s China Long- Term Planning Framework (LTPF). Within the LTPF, 8,000 shelter tool kits were procured and distributed to 8,000 households in need of housing reconstruction during the end of November and early December 2013.

Key Accomplishments:

Business Line 2: “To grow Red Cross Red Crescent services for vulnerable people”

Outcome 1: RCSC has an increased role in disaster response both domestically and internationally.

2013 Targets  RCSC has reviewed and analyzed future opportunities for improving their scope and role in the national disaster response committee recognized by the government  RCSC has reviewed and revised its contingency plans.  RCSC has hosted an IDRL forum to engage the government in discussion.  RCSC has increased its international assistance through IFRC channels.

Outcome 2: RCSC has increased its capacity to respond to disasters and emergencies in a timely and effective way.

2013 Targets  RCSC will have strengthened capacity in overall planning, coordinating and implementing disaster response and recovery operations.  RCSC has trained its specialized emergency response teams (ERT) and national disaster response teams (NDRT), and is establishing deployment mechanisms.  Contingency plans and standard operation procedures have been developed or reviewed.

Disaster monitoring and response in China

Seasonal heavy rains and floods

July A total of 143 people were confirmed dead and another 132 were reported missing due to the rain storms and triggered floods, flash floods and landslides that swept through 13 provinces in various regions of China including Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Guangxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Hubei, and Chongqing from 29 June to the end of July. Among the 13 provinces, six of them suffered severe damages. Details are as below:

Sichuan From the end of June to 15 July, heavy rains caused a total of 68 deaths, 179 missing and 286,000 evacuated in Sichuan province. Nearly 2.5 million people across Sichuan were affected. Direct economic losses amounted to CNY 12 billion (CHF1.8 billion).

Yunnan In Yunnan province, heavy rains caused the deaths of 31 people, and 2 missing. These numbers were confirmed by 14 July. A total of 5,900 people were displaced and more than 950,000 are affected. It also caused 600 houses to collapse and 370 roads damaged. Direct economic losses was CNY910 million (CHF139 million).

Shaanxi In Shaanxi, downpours have left 26 people dead, 116 people injured, 91,000 people displaced while 260,000 others were affected due to floods and landslides. The rain has caused 3,710 landslides and cut off more than 120 roads, with direct economic losses estimated to total 1.47 billion CNY (CHF 225 million).

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Shanxi In Shanxi, the torrential rain had killed 4 people and affected 840,000 by 14 July, with another 28,000 evacuated.

Gansu During 26-27 July, heavy rains caused huge landslides in a mountainous township of Tianshui city, Gansu province. A total of 22 people were reported dead, three missing and seven injured and tens of thousands of people were temporarily displaced.

Guangxi In south of Guangxi, eight tourists were killed and nine others injured after a flood hit a scenic area of Jinxiu Yao autonomous county, Laibin City.

RCSC’s response In July, the first batch of relief items including 273 tents, 4,008 family kits, 7,517 jackets and 8,500 quilts with a total value of CNY 2,46 million was sent out to affected areas from RCSC headquarters by 4 July. The second batch which included 300 tents, 5,000 quilts, 5,000 jackets and emergency funds were provided to affected areas on 11 July. A third batch was sent to Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Sichuan etc. with a total value of CNY 2.26 million with 14,000 temporary beds, 7,000 jackets, 1,000 home packages, 550 tents by 17 July. It was reported on 17 July that RCSC headquarters’ received support by cash and in-kind donation for floods and related disaster areas in eight provinces reached a total value of CNY 624 million since the start of the rainy season this year.

August During 16-19 August, another round of heavy rains hit Guangdong, Guangxi, Heilongjiang and Liaoning provinces in south and northeast China, leaving 103 dead, 113 missing and 916,000 affected.

RCSC’s response RCSC headquarters and provincial branches have dispatched a work team for impact assessment and have sent out relief supplies from local warehouse to the affected areas.

In Guangdong province, the RCSC headquarters and local branch delivered 2,850 family kits, 1,910 quilts, 1,650 jackets and 160 disinfectant sprays, and medicines, with a total valued of CNY 5.5million.

In Heilongjiang province, a work team from the provincial branch conducted an impact assessment immediately after the flood alert. The RCSC headquarters distributed 100 tents, 3,000 cotton clothes, 3011 quilts, while the provincial branch has distributed a CNY 300,000 value of 1,038 quilts, 44 tents, 692 blankets, 1,000 clothes as and shoes.

In Jilin province, the RCSC headquarters sent 150 tents, 2,500 quilts and 2,500 cotton clothes to the worst affected areas. Chinese Red Cross Foundation dispatched a work team to Jilin for impact assessment together with provincial staff.

In Liaoning province, the local branch distributed a total of CNY 250,000 value of quilts and blankets to affected people in Benxi and Dandong City. Another 50 tents and 1,000 quilts were also delivered from the provincial warehouse. Red Cross volunteers from provincial and prefecture branches are working in the field for tents setting and supplies distribution.

Earthquake in Gansu, Jilin and Southwest China

Gansu A 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted a juncture region of Min and Zhang County of Dingxi prefecture in northwest China's Gansu province on 22 July 2013, leaving 95 dead, 1,001 injured, and 14 missing. A total of 226,700 people have been relocated and a total of 581,600 people were affected by the earthquake.

A total amount of CNY 10.566 million values of cash and relief items were supported or transferred by RCSC Gansu provincial branch to the affected people. RCSC headquarters have sent out 200 tents, 1,000 family kits, 2,000 jackets and 3,000 quilts from its disaster preparedness center of Xi’an City and Ningxia province. RCSC Gansu provincial branch has dispatched a work team for impact assessment together with a distribution of 50 tents, 1,000 clothes and 1,000 quilts. RCSC Qinghai provincial branch has distributed 350 tents, 500 clothes and 500 sleeping pads to Min County. Blue Sky Team (RCSC national search and rescue ERT), a health ERT and a search and rescue ERT of Gansu RC provincial branch worked in the worst damaged villages. Around 60-70 injured people received medical treatment from Red Cross volunteer doctors.

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Southwest China An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted the border of southwest China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces on 31 August. Four days after, a 5.1-magnitude temblor occurred in the same area. Three people were killed as well as 52 injured. The quake also caused more than 600 rooms to collapse and another 9,500 rooms were badly damaged.

RCSC Yunnan provincial branch distributed CNY 330,000 value of relief items to the most affected people in Yuanmou County, Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture. The relief items included 1,000 quilts and 200 tents.

Jilin A series of M5-level earthquakes hit Songyuan Prefecture of north-western Jilin Province on 22 and 23 November. A total of 19,046 people were displaced and 35,420 people were affected.

Jilin provincial branch of Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) dispatched two assessment teams to the affected area on 22 and 23 November respectively. After being issued a state level 4 emergency response on 23 November, the provincial branch quickly procured food and water and distributed them to the people in the affected areas. RCSC headquarters also mobilized relief items including tents, quilts and winter clothes as well.

Typhoon "Fitow" and "Haiyan" No. 23 typhoon "Fitow" killed six people, with four persons missing in Zhejiang province on 7 October. "Fitow" also caused 5,500 rooms to collapse and affected 67.08 million people in two major affected provinces, Zhejiang and Fujian, from where 826,000 people were evacuated. The damage in Yuyao County center in Ningbo City in Zhejiang especially was massive. The whole county was totally immersed by the flood and the situation continued for six days until the huge flood subsided. The direct economic loss in total reached CNY 9.198 billion.

RCSC headquarters initiated a level 4 emergency response (level 1-4 ranks from most to least) to cope with the typhoon disaster. A total of 1,500 quilts, 1,000 family kits and 100 tents were allocated by RCSC headquarters to the affected areas. Meanwhile, Zhejiang branch of RCSC also distributed relief materials (equivalent with CNY 490,000) to affected people. These relief materials included quilts, family kits, towels, clothes, rice and oil.

The No. 30 typhoon “Haiyan” in 2013 reached Guangxi Province at 9:00 am on 11 November, local time via Vietnam. Before making landfall in Vietnam, it passed off the shore of Hainan Province in southern China Islands on 10 November. “Haiyan” has caused seven deaths, with 4 people missing and 181,000 displaced with CNY 3.97 billion direct economic losses in Hainan province, CNY 0.34 billion in Guangxi and CNY 39 million in Guangdong.

RCSC HQ allocated CNY 487,774 value of relief items (5,438 jackets and 3,800 quilts) from Guangzhou disaster preparedness centre to the affected people in Hainan. The headquarters of RCSC also allocated about CNY 520,000 value of relief items to Guangxi. RCSC branch of Hainan province distributed CNY 100,000 mineral water immediately to the most affected people. On 17 December, the Hainan branch additionally distributed more than CNY 500,000 value of jackets, quilts, oil rice and other relief items to Lingshui and Baisha County as a “heartwarming gift to vulnerable people” activity.

International Assistance The RCSC participated from the beginning in the IFRC coordinated response to the massive disaster in Philippines by typhoon “Haiyan” in early November. The deputy director of relief and health department of the RCSC participated in the high-level joint Philippines Movement support mission, to help identify the key issues and broad parameters of long-term programming, as well as contribute ideas to the development of a strategic operational framework for the Movement response.

To support the surge operation in Haiyan-affected areas, on 20 November, RCSC headquarters dispatched two emergency teams with 17 members (a search and rescue team, and a medical team) to the most severely damaged Tacloban city in Layte Island through bilateral channel. This is the first international deployment of RCSC teams since 1923. They also distributed tents, quilts and first aid kits to local communities and displaced people. The RCSC teams are being regularly replaced, with a second team arriving on 5 December and the third team on 21 December. The RCSC is now also constructing temporary schools in the Tacloban area.

Capacity Building for three Provincial Watsan Emergency Response Teams For training, an advanced training and simulation organized by RCSC headquarters was done in Hunan province in August.

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In terms of procurement, the water treatment facilities procured by IFRC were delivered to three target provincial Red Cross (Hubei, Hunan and Yunnan). A post-delivery inspection was done in Yunnan at the beginning of July and those facilities were approved. The procurement of ERT’s base camp utensils by provincial branches were delayed and not implemented by the end of 2013 due to time-consuming governmental procurement procedure. Any unspent budget allocated by IFRC to each Red Cross shall be carried over to 2014. As a result, by the end of 2013, the unspent budget were as follows: Yunnan Red Cross with CNY 129.8 million to spend; Hubei Red Cross with CNY 107.4 million; and Hunan Red Cross with CNY 62.9 million unspent. Each province’s Red Cross drew up a plan and timeline for utilizing the budget and submitted it to IFRC in December.

Water treatment equipment delivery (July) In the first week of July, five sets of water treatment units were delivered to the provinces of Hubei, Hunan and Yunnan province. A post-delivery inspection was organized in Yunnan during ERT advanced training (see following paragraph). It was facilitated by the company engineers and conducted by ERT key members from the three provinces, and observed by RCSC headquarters and IFRC team.

Water and sanitation ERT advanced training (July) Hunan RCSC branch receiving the new water treatment equipment – 2 During 1-4 July, the ERT advanced training July 2013. Photo by RCSC Hunan branch. was held in Kunming, Yunnan province. This training was facilitated by RCSC headquarters and presented by staff and volunteers from RCSC headquarters, provincial branches and IFRC. A total of 30 participants from Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Xinjiang and Beijing Red Cross attended the training. It was a refresher training on water and sanitation knowledge and practical experiences. Deployment lessons in Lushan earthquake were shared by Hunan, Hubei and Yunnan provincial Red Cross. There was focus on logistics management including base camp setting and management, and quick assessment for selecting beneficiary targets.

Water and sanitation ERT training and simulation (August) During 19-27 August, in Changsha City, Hunan, RCSC headquarters held a training and simulation for 50 ERT members from seven provincial ERTs to increase their capacity of water produce, health knowledge, base camp management, familiarization of new equipment, basic first aid knowledge etc. A three-day simulation in the suburban area of Loudi City was organized right after the training. A total of 25 ERT members from Hunan, Hubei and Yunnan attended this training with the transportation support from the water and sanitation project. During the training, experiences of emergency response and equipment maintenance were shared by Hunan, Hubei and Yunnan ERTs.

Hunan provincial water ERT simulation (September) Hunan RC ERT volunteers setting up the water equipment during During 12-18 September with the IFRC support the simulation in Loudi City - 17 September 2013. Photo by Hunan branch watsan project fund, Hunan Red Cross branch held a provincial water ERT simulation for 55 ERT volunteers in Loudi City, Hunan province. After an in-door training of equipment introduction and living skills, a three-day simulation was facilitated in the suburbs. ERT volunteers mastered the technique of clean water producing. They also studied the skills for living in the wild including setting up base camp.

RCSC inaugurated 21 national ERTs (October) On 11 October, RCSC selected 21 national ERTs with eight categories (search and rescue, relief, medical, water, mass sanitation, psychological support, water rescue and telecommunication) from provincial ERTs. IFRC provided support in these water and sanitation projects: Hubei water ERT, Hunan water ERT and Yunnan mass sanitation ERT. Page 5 of 8

Logistics workshop for staff of RCSC disaster preparedness centres IFRC and RCSC co-arranged a logistics workshop during 14-17 October in coordination with the RCSC headquarters and its disaster preparedness centre in Beijing. The RCSC headquarters in Beijing invited a total of 42 participants from the nationwide disaster preparedness centres including six regional and six provincial centres. The participants were directors of disaster preparedness centres, DM managers, warehouse managers, finance officers and warehouse officers. Representatives from the IFRC zone logistics unit and DM unit, the IFRC EARD and British Red Cross facilitated the workshop. The four-day workshop covered a broad spectrum of logistics topics and comprehensive DM knowledge. Participants from local Red Cross fully understood the importance of introducing efficient and systematic management in their daily service. After this session, RCSC headquarters also expressed continuous efforts for establishing a sustainable logistics framework through RCSC DM network.

Support Lushan earthquake-affected population through China LTPF Six months after the Lushan earthquake on 20 April and the autumn harvest, many affected households that lost their original housings have started their reconstruction. At the same time, displaced people had to reinforce current temporary shelters which were initially adjusted for summer living. To support these needs, IFRC has procured and distributed 8,000 shelter tool kits to Lushan earthquake-affected area in five counties of Ya’an and one county of Chengdu in Sichuan at the end of November. A total of 8,000 households with approximately 300,000 individuals benefited from this support. An on-site monitoring was carried by three IFRC staff on 27 November in Shangli Township, Yucheng district of Ya’an prefecture. The beneficiaries showed their gratitude for Red Cross workers. Monitors also found that the locals started to use the kit items in their reconstruction work.

International Disaster Law (DL) Forum On 16 October 2013, IFRC and UNDP co-organized a disaster law forum to promote disaster law in China. The forum is mainly on the experience sharing of National Disaster Preparedness Training Base and Disaster Management Legal Research Project. The disaster law expert from the IFRC KL zone office gave an introduction to the IFRC’s areas of focus for disaster law and possible projects in China. Experts from Beijing Normal University, Tsinghua University, and Exchange Foundation of China Law also shared their ideas in the legal system for disaster response in China.

Plans for next half year: Major upcoming events Event Dates Recommended participation 1. RCSC International Capacity Building February 17 - 21 RCSC HQ, RCSC DP Centre, RCSC 21 Workshop national ERTs, ICRC, IFRC etc. 2. RCSC national ERT logistics training March RCSC HQ, RCSC DP Centre, 21 national ERTs 3. Watsan project simulation May RCSC HQ, IFRC, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Sichuan water ERTs

2. Analysis of Implementation

Project Goal: Business Line 2: “To grow Red Cross Red Crescent services for vulnerable people”

Outcome 1: RCSC has an increased role in disaster response both domestically and internationally.

Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where available) this Target Date Date 4-yr toward Q3&4 Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value target target Output 1.1: RCSC has well-defined roles in national response and recovery mechanisms, as well as recognition among governmental responders.

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role in the national disaster response committee recognized by the government. RCSC reviewed and revised Dec 31 its contingency plans. 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 2012

Output 1.2: RCSC, with full support of IFRC, has effectively advocated to their government for the enactment of legislation on IDRL.

RCSC has hosted an IDRL Dec 31 forum to engage the 0 1 1 1 100% 1 100% 2012 government in discussion. Output 1.3: RCSC has increased its ability to provide humanitarian assistance internationally, contributing to international operations with better quality, higher scale, and better coordination and effectiveness.

RCSC has increased its Dec 31 international assistance 0 1 1 1 100% 1 100% 2012 through IFRC channels. Outcome 2: RCSC has increased its capacity to respond to disasters and emergencies in a timely and effective way.

Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where available) in Target Date Date 4-yr toward Q3&4 Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value target target Output 2.1: RCSC has adequate access to material and skilled human resources, and have standardized procedures, mechanisms, tools and guidelines in place for implementation of disaster response and recovery actions.

RCSC will have strengthened capacity in overall planning, coordinating and Dec 31 implementing disaster 0 0 1 1 100% 1 100% 2012 response and recovery operations.

RCSC has trained its specialized emergency response teams (ERT) and Dec 31 national disaster response 0 2 3 2 67% 6 33% 2012 teams (NDRT), and is establishing deployment mechanisms. Contingency plans and standard operation Dec 31 procedures have been 0 2 2 2 100% 2 0% 2012 developed or reviewed.

3. Partnership Agreements & Other Key Actors RCSC headquarters-Sichuan provincial government In July, state council (Chinese government) issued an overall recovery and reconstruct plan for Lushan earthquake-affected area. Sichuan provincial government also publicized detail regulations on reconstruct

Page 7 of 8 projects. In response to this situation, RCSC signed an agreement with Sichuan provincial government for recovery and reconstruction in Lushan earthquake-affected area. In the agreement, RCSC pledged to mobilize a value of approximately CNY 380 million (CHF 56 million) donations for emergency relief. Another no-less-than CNY 600 million donations would be utilized for supporting the post-disaster reconstruction, which mainly focuses on rural community and public service system’s recovery in three years. Non-governmental organizations The Lushan earthquake “420 platform”, which was jointly initiated by RCSC, academic groups and major charity foundations for support activities by NGOs, selected four projects as applicable support targets in early September. IFRC In July 2013, a MoU was signed between IFRC and RCSC on a logistics cooperation initiative to support the development and capacity assessment of National Society logistics. One of the focus of RCSC is to standardize the RCSC business systems and policies across the country. Improvement on HR competence and capacities, information management tools, informational sharing, is part of a country-wide coherent disaster management and preparedness strategy.

The plan of action (PoA) of Lushan earthquake DREF signed between RCSC and IFRC was completed by 31 October 2013. During the second half-year in 2013, IFRC continued to procure and distribute relief items (second batch of hygiene kits and family/kitchen kits) to the most affected population. As an ending activity of the PoA, IFRC supported RCSC in holding a lessons learnt meeting to analyze the constraints during the operation.

4. Key Lessons In the water and sanitation project, ERT’s base camp utensils procurement progressed slowly in Hubei and Yunnan provinces. The procurement for living equipment has been delayed. The reason for the delay was mainly due to the extra workload of Lushan earthquake response and changes of personnel who were in charge of the procurement. In addition, Red Cross in China is required procure equipment or facility through the government procurement process unless the estimated price is less than applicable. As such early planning and budget implementation based on proper schedule management by local Red Cross are critical and expected in future.

5. Human Resources 1. The original DM officer in IFRC EARD left the office and a new staff took over the task at the end of September. 2. The “pre-disaster meeting” initially planned to be held in late 2013 was postponed due to both IFRC and RCSC supporting the Philippines operation of Typhoon Haiyan in November. 3. RCSC headquarters’ disaster preparedness centre has been in charge of the training and standardization of equipment for 21 national-level ERTs since late 2013. RCSC relief and health unit however, still manages the deployment of 21 national-level ERTs and capacity building of Red Cross ERTs nationwide.

6. Update on Monitoring and Evaluation events An on-site monitoring of shelter tool kits distribution was done by three IFRC staff and accompanied local Red Cross members in Shangli township in Yucheng District in Ya’an city on 27 November. With the coordination from Ya’an Red Cross branch, the monitoring team visited the beneficiaries’ reconstruction houses and collected their feedbacks of the shelter tool kits. From the interviews, all the beneficiaries were satisfied with the shelter tool kits but some of the items were designed for southeast Asian countries (such as a bamboo saw) that should be reassessed and redesigned to adapt to the local needs (an iron wire saw) in order to benefit the beneficiaries in China.

It is important for IFRC and RCSC headquarters to talk to the beneficiaries directly and to involve needs assessment as much as possible. Such actions increase the understanding of the real situation.

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Development Operational Report: Quarter 3 & 4 2013 Organization development China

DOCUMENT INFORMATION Version number 1.0 Individual responsible for this draft: Liu Hao Date: 19 December 2013

PROGRAMME INFORMATION Implementing Secretariat body / host National Geographical coverage: Society: IFRC East Asia Regional Delegation China Number of people to be reached: 400 Project manager: Project Code: Project title: Annual budget (CHF) Baktiar Mambetov PCN002 Organizational Development 139,739 Total annual budget 139,739 Partner National Societies: Hong Kong Red Cross Other partner organisations: China NGO Platform Beijing Normal University UNDP China Law Society

1. Executive Summary

Overall Project/Program Status: Chinese Red Cross law modification process has entered its final stage following a wide consultation among stakeholders.

Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) continues to lead the non-governmental organizations’ (NGO) disaster risk reduction (DRR) platform through mobilization and coordination of various resources donated for the Lushan earthquake’s recovery phase.

Policies and guidelines by IFRC are translated into Chinese and introduced at various workshops organized by RCSC, including “Governance Guideline”, “Resource Strategy”, “Good Partnership”, “Road to Resilience”, and “Humanitarian Diplomacy Guideline”.

IFRC tools such as the online learning platform, resource management system, organizational capacity assessment certification (OCAC), and youth as agents of behavioral change (YABC) are increasingly being used by RCSC volunteers and staff. The Beijing branch of RCSC has introduced the YABC toolkits in one of its youth workshops. Page 1 of 5

With support of IFRC and other partners, RCSC is constantly expanding its scope of work and delivering sustainable services, also seeking to play an important role internationally.

On 17-19 June, RCSC hosted a Central Asia Forum in Xinjiang, with more than 70 participants from nine countries in Central Asia. After the forum, RCSC hosted a community-based health and first aid (CBHFA) training from 20 June to 7 July.

It is announced at the forum that RCSC will expand its disaster preparedness system in Urumqi, Kashgar, Yining and Turpan, to cover neighboring countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

People reached for reporting period Direct recipients Indirect recipients Total Male Female Total people reached Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 400

Volunteers during reporting period Male Female Total 1 0 1

Key Accomplishments:

An MoU was signed by RCSC regarding the use of a resource mobilization system (RMS).

RCSC is providing grants to other NGOs for Lushan earthquake recovery projects. The second round of grants has been allocated and the third round is expected to start in February 2014. About 10 local NGOs are receiving funding from RCSC.

An online course for new volunteers is being developed, to be hosted on the IFRC online learning platform. It will be conducted in Chinese language and is expected to be launched in early January 2014.

Major upcoming events Recommended Event Dates participation 1. Face to face fundraising workshop 18-19 January Liu Hao 2. Disaster Law Meeting (China and DPRK) 16-17 January Martin, Tessa 3. International Capacity-Building Workshop for RCSC 17-21 February Baktiar 4. Learning Platform 24 February liuhao 5. Central Asia Forum and Sino-African Forum June Martin 6. AP Conference October Martin

2. Situation/Context Analysis – (Positive & Negative Factors) 1. RCSC is still struggling with the negative influence of the image crisis a few years ago. 2. The competition from other NGOs is increasing.

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3. Analysis of Implementation

Business Line 1: “To raise humanitarian standards”

Outcome 1: Governance and legal base of RCSC is further strengthened

Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where available) in Target Date Date 4-yr toward Q3&4 Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value target target Output 1.1: RCSC has contributed to the global IFRC databank and the Organizational Capacity Assessment Certification (OCAC) process to profile their services, strengths and gaps. RCSC implements OCAC at 8 provincial branches for 01-Dec 8 8 16 16 100% 20 80% pilot. The scores of 94 OCAC attributes are collected 01-Dec N/A 0 94 94 100% N/A N/A

Peer support and mentoring 01-Dec 0 1 1 1 100% 4 25%

Roll out to more branches at lower level 01-Dec 0 1 1 1 100% 4 25%

Additional explanation: RCSC representatives have visited the IFRC’s Asia Pacific Zone office in KL in August, further discussing how to implement OCAC and follow up on the issues identified.

Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where available) in Qtr Target Date Date 4-yr toward 3&4 Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value target target Output 1.2: Opportunities for knowledge and experience sharing amongst national societies and other institutions have been identified and capitalized upon for RCSC. RCSC has registered at least 50 staff and volunteers using 01-Dec N/A 434 50 434 >100% 300 100% the online learning platform. RCSC submits the revised proposal to People’s 01-Dec 0 1 1 1 100% 1 100% Congress on the Red Cross Law of China. Additional explanation: The latest version of Chinese Red Cross Law draft has been translated into English and shared with IFRC.

2.3 Business Line 3: “To strengthen the specific Red Cross Red Crescent contribution to development”

Outcome 2: RCSC has been strengthened through robust organizational structures and systems and a wide representation of their stakeholders.

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Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where available) in Q Target Date Date 4-yr toward 3&4 Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value target target Output 2.1: RCSC has increased their capacity to deliver relevant, sustainable services to the communities they serve based on regular analysis of their context and lessons learned, and through enhanced organizational preparedness and increased access to resources. RCSC recruits staff and volunteers in an open and 01-Dec 0 1 1 1 100% 4 25% transparent manner. RCSC regularly updates its HR database for both staff 01-Dec 0 1 1 1 100% 4 25% and volunteers.

Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where available) in Target Date Date 4-yr toward Q3&4 Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value target target Output 2.2: RCSC branches have increased capacity with a strong membership and volunteer base, able to mobilize the required resources and consistently increase their institutionalized knowledge base and acquire expertise, skills and support to scale up in quantity and quality. RCSC establishes Academic Network partnership with National School of 01-Dec 0 1 1 1 100% 2 50% Administration and provides courses for its staff and volunteers. RCSC encourages its staff and volunteers to participate in Movement’s trainings, N/A N/A 1 4 4 100% N/A N/A online learning platform, webinars, etc. RCSC recruits and trains 100 volunteers for its international N/A N/A 100 100 100 100% N/A N/A programmes. RCSC provides grants for volunteer and youth-led 01-Dec 0 1 1 1 100% 4 25% initiatives and share best practices. Output 2.3: RCSC increases engagement with and empowers youth in their Red Cross Red Crescent work.

RCSC updates its database on how many volunteers are N/A N/A 1 1 1 100% N/A N/A covered by insurance and for how long. RCSC programme officers are encouraged to use the N/A N/A 1 1 1 100% N/A N/A IFRC’s global insurance package for volunteers.

4: Stakeholder Participation & Feedback All the volunteer managers of RCSC branches are on the online platform to share information and experiences. The platform is based on QQ, an online communication tool. (Group ID number: 162047509)

5. Exit/Sustainability Strategy Summary The OCAC process is now fully driven by RCSC. Page 4 of 5

6. Update on Monitoring and Evaluation events RCSC participated in the urban volunteering study and the global volunteering review.

7. Key Lessons It is helpful to have brief studies on a regular basis, in order to form a routine and keep mutual reflections ongoing with host NS counterparts.

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Development Operational Report: Quarter 3&4 2013 Community-based health and first aid China

DOCUMENT INFORMATION Version number 1 Individual responsible for this draft: [Hong CHEN] Date: 26 December 2013

PROGRAMME INFORMATION Implementing Secretariat body / host National Geographical coverage: Society: IFRC East Asia Regional Delegation Shanxi and Henan provinces, China Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) Number of people to be reached:

Project manager: Project Code: Project title: Annual budget (CHF) Hong CHEN PCN009 CBHFA/Tuberculosis/Road Safety 1,019,231

Total annual budget 1,019,231 Partner National Societies: NONE Other partner organisations: Eli Lilly, GRSP

1. Executive Summary

Overall Project/Program Status: In this reporting period, the East Asia Regional Delegation (EARD) health unit continued to provide support focusing on the implementation of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) preparation in the selected Henan branch. The agreement package with the approval of budget and working plan has been completed. This pilot project is expected to start at the beginning of March 2014.

Red Cross Society of China’s (RCSC) tuberculosis (TB) project is running smoothly with more patients having access to the referral services.

With the support of American Red Cross and IFRC’s disaster preparedness centre, RCSC managed to adapted the mobile application model successfully.

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People reached for reporting period Direct recipients Indirect recipients Total Male Female Total people reached Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual 80 160 N/A 2,000

Note: the 80 people in the direct recipients are the TB patients being supported by our TB project. The 2,000 indirect recipients are reached by the awareness raising activities on World Aids Day.

Volunteers during reporting period Male Female Total 35

Note: These 35 volunteers were involved in household visits.

Key Accomplishments:

Business Line 3: To strengthen specific Red Cross contribution to development

2013 Target  RCSC has revised its community-based health manual, by incorporating community-based health and first aid (CBHFA) resources and other existing materials.  RCSC has developed, adapted and applied the CBHFA PMER toolkit.  RCSC has started a 2nd phase of CBHFA implementation focusing on NCD (non-communicable disease) and social care in the selected branches.

In order to support the capacity building of RCSC ERT, the training sessions on introduction of psychosocial/emergency health/health education have been conducted to 25 members of RCSC water and sanitation emergency response team (ERT) on 1-4 July. It is the first time integrating the topics in a training package to ERT members. Meanwhile, psychosocial support (PSS) has been integrated with other activities, e.g. PSS and psychological first aid (PFA) were presented in the ICRC H.E.L.P course in Beijing in October. Around 30 participants from RCSC branches, centre of disease control and prevention (CDC) and Ministry of Health participated in this training.

RCSC’s NCD pilot project has been approved by the management after a long process of discussion. With support from IFRC EARD’s health unit, the project will explore a new healthy lifestyle module (NCD module) built on the existing CBHFA tools and incorporate behavior change methods to efficiently disseminate and implement the NCD-related work in China. The preparation of RCSC’s NCD programme including the implementation guideline, plan and budget have been fully discussed with RCSC headquarters and the agreement signed in December between IFRC EARD and RCSC headquarters. The project, which will be launched with the volunteers’ training will be held by next March.

On 30 October, the introduction of IFRC toolkit - ‘Caring for Volunteer’ was conducted in RCSC Red Cross Volunteer Service Seminar in Beijing. A total of 50 volunteer managers from RCSC branches and HKRC participated in this training.

The Mianzhu water supply project in Sichuan supported by IFRC has been completed. The hygiene promotion project in Mianzhu has also completed since December 2012 as planned. Narrative and financial reports have been finalized and submitted by RCSC on November 2013. Hence, the final installment had been transferred to RCSC on 11 November 2013.

2013 target  RCSC conducts a national workshop on road safety jointly with relevant organizations at the national level and clarifies RCSC’s role in road safety in China.  RCSC senior management and programme implementation teams are sensitized on road safety and have discussed ways to integrate road safety into different aspects of RCSC’s community safety and resilience work.

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 RCSC’s senior management and programme implementation teams actively promote to their staff and volunteers to adopt Red Cross Road Safety ten commitments in their daily actions.  RCSC has successfully piloted community-based road safety initiatives in the selected second-tier cities.

RCSC headquarters is on a Road Safety Advocacy Project partnering with GRSP China. The project aims to introduce “Good Samaritan Law” into China and explore possible approaches of its legislation in the future. It is implemented by the RCSC with technical support from China’s non-profit Network for Disaster Risk Management (CNNDRM) affiliated to Beijing Normal University. The result of this project is expected to have a legislation proposal drafted for discussions among law experts and submitted (through Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council) to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for final deliberation and adoption.

The kick-off ceremony of a joint project named “Angel on the road project” on 2 December is jointly sponsored by China Red Cross Foundation, China Association of Road Safety and GRSP China. The project aims at promoting road safety education in more than 1,000 schools in 100 cities in the next five years and is also expected to serve as a platform for business partners to contribute to the improvement of road safety situation of more than 1 million school children.

2013 Target

 RCSC has integrated TB prevention into their community-based health interventions.  RCSC has scaled up TB prevention/social care and new case finding activities in the selected branches.  Targeted IEC materials have been promoted and delivered to the beneficiaries by RCSC.  The cross-border cooperation between RCSC and MRCS has been strengthened through facilitation by EARD.

RCSC’s TB project continues running with food parcel and transportation subsidies provided to patients enrolled. The two prefecture branches keep regular monitoring trips as planned to ensure the quality of project. The medication forms set up for patients are kept updated to ensure the patients are able to get necessary services from the volunteers. Up to date, 30 out of 80 patients have received the referral services, and 18 patients have accessed the drug susceptibility testing (DST).

The volunteer training of RCSC TB project was conducted in Changzhi on 19-20 November. After two planned household visits, 32 volunteers shared their experiences on how to provide better services to the beneficiaries. In addition, Changzhi CDC was invited to give the updated knowledge on prevention of drug-resistant TB and national policy towards the patients as well. Positive feedback was displayed from this training.

Besides the support to RCSC’s TB project given by EARD health unit, the regional health manager conducted a second technical trip to the health programme in Tibet, being implemented by Tibetan RC on 25-29 August. The trip intended to improve the capacity of the project team to obtain knowledge on TB prevention and carried out health education targeting the enrolled patients of the project.

2013 target  RCSC has been linked to technical assistance from existing resources in the IFRC and experienced national societies in improving its capacity to deliver on blood donor recruitment and first aid.  RCSC has piloted standardized first aid training content and delivery in selected branches.  RCSC has printed out 1 million standardized first aid manuals and delivered to the branches.

RCSC took the opportunity of World First Aid Day to raise the public awareness on the theme of ‘First aid and road safety’. A series of events were organized targeting this topic. The regional health manager attended RCSC’s first aid event and delivered a speech on behalf of IFRC on 13-14 September in Guizhou branch.

With the support of American Red Cross and IFRC Disaster preparedness centre, RCSC managed to adapt the APP model successfully. The regional programme coordinator and health manager attended RCSC’s launch ceremony on the first aid cell phone APP on 3 November. The APP has been downloaded more than 50,000 times by end of 2013.

RCSC organized its annual first aid seminar with updated information on first aid standardization process on 12- 13 November. The regional programme coordinator and health manager attended the meeting.

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Plans for next quarter: Major upcoming events Recommended Event Dates participation 1. RCSC pilot NCD launch and volunteers’ training in Henan 4-5 March 2014 RCSC/IFRC APZ & EA branch 2. World TB Day activity 24 March 2014 RCSC/IFRC EA

2. Analysis of Implementation

Business line 3: To strengthen specific Red Cross contribution to development.

Outcome 1: RCSC is recognized as a valuable and essential actor in building community safety and resilience, with tools and methodologies guided by the global community safety and resilience framework and integrated across programmes such as disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, road safety, health, livelihoods and others. Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where this Target Date Date 4-yr toward available) Q3&4 Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value target target Output 1.1: Red Cross staff and volunteers working with communities in China are aware of and are trained in the use of IFRC’s community-based tools and methodologies and have adapted and applied them to their local context. RCSC has revised its community-based health 2 manual, by incorporating N/A N/A 0 Manual 1 50% community-based health and N/A N/A s first aid (CBHFA) resources and other existing materials. RCSC has piloted 10 standardized first aid training N/A N/A 0 Textbo 0 0% content and delivery in N/A N/A oks selected branches. RCSC has started a second phase of CBHFA 2 implementation focusing on N/A N/A 2 commu 2 100% NCD (non-communicable N/A N/A nities disease) and social care in the selected branches. Output 1.6: RCSC has further focused and improved their TB and HIV prevention, care and support, and anti- stigma work and are able to effectively target the most at-risk groups.

RCSC has integrated TB prevention into their 2 N/A N/A 2 commu 2 100% community-based health N/A N/A interventions. nities

RCSC has scaled up TB 80 prevention/social care and N/A N/A 60 patient 160 100% new case finding activities in N/A N/A s the selected branches. Targeted IEC materials have 20,000 been promoted and delivered N/A N/A 20,000 benefic 20,000 100% N/A N/A to the beneficiaries by RCSC iaries

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The cross-border cooperation between RCSC and MRCS N/A N/A 1 1 1 100% has been strengthened N/A N/A through facilitation by EARD. Additional explanation: RCSC’s pilot NCD has been selected in one branch with a fast assessment conducted. The concept paper has been drafted by IFRC and needs to be approved by RCSC’s management.

The first aid text books are still under internal discussion within the RCSC’s first aid division.

Outcome 2: RCSC has been strengthened through robust organizational structures and systems and a wide representation of their stakeholders. Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where available) this Target Date Date 4-yr toward quarte Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value r 3& 4 target target Output 2.4: RCSC is supported by IFRC and partners in delivering health related services that are complementary to the government’s core health services, such as blood donor recruitment, commercial first aid, financial assistance for major medical cases, and organ donation registration. RCSC has been linked to technical assistance from existing resources in the 1 IFRC and experienced N/A N/A 0 Worksh 1 100% national societies in N/A N/A op improving its capacity to deliver on blood donor recruitment and first aid. RCSC has developed and 1 adapted and applied the N/A N/A 0 0 0% Toolkit N/A N/A CBHFA PMER toolkit RCSC has printed out 1 million standardized first aid N/A N/A 0 1 mln 0 0% manuals and delivered to the N/A N/A branches. Additional explanation: the CBHFA toolkit was delayed due to late receipt of materials from Geneva. The printing of one million first aid manuals is still under internal discussion within the RCSC first aid division.

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Development Operational Report: Quarter 3&4 2013 Emergency Health China

DOCUMENT INFORMATION Version number: 1 Individual responsible for this draft: Hong Chen Date: 31 December 2013

PROGRAMME INFORMATION Implementing Secretariat body / host National Geographical coverage: Society: Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) China Number of people to be reached:

Project manager: Project Code: Project title: Annual budget (CHF) Hong CHEN PCN401 China Emergency Health 56,978

Total annual budget 56,978 Partner National Societies: NONE Other partner organisations: NONE

1. Executive Summary Overall Project/Programme Status: The printing of Epidemic Control for Volunteers (ECV) manual has been completed. This manual intends to serve as a resource toolkit for encouraging the volunteers to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in their communities.

Key Accomplishments: Business Line 2: To grow Red Cross services for vulnerable people Outcome 2: RCSC has increased its capacity to respond to disasters and emergencies in a timely and effective way

2013 target

 RCSC has developed and adapted the volunteer toolkit for epidemic control, based on the IFRC toolkit and resources in use by RCSC.  RCSC has provided training to the selected team leaders of volunteers on Epidemic Control for Volunteers (ECV) tool kit under the support of IFRC.

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The health unit in the East Asia regional delegation (EARD) continues to support the integrated programming with health related activities.

In order to support the capacity building of Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) emergency response team (ERT), the training sessions on the introduction of psychosocial support, emergency health and health education have been conducted to 25 members of RCSC water and sanitation ERT on 1-4 July. The ERT members were from six branches including Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Chongqing, Xinjiang and Beijing. It was the first time an integrated training was conducted to the ERT members.

The IFRC ECV toolkit aims to build the capacity of public health emergency system in the national societies. By providing training to the volunteers, the toolkit will also encourage them to utilize evidence-based actions and approaches to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in their communities, and provide appropriate care for the sick, reducing the number of deaths.

IFRC EARD had been keeping close consultation and discussion with RCSC on the introduction of this toolkit, adapting it to fit the local context. The process included translation and printing. Due to the change of the leadership in the health department at the headquarters, the printing process had been delayed, and the planned training sessions have been re-scheduled to next April-May (2014) accordingly.

Plans for next quarter:

Major upcoming events Recommended Event Dates participation ECV trainings to the selected branches and ERT teams April-May 2014 EA health

2. Analysis of Implementation

Business line 2: To grow Red Cross services for vulnerable people

Outcome 2: RCSC has increased its capacity to respond to disasters and emergencies in a timely and effective way. Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % in Qtr Target Date Date 4-yr toward 3&4 Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value target target Output 2.3: RCSC has delivered effective and scaled-up emergency health services to affected populations as an integral part of their response and recovery activities. RCSC has developed and adapted the volunteer toolkit for epidemic control, based 31-Dec 0 1 1 1 100% N/A N/A on the IFRC toolkit and 2012 resources in use by RCSC.

RCSC has provided trainings to the selected team leaders 31-Dec 0 0 2 0 0% N/A N/A of volunteers on ECV tool kit 2012 under the support of IFRC.

Additional Explanation: Due to the change of the leadership in the health department (headquarters), the printing process had been delayed, and the planned training sessions have been re-scheduled to next April- May (2014) accordingly.

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Development Operational Report: Quarter 3 &4 2013 Schools/Hospitals Reconstruction and Disaster Preparedness Centres China

DOCUMENT INFORMATION Version number 1 Individual responsible for this draft: Kazutaka Isaka Date: 31 December 2013

PROGRAMME INFORMATION Implementing Secretariat body / host National Geographical coverage: Society: Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) Sichuan EQ affected areas in China Number of people to be reached: 492,201 Project manager: Project Code: Project title: Annual budget: Kazutaka ISAKA PCN 021 Schools/Hospitals Reconstruction & Disaster Preparedness Centers 1,085,972 Total annual budget 1,085,972 Partner National Societies: None Other partner organisations: None

1. Executive Summary

Schools/Hospitals Reconstruction IFRC and RCSC signed a project agreement for a total of seven reconstruction projects in 2011 as part of Sichuan earthquake recovery programmes. One of them has been changed to two other projects in 2012. As a result, IFRC has supported a total of eight projects.

Four projects were completed by the end of June 2013. Another two hospitals (Qingshui township hospital in Yingshan county in Nanchong pref. and Mingxing township hospital in Shehong county in Suining prefecture.) finished in the second half of 2013. In total, six projects were completed by the end of 2013. All of them are currently being used by beneficiary organizations and have commenced their service to local communities.

Two hospital reconstruction projects in Qianfeng County in Guang’an prefecture, which took the place of an elderly hospital in the same prefecture in late 2012, started reconstruction in February (Longtan Township Clinic) and in June (Guan’ge Township Central Clinic) 2013 respectively. These projects are still under construction and are also supposed to be completed by August 2014.

Disaster Preparedness Centers (DP centres) IFRC, along with the RCSC headquarters supported the capacity building of Red Cross branches’ logistics sector through the DP centres’ (warehouse) construction budget. The targeted areas are nine heavily damaged Page 1 of 9 prefectures in Sichuan earthquake in May 2008. The provincial breakdown of these targets is as follows: Sichuan (6), Gansu (2) and Shaanxi (1) respectively.

One Red Cross disaster preparedness centre in Guangyuan prefecture in Sichuan was completed in 2012. It started operations since September 2012 as a joint facility of warehouse and disaster response training centre. Another disaster preparedness centre in Deyang prefecture in Sichuan were also completed in April 2013.

Subsequently, four disaster preparedness centres in Chengdu, Aba, Mianyang (Sichuan) and Longnan (Gansu) were also completed in the second half of 2013 (Chengdu disaster preparedness centre has two construction periods. IFRC’s targeted warehouse, one of first stage components, finished in July 2013 through the second stage components including simulation training centre for relief activities are still under construction).

By the end of 2013, disaster preparedness centres in Ya’an (Sichuan) and Gannan (Gansu) were mostly finished with the exception of final exterior works, which should be completed in the first half of 2014.

The disaster preparedness centre in Hanzhong (Shaanxi), the project agreement of which was signed by IFRC and RCSC in October 2012, is still in the process of applying for a project license and land allocation from the local government. The construction has not yet commenced. RCSC headquarters has urged the prefectural Red Cross to obtain this approval as soon as possible.

People reached for reporting period Direct recipients Indirect recipients Total Male Female Total people reached Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual 70 15 77 19 147 34 248,605 11,300 113,34

*Please refer attached “IFRC Sichuan Reconstruction projects beneficiary number list”

Key Accomplishments:

Schools/Hospitals Reconstruction

2013 target

 Eight new schools and hospitals supported by IFRC are constructed and providing services to community members.

Six projects (2 schools and 4 hospitals) supported by IFRC have completed construction and now providing services to community members by end of 2013.

No. Name of the project Project status 1 Zhuyuan Middle School in Wanyuan County in Dazhou Finished in 2012 Pref. 2 Yueyuan 9year-system School in Anyue County in Ziyang Finished in June 2013 Pref. 3 Hebian Township Central Clinic in Daying County in Suining Finished in Apr. 2013 Pref. 4 Mingxing Township Clinic in Shehong County in Suining Finished in Aug. 2013 Pref. 5 Wuhuang Township Central Clinic in Yanjiang District in Finished in Jan. 2013 Ziyang Pef. 6 Qingshui Township Clinic in Yingshan County in Nanchong Finished in Sep. 2013 Pref. 7 Guan’ge Township Central Clinic in Qianfeng District in Ongoing (will finish in Aug. Ziyang Pef. 2014) 8 Longtan Township Clinic in Qianfeng District in Ziyang Pef. Ongoing (will finish in May 2014)

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Through on-site monitoring in early December, all six completed projects were found to be handed over and used by beneficiary organizations. Beneficiaries of these projects have enjoyed the upgraded facilities.

Disaster Preparedness Centres

2013 target

 The construction of all nine warehouses in earthquake affected areas (Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu) completed.

The construction of four warehouses in earthquake-affected areas (3-Sichuan, 1-Gansu) completed in the second half of 2013 in addition to earlier completed two warehouses in the first half of the year. Other two warehouses in earthquake-affected area (1-Sichuan and 1-Gansu) are almost completed.

No. Name of the project Project Status DP center of RCSC Guangyuan Prefectural Branch Finished in June 2012 1 in Sichuan DP center of RCSC Deyang Prefectural Branch in Finished in April 2013 2 Sichuan IFRC’s target Warehouse, one of 1st stage components, finished in July 2013. But the 2nd DP center of RCSC Chengdu Prefectural Branch in 3 stage components including simulation training Sichuan centre for relief activities are still under construction. DP center of RCSC Mianyang Prefectural Branch Finished in November 2013 4 in Sichuan DP center of RCSC Aba Prefectural Branch in Finished in August 2013 5 Sichuan DP center of RCSC Ya’an Prefectural Branch in Ongoing (will finish in March 2014) 6 Sichuan DP center of RCSC Longnan Prefectural Branch in Finished in October 2013 7 Sichuan DP center of RCSC Gannan Prefectural Branch in Ongoing (will finish in April 2014) 8 Sichuan DP center of RCSC Hanzhong Prefectural Branch Ongoing (will finish in 2015) 9 in Sichuan

Key Issues: The commencement of two hospitals’ reconstruction in Guang’an Prefecture was shifted from late 2012 to early 2013 due to the delay of signing the Addendum of Plan of Action for target change among RCSC headquarters and its local branches.

It often takes many months to start an audit by the local auditing bureau in Sichuan because of the numerous reconstructed projects waiting to receive inspection.

The construction of Ya’an disaster preparedness centre was shortly suspended in the first half of 2013 after 20 April, when a magnitude 7.0 scale earthquake occurred there.

The construction of one warehouse in the earthquake-affected area (Shaanxi) has not started yet due to its complex procedures for land expropriation.

Plans for next quarter:

Major upcoming events Recommended Event Dates participation The IFRC program delegate visits and monitors two disaster Early March 2013 RCSC Sichuan branch preparedness centres (Guangyuan and Mianyang) in staff Sichuan

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2. Analysis of Implementation

Schools/Hospitals Reconstruction Business line 2: To grow Red Cross Red Crescent services for vulnerable people

Outcome 2: RCSC has increased its capacity to respond to disasters and emergencies in a timely and effective way Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where available) in Qtr Target Date Date 4-yr toward 3&4 Actual % of Target 4-yr Date Value target target Output 2.2: RCSC has established new capacities for public services such as health, education and disaster response that can be effectively mobilised during disasters Eight new schools and hospitals supported by IFRC June are constructed and 4 2 8 6 75% 8 75% 2013 providing services to community members

Additional Explanation: The two hospitals are still under construction and will be finished in 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2014 respectively.

Disaster Preparedness Centers Project Goal: To grow Red Cross Red Crescent services for vulnerable people

Outcome 2: RCSC has increased its capacity to respond to disasters and emergencies in a timely and effective way. Targets Baseline Actual Annual Year to Year to LTPF % (where in this Target Date Date 4-yr toward available) Qtr 3&4 Actual % of Targe 4-yr Date Value target t target Output 2.2: RCSC has established well-functioning logistics and warehouse capacity for relief supplies prepositioning which can be effectively mobilized during disasters.

The construction of all nine warehouses in earthquake June affected areas (Sichuan, 2 4 9 6 66.7% 9 66.7% 2013 Shaanxi and Gansu) completed.

Additional Explanation: Two DP centers (Ya’an in Sichuan and Gannan in Gansu) are to finish in the first half of 2014. The last project of Hanzhong in Shaanxi may start construction next year and finish in late 2015.

3: Stakeholder Participation & Feedback Stakeholder participation: Schools/Hospitals Reconstruction After completion of the project, Mingxing township hospital in Shehong county in Suining prefecture compiled and issued a promotional video in November 2013. The video showed the drastic improvement of its operational condition.

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4. Exit/Sustainability Strategy Summary

Schools/Hospitals Reconstruction To proceed to the second instalment of each project budget from IFRC to RCSC, IFRC proposed to sign an addendum of project agreements for cash transfer in August 2013. The draft, facilitating the conditions for the second instalment, is expected to realize a quicker cash transfer of the project budget to construction companies who imminently need contract fees for workers. IFRC and RCSC have been taking necessary steps for the change to sign this addendum as soon as possible.

The direct beneficiaries of the projects (teachers and students in schools and the medical service staffs in hospitals) are expected to join the local Red Cross membership and will play a significant role in developing Red Cross Red Crescent movement including emergency response and disaster preparedness in local communities.

Disaster Preparedness Centres After each construction project is completed, the local Red Cross starts to purchase pre-stock equipment and relief items for future disasters through their own budget, governmental support or civil donation etc. Many local Red Cross branches designed and set up office space in DP centres. Upon completion, the local Red Cross would move in and manage the DP centre directly. This can cut operational and human resource costs and at the same time, provide quick first response and resource mobilization in case of emergency.

5. Update on Monitoring and Evaluation events

Schools/Hospitals Reconstruction An IFRC delegate in charge of this programme monitored six of the eight projects with RCSC Sichuan and local branch members during 4-7 December.

Most of the finished facilities were well used and benefited the target population. However, in Zhuyuan middle school in Wanyuan County in Dazhou prefecture, the rooms on the fifth floor (which are assigned as experimental classrooms; other floors on level 1-4 are used as normal classrooms and toilets) has not had the necessary equipment for experimental lessons as yet due to the budget deficit by local government. These rooms are supposed to be utilized in the next semester from February 2014.

Disaster Preparedness Centres A programme delegate, a logistics manager and a DM officer from IFRC-EARD monitored the construction of the Ya’an disaster preparedness centre on 27 November. The centre is now undergoing its final exterior decoration phase as well as cable instalment for electricity supply.

A development delegate and an officer from IFRC-EARD monitored the construction of Gannan disaster preparedness centre with RCSC Gansu branch on 25 November.

6. Key Lessons 1. The project agreement and its attached documents of school/hospital reconstruction are too heavy and contained contradiction in clauses of each document. Lacking consistency among documents caused misunderstanding or confusion among stakeholders on some of the key points of the project implementation. The documents could be better streamlined and simplified in future projects. 2. The donation amount of each school/hospital project did not cover the whole reconstruction cost. That was why the projects started later than initially planned. The situation also gave heavy pressure to managers of each project beneficiary hospital/school in fundraising for covering budget deficits. To facilitate the project implementation, donors could cover the total amount or contribute a higher percentage of the total cost. 3. The management cost of RCSC for each school/hospital reconstruction is set at a maximum of 1.5 percent of IFRC’s donation amount; the cost even includes the audit fee by RCSC. Actually, the current setting is not enough for local Red Cross branches to manage the project properly (as some of them do not have transportation, car rentals are needed for monitoring visits). It should also be noted that most large scale hardware projects such as school/hospital reconstruction need more than one fiscal year for implementation. Then, the local Red Cross branches in charge cannot process its account at the end of the first year when IFRC’s supporting cost has not reached the local Red Cross branch. Considering the reality, at least half the amount of project support (management) cost must be paid in advance to start the project so that the local Red Cross branches can process the financial accounts smoothly in each fiscal year.

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7. Report Annexes

Photos of the projects:

Schools/Hospitals Reconstruction

Exterior appearance of the classroom building in Zhuyu IFRC and RCSC logos on the donation plate of Zhuyu middle school.(Dec.4) middle school

The whole exterior of the Qingshui township hospital. 8th graders of Zhuyu middle school.

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A new-born baby and Ms Zhang Zhixua comes to the hospital for periodical medical check up with her “I love this hospital.” A pharmacist commented with a grandmother Ms LIN Yinghua in the Mingxing smile. (Dec.6) township hospital in Suining Prefecture

Both medical personnel and RC staff are happy. Wuhuang Township Central Hospital in Ziyang Many patients come and go even in the evening. Prefecture (Dec.6) Wuhuang Township Central Hospital in Ziyang Prefecture

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Disaster Preparedness Centers

Warehouse building of the DP Centre of RCSC Ya’an Inside the warehouse building of the DP Centre of Branch. (Nov.27) RCSC Ya’an Branch.

First aid training building of the DP Centre of RCSC Ya’an Draw gear of the elevator.Warehouse building of Branch. the DP Centre of RCSC Ya’an Branch.

Inside the DP centre of RCSC Gannan Branch in The DP centre of RCSC Gannan Branch in Gansu. Gansu. The exterior decoration is Tibetan Style.

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IFRC and Gansu RC members were monitoring RCSC Gannan Branch DP Center. (Nov.25) The entrance of the building. RCSC Gannan Branch DP Center

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Development Operational Report: Quarter 3&4 2013 Community Resilience Programme China

DOCUMENT INFORMATION Version number 1.0 Individual responsible for this draft: Baktiar Date: 26 December 2013

PROGRAMME INFORMATION Implementing Secretariat body / host National Geographical coverage: Society: Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) China Number of people to be reached: Approximately 20,000 Project manager: Project Code: Project title: Annual budget: Baktiar Mambetov PCN026 Community Resilience Programme CHF 1,569,403

Total annual budget CHF 1,569,403 Partner National Societies: N/A Other partner organisations: N/A

1. Executive Summary

Overall Project/Program Status:

The community-based disaster risk reduction project (PCN025) has been merged with this project in 2013.

This project has been launched in three provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai and in Xinjiang Autonomous Region in August 2013. It is named as ‘Integrated Community Resilience and Development Programme, part of Bo Ai Jia Yuan Project’.

People reached for reporting period Direct recipients Indirect recipients Total Male Female Total people reached Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual 10,000 0 10,000 0 20,000 0 10,000 0 0

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Key Accomplishments:

Business Line 3: To strengthen specific Red Cross contribution to development Outcome 1: RCSC is recognized as a valuable and essential actor in building community safety and resilience, with tools and methodologies guided by the global community safety and resilience framework and integrated across programmes such as disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, road safety, health, livelihoods and others. Output 1.1: Red Cross staff and volunteers working with communities in China are aware of and are trained in the use of IFRC’s community-based tools and methodologies and have adapted and applied them to their local context.

2013 target  RCSC has mapped and reviewed its existing community-based tools and methodologies across different sectors and programmes.  RCSC has human resources capacity and skills to facilitate and implement community-based programme with at least 100 staff trained with relevant skills such as vulnerability capacity assessment (VCA) and project management of community-based programmes in five provinces. Output 1.2: RCSC has well established rural and urban community-based programmes.

2013 target  RCSC has one integrated sectoral planning process in community-based programme implementation contributing to resilience community approach.  Approximately 20,000 people in the vulnerable communities of China will benefit from RCSC’s community-based programmes.  At least 1,000 community volunteers are trained with relevant knowledge and skills related to community-based programming.  50 communities in five provinces have increased their resilience and increase capacity to respond to disasters.

Integrated Community Resilience and Development Programme (ICRD)  IFRC and Chinese Red Cross Training Centre’s project staff undertook a rapid assessment of 38 proposed communities in October-November. These assessments were combined with the project sensitization with branches, collaborating with local authorities, bureaus, organizations and financial institutions. Candidates for the RCSC county branches’ supporting officers have also been interviewed. - The assessment team comprises of one regional development manager and one programme officer from IFRC, one staff from RCSC training center, and one social performance consultant from Grameen Foundation (who has joined the trip to Qinghai and Xinjiang, but not to Sichuan and Gansu). - A workshop on Red Cross knowledge, integrated programming concept, budgeting, finance and logistics, PMER, etc. have been delivered in each province (in total seven times). - Quick assessments were mainly conducted in the way of focus group discussions, with the participation of provincial/prefecture/county Red Cross staff, township government persons, village leaders and village representatives. Household visits were also conducted. - Most common training needs from villages/communities are on vocation and skills, first aid training, prevention of non-communicable disease (NCD) and other diseases, disaster risk reduction, psychosocial, and low-cost, low-tech activities. - Construction and loan needs vary in different villages, and about three villages have displayed their need for water supply. At least four other villages have a pressing need for medical services. - Poverty score cards, in cooperation with Grameen foundation, is recommended to be used in concerned villages in Qinghai. - One urban community in Xinjiang would like to pilot youth programming as part of the ICRD project. - All villages and communities do not have existing grassroots of a Red Cross unit, but would like to help with its establishment and the recruitment of Red Cross volunteers and members.

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- Based on each county/province’s HR capacity, it is recommended that in Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan province, one project officer will be recruited at provincial level respectively (total three), and one project officer to be recruited at county level (total six). In Xinjiang Autonomous Region, three are five county/district level branches involved, however, some branches already have good HR capacity, so it is only recommended to hire one project officer in Aheqi county (neighboring to Kyrgyzstan) and two part-time persons to work in two district branches in Urumqi. - The team has also found some good practices in the field, such as the solar broadcasting system which can be reached by mobile (Gansu), Heifer international’s livelihoods project (Sichuan), rural cooperative’s microfinance and livelihoods support scheme (Gansu), HIV project conducted in Xinjiang (Australian RC’s project), volunteer management (Qinghai), etc. These good practices will be shared by branches in the forthcoming workshop in January 2014 in Beijing.  Cooperation agreement with Grameen Foundation has been revised and sent to GVA legal department for review.  Activity and budget recommendation from IFRC will be shared to each concerned village/community (37 in total) through the RCSC training center. Based on this recommendation, the local Red Cross together with the village/community will discuss and make adjustments if needed and then develop a detailed implementation plan (village/community development plan). It is advised that not all the budget for the construction sites come from the ICRD project.  Workshop will be organized at the RCSC headquarters’ training centre, tentatively on 6-9 January 2014. It is anticipated to have about 54 participants come from RCSC concerned branches.  Staff recruitment for the RCSC headquarters’ training center and IFRC: one staff will be recruited and seconded to the training center; one staff will be recruited at IFRC EA office, shared between the ICRD project and health project.  Review and improve the SoP of the ICRD project.  Finalize the procurement of the volunteer toolkit.

Climate Change Adaptation:

On 22 August, the IFRC East Asia regional delegation (EARD) made a preliminary assessment in Bagongqiao Village, Jianshi Township, Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, together with RCSC Hunan Branch:

Bagongqiao Village has 3,200 people in 40 farming groups. It has 1,000 acres of farm land. 80 percent are paddy fields, and 90 per cent of the harvest is lost due to drought in 2013. This pilot project intends to introduce the newer, water-saving agro techniques to the community and support of small-scale mitigation structure to allow for better water collection and preservation.

Key Issues: The counterpart of RCSC for the ICRD project has been assigned to the RCSC headquarters’ training centre, making it difficult to capacity build the technical skills of colleagues in RCSC headquarters.

Separate bank account: - According to the feedback, Qinghai and Gansu from provincial-level to county-level, cannot open bank accounts or sub-accounts for this project due to the government regulation. Sichuan double checked with a related department and found that they were allowed to open a sub-account. Xinjiang has an existing empty account to be used for this project, but it is not likely for the prefecture and county level to open one. - Branches who cannot open the bank account shared that they can do separate account booking, but not sure whether this is in line with IFRC regulations. - IFRC has stressed the importance of having a separate bank account for the project in writing. - Funds can only be transferred to the provinces from RCSC HQ when the bank accounts are specified.

Staff recruitment: - According to a few interviews at county level, candidates basically cannot speak or write in English. Red Cross branches understand that this does not fully meet the requirement in the job description but at county level it’s very difficult to find someone who has a good command in English. (JD may later be revised accordingly).

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- Initially there is no staff recruitment plan for the provincial branches, but during the visit, the team found that the existing staff are already overburdened by many projects. Meanwhile, the provincial Red Cross will act as the main liaison for RCSC training center to contact and coordinate with, also they will be responsible for supervising the overall implementation in the province and compiling the narrative and financial report on a quarterly basis. Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu would very much like to recruit an additional officer for this project. Xinjiang has appointed one competent permanent staff with a good command in English as the focal person.

Involvement of prefecture branches: - Initially the project recommends that the provincial branches has a direct management line with county branches. But during the field visit, both provincial and county branches expressed that the RCSC’s reporting line is similar to the government reporting line, and it is not practical to skip the prefecture level, especially when the county branches need political or other support from the prefecture level in the implementation process, such as negotiation with local authorities. - Prefecture branches would also like to participate in the monitoring process, provide full support to the cash transfers, and help with the compiling and submission of report. They are also willing to be involved in the capacity building process and learn some good practices from this project.

Smaller budget for the implementation: - Due to above mentioned increased staff in provincial branches and involvement of prefecture branches, the related cost will come from the total project budget, namely there will be higher operational cost but lower implementation cost. This will limit some project activities but will ensure a smoother implementation and contribute in capacity building of the RCSC branches.

Plans for next quarter: Major upcoming events Recommended Event Dates participation 1. ICRD Programme Workshop 6-9 January Baktiar, Sun Yan, Liu 2014 Fengwei 2. Field visits to at least 2 of the selected provinces to carry February RCSC NHQ, IFRC out orientation training

2. Exit/Sustainability Strategy Summary Emphasis on participation of community members in identifying and deciding the priority areas of intervention would ensure sustainability of programme interventions and their outcomes.

3. Key Lessons

1. Future plan of actions (project agreements) need to contain more precise and detailed timeframes for decision making and timing of reporting to avoid administrative delays in project implementation. 2. Insufficient time and effort in field monitoring/technical support to the ICRD project caused difficulties in the implementing branches. This is due to the limitation of field support visits (which is once in every six months) imposed by the RCSC headquarters.

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