Development Operational Report Quarter 3 & 4 2013 China
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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 CLICK BELOW FOR INDIVIDUAL REPORTS OF PROGRAMMES 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) Click here to go directly to the financial report Page 2 of 2 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.