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Concept Note/BGD 171/2017 Concept Note Concept Note/BGD 171/2017 Concept Note Section 1: Overview of response Project Title Food and Early Recovery Response to Floods in Bangladesh Location Bangladesh ● Kurigram district (Fulbari, Sadar, Ulipur, Bhurubgamari upazilas) ● Gaibandha district (Gobindogonj, Sadar, Fulchari, Saghata, Sundarganj upazilas) ● Dinajpur district. (Dinajpur Sadar and Birgonj upazilas) ● Nawagoan district (Manda upazila) Project start 15 August 2017 date Duration of 10 (months) project Budget (USD) 1,568,351 (USD) Sector(s) Shelter / NFIs Food Security Health / Nutrition Protection/Psychosocial WASH Education Early recovery / Unconditional Cash Livelihoods Forum ACT Bangladesh Forum Requesting • Christian Aid (CA) – emergency response members • Dan Church Aid (DCA) - emergency response • ICCO Cooperation (ICCO) – emergency response • CCDB -- ACT Rapid Response Fund component Local partners Local implementing partners of requesting member: • RDRS - implementing partner of DCA in Kurigram district • CCDB* - ER implementing partner of ICCO (Gaibandha district) and CA (Dinajpur district) • KOINONIA - implementing partner of ICCO in Gaibandha district *** CCDB will be a local implementing partner for emergency response activities for two Requesting members (ICCO, CA) in two different districts. Impact To support flood-affected population of Bangladesh to have sufficient (overall food and rehabilitate community infrastructure and livelihoods. objective) Target • 4,000 HHs for emergency food items beneficiaries • 22,200 HHs for agro inputs, skill trainings, cash support, cash for work. • 225 socio-economic facilities for rehabilitation • 6 upazilas for DRR awareness and preparedness Expected A. Flood affected population have received required food to maintain outcomes their nutritional status during and after the emergency B. Vital community (social-economic) infrastructure and livelihoods of the flood affected population have restored and improved in quality Expected A.1 Emergency food items is delivered immediately to flood affected HHs outputs B.1 Flood affected HHs are equipped with skills and have the resources to restore and improve livelihoods. B.2 Flood affected community infrastructure are rehabilitated and improved Main activities A.1.1 Procure and distribute food items (rice, lentil, salt, ORS) B.1.1 Provide HHs with agro inputs (seeds, livestock, fingerlings) B.1.2 Provide youth, women and farmer groups with skill trainings B.1.3 Provide HHs with temporary employment (Cash for Work) B.1.4 Provide HHs with unconditional cash for shelter/housing repair B.2.1. Support communities to rehabilitate and improve community infrastructures (tube-wells, irrigation systems, health facilities, etc) B.2.2. Support enterprises (marketplaces, storage facilities, shops, workstations) to revive and provide services B.2.3 Support disaster awareness and preparedness initiatives Section 2: Narrative Summary Background Since 11 August 2017, heavy monsoon rains have caused intense flooding across more than one-third of Bangladesh. According to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) this floods are the worst in the last four decades. As of 27 August 2017, the Government of Bangladesh reports that the floods have affected 32 districts in the northern, North-Eastern and Central parts of the country due to the overflowing of the Brahmaputra- Jamuna river. An estimated 55,383 houses are reported to have been damaged and 640,786 are believed to have been destroyed by the floods, while 140 people are known to have died. The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) has reported that as of 27 August, 335 shelters in flood-affected areas are sheltering more than 106,000 people. A total of 13,035 cases of waterborne diseases linked to the extensive flooding (Acute Watery Diarrhoea, Skin Disease, Acute Respiratory Infection and Eye Infection) have been reported. Access to the most affected areas in the northwest remains a challenge as roads are either severely damaged or submerged under flood water. It is estimated that around 9,000 km of roads, 500 bridges and culverts have been damaged. About 623,402 hectares of standing crops across 32 districts have been damaged (35,023 ha fully damaged and 588,378 ha partially); the worst-hit crops are paddy (summer rice), jute (vegetable fibre), dhaincha (multipurpose legume) and vegetables. Local services, both business and municipal, have been severely affected by the floods, thus causing businesses and SMEs have been severely affected by the current floods, thus disrupting population's access to markets and services Humanitarian Needs Capacity to Respond According to SitRep #1of HCTT (Aug 28. All requesting members (CA, ICCO, DCA 2017) the following humanitarian needs are and CCDB) have been implementing both identified: development, humanitarian and advocacy Food and nutrition security: programmes/projects in the proposed 623 401 ha crop lands affected leaving over districts. They all have field offices with SECRETARIAT: 150, route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switz. TEL.: +4122 791 6434 – FAX: +4122 791 6506 – www.actalliance.org 1.5 million people in need of assistance, qualified/experienced staff members and whereas approximate two million pregnant solid logistical arrangements. Local and lactating women, children under 5 and implementing partners, are well accepted adolescent girls need nutrition assistance. by the local communities and government Infant and young child feeding is difficult as for decades. Their capacity to respond to mothers cannot feed complementary food food crisis and rehabilitate livelihoods, due to the lack of food and cooking local markets and services are proven facilities. within different interventions e.g. ICCO, as a lead agency of the intervention, has WASH: implemented Early Recovery programme 3 million most vulnerable people need (NPL 151, NPL 161 Appeals) to restore vital special WASH assistance. 65,000 tube wells social-economic infrastructure and damaged and 218,400 Latrines partially or livelihoods of the earthquake-affected fully damaged by monsoon floods. people in Nepal in 2015. This recent experience ensures overall coordination of Health: the programme and confirms capacity 483 community clinics damaged in only one existence for the early recovery prog. Since (Rangpur) Division and immediate needs the flooding, most of forum members, both include bleaching powder, cholera saline, requesting and implementing members, water purifying tablets, anti-snake venom have been involved in the different relief and other emergency drugs. operations in their respective districts, thus already communicating with the affected Shelter: people and authorities and knows the Total of 320 000 people is estimated to still needs (food and recovery) of the flood- require some form of shelter support. affected population. CCDB has already requested funds (within ACT RRF modality) Education: to provide most needy HHs with the Total of 3 million people need education emergency food items; ACT RRF funds will cluster assistance; at least 4,000 primary be a part of the proposed Appeal, in case of and high schools, colleges and madrasas in its approval and funding. northern and northeastern district of the country are affected by floods and require immediate repairing interventions. More than 1,000 educational institutions have been closed due to heavy rain and flash floods. Early Recovery: Tentatively 2 mln people need early recovery support. The Early Recovery Cluster has just initiated in-depth assessments to identify needs and required actions in community infrastructure, on/off- farm livelihoods, essential goods and services. Key gaps include: Shortage of food items to maintain nutritional status of people, especially SECRETARIAT: 150, route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switz. TEL.: +4122 791 6434 – FAX: +4122 791 6506 – www.actalliance.org women, elderly and children, risk of post- flood communicable disease outbreaks; disrupted services and markets, limited and/or lack of funding for on/off-farm livelihood recovery Proposed response Does the proposed response honour ACT’s commitment to Child Safeguarding? Yes No Proposed intervention to address immediate food needs of flood-affected population and rehabilitation of vital infrastructure and livelihoods as soon as possible is agreed and endorsed by all ACT Bangladesh Forum members with the focus on most vulnerable groups (poor, women led families, smallholder families, minority groups , PWDs etc) of the flood- affected population. Total targeted (direct) beneficiaries are 26,200 HHs, 225 community/market facilities as well as DRR awareness/preparedness initiatives in 6 upazilas. After the analysis of the assessment data and reports from the different sources, incl. those of member agencies, the Forum has identified two specific areas of its intervention to where it can contribute: A) flood-affected HHs need to keep consuming adequate food intake to maintain their nutritional status during and right after the emergency. B) flood-affected people need to restore/improve their livelihoods and community infrastructure asap to return to self-sustaining living conditions. The overall goal: to support flood-affected population of Bangladesh to have sufficient food and rehabilitate community infrastructure and livelihoods. Expected outcomes: A. Flood affected population have received required food to maintain their nutritional status during and after the emergency B. Vital community (social-economic) infrastructure
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