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CAMBODIA 21 December 2005 CAMBODIA 21 December 2005 The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 183 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org In Brief Appeal No. 05AA052; Programme Update no. 3, Period covered: 1 July to 30 Septemeber 2005; Appeal coverage: 90.5%; Outstanding needs: CHF 109,727 (USD 83,622 or EUR 70,905). (click here to go directly to the attached Contributions List (also available on the website). Appeal target: CHF 1,158,006 (USD 964,603 or EUR 757,114) Related Emergency or Annual Appeals: Southeast Asia regional appeal 05AA057 Programme summary: Cambodia Red Cross (CRC) and the Federation delegation’s strong focus on organizational development is showing progress. The functioning of the newly established human resource department continues to be an important element in the change process, along with youth, volunteer and branch development. There is also some progress within the financial management. The alignment of partners needs to remain a priority, and appears to be coming through growing confidence in CRC’s commitment to the process of change. The delegation continues to support CRC in the delivery of priority health programs, like HIV/AIDS and water and sanitation, and community-based disaster risk management. CRC is developing an avian flu proposal for 2006, which will require donor support, and will most likely be operational in early 2006. The delegation is generally well funded by a supportive group of donors including the Australian, British, Danish, Hong Kong, Japanese, New Zealand and Swedish Red Cross, British government’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Federation’s Capacity Building Fund. For further information specifically related to this operation please contact: · In Phnom Penh: Cambodian Red Cross, Mrs. Men Neary Sopheak (Director of Communications); email: [email protected]; Phone: +85.52.321.2876; Mobile: +85.51.281.0854; Fax: +85.52.321.2875 · In Phnom Penh: Federation office, Scott Tind Simmons (Federation Representative); email: [email protected]; Phone: +85.51.290.1400; Fax: +85.52.321.0163 · In Bangkok: Bekele Geleta, Head of Regional Delegation; email: [email protected]; Phone: +66.2.640.8211; Fax: +66.2.640.8220 · In Geneva: Asia Pacific Department, Charles Evans (Regional Officer); email: [email protected] or [email protected]; Phone: +41.22.730.4320/4349; Fax: +41.22.733.0395 This Programme Update reflects activities to be implemented over a one-year period. This forms part of, and is based on, longer-term, multi-year planning. All International Federation assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct and is committed to the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable. For support to or for further information concerning Federation programmes or operations in this or other countries, or for a full description of the national society profile, please access the Federation’s website at http://www.ifrc.org Cambodia; Appeal no. 05AA052; Programme Update no. 3 2 Operational developments In September, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released their annual Human Development Report for 2005. According to the report’s Development Index, Cambodia ranks 130 out of 177 countries, the same position it has occupied for several years. There was improvement in certain important indicators such as the percentage of undernourished Cambodians, HIV/AIDS rate and adult literacy. However, other socio -economic indicators show little progress, in particular when the situation of the poorest 20% of Cambodians is highlighted. For example, only 14% of the most vulnerable have access to professional medical services compared to 81% of the wealthiest 20% of Cambodians. Similarly, 110 out of 1,000 poorer babies die at birth compared to 50 per 1000 for wealthier families. After months of drought, heavy rainfall through August and September in several of the worst-affected provinces may have prevented a severe case of food shortage potentially affecting up to two million people, according to the ministry of agriculture. Enough rain has fallen in these provinces to allow farmers to begin planting rice, in addition to the 70% paddy fields already planted in th e country. The National Committee for Disaster Management and the Cambodian Red Cross, while agreeing that the situation has improved, caution that the rains may have arrived too late to avert food shortages for the coming year. The Cambodian Red Cross completed the remaining 14 out of 24 total branch assemblies during this reporting period. This year, CRC gave special support to the weaker branches with the aim of strengthening their capacity to organize their assemblies. A large part of the success was attributed to the close collaboration and participation of the members of the governance, management, Federation and partners, through regular consultation and travel to various branches to monitor and participate in these assemblies. Feedback on results and recommendations emerging out of the branch assemblies will be presented at CRC’s annual planning meeting in November. On 22-33 September, the CRC successfully held its annual partnership meeting. The meeting was attended by over 50 participants from CRC, Federation and partners. This year, the meeting expanded to two days to allow greater in-depth discussion on topics of interest and relevance to CRC operations and partnerships, in particular the cooperation agreement strategy (CAS). Participant feedback of the meeting was very positive, emphasizing the openness of CRC to its partner for discussion on diverse issues and the progress made to strengthen CRC-partner relations. Health and care Background The CRC HIV/AIDS projects are currently funded by a wide range of donors, focusing on different aspects including prevention strategy with national police, anti-stigma and discrimination, and community support for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and CRC capacity building. Donors include Australian Red Cross (ANCP), Family Health International, and Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM). The Swedish Red Cross/Federation funding focuses on support for PLWHA. An HIV/AIDS workplace policy for CRC is currently in the approval stages. The Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) project continues to be supported by the New Zealand Red Cross and maintains its focus on community-based health education to prevent the sickness. The water and sanitation project, with continued financial and technical support by the American, Austrian, British, Danish and New Zealand Red Cross, has been providing rain water catchments, ceramic water purifiers, community ponds, family latrines and hygiene education to the most vulnerable in Kep City and Koh Kong province. In addition, CRC has subcontracted Resource Development International (RDI) and Rain Water Cambodia to train CRC staff and volunteers on construction of rain water catchments. Overall Goal: The health and well-being of the most vulnerable communities in Cambodia is improved Programme Objective : CRC has the capacity and resources to deliver effective health services to the vulnerable in Cambodia Cambodia; Appeal no. 05AA052; Programme Update no. 3 3 Progress/Achievements Expected Result 1: To contribute to the national HIV/AIDS response to reduce vulnerability, mitigate impact of HIV/AIDS and combat stigma and discrimination The project continues to deliver a number of police peer education training courses and activities in five targeted provinces. In quarter three, police peer trainers, with technical and financial support from CRC, conducted a two- day HIV/AIDS and life skills workshop to train 35 police peer supporters in delivering informal peer education (i.e. safe behaviour practices) Additionally, Red Cross Volunteers in three targeted provinces were mobilized to assist, in collaboration with the Network of HIV Positive People (CPN+), in the creation of community forums aimed at supporting PLWHA self-help group and their activities. One successful activity was establishing a fundraising box with the proceeds going to help PLWHA and their families. In addition, focus was placed on reinforcing anti-stigma and discrimination messages throughout all CRC HIV/AIDS-related projects and activities. Ongoing radio campaigns, used as a forum for PLWHA to share their experiences and to encourage community support for them, have shown positive change in some community’s attitudes and behaviours towards PLWHA. At a regional level, CRC’s HIV/AIDS project manager participated in the Seventh International Conference on AIDS in Asia -Pacific held in Kobe, Japan in July. During the conference, a poster presentation highlighting CRC HIV/AIDS project activities was displayed and the project’s strategy and CD documentary were distributed. In quarter four, CRC will participate in the World AIDS Day campaign on 1 December by joining a roundtable discussion to be broadcast on TV and by spearheading mobilization of contributions and volunteers from various organizations to disseminate HIV/AIDS-related information and to distribute condoms in strategic locations. CRC will continue life skills training for national police and other identified groups, anti-stigma and discrimination activities in targeted communities, and ongoing support and activities for PLWHA. Expected Result 2: Strengthen the community to reduce the vulnerability of children under 12 in the project areas affected by DHF During the last quarter, the project was focused on responding to dengue outbreaks in Samrong Torng district in Kampong Speu province. To minimize the negative impact in the affected district, the project conducted clean-up campaigns involving 600 people and disseminated DHF health education messages through 133 Red Cross volunteers (RCV) and mobile car reaching a total of 25,200 households. To reinforce CRC’s DHF health education message, a roundtable talk on 18 August 2005 was broadcast on a popular local Cambodian TV station to highlight the dangers of Dengue and how to prevent the disease.
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