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Coordinating Office Sierra Leone
Relief & Rehabilitation for War Affected -AFSL-11 Appeal Target: US$ 2,775,791 Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 1,968,345
Geneva, 15 February 2001
Dear Colleagues,
For nine years the people of Sierra Leone have known no peace and the country is in a state of chronic fragmentation with physical infrastructures and local services destroyed or severely depleted. The rebels still control half the country while government held areas including Freetown and the Southern Province host large numbers of people including thousands if internally displaced (IDPs). The situation in the country has been exacerbated by the recent fighting that broke out in Guinea, along the borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia trapping over 250,000 refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia in the war zone. The refugees are also under attack from the Guinean population who blame them for the cross border raids. This Guinean crisis has made many refugees return back to Sierra Leone despite the continuing civil war in the country. Thousands have already made it back to Sierra Leone under very difficult and dangerous circumstances. In recent days, the United High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been negotiating with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) for a safe corridor for the refugees to return to Sierra Leone.
The returnees are to be placed in villages in the safe areas around the southern and part of the eastern regions. However, urgent assistance is required to increase the capacity of the villages to absorb these returnees. ACT members in Sierra Leone – Christian Aid, the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone, the Baptist Convention, the Methodist Church and the Wesleyan Church - have been very active in responding to the basic needs of the affected population. This appeal from the ACT members includes the following components: provision of food and non food items, shelter, improvements of water and sanitation facilities, improvements of school and health facilities, provision of seeds and tools and also trauma counselling.
It should be mentioned here that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone, working with the support of the Lutheran World Federation Department of World Service (LWF/DWS), are currently finalising their program proposals to form part of this appeal. As soon as their proposal has been finalised, the appeal will be revised to include them. The estimated budget for the LWF/DWS programs is US$ 900,000.
ACT is a worldwide network of churches and related agencies meeting human need through coordinated emergency response. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland. Sierra Leone – Relief for War Displaced 2 Sierra Leone AFSL-11.
Project Completion Date:
CA/CCSL: 1 January 2001 – 31 December 2001 BCSL: 1 March 2001 - 28 February 2002 MCSL: 1 March 2001 – 28 February 2002 WCSL: 1 March 2001 – 28 February 2002
Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested
BCSL CA/CCSL MCSL WCSL Total Target US$ Targets 134,869 2,362,948 161,613 116,361 2,775,791 Less: Pledges/Contr Recd 0 801,613 5,833 0 807,446 Balance Requested from ACT 134,869 1,561,335 155,780 116,361 1,968,345 Network
Please kindly send your contributions to the following ACT bank account:
Account Number - 102539/0.01.061 (USD) Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together Banque Edouard Constant Cours de Rive 11 Case postale 3754 1211 Genève 3 SWITZERLAND
Please also inform the Finance Officer Jessie Kgoroeadira (direct tel. +4122/791.60.38, e-mail address [email protected]) of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers, now that the Pledge Form is no longer attached to the Appeal.
We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind co-operation.
ACT Web Site address: http://www.act-intl.org
Ms. Geneviève Jacques Thor-Arne Prois Rev. Rudolf Hinz Director ACT Coordinator Director WCC/Cluster on Relations LWF/World Service
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I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
¨ Christian Aid (CA)
II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER and PARTNER INFORMATION
Description of ACT Member Christian Aid (CA) was established in the mid 1940s and is the official agency of 40 Churches representing most of the denominations in the UK and Ireland. Its humanitarian work began in response to the needs of refugees in Europe and it fulfilled a representational role amongst churches in Europe recovering from the aftermath of the 2nd World War. It currently works in over 60 countries in partnership with local churches and other organisations. In Sierra Leone, Christian Aid is the accompanying agency for ACT. The agency maintains a Liaison Office in Freetown staffed by two expatriate personnel (Programme Accountant and Programme Support Officer) whose tasks are to liase with and support a body of national partners located in different parts of the country. Principal amongst these is the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL). For the past three years, Christian Aid has been the accompanying agency for CCSL’s Relief and Rehabilitation Department, to which a Director, jointly recruited by Christian Aid and CCSL, is assigned.
Description of ACT Member’s Implementing Partners CCSL, in partnership with ACT International and its accompanying agency Christian Aid, has extensive experience in running emergency programmes for victims of the war in Sierra Leone. This experience includes supporting internally displaced people (IDPs), assisting returnee families to re-establish and rebuild their livelihoods, addressing the needs of especially vulnerable individuals and groups including unaccompanied children (UAC), widows and the disabled, and undertaking peace and reconciliation activities.
Historically, CCSL became involved in relief operations in 1990 following an influx of Liberian refugees into the country. A year later, as the military conflict spilled into Sierra Leone, CCSL refocused its work on the needs of IDPs. In 1997, internal restructuring created the Relief and Rehabilitation (R&R) Department with its base in Bo. During the January 1999 crisis, when most INGOs withdrew, the R&R Department was one of the few agencies to continue humanitarian operations. Using their accumulated experience, staff quickly responded to the emergency by setting up IDP camps and distributing food and non-food items. For the past three years, funding for the Department’s relief and rehabilitation work has come through the ACT Appeal and from government sources, the EU and UN agencies including WFP and FAO. CCSL’s R&R Department will implement all the activities detailed in this new relief and rehabilitation proposal for 2001.
III. DESCRIPTION of the EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background War and its devastating effects have afflicted the people and social institutions of Sierra Leone since 1991. What started off as a cross border attack by a small band of Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel soldiers in the country’s Eastern Province progressively escalated to consume the entire country at one period or another. Over time, the conflict has taken on a sub-regional character with a catalogue of rebel attacks on Guinean territory, sustained reprisals by the Guinean army on positions within Sierra Leonean territory and ‘tit for tat’ confrontations between the Liberian and Guinean military. Evidence of the magnitude of these conflicts is discernible from the fact that there are an estimated 950,000 refugees and over 1.5 million internally displaced persons.
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At different stages in this long standing conflict, the Sierra Leone government, in conjunction with regional and international bodies, has sought to broker a peace deal with the RUF. The Abidjan Peace Accord, signed in November 1996, for example, gave the RUF a political role in government and offered an amnesty for any past crimes. Filled with hope, tens of thousands of IDPs returned to their home areas. However, the peace was short lived. In May 1997, a coup brought to power the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) and the RUF, led by Foday Sankoh. The democratically elected government of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah fled into exile. Following a year of appalling suffering and human rights abuses regional military forces from ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) ejected the military junta and reinstated the Kabbah government on 10 March 1998. Although driven from Freetown, the rebel forces continued to terrorise the rural populations and committed some of their worst atrocities during this period, including amputations, rape and torture. In January 1999, they re-entered Freetown and after some of the fiercest fighting seen in the conflict, were again repulsed by ECOWAS forces leaving behind an estimated 6,000 people dead. But, before they retreated, large parts of the city were razed to the ground and over 3,000 children were abducted.
Out of the intense violence of this period was born the seeds of a peace process driven by the people of Sierra Leone, their civil institutions and the international community. The culmination of their efforts was the signing of the Lome Peace Accord on July 6, 1999. In the months that followed, substantial efforts were made (in-country and internationally) to consolidate the peace and achieve national reconciliation. A notable component of the Lome Accord, the DDR (Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration) programme, was instituted and rebel-controlled areas around Makeni opened up to humanitarian aid. However, implementation of the terms of the Accord was painfully slow.
In May 2000 a resurgence of rebel activity in the Western area effectively led to the collapse of the peace process. For several weeks, the situation threatened to get out of control as several hundred UN peacekeepers were taken hostage, two international journalists were ambushed and killed and Freetown itself came under the threat of attack. Only a civilian uprising and the intervention of the former junta (AFRC) leader in support of the civilian government halted the rebel advance. During this period, the AFRC/SLA aligned with government forces and, with help from a rapidly constituted battalion of British paratroops, successfully pushed back the rebels. Their leader, Foday Sankoh, was captured soon after in Freetown and faces an international court for crimes against humanity. The upsurge in military activity to the areas east of Freetown, particularly around the towns of Makeni and Magburaka led to an outpouring of displaced civilians. Tens of thousands fled to safer areas around Mile 91, Yele and Masimera Chiefdoms.
Current Situation On November 10, 2000, the GoSL and the RUF agreed a 30-day cease-fire in Abuja, Nigeria. The agreement included arrangements for the presently occupied northern region to be opened up to humanitarian assistance. In a meeting on December 8 between the UNAMSIL Commander and the rebel faction’s interim leader, the RUF re-affirmed its commitment to peace, disarmament, and the opening of the rebel-held areas to relief aid. While the cease-fire was not broken over the month, the rebels’ commitment to the terms of the accord has yet to be demonstrated. It is questionable, however, that the RUF will give access to the diamond-rich areas of Kono District, voluntarily.
Since September 2000, the conflict has taken on a more regional dimension when fighting broke out in Guinea along its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia. In Guinea, a vicious campaign of persecution towards the Sierra Leone refugee population has resulted in more than 25,000 of their number fleeing the country, adding to the already large numbers of people living in temporary conditions in Freetown. In addition, military activity between the Guinean army and the RUF has displaced up to 15,000 Sierra
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Leoneans from the border areas. In the east, Liberia continues to support the RUF cause through brokering the outward movement of diamonds and the inward flow of armaments. ECOWAS, in an effort to lower the political temperature, is becoming more proactive and has placed over 1600 troops in the border areas around Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to minimise cross border infringements.
Impact on human lives and description of damages At war for nine years, Sierra Leone is in a state of chronic fragmentation with physical infrastructures and local services destroyed or severely depleted. More than half the country remains under rebel control whilst the government held areas, including Freetown and the Southern Province, are bursting at the seams with huge numbers of displaced people. Levels of literacy have dramatically fallen as a generation of children has been denied a formal education. Unemployment has become the norm for the nation’s youth. The deliberate persecution of refugee communities in neighbouring countries has compounded the level of suffering and resulted in the forced repatriation of tens of thousands of people. These returnees are facing life in temporary camps and already congested urban areas where local authorities are incapable of meeting even their most basic needs. Not surprisingly, the level of psychological trauma amongst the population is acute. Added to this is the pressing need to identify new opportunities for reintegrating ex-combatants into civilian life. Addressing the needs of this group (as well as the huge numbers of unemployed youth) will be critical if the country is to find a lasting peace. The fact that the Government’s foreign exchange earning capacity (diamonds, minerals, cash crops) is either in the hands of the rebels or has been destroyed has dire implications for the capacity of the country to re-introduce local services in the short/medium term
Displaced populations are continuing to re-populate previously evacuated areas in the south of the country and sustained efforts are needed from the NGO sector to work with these farming communities to re- establish access to basic services such as healthcare, education and sanitation and to revitalise local economies. Many households face obstacles in meeting their own food needs: their fields are overgrown yet they lack the tools for simple clearing and tilling operations; their traditional seed stores are empty; they are hungry yet have to put in the physical effort to prepare their farms for planting. The lack of access to money is also a collective issue leading to problems with meeting even the most basic requirements: clothing, medicines and shelter materials.
The resurgence of fighting in May 2000, at the time of agricultural planting, caused severe disruptions to food crop production. Many people were displaced and were not able farm their land. The humanitarian agencies’ distribution of seeds and tools was disrupted, which prevented farmers undertaking their planting activities on time. According to the UN, “due to the resumption of hostilities in May, agencies could only provide 46% of the targeted number of beneficiaries with agricultural inputs. This, coupled with incidences of crop pestilence, disease and heavy rain, resulted in a 329,000 MTs food gap between production levels and consumption requirements for the 1999/2000 marketing year.”
Locations for Response R&R Department’s current areas of operations are four chiefdoms in Bo North (Valunia, Badja, Gbo and Selenga), two chiefdoms in Moyamba District (Upper and Lower Banta), two in Kenema District (Kandu Leppiama and Wandor) and two in Tonkolili District (Yoni and Gbonkolenken). If security permits, the Department intends to resume its operations in the other 2 chiefdoms of Tonkolili District where it was previously working in 1998 (Kafesimiria and Kalansogoia). The Department is also working in two IDP camps in Bo and is planning to intervene in a new transit camp for returnees, to be situated between Bo and Kenema.
All NGO operations are co-ordinated by NCRRR (National Commission for Resettlement, Rehabilitation
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Disaster and Emergency Statistics Whilst accurate statistics are hard to come by, it is estimated that the war to date has claimed over 75,000 lives, half a million Sierra Leoneans are living as refugees and a third of the country’s population of 4.5 million are internally displaced. About 35,000 people are still displaced in the Mile 91 area following the attacks on Makeni in May. Some of these are staying in a new transit camp. Since September 2000, over 15,000 refugees have returned from Guinea to Freetown. 11,500 returnees from Guinea have fled to Loko Massama chiefdom. In addition, large numbers of refugees are expected to return from Liberia into the eastern part of Sierra Leone.
According to a recent report produced by FAO1, Sierra Leone is one of nine countries facing serious food shortages as a result of civil conflict. In the year 2000, early rains, coupled with recurrent floods also caused significant damage, particularly to upland rice. FAO estimates that “the expected cereal production for 2000 will meet less than 30% of total national requirements in 2001”.
Current Security Situation The security situation has gradually calmed down since the aftermath of the events in May that led to the collapse of the Lome Peace Accord and a resurgence in the internal displacement of large numbers of people. Across the country, little has changed in terms of the balance of military power. The essential north/south division (north – occupied by the RUF; south and west, including Freetown – primarily government controlled) remains unchallenged. The North and the East (Kabala, Kailahun and Kono) are still inaccessible to humanitarian aid, where it has been reported that living conditions are deplorable and human rights abuses common. The rest of the country is relatively safe, and some rehabilitation activities are taking place. Several factors seem to indicate that the situation is likely to be maintained or even to improve, including the presence of the British rapid reaction force, the training of a Sierra Leonean army and a revitalised UN Peacekeeping force under a new command structure.
IV. GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal: To assist war-affected communities meet their most urgent basic needs and move towards self- reliance.
Objectives: ¨ To assist 8,500 farming households (51,000 people) from war affected victims return to normal levels of food crop production by providing them with the necessary resources ¨ To improve the capacity of communities in R&R’s eight chiefdom (operational) areas to respond to the needs of returnees amounting to up 2,500 families (15,000 people) ¨ To provide improved water and sanitation facilities to communities with a population of 3,000 people ¨ To rehabilitate three primary schools and four court barries designed to improve educational facilities and assist the reconstitution of local authorities. ¨ To facilitate income generation for 27 women’s groups and diversification of food production for 2,500 farming families (15,000 people). ¨ To increase community participation in decisions about their own development ¨ To encourage unity in the communities and a peaceful reintegration of ex-combatants through sensitisation work in Gbonkolenken, Yoni and in the IDP camps in Bo.
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¨ To continue to maintain an emergency response capacity in the sphere of Non-Food Items (NFIs) for up to 10,000 families ¨ To provide ongoing management for 12,000 residents of two IDP camps in Bo.
V. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
Number and type of targeted beneficiaries: The whole programme will benefit approximately 140,000 beneficiaries. Interventions will be targeted at returning refugees, IDPs, farmers that have returned to their villages and who need support to restart their food security activities and vulnerable people and village communities as a whole. The targeted population will vary according to the activities they are involved in. (See below).
Beneficiary selection criteria: The R&R Department carried out needs and impact assessment exercises in all operational areas in October/November 2000. The findings, which form the basis of this proposal to ACT, served to identify the beneficiaries. Once funding is approved, a registration and verification for each activity will follow to single out the actual beneficiaries. The criteria for registration will depend on the nature of the activity and vulnerability of the targeted communities. Priority will be given to the most vulnerable families who have lost their economic means and received little or no previous assistance.
The following criteria were used to select communities to be targeted and to determine areas of intervention. ¨ Security ¨ Accessibility ¨ Presence of CCSL member churches ¨ Degree of destruction ¨ Vulnerability (female headed households, displaced, returnees, disabled people, and aged) ¨ Capacity to shoulder the programme (size of farmland, availability of labour force, etc…) ¨ Willingness to undertake community work and to contribute to the programme through labour or supply of local materials ¨ Presence and activities of other NGOs ¨ Level of food crop production
Number of targeted beneficiaries according to proposed assistance:
Crisis assistance: ¨ 12,000 IDPs living in two displaced camps in Bo will benefit from the camp management work and the food distributions ¨ 15,000 – 20,000 Sierra Leonean refugees returning from Guinea and Liberia will be hosted into a transit camp and receive NFIs. (A larger number of beneficiaries may be targeted should the flow of returnees intensify). ¨ 500 host community families, affected by the arrival of IDPs in their home areas, will receive assistance for agricultural production. ¨ IDPs and host communities in areas of high IDP presence (Bo, Mile 91, Yele, Massengbeh) will benefit from a peace building and conflict resolution programme. ¨ 500 farm families and 2000 farm families in Falla Wandor (15,000 people including dependants) will receive agricultural inputs for food production.
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Post-crisis assistance:
Agricultural programme: Approximately 36,000 people (using an estimate of 6 persons per family) will benefit from the following agricultural activities: ¨ 1,500 farm families in Moyamba and Kenema Districts will receive seeds (on a loan recovery basis) and tools for rice and groundnut production. ¨ 30 seed multiplication groups (10-15 members each) will receive seeds and tools. 10 of these groups (producing groundnut) will be primarily women, whilst the other 20 (producing rice) will be mixed (male and female) reflecting traditional division of roles. ¨ 80 communities will be assisted in the construction of community seed stores ¨ 100 fishing groups, of approximately 20 fishermen each, will be provided with fishing equipment ¨ 2 groups of 10-20 members each (primarily youth) will be targeted for a fish pond programme ¨ 800 farmers will receive support for cash crop rehabilitation, ¨ 300 families will receive support for poultry production, ¨ 16 groups of approximately 10-15 members each, will be provided with cassava grating machines.
The field extension workers (FEWs) will provide ongoing agricultural support to all 14,460 farm families and 500 farming groups (i.e. approximately 120,000 people). In addition, the programme will impact on a much larger number of people, such as traders, labourers, hauliers, etc. who will benefit indirectly from the revival of the local economy.
Community Infrastructure programme: Up to 10,000 people will benefit from the rehabilitation of community infrastructure (schools, community stores, court barries) and the construction of latrines and water wells.
The Community Peace Building and Civic Education Programme will target community-based animators, church leaders, IDPs, returning refugees, ex-combatants, host communities and front line communities. The programme will impact on local communities at large, as the trained animators and church representatives use their training to promote conflict resolution and encourage the formation of support groups within their own communities.
The income-generating programme will be targeted at: ¨ 10 groups of women ¨ 90 foster families taking care of orphans and Unaccompanied Children The scheme will operate on a revolving loan basis so that, over time, other groups will have access to the loans.
VI. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
Crisis assistance:
Camp management: Currently the Department is in charge of the management of 2 camps for IDPs in Bo - the Splendid camp with a caseload of 8,526 people and the Kendeyella II camp with a caseload of 3,102 people. It ensures the proper administration of the camp and is there to resolve any internal conflicts. It is also responsible for co-
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Camp construction and distribution of non-food items: With the recent influx of returnees from Guinea and the expected return of others from Liberia, a new transit camp is to be established between Bo and Kenema with a capacity of up to 20,000 people. The R&R Department is planning to help with the construction of housing booths and to distribute non-food-items, including plastic sheeting, to the new camp residents. If the Abuja agreement is implemented and the security situation improves, the Department could be called upon to participate in repatriation arrangements including the transport of returnees and distribution of NFIs.
Assistance to host communities: Providing relief assistance to IDPs often affects the livelihoods of the host communities living in the surroundings. This can lead to tensions, even conflict, between the two groups. The Agriculture Team will therefore cater for the needs of host communities through the provision of agricultural inputs to 500 families. The peace building team will also work together with both the IDPs and the host communities to promote peaceful coexistence of the two groups.
Shelter for Tonkolili: Given the large-scale destruction in Tonkolili District and the resulting lack of shelter, a distribution of plastic sheeting to 500 families is planned for the construction of temporary housing facilities.
Emergency seeds and tools distribution: In areas that have only recently become accessible to humanitarian aid, food production has been seriously disrupted leading to hunger and other vulnerabilities. It is planned to distribute a seeds and tools package to 500 farm families in Tonkolili District and 2,000 in Falla Wandor in Kenema District for rice and groundnut production, their main food staples. Each farm family will be provided with 2 bushels (50 kg) of rice and 1 bushel (18 kg) of groundnut as well as a tool kit comprising two hoes (large and small) two cutlasses (curved and straight), one felling axe and one bucket. In addition, given the large-scale destruction of infrastructure, some storage facilities are required urgently in Tonkolili District for the storage of seeds harvested this year. The Department will endeavour to rehabilitate temporary stores in the next few months.
Post-crisis assistance:
Agricultural programme: Farmers who return to their villages to rebuild their livelihoods will be provided with the necessary inputs to restart their agricultural activities.
A. Through a seed loan recovery programme, 1,500 “new” farm families will receive a seeds and tools package to cultivate rice and groundnut. Half of the seeds required will be derived from those collected from by last year’s beneficiaries.
B. Increased focus will be placed on the constitution of community seed banks to encourage communities to cater for their own needs and enable the R&R department to phase out progressively. Communities will be trained in seed bank management. These ‘banks’ represent a safety net for the communities to weather such threats as unexpected bad harvests and loss of family members as well as providing a means of support to the most vulnerable members of their communities. It is expected that by next year, the R&R Department will not need to procure any additional seeds for these areas.
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C. Communities will be assisted in rehabilitating or constructing small community stores. The current lack of storage facilities is leading to heavy post-harvest losses.
D. Given the shortage of seeds in the country, the Department is encouraging the constitution of seeds multiplication groups. A package of seeds and tools will be provided to 30 groups (10 for groundnut production, 10 for inland valley swamp rice and 10 for upland rice). As well as increasing the availability of local seed for planting, the programme will also be an opportunity for the groups to generate income by selling any surpluses.
E. Besides basic staple food production, communities also need to generate income to improve their self- reliance and to be in a position to cover non-food costs. Training will be given to community groups in small-scale business management and in the following income-generating activities: ¨ farm produce processing: 16 groups will be provided with cassava graters to undertake the processing of cassava into gari, which can be safely stored and is highly marketable as a cereal. ¨ rehabilitation of tree crop plantation: 800 small farmers will be assisted in the rehabilitation of their plantations (coffee, cocoa and oil palm), which have fallen into neglect and under-production over the past few years. ¨ fishing: 100 fishing groups will receive fishing tackle to weave their own nets. The fishing materials will be provided on a cost recovery basis that will enable the Department to revolve the funds and support new groups in subsequent years. ¨ fish ponds: in areas with few rivers, youth groups will be assisted with the construction of fish ponds. Extensive sensitisation and training of the communities in fish pond management will take place to make sure the facilities are properly maintained and business plans are in place to use the profits efficiently. ¨ poultry production: 300 individual families will be provided with one cockerel and three hens for poultry production both for consumption and for sale. The birds will be given on a cost recovery basis, so that the programme can be replicated elsewhere and benefits reach increased numbers of families.
F. The FEWs will continue giving support and technical advice to beneficiaries through farm visits, demonstration plots, and working closely with the chiefdom committees in the recovery of seed loans and the repayment of equipment from income-generating activities.
Community Infrastructure Programme Given the level of destruction to public buildings and local services over the past nine years, the task of rehabilitation and reconstruction is immense. Investing with communities in this long-term programme is, in the R&R Department’s view, an integral component of its commitment to re-establish a social environment in which reconciliation and peace can begin to prosper. Re-introducing new school facilities will enhance learning and literacy, and offer young people choices for their future lives; restoring the buildings that house the court ‘barries’ will allow traditional leadership structures to return at community level to administer local affairs and start the process of healing society’s deep divisions; and embarking on a programme of latrine and well building will contribute to the prevention of water borne diseases that have increased enormously during the years of war and dislocation.
The building work will be undertaken by local contractors under the supervision of the Infrastructure Team using a well established system of tendering, contracts and quality control. The local economy will benefit through the employment of community based and suitable skilled artisans (e.g. masons and carpenters) as
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well as casual labour. To encourage self-development and the maintenance of the new structures, the Infrastructure Team will undertake sensitisation and awareness raising work as well as enter into partnership agreements with local communities (such as the Communities’ Teachers Associations - CTA). The involvement of ex-combatants in the infrastructure programme will be considered in conjunction with the appropriate authorities and in line with the wishes of local people.
An analysis of actual work planned is given below:
School construction ¨ Three primary schools each comprising a three-classroom block, latrine and water well with hand pump. The school will also be furnished with locally manufactured benches and desks. ¨ On completion, the building will be handed over to the local community and CTA. ¨ Payment of teachers’ salaries and other benefits is looked after by the Ministry of Education.
Court Barrie ¨ Reconstruction of three court barries in communities where the original buildings were destroyed. ¨ Contribution by local communities of local materials and unskilled labour. In the case of the court barrie planned for Kenema town, the local population has also already contributed 12 million Leones (about USD 7,000) to the construction costs.
Latrines and wells ¨ Construction of 100 latrines and 20 wells. ¨ Work carried out in co-operation with the local authorities and the communities (who will contribute their labour and local materials). ¨ WATSAN animators will ensure the maintenance of the facilities. Recruited as volunteers, these men and women will be selected from their communities and provided with training from District Health Officers.
Peace building and civic education: Given the fragility of the current peace agreement, the promotion of reconciliation and peace are extremely crucial at this stage. The reintegration of ex-combatants into society is also dependent on the readiness of communities to reconcile and to accept them back. A lot of preparation work is needed for this process to take place in a smooth manner and to avoid any clashes between the two groups.
The peace education team has been involved over the past three years in conflict resolution, peace building and reconciliation work. They have conducted community sensitization workshops as well as trained community-based animators (CBAs), church leaders and other lay people, who then work at promoting peace and reconciliation within their own communities.
In December 2000, an independent consultant from the UK carried out an evaluation of the programme. The final report commended the work and coverage of the Department to date but strongly recommended that, given scarce human resources, activities should be more focused on specific target populations and geographical areas. In the light of this, the programme for 2001 has been re-shaped with an emphasis on consolidation rather than any further expansion. As such, the team will reinforce its support to the trained CBAs in the form of refresher training, more regular follow-up visits and supervision. The member churches that were trained over the past two years will also receive more support to facilitate their own respective community based initiatives.
In addition, the peace building work will focus on the interaction between IDPs and host communities. The
Sierra Leone – Relief for War Displaced 12 Sierra Leone AFSL-11. presence of large numbers of displaced people in a number of the Department’s operational areas (whether staying in camps or not) is having a significant impact on the lives of the host communities, as they make extra demands on local resources and services. The resulting tension can lead to incidents or even to inter-group conflict. It is therefore planned to carry out community sensitisation on peace building for both IDPs and host communities in Gbonkolenken, Yoni, and in the IDP camps of Bo.
Micro-credit Programme Plans for a micro-credit programme have also been formulated in the light of the recommendations of the consultant who also evaluated the vulnerable groups programme. The evaluation suggested a fundamental shift from a direct assistance approach to one that a) focuses on increasing people’s self-reliance and b) gives communities the responsibility to take care of their vulnerable members. Consequently, the following activities are being planned:
¨ a micro-credit programme for women. Women have been among the most affected by the conflict. For many widows and female-headed households with limited access to labour, their only means of raising income is to engage in activities such as petty trading, fish smoking, palm oil processing and soap making. However, they often lack the start-up capital and business skills. The Vulnerables Team will organise training in basic business management for 27 women groups. Following the training, they will receive a small loan to start up agreed activitied. ¨ support will be given to 90 foster families taking care of especially vulnerable children (such as orphans and unaccompanied children) in a way that enhances self reliance. Each family will be trained in basic business management and will receive a loan to start up a micro-credit activity designed to generate income to contribute to the costs of maintaining the children. As an integral part of the programme, the vulnerable team will sensitise the families on child rights issues.
Both schemes will function on a revolving loan basis so that, over time, new groups will benefit from the programme. Training for the Vulnerables Team members will be organised to build their capacity to manage the scheme.
Transition from Emergency The state of the emergency and its impact on the conditions of life for the Sierra Leone people varies considerably from area to area. For the majority, however, living in an environment of uncertainty has become a way of life over the past nine years and, at the present time, looks likely to continue. The operational areas of the R&R Department fall within the country’s Southern Province most of which have remained relatively secure over recent times. Populations from other parts of the country, particularly the occupied north, have concentrated in these safer areas resulting in increased pressure on the scarce local resources and stretching the goodwill of the resident people. Security within a few chiefdoms (Tonkolili included) remains uncertain, however, and those residents that have remained are existing in extremely vulnerable circumstances.
Within this dynamic environment, the R&R Department continues to maintain an operational responsiveness, from its head office in Bo, that is able to address the diversity of needs associated with relief, rehabilitation and the sudden onset of emergency. Areas like Tonkolili, and to a certain extent Wandor chiefdom in Kenema District, which have been until recently held by the rebels, are still in a predicament of crisis with a high level of destruction, shortage of food, malnutrition and severe destitution. Here, the programme will focus on distribution of seeds and tools to help meet the basic food needs of the population. In those more settled areas, the revival of the local economy and the infrastructural base is becoming all the more crucial to cope with the additional numbers of returnees. In these parts, the Department’s work plans put a greater emphasis
Sierra Leone – Relief for War Displaced 13 Sierra Leone AFSL-11. on the constitution of seed banks, the phasing out of the distribution of inputs and a limited involvement in income generating activities, and initiatives designed to promote peace and reconciliation. In the IDP camps in Bo, the Department will continue to meet its responsibilities to care for the residents most of whom have been dislocated from the north. Finally, in the event of an upsurge in the conflict or a sudden return of refugees from neighbouring countries, the Department is ready to scale up its emergency response work assuming the availability of donor funding.
VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
The Relief and Rehabilitation (R&R) Department’s activities have expanded from being purely relief based in 1997 to now include rehabilitation. Since then, staff numbers have grown from 50 to its present 112. All staff are based in Bo, Kenema, Moyamba or Tonkolili Districts, with a small liaison office team based in Freetown. The overall staff compliment comprises : Management: 4 (Director + 3 Program Managers) Senior Staff: 8 (Programme Units Leaders) Intermediate: 76 (Supervisors and Team Members) Junior: 24
Programme Management The management team comprises a Director, the Administration & Finance Manager and two Program Managers. The Director, based in Bo, is jointly recruited by Christian Aid (CA) and CCSL and is responsible for the overall management of the Department. The Administration & Finance Manager is responsible for Financial, Logistical and Administrative matters. The two Program Managers co-ordinate and manage the program activities.
The various programme activities of the Department are implemented through four Programme Units: Agriculture, Peace Building and Civic Education, Vulnerable Groups, and Infrastructure, and are all supported by a Distribution Unit. A Monitoring & Evaluation Unit oversees all programme activities and reports directly to the Director. Each unit is managed by a “Unit Leader”. A liaison/logistics officer, based in Freetown, is responsible for co-ordination of activities between the R&R Department and CCSL Main Office. The officer is also responsible for procurements and administrative activities undertaken in Freetown.
The Department is supported by Action by Churches Together (ACT) through Christian Aid, its accompanying agency. Christian Aid employs a Programme Manager (based in London) and a Programme Accountant and a Programme Support Officer (both based in Sierra Leone) who provide auxiliary support to the Department in their specialist fields.
Administration & Finance The Finance and Administration sector comprises the following units: Budget and Accounting, Secretarial support, Logistics, Fleet, Stores, Technical Support and Security. A Budget Control Officer and the CA Programme Accountant ensure the financial aspects of the program are carefully monitored and controlled. Management Accounts are produced monthly and annual accounts are prepared by the Christian Aid Programme Accountant for external audit by Pannell Kerr Foster, a leading international firm of accountants.
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Reporting Each Programme Unit provides a monthly report to its respective Programme Manager who presents these to the Director. The Director in turn copies information (including the management accounts) to both CCSL’s General Secretary and the Programme Manager, Christian Aid. The Department also produces half-yearly reports, both narrative and financial, which are circulated to ACT, CCSL General Secretary and members of the R&R Department’s Board.
Monitoring A Monitoring & Evaluation Unit overseas the implementation of all programme activities, with particular emphasis on “impact assessment” activities that helps to inform the Department’s planning process. Regular visits are made to the programme by the London based Programme Manager (a total of four in 2000) as well as hands on assistance by other support personnel such as programme funding staff and emergency officers. The purpose of all these contacts is to improve the level of programming, planning and administration.
VIII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE The programme will run from January to December 2001.
IX. CO-ORDINATION
The Sierra Leone Government, through NCRRR is the principal co-ordinator of all NGO activities including the R&R Department. Operational Districts and Chiefdoms are allocated and supervised by this government body to counter duplication and maximise impact.
CCSL works closely with individual line ministries and agencies such as the Ministry of Agriculture and the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA). It strives to abide by the codes of conduct agreed by NGOs and UN agencies and is committed to working in close and good co-operation with national and international NGOs. It is also bound by agreements and decisions taken by co-ordinating bodies such as Food Aid Technical Committee, Agriculture Sub-committee and Water and Sanitation Committee.
X. BUDGET
INCOME RECEIVED - ACT Network Confirmed donations: Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) 90,000 Christian Aid (Irish Aid) - IRL 120,000 140,159
INCOME PLEDGED ACT Netherlands 420,000
OTHER INCOME - confirmed donations NCRRR 195,611,000 103,007 Community contribution - in cash 12,000,000 6,319 Community contribution - in kind 80,000,000 42,127 TOTAL INCOME 287,611,000 801,613
CA/CCSL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$ DIRECT ASSISTANCE
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CRISIS ASSISTANCE Shelter provision Construction of booths Unit 3,500 50,000 175,000,000 92,154 Plastic sheeting for booths Piece 350 375,000 131,250,000 69,115 Plastic sheeting /individual housing Piece 250 375,000 93,750,000 49,368 Sub total 400,000,000 210,637
Non-food items distribution Unit 3,500 76,060 266,210,000 140,184
Seeds and Tools inputs IDP Host Community Assistance Groundnut Seeds Bushel 1,000 40,000 40,000,000 21,064 Tools Package 500 14,000 7,000,000 3,686 Buckets Piece 500 12,000 6,000,000 3,160 Vegetable seeds Pack 500 12,000 6,000,000 3,160 Watering cans Piece 500 7,000 3,500,000 1,843 Sub total 62,500,000 32,912
Seeds & Tools for Tonkolili and Falla Wandor Rice seeds (2 Bushels per Family) Bushel 5,000 40,000 200,000,000 105,319 Groundnut seeds Bushel 2,500 40,000 100,000,000 52,659 Tools Package 2,500 14,000 35,000,000 18,431 Felling axes Number 2,500 4,500 11,250,000 5,924 Buckets Piece 2,500 12,000 30,000,000 15,798 Sub total 376,250,000 198,131
TOTAL CRISIS ASSISTANCE 1,104,960,000 581,864
POST CRISIS ASSISTANCE
FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE Provision of Seeds to 1,500 Families in Moyamba and Kenema Rice seeds (2 Bushels per Family) Bushel 3,000 40,000 120,000,000 63,191 Groundnut seeds Bushel 1,500 40,000 60,000,000 31,596 Tools Package 1,500 14,000 21,000,000 11,058 Felling axes Package 1,500 7,500 11,250,000 5,924 Buckets Piece 1,500 12,000 18,000,000 9,479 Sub total 230,250,000 121,248
Seed Multiplication Groups Rice seeds (10 X 20 grps) Bushel 200 40,000 8,000,000 4,213 Groundnut seeds (10 X 10 grps) Bushel 100 40,000 4,000,000 2,106 Vegetable seeds (10 X 30 grps) Packet 300 19,600 5,880,000 3,096 Sweet potato Vine (10 x 30 grps) Bag 300 4,000 1,200,000 632 Tools (10 X 30 grps) Package 300 14,000 4,200,000 2,212 Watering cans (4 X 30 grps) Piece 120 7,000 840,000 442 Tools for swamp rehabilitation Package 10 235,000 2,350,000 1,237 Sub total 26,470,000 13,939 Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$ Post Harvest Support to rehab community seed stores Store 80 1,025,000 82,000,000 43,181 Training food security
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(Farmers & staff) Training 2 4,425,000 8,850,000 4,660 Rehab temporary grain stores Store 21 500,000 10,500,000 5,529 Seed loan collection (empty bags & others) Number 7,500 1,500 11,250,000 5,924 Seed loan collection - ancillary materials (markers, poison, etc.) Lumpsum 127,000 67 Sub total 112,727,000 59,361
Fishing Programme Fishing packages Package 100 860,000 86,000,000 45,287 Fish pond construction Number 2 780,000 1,560,000 821 Training w/shop fish pond mgmt Workshop 1 1,240,000 1,240,000 653 Sub total 88,800,000 46,761
Income Generating Projects Support tree crop rehabilitation Number 800 26,000 20,800,000 10,953 Support tree crop rehab (NCRRR) Lumpsum 95,088,500 50,073 Support 300 poultry prod projects Number 300 61,000 18,300,000 9,637 Cassava grating machine & comp Number 16 1,800,000 28,800,000 15,166 Sub-total 162,988,500 85,829
Total Food Security & Agriculture 621,235,500 327,138
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE Constr Kenema court barriers Number 1 72,000,000 72,000,000 37,915 Constr village court barriers Number 2 63,000,000 126,000,000 66,351 Construction of VIP latrines Number 100 5,200,000 520,000,000 273,828 Construction of water wells Well 20 4,000,000 80,000,000 42,127 W/shops community WATSAN Animators Workshop 3 500,000 1,500,000 790 Constr Schools incl latrine & well School 2 79,255,710 158,511,420 83,471 Constr one 3-classroom bldg + H/Master's office and Store Building 1 58,812,800 58,812,800 30,970 Rehab one 2-classroom building Building 1 20,244,420 20,244,420 10,661 Completion of constr drying floors, stores & others Lumpsum 22,360,000 11,775 TOTAL COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE 1,059,428,640 557,888
INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMME Staff training income gen progs Lumpsum 3,000,000 1,580 Training income gen women grps Training 27 600,000 16,200,000 8,531 Financial support for women grps Group 27 1,000,000 27,000,000 14,218 Training 90 foster parents small-scale business Lumpsum 3,000,000 1,580 Loans for foster families Loan 90 500,000 45,000,000 23,697 TOTAL INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMME 94,200,000 49,605
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Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$ COMMUNITY PEACE BUILDING AND CIVIC EDUCATION Refresher training CBAs Moyamba & Kenema Districts Number 6 2,500,000 15,000,000 7,899 Refresher training & support trained CBA's in Bo North Number 3 2,500,000 7,500,000 3,949 Follow-up visits & superv CBA's Bo North, Moyamba & Kenema Visit 4 562,000 2,248,000 1,184 Mthly incentives CBA Supervisors Number 90 144,444 13,000,000 6,846 Refresher training & support CBAs working with IDPs & host comm Bo IDP camps. Number 4 2,000,000 8,000,000 4,213 Community sensitisation for IDPs & host communities in Peace Bldg (Yoni & Gbonkolenken) Number 6 3,000,000 18,000,000 9,479 Follow-up visit & supervision IDPs & host comm (Yoni & Gbonkolenken) Visit 6 562,000 3,372,000 1,776 Support CCSL member churches to facilitate activities in Peace bldg Number 15 3,400,000 51,000,000 26,856 Revisit comm for impact assessment Lumpsum 10,000,000 5,266 TOTAL COMMUNITY PEACE BUILDING & CIVIC EDUCATION128,120,000 67,467
TOTAL POST CRISIS ASSISTANCE 1,902,984,140 1,002,098
PROGRAMME SUPPORT COSTS Material Transport Truck Hire (WFP distribution) Month 12 500,000 6,000,000 3,160 Truck Hire (Prog Inputs & Others) Month 6 2,500,000 15,000,000 7,899 Fuel and lubricants for vehicles Month 12 2,000,000 24,000,000 12,638 Vehicle repair and maintenance Month 12 2,500,000 30,000,000 15,798 Sub-total 75,000,000 39,494
Storage, Handling and Distribution Store rental Lumpsum 7,100,000 3,739 Repair & Maintenance - Stores Lumpsum 500,000 263 Casual Labour Month 12 2,500,000 30,000,000 15,798 Materials for distribution Lumpsum 2,424,000 1,276 Out of station allowance distrib staff Lumpsum 5,800,000 3,054 Fuel and lubricant for 3 motorbikes Lumpsum 3,384,000 1,782 Repairs & maintenance motorbikes Month 12 410,000 4,920,000 2,591 Sub-total 54,128,000 28,503
Camp management Material supplies for camp management Lumpsum 854,000 450 Sub-total 854,000 450
Agriculture Programme Fuel and lubricants for 20 Bikes Gallon 5,333 6,000 31,998,000 16,850 Rep & maint (vehicles & 20 bikes) Month 12 2,215,000 26,580,000 13,997 Staff inland travel Lumpsum 6,000,000 3,160 Staff local air travel Lumpsum 700,000 369 Supplies field extension workers Lumpsum 2,592,000 1,365 Stationery -Farmers' reg & ID cards Lumpsum 10,590,000 5,577 Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
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Unit Units Leones Leones US$ Out of station allowance Lumpsum 4,000,000 2,106 Monitoring and supervision Lumpsum 2,500,000 1,316 Sub total 84,960,000 44,739
Infrastructure Fuel and lubricants Gallon 3000 6,000 18,000,000 9,479 Rep & maint (vehicles & 8 bikes) Month 12 907,500 10,890,000 5,735 Supplies for staff Lumpsum 2,304,000 1,213 Staff inland travel Lumpsum 80,000 42 Staff local air travel Lumpsum 300,000 158 Staff training courses Lumpsum 900,000 474 Out of station allowance Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053 Resource materials Lumpsum 220,000 116 Sub total 34,694,000 18,270
Community Peace Building and Civic Education Fuel and lubricants Gallon 1,000 6,000 6,000,000 3,160 Rep & maint (vehicle and 1 bike) Month 12 392,500 4,710,000 2,480 Supplies for staff Lumpsum 1,747,500 920 Out of station allowance 5 staff & resource persons Lumpsum 3,000,000 1,580 Resource materials Lumpsum 1,000,000 527 Small mobile recorder f/interviews & workshop purposes. Number 1 250,000 250,000 132 Sub-total 16,707,500 8,798
Income Generating Programme Fuel and lubricants Gallon 667 6,000 4,002,000 2,107 Rep & maint (vehicles & 3 bikes) Month 12 355,000 4,260,000 2,243 Supplies for staff Lumpsum 472,000 249 Out of station allowance Lumpsum 1,000,000 527 Sub-total 9,734,000 5,126
Monitoring and Evaluation Fuel and lubricants Gallon 2,111 6,000 12,666,000 6,670 Repairs and maintenance (6 bikes) Month 12 240,000 2,880,000 1,517 Supplies for staff Lumpsum 594,000 313 Quarterly evaluation surveys Lumpsum 6,220,000 3,275 Staff training on impact monitoring Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633 Resource materials Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053 Programme evaluation Evaluation 1 10,000,000 10,000,000 5,266 Planning workshop Workshop 1 5,000,000 5,000,000 2,633 Board meeting Meeting 4 2,500,000 10,000,000 5,266 Sub Total 54,360,000 28,626
Distribution Fuel and lubricants Gallon 555 6,000 3,330,000 1,754 Repairs and maintenance (2 bikes) Month 12 80,000 960,000 506 Out of station allowance Lumpsum 5,800,000 3,054 Sub Total 10,090,000 5,313
TOTAL PROGRAMME SUPPORT COST 340,527,500 179,319
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$
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CAPITAL ASSETS Office Equipment and Furnishings Computer, Printer & peripherals Set 1 7,000,000 7,000,000 3,686 Swivel Chairs Number 3 600,000 1,800,000 948 Filing cabinets Number 4 800,000 3,200,000 1,685 Air Conditioning for Photocopy, Computers etc. Unit 1 1,500,000 1,500,000 790 Sub total 13,500,000 7,109
Communications capital equipment Codan Transceiver + Control head + Automatic Tuning Whip Antena complete kit for mobile. Number 4 6,277,500 25,110,000 13,223 VHF transceiver + antenna complete mobile kit Kit 2 697,500 1,395,000 735 VHF Handset + Batteries Number 10 418,500 4,185,000 2,204 Sub Total 30,690,000 16,161
Vehicle capital equipment Truck Number 1 45,000,000 45,000,000 23,697 Car Number 1 7,000,000 7,000,000 3,686 Land Rover Number 1 55,000,000 55,000,000 28,963 XL 125 motorbikes Number 20 6,850,000 137,000,000 72,143 Bicycles for staff Number 6 250,000 1,500,000 790 Bicycles for CBA Supervisors Number 10 250,000 2,500,000 1,316 Sub Total 248,000,000 130,595
TOTAL CAPITAL ASSETS 292,190,000 153,865
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT Staff Salary & Emoluments Program Managers (3 persons) Month 12 548,943 19,761,948 10,407 Team leaders (10 persons) Month 12 496,239 59,548,680 31,358 Supervisors (14 persons) Month 12 463,376 77,847,168 40,994 Team members (61 persons) Month 12 420,314 307,669,848 162,017 Office attendants/Chief drivers (5 ) Month 12 304,230 18,253,800 9,612 Drivers (5 persons) Month 12 290,433 17,425,980 9,176 Drivers' mates (3 persons) Month 12 258,902 9,320,472 4,908 Security guards (11 persons) Month 12 207,667 27,412,044 14,435 Staff medical scheme Month 12 910,000 10,920,000 5,750 Expatriate Director Month 12 4,300,000 51,600,000 27,172 Expatriate technical support Month 12 3,260,000 39,120,000 20,600 Resettlement costs Lumpsum 4,000,000 2,106 Sub Total 642,879,940 338,536
Staff travel Local air travel Trip 80 155,000 12,400,000 6,530 International air travel Trip 2 1,550,000 3,100,000 1,632 Inland travel Lumpsum 780,000 411 Sub Total 16,280,000 8,573
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Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$ Office operations Office Rental (Bo, Kenema & Moyamba) Lumpsum 19,020,000 10,016 Rep & Maint office equip, generators, computers, photocopy machines Month 12 500,000 6,000,000 3,160 Printing and stationery Month 12 3,500,000 42,000,000 22,117 Office Maintenance Repair & maint - Guest House Month 12 300,000 3,600,000 1,896 Electricity & water Month 12 250,000 3,000,000 1,580 Office supplies Month 12 400,000 4,800,000 2,528 Bank charges Lumpsum 21,000,000 11,058 Communications Postage, telephone, and fax Month 12 250,000 3,000,000 1,580 Satellite phone Month 12 1,550,000 18,600,000 9,795 Communication equip installation Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633 Publications & Information Month 12 200,000 2,400,000 1,264 Vehicle operations Rep & Maint (vehicles & 4 bikes) Month 12 810,000 9,720,000 5,118 Vehicle Up Grade Number 1 10,000,000 10,000,000 5,266 Fuel and lubricants Gallon 4,000 6,000 24,000,000 12,638 Licences and insurance Number 2 3,000,000 6,000,000 3,160 Office Furnishings Fans Number 8 50,000 400,000 211 Rolls of floor mat Number 3 150,000 450,000 237 Chairs Number 15 25,000 375,000 197 Tables Number 10 70,000 700,000 369 Filing Shelves Number 8 75,000 600,000 316 Other Expenses Spare Batteries for VHF handset Number 5 80,600 403,000 212 Handset Battery Charger with AC/DC Adaptors Number 5 69,750 348,750 184 Sub Total 181,416,750 95,533
TOTAL PERSONNEL, ADMIN, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT 840,576,690 442,642
Audit and Evaluation Audit fees Lumpsum 6,000,000 3,160
TOTAL EXPENSES 4,487,238,330 2,362,948 BALANCE REQUESTED 4,199,627,330 1,561,335
Rate of exchange: USD 1 = Leones 1,899
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I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
¨ The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone (BCSL)
II. IMPLEMENTING MEMBER AND PARTNER INFORMAITION
The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone was founded in 1974 as an indigenous, religious NGO. Besides its missions and evangelism, BCSL includes in its activities: Education/Christian Education, Medical Work, Relief and Community Based Rehabilitation, Agriculture and Rural Development, Women’s Programme, Peace Education and Community Development Initiatives.
The Convention started rehabilitation activities at the inception of the Agriculture Rehabilitation for the Blind (ARB) in 1982 in Lunsar and its environs and gradually spread to the entire northern region. It has rehabilitated about 1,500 clients in 500 villages including the blind, the lepers, epileptics and other diseases at the community-based level. This is why the programme is now called Baptist Community-Based Rehabilitation (BCBR) Programme.
BCSL has a Development and Rehabilitation Department with a Relief and Rehabilitation Division. The Division is headed by a fully qualified Relief Co-ordinator with over 15 years of working experience in planning and implementing/managing relief programmes in war situations. The Department also has a Director with 24 years of National and International Field Experience in Development. He provides technical leadership to the Relief Co-ordinator with respect to planning, implementing and reporting. The Relief Programme also has two other fully qualified staff members along with 6 other permanent staff, a Book- keeper/Typist and a number of casual labourers.
The division has adequate office space and moderate office equipment. There are two trucks, (7and 11 tons respectively) while sources of hiring where necessary are also available. Two road-worthy Toyota pick-up vans and 1 new Ranger Van, 3 Motor Cycles are also available. B C S L has adequate store facilities both in Freetown and Lunsar.
Description of BCSL Implementing Partners:
Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL) – an umbrella ecumenical organisation with many years of experience, mainly as planning agency for relief and rehabilitation activities. It operates nation wide.
Catholic Mission – Partner in emergency relief at regional level. Over 30 years implementing emergency relief programmes in health, medical care, agriculture, etc. Operates nation wide.
Children’s Aid Direct (CAD) – Partner and common member in inter-agency association in Port Loko District (north). Has about 5 years of effective operations in Sierra Leone and is a key player in relief and rehabilitation in health and agriculture. Operates mainly in the north.
Community Based Organisations (COBs) – Local NGOs which partners in organisation and registration of individuals. CBOS have been indispensable in relief activities and have proven to be cost effective, efficient and reliable.
Adventist for Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) – NGO – partner and common member in inter-
Sierra Leone – Relief for War Displaced 22 Sierra Leone AFSL-11. agency association in Port Loko District. About six years of effective operations in Sierra Leone and currently one of the best in emergency relief and rehabilitation in medicine, food and non-food items as well as shelter. Operates nation wide, but mainly in the west, south and north.
Government Departments – BCSL relief and rehabilitation programmes are always witnessed by appropriate government representatives.
III. DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background The rebel war of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) which started in 1991 has caused untold numbers of displaced people, refugees and massive destruction of human lives and properties.
However, following the signing of the Lome Peace Agreement on July, 1999, and the Abuja Ceasefire agreement in November 2000 and their current implementation process there is much hope for lasting peace in the mind of every Sierra Leonean.
In the last quarter of 1999 the Convention and other CCSL member churches submitted applications for emergency assistance to ACT through CCSL for the most war-affected people in the 3 chiefdoms around Lunsar (Marampa, Masimera and Buya Romende) and BCSL operational communities in the Greater Freetown Areas. ACT provided some funds for BCSL in the second week of December and the implementation of the activities is in progress accordingly and scheduled to end by end of January 2000. Also in August 2000 ACT provided some funds for relief and agricultural rehabilitation in the Western Rural Areas.
Current Situation As part of the Lome Peace and Ceasefire Agreements all ex-combatants are being encamped in specific locations and the disarmament is in progress The UN soldiers have been deployed to most of the big towns in the country including BCSL operational areas to ensure that the Agreements are implemented accordingly. Consequently most of the displaced people in the Northern Province including those in the Lunsar town and its environs are returning to their homes. The current situation is one that requires post-war activities especially in the areas of food security, livestock, water and sanitation and peace building workshops.
It is proposed that this programme commences in March 2001 with Lunsar as the main Project location and Freetown as a branch.
Impact on Human Lives From the Government and NGO (including BCSL) sources, about 3,500 people were killed in Port Loko District; over 3,000 suffered amputations or were injured and a total of about 30,000 people (including 10,000 men, 7,000 women and 13,000 children) were displaced while about 750 boys and 100 girls abducted.
Description of Damages In the Port Loko District a total of about 2,500 houses and kitchens, 160 toilets, 80 primary schools, 23 health centres, 15 local administrative buildings and over 50 market buildings were burnt down and 45 bridges destroyed in 132 villages.
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All farming inputs were burnt and virtually no domestic animals exist in any of the villages in the area.
Location for Proposed Response Lunsar town is the major location for the proposed response. This is the most central location to access the affected people in the 10 chiefdoms in the Port Loko, Kambia and Bombali Districts of the Northern Province. The 10 Chiefdoms include, Marampa, Masimera, Buya Romende, Koya, Gbendembu, Mapakie, Magbaimba Ndorhahun, Mambolo, Samu and Maforki. Freetown is a branch location for other affected people in the greater Freetown Areas.
Lunsar town is about 76 miles (123km) from Freetown on the high way to Makeni which is about 117 miles (189km) from Freetown. Mambolo Town is about 126 miles from Freetown.
From Mambolo, one could access Kassirie town and its environs by boat and road. Lunsar is ideally the head quarter town of the Baptist Convention.
Other organisations assisting on relief and rehabilitation in Marampa Chiefdom are the Roman Catholic, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Children’s Aid Direct (CAD) each of which operates in different villages.
Nearly 50% of the fighters have been encamped and the UN troops deployed in all big towns in the North including Lunsar, Makeni and Port Loko. The disarmament is in progress.
All villages in the 3 chiefdoms surrounding Lunsar are now accessible. Some of the inhabitants of these villages have returned while others are in preparation to return, indicating the safety of the area.
The 2 chiefdoms in the Kambia District where the health centres are to be rehabilitated are also now accessible and relatively secure.
IV. GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal: To rehabilitate one health centres in Mambolo and 3,000 farm families in 10 Chiefdoms in Port Loko, Bombali and Kambia Districts and in the Greater Freetown Areas within a period of 12 months.
Objectives & Targeted Beneficiaries
TARGETED CRITERIA FOR SELECTION PROCESS OBJECTIVES BENEFICIARIES SELECTION A. FOOD SECURITY (Agriculture) 1. To provide basic agricultural inputs 2,000 male heads of · Farm families · Needs (planting materials, households with a piece of seeds, etc. etc) for land. · Assessment 3,000 farm families and registration in three chiefdoms · Farm families community for 1 year with a farming leaders. back ground 2. LIVESTOCK · Survey
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To provide 10 groups (80 members · Information each) of women with 80 800 women, 200 men from other hens and 20 cocks and 200 youths. sources - each. Government, To provide 10 groups The male & female · Farm families NGOs etc. (20 members each) of animals will be with a piece of men with 20 he goats distributed at ratio of land. and 4 she goats each. 1:5 (using a free range To provide 10 groups system). · Farm families (20 members each) of with a farming youths with 20 boars back ground and 4 sows each. B. HEALTH 24,000 people · The one · Needs MEDICAL Health Centres Assessment SERVICES destroyed by 1. To rehabilitate the rebels. · Survey Roseba Health Centres in Mambolo.
2. DRUGS - provide 24,000 people · Registered · Diagnosis drugs for treatment patients of minor ailments 3. Construct 3 modern 3 Villages · Absence of · Village visit hand-dug water community wells in 3 villages water wells 4. Construct 9 VIP 3Villages · Absence of · Village visit and Latrines in 3 community discussions Villages latrines
5. Health Education to 10 Animators · Participation · Records of train 10 Health to a CBO CBO’s and Animators, 1 in (Community youths each chiefdom on Based association the proper use of Organisation) water wells and latrines.
C. TRAINING WORKSHOPS/ SEMINARS
1. Conduct five work- shops in the · Most war- 10 chiefdoms on 200 men and 200 women affected · Visitation and Peace and village discussions Reconciliation. communities
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V. PROPOSED ASSISTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION
DESCRIPTION TYPE OF UNIT NO. OF UNITS/QUANTITY 1. AGRICULTURAL INPUTS i. Seed Rice Bushels 500 ii. Groundnut Seeds Bushels 500 iii. Cassava Cuttings Bundles 500 iv. Potato Vines Bundles 500 v. Livestock - Chickens No. 1000 - Goats No. 240 - Pigs No. 240 2. HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES i. Rehabilitation of 1 Health Centre - 1 ii. Drugs Kits 15 iii. VIP Latrines No. 9 iv. Water Wells No. 3 v. Training (Animators) No. 10
3. WORKSHOPS No. 5
VI. IMPLEMENTATION
This assistance will be implemented by the Baptist Convention Development & Rehabilitation Department personnel. Seven personnel will be required - a Project Director (Part-time) a Co-ordinator, Field Officers and a Driver. Baptist Convention will provide two 4-wheel drive vehicles. The funding partner is to provide 2 trucks through CCSL for member churches to transport farming inputs, drugs, building materials, etc.
¨ During the planting season (May – October) 3,000 families will be supported with basic agricultural tools and seeds. Crops to be cultivated include rice, cassava and sweet potato. ¨ One health centre in 1 chiefdom will be rehabilitated, ¨ 3 wells with hand lift pumps, ¨ 9 VIP Latrines will be dug in 3 villages, ¨ 10 Health animators each in 10 chiefdoms will be trained. ¨ Five Workshops on Peace Education will be conducted in the 10 chiefdoms.
The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone wishes to resettle and rehabilitate 3,000 displaced persons and 23 war-affected community infrastructures (i.e. health centres/clinics, toilets and water wells) and to empower the people especially the women, for food production activities as well as building their human resource capacity. The project will need external funding for the first year effective February 2001. At the end of the project people would have achieved 60%food-self-sufficiency, constructed 9 toilets, 3 wells and 1 Health Centre.
The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone will also continue its usual development activities in the areas of education, health, agricultural and capacity building with moral, etc., support from its partners, the European Baptist Mission (EBM), Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Diakonisches Werk, Tear Fund Holland,
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Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) and Bread for the World.
VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration The project is implemented under the Development and Rehabilitation Department of BCSL. The Development Director of the Department provides technical leadership to the Relief and Rehabilitation Co- ordinator in planning, implementing and reporting.
The Co-ordinator is responsible for the overall implementation of the project involving planning, management, procurement, disbursement, co-ordination, especially at the field level. The 3 field workers work together with the CBOs to ensure proper delivery at the village level. They (Supervisors) pay regular visits to project villages and report accordingly to the Co-ordinator.
The Relief & Rehabilitation Division has a standing committee to make urgent and important decisions on behalf of the Development Board which is the policy making body of the Department for ratification by the Executive Committee of the BCSL.
The Co-ordinator reports to the Development Director who reports to the Board at Board meetings (quarterly) and then to the Executive Committee on behalf of the board (Department). Reports to the funding agency are prepared by the Co-ordinator in consultation with the Director and the General Secretary of the BCSL.
Finance The existing financial management structure of BCSL Development and Rehabilitation will be used to enhance the financial management of this project. The structure comprises accounts with a reputable bank in Sierra Leone (Rokel Commercial Bank Ltd.) where funds for rehabilitation are kept in a separate account; BCSL has a Finance/Accounts Office ;with a Book-keeper, an Accountant, a Treasurer, an Internal auditor and an External Chartered Accountants Firm for auditing.
All funds for rehabilitation are credited to the relief account in the Bank. When the need for the use of money arises the co-ordinator fills in a standard form attached with proforma invoices where possible for the cost of items involved. The Development Director examines the requisition in relation to planned activities of the programme and approves or disapproves after discussion with the Co-ordinator. If approved the requisition is passed on to the General secretary and finally to the Treasurer for approval. All cheques for the activities have 2 signatories – the General Secretary, Development Director and the Co-ordinator for any 2 (including the General Secretary) to sign.
At the end of every programme activity all receipts for expenditures and a summary report of the activity are submitted to the Accounts Office through the Development Director with copies to the General Secretary.
Monitoring The project will be monitored at 3 levels – at the village, central location and at headquarter (Dev. Dept. Office) levels.
At the village level, Executives of the CBOs and beneficiaries hold regular meetings to discuss their progress. Each of the 4 field workers pay regular field visits to beneficiaries. He holds meetings with executive
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The third level of monitoring involves the Development Director paying periodic field visits to the central location and a random number of beneficiary villages. The Development Director in consultation with the General Secretary reports to the Board on a quarterly basis. All narrative reports must include descriptive statistics with gender aspects.
VIII. IMPLEMENTATION TIME TABLE
1 March to 28 February 2002
IX. COORDINATION
The Baptist Convention is an active member church of CCSL with a very cordial working relationship
BCSL is a founding member of the association of all NGOs working in the Port Loko District convening regular meetings and information sharing to enhance complementarity and better co-ordination. Individual member agencies present their programmes at a given time followed by monthly meetings for discussion. BCSL is also a member church of the Ecumenical NGOs in humanitarian and development work in Sierra Leone. Monthly meetings are held for information sharing and programme planning to promote collaboration in our humanitarian and development work.
BCSL is an implementing agency for relief and rehabilitation for the National Commission for Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Resettlement (NCRRR) and for the Social Action for Poverty Alleviation (SAPA) Programme in Sierra Leone. BCSL has submitted proposals to these agencies for rehabilitation programmes, but have not gone through when the rebels invaded Freetown and Port Loko District.
BCSL generally directs its rehabilitation relief assistance to specific needy groups in specified locations. This information is shared to virtually all agencies working in this sector including the relevant government departments and the security personnel.
All these are efforts to enhance the overall Co-ordinator efforts in the rehabilitation programmes in Sierra Leone.
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X. BUDGET
BCSL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$ Food Security Rice seeds Bushel 500 35,000 17,500,000 9,215 Groundnut seeds Bushel 500 40,000 20,000,000 10,532 Cassava cuttings Bundle 500 10,000 5,000,000 2,633 Sweet potato vines Bundle 500 10,000 5,000,000 2,633 Livestock: Goats Number 200 80,000 16,000,000 8,425 Billy goats Number 40 60,000 2,400,000 1,264 Sows Number 200 100,000 20,000,000 10,532 Swines Number 40 100,000 4,000,000 2,106 Hens Number 800 10,000 8,000,000 4,213 Cocks Number 200 10,000 2,000,000 1,053 Sub total 99,900,000 52,607
Health and Medical Services Rehabilitation of health centers Number 1 47,603,600 47,603,600 25,068 Assorted medications Kit 15 666,667 10,000,005 5,266 VIP latrines Latrine 9 2,141,500 19,273,500 10,149 Water wells Well 3 6,680,000 20,040,000 10,553 Training of animators Training 10 60,000 600,000 316 Sub total 97,517,105 51,352
Workshops Peace and Reconciliation Workshop 5 2,500,000 12,500,000 6,582
Personnel, Administration, Operational & Other Support Costs Staff salaries (7 persons) Month 12 300,000 25,200,000 13,270 Out of station allowances Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053 Staff housing Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633 Vehicle running costs Month 12 1,000,000 12,000,000 6,319 Postage, stationery and supplies Month 12 166,667 2,000,000 1,053 Sub total 46,200,000 24,329
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 256,117,105 134,869
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I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
¨ Methodist Church Sierra Leone (MCSL)
II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
The Methodist Church Sierra Leone (MCSL) is one of the member Churches of the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL) directly involved in humanitarian and development work in the country. With a membership of about 30,000 the church has established itself since 1792 in various parts of the Sierra Leone community, mainly in the south and east.
The Church started its community development work during the 1930s through the setting up of a clinic to take care of sick women and children. In recent times, MCSL established and runs a 200-bed hospital (presently in rebel held area) and six clinics in east, south and western regions of the country. Both primary and secondary schools were also established through which thousands of children receive their formal education year after year. In the late 80s five Community Development Programme Centres were set-up in various parts of the country through which the Church carries out its mission and evangelistic work.
In March, 1991 the rebel war broke out causing 90% of MCSL community members (Methodists, non- Methodist and non-Christians) to be forcefully removed from their homes into bush hide-outs, refugee camps in neighbouring Guinea and Liberia and as internally displaced persons (IDPs) in other towns and villages within the country.
Since that time MCSL has been involved in emergency initiatives response to help reduce the suffering of the people of Sierra Leone. In 1993, the Development Desk was set-up with the mandate to articulate the churches humanitarian and community development effort in addressing the needs of the people.
In order to effectively plan, implement and monitor programme activities, the Development Department was decentralized through the opening of functional regional co-ordinating units in Bo, South and Kenema, East of the country. The two offices are manned by competent and qualified personnel who are in direct contact with target beneficiaries.
III. DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background The 10-year civil conflict in Sierra Leone has created an emergency situation in MCSL operational areas. Lives and property have been destroyed as a result of recurrent fighting in various parts of the country. Most of the community infrastructure including schools, hospitals, clinics etc have been destroyed. In the case of MCSL, five well established community-based development project facilities were all vandalised. The insecurity was brought about by the sporadic rebel attacks and harassment of civilians. This resulted in a mass movement of people to the big cities living in makeshift camps and in congested houses.
With cessation of fighting, displaced persons are enthusiastic to return to their homes. However, the majority of people do not have access to education and social amenities and in many cases food requirements have not been met at the household level.
Through phase I of the ACT emergency programme which begun in January 2000, MCSL has distributed
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The second phase of the project involved the rehabilitation of 5 primary school buildings in Kenema districts. Furthermore, it supported farm families with agricultural inputs including mainly seeds and tools. An extension of health care facilities as well as water and sanitation programme were also launched.
Communities have responded with materials, some labour as well as active participation in program activities having provided the first steps towards alleviating the problems of these war weary people through the two phases of the project. In phase III, MCSL proposes a sustainable system that can be maintained by the community working together as well as expanding the system to provide a greater coverage within MCSL target areas. Emphasis will be placed on training community volunteers and gradually handing over the responsibility to the communities. Without this phase, the system will be totally dependant on outside support or will again collapse rendering phases one and two of little impact.
Current Situation Over recent months beginning September 2000, rebels attacked towns and villages in the republic of Guinea. Consequently, an upsurge in fighting between the government troops in Guinea and the rebels has resulted in over 17,000 Sierra Leonean refugees being voluntarily repatriated.
The Government of Sierra Leone and UNHCR are endeavouring to repatriate people to Sierra Leone but the majority are still held up in Guinea as a result of difficulties in organizing mass repatriation and the cost of creating large transit camps within Sierra Leone. Moreover, the places of origin of the majority of returnees are still occupied by rebels. Most of the Sierra Leoneans have been forced to return to the RUF controlled areas of Kono and Kailahun districts in the eastern region. Refugees continue to be harassed and most have lost their properties. There is a steady influx increasing as the security situation deteriorates in the Republic of Guinea.
Urgent emergency response involving national and international NGOs is being co-ordinated by the National Commission for Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Reintegrated (NCRRR) the government body responsible for the co-ordination of humanitarian activities.
Since 1991, MCSL have been offering humanitarian assistance to Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea. Perhaps inevitably, there is a need for MCSL to take responsibility to focus on the establishment of transit camps as an interim measure to alleviate the suffering of returnees. However, resettlement of returnees in their native communities remains a priority.
Assessment conducted by the resettlement committee reveals that 7 districts including Bo, Bonthe, Moyamba, Pujehun, Kenema part of Port Loko districts; and Western area have been declared safe for resettlement. The current opening of some major roads from the provincial town of Kenema to both Tongo and Daru in the eastern province is likely to accelerate the process of resettlement in the rest of Kenema and Kailahun Districts.
The programme of disarmament and demobilization of fighting forces is on-going. In most of the above districts many of the weapons have been removed from combatants thereby making these parts of the country much conducive for a meaningful resettlement.
The deployment of UN peace- keeping forces in sensitive areas of the country has further improved the security situation, creating an atmosphere conducive for post conflict rehabilitation and resettlement
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The emergency situation has then arisen whereby communities are gradually returning to their respective places of origin; moving from refugee camps, displaced camps and other dwelling locations
Eastern Provinces Kenema - Nongowa, Malegohun, Small Bo Kailahun - Njaluahun, Peje West, Peje, Bongre, Upper Bambara, Malema.
Southern Provinces Bonthe – Bum and Imperri (coastal section) Bo - Bagbo, Lugbu, Tikonko Moyamba - Ribbi Western Area - York, Hamilton and Waterloo
Many war affected persons have already returned, but conditions for their resettlement remain deplorable. As a result, most continue to live in provincial towns and the city, Freetown against their will.
Food insecurity, health, water and sanitation problems, massive destruction of educational and health infrastructure; lack of meaningful empowerment facilities/possibilities particularly for women and youth in term of income generating projects, all leading to the emergency situation within MCSL operational areas requiring the intervention of all, particularly the church .
Impact on Human Lives Cognisant of the low level of socio-economic status and the volatile political situation of the country as well as the overall development goal of MCSL, MCSL expects phase III of ACT emergency programme to have impact on the lives of an estimated 45,000 IDPs. 70% of this number lives in camps near Bo and Kenema township. The remaining 30% are living with relatives and friends in towns and villages and there are plans to resettle these IDPs in MCSL operational areas. In addition, a large number of refugees, estimated at around 17,000, have been voluntarily repatriated from Guinea and Liberia and are expected to return to their native towns and villages.
It is estimated that 60% of the returning war affected persons are women and children. Chronic food insecurity is pervasive as communities have for the past years not been able to cultivate their plots sufficiently due to unavailability of inputs and the prevailing insecurity. The majority of the population relies mainly on food aid which has not been sufficient. Local food production has been disrupted for quite sometime, hunger and malnutrition particularly among children and lactating mothers are clearly observable.
The target communities will benefit from this project in the form of increase access to health facilities and services including affordable treatment of minor ailments, safe delivery and family planning services, potable water, nutrition surveillance and health and sanitation education. Additional health facilities including clinics, water walls, demonstration sanitation facilities including latrines will be constructed for increased access. Health facilities costs will be reduced for women who are traditionally the custodians of household health. Reduced distances to water sources and improved quality will benefit women and children who fetch and use water the most. The vast majority of returned farmers are under utilizing their farmlands largely due to the unavailability of inputs required to undertake agricultural activities. The provision of planting materials will facilitate the realization of local food production and thus help job creation.
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After the successful implementation of fishing and animal restocking, protein deficiency and its related diseases will be minimized. Furthermore, through the sale of fish and livestock, beneficiaries will improve their income earning capacity and hence their standard of living.
With the implementation of food processing and storage programmes target groups will fully realize their harvest and crop loss will be minimized. Moreover, processing will improve the quality and storage life of the various foodstuffs and also help the beneficiaries tide over a period of hunger.
Description of Damages Sierra Leone has yet to recover from the ravages of a 10-year civil war resulting in total destruction of infrastructure, displacement of people, looting and destruction of dwellings and possessions, kidnapping of children, interruption of agricultural activities, food and general insecurity
A war affected population with limited access to health facilities suffers with illness and deaths from diseases that can easily be prevented. 90% of rural communities are deprived of access to potable water and proper toilet facilities. The majority of the people depend on traditionally dug-out water wells and streams for their drinking water. These water sources have mostly been contaminated by dead bodies and other rubbish.
Locations for Proposed Response
District Food Security Health Farm Inputs Food Animal Fishing Peace Water Latrine I. Processing Restockin building Well g Recon. Kenema X Kailahun X X X X X X X Bo X X X X Bonthe X X X X X Moyamba X X X Western X X X Area
All selected locations are MCSL traditional areas of operation where the relevant capacity for effective implementation of the proposed project exists. In addition to the Planning and Co-ordinating Desk at national level, MCSL has a well organised structure at field level including personnel and basic logistics that will facilitate a successful project implementation of this project.
Current Security Situation The state of affairs in the country has been oscillating between silence of the gun and sporadic fighting in various locations, with peace accords and cease fire agreements signed and broken by the RUF. This effectively set in motion the recycling of the conflict thereby reversing gains made in the transition period of the peace making effort.
With the intervention of the British troops to complement the effort of UNAMSIL, the fighting factions have started building confidence in the peace process and some of the ex-combatants have demonstrated commitment to ongoing disarmament, demobilization and re-integration (DDR) programme. The assurance given by the British government to help resolve the 10-year civil conflict has further instilled confidence in the civil populace for sustainable peace in Sierra Leone.
The above notwithstanding, the RUF is still reluctant to allow UNAMSIL and other troops to be deployed in
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IV. GOAL & OBJECTIVES
The overall goal is to help war affected persons within six project locations to rebuild their respective communities.
In order to achieve the above goal, the following objectives are to be met; ¨ To provide basic farm input and extension services to 3,500 farm families in project locations thereby helping them resuscitate the agricultural production in resettle areas. ¨ To rehabilitate two health centres and provide basic health care services within the project location. ¨ To construct five water wells and 15 latrines in five project locations. ¨ To provide psycho-social services to war affected, highly traumatised persons through peace building and reconciliation workshops and other relevant community initiatives. ¨ To provide basic fishing tackle to fishermen in order to reverse the declining trend in production and to contribute to the achievement of food self sufficiency. ¨ To facilitate food processing and marketing of foodstuff among women within project location. ¨ To provide animals (poultry and small ruminants) for resettled persons in war affected communities so as to ensure a sustainable source of protein within project areas.
V. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
The activities of MCSL target practically all residents within the operational areas either directly or indirectly.
Specifically, activities for which assistance is now being sought targets a variety of groups and the selection of such groups depends on the expressed and observable emergency needs of the people. In concrete terms, MCSL will target the most vulnerable groups (youth, women and the disadvantaged). There is no religious or ethnic consideration for selection of target groups.
This programme will generally address poverty of women, youth, the illiterate and peasant farming communities in selected target areas.
The following shows types of target beneficiaries according to proposed type of assistance.
Location Target Beneficiaries (Families) Total Food Security & Water and Psycho- Agriculture Sanitation Health social Services
Kailahun District 1,500 500 3,400 2,000 7,400
Kenema District 500 ------1,000 1,500
Tikonko & Lugbu 800 200 500 1,000 2,500
Bum and Imperri 400 100 400 1,500 10,500
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Chiefdom
Ribbi Area 300 50 - 1,000 1,800
Western Area ------500 2,000 1,200 3,700
TOTAL 3,500 1,350 6,300 7,700 27,400 NOTE: Average Family size is 6
The organisational structure of groups depends on the type of assistance rendered. Assistance is channeled through family heads; the food security and agricultural inputs and extension services assistance targets either farming families or community-based farming groups. Health centre construction activities targets entire communities and medical assistance is directed to individuals, institutions, townships and specific communities adversely affected by the war.
Beneficiary Selection Criteria Selection will be based on the following criteria; ¨ Newly resettling/returning families ¨ Female headed households ¨ Organised village community groups ¨ Vulnerable groups such as the aged, disabled and single women
Health Beneficiaries will include women, children and other vulnerable groups such as the disabled, aged and amputees within the project areas.
VI. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
Health, Water and Sanitation Health: This will preliminarily be limited to provision of drugs and other medical supplies, replacement of essential equipment and materials, provision of personnel costs for nurses and other essential staff.
A village health education campaign will be organised in five communities. Five water wells and 15 latrines will be constructed to increase access to potable drinking water and prevent uncontrolled deposit of human waste - this is particularly relevant in congested settlements.
Required materials, drugs and other medical suppliers will be purchase and/or distributed to selected project sites. Implementation of this aspect of the project will be done directly by an assigned water and sanitation field supervisor.
Two health centres will be constructed during the life span of the proposed project in order to assure returnee population of medical services.
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Logistics Support In order to facilitate effective programme implementation and, with a view of building up the capacity of MCSL management, the proposed project will provide additional logistical support. This will be in the form of transportation and office equipment.
The Development Secretariat will directly implement this aspect of the programme. Although MCSL currently has some logistics, additional transport facilities as well as data processing units are required for effective implementation of the proposed project.
Two (2) Honda Motor Cycles for project supervisors will be required. 2 laptops and 2 desktop computers with accessories and software packages for data processing are all part of the logistics support needed.
Peace building and Post war reconciliation Trainers will be trained to further animate and effect peace, civic education and reconciliation in all MCSL project areas. Appropriate curricular and other training materials will be developed and these will be used to facilitate the training activities.
Four training workshops will be held to train community animators. Training will be followed by specific micro-project activities within the respective communities that are aimed at creating the possibilities of putting into practice basic principles, disaster preparedness, political, public awareness and good governance.
The micro-project will include among others the following:
¨ Organising local drama groups for dissemination of peace promotion messages, radio discussions and film shows. ¨ Football gala ¨ Open air sensitization campaigns ¨ All projects will be community based with high degree of community participation and women will be encouraged to play the dominant role.
FOOD SECURITY
Crop Production Farm families and farming groups will be organised to undertake cultivation of rice , cassava, groundnut, and vegetables. MCSL will undertake to procure all the required inputs. Required personnel for implementation of the agricultural programme are available. In each of the project locations there are 3 qualified and experienced agricultural extension personnel working within communities. Extension services and monitoring of activities will be undertaken regularly. Community participation in all phases of proposed project will be encouraged. After community sensitisation ,beneficiary identification and selection, materials and inputs will be distributed with the full participation of beneficiary representatives.
Communities will be encouraged to return a small quantity of distributed seeds especially seed rice and groundnut which will be used to set up seed bank. These will be given to other groups for planting in subsequent planting seasons.
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ANIMAL RESTOCKING
The rearing of small stock farm animal is an integral feature of the farming system in Sierra Leone. These small animals serve as stores of value in communities without formal banking system. They are also important in satisfying traditional societal ceremony values. Small ruminants, poultry and pigs will be distributed to group/ individuals.
The following allocations will be made.
STOCK; Female Male Goats 5 1 Sheep 5 1 Poultry 25 5 Pigs 5 1
Women will be encouraged to undertake the rearing of animals. To ensure success of the programme, MCSL will set up multiplication centres in each of the districts . These selected satellite centres will be properly managed to avoid mass mortality . Livestock will be distributed from these centres after pre-conditions. Temporary shelters will be constructed to house farm animals. MCSL personnel, in collaboration with the ministry of agriculture, will work together monitoring the feeding, housing, treatment, handling and general management.
FOOD PROCESSING
This programme will work with communities to develop and acquire appropriate skills and equipment to be used in processing a wide range of foodstuffs thereby increasing the earning capacity of beneficiaries. It will also improve the prevailing marketing situation of the rural populace who are predominantly farmers.
Activities will include the procurement and installation of appropriate (some locally produced) food processing technologies. Technology include cassava grating machines, palm oil presser and fish smoking unit.
Communities will require training in business management and maintenance of machines. In this regard MCSL will organize training sessions in order to enhance the sustainability of the programme. Salaries will be paid to the operators for a six-month period, and afterwards, funds for payment of salaries to the operators will be drawn from proceeds of the hire charges on the machines. A local contractor will be hired to undertake the construction of sheds and the installation of the machines.
FISHING
Fishing is a major livelihood of the target communities situated along the coast and river banks. Fish and other sea foods are the cheapest and constitute a significant source of protein. Fish is eaten dried or smoked with market for fresh fish being limited mainly to the Freetown area.
Beneficiaries along the coast and river bank will be organised into groups to undertake fishing. MCSL will procure the required fishing canoes, nets, and outboard machines. The fishing gear will be given to the beneficiaries on a credit basis.
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VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration The activities that address the needs of the target population generally emanate from baseline surveys conducted by technical personnel. A number of activities this programme plans to respond to have their origin from the expressed wishes of the already identified target beneficiaries.
Description of the working methods Implementation will be co-ordinated by the Development Department; headed by the Development Secretary (DS). The DS works very closely with the already established Conference Committee on Development and Rehabilitation. Through this Committee, the DS is responsible to the Methodist Conference. Major Decisions and review of programme monitoring reports and project activities are taken by this Committee to which the President, Vice President and Conference Secretary, Conference Treasurer, Lay Secretary, the three Chairmen of Districts as well as Community representatives are members. The DS is in attendance and serves as Secretary.
Supporting staff at National Co-ordinating level includes Programme Officer (Assistant Development Secretary) and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Micro-Credit Officer, Secretary and Driver. The Women’s Desk and Youth Desk Secretaries are also part of the national co-ordinating team.
From the general conference administration, the services of the whole accounting staff - Accountant, 2 Accounting Assistants and Internal Auditor are all at hand to render their support.
All staff members are trained and fully qualified in their respective professions and have considerable experience.
Direct programme implementation at field level is done by the respective regional field staff (East, South) headed by Regional Co-ordinators. Sectoral (Agric, Micro Credit and Education, Infrastructural Rehabilitation) staff work directly with the respective communities. These report to their respective Co- ordinators who in turn report to the regional Development and Rehabilitation committees. Vetted reports are sent to the Development Secretariat for compilation and analysis. These are tabled for discussion by the Conference Committee on Development and Rehabilitation.
Finance Management and Control ¨ The President of Conference has the overall authority at policy level. ¨ The Secretary of Conference who is the administrative head of Conference works very closely with the Development Secretary on matters relating to Conference Development and Rehabilitation Programmes. The Secretary of Conference authorizes disbursement of funds only after the following procedure is carried through; - expenditure initiated by the Development Secretary according to approved budget item(s). - examined and verified by the Internal Auditor. - Request ascertained by the Chief Accountant the availability of funds in the various accounts is also confined. - All requests for disbursement are accompanied by supporting documents. ¨ There are monthly management meetings both at National and Regional levels to assess various project performances during previous month and map out activities in coming month. Constraints encountered are also discussed and solutions deliberated.
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¨ There are monthly reports which are to be submitted to the DS by Regional Co-ordinators. ¨ Quarterly reports are to be prepared by the DS for circulation to all Development and Rehabilitation Committee members 7 days before the usual quarterly meeting. This report includes both narrative and budget performances. This also applies to project proposals for which funds are solicited from donors. ¨ Half yearly reports are sent to donors 14 days after close of reporting period. ¨ Monitoring of programme activities is continuous and a monthly monitoring report is submitted directed to both the DS and Secretary of Conference.
Monitoring & Procedures There are two levels of monitoring within MCSL programme management.
The first is monitoring at field (Regional) level. The Monitoring and Evaluation unit within the Development Department works directly with field implementation staff. There is often a bi-weekly report from this unit for the attention of management through the Development Secretary. At field level, the beneficiary communities are also encouraged to set-up Monitoring Committee who meets from time to time to review progress of work.
The second level is the monitoring of MCSL programme activities by the Secretary of Conference and President of Conference
In the sector of financial management; there is an Internal Auditor who will pre and post audit all transactions of any programme being implemented.
VIII. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
1 March 2001 – 28 February 2002
IX. CO-ORDINATION
Activities of the proposed project will be related to similar efforts of government, UN Agencies and NGOs within the selected locations. MCSL is a member of the Inter-Agency forum at both National and Regional levels.
But more specific is MCSL’s membership at the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL) which is the co-ordinator of the ACT programme. There is a consortium of participating churches meeting regularly to share implementation plans, review work progress and share experiences, all with the aim of supporting each other’s work and avoid duplication of effort and ineffective use of scarce resources.
In the emergency area, MCSL is relating with the Relief and Rehabilitation Department of CCSL and UMC in respective programme implementation efforts.
X. BUDGET
INCOME - ACT NETWORK US$
OTHER INCOME Pledges from non-ACT donors 5,833 TOTAL INCOME 5,833
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MCSL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$ Food Security & Agriculture Planting Material Seed Rice Bushel 1,000 35,000 35,000,000 18,431 Cassava Bundle 1,500 3,000 4,500,000 2,370 Groundnuts Bushel 200 40,000 8,000,000 4,213 Vegetable seeds Kg 400 10,000 4,000,000 2,106 Sub Total 51,500,000 27,120
Tools Cutlasses Piece 1,000 4,000 4,000,000 2,106 Hoes 1,800 5,000 9,000,000 4,739 Sub Total 13,000,000 6,846
Animal Restocking Billy goats Number 18 60,000 1,080,000 569 Goats Number 90 80,000 7,200,000 3,791 Sheep Number 18 100,000 1,800,000 948 Ewes Number 90 100,000 9,000,000 4,739 Swines Number 15 100,000 1,500,000 790 Sows Number 75 100,000 7,500,000 3,949 Poultry restocking Cocks Number 90 5,000 450,000 237 Hens Number 450 5,000 2,250,000 1,185 Sub Total 30,780,000 16,209
Constr of Transit Animal Shelter Number 18 350,000 6,300,000 3,318
Fishery - boats and gears Number 2 13,000,000 26,000,000 13,691
Food processing systems Number 4 3,500,000 14,000,000 7,372
Water and Sanitation VIP latrines Latrine 9 2,447,600 22,028,400 11,600 Hand pump wells (14 m. deep) Well 3 6,447,000 19,341,000 10,185 Sub total 41,369,400 21,785
Psychosocial input Peace bldg & reconciliation w/shop Workshop 4 2,500,000 10,000,000 5,266
Health Health education/training workshop Workshop 4 1,500,000 6,000,000 3,160
Community Infrastructure Construction of health centre Number 1 40,041,000 40,041,000 21,085
Total Direct Programme Cost 238,990,400 125,851
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Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$ MATERIAL, TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING AND HANDLING
Truck rental and related costs Month 6 1,000,000 6,000,000 3,160 Labor fees for loading/unloading Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633 Total Material, Transport, Storage, W/housing & Handling 11,000,000 5,793
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT Desktop computer Unit 1 5,000,000 5,000,000 2,633 Motorcycle Unit 1 7,000,000 7,000,000 3,686 Total Capital Equipment 12,000,000 6,319
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT Staff Salaries and Support Programme Officer Month 12 350,000 4,200,000 2,212 Agricultural Officer Month 12 250,000 3,000,000 1,580 Extension workers (4 persons) Month 12 150,000 7,200,000 3,791 Health Supervisor Month 12 150,000 1,800,000 948 Nurses (2 persons) Month 12 150,000 3,600,000 1,896 Accounting Assistant Month 12 160,000 1,920,000 1,011 Logistics / Operations Officer Month 12 160,000 1,920,000 1,011 Office Operations Stationery and supplies Month 12 197,667 2,372,000 1,249 Communications Telephone and fax Month 12 66,667 800,000 421 E-mail Month 12 100,000 1,200,000 632 Vehicle Operation Petrol Gallon 660 7,000 4,620,000 2,433 Diesel Gallon 380 6,000 2,280,000 1,201 Maintenance and spare parts Lumpsum 3,000,000 1,580 Total Personnel, Admin, Ops & Support 37,912,000 19,964
AUDIT AND EVALUATION Audit of ACT appeal Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633 Programme evaluation Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053 Total Audit and Evaluation 7,000,000 3,686
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 306,902,400 161,613
BALANCE REQUESTED FROM ACT NETWORK 306,902,400 155,780
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I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
¨ Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone (WCSL).
II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
The Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone (WCSL) was established in 1889 by the American Wesleyan Missionaries. It has a membership of about twenty-five thousand in two hundred local church congregations. WCSL operates mainly in the northern province and in the western area of Sierra Leone.
The Church’s activities include Relief, Rehabilitation, Development, Health, Education and Poverty Alleviation.
The headquarters has been moved from Makeni to Freetown as a result of the war. When the war intensified in WCSL’s areas of operation in 1997, the Church had to intervene as a way of responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war.
The Church was mainly involved in food relief for internally displaced persons. The disruption of agricultural activities and shortage of food caused the Church to be involved in agricultural rehabilitation, providing seed rice, groundnut and farming tools to farm families in its operational areas. The Church was also involved in providing medical services to the sick. To reactivate education in its 86 providing schools, the Church undertook the renovation of some school buildings and replaced school furniture vandalized by rebels. With the help of the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone, two makeshift, three classroom, block school buildings were constructed in Freetown to cope with the congestion caused by the influx of displaced people in WCSL’s two schools.
In the year 2000, WCSL partnered with ACT to provide learning and teaching materials to ten primary schools, provided furniture to two schools, renovated and provided drugs and medical supplies to the Freetown health center.
The above interventions were made possible by assistance from the Wesleyan World Missions, Bread for the World in Germany, World Hope International, Action by Churches Together and the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone.
III. DESCRIPTION OF EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background When the civil war intensified in 1997, ten of thousands of people were displaced, others fled to neighbouring Guinea as refugees. Houses were burnt, farming activities were disrupted leading to food scarcity and public infrastructure were vandalized. Property was looted and hospitals, health centres and schools were vandalized and looted. The absence of operational hospitals and health centres in rebel held areas greatly increased morbidity and mortality rates.
Current Situation Following the signing of the Abuja ceasefire agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in late 2000, fighting has ceased for the time being and the Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone is attempting to address the post crisis situation.
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Agricultural activities have been severely disrupted as farming inputs such as seed rice and groundnuts have been looted and consequently, farmers are left with nothing to restart their farming activities. Food is scarce as all the livestock in rebel held areas have been slaughtered and eaten by rebels.
Hospitals and health centres remain closed with any existing health facilities vandalized and all the drugs looted. The absence of health facilities has led to increase in the mortality and morbidity rate and disease is rampant. Only one health centre out five run by WCSL is functioning.
Schools are gradually re-opening and children are learning in very difficult circumstances as the building have been vandalised and the furniture destroyed. Learning and teaching material are grossly inadequate. The 2000 ACT appeal project was able to provide school material to ten of WCSL’s 86 primary schools and furniture to two schools.
Impact on Human Lives The impact of the war on human lives is great. Thousands have been killed or maimed, 450,000 fled to neighbouring Guinea as refugees and tens of thousands are internally displaced. Homes and public infrastructure has been vandalised or burnt and property looted. Farming activities have been severely disrupted leading to acute food scarcity and livestock has been indiscriminately slaughtered and eaten by rebels. People in rebel areas live on largely carbohydrate foods such as cassava, sweet potatoes etc. The absence of operational health facilities has greatly increased the mortality and morbidity rates and people continue to die from preventable/curable diseases. Tens of thousands live in makeshift homes either because they are displaced or their homes have been burnt by rebels.
Description of damages Thousand of houses have been burnt down by rebels and health facilities, schools and other public infrastructure were looted, vandalized and others burnt. In the case of the Wesleyan Church, all her 86 Primary schools, 5 secondary schools, one hospital and five health center were vandalized and looted. Ten vehicles, five motorcycles, three computers, conference center, office equipment, headquarters office buildings in Makeni were looted/vandalized.
The roads are in a terrible state of disrepair. Community infrastructure has been vandalized. Rice and groundnut and other agricultural produce looted, leaving the farmers with no seeds to plant. People continue to be displaced and the UNHCR is repatriating thousand of Sierra Leonean refugees from Guinea, adding to the already swelling number of displaced persons in Freetown and its environs.
Current Security Situation Following the signing of the Abuja Ceasefire agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), fighting has come to a lull. The roads leading to rebel held areas have been re-opened, allowing free flow of people and goods.
The UN troops are yet to be deployed in rebel held areas. Thousands of ex-Sierra Leonean Army personnel have been disarmed and the British army has undertaken to train the Sierra Leone army. The rebels of the RUF have shown willingness to co-operate in the peace process but are yet to disarm. The rebels have ceased to harass civilians or mount road ambushes.
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IV. GOAL & OBJECTIVES
WCSL’s goal is to improve food availability, health and sanitation, education and meeting psycho-social needs in the targeted areas of intervention within a period of one year.
Objectives: ¨ To provide seed rice, groundnuts and farming tools to 200 farmers in four chiefdoms in the Bombali District ¨ Provide goats, chicken and ducks to 20 groups of farmers ¨ To Rehabilitate one health centre ¨ To provide drugs, medical supplies, equipment and furniture to one health centre. ¨ To provide one toilet ¨ To rehabilitate the tap water supply system of the WCSL Primary School, Freetown. ¨ To rehabilitate four water wells ¨ To provide 600 sets of bench and desk combination for 1,800 pupils in five primary schools ¨ Provide 100 sets of Tables and Chairs to 100 Teachers.
V. TARGETTED BENEFICIARIES
The Wesleyan Church’s response will be in the locations of Freetown and the Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
These two locations are selected because: ¨ the Bombali District has been rebel held territory for two years and has been greatly affected by the war,
¨ the WCSL Primary School in Freetown, which is also targeted for intervention is host to a very large displaced population of school going children, ¨ these two areas are also WCSL’s traditional areas of operation.
Community Health Centre ¨ Romankneh Community Health Centre Makeni
The Romankneh Community Health Center will provide affordable and accessible basic curative medical services for an estimated 5,000 people. 60% of whom will be children, 25 percent women and 15 percent will be male, the aged and others.
Agricultural rehabilitation: 200 Farmers in four chiefdoms in the Bombali District. ¨ Bombali Sebora ¨ Makari Gbanti ¨ Safroko Limba ¨ Gbendembu Ngowahun
200 bushels of rice, 200 bushels of groundnuts and 200 sets of farming tools will be provided to 200 farmers. These 200 will be women farmers and will be divided into groups of approximately 10 farmers per group. Each group will receive 5 she goats, 1 he goat, 10 sets of ducks and 20 sets of chickens.
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School furniture: ¨ WCSL Masuba ¨ WCSL Kamakwie ¨ WCSL Freetown ¨ WCSL Binkolo ¨ WCSL Gbendembu
Targeted beneficiaries are 1,800 school going children and 100 teachers.
Targetted Areas for Water Supply and Well Rehabilitation ¨ Freetown WCSL Primary School, (Water Supply rehab.) ¨ Mabonkani “ “ - Water well Rehabilitation ¨ Gbendembu “ “ - Water well Rehabilitation ¨ Binkolo “ “ - Water well Rehabilitation ¨ Kunsho “ “ - Water well Rehabilitation ¨ Freetown WCSL Primary School Toilet facilities
The water wells will benefit 3,543 school going children in five schools. The toilet will benefit 1,545 pupils
PSYCHO SOCIAL ¨ Conduct four workshops in trauma healing, peace building and reconciliation.
Criteria Utilized In Beneficiary Selection A meeting of the WCSL’s Boards of Education and Health was convened to identify the schools and health centres to be rehabilitated. The head teachers of WCSL primary schools were also consulted to identify and prioritise the schools and the health centre that should benefit from the assistance. The 200 farmers will be selected by consulting village heads and convening meetings at village level to ascertain who should benefit from agricultural intervention. WCSL field staff will then verify the suggested beneficiaries and if they fit the laid down criteria, they will be selected.
Criteria utilised The areas selected have been chosen because they are severely affected by the war and fall within WCSL’s traditional areas of operation.
The schools selected are those affected by the war and still operational. The health intervention is meant to benefit the sick in rebel held areas and those vulnerable to diseases such as children and women.
In the agricultural intervention 200 farming families are targetted. These families must be headed by a female, have land to farm and be severely affected by the war. Priority will be given to newly resettled or recent returnees
Number Of Targeted Beneficiaries According to Proposed Assistance
Education - 600 Desk/bench combination 1800 school-going children - 100 tables and chairs 100 teachers
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FOOD SECURITY
Seeds and tools 200 Women Livestock 200 Women
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Center 3,000 Children 1,250 Women 750 male, Aged and others Waterwells 3543 School children Toilets 15 45
PSYCHO SOCIAL
Four Workshops in trauma healing, peace building and reconciliation. The workshops will target a total of 200 participants.
VI. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION
EDUCATION ¨ 600 bench/desk combinations to be provided to 1,800 pupils. ¨ 100 tables and chairs to be provided to 100 teachers. ¨ Materials needed: nails, boards, cascamite, polish, vehicle.
HEALTH AND SANITATION ¨ One health center renovated ¨ Drugs, medical supplies, equipment and furniture provided for one health centre. ¨ Rehabilitate water supply to one primary school in Freetown. ¨ Rehabilitate four water wells in four primary schools. ¨ Construct one toilet for WCSL school Freetown ¨ Materials needed: Drugs, medical supplies, equipment, cement, sand, stones, paint, windows, doors, hardboard, corrugated iron sheets, locks, tables, chairs, benches, vehicle.
FOOD AVAILABILITY/SECURITY ¨ 200 bushels of seed rice to be provided to 200 farmers. ¨ 200 bushels of groundnuts to be provided to 200 farmers - 200 sets of farming tools to be provided to 200 farmers. - 5 she goats, 1 he goats, 20 sets of chicken (cockerel & hen) - 10 sets of ducks to be provided to each group of 20 farming groups.
Materials needed: Seed rice, groundnuts farming tools, goats, chicken, ducks, vehicle.
(b) PSYCHO SOCIAL 4 Workshops to be conducted in trauma healing, peace building and reconciliation. Materials needed: facilitators, training materials, food, vehicle.
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Implementation Description per Activity
EDUCATION 600 desk/bench combination will be made to sit 1,800 pupils. These will be distributed among the five schools depending on the school roll and available furniture. 100 tables and chairs will be provided to 100 teachers in the five targetted school.
Contractors will be hired to make the desk/bench combination, the tables and chairs.
FOOD AVAILABILITY/SECURITY Each of the 200 farmers of female headed households will be identified and registered in four chiefdoms. Each farmer will receive one bushel of seed rice, one bushel of groundnut, one set of farming tools. The 200 farmers will be divided into groups of approximately 10 farmers. Each group will be provided with 5she goats, 1 he goats, 20 sets of chicken (cockerel and hen) and 10 sets of ducks. Three agricultural extension workers will be required to assist the farmers. One veterinary officer will be required to oversea the health of the livestock.
HEALTH AND SANITATION The Romankneh Community Health Center will be rehabilitated. The corrugated iron sheets doors and windows and hardboards will be replaced. Cracks will be mended and the buildings painted. Tables, chairs and benches will be provided.
Equipment will be provided to diagnose diseases. Drugs will be provided to treat the sick and children will be vaccinated against the five killer diseases. One contractor will be required to renovate the health center and another contractor will be required to make the furniture. Nurses will be required to treat the sick.
The water supply system of the WCSL Kissy Primary School will be rehabilitated by reconnecting a water pipe from the main water supply pipe located about 200 metres away. Four water wells will be rehabilitated in four of the targeted primary schools. One toilet will be constructed in the WCSL Schoo the toilet.
PSYCHO SOCIAL Four workshops in trauma healing, peace building and reconciliation will be conducted in the targetted areas of response. Participants will be drawn from the civilian population as well as ex-combatants. It is hoped that beneficiaries of this training will be able to teach others in their communities. A total of 200 participants will be targetted.
Vehicles will be required for the delivery of materials. A motorcycle will be required for monitoring and bicycles will be required for the agricultural. extension workers. WCSL’s present capacity in the targeted location will also be utilized in the implementation of the proposed assistance.
All materials will be bought locally where available and the contractors will also be drawn from the locality where work is to be carried out. Where possible, the communities are expected to provide stones and sand as their contribution.
Transition from Emergency
EDUCATION: Parents and the communities of our targeted schools will be required to make contributions. Those contributions will be used to do minor repairs and buy basic school supplies
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HEALTH & SANITATION: Patients will be charged a small fee that will help in restocking the health center with drugs after the project.
FOOD AVAILABILITY/SECURITY A seed bank will be opened and farmers will be required to pay back one bushel of rice and one bushel of groundnuts to the seed bank. These will be used to assist new farmers. Each group of farmers will be required to pay back one he goat and three she goats within a period of one year.
PSYCHO SOCIAL Participants of the workshops will be equipped to train others in their communities.
VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration The project wil be headed by a Project Co-ordinator who will be responsible for co-ordinating all the areas of intervention. He will be assisted by three field staff. These staff will be knowledgeable in agriculture to provide agricultural extension services to the farmers. These supervisors will work with community representatives to implement the proposed assistance and will report to the project co-ordinator. Veterinary staff will be contracted to oversee the health of the livestock.
The Project Co-ordinator will be answerable to the Head of Church and officers of the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone. He will be under the supervision of the Project Management Committee which comprises the Head of Church, the Church’s Treasurer, Education Secretary, Health Care Ministries Director and the Development Director.
Finance, Management & Controls The ACT appeal funds will be deposited into the existing special ACT account. The signatories to the account will be the project co-ordinator to sign with the head of church.
Disbursement requests will be made by the project co-ordinator and approved by the head of church. The payment vouchers will be prepared by the Accountant and will be duly signed, and supporting documents attached. The books will be kept by the church’s Accountant.
The accounts will be subject to audit, a report of which will be sent to ACT and to the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone.
Monitoring Procedures The three field supervisors will be responsible for the day to day monitoring of the project: visiting farmers on a regular basis, visiting work sites where renovation is been done, checking quality of work and security of materials. Other Wesleyan Church Staff on the ground such as the resident pastors will assist in the monitoring. The project co-ordinator will make visits to target response locations and oversee the implementation of the project. Officers of the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone will also be required to do monitoring. Representatives of the community of the targetted location will also be involved in monitoring to ensure that quality service is being provided. The Head of Church will also make occasional visits to project sites. The Project Management Committee will meet at regular intervals to receive reports and evaluate implementation process.
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VIII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE
A period of twelve months is being proposed for the implementation of the project i.e March 2001 to February 2002.
IX. COORDINATION
WCSL will be co-ordinating their efforts with other ACT members in Sierra Leone. To avoid duplication, the target beneficiary locations will be different from other ACT members. The church will also be relating with other humanitarian agencies to co-ordinate assistance.
X. BUDGET
WCSL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$ DIRECT ASSISTANCE Educational inputs - furniture Desks and benches Set 600 80,000 48,000,000 25,276 Tables and chairs Set 100 100,000 10,000,000 5,266 Sub Total 58,000,000 30,542
Health and Sanitation Repairs & ren 1 health center Lumpsum 30,000,000 15,798 Drugs and medical supplies Lumpsum 20,000,000 10,532 Furniture for health center Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633 Water supply rehabilitation Lumpsum 4,000,000 2,106 Water wells rehabilitation Well 4 2,000,000 8,000,000 4,213 Construction of toilet Unit 1 5,000,000 5,000,000 2,633 Sub total 72,000,000 37,915
Food Security and Agricultural Inputs Rice seeds Bushel 200 35,000 7,000,000 3,686 Groundnuts Bushel 200 40,000 8,000,000 4,213 Tools Set 200 14,000 2,800,000 1,474 Goats (she goats) Number 100 80,000 8,000,000 4,213 Billy goats Number 20 60,000 1,200,000 632 Chickens Number 400 10,000 4,000,000 2,106 Ducks Number 200 15000 3,000,000 1,580 Sub total 34,000,000 17,904
Workshops Number 4 2,500,000 10,000,000 5,266
Total Direct Assistance 174,000,000 91,627
MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING AND HANDLING Rental of truck and related costs Lumpsum 6,000,000 3,160 Inland transport Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053 Repairs to warehouse Lumpsum 1,000,000 527 Security guards Lumpsum 600,000 316 Labor fees for loading/unloading Lumpsum 1,000,000 527 Other costs Lumpsum 200,000 105 Total Material Transport, Storage, W/housing & Handling 10,800,000 5,687
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Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Leones Leones US$ CAPITAL EQUIPMENT Office equipment Computer, printer and accessories Set 1 6,000,000 6,000,000 3,160 Vehicle Equipment Motorcycle Unit 1 6,000,000 6,000,000 3,160 Bicycles Number 3 300,000 900,000 474 Total Capital Equipment 12,900,000 6,793
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT Staff Salaries and Support Project coordinator Month 12 300,000 3,600,000 1,896 Field staff (3 persons) Month 12 150000 5,400,000 2,844 Veterinary officer Month 4 100,000 400,000 211 Staff Travel Local travel Lumpsum 500,000 263 Perdiem Lumpsum 500,000 263 Office Operations Stationery and supplies Lumpsum 1,000,000 527 Other costs Lumpsum 100,000 53 Communications Telephone and fax Lumpsum 500,000 263 Electronic mail Lumpsum 840,000 442 Vehicle Operation Fuel Gallon 600 5,300 3,180,000 1,675 Maintenance Lumpsum 500,000 263 Insurance and license Lumpsum 150,000 79 Vehicle rental Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633 Total Personnel, Administration, Operations & Support 21,670,000 11,411
AUDIT AND EVALUATION Audit of ACT appeal funds Lumpsum 500,000 263 Program evaluation Lumpsum 700,000 369 Total audit and Evaluation 1,200,000 632
OTHER COSTS ACT visibility Lumpsum 400,000 211
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 220,970,000 116,361 Exchange rate: USD 1 = Leones 1,899