150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland

Tel: 41 22 791 6033 Fax: 41 22 791 6506 Appeal e-mail: [email protected]

Coordinating Office

Assistance to Civilian Victims of Conflict - MEPL-22 Appeal Target: US$ 2,311,942

Geneva, 3 October 2002

Dear Colleagues,

The situation in the Palestinian Territories is grave with no sign of any immediate solution to a number of deep and long-standing problems. Recent surveys on the nutritional situation have confirmed a sharp increase of malnutrition especially among small children. Unemployment has left 20% of Palestinian families with no income, while almost a half of the population survives on $2/day income.

Following a successful completion of ACT appeals MEPL-12 and MEPL-21, ACT members in the OPT – MECC/DSPR, IOCC and LWF have brought a joint decision to tackle two key-problems of the Palestinian population - malnutrition and unemployment. Representing the global ecumenical family, ACT members will thus continue to play a vital role in reaching out to the marginalized and the most vulnerable, bringing hope to a number of Palestinian families.

Having recognised that the co-operation with other actors involved is one of the important opportunities, ACT members will continue to deliver aid through the Coalition of Christian NGOs, AIDA and other international relief bodies.

Through ACT appeal MEPL-22, ACT members the Middle East Council of Churches-Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (MECC-DSPR), Lutheran World Federation/World Service- Jerusalem (LWF/WS Jerusalem) and the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) seek financial support for the following activities:

emergency food and non-food distributions emergency services of Augusta Victoria Hospital and mobile Village Health Clinics job creation

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. Palestinian Territories – Assistance to Civilian Victims 2 MEPL-22 Appeal.

Project Completion Date: DSPR - 31 March 2003 LWF - 30 September 2003 IOCC - 30 April 2003

Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested

MECC/ LWF IOCC ACT Co- External Total US$ DSPR ordination Evaluation /Travel Total Appeal Targets 684,717 1,160,945 400,280 6,000 60,000 2,311,942 Less: Pledges/Contr Recd 0000 00 Balance Requested from 684,717 1,160,945 400,280 6,000 60,000 2,311,942 ACT Network

Please kindly send your contributions to the following ACT bank account:

Account Number – 240-432629.60A (USD) Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together UBS SA PO Box 2600 1211 Geneva 2 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 cooperation.

For further information please contact: ACT Director, Thor-Arne Prois (phone +41 22 791 6033 or mobile phone + 41 79 203 6055) or ACT Appeals Officer, Leila Dzaferovic (phone +41 22 791 6710 or mobile phone +41 79 757 92 06)

ACT Web Site address: http://www.act-intl.org

Ms. Geneviève Jacques John Nduna Robert Granke Director Acting Director, ACT Director WCC/Cluster on Relations LWF/World Service

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DESCRIPTION of the EMERGENCY SITUATION

The ‘Al-Aqsa Intifada’ is drawing towards the end of its second year. Bloodshed, violence and excessive use of military force have had their toll on the general situation of the people living in the Palestinian Territories. Internal closure, curfews and roadblocks have practically separated the from the Gaza Strip, as well as cities, towns and refugee camps from each other. There are severe access and mobility restrictions on people and goods and this has had a rastic impact on the Palestinian economy and the living conditions of the people.

If the situation is not alleviated, the state of the people will continue to deteriorate. Poverty and malnutrition are rampant. Infrastructure is disrupted. Health conditions are deteriorating as a result of breakdowns in providing services such as vaccinations. Harvest and fishery industries are disrupted, businesses have either collapsed or closed down. Risks remain high that conditions will further deteriorate with lack of access and curfews. Unemployment is multiplying and worries all those concerned, including Israelis, who believe in and work for peace.

Families have no income and their purchasing power is decreasing to the point that many have sold their own household possessions. Families can hardly get adequate protein, and thus their health is affected. The unavailability of health facilities and health services has made their health conditions even worse with restricted movement, roadblocks and curfews. In areas such as , the situation is of utmost gravity as it has reached an unprecedented degree of deterioration. Water pipes, sewage, drainage systems and phone lines all lie in tangled piles amongst the dirt, mud and leaking water. Dead birds, spoilt meat and piles of garbage lie along the streets of Nablus. A foul smell rises from the chicken shops where chickens have perished for lack of food and care and frozen meat stores where meat has spoiled because electricity has often been cut off for many days at a time. Environmental hazards are of high risks if the present situation is not addressed. The Nablus Emergency Local Committee has sent out SOS appeals, since Nablus has been living under 83 days of blanket curfew.

With the increase of Palestinian suicide bombings and the Israeli retaliation characterised by the re- occupation of most of the Territories (April 2002), normal life is almost completely paralysed, the economy totally devastated and the people impoverished.

Closures and confrontation have resulted in a precipitous decline in trade, employment and investments, among many other things. Damage to the mentioned sectors and investment prospects is significant. The crisis has induced a severe fiscal compression according to World Bank Assessment on the "Intifada, Closures and the Palestinian Economic Crisis”. “Therefore removing or significantly easing closure is the pre-requisite if further decline is to be arrested and economic pressure removed from the Palestinian population. World Bank projections indicate that it would take at least two years to return to a pre-crisis level of economic activity if the situation were to end tomorrow.” A sustained tightening of closure will escalate Palestinian impoverishment and lead to economic implosion and disastrous hardships. "The situation is alarming," according to FAO senior nutritionist official.

Meanwhile, violence continues and Palestinian civilians have to face mounting needs, unemployment, humiliation, economic strangulation and deprivation to the point of frustration. They are increasingly losing hope in all peace-initiatives as they see nothing but darkness and despair at the end of the tunnel.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has issued a Report on the situation in the Palestinian Occupied Territories in which it concludes that the recently intensified crisis with the tightened mobility restrictions since April 2002 have created a situation in the Palestinian Territories that resembles “complex humanitarian emergencies”. In such situations, vulnerability is great

Palestinian Territories – Assistance to Civilian Victims 4 MEPL-22 Appeal. and the impact on productive capacity, institutional infrastructure and the economy as a whole is severe.

The UNCTAD report also highlights the profound changes that have taken place in the functioning of the economy. These are unlikely to be easily reversed, even if stability is attained. In particular, the purchasing power of the Palestinian population has been depleted as households' coping strategies have been exhausted, making them dependent on emergency support in order to meet basic needs. The informal sector has expanded, as impoverished households resort to survival activities to eke out a living. Meanwhile, the institutionalisation of Israeli restrictions on mobility has worsened the humanitarian crisis and rendered attempts to address development needs particularly difficult, since the impact of the emergency situation is likely to continue even after stability has been attained. In particular, the Report calls for rehabilitation efforts that can reinforce the economy's capacity to withstand the crisis, especially through emergency job creation programmes.

Impact On Human Lives As a result of the reoccupation of Palestinian Territories and the tightened and highly institutionalised mobility restrictions and curfews, close to half the population is now living below the $2-a-day poverty line. Unemployment has soared, according to the UNCTAD Report, from 10% of the labour force in September 2000 to 29% by the end of March 2002, and 34% by July 2002; leaving at least 200,000 of working age without a job. This number climbs to as many as 600,000 during curfews. In more concrete numbers, unemployment affects adversely between one-third to almost the entire population when there are curfews. The coping mechanisms of Palestinian families have been depleted. Savings that usually keep the family going for one to two months; the selling of wife’s jewellery and other precious belongings; support received from other members of the family who are in a better economic situation; transfers from family members living abroad are all means to bolster the family economically in times of need and crisis. But these cannot be ever lasting and a majority of Palestinian families have come now to the end of their coping means and strategies, according to the UNCTAD Report.

Current Security Situation Gaza Strip witnesses ongoing martial confrontations, particularly at night and especially in areas where there is geographic proximity and contact with the settlers and the Israeli military. The Gaza Strip has been once again divided into three geographic zones. While there is difficulty in crossing from one zone to another it is possible, although it takes time and patience. In the West Bank, the biggest obstacle to delivery of goods and services are the strictly imposed curfews particularly on the cities and the towns. In times of necessity, however, it is possible to arrange for convoys of food and other commodities to enter the towns and cities under curfew.

ACT Coordination

In July 2002, ACT Coordinating office installed an ACT Facilitator on a short-term basis to assist members in coordination and to help ACT map out other ACT members/partners responding to the crisis in the OPT. Main outcome of the Facilitator’s involvement is as follows:

- improved ACT coordination through regular coordination meetings and ad hoc consultations - document ‘Mapping out of ACT members and partners in the OPT’, which will be kept up to date - Strategic planning for ACT in the OPT process that resulted in the document discussing various possible scenarios in the OPT and ACT envisaged response - Improved coordination with other UN, international and local NGOs operational in the OPT - Assistance to ACT members and ACT CO with planning humanitarian programs - Assistance to ACT CO and ACT member-churches with developing support program for Christian schools in the OPT

Following the successful completion of the above tasks, ACT Facilitator has concluded his term. ACT

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Standardisation of the MEPL-22 Appeal

ACT members IOCC, DSPR and LWF agreed to the following standardization in ACT appeal MEPL-22: - employment generation will be based on days of work. Rates can be different for Gaza and the West Bank as Gaza has a lower cost of living - the workday will be 7-8 hrs per day - Jobs creation program will focus on unemployed Palestinians who support their family and who have been affected by the siege and closures in the West Bank and Gaza - Each organization will determine their own overhead cost but it will not exceed 10% - The unemployment rate on the West Bank varies depending on what statistics one reviews. It was decided that the group would use the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) figure of more than 78% of the labor force and 20% of Palestinian families with no income.

I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION

The Middle East Council of Churches/Department of Service to Refugees (MECC/DSPR)

II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION

MECC/DSPR is the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees, founded in 1950, affiliated to the Middle East Council of Churches since 1974. The primary objective of MECC/DSPR is to provide services in the areas of health, education and vocational training, community development and village infrastructure to Palestinian refugees and poor in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, , Lebanon and Israel.

MECC/DSPR is the primary implementing NGO through the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work in Gaza and the Near East Council of Churches - International Christian Committee in the West Bank.

The Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work in Gaza has been operating a service program to Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip since 1951. This program covers the fields of health primarily through Mother and Child Primary Health Clinics, vocational training, relief and rehabilitation assisted by 60 staff members of various professions including medical and paramedical staff, instructors, social workers and administrative staff. The Gaza Area Committee has handled two previous similar emergency appeals that were supported by the World Council of Churches through the General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches.

The Near East Council of Churches - International Christian Committee in the West Bank is a service institution that has been operating since 1949. It undertakes programs in the fields of community service and infrastructure, land reclamation and rehabilitation with refugees. There are 14 core staff, including service and project professionals. In addition, there are 6 volunteers operating in the field.

Locations for Proposed Response

The West Bank and Gaza Strip territories are the locations of the DSPR proposed response. With respect

Palestinian Territories – Assistance to Civilian Victims 6 MEPL-22 Appeal. to Emergency Food and Commodity Relief the 7,000 families that will be reached are divided into 4,000 families in the Gaza Strip and 3,000 families in the West Bank. As to the Emergency Job Creation Programme, it will be centred in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. In addition, it will be carried out in the following villages in the West Bank: Dura Al Qare’, Kobar, Beit Rima, Al Taybeh, Rafat, Ein Areek, Silwad, Deir Jreir, outskirts of El Bireh and Khirbet Abu Falah. All of these localities fall within the area.

III. GOAL & OBJECTIVES

The overall goal of MECC/DSPR program is to tackle malnutrition and unemployment as two of the main problems of Palestinian population. This goal will be met through the following objectives:

To provide basic food supplies, amenities and commodities and/or their equivalent to 4,000 families in the Gaza Strip and to 3,000 families in the West Bank. To provide short-term job opportunities to 140 individuals for 70 days (equivalent to 9,800 job opportunities/days for the whole period) in Gaza City through job creation in the various NECCCRW facilities, schools and clinics. (The 140 individuals in Gaza will be the same throughout the period.) To provide short-term job opportunities to 22 individuals for 180 days (equivalent to 3,960 job opportunities/days for the whole period) in villages of the Ramallah district and in Nablus and Tulkarm. (The 22 individuals in the West Bank would be different individuals who would work for different intervals depending on work needs of the locality.)

IV. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES

Emergency Food Relief Relief support will be offered to 7,000 needy families (4,000 from Gaza Strip and 3,000 from the West Bank - each family has an average of six persons). The women compose about 51% and children under 14 years of age compose about 48% of the population.

Criteria used for Beneficiary Selection in Emergency Food Relief Families with no source of income and with children in need of elementary provisions. Families experiencing unemployment and with no alternative source of steady income. Families who are unable to access their agricultural fields or other property that could generate income. Families whose homes or property have been damaged or destroyed. Families who were forced to move or relocate due to the emergency situation. Families with children in school - to encourage them to persevere with their education. Families on lists of the very needy maintained by municipalities, village and town councils, governorates, charitable organisations and community groups.

Criteria Used for Beneficiary Selection in Emergency Employment Generation Graduates of NECCCRW Gaza Secretarial, Vocational and Dressmaking Courses. Health professionals particularly General Practitioners, Dentists and Laboratory Technicians in Gaza. Skilled and unskilled labourers whose employment has been interrupted by closures and curfews in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Construction workers in specific localities and communities of the West Bank, in particular in the rural areas of Ramallah and in both Nablus and Tulkarm, whose employment was interrupted by closures and curfews. Needs in specific localities for skilled and unskilled labour found in the localities themselves.

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V. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION

Beneficiary families receiving Emergency Food Supply or its equivalent will be selected according to the above criteria. Food packages will be distributed through co-ordination with the welfare offices in the West Bank. Food convoys will be arranged with the presence of WCC accompaniers and other observers. When possible and feasible, joint food convoys can be arranged together with other church related organisations and international and local NGOs. A list of Gaza Strip families will be prepared in the various governorates comprising the poorest and most needy families in the various communities.

Those selected to the Emergency Employment Generation in Gaza will be contracted on a short-term daily basis. This will give opportunity for others to be included in the program when some of those already employed leave or move on to more permanent jobs elsewhere. The expectation, however, is that the majority of those contracted in Gaza will stay on with the jobs for the designated time period of 70 working days. Likewise, in the West Bank, those selected will be contracted on a daily basis. Furthermore, since the work involves rain water and community infrastructure in the Ramallah rural areas and home and soap factories rehabilitation in the Nablus and Tulkarm areas, the selection process will be localised and done through the local committees and contacts with which ICC usually co-operates.

Emergency Food Supply Number of beneficiary families will be 7,000 at a cost of US$50 average per family.

Emergency Employment Generation Gaza - number of unemployed beneficiaries will be 140 individuals working for 70 days. West Bank - number of unemployed beneficiaries will be 22 individuals working for 180 days.

VI. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING

Administration The Boards of NECCCRW Gaza and NECC-ICC West Bank, composed each of 12 members, will supervise the implementation process.

The Executive Secretary of Gaza and West Bank will have overall responsibility to oversee the process of screening according to criteria eligibility. He will also authorise dispensing of cash and funds for purchase of food and other commodity supplies and keep updated financial and narrative records, together with lists of names of families who benefited from this appeal. The Executive Secretary will keep a record of employment for each individual employed that will include a history of his/her previous employment and unemployment. The locality of employment will also be specified together with the nature of the work undertaken. A copy of an employment contract will also be kept on file.

Finance GIT Topman Software is used to record daily transactions. It is amenable to producing monthly statements and periodic reports detailing all transactions. The Executive Secretary, as principal co-signatory, needs another signature from the treasurer of the Board or an authorised member of the Board, to effect payments and financial transactions. The Executive Committee of the Board of NECCCRW Gaza and of NECC-ICC WEST BANK controls all financial transactions.

Chief Accountants at Gaza and West Bank Offices will have a separate ACT account that will detail each and every transaction and that will be followed up and monitored by DSPR Central Office finance officer. The Executive Committee together with the Executive Secretary will decide on terms of reference for bids and will select the best bid.

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A special separate external audit will be made for the ACT assistance within the prescribed period of time required by ACT. DSPR’s auditor is El Yousef & Co. who is representative of KPMG in the Palestinian territories. Name and address: Mr. Yaqoub El Yousef, PO Box 19198, East Jerusalem 91191, Israel. Tel: +97226283581, Fax: +97226276057.

The DSPR Central Office finance officer together with the Executive Secretaries of both Gaza and the West Bank and their respective accountants will ensure the timely production of this audit report.

Monitoring The Executive Committee of the Board together with the Executive Secretary will have the responsibility to monitor ACT assistance.

Social Workers together with the Executive Secretary will decide on localities where eligible families need to receive assistance either in cash or in kind.

VII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE

The implementation is expected to take place immediately upon receipt of the first instalment of the ACT assistance. The period of implementation will span 6 months from 1 October 2002 to 31 March 2003. Information on localities most affected is already at hand as well as on those localities in the West Bank and Gaza City where the Emergency Employment Generation will take place.

VIII. CO-ORDINATION

MECC/DSPR in both Gaza and West Bank will ensure that the coverage of the families and the unemployed, through this ACT assistance, will not duplicate assistance from any other NGO. In order to ensure this, continuous contact with Palestinian and International NGOs will be undertaken to assess their fields and localities of intervention and to ascertain that all affected areas and families are covered. MECC/DSPR will continue to maintain cooperation with other ACT members in the OPT.

IX. BUDGET

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE

Description Type No Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units NIS NIS US$ DIRECT ASSISTANCE Food Inputs for 3,000 Families in the West Bank Rice Kg 30,000 2.90 87,000 19,163 Cooking oil Liter 15,000 5.00 75,000 16,520 Sugar Kg 18,000 2.10 37,800 8,326 Tea Box 3,000 14.00 42,000 9,251 Tomato paste Box 6,000 3.50 21,000 4,626 Green peas Box 6,000 3.50 21,000 4,626 White peas Box 6,000 3.50 21,000 4,626 Description Type No Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units NIS NIS US$ Nido milk Kg 13,715 25.55 350,418 77,185 Spaghetti Packet 18,000 1.50 27,000 5,947 Noodles Packet 18,000 1.50 27,000 5,947 Sub Total 709,218 156,215

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Food Inputs 4,000 Families in Gaza Family 4,000 235.00 940,000 207,048

Non-Food Inputs Material & equip for constr water Cisterns – West Bank Lumpsum 157,450 34,681 Material & equip for rehab of houses & soap factories - West Bank Lumpsum 213,850 47,104 Sub Total 371,300 81,784

Emergency Employment Generation in Gaza - 140 persons Coordinator (1), secretaries (15), medical doctors (6), dentists (6), Day 70 7,383.63 516,854 113,844 Carpenters (10), metal workers (6), electricians (5), knitters (12), dressmakers (24), skilled labourers (20), unskilled labourers (6), community workers (25), laboratory technicians (4) Emergency Employment Generation - West Bank - 22 persons Skilled & unskilled constr workers, Day 180 1,861.20 335,016 73,792 road workers, cistern builders, architects and designers Sub Total 851,870 187,637 TOTAL 2,872,388 632,685

PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT Staff Salaries and Support - Central Office Chief coordinator Month 6 5,298.18 31,789 7,002 Finance officer Month 6 4,163.18 24,979 5,502 Secretarial / administrative support Month 6 3,781.82 22,691 4,998 Staff Salaries and Support - West Bank Chief coordinator Month 6 5,298.18 31,789 7,002 Finance officer Month 6 4,163.18 24,979 5,502 Secretarial / administrative support Month 6 3,781.82 22,691 4,998 Office Operations Office supplies Lumpsum 4,700 1,035 Telephones, fax and postage Lumpsum 32,900 7,247 Vehicle Operation Transportation, insurance & maint Lumpsum 18,800 4,141 Other Employee insurance Lumpsum 14,100 3,106 TOTAL 229,418 50,533

AUDIT Audit of ACT funds Lumpsum 6,810 1,500

TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 3,108,615 684,717

BALANCE REQUESTED FROM ACT NETWORK 3,108,615 684,717

RATE OF EXCHANGE: US$1 = NIS 4.54 (Based on LWF September 2002 internal rate)

I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION

Lutheran World Federation/World Service – Jerusalem for Augusta Victoria Hospital and the Lutheran World Federation Village Health Clinics in Jerusalem and the West Bank

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II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION:

The Lutheran World Federation, through the Augusta Victoria Hospital (LWF-AVH) and the Village Health Clinics (LWF-VHC), has been providing health care services to refugees and other Palestinians for the past fifty years. During the past 2 years, the Hospital has responded to critical emergency situations that resulted from the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as well as providing care for large numbers of patients from the West Bank who cannot access their usual health providers. The Hospital has an emergency response capability including a 24-hour Emergency Room, Medical and Nursing Staff and inpatient and Outpatient care facilities. AVH serves all patients regardless of race, gender, religious belief, nationality, ethnic origin or political persuasion.

AVH provides emergency services and emergency standby services whenever there appears to be the possibility of injuries coming to the Hospital. The Hospital sends medical transport along with physicians and nurses to trouble spots in and around Jerusalem. At the same time, AVH keeps medical personnel at the Hospital and allocates emergency areas and operating room capacity to serve patients that come to the Hospital. This has increased the operating expenses at AVH because of the overtime paid to staff and the reduction in access to clinic and operating rooms.

Another major response to the crisis has been the implementation of a “go and serve” program. Since many of the Refugees and other Palestinians cannot easily access Jerusalem, AVH has co-ordinated with UNRWA to send doctors and nurses to the Refugee Camp clinics and to supply needed specialists to the UNRWA hospital in the north. By matching the AVH medical and nursing staff resources with the area of need for the Refugee Camps, AVH has been able to utilize West Bank Staff that live near to the clinics as well as the Hospital that needs additional support. This does not generate patient income for the AVH and increases staff expense. It is, however, a program that has increasing and continuing relevance. Since the Refugees and others who need medical treatment often cannot come to AVH, the Hospital continues to go to the patients.

Location for Proposed Response The care at AVH is provided on site during emergencies in Jerusalem and in the West Bank when it is feasible. Emergency treatment and surgery are provided as well as inpatient intensive and general hospital care at AVH.

Services are also provided in the Refugee Camps and in the West Bank villages. This has expanded the access to medical services, which are needed in this crisis. This has also helped to alleviate some of the issues from chronic patients and other patients that need to have access to specialised physicians.

III. GOAL & OBJECTIVES

The first project goal is to continue providing emergency and health services to the wounded and injured in the current conflict a well as to provide health services to treat patients that normally need primary care and specialised services, but do not have access during the crisis period. The second goal is to help alleviate poverty.

Objectives (Goal 1): Provision of emergency care to the critically wounded. Maintain the emergency and surgery units in a state of readiness. Provide access to health services for Refugees and other West Bank Palestinians. Maintain the financial viability of the Augusta Victoria Hospital and the LWF Village Health Clinics. Provide services to homebound patients as well as other patients needing regular medical treatment who do not have access to these services.

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Provide kidney dialysis treatments for the increased number of kidney failure patients who are being treated at AVH. Provide patient pick up from the West Bank for serious, chronic cases (i.e. Pediatric Dialysis patients) also transportation of staff to refugee and village clinics.

Objectives (Goal 2): Provide means for unemployed Palestinians to earn a daily income to alleviate poverty. Create jobs that help to keep Palestinians in Jerusalem and to reduce out migration. Alleviate poverty for up to 40 Palestinian families (320 persons).

IV. BENEFICIARY INFORMATION

Number and type of Targeted Beneficiaries Although the majority of the injured are young men, older men-women and children have also been wounded or injured in this conflict and been treated at AVH. The beneficiaries will ultimately be those who are in need of care at AVH, in the Refugee Camps or in the Palestinian villages that are served. There are approximately 300,000 Palestinians in Jerusalem and over 2 million in the West Bank. The ACT funding will help to assure that AVH and the VHC’s have the wherewithal to provide that care where it is needed.

The jobs creation project focuses on unemployed Palestinians. It is anticipated that there will be a minimum of 40 families (average at least 8 members per family) who will benefit. These families in turn buy goods and services, which in turn support the Palestinian community. There will be at least 320 direct beneficiaries with a positive affect on many more Palestinians.

Criteria for Beneficiary Selection

AVH/VHC All patients who are wounded or injured or in need of care or patients who cannot access medical care will be treated. The basic criteria is the need for medical care.

Jobs Creation - Palestinians unemployed for longer than 6 months - participants providing support for a family that does not have other income

V. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION

Augusta Victoria Hospital and Village Health Clinics This proposal is to continue to provide medical assistance to those patients needing emergency and inpatient treatment at Augusta Victoria hospital and to assist in the programs to “go and serve’ in the Refugee camps and villages. This medical assistance includes all the Hospital services, including, but not limited to, emergency preparedness, primary care, dialysis, home care, intensive care, surgery, diagnostics, medication, physician and nursing care and general inpatient care. This assistance will pay for the cost of emergency preparedness at AVH as well as all pre-hospitalisation emergency treatment both at the site of the emergency and in the AVH treatment areas.

This assistance also covers the additional cost of sending staff to Refugee camps and villages which need AVH and VHC resources. This includes primary care and specialised medical services both in the clinics and in other West Bank Hospitals. The LWF Jerusalem has medical resources that can be of service in the

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West Bank. Without the ability to send these staff, there are patients that will not receive care.

Jobs Creation The increasing need for poverty alleviation is becoming a major focus for the Palestinian community. The LWF will implement a jobs creation program that will serve both Palestinian men and women who are supporting their families. The existing emergency and political situations have increased poverty and unemployment and this program will create up to 40 jobs that will provide Palestinians with needed income. This program is a direct response to a growing socio-economical issue caused by the emergency.

The LWF in Jerusalem is proposing to employ Palestinians who support their families. The scope of this program envisions up to 4,800 days of work at 100-125 NIS (approximately US$ 22-28 per day). The general payment is 100 NIS per day with an average of 110 NIS per day including supervision which may be paid 125 NIS when needed. This job creation program will paint, fix up, terrace, clean up, repair and help the Palestinian community through employment. In addition, there will be (if funded) major projects at the LWF-VTC, the AVH and on the property. LWF also will work with villages and other Christian organisations to develop projects in the Palestinian villages on the West Bank.

The major activities and projected workdays are as follows: terracing olive groves 780 workdays installing walls and fence 640 workdays picking olives 200 workdays cleaning olive groves 840 workdays painting buildings incl AVH 40 workdays basic labor for developing overnight facilities for AVH health care staff 600 workdays enhancing and upgrading primary care clinics in Kharbatha and Beit Liquia vill.940 workdays fixing (demolition and labor) buildings in Beit Hanina (LWF-VTC) 700 workdays TOTAL workdays: 4,800

The workday is to be 7 – 8 hrs. This will provide employment for 40 workers on a rotating basis (20 workers alternate each week). This program will extend the already existing LWF program. It is anticipated that there will be the opportunity to collaborate with other NGO’s to provide jobs that serve the community. Some jobs will be created through the LWF and its programs, but other opportunities will also be explored. There are many community buildings and grounds that need to be repaired and upgraded.

Humanitarian Aid LWF/WS Jerusalem will also provide medical supplies, medicines, blankets, and other supplies when they are needed. The focus remains on the areas of the West Bank that are not served by other relief agencies. This aid is particularly focused on villages under closure or curfew and areas that ‘fall through the cracks’ of the mainstream humanitarian agencies.

Implementation Since the healthcare programs are already operational, they will continue to be functional as long as there are casualties and needs that AVH and the VHC’s can meet in the Refugee Camps or in the West Bank. Clinical support by AVH and the VHC for the clinics and the hospitals on the West Bank needs to be continued and expanded because these patients cannot get to health services. Financial viability of these programs is a prerequisite in order to provide continuity to these programs.

The jobs creation program is operational, though in a much reduced capacity. This program can be expanded under the supervision of the LWF. Projects have been identified that are appropriate for this type of effort.

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Transition from the Emergency The ACT funding will help to maintain special services during the present emergency. Once there is peace, the Hospital and VHC will transition back to their normal program of providing care for the Refugees and other patients.

At the end of the emergency, normal employment opportunities will again become available for Palestinians. The jobs creation program will phase out.

VI. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING

Administration: Augusta Victoria Hospital and the Village Health Clinics are fully functional and staffed to provide inpatient, outpatient and emergency care. The jobs creation effort would become an active program of the LWF in Jerusalem. The LWF Representative is responsible for these programs. The Chief of Executive Officer is responsible for the overall Hospital function, and is assisted by the Chief of Clinical Services. The Medical Director of the Village Health Clinic co-ordinates these activities for the VHC program.

Finance Management & Control The LWF in Jerusalem is served by a fully staffed professional financial department. Each year a certified auditing firm audits the programs, including all donations. All money received by the LWF programs including AVH and the VHC is accounted for and used for the purposes for which it is designated. Standard, acceptable accounting practices are in place and reviewed during the annual audit.

ACT Funds will be accounted for as a separate grant and will be part of the annual audit.

Monitoring and Reporting ACT Funds are identified for their specific purpose. The LWF-Jerusalem Accounting Department will be responsible for the receipt of funds, monitoring and assuring that these funds are used properly and that there is proper documentation. The Chief Finance Officer is responsible for the overall monitoring and financial reporting on these ACT Funds.

LWF will report separately on funds used for this emergency. It will adhere to the ACT Reporting Guidelines and will give updates periodically during this time of crisis.

VII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE

The basic components of this ACT Appeal have already commenced and this ACT request will cover costs that will allow these programs to continue and to expand to serve the Palestinians (emergency, homebound, dialysis, refugees, poor, etc.) on the West Bank. The period of implementation will depend on the situation in this conflict, which may last several years. However, for purposes of planning the expected date of completion for this ACT Appeal has been set at 30 September 2003.

VIII. CO-ORDINATION

AVH co-ordinates efforts through its membership in the East Jerusalem Hospital Forum (EJHF), (the EJHF consists of the six hospitals in East Jerusalem), the Palestinian Ministry of Health and other emergency service providers who assist the injured during the violence. The VHC’s co-ordinate their activities with the Palestinian Authority primary care network and other primary care providers on the West Bank.

The East Jerusalem hospitals co-ordinate resources and patient allocation during emergencies through their

Palestinian Territories – Assistance to Civilian Victims 14 MEPL-22 Appeal. regular meetings in the Forum. As patients are being medically assessed, they are sent to the hospital that can best treat that patient’s injury (i.e. kidney injury patients come to AVH, eye patients go to St John’s Ophthalmic Hospital, etc.).

As this crisis continues, the providers of health services are getting better at understanding each other’s capabilities and at co-ordinating their activities. This may be one positive aspect of this situation.

LWF will co-operate with the other ACT implementing members and continue to work through the Coalition of Christian NGOs.

IX. BUDGET

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE

Description Type No Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units NIS NIS US$ DIRECT ASSISTANCE Food Relief and Related Expenses Humaniarian food and baby formulae Lumpsum 348,750 76,817 Distribution costs Lumpsum 46,500 10,242 Insurance Lumpsum 23,250 5,121 Communications and office supplies Lumpsum 9,300 2,048 Storage and handling Lumpsum 27,900 6,145 Sub Total 455,700 100,374

Job Creation for Emergency Labour (20 persons)) Work day 240 2,200 528,000 116,300 Tools - shovels, wheelbarrows, etc. Lumpsum 23,500 5,176 Supplies: Stones for paths Lumpsum 116,250 25,606 Tiles for floor repair Lumpsum 27,900 6,145 Cement for wall and building repairs Lumpsum 186,000 40,969 Concrete tiles for outdoor areas Lumpsum 46,500 10,242 Paint for central office & other builds Lumpsum 69,750 15,363 Earth Lumpsum 23,250 5,121 Plants Lumpsum 116,250 25,606 Various (wood, bags, gloves, paint Lumpsum 65,100 14,339 brushes, etc) Other: Architect's and supervisor's salaries Lumpsum 56,963 12,547 Communications 977 215 Stationery and supplies 558 123 Insurance 5,514 1,215 Sub Total 1,266,511 278,967

TOTAL 1,722,211 379,342

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Description Type No Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units NIS NIS US$ EMERGENCY MEDICAL STAFF FOR AVH Salaries: General surgeon Month 12 9,300 111,600 24,581 Pediatrician Month 12 9,300 111,600 24,581 Other medical staff (as needed) Month 12 9,300 111,600 24,581 Sub Total 334,800 73,744

Other Expenses: Transportation (12 months) Km 12,480 1.160 14,477 3,189 Insurance (malpractice and other) Lumpsum 72,656 16,004 Communications Lumpsum 1,000 220 Stationery and supplies Lumpsum 1,500 330 Sub Total 89,633 19,743

Medical Supplies: Medical supplies Lumpsum 175,609 38,680 Medications Lumpsum 190,948 42,059 Days for patient care Day 200 1,625 325,000 71,586 Emergency dialyses Number 2,400 735 1,763,280 388,388 Transportation costs for field teams Lumpsum 16,275 3,585 Sub Total 2,471,112 544,298

Equipment: Infusion pumps Number 50 2,325 116,250 25,606 Blood pressure machines Number 20 4,650 93,000 20,485 Defibrilators Number 5 23,250 116,250 25,606 Monitors Number 10 9,300 93,000 20,485 Sub Total 418,500 92,181

TOTAL AVH 3,314,045 729,966

VILLAGE HEALTH CLINICS Medical supplies Lumpsum 75,177 16,559 Emergency homecare: Registered nurses (1.5 posts) Month 12 6,893 82,721 18,220 Transportation Km 17,280 1.162 20,079 4,423 Insurance (malpractice and other) Lumpsum 18,019 3,969 Communications Lumpsum 1,000 220 Stationery and supplies Lumpsum 1,200 264 Supervision and coordination Lumpsum 29,494 6,496 TOTAL VILLAGE HEALTH CLINICS 227,690 50,152

AUDIT Audit of ACT appeal funds Lumpsum 6,743 1,485

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 5,270,689 1,160,945 BALANCE REQUESTED FROM ACT ALLIANCE 5,270,689 1,160,945

EXCHANGE RATE : 1US$ = 4.54 (based on LWF September 2002 internal rate)

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I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION

International Orthodox Christian Charities - Jerusalem/West Bank/Gaza (IOCC)

II. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION

The International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation established in 1992, by the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA). It was created as the official relief and development agency of Orthodox Christians world-wide to give aid to the poor in their own countries, and provide assistance on the basis of need. It aims at strengthening and increasing the capacity of the local communities and local institutions world- wide.

The IOCC Office for Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza was initiated in 1997 to assist local humanitarian organisations in development. In addition to the current emergency relief effort, IOCC implements projects in education, small enterprise development, the rehabilitation of schools in the OPTs and an Emergency Employment Generation Program with USAID in 24 villages. Despite difficult working conditions and restricted travel, IOCC staff continues to implement these programs.

IOCC-Jerusalem is officially registered as a humanitarian NGO with government authorities and has close work relations with ACT Members, the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), MECC Dept. for Support to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR), International Christian Committee (ICC), Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and ACT Co-ordinator.

III. GOALS & OBJECTIVES

Goals To alleviate Palestinian poverty by creating emergency employment opportunities for unemployed labourers, victims of the crisis, in three West Bank districts; To provide Emotional First Aid to the traumatised women & children in 3 WB districts; To provide food and hygiene parcels for the poorest of the poor

Objectives The provision of emergency employment in rehabilitation: 6,300 Person / Days The provision of emergency employment in agriculture: 1,785 Person / Days The provision of emergency employment in environment, health awareness (nutrition, hygiene and sanitation): 715 Person / Days The provision of Emotional First Aid for 2,703 women and children The provision of food and hygiene parcels to 400 families, with 2,800 persons (7/Family)

IV. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES

Number and Type of Beneficiaries This Emergency Employment Generation is four-pronged and will be geared towards able-bodied skilled and unskilled labourers: family breadwinners in the Old Cities of Jerusalem and Nablus and 12 villages of the West Bank, 3 in Ramallah, 4 in Nablus and 5 in Governorates, totalling some 209,602 individuals.

The total project budget of US$ 400,280 will provide 8,841 Person / Days for the breadwinners of families, averaging 7 individuals per family, mostly in rural Palestine which is suffering from an acute economic and

Palestinian Territories – Assistance to Civilian Victims 17 MEPL-22 Appeal. humanitarian crisis. Furthermore, it will provide six program management jobs during the six-month duration of the project. Emergency Employment in repair will offer 6,300 person days for unemployed labourers in construction, rehabilitation, painting, plastering and other trades; Emergency Employment in agriculture will offer men and women 1,785 person days in agricultural trades, fencing, hedging, retaining walls and agricultural roads; Emergency Employment in environment and health awareness will provide 715 person days mainly for village women to spread awareness in nutrition, hygiene, sanitation and secure environment without health hazards; Emotional First Aid will reach out and counsel 2,703 women and children who suffer the trauma of the current violence particularly in Nablus and Jenin. Food and Hygiene Parcels ($50 each) will nourish 400 families: the poorest of the poor in the above targeted areas.

Criteria for Beneficiary Selection Unemployed labourers who have not worked since the inception of the crisis; Unemployed labourers with large family members exceeding ten; Unemployed labourers who support their elderly family members; For the environment component of the Project: women with health education background; Female headed households; Families with unemployed breadwinners, assessed by partner NGOs and project officers

Beneficiary Selection Committee Village representatives selected by their own communities and tasked with specific project responsibilities; IOCC-Jerusalem Project Officers in the three areas; The representatives of the professional Partners with whom IOCC works in the implementation of its infrastructure and agricultural activities.

V. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION

Since the inception of the Al-Aqsa Intifada (September 28, 2000), IOCC has been heavily involved with humanitarian aid in addition to its development programs in the West Bank. Food parcels, medicines and medical aid to patients at hospitals, or homes have been extended; shelters and sanitary materials such as detergents and other items have been delivered to the Palestinians displaced or under siege; counselling and crisis intervention have been conducted for traumatised families, particularly women and children. With different funding sources, including ACT International, these activities have been made possible. In the implementation of its humanitarian out-reach project IOCC-Jerusalem has adopted four main models: 1. Co-operation with other international non-profit organisations, Members of the Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA) through humanitarian convoys to the West Bank and Gaza Strip; 2. Participation in the convoys of the Joint Emergency Relief of the Christian Organisations (JERCO) to West Bank cities at times of curfews and closures; 3. Direct humanitarian assistance to the victims through IOCC's local NGO and grassroots partners in the West Bank, with local purchases whenever possible and available; 4. House to house distribution of food parcels and sanitary items through IOCC's project officers, health educators (trained by IOCC), local partner organisations and volunteers.

These efforts had a great impact in the community, as they were carried out at the very peak of need and during extensive military incursions. Due to the protracted period of lack of access in the Territories, strict movement and tight closure, 78-80% of the Palestinian labour force has become unemployed. Skilled

Palestinian Territories – Assistance to Civilian Victims 18 MEPL-22 Appeal. and unskilled labour has had no opportunity to find a job anywhere in the Palestinian areas, compounded with the absence of work opportunities inside the Green Line for Israeli "security reasons”.

IOCC's on-going Rapid Participatory Appraisals ascertain the priority of generating emergency employment opportunities to sustain families especially in rural areas, to help them maintain their households and dignity but above all to bring food to their tables during these critical times. Simultaneously, counselling and crisis intervention activities for traumatised family members have been initiated to help them come back to their sense of safety and security.

The proposed program is mainly for Emergency Employment Generation in three West Bank Governorates, hardest hit with the present political situation and violence. It also comprises Emotional First Aid - counselling therapy for the vulnerable sectors of the Palestinian community, women and children. It also comprises environmental and health awareness campaigns to help communities avoid or overcome health hazards since all major health, social and community services have been destroyed or paralysed. Food and hygiene parcels are distributed to those under strict siege, such as the areas of Nablus and Jenin.

Based on IOCC's experience, professional expertise of staff and Partners and wide community networks' assessments, the West Bank areas proposed are Nablus City and its rural areas, Jenin villages, Ramallah villages and the Old City of Jerusalem, which is completely neglected and ignored by the international community of donors. In the Old City of Jerusalem Emergency Employment in repair and renovation of schools is proposed. In Nablus City, where 280 homes, 1,000 shops and major cultural and heritage images of the Palestinians have been destroyed, tremendous repair and rehabilitation work is required to bring people back to their homes, businesses and normal life.

Although the Proposed Appeal addresses emergency Palestinian needs, nevertheless a major emphasis is laid on the empowerment and strengthening of the capacities of the local Partners and village communities who will sustain the achievement.

Improved Community Infrastructure - Community Centers, Youth Centers, Women’s Centers, Health Clinics, Schools

IOCC has worked in partnership with Village Councils, Leaders, Women’s Committees, and Local NGOs to identify and prioritise community facilities, which are in need of repair and/or renovation, within the framework of the project budget and objectives. The 2 cities and 12 villages proposed by IOCC have completed initial assessments, with the corresponding information noted in "Expected Impact" Section, below. Following project approval by ACT, final assessments and priorities will be determined in accordance with the approved budget and with the knowledge of ACT Co-ordinating office, Members and partners in the Territories.

The community partners will fulfil assigned roles, and in accordance with Memos of Understanding (MOUs) between IOCC and the community. Community responsibilities will include identification and recruitment of workers, provision of in-kind assistance, facilitation of implementation, and monitoring and provision of reporting data. IOCC-Jerusalem, with the technical assistance of its partner consultancy firm, Nino Engineering Co and staff from the afflicted regions will carry out the necessary evaluations for the repair and reconstruction. They will be assisted by two IOCC Project Officers who live in Nablus. Local Village Representatives selected by the community comprising members from the Village Councils, Charitable Societies, Women Groups, school teachers and community leaders will be responsible for monitoring the project's implementation in their respective areas together with IOCC's Project Officers.

IOCC will seek to utilize labour-intensive construction methods whenever possible, and will utilize local contractors/suppliers to the maximum extent. IOCC will utilize the services of the professional Palestinian

Palestinian Territories – Assistance to Civilian Victims 19 MEPL-22 Appeal. engineering design and management firm to provide requisite technical, construction planning, supervisory and quality control of all construction related activities.

An estimated 6,300 Person-Days of employment at an average of $20/Day will be generated through these activities.

Improved Community Infrastructure - Agricultural Roads, Fencing, Stone Hedging, Retaining Walls, Reforestation

IOCC will work in partnership with Village Councils, Leaders, Women’s Committees, and Local NGOs to identify and prioritise work on agricultural roads, fencing, stone hedging, retaining walls and reforestation which are in need of repair and/or construction within the framework of the project budget and objectives. The 2 cities and 12 villages proposed by IOCC have completed initial assessments, with the corresponding information noted in the "Expected Impact" Section, below. Following project approval by ACT, final assessments and priorities will be determined in accordance with the approved budget.

The community partners will fulfil assigned roles in accordance with an MOU between IOCC and the community. Community responsibilities will include identification and recruitment of workers, provision of in-kind assistance, facilitation of implementation, and monitoring and provision of reporting data. Emergency Employment in Agriculture will be implemented through a Palestinian Agricultural Partner called the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) that has offices and staff in all the regions. Technically they will undertake the implementation with the co-operation and the support of the local communities and the supervision of IOCC field staff.

IOCC will seek to utilise labour-intensive construction methods whenever possible, and will use local contractors and suppliers to the maximum extent. IOCC will also use the services of a professional Palestinian engineering design and management firm to provide requisite technical, construction planning, supervisory and quality control of all construction related activities.

An estimated 1,785 Person-Days of employment at an average of $20/Day will be generated through these activities.

Community Education - Environmental Awareness, Public Health

IOCC will work in partnership with Village Councils, Leaders, Women’s Committees, and Local NGOs to implement a comprehensive training and awareness program for village communities regarding environmental awareness, safe practices and public health. Local NGO staff and community animators will support the activities in their villages. Community responsibilities will include organising community meetings and seminars, dissemination of information, advocacy to generate support for environmental concerns, provision of in-kind assistance, and facilitation of implementation.

Emergency Employment in environment and health awareness will provide employment opportunities for the women health educators and community animators, whom IOCC has trained in its civil-society programs during the last two years. These many women have established a strong network in the areas proposed and have been providing advice and support on the communities' miscellaneous needs. They are the ones with "hands-on" experience in their stressful situation. They have also been guiding IOCC's field work and providing the necessary information and feed-back for its development.

An estimated 715 Person-Days of employment (Community Mobilizers, Facilitators and Trainers) at an average of $20/Day will be generated through these activities.

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Psycho-Social Intervention - Emotional First Aid

IOCC will work in partnership with Village Councils, Leaders, Women’s Committees, and Local NGOs to implement a psycho-social intervention and emotional first aid program, for children and women. Local NGO staff and community animators will support the activities in their villages.

Psychosocial Interventions will be accomplished through trained therapists, who will operate in each of the 2 cities and 11 villages, assisting an average of 100 persons per village. The psychologist/counsellor will train community leaders to work with the traumatised under close supervision. In the Emotional First Aid component of the Emergency Employment Generation, a professional counsellor will train the teachers, health and community workers with a rapid Emotional First Aid Package. This will be a short training for "Trainers in the Villages". These new trainers will then pursue the training and the implementation of the activity within the schools, kindergartens and women's organisations in their own villages.

An estimated 2,703 children and women will benefit from these activities.

Emergency Humanitarian Assistance - Distribution of Food and Hygiene Parcels

Food and sanitary parcels ($50 each) will be distributed to the worst hit and poorest of the poor in areas under total siege and in great need. Basic staples such as protein, flour, tea, oil and sanitary items, such as detergent, soap, toothpaste, toilet paper etc. will be included. Families in need will be assessed by IOCC Jerusalem project officers and partner organizations, with co-ordination and knowledge of ACT Members and their own local partners.

An estimated 400 families, with 2,800 members will benefit from these activities.

Expected Impacts

Location Sector Person/Days Family Program Costs Total in US$ Members Old Jerusalem Improved 310 Material: 50,000 (Pop. 32,952) Community - $20,000 Infrastructure Labour: - School R&R - $30,000 Nablus City Improved 1,500 Material: 50,000 (Pop. 135,000) Community - $20,000 Infrastructure Labour: - Home Repair - $30,000 Zebabdeh Improved 690 Material: 23,000 (Pop. 7,000) Community - $9,200 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $13,800 Nablus City & Psycho-social 8 400+8 Material: 2,000 Jenin Intervention - $1,600 - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $400 Taybeh- Jenin Improved 720 Material: 24,000 (Pop. 2,000) Community - $9,600 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $14,400 & Agriculture Taybeh- Jenin Psycho-social 6 200+6 Material: 1,000 (Pop. 2,000) Intervention - $700 - Emotional Labour:

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First Aid - $300 Seilat al- Improved 570 Material: 19,000 Dhaher Community - $7,600 (Pop. 5,000) Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $11,400 & Agriculture Seilat al- Psycho-social 3 200+21 Material: 1,000 Dhaher Intervention - $850 (Pop. 5,000) - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $150 Ajjah Improved 570 Material: 19,000 (Pop. 4,100) Community - $7,600 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $11,400 & Agriculture Ajjah Psycho-social 3 200+21 Material: 1,000 (Pop. 4,100) Intervention - $850 - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $150 Kfeiret Improved 570 Material: 19,000 (Pop. 2,500) Community - $7,600 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $11,400 & Agriculture Kfeiret Psycho-social 3 150+21 Material: 1,000 (Pop. 2,500) Intervention - $850 - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $150 Zeita Improved 570 Material: 19,000 (Pop. 2,100) Community - $7,600 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $11,400 Zeita Psycho-social 3 150+21 Material: 1,000 (Pop. 2,100) Intervention - $850 - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $150 Improved 570 Material: 19,000 (Pop. 2,250) Community - $7,600 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $11,400 & Agriculture

Location Sector Person/Days Family Program Costs Total in US$ Members Einabus Psycho-social 3 150+21 Material: 1,000 (Pop. 2,250) Intervention - $850 - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $150 Improved 720 Material: 24,000 (Pop. 5,000) Community - $9,600 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $14,400 Huwara Psycho-social 3 300+21 Material: 1,000 (Pop. 5,000) Intervention - $850 - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $150 Ureef Improved 570 Material: 19,000 (Pop. 3,000) Community - $7,600 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $11,400 & Agriculture Ureef Psycho-social 3 200+21 Material: 1,000

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(Pop. 3,000) Intervention - $850 - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $150 Bami Zeid Improved 720 Material: 24,000 (Pop. 6,000) Community - $9,600 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $14,400 Bami Zeid Psycho-social 3 400+21 Material: 1,000 (Pop. 6,000) Intervention - $850 - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $150 Budros Improved 420 Material: 14,000 (Pop. 1,200) Community - $5,600 Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $8,400 Budros Psycho-social 3 150+21 Material: 1,000 (Pop. 1,200) Intervention - $850 - Emotional Labour: First Aid - $150 Taybeh- Improved 300 Material: 10,000 Ramallah Community - $4,000 (Pop. 1,500) Infrastructure Labour: - Renovation - $6,000 2 Cities and Emergency 400 Families 20,000 12 Villages Food & with 2,800 Hygiene Parcel Persons Distribution (Ave. 7 / Family) Total Pop. Total Person / Total Material: Total Activities 209,602 Days - $143,150 Budget 8,841 Total Labour: $365,000 - $201,850

Summary Emergency Employment Generation for Infrastructure: 6,300 Person / Days Emergency Employment Generation for Environment: 715 Person / Days Emergency Employment Generation for Agriculture: 1,785 Person / Days

VI. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING

The IOCC Country Director, under the supervision of IOCC Headquarters, will supervise all aspects of the ACT program and operations in the OPTs. Day-to-day management of the program will be undertaken from the established offices of IOCC in Jerusalem and the implementation of partners and field staff. Financial, logistics and related controls, systems and procedures carried out in field operations are governed and reviewed by IOCC's international Headquarters in Baltimore.

For all components of the project, IOCC will apply standardised monitoring processes and criteria that will facilitate on-going information gathering and reporting as stipulated by ACT, and co-ordination with ACT Members. IOCC conducts monitoring for a three-fold purpose: to ensure that the project is developed according to plan, to confirm that assistance is reaching the targeted beneficiaries and achieving the desired project objectives, and to determine future needs. 2 mid-term progress and financial reports will be submitted to IOCC Headquarters in Baltimore and will be available to ACT. A final narrative and financial report will be submitted following completion of appeal activities. IOCC's external auditors, as part of IOCC's annual audit, will audit the project, according to ACT's requirements.

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IOCC’s in-country auditor is Mr. Nader Dajani and Co. ‘Certified Accountants, Management Consultants’ PO Box 51226, East Jerusalem, Postal Code 91511, TEL: +97225853438, FAX:+97225857701.

VII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE

Commencement Date: the project will begin implementation immediately upon receipt of funds Implementation Period: the project will be implemented through a period of 6 months Reporting Period: the project's final narrative and financial report will be composed and submitted at the end of the 7th month.

VIII. CO-ORDINATION

IOCC works in close co-operation with a wide network of local NGOs, Hospitals, Village Councils and grassroots organisations, each with a vast amount of knowledge and experience. IOCC has already received confirmation from the leadership and civil society of the 2 cities and 12 villages chosen: Jerusalem and Nablus; Zebabdeh, Taybeh, Seilat al-Dhaher, Ajjah and Kfeiret of the ; Zeita, Einabus, Huwara and Ureef of the ; Bani Zeid, Budros and Taybeh of the Ramallah Governorate.

IOCC co-ordinates its work with the ACT Co-ordinating office and the 2 key ACT Members: Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR)/ ICC and LWF- Augusta Victoria. The ultimate goal is to complement the work of other ACT Members and Partners, in order to empower each other.

IX. BUDGET

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE

Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Unit Units US$ US$ DIRECT ASSISTANCE Emergency Employment Emergency employment materials Lumpsum 133,200 Emergency employment labour Lumpsum 199,800 Sub Total 333,000

Hygiene Inputs Food and hygiene parcels Lumpsum 20,000

Psychosocial Intervention Emotional first aid materials Lumpsum 9,950 Emotional first aid labour Lumpsum 2,050 Sub Total 12,000

TOTAL 365,000

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PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT Staff Salaries and Support Project coordinator Month 6 900 5,400 Project assistant Month 6 800 4,800 Administrative assistant Month 6 700 4,200 Field officer Month 6 800 4,800 Financial manager Month 6 500 3,000 Staff Travel Drivers' emoluments Month 6 600 3,600 Fuel Month 6 400 2,400 Office Operations Utilities Month 6 200 1,200 Office supplies Month 6 150 900 Communications Communications Month 6 500 3,000 Other Bank charges Month 6 80 480 TOTAL 33,780

AUDIT Audit fees Lumpsum 1,500

TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 400,280

BALANCE REQUESTED FROM ACT 400,280

Note: For breakdown of the lumpsums please refer to pages 22, 23 & 24 of text.

EXTERNAL EVALUATION of MEPL-22

Following the recent meeting of ACT Evaluation Advisory Group which resulted in a request to ACT CO to launch an external evaluation of ACT appeals for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, ACT CO is requesting a financial support in order to have the following appeals evaluated: - MEPL-21 - MEPL-22

Provision of $60,000 will cover all projected costs such as consultants’ fees (team of three members), accommodation, travel, transport etc. Evaluation will be performed in accordance with ACT Evaluation Guidelines and Mechanism.

TOTAL Requested: $60,000

ACT TRAVEL and COORDINATION

ACT Co-ordinating office seeks financial support that would enable them to perform regular field visits and members’ co-ordination as well as meetings of ACT National Forum for the OPT. Two such trips/visits are planned within the appeal’s span.

TOTAL Requested: $6,000