Semi‐Annual Report
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STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND INCREASING RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITIES OF CAYLLOMA, AREQUIPA. SEMI‐ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2018 – MARCH 2019 GENERAL PROJECT INFORMATION STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES FOR DISASTER RISK Project Title REDUCTION AND INCREASING RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITIES OF CAYLLOMA, AREQUIPA. Award number 72OFDA18GR00319 Registration number REQ-OFDA-18-000751 Start date September 01, 2018 Duration 12 months Country / region: Peru / department of Arequipa, province of Caylloma Reported period: October 2018 - March 2019 Date of report: April 24, 2019. Adventist Development and Relief Agency International - ADRA INTERNACIONAL Report for: Debra Olson, Program Manager, Program Implementation Unit. Nestor Mogollon, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation. Adventist Development and Relief Agency Perú – ADRA Perú Víctor Huamán, project manager. Report by: cell phone: 51-997 555 483 - email: [email protected] Erick Quispe, local coordinator. cell phone: 51-966 315 430 - email: [email protected] SEMI‐ANNUAL REPORT: OCTOBER, 2018 – MARCH, 2019 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The province of Caylloma has been suffering from natural disasters that disrupt local development and affect several thousand people, such as earthquakes, frequent heavy rains, floods, mudslides and rock falls; and additionally, since 2016 the Sabancaya volcano registers permanent eruptive activity that alerts the local community in Caylloma. In this scenario, the objective of the project is to integrate disaster risk management into institutional management tools of local governments, with the participation of the population and collaboration at the regional and national levels. In the first semester of implementation, the project in sector 1 reached 60% of beneficiaries in subsector 1; and in sector 2 it reached 80.2% of beneficiaries for subsector 1, and 152% of beneficiaries for subsector 2, and subsector 3 considers only products for this report. Some activities developed in the reporting period include: (1) ADRA Peru and ADRA International held an induction and training workshop in Lima for the project's technical and administrative team. (2) Recognition of the area of intervention and installation of a local office in the district of Chivay. (3) The Project adopted the short name "Allichakusun ante desastres", using the Quechua word Allichakusun (preparing in Spanish), so that local people can appropriate and identify with the Project. (4) Informative brochures, folders, banners, pencils, among other materials of visibility and sensitization were elaborated. (5) Communication and cooperation mechanisms were established with technical-scientific institutions of the region, regional and local authorities and leaders, arousing their interest and encouraging their involvement in the implementation of the project. (6) The project was presented at the provincial level with the participation of elected authorities and their officials. (7) The favorable opinion was obtained to register the project in the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation, through the management in the Regional Office of Planning, Budget and Territorial Ordinance of Arequipa, complying with the legal requirements and evaluation visit. (8) Workshops were held to present the project and raise awareness, promoting dialogue with local leaders and beneficiaries of the project, and training workshops were held for officials, authorities and local leaders. (9) Inter-institutional cooperation agreement was signed with the provincial government and local governments. Alliances were also formed with technical-scientific institutions of the Arequipa region (National Institute of Civil Defense - INDECI, National Center for Estimation, Prevention and Reduction of Disaster Risk - CENPRED, Geophysical Institute of Peru - IGP, and the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute - INGEMMET) for the development of capacities of local officials related to DRM. (10) With the support of technical-scientific institutions of the Arequipa region and the Provincial Municipality of Caylloma, local government officials and technicians were trained in disaster preparedness and response. (11) The field team received technical training on volcanic hazards from INGEMMET in Arequipa. (12) A local study of food processing and conservation practices for emergency situations is being advanced. (13) A communicational diagnosis was prepared, gathering information for the project's communication strategy. (14) Two communication groups of leaders, authorities and local officials were set up for joint planning and interventions in emergency response in the Province of Caylloma. (15) It is being promoted at provincial and regional levels to integrate DRM into municipal management instruments. (16) A second workshop of the technical and administrative team of the project was held in Arequipa, with the objective of measuring the progress of the project and strengthening the capacities of the team, leading as a result to readjustment of the project's DIP and Indicators. (17) Work strategies are being implemented in the face of external situations that are affecting the implementation of the project. SEMI‐ANNUAL REPORT: OCTOBER, 2018 – MARCH, 2019 2. PROJECT AREA INFORMATION The installation of the field office in the town of Chivay, capital of the province of Caylloma, responds to a strategic location, the district of Chivay is a central point of connection between the districts located on each margin of the Colca Canyon (Left Bank: Yanque, Ichupampa, Achoma, Maca, Cabanaconde, and Huambo. Right bank: Coporaque, Lari, Madrigal) connecting them with the capital of the Arequipa Region. However, Chivay is far from two districts covered by the project, Huanca and Lluta, which are in an area outside the Colca Valley, with access from Figure 1: Location and access routes to districts of Caylloma Arequipa only, as shown in Figure 1. province, in the "Allichakusun ante desastres" project area. The 12 districts of the Caylloma province in which the project is being implemented are located contiguously, immediately around the Sabancaya volcano, which remains active with constant eruptions and emission of ashes and gases, associated with seismic movements since November 2016, being considered by the IGP as a moderate activity that maintains an orange alert of risk for the local population. 3. RESULTS ACHIEVED 3.1 SUMMARY OF BENEFICIARIES REACHED BY THE TECHNICAL SECTOR Target Reached in the % Reached in the TECHNICAL SECTOR For the reporting period reporting period reporting period (Beneficiaries) (Beneficiaries) SECTOR 1 Subsector 1 25 15 60 % SECTOR 2 Sub-sector 1 650 521 80.2 % Sub-sector 2 150 228 152 % Sub-sector 3 0 0 0 PROJECT TOTAL 650 521 80.2% SEMI‐ANNUAL REPORT: OCTOBER, 2018 – MARCH, 2019 3.2 SECTOR 1: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY TECHNICAL SECTOR: Target Reached in the % Reached in For the reporting the reporting period reporting period SECTOR 1 - Subsector 1 (Beneficiaries) (Beneficiaries) period Indicator 1: Number of months of household 0 0 0 food self-sufficiency as a result of improved agricultural production programming Indicator 2: Number of people directly 25 15 60 % benefiting from improving agricultural (3 women and production and/or food security activities 12 men) Indicator 3: Number of kg of food processed 0 0 0 and/or preserved using the techniques promoted by the project. Indicator 4: Percentage of attendees that are 0 0 0 applying the ancestral techniques of processing and conservation of foods. Sub – Sector 1: Improving Agricultural Production/Food Security Indicator 1: Number of months of household food self-sufficiency as a result of improved agricultural production programming This indicator will be measured at the end of the fourth quarter. Indicator 2: Number of people directly benefiting from improving agricultural production and/or food security activities. The project has identified and informed 15 community promoters (3 women and 12 men) in 4 districts (Achoma, Huambo, Yanque y Coporaque), who will lead the activities promoted by the project related to food security. The delay in the identification and training of promoters was due to external reasons such as: (1) large territory, dispersed districts and scarce transportation services in the area, (2) food security is not perceived as a necessity for the local population, (3) user boards or irrigation associations wait for support in genetic improvement, organic production and commercialization, (4) migration of residents to the city of Arequipa for studies or better job opportunities. In this context and considering the purpose of ensuring that the population of the province of Caylloma has food in an emergency or disaster, the selection of promoters and beneficiaries for this sector is made in the spaces of sensitization and/or training of Risk Management with local leaders and authorities identified. A directory of 75 local leaders and authorities (56 men and 19 women) related to the agricultural sector was elaborated, with which the 15 community promoters have been selected, reaching 60 per cent of what was planned for the semester. And work will continue in this sector with the identified leaders. In addition, the following strategy has been proposed to achieve the objectives of this sector: (1) Personalized attention of the districts by members of the team. (2) Integrate the issue of food security into the GRD. (3) Train beneficiaries in two groups of workshops, the first with topics on risk, emergency response, food