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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE USE OF CERF GRANTS SRI LANKA
Country Sri Lanka Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator Adnan Khan Reporting Period 1 January 2010 – 31 December 2010
I. Summary of Funding and Beneficiaries
Total amount required for the US$ 289,605,365 humanitarian response:
Total amount received for the US$ 190,189,949 humanitarian response: CERF: US$ 15,690,704 Breakdown of total country funding CHF/HRF COUNTRY LEVEL FUNDS: US$ received by source: OTHER: (Bilateral/Multilateral)1 US$ 174,499,245
Total amount of CERF funding received US$ 15,690,704 from the Rapid Response window:
Total amount of CERF funding received US$ from the Underfunded window: Funding Funding
a. Direct UN agencies/IOM US$ 14,123,306 implementation:
b. Funds forwarded to NGOs for implementation US$ 842,386 Please provide the breakdown of CERF (Awaiting to add UNHCR HQ inputs) funds by type of partner: c. Funds for Government US$ 725,012 implementation:
d. TOTAL: US$ 15,690,704
Total number of individuals affected by the Approximately 300,000 individuals (As at 11 March 2011, crisis: 18,800 IDPs in camps and 264,804 returnees)
March 2010 CERF funding – nearly 50,000 beneficiaries in Jaffna, Killinochchi, Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts
Total number of individuals reached with October 2010 CERF funding – 27,500 internally displaced persons at Menik Farm camp, Vavuniya district
Beneficiaries CERF funding: 15 per cent children under 5
49 per cent females
Geographical areas of implementation: Jaffna, Killinochchi, Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts
1 Financial Tracking Service (FTS) - http://fts.unocha.org/reports/daily/ocha_R24_E15749___1103111107.pdf II. Analysis
During the closing stages of the conflict in 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) requested humanitarian assistance to meet the basic needs of nearly 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). The return of individuals started in the latter part of 2009 but depended on the progress of mine action operations. In 2010, deepening funding shortages constrained the humanitarian capacity to maintain life- saving services to IDPs in camps awaiting resettlement. External assistance was important to ensure that returns took place in safe and sustainable environment to areas where demining operations had been completed. IDPs relied heavily on external aid for their basic needs given their lack of livelihoods or independent income. Thus, the World Food Programme (WFP) food rations were an indispensable component of support, especially those in camps. Vulnerable segments of the camp population, such as women, children, disabled individuals and the elderly relied on uninterrupted food rations to prevent a deterioration of their health and nutrition conditions.
Food The timely provision of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocations helped mitigate impending pipeline breaks and ensured food support to 50,000 IDPs in March and 27,500 in October awaiting return. WFP provided a basic food basket of 2,100 kilocalories per person per day that consisted of rice, wheat flour, iodised salt, pulses, sugar and vegetable oil. In addition, WFP distributed supplementary rations of Corn Soya Blend (CSB), sugar and oil to pregnant and nursing women and children under five years of age due to their special needs. In the latter part of 2010, changes in the operating environment created fresh challenges to continue life-saving food assistance to IDPs but the flexibility of the CERF allowed an effective and timely intervention to address the difficult situation.
WFP worked in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the food sector through regular coordination meetings, in support of GoSL-led operations.
Shelter/Protection CERF funding was pivotal in capacitating agencies to address the emergency shelter and protection needs of displaced people and returnees. Assistance was particularly important in light of the high vulnerability levels of both groups.
CERF emergency funding contributed towards securing shelter for people in Menik Farm, at a time when serious funding shortages had compelled most shelter partners to suspend activities. Sections of the camp were progressively vacated throughout the year as IDPs returned to their areas of origin but a core group of camp residents was compelled to remain due to slow progress of mine operations. Given the dilapidated state of virtually all shelters in Menik Farm, CERF funds allowed the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the International Organization of Migration (IOM) to undertake repair and maintenance projects. The activities supported by the CERF enabled the improvement of temporary shelters through the distribution of plastic sheets and vital drainage work. Agencies decommissioned empty shelters, which eradicated breeding grounds for pests and reduced protection hazards by removing the possibility of potential sexual and gender- based violence (SGBV) to take place within the isolation and coverage of empty shelters.
The October CERF allocation made possible time-critical and life-saving shelter interventions in Menik Farm, once the Northeast monsoon season further intensified IDP vulnerability, escalating humanitarian needs. At the time of writing, project 10-OPS-005 is still underway and will support the residual Menik Farm caseload (through shelter repair/decommissioning and drainage maintenance activities) until March 20112.
People returning to their areas of origin experienced serious challenges to meet their fundamental survival needs because of the destruction in the conflict-affected areas, as well as lack of basic services and difficulties in re-establishing livelihoods. CERF funds were channelled to the shelter cash grant scheme, which has proved a lifeline for many resettling families. Returnees have used the grant money to quickly repair a room in their houses, where possible, shortly after their return. Agencies further used the CERF shelter contribution to distribute emergency shelter kits and construct transitional shelters. These life-saving interventions allowed returnees and the most vulnerable populations to bridge the period of insecurity and vulnerability following their return, and the moment when they will have access to permanent housing.
2 UNOPS will report in the RC/HC 2011 report on the project.
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Moreover, CERF funding allowed instituting crucial protection mechanisms in both Menik Farm and the resettlement areas. The presence of protection monitors in camps gave IDPs a sense of confidence and security to articulate their protection concerns, which were referred to the camp authorities or specialized GoSL offices. Similarly, regular protection monitoring visits in resettled communities helped to identify and assist vulnerable groups, particularly in areas where civil justice and protection services are still being established. In this sense, CERF funding ensured the protection, dignity and rights safety of IDPs and returnees, particularly families led by single women, children, former combatants (adult and child alike), disabled individuals, the elderly and others.
All activities were carried out in collaboration with GoSL authorities, as well as through the sector coordination mechanism in the capital and districts, to prevent duplication and target resources for maximum effect.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) WASH projects were prioritized for CERF support to ensure health and wellbeing, as well as prevent water-borne disease, among displaced and returning populations. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UNOPS were able to guarantee that IDPs in Menik Farm received sufficient quantities of water for personal and domestic purposes to repair or maintain WASH infrastructure (toilets, bathing spaces, water tanks, taps, etc) and promptly decommission unused facilities. Additionally, agencies utilized the CERF contribution to maintain a hygienic camp environment through support to waste management, garbage collection and hygiene promotion activities, including replenishing hygiene packs. UNICEF’s provision of water services also covered IDPs in the remaining emergency sites in Jaffna District. Had CERF funds not been available, living conditions in the camp would have deteriorated with serious repercussions to IDP health and safety.
The lack of water and sanitation facilities jeopardized the sustainability of the return process for many families. CERF-supported WASH interventions focused on returnee communities in Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi and Vavuniya districts, through key activities such as cleaning and rehabilitation of dug wells, repairing or drilling of tube wells, as well as rehabilitation of community-based water supply schemes. Moreover, WASH projects had a direct impact in helping to improve the daily lives of women among the returnees, in reducing the time spent fetching water. Children, especially girls, were able to attend school more regularly. In addition, families were able to spend more time on much needed livelihood activities. CERF funds helped to upgrade the water system in the Mallawi Hospital, in Thunukkai, Mullaitivu District, and in nine health centres in Vavuniya District.
Furthermore, CERF funds were instrumental in procuring material for semi-permanent toilets, providing functional sanitary facilities to families in need3. The toilet units gave extra protection to women and children, saving the need for open defection away from their shelters – a practice, which increased the risk of SGBV, particularly during the hours of darkness, as well as exposure to landmines and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO).
The September 2010 CERF WASH interventions in the resettlement areas and Menik Farm targeted the sharp increase in humanitarian needs precipitated by the Northeast monsoon season.
All WASH projects, with CERF support, were closely coordinated with GoSL and sector mechanisms, including partners in health, shelter and education. CERF funds helped the WASH sector to address funding deficits, as agencies could not cover the entire demand for water, sanitation and hygiene promotion services in Menik Farm and in resettlement areas. The interventions contributed to zero incidences of water-borne disease epidemics in the Northern Province in 2010.
Health and Nutrition In common with other sectors, widening funding shortfalls challenged the continued provision of health and nutrition services to the remaining IDP caseload at Menik Farm. CERF funding paved the way for priority Health/Nutrition interventions in the camp and the resettlement areas to be addressed.
In Menik Farm, the World Health Organization (WHO) used CERF funds to carry out urgent repairs to temporary health structures, enabling continuation of basic, life-saving health and nutrition services to IDPs, including young children, pregnant and nursing women, elderly persons, disabled individuals, and
3 Installation was covered with support from other donor sources.
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The CERF allocation to IOM guaranteed around-the-clock ambulance services in Menik Farm, transported medical personnel to health facilities within the camp and a mobile medical service – a set of complementary interventions addressing the gaps in health services for IDPs. Additionally, monies were also spent on health education and clean-up activities, as well as equipment for the General Hospital in Vavuniya (the IDP referral hospital) for effective management of dengue fever and other vector-borne diseases during the monsoon season.
In the resettlement areas, CERF funds enabled WHO and UNICEF to strengthen primary health care services. The agencies assisted the Ministry of Health (MoH) to rehabilitate damaged health facilities providing life-saving support to patients, including Maternal and Children’s Health wards in hospitals, procure and distribute critical medical equipment and supplies, and strengthen disease surveillance. CERF funding also supported mobile health clinics crucial to guarantee essential health and referral services to communities located far from health facilities, in areas where transport and road conditions were a major challenge. Mental health teams were also established in the resettlement areas to follow- up and management of persons needing psychosocial services.
CERF funding assisted the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to continue life-saving reproductive health services for IDPs in camps and in resettlement areas. Services included antenatal care, family planning, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Sexually Transmitted Infections (HIV/STI) prevention and counselling. In addition, UNFPA utilized the CERF contribution to provide hygiene packs to resettled women and girls of reproductive age, helping them maintain basic hygiene and dignity during the early stage of the resettlement.
In early 2009, the prevalence of acute malnutrition among children below five years in Menik Farm IDP camp was 35.6 per cent, an alarming situation during early influx of IDPs. Available funding enabled partners to carry out a comprehensive nutrition rehabilitation programme (including screening, supply provision and management of malnutrition), which reduced significantly malnutrition rates to 13.5 per cent by November 2010. However, due to resource constraints, the scope of the programme was brought down and maintaining the early gain was a challenge. CERF funding filled the gaps, which enabled UNICEF and partners to provide essential nutrition interventions and prevented a rise in morbidity and mortality associated with malnutrition both among IDPs in camps and for returnees. The capacity of the MoH was enhanced and the Regional Director of Health is currently implanting the nutrition programme for the remaining population in Menik Farm and in resettlement areas. The continuation and access to the appropriate treatment of beneficiaries suffering from acute malnutrition could not have been ensured without timely CERF funding.
Education In early 2010, many schools in Menik Farm and the resettlement areas were struggling to provide education in accordance with recognized Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards (INEE MS). It was imperative that a safe learning environment and essential education facilities be available to offset the long-term consequences of disruption to education for the most vulnerable 25,000 school-aged children returning to their homes or awaiting resettlement in camps.
CERF funds were used to supply over 800 teacher kits to educators returning to resettled areas so that they could immediately begin classes upon return. Similarly, the shifting needs in response to the more rapid release of returnees and stronger government mobilization of resources toward the rehabilitation of secondary schools led UNICEF to focus its support on children in the compulsory first to ninth grades. The project covered 49,000 children with provision of the more basic and inexpensive primary level learning kits. The construction of basic Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) in resettlement areas where schools were not yet functional proceeded as planned. This allowed the sector, in collaboration with the Provincial Department of Education, to coordinate a more effective and efficient school rehabilitation programme with donors.
Although the relatively narrow fund utilization window proved somewhat limiting, it did provide for timely construction of Temporary Learning Spaces and the distribution of learner and teacher kits serving as a catalyst to move the sector forward into early recovery.
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Agriculture CERF funds enabled returnee farmers to resume and strengthen their livelihoods during the Yala 2010 and Maha 2010/11 agricultural seasons through the provision of paddy, other food crop (OFC), vegetable and coconut seedlings, tool kits, barbed wire and water pumps. FAO worked closely with the Department of Agriculture on the selection of beneficiaries, distribution, technical advisory services and progress monitoring.
Some changes were made to the project plan following a detailed assessment of the ground situation. Initially, 10,000 households were targeted for provision of paddy, OFC, vegetable seed kits and poultry. However, the majority of returnees were unable to access large extents of their land or irrigation for paddy cultivation during the Yala season. Consequently home gardening emerged as the key activity as most households were able to access small plots of land sufficient for this purpose and were also supported with tool kits, coconut seedlings and water pumps and helped reaching more households. The lesser expense of vegetable seed kits in comparison to paddy meant that 19,887 households, nearly twice the original beneficiary target, received support. The vegetable seed kits were added to the UNHCR non- food item (NFI) kits for returnee households, since it was the most effective modality available for distribution. A vegetable seed kit was added to the standard NFI pack distributed to returning families ensuring critical humanitarian assistance. In combination with the basic agricultural and land clearing tools in the NFI pack, the vegetable seed kits allowed families to resume home garden cultivation as a strategic measure to improve family nutrition and offset food insecurity, while other early recovery assistance and development initiatives started to gain pace. Further, the FAO/UNHCR collaboration enabled a wider outreach than initially planned.
The CERF allocation also helped to provide water pumps to assist vulnerable farming families to cultivate during the Yala planting season, which coincides with the dry season. OFC cultivation during the Yala was significantly less than projected, due to low water levels in irrigation reservoirs and extent of irrigated land available for cultivation in view of mine contamination. The entire green gram and black gram harvest under the seed production component of this project was certified and distributed to farmers to ensure sufficient quantities for cultivation during the following Maha 2010/11 season. CERF contributed towards better preparedness to meet the needs for the next season and enhanced food security of vulnerable families.
The poultry component was cancelled due to the non-availability of month-old chicks following a salmonella outbreak at GoSL poultry hatcheries. Additionally, several households targeted for provision of tool kits was reduced due to the limited availability of quality tools. CERF funding was flexible enough to re-direct funds to procure and distribute barbed wire, water pumps, coconut seedlings and motorcycles to meet the immediate needs of vulnerable farming families and strengthen GoSL extension services.
FAO worked closely with the Department of Agriculture on the selection of beneficiaries, distribution, technical advisory services and progress monitoring.
CERF funds were flexible enough to meet the real and time-critical agriculture needs for the agriculture seasons targeted. In addition, the impact of some of the inputs provided were long lasting (seed production component, barbed wire, motorbikes etc.) and contributed to the sustainability of the project. CERF was one of only two donors to support the sector’s agriculture needs for the Yala season 2010 and CERF funds, received on time, covered 10 per cent of the total funding received by the sector in 2010.
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III. Results
CERF project Total number and title Amount Number of Project Monitoring and Sector/ (If applicable, disbursed Beneficiaries Expected Results/ Results and improvements for CERF’s added value to Budget Evaluation Gender Equity Cluster please provide from CERF targeted with Outcomes the target beneficiaries the project (US$) Mechanisms CAP/Flash Project (US$) CERF funding
Code)
Food requirements Special attention 27,500 IDPs living of targeted WFP field monitors and 10-WFP-075 Uninterrupted supply of dry Allocation of CERF funds was paid to the in Menik Farm, vulnerable IDPs met GoSL counterparts 74.9 million food rations to 29,837 allowed WFP to mitigate a nutritional including regularly assessed the Emergency food aid for beneficiaries (2,100 kcal per critical pipeline break and requirements of situation and provided conflict affected IDPs 1,187,504 Received: Improved and person) provide a life-saving pregnant and 3,000 children monitoring reports, in camps sustained nutritional intervention for a beneficiary nursing women under 5 years including information on 67.6 million status of pregnant group completely dependent through the Procurement of 1,592 metric beneficiaries reached and LKA-10/F/30973/561 and lactating women on external assistance provision of 14,025 women tons of rice and sugar distribution totals and children under 5 fortified foods years Food Food
Food requirements of targeted Special attention WFP field monitors and vulnerable IDPs Uninterrupted supply of dry Allocation of CERF funds was paid to the 10-WFP-026 GoSL counterparts 82.8 million met; food rations to 47,461 allowed WFP to mitigate a nutritional regularly assessed the beneficiaries (2,100 kcal per critical pipeline break and requirements of Emergency Food Aid situation and provided 2,400,001 Received: 50,000 IDPs person)4; provide a life-saving pregnant and for Northern IDP Sites Improved and monitoring reports, intervention for a beneficiary nursing women sustained nutritional including information on 67.6 million group completely dependent through the LKA-10/F/30973 status of pregnant Procurement of 3,850 metric beneficiaries reached and on external assistance provision of and lactating women tons of rice, sugar and CSB distribution totals and children under 5 fortified foods years.
4 WFP-026 targeted 50,000 IDPs and actually reached 47,461 IDPs through the March CERF allocation to Sri Lanka. WFP-075 targeted 27,500 IDPs, reaching approximately 29,800 with the September CERF grant. Differences due to IDP releases from the camp during the project periods Shelter/NFI Assistance to IDPs in in IDPs to Assistance Emergency Shelter / LKA-10/S-NF/31069 LKA-10/S-NF/31068 NFI andProtection August 2011 LKA-10/P-HR- 10-HCR-047 Menik Farm RL/31083
153,098 Received: 39.7 million 9.16 million 2.8 million 90,000
under 5year) 3,000 children 13,475 men, (14,025 women; 27,500 persons
monitoring protection Continued Menik Farm maintenance in shelter emergency Improved
7 trends identify protection and concerns visits andassessments to UNHCR conducted monitoring environmentally- friendlymanner shelters andtentsan in Decommissioned 1,100 empty Farm Repaired 200shelters inMenik during the monsoonseason District for additional protection vulnerable returnees to Vavuniya extremely assist to were utilised The remaining900plastic sheets camps Farm Menik in shelters maintain and distributed to 5,100 Procured 6,000 plastic sheets agencies authorities orspecialised assistance,to referrals specific needsthrough direct with ofpersons vulnerabilities Identified andreduced coordination actors with other protection concerns through on behalf ofIDPs theandtheir Effectivelyadvocacy delivered individual protectioncases protection concerns and identification ofandresponse to environment through presence, Enhanced the protection future dignified consolidations inthe advocate for moresafe and consolidation. This wasusedto lessons learnedfrom camp Carried out anassessment on incidents. potential SGBV sites for environment byremoving improved the protection decommissioning, UNHCR Through swift shelter IDP safety and dignity consolidations whileensuring future for movements carrying out transfer with campauthorities on consolidation to advocate learned duringthe camp UNHCR usedthelessons response external authorities for concerns with internal and of camppopulation raised UNHCR advocates onbehalf concerns asthey arose confidence to raiseprotection sense of safety, and provided beneficiaries with a the camp of UNHCRstaffin Protection through presence Vavuniya District. of heavymonsoonrains in mitigated against effects the Swift shelter assistance incidents inthe camp against possibleSGBV shelters/tents mitigated Decommissioning of empty IDPs life-threatening situations for deteriorated creating further shelters wouldhave Without assistance this
accountability Colombo levelsensures fieldWorking Groupat/ fortnightly IDP Protection partners through reports aresharedwith protection monitoring Regular UNHCR Colombo to partners andfield offices Monthly reports from authorities for swift action relevant partners / timely the mannerto concerns wereraised ina shared andprotection was ensured information field/Colombo levels meetings at Protection coordination and Regular Shelter/NFI
returns. camp through IDP emptying of the with progressive deteriorate further would not ensuring services strengthened, camp the within mechanisms referral supported and Children were Women and Police desksfor decommissioned swiftly shelters camps andempty issues inthe was paidto SGBV Special attention
Distributed over 17,000 shelter cash grants through the Ministry of Resettlement and UNHCR
About 17,000 Over 17,000 families monitored returnee families by UNHCR protection staff Shelter grant enabled over have access to during shelter grant 17,000 families to set up adequate emergency shelter in initial registrations All returning emergency few days of return. Monitoring and evaluation families were shelter; Set up database of returnee of protection activities profiled and Timely CERF funding profiles, Persons with Special took place regularly protection needs 17,000 returnee enabled the re-start of this Needs (PWSN) and protection identified, families monitored critical activity, suspended in concerns Monthly meetings and information on 10-HCR-015 by UNHCR March 2010 due to lack of reports from partners, available services protection experts funds despite ongoing 17,000 families Repaired over 3,300 reporting from field offices shared etc. Emergency Shelter returns. 33.7 million emergency shelters and tents to Colombo and Protection 32,500 women Improved in Menik Farm Assistance to IDPs and assessment of the CERF funding enabled This was Received: Operational reports Returnees in the 4,137,373 most urgent needs coverage of 80 per cent particularly 23,500 men compiled by Colombo Northern Districts and protection Decommissioned 52 unused returned families who important for 9.1 million and shared with partners concerns shelters in an environmentally returned during the three- vulnerable 2.8 million 8,400 children LKA-10/S-NF/31068 friendly manner month implementation of this returnees, such as under 5 years) Fortnightly Shelter/NFI PWSN and single LKA-10/P-HR- Shelter project. Other donor funds and Protection meetings women headed RL/31083 Coordination Cell Regular Shelter/NFI Cluster were used to address needs at field / Colombo levels households, who convenes meetings in the field and of families who returned in were identified meetings twice capital earlier periods and not covered by CERF funding Hosting regular missions immediately and monthly (Colombo targeted district level) Held regular meetings in field in the field ensured with authorities and partners to Decommissioning of empty accountability assistance provided. UNHCR convenes appraise on situation, raise shelters/tents in camps regular meetings concerns and seek solutions mitigated against possible with partners and SGBV incidents. GoSL. Established shelter matrix tracking all shelter activities, commitments, results, permanent housing commitments etc.
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Priority was With CERF funding, UNOPS given to the was able to maintain a most vulnerable continuous and consistent families – single shelter repair cycle in the UNOPS undertook women-headed camp, ensuring good living regular site visits families, families conditions in the camp, and monitored with disabled, particularly during the every activity in 10-OPS-005 injured, monsoon period close coordination Carried out shelter repairs and maintenance disappeared Address the with camp Immediate Shelter of 3,423 emergency shelters in Zone 0 detained 0.473 million 1,904 persons/ immediate and UNOPS was the only authorities and Repair and individuals, 476 families in urgent shelter operational shelter partner in beneficiaries Maintenance in infants, young 90,000 Received: Menik Farm IDP repairs/upgrade of Decommissioned 2,024 unoccupied shelters Menik Farm in early 2011, and existing camps in 476 damaged in Zones 0, 1, 3 and 4 and school camp, Vavuniya if CERF funds had not been Daily progress was Shelter/NFI the North going children; 90,000 District shelters ahead of received, the IDPs’ life-saving reported to the onset of heavy Provided 38,905m of storm water drainage shelter needs would not have LKA-10/S- UNOPS Colombo monsoon rains lines been met The NF/30813/R/5767 head office decommissioning of unoccupied The flexibility in the CERF Provided weekly funds allowed UNOPS to shelters was updates to shelter prioritized to continue 10-OPS-05 activities cluster lead beyond the first three months eliminate a with approval of a no-cost potential SGBV extension. threat to women and children IDPs.
August 2011 9 Provide immediate life-saving shelter UNOPS verified assistance to the original more than 1,600 beneficiary list returnee families. given by local authorities Reduced Procured all construction materials (roofing incidences of the Areas of sheets, timber, cement, sand, cadjan, vector borne operations were plywood and hardware items) for 1,750 diseases and clearly demarcated transitional shelters. (Shelters were snakebites. and conveyed to installed with other UNOPS donor funds). other shelter Reduced risk of agencies to reduce Based on UNOPS danger/ damage The well-enclosed shelters made sure CERF funds allowed UNOPS duplication vulnerability criteria due to pests and insects did not intrude into 10-OPS-001 to increase the output of a priority was given environmental human space and spread vector born combined project effort by Weekly reports to the most events, by diseases. Immediate shelter producing additional shelters were produced at vulnerable families 8.7 million 1,600 vulnerable strengthening the support for at the same direct operational site level and – single women- returnee families beneficiary returned While the well covered roof gave dry cost; reviewed at the headed families, 844,016 Received: in Kilinochchi communities’ communities in accommodation during the rainy season, it head office level families with and Mullaithivu ability to manage northern districts also gave the shade to protect the With CERF, UNOPS was able disabled, injured, 1.8 million districts normal and inhabitants from the summer heat. The to provide IDP returnee Interim reports disappeared, extreme weather enclosure also protected the beneficiaries LKA-10/S- families with adequate shelter were sent to detained conditions. from dust during windy season. NF/30812/5767 to protect them from the project stake individuals, infants, weather. holders as young and school Increased families The lockable enclosure provided not only requested going children. access to basic the physical safety to the beneficiary needs families during the night time but also Provided regular provided the facility to store their valuables updates of project in the shelters during the day time and to Enhanced coverage and move away in search of employment and protection for targets to the other daily needs. families, shelter cluster lead especially for unprotected vulnerable family Carried out members of beneficiary men/women verifications on working a long project completion. distance away.
August 2011 10 529 toilets repaired and maintained
20 toilet soakage pits fabricated and With CERF funding, UNOPS replaced was able to maintain a consistent repair cycle of UNOPS undertook WASH facilities in the camps, regular site visits 31toilet soakage pit Demarcated ‘male’ contributing to reasonable and monitored Address the and ‘female’ toilets, living conditions for IDPs, every activity in immediate and urgent lids replaced with coverings for the 10-OPS-004 particularly during the close coordination WASH needs of IDPs female toilets to monsoon period with camp by: repair and Provided 2,668m in drainage lines ensure the privacy of Water Sanitation 0.092 million authorities and 27,500 maintenance of around toilet soakage pits girls and women Repair and UNOPS was the only operator beneficiaries individuals in WASH facilities Maintenance in 85,000 Received covering these activities, and Menik Farm, Menik Farm 166 safety fences in the absence of CERF Vavuniya District and water bowering Daily progress was 85,000 repaired and constructed around toilet funds, these needs would not Ensured adequate decommissioning of reported to LKA-10/WS/3082 soakage pits have been addressed number of toilets with toilets with hired UNOPS Colombo 6/R/5767 additional features backhoes and gully head office 1,483 toilets decommissioned A flexibility in the CERF funds for disabled persons’ bowsers allowed UNOPS to continue easy access to Provided weekly facilities. 13 bathing spaces repaired and maintained; agreement 10-OPS-04 updates to WASH activities beyond the first three cluster lead 67 bathing places decommissioned months with approval of a no- cost extension. 7 water tank outlet valves repaired and replaced.
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10/WS/30827/576 Northern Districts Immediate Water Communities in August 2011 and Sanitation 10-OPS-002 Facilities for for Facilities Returned LKA- 7
443,109 Received: 6.7 million 443,109
districts and Mullaitivu in the Killinochchi returnee families 6,000 vulnerable
host communities applicable) their returnees and(if for facilities of sanitation Rapid installation 1,412 toilets repair materials to construction Procurement of toilets semi-permanent construct 540 to materials construction Procurement of sustainable way coordinated and in a Provide relief and services sanitation needs basic water and to families of Increase access diseases vector borne Reduction of diseases water borne risk of outbreak of Reduction of the communities resettled newly to facilities sanitation drinking water and provision of Immediate 24 dugwells repair materials to construction Procurement of
numbers out of this project. the totalthe repairsslightlyreduced toilet for materials the for than toilets new the for in The higherunit rates within the agreedbudget. new toilets andspent USD434,240 thatis CERF funds wasused to construct 1,180 and demandingthan repairs. Accordingly, ground situation most newtoilets vital were = 1,952 toilets. basedonthe However construct 540newtoilets +1412toiletrepairs original agreement,UNOPSintended to 1,180 newsemi-permanent toilets; Asperthe sheets, timber, sandand hardwareitems) for (cement, plumbing it Procured complete construction materials required aconstant maintenance. sanitation facilities,which wouldhave oncommunity thandepend families rather returnee to the sustainable sanitationfacility The individualfamily become sourceswater borndiseases. for pollutes thewater bodies, surface which theany meansandit surface water by helped the wastewater notto beingdiverted Soakage tanksas partthe builtoftoilets contaminated bydeadly pathogens. thecommunity being toiletsnatural water and which wouldhaveotherwise spreadthrough beneficiaries from borndiseases, vector builtThe individualtoilets helpedthe carried out repair workswere Based onthe field conditions, toiletandwell shelter/family) benefitper for 4,720 beneficiaries (1,180 x4 The above1,180 toilets areexpected to 12 not requiredandnot not ems, steel, cladding toileta units provided procuring materials procuringmaterials decent andsafe environment a for facilities sanitation adequate families with was ableto providereturnee WithUNOPS CERFfunding, operational cost produced at the same direct additional were toilets combined project effort where to increasethe output of a CERF funds allowedUNOPS
project completion verifications on Beneficiary and targets project coverage regular basison updated on a WASH cluster lead level at the headoffice level andreviewed produced at site Weekly reports works duplication of agencies to reduce other WASH and conveyed to clearly demarcated operations were Areas of the localauthority from received list original beneficiary UNOPS verified
others. dependence on persons -less disabled andinjured convenient for shelters was to facilities sanitation Close proximity of gender protection. benefit towards another added women became to facilities provided sanitary Secure children. school going infants, youngand detained individuals, disappeared, disabled, injured, families, families with women-headed –single families the most vulnerable priority wasgivento criteria vulnerability Based onUNOPS WASH displaced families families displaced Water, Sanitation Sanitation Water, (Vavuniya North, Mannar districts) in campsand August 2011 10-CEF-024-A Mullaitivu and 10/WS/30981 and Hygiene return areas (WASH) for Kilinochchi, LKA-
1,565,984 Received: 2.06 million 7.9 million
50,000 women) and 10,000 children 50,000 returnees camps and people inthe 50,000 displaced
diseases of water born risk minimise the hygiene to and practice good agreed standards, accordance with in facilities, sanitation adequate safe water and have access to returnees will and 50,000 incamps living Up to 50,000 IDPs
patients increased by 5 per cent sanitation and hygiene education. Health centre benefited from improved access towater, (among IDPs, returnees and host community) pregnant mothers, children and adolescents Approximately 27,000 patients, including toilet cubicles in nine health centres in Vavuniya. Renovated four open dug wells and repaired 14 Mallavi Hospital, Thunukkai and 11 x 1,000 litre water distribution tanks at motorised pump, installation of new pipelines main water source (dug well), installation of a health benefitedfrstaff, 700 IDP patients and resettled families, and 40 the operation of 10 water bowers (complianceSPHERE with standards)through 10 litres of safe drinking water /person / day 32,000 IDPs in Menik Farm accessed more than new solid waste sites Local Governance inmaintaining existingand building of the Assistant Commissioner of communities in Vavuniya through the capacity 78,728persons in Menikhost Farmand Ensured safe and hygienic environment for to breakdowns response facilities, solidwaste monitoring, repair and maintenance ofWASH and ahygienic camp environment, through uninterrupted safe water supply, safe sanitation IDPs in Menik Farm were ensured of hygiene awareness sessions in Jaffna camps hygiene training for 140 volunteers and 60 areas) in Jaffna and Vavuniya, benefited from 23,500 persons (in both camps and resettled toilets and decommissioning of 1,635 renovation of 68, replacement of 30 overflowing environment through construction of 185 toilets, safe sanitationto andhygienic a camp Vavuniya North and Ki centres, as well as resettlement areas in 22,000persons in Menik Farm,Jaffna IDP meters of drinking water/day water treatment plant that produced 200 cubic pipeline distribution syst safe drinking water through laying of a 1.2km 23,000 people in Menik Farm gained access to communicable diseases both IDP and returnee familiestoreduce 53,000refill hygienekits 13 disposal, and prompt llinochchi gained access om theupgrading of the em and operation of a (1/family) distributedto , in Mullaitivu District Province in2010. epidemics inthe Northern sanitation related disease waterto and zeroincidenceof The interventions contributed the resettlement areas Farm, JaffnaIDP sites, and Menik WASH servicesin cover the for entire demands deficit after agenciescouldnot CERF funds bridgedthe
standards. SPHERE were inlinewith WASH activities as wellensured monitoring system strengthened the 3W database IDPs for services undisrupted WASH actors to ensure with different 3W wereshared gaps realisedfrom Information and on amonthly basis This wasupdated returnee areas. camps and situationthe in WASH the track to system put in place 3W monitoring meetings held progress review Weekly project
and women. and safety of girls to ensureprivacy places constructed toilets and bathing Male andfemale women. the nightgirlsand for - especiallyduring privacy, easyaccess ensure safety, to order in toilets female for selection women duringsite Consultations with school activities. participation in ensure full girls. Thishelped latrines for boysand by buildingseparate education facilities young womenin needs of girlsand paid to the hygiene Special attention was 529 toilets repaired and maintained With CERF funding, UNOPS 20 toilet soakage pits fabricated and was able to maintain a Address the replaced consistent repair cycle of UNOPS undertook immediate and urgent WASH facilities in the camps, regular site visits WASH needs of IDPs 31toilet soakage pit lids replaced contributing to reasonable and monitored Demarcated ‘male’ by: living conditions for IDPs, every activity in and ‘female’ toilets, close coordination 10-OPS-004 repair and Provided 2,668m in drainage lines particularly during the with coverings for the with camp maintenance of around toilet soakage pits monsoon period female toilets to Water Sanitation 0.092 million authorities and ensure the privacy of 27,500 WASH facilities for Repair and UNOPS was the only operator beneficiaries girls and women individuals in three months Maintenance in 85,000 Received: 166 safety fences covering these activities, and Menik Farm, repaired and constructed around toilet Menik Farm in the absence of CERF funds, Daily progress was Vavuniya District water bowsering soakage pits Ensured adequate 85,000 these needs would not have reported to for 3 months number of toilets with LKA-10/WS/3082 been addressed UNOPS Colombo additional features 6/R/5767 1,483 toilets decommissioned decommissioning head office for disabled persons’ A flexibility in the CERF funds of toilets with hired easy access to 13bathing spaces repaired and maintained; allowed UNOPS to continue backhoes and Provided weekly facilities. agreement 10-OPS-04 updates to WASH gully bowsers. 67 bathing places decommissioned activities beyond the first three cluster lead. months with approval of a no- 7 water tank outlet valves repaired and cost extension. replaced.
August 2011 14 Procurement of construction materials for 540 UNOPS verified semi-permanent original beneficiary Based on UNOPS toilets list received from vulnerability criteria the local authority; priority was given to Procurement of the most vulnerable construction Areas of families – single materials to repair Procured all construction materials operations were women-headed 1,412 semi- (cement, plumbing items, steel, cladding clearly demarcated families, families with permanent toilets sheets, timber, sand and hardware items) and conveyed to disabled, injured, 10-OPS-002 CERF funds allowed UNOPS other WASH disappeared, for 1,180 semi-permanent toilets to increase the output of a Procurement of agencies to reduce detained individuals, Immediate Water combined project effort where construction duplication of infants, young and and Sanitation The toilet materials were installed with additional toilets were 6.7 million 6,000 vulnerable materials to repair works school going Facilities for funds from UNOPS’ other donor produced at the same direct returnee families 24 dug wells children. Returned agreements. operational cost; 443,109 Received: in the Killinochchi Communities in Weekly reports and Mullaitivu Provided drinking produced at site Secure sanitary Northern Districts Since the above works were targeted to With CERF funding, UNOPS 443,109 districts water and level and reviewed facilities provided to single family units, beneficiary numbers was able to provide returnee sanitation facilities at the head office women was another LKA- were reduced to meet identified needs families with adequate to returnees level added benefit. 10/WS/30827/576 following field assessments sanitation facilities for a
7 decent and safe environment. Reduction of the WASH cluster lead Close proximity of Well repairs were not required, further risk of outbreak updated on a sanitation facilities to reducing the target beneficiary population. vector borne regular basis on shelters was diseases project coverage convenient for and targets disabled and injured Increased access persons - less of families to basic Beneficiary dependence on water and verifications on others. sanitation needs project completion. and services5
5 UNOPS clarification pending August 2011 15 Health and Nutrition 10/H/30806/R/122 neonatal People; Maternal, areas; Immediate Conflict- Affected Affected Conflict- Conflict-Affected interventions in August 2011 Assistance to 10-WHO-070 Healthcare Primary Health LKA- re
healthca
49,916 Received: 1.7 million 795,408
under five children 3,000 13,475 males females 14,025 people 27,500
areas Farm andreturn system in Menik surveillance Improved disease season the monsoon diseases during communicable respond to coordination to Improved MoH season. during the rainy be operational and continue to monsoon rains withstand Menik Farm in facilities Health services saving health life essential access to have improved and newborns Pregnant women controlled diseases preventable Vaccine
activities activities disease surveillance and response Five publichealth inspectors supported for Menik Farmduringthemonsoonrains. diseasesreports of in anycommunicable outbreaks of communicable diseases. No early detection andresponse to potential resultingin MenikFarmstrengthened in Disease surveillance andresponsesystem areas werereplaced tables andchairsinthepatients’ waiting the monsoon rainssuchasBPmachines, Damaged equipment andfurniture during Maternal ChildHealthinMenikFarm establishment of centre aoperation for coordination activities of MCH through the The MoHwasalsoableto strengthen their during the monsoonrains. health careservicesinZones0and1 Continued access to maternal andchild areasrepaired aswell. facility storage repairs to patients’ areas. Health waiting roofs,repair of strengthening wallsand in Zones0and1conducted; including Maintenance andrepair facilities of health hospitals and patients toreferral andfromMenikto Supported mobilization 16 of healthpersonnel facilities in Zone0and1. facilities strengthening workforhealth immediate repairsand funds tothe carryout CERF allocation providedthe
(RDHS). Health Services Directorate of the Regional collaboration with Menik Farm, in implementation in needs and identification of involved inneeds Vavuniya was in office WHO field
under 5yearsold especially those and children and lactating mother given to pregnant Special attention was Renovation of Dharmapuram Divisional CERF assisted in the Hospital in Kilinochchi District, the rehabilitation of damaged Vaddakachchi Primary Medical Care unit in health facilities in Kilinochchi Kilinochchi District and Mullaitivu districts
Mental Health mobile clinics in Jaffna and Priority medical equipment established a computerized database of provided to Kilinochchi, psychiatric patients in Jaffna District for Mullaitivu and Mannar district better follow-up. Provide mental health Hospitals equipment for Jaffna Hospital. Establishment of Mental Health Team in Mental health services in the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts return areas strengthened through the establishment of mental health teams in Improved health Strengthened RDHS human resource Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi sector capacity in Poovarasakulum hospital districts and provision of coordination at (Vavuniya District) and capacity building of equipment national, district MoH staff on Family Planning and MIS and and divisional RDHS staff on Child Mental Health HO field office in Provision of a coordination level Vavuniya worked mechanism with the MOH and Capacity building training program for staff very closely with health partners to address the the RDHS of 50,000 IDPs Increased access on Emergency Ambulance service in immediate health needs for Mannar, remaining in to essential public Jaffna. Training of health workers on the displaced population Kilinochchi and Menik Farm (incl. health services in prevention and management of SGBV in 10-WHO-025 Mullaitivu districts. In addition to 1.7 million 25,500 females, return areas return areas CERF funds supported timely In addition, WHO addressing the 490,000 24,500 males, Health implementation of health field office worked health needs of 0.295 million and 4,600 Upgrade of water quality testing laboratory interventions in Improved control interventions, preventing very closely with pregnant and children under 5 in Vavuniya. Capacity building of staff on the northern of water and human suffering and deaths CAM and MTI lactating mothers 915,492 Received: years), the management of Dengue and return areas vector borne during the and children under 5, and 192,000 Chingkingunya Disease. disease outbreaks CERF funds provided implementation of people with mental 795,408 returnees (incl. health and LKA-10/H/30806 accommodation for medical their projects as 200,000 97,920 females, Availability of Training on Disaster Management for MoH personnel, transportation psychosocial LKA-19/H/31158 well 100,000 94,080 males health services to services for referrals and problems were LKA-10/H/31187 Provde of medical equipments for and 17,600 the people with deployment of medical targeted Adampan and Chilawatura hospitals in In addition, the children under 5 mental illness and personnel Mannar District and for Kilinochchi and health cluster years) psychosocial Mullaitivu General hospitals. Provide mechanism also problems CERF funds supported the hospital equipment for Chavakachcheri supported the purchase of urgent medical Hospital in Jaffna and equipment for monitoring of these equipments and medicines for Pregnant women Health Education Units in Kilinochchi and activities have access to IDPs Mullaitivu districts continuum care, emergency The control of communicable Provide a water testing laboratory for Jaffna diseases was strengthened obstetric care through the provision of Provide fogging machines for the control of fogging machines for control dengue infection in the return areas of dengue, and through
capacity building of staff on Mobile clinics supported the delivery of dengue and chingkingunya primary health care services in remote disease resettlement areas of Mannar district (CAM) Community mobilization and active participation to address W Support the local health authorities in the health issues in Mannar, delivery of community awareness Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu campaigns in 8 resettlement areas in districts Mannar District (CAM)
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187 health promoters conducted health Mobile clinics provided health promotion activities for 61,000 people in care services for resettlement Killinochchi and Mullaitivu districts on population in Mannar, nutrition, snakebite, home gardening, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu dengue prevention, hygiene and sanitation districts. activities and basic first aid and 187 health promoters also received advanced first aid training (MTI)
Public Health midwives (PHMs) and Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) were provided with tools and equipments to carry out their work in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts (MTI)
3 mobile clinics provided health services to 7,715 people and referred 8,226 patients for further management (MTI)
435 community wells were cleaned by community members through support from MTI
Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu hospitals received some laboratory, emergency and ward equipment as well (MTI)
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Project was carried out in Menik Farm, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts, providing the following reproductive health services to an estimated 25,500 women and girls of reproductive age (approximately 27 per cent of IDP and returnee populations in these locations). In NFPA directly many cases, a single beneficiary may have monitored project been covered under several of the following implementation at services: field level through ooo Conducted 630 mobile reproductive regular monitoring health clinics were in Menik Farm and visits, weekly Killinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts reports from implementing oo partner (FPASL) o Conducted 13,750 ante-natal Special attention was To ensure consultations with expectant mothers to and by conducting review meetings paid to hygiene Displaced and uninterrupted monitor pregnancy and ensure safe needs of school girls 10-FPA-018 with key resettled women reproductive deliveries which enabled the stakeholders, incl. and girls of health services to full participation in Reproductive oo Northern Province 199,955 reproductive age IDPs, resettled o Conducted 17,275 different tests CERF funding allowed school activities health and Ministry of Health, in the Northern and host related to pregnancy to ensure every response to the reproductive wellbeing of FPASL and 906,935 Received: Province, communities, to birth among displaced and resettled health needs of the displaced displaced and Ministry of Health. Focused on approximately prevent excess communities was safe and resettled people returned women hygiene of the 199,955 27per cent maternal and immediately and girls oo women and girls of (104,382) of the neonatal mortality o 4,000 condoms distributed as NFPA conducted reproductive age total population and morbidity prevention for HIV/AIDS an evaluation late LKA-10/H/31337 and to respond to December 2010, which helped them (386,000) to engage in relief gender based ooo 14,200 people of reproductive age incl. components violence received different methods of family supported by and communal planning services through mobile CERF (report still activities. clinics to avoid unwanted pregnancies in draft stage). which sometimes lead to unsafe abortions and deaths Financial aspect of the project of the ooo 250 counselling sessions conducted for implementing women and girls of reproductive age to partners is covered improve wellbeing by the UNFPA annual audit 2010. ooo 8,291 hygiene packs distributed among displaced and resettled women and girls of reproductive age, which ensured their basic personal hygiene and dignity.
August 2011 19 Health and Nutrition 10/H/31351/R/298 Care Assistance August 2011 Primary Health in MenikFarm and Monsoon 10-IOM-030 Immediate Mitigation Activities Activities LKA-
150,000 0.535 million Received: 150,000
<5yrs Children males and3,000 Females, 13,475 including 14,025 27,500 IDPs
months three additional be maintained for will basis week hour, 7daysper services ona24- ambulance care hospital Life-saving pre- months. ensured for three be will clinic medical mobile Provision of one visiting specialist nursing staff and officers, medical to services transport Provision of daily
Health CareCentres: Total 25,269 consultations atPrimary IDP camp
pharmacists anddispenser of staff; allhealth officers, medical nurses, Provision oftransportation 2vehiclesfor the 1,609 consultations completed Provision of onemedicalmobileclinicwith surveillance activities three months. anddisease for primaryhealth care Deployment of 13preintern medicalofficers resettlement areas. Fi to IDPs the for return assisted safe for service alsoincluded ambulancesprovided patients health to carefacilities. referral This services, whichtransferred ill 2,602 critically Provision of six, 24hr centres in IDP campsandreferral hospital mosquito nets amongprimary health care Distribution impregnated of115 insecticide control andmonsoon preparednessplan General Hospital for Environmental cleaning acti 79 health attendants 19 nursingofficers, paramedical staff 63 and 77medicalofficers,health care. Thisreached Hospital health staff;referral IDP hospital for outbreak responseto Vavuniya General program onmonsoon preparedness and volunteers at IDPCapacity camp. building volunteers inIDP campsgivento 116health Capacity buildingprogrammesonhealth outbreaks inMenikfarm females, especiallyonDengue Fever given to 1,097631 IDPs,incl. 463malesand drive activities preparedness onmonsoon Health education pr diseases duringmonsoon season management of dengue fever/vector borne Vavuniya GeneralHospital, for the effective equipmentProvision of to hospital the primary Healthcentres care in IDP camps Supported 46trained health volunteers in 36 health stafffarm Menik at Provision ofth meals; 20 ogrammes andclean-up vector bornedisease emergencyambulance ree meals per day, for ree mealsperday, ve missions assisted. s, at MenikFarm vities at Vavuniya mortality of IDP population. ofmortality prevent morbidity and will which hospital, the referral equipment to bedonated to provided vital hospital population. CERFfunds period amongthe target observed duringthis monsoon due to dengueFever werenot pleaded tothat report deaths Dengue fever. IOM isvery borne diseasecontrol e.g. activities addressedthe vector The monsoonmitigation outbreak response. monsoon preparedness and provided lasting knowledgein capacity-building activities and capacity building. These transportation health to staff pre intern medicalofficers, including allocatingfor IDPs Health care immediate primary allowed comprehensive yet CERF funding allocation
supervision. direct officer throughfield IOM building wasdone activities, capacity health volunteer centre activities, primary health care theMonitoring of officers. medical Ministry ofHealth partnership with was donein patients ill critically of transfers ambulance theMonitoring of
equally. males andchildren included females, Beneficiary groups province. of the Northern IDPs andreturnees Provision of insecticides for fogging activities in control of vector borne diseases
Provision of items to the health coordination centre for monsoon preparedness activities.
August 2011 21 75,000 boys and girls under five in Cases of acute resettlement areas were provided Multiple malnutrition are Micro Nutrients to reduce micro nutrient identified and deficiency. effectively treated in IDP camps and Therapeutic/supplementary feeding resettlement activities met coverage targets of 90per cent areas following in the camps and 50per cent in the SPHERE resettlement areas. A mixed strategy standards was implemented 50,410 children (boys and girls) under the to ensure proper Therapeutic age of five were screened to assess monitoring and feeding: Coverage nutrition status and managed for Severe supervision of the in camps > 90per Acute Malnutrition and Moderate Acute activities including: cent, Coverage in Malnutrition (SAM/MAM) in resettlement field visits, review resettlement areas in north. meetings, snap
areas > 50per short surveys and cent, Recovery Therapeutic/supplementary feeding in the data collection, rate > 75per cent, camps and resettlement areas met the analysis and Death rate < following targets: Recovery rate > 75 per Access to the appropriate presentation 10per cent, cent, Death rate < 10 per cent, Defaulting treatment for the beneficiaries rate < 15 per cent; suffering from acute Defaulting rate < Regular district The boys, girls, o malnutrition, to prevent 15per cent oo Menik Farm: 2,026 children, 1,182 reviews conducted pregnant and 10-CEF-024-D morbidity and mortality screened 1.7per cent SAM and 9.98per to monitor lactating women in associated with malnutrition, Supplementary cent MAM. progress and geographically and Emergency 8,000 children could not have been ensured 2.0 million feeding: Coverage ooo Jaffna camp: 42,029 children and 41,057 identify bottle economically nutrition in IDP under five years without timely CERF in camps > 90per screened, SAM 0.74per cent, MAM necks deprived areas camps and contribution 400,000 Received: cent, Coverage in 10.3per cent. benefited equally resettlement 4,000 boys resettlement ooo In Vavuniya North resettled area: of 1,172 from the CERF areas of the The initiatives led to mothers’ Surveys were 1.07 million areas >50per children under five, 591 screened, SAM funded interventions. Northern Province 4,000 girls empowerment to take care of conducted by cent, Recovery 1per cent and MAM 6.1per cent. their nutrition requirement at GoSL to verify the rate > 75per cent, ooo In Jaffna resettled areas – 7,297 children, LKA-10/H/30701 household level findings Gender Death rate < 3per MAM 12.5per cent disaggregated data cent, Defaulting oo Kilinochchi – 11,169 children and 7,580 o The funding also helped in Selected indicators was generated. rate <15per cent screened, SAM1per cent and MAM 8per supporting a strong nutrition to assess the cent. All cases managed. coordination mechanism. progress of Key messages on community infant feeding in Provincial and district nutrition committees mobilization have emergencies were established to support nutrition been included in made available interventions. the routine nutrition
and disseminated monitoring system 50 health staff from RDHS Mannar were trained on the Nutrition Rehabilitation Nutrition situation Programme (NRP) implementation and Supply plan is closely reporting prepared, monitored implemented and 50 health care providers were trained on monitored at all Sector effective community mobilization to ensure levels. coordination is in maximum coverage and sustainability of place and NRP supports the effective 700 pregnant mothers with low BMI trained implementation of on the preparation of homemade the nutrition supplementary food response.
August 2011 22 27,450 mothers trained on the preparation of homemade supplementary food as a measure to address the moderate malnutrition in children 500 mothers enhanced their knowledge on Infant and Young Child Feeding;
243 health staff, including PHMs, Medical officers, and Nurses, trained on Integrated
Nutrition Programme;
58 health staff enhanced their knowledge on Management of SAM-Inpatient care;
12 monthly nutrition coordination meetings successfully held to strengthen the coordination and monitoring mechanism
8,000 children 10-CEF-024-B Pediatric ward established at General under five Pregnant women Hospital Kilinochchi and neonatal and newborns Maternal, resuscitation capacity enhanced at General 4,000 girls and have improved Through CERF funding the neonatal and child Hospital Mannar 2.0 million 4,000 boys access to health facilities were equipped The boys and girls, health essential life- to provide comprehensive Regular monitoring pregnant and interventions in Received: 11,000 school saving health Equipment for paediatric ward Therapeutic health care to vulnerable and supervision of lactating women, IDP camps and 320,000 aged children services Feeding Centre population. These health the activities and neonates in resettlement 320,000 5,500 girls and facilities could have not been supplies and their benefited equally areas of the 5,500 boys These activities benefited approx. 8,000 able to provide timely care use. from the health Northern Province Vaccine children under 5 years, 11,000 school-aged without CERF contribution. services. preventable 1,600 pregnant children and some 2,000 pregnant and LKA-10/H/30702 diseases are women and nursing women in the Mannar and controlled. lactating women. Kilinochchi Districts
August 2011 23 Improved food security among the 19,887 farmers who received paddy/OFC/vegetable seed kits/tool kits/coconut seedlings/barbed wire tools/water pumps
Improved 1,721 farmers have harvested paddy household level during the Yala 2010 season and 2,027 nutritional status farmers have harvested OFC (550 and food green gram, 654 black gram and 823 CERF was one of the only availability gingerly) during the Yala 2010 season two donors in the sector established who supported the amongst the agriculture needs for the 234 farmers harvested OFC (206 green All beneficiaries were 10,000 target Yala season of returnee grams and 28 black grams) under the returnee farmers who beneficiary farm farmers in the North seed production component to be used had lost their families for cultivation during the Maha season production assets CERF funding covered 10 Monthly progress 19,887 farmers 2010/11. and means to resume 8,000 returnee per cent of the total funds reports from field their agriculture households have received by the sector in staff men - 14,802, 19,887 farmers received vegetable seed based livelihoods. At produced paddy, 2010. women – 50856 kits as part of UNHCR’s NFI kit. least 74per cent of OFC and Regular 10-FAO-022 beneficiary farmers vegetables Rapid allocation of CERF coordination Out of the 19,887 1,800 households are using the tool were men and 26per ready to harvest funds allowed the project between field staff Humanitarian households who packages (each kit consists of a cent of beneficiary during the next to meet the immediate and DOA-NPC to Assistance for received vegetable mammoty, watering can and bush farmers were women. season needs of the Yala 2010 identify the needs, Urgent seed kits, 1,721 cutting knife) provided. The number of 5.6 million season. select Provision of households also households provided with tools is less beneficiaries and Emphasis was given Essential received paddy, 1,653 returnee than planned due to unavailability of 679,027 Received: female headed CERF funds were flexible monitor progress to select women Agricultural 2,261 received OFC, quality tools. beneficiaries for Agriculture Agriculture to allow the project to re- Inputs for 1,800 households households are 4.7 million direct funds for other more home gardening Returning IDPs received tool engaged in Regular 3,125 farmers received coconut immediate needs following activities to increase in the North packages, 3,125 backyard poultry coordination seedlings to be cultivated in their home a detailed assessment of women’s control over received coconut activities in their between field staff gardens the situation on the household food- LKA- seedlings, 1,250 homesteads and central FAO ground. based resources. 10/A/31084 households received office in Colombo 1,250 households received barbed wire Technical advice on barbed wire rolls and 4,400 vulnerable rolls to protect their crops from stray FAO’s partnership with best practices and 622 households farm families are Regular field visits cattle. UNHCR through this techniques on received water using the tool to monitor the project added value and improved agriculture pumps packages progress of production provided provided 561 farmers received a water pump was instrumental in cultivation each, out of which 500 farmers paid for reaching significantly more through FAO and DOA during The surplus of 50per cent of the cost of the pump beneficiaries than planned under the revolving fund scheme; and monitoring and field agricultural visits. production will 61 more impoverished farmers received Impact of some of the have provided the pumps free in the next round, with inputs were long lasting beneficiary the money collected from the first round, and added to the households with with additional distribution planned. sustainability of the project income to support basic 20 motorbikes were distributed to needs strengthen extension services.
The DOA was allocated18 bikes – 8 for male extension service officers, and 10 for female extension service officers, and the DOF was allocated two bikes for male extension service officers.
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All school aged children in the IDP camps and return areas attend school regularly in safe learning environments The Provincial Setting up of 29 TLS in the returnee Education areas and immediate supply of over 25 basic Department, 49,000 student learning kits and 800 learning MoE Emergency teachers kits enabled students to 10-CEF-024-C Estimated 25,000 spaces built in Allocation of CERF funds focal point and continue with their education. Total children 5-14 years; return areas increased financial capacity UNICEF focal 3.09 million beneficiaries amounted 49,253 Restoring Basic 6,250 girls and 6,250 of implementing partners to point assessed In keeping with displaced students (25,119 girls and national trends, girls’ Education in the boys in IDP camps, 25,000 student meet immediate needs, needs 363,800 Received: 24,134 boys) and 810 teachers participation was Northern 6,250 boys and 6,250 learning kits particularly in providing TLS slightly higher than Education Education Province girls in resettlement distributed and until more funding could be Implementation 3.5 million Funds initially planned for support to that of than boys. areas and host used secured for school was monitored teachers and recreation kits to promote LKA-10/E/31091 communities rehabilitation. jointly and psychosocial healing were redirected to individually by 2,000 the provision of learning kits for a wider the government recreation kits group of returning students (see detailed partners and distributed and explanation in Analysis section). used UNICEF.
1,000 teachers trained to promote psychosocial healing.
64,920 IDPs were supported to return to their place of origin(30,910 Males and 34,010 Females): This project enabled IOM to 10-IOM-016 ooo 1298 bus trips address the transportation Adequate ooo 1098 trucks trips needs of IDPs during the The convoys Urgent oo 1230 water truck trips return process from the IDP 1.5 million transportation o were arranged transportation of o camps to home areas. facilities and oo 4,500 tractor trips for internal (boarding of IDP Transportation was IDPs to their Up to 55,000 Buses and trucks, tractors 799,999 Received: logistics transportation passenger, and always arranged for areas of return beneficiaries transported people and support loading of the entire family unit Logistics their belongings. Water 1.7 million provided to the Provided three buses for three months to belongings) in including women LKA- returning transport the people between Menik bowsers brought essential the presence of children and youths. 10/CSS/30516/2 families. Farm and Vavuniya town water to the population until IOM staff. 98 wells could be cleaned and An ambulance service accompanied renovated.
Coordination and Support Services Support Services and Coordination each IDP convoy under the IOM health programme.
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Annex 1: NGOS and CERF Funds Forwarded to Each Implementing NGO Partner
Amount Date Funds NGO Partner Sector Project Number Forwarded Forwarded (US$)
MTI Health 10-WHO-025 200,000 22 June 2010
CAM Health 10-WHO-025 100,000 22 June 2010
Family Planning Association of Sri Health 10-FPA-018 101,610 26 May 2010 Lanka
Rural Development Foundation, WASH 10-CEF-024-A 12,832 17 December 2010 Vavuniya
Voluntary Organisation for Vulnerable Community WASH 10-CEF-024-A 19,882 17 December 2010 Development, Vavuniya
Muslim Aid, Vavuniya WASH 10-CEF-024-A 19,982 3 December 2010
Rural Development Foundation, WASH 10-CEF-024-A 12,832 17 December 2010 Vavuniya
Rural Development Foundation WASH 10-CEF-024-A 4,132 26 April 2010
Rural Development Foundation WASH 10-CEF-024-A 9,769 15 June 2010
Rural Development Foundation WASH 10-CEF-024-A 8,899 29 June 2010
Voluntary Organization for WASH 10-CEF-024-A 9,923 26 May 2010 Vulnerable Community Development
Sewa Lanka Foundation, Vavuniya WASH 10-CEF-024-A 19,284 5 July 2010
Sewa Lanka Foundation, Jaffna WASH 10-CEF-024-A 268,881 9 July 2010
Sarvodaya District Centre WASH 10-CEF-024-A 9,083 2 July 2010
Solidar WASH 10-CEF-024-A 15,786 29 June 2010
Solidar WASH 10-CEF-024-A 9,863 12 May 2010
Muslim Aid WASH 10-CEF-024-A 9,960 26 April 2010
OXFAM GB WASH 10-CEF-024-A 9,668 7 July 2010
10-HCR-015 Organisation for Habitation and 7 Shelter 79,312 11 March 2010 Resources Development 10-HCR-047
TOTAL 842,386
7 UNHCR disbursed $39,656 to its NGO implementing partner prior to approval of the CERF March 2010 grant. This was support was then retroactively counted against the CERF allocation to UNHCR. Annex 2: Acronyms and Abbreviations
BP Blood Pressure CAM Comité Aide Médicale CERF Central Emergency Response Fund CHF Common Humanitarian Funds CSB Corn Soya Blend DOA Department of Agriculture DOF Department of Fisheries ECOSOC Economic and Social Council FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FPASL Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka GH General Hospital GoSL Government of Sri Lanka HRF Humanitarian Response Fund HIV/STI Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Sexually Transmitted Infections IDP Internally Displaced Persons IOM International Organization for Migration INEE MS Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards MAM Moderate Acute Malnutrition MCH Maternal Child Health MoE Ministry of Education MoH Ministry of Health MRI Medical Research Institute MTI Medical Teams International NFI Non-Food Item NGO Non-Governmental Organizations NPC Northern Provincial Council NRP Nutrition Rehabilitation Programme OFC Other Food Crop RDHS Regional Directorate of Health Services RC/HC Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator RDHS Regional Director of Health Services RH Reproductive Health SAM/MAM Severe Acute Malnutrition and Moderate Acute Malnutrition SGBV Sexual and gender-based violence SCBU Special Care Baby Unit SPHERE Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response TLS Temporary Learning Spaces PHM Public Health Midwife PHI Public Health Inspector PWSN Persons with Special Needs
August 2011 27 TFC Therapeutic Feeding Centre UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund UNOCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services UXO Unexploded Ordnance WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WHO World Health Organisation WFP World Food Programme 3W Who -What-Where
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