ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE FLASH APPEAL Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Handicap International Malteser Terre des Hommes Deutschland e.V ILO Med 1 Global UNDP ACTED International Relief and Muslim Aid UNFPA CARE Development NRC UNICEF DRC IOM OXFAM UNOPS FAO IRC Peace Winds United Methodist Committee Islamic Relief on Relief People in Need Japan Emergency NGOs Water Missions International Swiss Labour Assistance WFP Sarvodaya WHO Save the Children World Vision International Sewalanka ZOA 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................... 1 Table I. Summary of Requirements – By Sector........................................................................ 2 Table II. Summary of Requirements – By Organization.............................................................. 3 Table III. Summary of requirements (grouped by priority)............................................................ 4 2. CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES ...................................................... 4 2.1 CONTEXT AND RESPONSE TO DATE........................................................................................... 4 2.2 HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES AND NEEDS ANALYSIS ............................................................. 6 2.3 SCENARIOS ............................................................................................................................ 10 3. RESPONSE PLANS.......................................................................................................... 12 3.1 Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods ................................................................................... 12 3.2 WASH .............................................................................................................................. 17 3.3 Shelter and NFI................................................................................................................ 22 3.4 Health and Nutrition ......................................................................................................... 27 3.5 Education......................................................................................................................... 31 3.6 Logistics ........................................................................................................................... 32 4. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................... 33 ANNEX I. LIST OF PROJECTS......................................................................................................... 34 ANNEX II. DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE SITUATION REPORT ......................................... 40 ANNEX III. INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES EMERGENCY APPEAL........................................................................................................................ 44 ANNEX IV. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................. 50 Please note that appeals are revised regularly. The latest version of this document is available on http://www.humanitarianappeal.net. Full project details can be viewed, downloaded and printed from fts.unocha.org. iii iv SRI LANKA FLASH APPEAL 2011 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The heaviest rains in almost one hundred years hit Sri Lanka from 26 December 2010 onwards, causing devastating floods and landslides throughout the country. The floods followed two cycles of flash flooding in the capital city of Colombo on 10 November and in the northern districts from late November onwards that put many of the conflict-affected returnees in serious difficulties. This series of extensive and devastating floods, due to record rainfall levels since November, have cumulatively stretched coping strategies and available resources to the brink of exhaustion. At the height of the floods, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) of the Ministry of Disaster Management reported that 1,055,262 people (283,667 families) were flood-affected, with 27 deaths and 12 people reported missing, as of 14 January 2011, and 362, 646 people displaced in some 630 temporary relocation centres in 12 districts. Batticaloa reported the highest number of flood-affected displaced people (165,494) followed by Ampara (157,649). From 13 January, the flood waters began to recede and people began to return home; however, the humanitarian needs remain due to damaged houses, crops and livelihoods. The eastern and northern districts have borne the brunt of the recent floods, with 94% of the affected1 Sri Lanka Flash Appeal: population located in the three eastern districts of Key parameters Batticaloa, Ampara and Trincomalee. Here, the 6 months (January – June floods damaged over 24,000 houses, and severely Duration affected livelihoods and agricultural production 2011) resulting in heightened food insecurity. For some of 1,055,262 people, including: the people affected in the east, the floods were • 10,600 children under another setback after rebuilding their lives following Affected five years the December 2004 Tsunami and/or after population • 527,631 women displacement from the conflict during 2006/2007.2 • 362,646 people in evacuation centres The DMC has coordinated the response to date, Areas targeted by 12 flood-affected districts including the launch of extensive search and rescue Flash Appeal operations, and the release of emergency relief stocks. The Government has allocated over US$31 1,055,262 people, including: million for relief supplies since 11 December 2010. • 500,000 for food With the extensive damage severely testing the • 1,062,000 for WASH capacities of many local and national response Key target • 1,062,000 for health & agencies, on 10 January 2011 the Government beneficiaries nutrition officially requested United Nations relief assistance (approximate • 751,200 for livelihoods in support of the Government’s efforts. Based on figures) • 500,000 for NFIs needs assessments, the DMC and Humanitarian • 315,000 for education Country Team prioritized critical needs for food • 298,000 for agriculture security, immediate agricultural and livelihood interventions, shelter and non-food items, health • 73,500 for shelter and nutrition, water-sanitation-hygiene, and Total funding Funding requested education to meet the humanitarian needs in the requested per beneficiary flood and landslide-affected districts. $50,623,333 Approximately $48 This Appeal seeks $51 million to enable international partners (nine United Nations organizations and IOM, 25 international and national non- governmental organizations) to support the Government in addressing the needs of more than one million flood-affected people over the next six months. The Appeal will be revised within the next month to reflect needs as the situation evolves, and as the results of in-depth assessments become available. 1 The population affected is defined as an overall population in a flood-affected Grama Niladari Division (GND) of a district that may be unable to carry out their day-to-day activities due to the prevailing situation. 2 The Flash Appeal is launched to mobilize humanitarian relief for the flood-affected population. Concurrently, the “Joint Plan for Assistance for Northern Province in 2011” (JPA) will be launched shortly to prioritize actions and mobilize resources to support in rebuilding conflict-affected lives in the Northern province in 2011. 3 All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. Funding for this appeal should be reported to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS, [email protected]), which will display its requirements and funding on the Sri Lanka Flash Appeal page. 1 SRI LANKA FLASH APPEAL 2011 Basic humanitarian and development indicators for Sri Lanka 21.1 million people ¾ Population (2008, Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka) 13.4/1,000 live births ¾ Under-five mortality (Registrar General's Department, 2002) Females : 76.4 years from birth ¾ Life expectancy Males : 71.7 years (Department of Census & Statistics, 2006) 50.7% ¾ Prevalence of undernourishment in total (Excludes Northern Province and Trincomalee) (Income population and Household Expenditure Survey; Department of Census and Statistics, 2006/2007) $5,104 (2010 estimate) ¾ Gross national income per capita International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010) ¾ Percentage of population living on less than 14% $1.25 per day (UNDP Human Development Report 2010) ¾ Proportion of population without sustainable 15% access to an improved drinking water (National Water Supply & Drainage Board) source As at 30 June 2010 : (21,739 IDPs in camps), 245,156 ¾ IDPs (number and percent of population) (returnees) who were displaced after April 2008; In addition, 242,000 IDPs displaced before April 20084 1,576 refugees (496 families) returned during the year ¾ Refugees ¾ In-country 2010 (UNHCR). 146,098 Sri Lankan refugees are living in other countries ¾ Abroad as of 30 June 2010 (UNHCR) Vulnerability Index: 2 ¾ ECHO Vulnerability and Crisis Index score Crisis Index: 2 (V/C) (ECHO policies – Strategic Methodologies [GNA 2010- 2011]) 0.658 (91 of 169) ¾ UNDP HDR 2009 Development Index score (UNDP Human Development Report 2010) Table I. Summary of Requirements – By Sector as of 18 January 2011 http://fts.unocha.org Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by appealing organizations. Requirements Sector ($) EDUCATION AND SPORTS 2,803,600 FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURE, LIVELIHOOD