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Tropical Storm Isaac DREF operation update Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Isaac DREF operation n° MDRDO005 GLIDE n° TC-2012-000152-DOM Update n°1 – 20 November 2012 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent emergency response. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation’s disaster response system and increases the ability of National Societies to respond to disasters. Period covered by this update: 3 September to 6 October 2012. Summary: CHF 290,116 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 3 September 2012 to support the Dominican Red Cross (DRC) in delivering assistance to some 12,500 beneficiaries This DREF operation is to support the operations in the province of Barahona in the Dominican Republic after the passage of Tropical Storm Isaac on 24 August 2012. The operation supports 2,500 families by providing safe water, hygiene and sanitation promotion, vector disease control activities and psychosocial support. This operation is expected to be implemented in 3 months, Dominican Red Cross team providing a segment of Haitian community and completed by December 2012. In line members with information on processing and distribution of water in with Federation reporting standards, the Polo, Barahona province. Source: DRC. Final Report (narrative and financial) is due 90 days after the end of the operation (by March 2013). The major donors and partners of DREF include the Australian, American and Belgian governments, the Austrian Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross and government, Danish Red Cross and government, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the Irish and the Italian governments, the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Luxembourg government, the Monaco Red Cross and government, the Netherlands Red Cross and government, the Norwegian Red Cross and government, the Spanish Government, the Swedish Red Cross and government, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), the Medtronic and Z Zurich Foundations, and other corporate and private donors. ECHO and the Canadian Red Cross and government have replenished the DREF with 97 per cent of the allocation made to this operation. The IFRC, on behalf of the national society, would like to extend thanks to all for their generous contributions. http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/responding/disaster-response-system/financial- instruments/disaster-relief-emergency-fund-dref/ <click here to view contact details> The situation Tropical Storm Isaac affected the island of Hispaniola as of 23 August, bringing heavy rains and flooding to the Dominican Republic. Areas close to the border with Haiti were severely affected by flood waters and landslides which caused several water pipelines to malfunction, diminishing people’s access to safe water. The most affected provinces were Independencia, Azua and Barahona. The DRC selected beneficiary families based on its initial rapid assessments targeting the area of Polo in the province of Barahona, which was severely affected by the overflowing of the Colorao river. The municipality of Polo incurred damage to three water systems; as a result, access to safe water for the entire population (12,500 people) was impacted. The government water authority, the Instituto Nacional de Agua Potable y Alcantarillados (INAPA) estimated approximately three months as the time needed to repair the water system. leaving families with poor sanitation and potable water. In addition, 60 per cent of crops were assessed as damaged. Preventive measures were planned in order to minimize the risk of the spread of vector-borne and diarrhoeal disease. The initial plan of action covered a total of 2,500 families affected by Tropical Storm Isaac in the municipality of Polo where affected community members include Haitian immigrants as well as Dominicans. Therefore, the DRC took a bilingual approach with materials in Spanish and Creole to carry out the operation in Polo. As the assessments revealed poor hygiene conditions, stress among the community members due to loss of crops, livelihoods and as a result of the overall situation, the National Society planned community cleaning campaigns, hygiene promotion and psychosocial support activities. Based on further damage and needs assessments and on discussions between the DRC, the IFRC DM focal point and the main donor, ECHO, it was agreed that the plan of action would cover more areas hit by the rains. As a result, this DREF funded operation now seeks to assist beneficiaries in the municipality of Polo (province of Barahona), as well as in the municipalities of Boca de Cachón and Tierra Nueva (province of Independencia) and the municipalities of Majagual and Barreras (province of Azua). All these provinces were heavily affected by Tropical Storm Isaac and are located on the coast to the east of the capital, Santo Domingo. In each of these areas community members include Haitian immigrants. Based on the Ministry of Health’s epidemiological bulletin no. 42 dengue is prevalent in these provinces, worsened by stagnant water as well as poor sanitary conditions (especially in the most affected areas in the Independencia and Azua provinces); therefore necessary steps will be taken under this DREF-funded operation to implement hygiene promotion and cleaning campaigns. The table shows the areas and numbers of families affected based on needs assessments: Province Areas Total number of families affected Independencia Boca de Cachón and Tierra Nueva 900 Barahona Polo 2,500 Azul Majagual and Barreras 703 Total 4,103 Coordination and partnerships The National Society has worked together with the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) with regard to disease surveillance, and hygiene, sanitation and health promotion. With the government water authority INAPA, collaboration has resulted in the National Society providing 2 water tankers with a capacity of 9,464 litres for each distribution site to provide safe water to the affected population. Furthermore, the Dominican Red Cross has worked together with the INAPA team to restore water services and monitor the water quality in the affected areas. Red Cross and Red Crescent action Progress towards outcomes IFRC delegates and Regional Intervention Team (RIT) members participating in the RIT training held in the Dominican Republic provided support to the DRC directly after the passage of Tropical Storm Isaac in particular by assisting the team to complete rapid needs assessments and to draw up an initial plan of action. Water, sanitation and hygiene promotion Outcome: The risk of waterborne and water related diseases has been reduced through the provision of safe water, adequate sanitation as well as hygiene promotion for 2,500 families (or 12,500 beneficiaries) in the Municipality of Polo, province of Barahona, municipalities of Boca de Cachón and Tierra Nueva province of Independencia, and the municipalities of Majagual and Barreras, province of Azua. Output 1: Safe water is distributed to 2,500 families. • Identification of water sources to use for treatment. • Acquisition of 50 tanks for water storage to be installed at the community level. • Deployment and installation of water treatment plants. • Distribution of water following Sphere standards. • Distribution of water storage (jerry cans and buckets) equipment at household level. Output 2: Some 2,500 families are reached with basic sanitation and vector control measures to reduce the risk of diarrheic diseases and dengue. • Creation of a cleaning and disinfection brigade. • Hiring of a facilitator with skills in water, sanitation and hygiene promotion that resides in the affected area. • Disinfection with chorine solution of schools and health centres. • Community cleaning days. • Educational campaigns on dengue prevention both in Spanish and Creole. • Fumigation to control mosquito breeding grounds. Output 3: At least 80% of the target population in the Polo municipality is reached with hygiene promotion. • Conduct a refresher course for volunteers on the PHAST methodology. • Community trainings using PHAST methodology both in Spanish and Creole. • Distribution of one hygiene kit per family to 2,500 families. • Creation and distribution of informative materials (brochures and posters) on personal hygiene and health both in Spanish and Creole. • Transmission of key messages through the local radio and loudspeakers. Progress made based on outputs (as 6 October 2012): Output 1 - Safe water is distributed to 2,500 families. The DRC identified water sources for treatment and installed three water purification units in Polo. Access to safe water was ensured by providing a total of 30 tanks for water storage in different parts of Polo. The water purification units have provided a total of 1,161,680.48 litres of water for the community during the first month (1 September to 2 October) - 3 litres of potable water a day per person, for the total target population of 12,500 persons. The water provided was tested daily to ensure water quality was following the standard of: chlorine in the distribution point residual chlorine 1.0-1.5 mg/L and in the last supply point residual chlorine 0.5-1.0 mg/L. Community leaders together with responsible DRC staff had the task of monitoring the tank conditions. In addition, 1,551 buckets with taps were distributed
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