150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Tel: 41 22 791 6033 Fax: 41 22 791 6506 Appeal e-mail: [email protected] Coordinating Office Emergency Relief to Earthquake Victims – LASA11 Appeal Target: US$ 3,803,070 Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 3,322,411

Geneva, 25 January, 2001

Dear Colleagues,

A major earthquake shook Central America on January 13, unleashing a landslide that buried 687 homes near El Salvador's capital San Salvador and causing major damage across the country.

The earthquake lasted at least 50 seconds, and registered 7.6 on the Richter scale, according to the local services. It claimed more than 700 human lives and caused considerable material damage to many buildings and bridges, as well as cuts to electrical, water and telephone services. The main damages occurred in the eastern part of the country and in Santa Tecla, in San Salvador´s metropolitan area, though many cities and towns throughout the country suffered extensive damage as well.

According to official figures released on 22 January, the death toll is 726, with 4,421 people injured and 1’016,440 people affected nation-wide. 516 landslides have been recorded along with 74,955 houses destroyed and 109,359 damaged by the devastating earthquake. It is estimated that some 60,000 people are now in temporary shelters.

A local ACT co-ordination was established to respond to the needs created by the earthquake - LWF/DWS; the Salvadoran Lutheran Synod; Emanuel Baptist Church; CREDHO (Episcopal Church Aid); ALFALIT (Reformed Church); UNES (Salvadoran Ecological Organisation); and FESPAD (Foundation for Studies on the Application of Rights). They have been providing immediate assistance to the affected population. The local ACT co-ordination has been assisted during the crisis phase by the following members of the network: Norwegian Church Aid (Water and Sanitation), Danchurchaid and Diakonisches Werk (assessment and planning) and Church World Service CWS (communications).

The Lutheran World Federation / Department for World Service, as leading agency of the 5 local implementing partners, presents a proposal comprising the following components: ¨ Emergency relief - food and non-food, ¨ Shelter ¨ Water & Sanitation ¨ Medical assistance along with psychological counselling, ACT is a worldwide network of churches and related agencies meeting human need through coordinated ¨ Equipment for the removal of earth and debris; emergency response. ¨ Disaster prevention; The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World ¨ Food-for-work in the reconstruction phase; Federation (LWF) in Switzerland. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 2 LASA-11

¨ Promoting self-organisation within the affected communities; ¨ Reorganising the productive capacity of these communities.

ACT Netherlands through The Project Counselling Services, PCS, has joined the ACT co-ordination in El Salvador and will work in the rehabilitation and reconstruction phase. Their proposal includes: ¨ Shelter ¨ Disaster Prevention ¨ Community Organisation

ACT CO is including U$40,000 in the budget for an external evaluation to be carried out at the end of the implementation period. It will be the first evaluation of the ACT activities in Latin America and for an earthquake disaster.

Project Completion Date: January, 2002

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

Unallocated LWF PCS Total Target Pledges/Contr US$ Total Appeal Targets 3,393,878 409,192 3,803,070 Less: Pledges/Contr. Recd 340,562 140,097 0 480,659 Balance Requested from ACT Network -340,562 3,253,781 409,192 3,322,411

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

Account Number - 102539/0.01.061 (USD) Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together Banque Edouard Constant Cours de Rive 11 Case postale 3754 1211 Genève 3 SWITZERLAND

Please also inform the Finance Officer Jessie Kgoroeadira (direct tel. +4122/791.60.38, e-mail address [email protected]) of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers, now that the Pledge Form is no longer attached to the Appeal.

We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.

For further information please contact: ACT Co-ordinator, Thor-Arne Prois (phone ++41 22 791 6033 or mobile phone ++ 41 79 203 6055) Or ACT Appeals Officer, Elsa Moreno (phone +41 22 791 6420)

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

Ms. Geneviève Jacques Thor-Arne Prois Rev. Rudolf Hinz Director ACT Coordinator Director WCC/Cluster on Relations LWF/World Service El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 3 LASA-11

I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER

¨ Lutheran World Federation/Department of World Service (LWF/DWS)

II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION

The Lutheran World Federation / Department for World Service has been working in El Salvador since 1983. It provided humanitarian assistance to the Salvadoran population following the 1986 earthquake. The overall goal of the LWF program in El Salvador is to implement and support reconstruction activities, including those related to Hurricane Mitch, which affected the Central American region at the end of 1998. Its objectives includes activities supporting reconciliation, democratisation and the strengthening of civil society.

An ACT Committee was established to respond to the needs created by the earthquake. The members are LWF/DWS; the Salvadoran Lutheran Synod; Emanuel Baptist Church; CREDHO (Episcopal Church Aid); Alfalit (Reformed Church); UNES (Salvadoran Ecological Organisation); and FESPAD (Foundation for Studies on the Application of Rights). Through these organisations ACT activities will be carried out country-wide, with each member working in the affected zones. LWF staff and church workers are all involved in one form or another in this emergency situation.

This committee has experience in networking beginning with Hurricane Mitch, through being a counterpart, participating in the processes developed in co-ordination with the LWF, and responding to the emergency of the dengue epidemic.

The Salvadoran Lutheran Synod - maintains permanent teams to respond to emergency situations. The Department of Diaconia and Development is in charge of co-ordinating efforts related to humanitarian assistance, with the support of all church departments. All congregations and parishes are involved in emergency and rehabilitation activities.

Emanuel Baptist Church - implements programs which promote change and integral development of the person towards a more human and just society. It has comprehensive experience in community organisation and emergency response.

CREDHO - is an institution linked to the Episcopal Church of El Salvador, founded in 1976, contributing to strengthening the capacity of impoverished communities to improve their living conditions, to organise themselves and develop processes of management, production and environmental protection. They have experience working in health, environment and disaster response.

FESPAD - was founded in 1988, with the purpose of working on citizen’s participation in local development on a broad scale, in terms of the application of legal rights as a strategy of human development. FESPAD provides assistance in the effective organisation of community networks and the defence of their rights.

ALFALIT - an organisation linked to the Reformed Church in El Salvador, is part of a Latin American network with emphasis on popular education, recuperation and protection of the environment and emergency response. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 4 LASA-11

UNES – the Salvadoran Ecological Organisation, is the principal and most belligerent civil society organisation and has developed the themes of prevention, mitigation and disaster assistance over the past 16 years. It has developed a strong opposition movement (to those indiscriminately promoting urbanisation) so that the Salvadoran environment is not destroyed indiscriminately. During Hurricane Mitch this organisation, in co-ordination with the LWF, developed methodologies to generate local disaster prevention systems and assistance. It has also trained different organisations with respect to this theme.

III. DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION

A major earthquake shook Central America on 13 January unleashing a landslide that buried 687 homes near El Salvador's capital San Salvador and causing major damage across the country.

The earthquake occurred at 11:35 a.m., lasting at least 50 seconds and registering 7.9 on the Richter scale, according to the Observatory of Alaska. It claimed more than 700 human lives and caused considerable material damage to many buildings and bridges, as well as cuts to electrical, water and telephone services. The main damages occurred in the eastern part of the country and in Santa Tecla, in San Salvador´s metropolitan area, though many cities and towns throughout the country suffered extensive damage as well, some as high as 95%, particularly in the Department of Usulután.

About 1,200 people are believed to be missing in the Las Colinas neighbourhood just west of the capital, in Santa Tecla. Most of the missing people lived in homes that were buried when the hillside, weakened and made vulnerable by the construction of large housing developments, slid onto the neighbourhood.

The death toll from Central America's catastrophic earthquake rose to 701 within the first week, according to government reports, besides 6 in neighbouring Guatemala. The number of injured persons stands at 3,883, and 403,000 have been evacuated from their homes. The departments of Usulután, La Libertad, San Salvador and Sonsonate were those with the most persons affected.

Property damage was extensive: 568 public buildings and 170,000 homes damaged, destroyed or buried; 600 schools, 308 churches, 8 hospitals and 28 health units damaged; 43 piers damaged; 2 prisons evacuated. Physical damage was most extensive in the departments of La Paz and Usulután, followed by San Vicente, San Miguel, La Libertad, Sonsonate, Ahuachapan and San Salvador. These official statistics continue to rise and actual statistics could be significantly higher.

Regional seismological institutes registered the quake in all of the countries of Central America. Though it caused damage mainly in El Salvador and Guatemala, it was also felt in Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica. The earthquake’s epicentre was located 55 km from the Pacific coast, in the Department of La Paz. The Salvadoran Geothermal Institute registered 1,700 aftershocks within a week of the quake, several with a magnitude of up to 5 on the Richter scale.

Clouds of sulfurous gases began to emanate from the volcanoes of San Salvador (El Boquerón) and Santa Ana (Ilamatepec), which caused panic among the population, because some radio stations mentioned an eventual eruption, which would be catastrophic. More than half the population of San Salvador lives near El Boquerón. Emissions from the Santa Ana volcano were also a cause of concern for the surrounding population. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 5 LASA-11

El Salvador’s international airport was closed for more than 24 hours, to evaluate the damage to the terminal’s infrastructure and the runway.

The Salvadoran government activated a National Emergency Committee (COEN) to respond to the crisis. The army, police and rescue organisations are collaborating with this effort, which was initiated by the Minister of the Interior. There is widespread dissatisfaction with the limited make-up of the committee (members of the governing party ARENA and representatives of private enterprise), and the ineffective, inefficient, publicity-oriented, preferential and politicised manner in which it is seen to be operating by its critics.

Municipal governments joined together to form an emergency committee “Municipio Solidario” (Municipality in Solidarity), headed by San Salvador’s mayor. The initial focus was Greater San Salvador, especially Nueva San Salvador (Santa Tecla), but there is also co-ordination with other municipalities throughout the country, to respond to the widespread and diverse needs. International aid began arriving in El Salvador on Sunday, after a national emergency was declared along with an appeal for help in recovering victims buried by the landslide.

The LWF began assisting people affected by the earthquake on Sunday, within a day of the tragedy.

IV. GOAL & OBJECTIVES

The goal is to provide life-sustaining assistance and hope to the most vulnerable individuals and families affected by the disaster in rural zones and the poorest towns in 10 departments throughout the country. In the rehabilitation and reconstruction phases, the goal is to carry out activities in the 7 most affected departments of the country—Ahuachapan, Sonsonate, La Libertad, San Salvador, San Vicente, La Paz and Usulután.

The specific objectives are to: ¨ Promote organisation in neighbourhoods and communities in order to channel and distribute aid to the homeless; ¨ Provide emergency support to poor communities lost from sight; ¨ Provide emergency relief in the form of food, water, gas lamps, mattresses, blankets, portable sanitary services, shelter material and medications; ¨ Set up centres for the homeless; ¨ Provide water and sanitation facilities in refugees’ centres and communities; ¨ Provide medical and psychological assistance in the communities; ¨ Provide equipment for the removal of earth and debris; ¨ Provide housing for families left homeless; ¨ Carry out activities related to disaster prevention; ¨ Facilitate food-for-work in the reconstruction phase; ¨ Promote self-organisation within the affected communities; ¨ Reorganise the productive capacity of these communities. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 6 LASA-11

V. BENEFICIARY INFORMATION & TARGETED AREAS

The estimated number of beneficiaries in the first phase, immediate emergency response, are 14,550 families in 39 communities in 10 of the country’s 14 departments. This number may increase.

For the second phase, rehabilitation and reconstruction, the plan is to assist 12,500 families in 125 communities in the Departments of Ahuachapan, La Libertad, La Paz, Sonsonate and Usulután. With some overlap of beneficiaries, the breakdown of families per project is as follows: ¨ 4,000 families benefiting from water and sanitation systems ¨ 550 families provided with housing; ¨ 2,000 families involved in disaster prevention workshops; ¨ 2,000 families receiving mental health assistance; ¨ 500 families re-established in their productive capacity; ¨ 10,000 families involved in the food-for-work program; ¨ 2,000 families assisted in organisational training programs.

Of the overall total of 21,050 participating families, it is estimated that 12,500 different families in 125 communities surrounding the focal communities will benefit from these projects.

Criteria for selection

The ACT co-ordination defined three basic criteria to attend the communities ¨ The most affected and poorest areas ¨ The areas where official aid is not arriving ¨ Areas where the ACT implementing partners have presence and institutional capacity

Communities to be assisted by the implementing partners

Salvadoran Lutheran Synod

Department Municipality Communities Total Families La Libertad Jayaque - Zona urbana 2000 - Col. 2 de mayo - Pan de Vida - Zona urbana Opico - Guadalupe I - Guadalupe II Quezaltepeque - 11 de noviembre Nueva San Salvador - Col. Sta. Eduviges - Zona urbana Ahuachapán Guaymango - Sn. Francisco Menéndez - San Alfonso - Bola de Monte - Rancho San Marcos San Salvador Soyapango - Col. Vista Hermosa - Alemania - 3 de Abril - San Cristóbal - 3 de Enero - Monte Blanco - Bosques del Río El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 7 LASA-11

Mejicanos - San Mauricio - San Ramón Apopa - Com.MedardoGómez - Popotlán - El Pinar - La Reyna - Cabañitas Tonacatepeque - Héroes de la Fe San Martín - Los Olivos Guazapa - San Gerónimo - Guaycume San Salvador - Bo. San Miguelito - Col. El Bosque - Colonia Guatemala I - Colonia Guatemala II - 5 de noviembre Nejapa - Galera Quemada Usulután Santa María - Línea Férrea - Crío. Los Ramírez - La Ringlera Concepción Batres - Puerto El Flor - Puerto Parada San Jorge - San Jorge - El Mogote

Emmanuel Baptist Church

Department Municipality Communities Total families Usulután Berlín - Concepción 2000 - San Francisco - San Juan - Loma Alta - Cantón El Recreo - Las Delicias - El Tablón - Colón - Virginia - Las Piletas - Talpetates - San Felipe - Santa Cruz - San José Mercedes Umaña - El Jícaro - San Benito - La Barca - Horcones - Santa Rita - Jocotillo - El Caulote Jucuapa - La Peña - La Pileta El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 8 LASA-11

UNES

Department Municipality Communities Total Families Sonsonate San Julián - Ctón. Los Lagartos 2000 - Ctón. Agua Shuca - Ctón. Petacas - Ctón. Achiotal - Ctón. Tierra Colorada - Ctón. Bebedero - Ctón. Palo Verde - Ctón. Chilata - Crío. Cuba - Crío. Las Vegas - Crío. Campo Viejo - Crío. Las Tecas - Crío. Paniagua - Crío. La Cancha - Crío. 12 palos - Crío. El Laurel - Crío. El Sitio

ALFALIT

Department Municipality Communities Total families San Salvador San Marcos - - El carmen 2000 - Martina Ang. - El Naranjito - Santa Rosa - La Encarnación - San Antonio - Nuevo Montecristo - Cruz Roja - Los Andes - Centro - Alcaine II - Las Campanitas - Malibú - El Milagro - 10 de Octubre - Santa Leonor - Lomas de Candelaria - San José Ahuaca. - San Rafael - San Luis - La Pedrera - Col. La Selva Santo Tomás - El Carmen I - El Carmen II Santiago Texacuangos - Loma Linda - El Puente El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 9 LASA-11

CREDHO

Department Municipality Communities Total families Sonsonate Armenia - Las Crucitas 2000 - El Rosario - Zona urbana - Valle nuevo Nahuizalco - El Cerrito - Carrizal Abajo - Sisimetepec - Pushtan Sur Cuisnahuat - El Tulan - Los Rosales - Los Clara - San Lucas - El Palmar - Zona Urbana Ishuatán - Los peña - Los encuentros - El amparo - Apancoyo - El Palmar Ahuachapán Jujutla - Zapua Abajo - Rosario Abajo - Los Amates - Cuilapa - El Mango - Zona urbana San Salvador Panchimalco - San Isidro - El Divisadero - El Sillar - Las Crucitas - Azacualpa - Los Troncones - Amayón Nejapa - El Anonal - El Cedral La Libertad San José Villanueva - Las Dispensas - Zona urbana - El palomar La Paz San Rafael Obrajuelo - Las palmas - San José Obrajuelo - San Miguel Obrajuelo San Juan Nonualco - Zacatillos - Tehuiste arriba - Tehuiste Abajo San Vicente Tecoluca - San Francisco Angulo - Cantarrana - El Milagro - Zona urbana El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 10 LASA-11

Lutheran World Federation/DWS

Department Municipality Communities Total families Usulután Ozatlán - Nueva Guadalupe 2500 - El Delirio San Jorge - El Mogote - La Fogata Tecapán - Quesera - Montecristo - Loma Pacha - Yosselin - Chapetones - El Bongo Ereguayquín - Altamira - La Ceiba Santa María - Constancia II - Mijapa Puerto Parada - Botoncillo - Icaco Puerto Parada - El Limón - Los Desmontes Usulután - La Peña - Buena Vista - Amate Sur los ramírez - Ctón. Hojuste San Dionisio - Isla San Sebastián Jucuarán - Puerto Caballo Puerto El Triunfo - Barrio la playa - caserío el Icaco pto. El Triunfo - Isla Corral de Mulas California - Ctón. al pozón - colonia las malvinas - colonia Monseñor Romero - colonia El Milagro - Barrio La Parroquia - colonia Miramar

VI. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION

The emergency assistance will be carried out in three phases:

Phase I – Immediate emergency response (initially 3 weeks) assisting with: food, shelter, tools, medicines and evaluation of damages along with technical analyses.

Phase II – Rehabilitation (3 weeks, overlapping with phases I and III) and involves temporary housing, food, disaster prevention, organisation – training and workshops, mental health – psychological attention through consultations, and cultural and educational programmes with children and families.

Phase III – Reconstruction (one year) and will include: ¨ improved housing, repairs to damaged houses and construction of new homes, ¨ water and sanitation systems, ¨ disaster prevention (repair of damaged areas, reforestation, disaster prevention centre), El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 11 LASA-11

¨ development of productive capacity (income generation, networking, agricultural production, small businesses) ¨ Food for Work (food provided by the World Food Programme)

1. Immediate Emergency Response

To provide the most affected population immediate relief through the following items: ¨ Emergency relief food in the form of beans, rice, oil, corn flour etc. ¨ Blankets, mattresses ¨ One gas lamp per family ¨ Kitchen utensils ¨ Water buckets ¨ Hygiene packages ¨ Shovels, picks, hoes and wheelbarrows ¨ Medicines as needed ¨ Provisional shelter (plastic)

2. Rehabilitation

¨ Provisional shelter for families waiting for resettlement or with their houses completely destroyed. ¨ Water – rehabilitation and construction of water systems (20 systems, benefiting 200 families in each of these 20 communities). ¨ Medical and psychological attention – doctors and psychologists will provide health services, corporal and mental attention through individuals and collective services such as trauma healing. ¨ Tools for removal of debris ¨ Income generation – recovery of small business, workshops and other economic activities lost in the earthquake. ¨ Food – Direct assistance for families in refugees centres

3. Reconstruction

¨ Temporary shelter for families for those whose houses are completely destroyed and are waiting for the new houses. The temporary shelter will include the basement for future construction and plastic sheets, wood, tents, etc. ¨ Housing – selection and construction of housing for the poorest and most affected people not included in other governmental and non-governmental programs. ¨ Housing repair for the most affected people not included in other governmental and non-governmental programs. ¨ Water and sanitation systems in those areas where houses will be built. ¨ Disaster prevention – preparedness, mitigation, prevention and disaster attention. 50 workshops will be held in the different regions of the country. A set of basic equipment for immediate activities of rescue and emergency response will be provided to 50 communities. Small projects for prevention of disaster will be supported: reforestation, contention walls, etc. A disaster prevention centre will be built and equipped with capacity to lodge 1.250 persons. ¨ Food-for-work during the execution of different projects (constructions and training) ¨ Mental health – trauma healing, through workshops El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 12 LASA-11

¨ Recovery of productive capacity. Small projects for recovery of income generation activities will be supported in the rural area. Women will be prioritised. ¨ Self-organisation – capacity building and advocacy in rural communities ¨ Legal assistance (legalisation of property and homes) in settlements, family groups and individual cases against insurance companies.

FESPAD will work with the families in communities where the ACT implementing partners have presence.

Implementation The necessary contacts and relationships have been established and will allow LWF/DWS and the other ACT implementing partners direct and rapid access to the affected communities. In addition, a preliminary assessment of the needs has been made.

The proposed activities are as follows: ¨ To evaluate the situation of each family, and establish detailed lists of those to receive benefits. The local population will reach these decisions. ¨ To carry out a technical evaluation of damages in the areas where ACT implementing partner is working. ¨ To determine the levels of organisation in each community and, according to the results, either support the existing processes or begin new ones. ¨ To define in each community the various actions as well as the timetable for implementation. according to the nature of each one. ¨ To determine in each community the control and follow-up of activities, which will allow for the monitoring of the proposed plans, as well as show the results of the various activities carried out.

Criteria The project will be implemented using the following criteria: ¨ There will be an orientation for all members of the ACT implementing partners regarding ACT principles. ¨ All technicians, promoters contracted to work in the communities, and volunteers will be instructed to respect the Code of Conduct and the Minimum Standards (SPHERE) within the project’s area of operation in cases of disaster, as well as regarding prevention of disasters. ¨ Members of the ACT network will also be trained in financial administration, and in the defence of the Accords reached through the United Nations. ¨ There will be workshops to empower local organisation. ¨ The members and organisations of the community will be included in all decision-making processes, beginning with the first phase of project elaboration. ¨ The LWF/DWS office will monitor the implementation. ¨ The co-ordination of financial reports will be carried out by the LWF/DWS. ¨ As far as possible, materials and supplies will be purchased locally and regionally. ¨ In the field, at the national level, there will be co-ordination with international agencies, community networks and the government in the implementation of programs in these communities where the ACT implementing partners are operating, in order to avoid duplication of efforts and differences in the manner of operating. This co-ordination will take place locally, between the offices of the LWF, the ACT implementing partners and these other entities. ¨ The project will take into consideration the principles of gender, environment and strengthening of local capacity. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 13 LASA-11

The planning, implementation and evaluation will be carried out by the implementing partners, along with local beneficiaries and allied organisations. A technical team of LWF/dws will be responsible for the supervision of all the planing, implementation and monitoring activities. Co-ordinators will train local promoters and facilitate their work.

VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING

LWF/DWS El Salvador has comprehensive experience in planning, implementing and monitoring relief and rehabilitation projects. It has well-established internal administration, personnel, financial and material management as well as reporting systems. The head office in San Salvador will be responsible for the overall administration of the project. General monitoring of the relief program will be done by LWF/DWS personnel. They will guide the whole process of relief and distribution in the project areas. Reports will be sent by the implementing partners to the LWF/DWS San Salvador head office on a regular basis. Head office will send both financial and narrative reports to Geneva as requested in the ACT guidelines.

The implementing partners of the appeal will be responsible for the administration of the activities that they will develop. A lump sum to cover their administrative expenses is include in the appeal. The audit expenses include the audit of the 5 implementing partners.

The project has two mechanisms for evaluation: ¨ Evaluation during the implementation period of the project (at the end of each month), involving the active participation of the communities. ¨ Final evaluation will be carried out at the end of the project, taking into account the various aspects. Here again, active participation of the communities/beneficiaries will be promoted.

An external evaluation from the ACT CO will be carried out during the implementation period.

VIII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE

One Year – January 14, 2001 to 31 January 2002.

IX. CO-ORDINATION

The ACT committee is co-ordinating with counterparts and other organisations of civil society, which are co-operating by offering their institutional capacity and, according to their nature, giving support to the persons affected. For example, the network of community radios is providing orientation to the local population, those with trucks are helping with the transportation of supplies, environmentalists and local organisations are providing diagnoses, etc.

At the local level, the ACT committee is co-ordinating with CARE, CREA, Share Foundation, Médicos del Mundo (Doctors of the World, Spain), Médicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders, France), World Food Program, UNDP, Plan International, ACT Nicaragua, the LWF offices in Guatemala and Honduras. An agreement is expected with the World Food Programme. There is also co-ordination with municipal governments, local grass-roots organisations and the National Emergency Committee (COEN). This is to avoid duplication of efforts, and to adopt the response to the varying ways in which communities are organised. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 14 LASA-11

There is also co-ordination with international agencies by means of a web-page.

Representatives from the following ACT members have joined the team:

¨ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada ¨ Norwegian Church Aid, Norway ¨ Bavarian Lutheran Church, Germany ¨ Diakonisches Werk, Germany ¨ Church World Service, New York, USA ¨ DanChurchAid (DCA), Denmark

LWF was asked by the UNDP to bring together international NGO´s based in the country for an emergency meeting at the UN offices in San Salvador, in order to share information and co-ordinate actions in the field. Fifty-two agencies were represented. UNDP is supporting the LWF emergency response in the country.

X. LWF/DWS BUDGET

INCOME PLEDGED/RECEIVED - ACT NETWORK : US$ Anglican Church of Canada 6,696 FinnChurchAid - FIM 250,000 40,097 Church of Sweden Aid 32,266 Disciples Week of Compassion 15,000 Hong Kong Christian Council 25,600 Presbyterian

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 50,000

INCOME - ACT NETWORK - sent directly:

Disciples: Week of Compassion 15,000 Presbyterian Disaster Assistance/PCUSA 35,000 TOTAL INCOME 140,097

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE:

Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Unit Colones Colones US$ FOOD, MEDICINES AND SHELTER Food Supplies Beans Pound 35,000 3.50 122,500.00 14,000 Rice Pound 70,000 2.00 140,000.00 16,000 Vegetable Oil Gallon 2,500 15.00 37,500.00 4,286 Corn flour Pound 202,300 2.50 505,750.00 57,800 Sugar Pound 72,250 1.60 115,600.00 13,211 Powdered Milk Pound 28,900 8.00 231,200.00 26,423 Water Gallon 144,500 2.00 289,000.00 33,029 Canned Food (Sardines) Unit 86,700 3.50 303,450.00 34,680 Pasta Pound 28,900 5.00 144,500.00 16,514 El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 15 LASA-11

Sub total Food Supplies 1,889,500.00 215,943 El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 16 LASA-11

Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Unit Colones Colones US$ Medicines Oral saline solution Unit 1,000 1.00 1,000.00 114 Tranquilizers Unit 1,000 1.00 1,000.00 114 Acetaminofen Unit 2,000 1.00 2,000.00 229 Amoxicilina Unit 2,000 2.00 4,000.00 457 AntidiarrheaLumpsum Gallon 10 150.00 1,500.00 171 Cough medicine Gallon 10 150.00 1,500.00 171 Sub total Medicines 11,000.00 1,257

Hygiene Sanitary Napkins Package 1,000 10.00 10,000.00 1,143 Diapers Package 1,000 35.00 35,000.00 4,000 Toilet Paper Package 1,000 50.00 50,000.00 5,714 Feeding Bottles Unit 500 15.00 7,500.00 857 Sub total Hygiene 102,500.00 11,714

Shelter Stoves Unit 4 1,000.00 4,000.00 457 Kitchen utensils Package 1,000 10.00 10,000.00 1,143 Dishes Unit 6,000 3.00 18,000.00 2,057 Plastic sheets Piece 14,450 15.00 216,750.00 24,771 Gas Container 100 35.00 3,500.00 400 Candles Package 10,000 7.00 70,000.00 8,000 Matches Package 10,000 3.50 35,000.00 4,000 Gas lamps Unit 20 400.00 8,000.00 914 Hand lamps Unit 200 25.00 5,000.00 571 Batteries Package 200 15.00 3,000.00 343 Tents Unit 85 3,500.00 297,500.00 34,000 Water containers Container 400 100.00 40,000.00 4,571 Mattresses Unit 2,000 100.00 200,000.00 22,857 Blankets Unit 2,000 50.00 100,000.00 11,429 Shovels Unit 3,000 40.00 120,000.00 13,714 Pickaxes Unit 3,000 55.00 165,000.00 18,857 Mattocks Unit 3,000 45.00 135,000.00 15,429 Barrows Unit 1,000 240.00 240,000.00 27,429 Sub total Shelter 1,670,750.00 190,943

TOTAL FOOD, MEDICINES, HYGIENE & SHELTER 3,673,750.00 419,857

MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING & HANDLING Transport of provisions Lumpsum 250,000.00 28,571 Rent of Warehouse Month 2 7,777.79 15,555.58 1,778 Warehouse keeper Month 3 3,700.00 11,100.00 1,269 TOTAL MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, 276,655.58 31,617.78 WAREHOUSING & HANDLING El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 17 LASA-11

Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Unit Colones Colones US$ RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION Infrastructure Temporary Housing Unit 275 3,181.82 875,000.50 100,000 Housing Repair Unit 200 4,375.00 875,000.00 100,000 Housing Construction Unit 300 35,000.00 10,500,000.00 1,200,000 Sub total Infrastructure 12,250,000.50 1,400,000

Water and Sanitation Reconstructions of collapsed wells: Material Concrete rings, filter material Well 40 8,750.00 350,000.00 40,000 Electrical water pumps Pump 25 4,375.00 109,375.00 12,500 Labor Construction workers (3 X 25 days per well) Person 3 175,000.00 525,000.00 60,000 Reconstruction damaged water mains and valve chambers Material Repair sockets, connections, pipes Number 450 1,312.50 590,625.00 67,500 Reconstructing surface material Number 450 437.50 196,875.00 22,500 Labour Manual excavation & reconstruction surfaces (3 X 1 day) Person 3 78,750.00 236,250.00 27,000 Plumbing (1 X 1 day) Person 1 118,125.00 118,125.00 13,500 Reconstruction of reservoirs, inlet chambers spring catchments and booster stations: Material Reconstruction Unit 20 8,750.00 175,000.00 20,000 Valves and fittings Unit 20 2,625.00 52,500.00 6,000 Labor Construction workers (3 persons X 20 days) Person 3 70,000.00 210,000.00 24,000 Plumbing (1 X 5 days) Person 1 26,250.00 26,250.00 3,000 Sub total Water 2,590,000.00 296,000

Sanitation Reconstruction of damaged/collapsed sewers: Material Pipes and connections Point 300 1,050.00 315,000.00 36,000 Labor Manual excavation & reconstr of surface (3 X 1 day) Person 3 52,500.00 157,500.00 18,000 Plumbing (1 X 1 day) Person 1 78,750.00 78,750.00 9,000 Reconstruction of pump stations Material Reconstruction Unit 10 8,750.00 87,500.00 10,000 Valves and fittings Unit 10 2,625.00 26,250.00 3,000 Labor Construction workers (3 X 20 days) Person 3 35,000.00 105,000.00 12,000 Plumbing (1 X 5 days) Person 1 13,125.00 13,125.00 1,500 Sub total Sanitation 783,125.00 89,500 El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 18 LASA-11

Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Unit Colones Colones US$ Water and Sanitation Promotion Material Information folders and posters Lumpsum 43,750.00 5,000 Labor WatSan education/inf (4 persons) Month 12 3,500.00 168,000.00 19,200 Sub total Water and Sanitation Promotion 211,750.00 24,200

Institutional Capacity Building Educational program for engineers and operators Labor Int'l skilled person capacity bldg Month 6 43,750.00 262,500.00 30,000 Local engineer Month 12 5,250.00 63,000.00 7,200 Food & perdiem, int’l staff Month 6 11,375.00 68,250.00 7,800 Sub total Educational Program 393,750.00 45,000

Project Coordination Int’l WatSan engineer Month 12 43,750.00 525,000.00 60,000 Food & perdiem, int’l staff Month 12 11,375.00 136,500.00 15,600 Senior WatSan engineer + 3 local employees Month 12 15,750.00 189,000.00 21,600 Sub total Project Coordination 850,500.00 97,200

Total Water and Sanitation 4,829,125.00 551,900

Community Health (Mental Health) Doctor (1) and psycologist (1) Month 12 21,000.00 252,000.00 28,800 Cultural Activities with Children Month 12 13,125.00 157,500.00 18,000 Sub total Community Health 409,500.00 46,800

Disaster Preparedness Training workshops Workshop 50 3,000.00 150,000.00 17,143 Rapid Reponse equipment Unit 50 2,250.00 112,500.00 12,857 Reforestation & prevention Lumpsum 437,500.00 50,000 Disaster Prevention Center Unit 1 1,312,500.00 1,312,500.00 150,000 Sub total Disaster Preparedness 2,012,500.00 230,000

Food Security Networking, Agricultural Prod & Income Generation Family 750 1,166.67 875,002.50 100,000 Food for Work (provided by WFP) * Sub total Food Security 875,002.50 100,000

TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 20,376,128.00 2,328,700

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT Computers and software Unit 6 8,750.00 52,500.00 6,000 4 Wheel Drive Vehicles Unit 3 192,500.00 577,500.00 66,000 Truck Unit 1 300,000.00 300,000.00 34,286 Office Equipment Lumpsum 100,000.00 11,429 TOTAL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 1,030,000.00 117,714 El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 19 LASA-11

Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Unit Colones Colones US$ IMPLEMENTATION & MONITORING EXPENSES Salaries Staff and Support Representative (at 50%) Month 12 17,500.00 210,000.00 24,000 Program Officer (at 40%) Month 12 7,087.50 85,050.00 9,720 Coordination Officer (at 50%) Month 12 7,158.38 85,900.50 9,817 Salary & Benefits – Int’l Finance Assistant Month 12 43,750.00 525,000.00 60,000 National Coordinator Month 12 13,500.00 162,000.00 18,514 Finance Staff - San Salvador ( 50%) Month 12 8,150.63 97,807.56 11,178 Program Staff Month 4 39,939.90 159,759.60 18,258 Emergency Staff Month 12 3,605.84 43,270.05 4,945 LWF Technicians - Honduras & Guatemala (4 persons X 1 mth) Month 1 13,125.00 52,500.00 6,000 Civil Engineers (5 persons) Month 12 17,718.75 1,063,125.00 121,500 Technicians (5 persons) Month 12 7,000.00 420,000.00 48,000 Administration officer Month 12 5,250.00 63,000.00 7,200 Logistic officer Month 12 4,375.00 52,500.00 6,000 Security guards Month 12 825.00 9,900.00 1,131 Volunteers Expenses Perdiem for 100 Volunteers Person 100 675.00 67,500.00 7,714 Equipment for volunteers Piece 80 200.00 16,000.00 1,829 Accomm for 6 int’l volunteers Person 6 9,843.75 59,062.50 6,750 Office Operation Stationery and Supplies Lumpsum 50,000.00 5,714 Office rental & maint - Sonsonate Month 12 1,000.00 12,000.00 1,371 Office rental & maint- Usalutan Month 12 3,400.00 40,800.00 4,663 Office rental & maint- San Salvador Month 10 10,500.00 105,000.00 12,000 Communications - tel, fax, email Month 12 6,250.00 75,000.00 8,571 Other Expenses Meeting Expenses Month 12 1,500.00 18,000.00 2,057 Meals Personnel Office Month 1 24,500.00 24,500.00 2,800 Admin 5 participating agencies Unit 5 175,000.00 875,000.00 100,000 Vehicle Operation Vehicles Fuel and Maintenance Month 12 13,750.00 165,000.00 18,857 Vehicles Insurance (4 vehicles) Year 1 48,600.00 48,600.00 5,554 Travel and Accommodation Travel Gnva/San Salvador/Gnva Trip 3 13,125.00 39,375.00 4,500 Accomm of Int’l Head Office pers Month 12 9,000.00 108,000.00 12,343 Sub total Salaries and Other Expenses 4,733,650.21 540,989

TOTAL IMPLEMENTATION & MONITORING 4,733,650.21 540,989

Audit fees Lumpsum 131,250.00 15,000.00

ACT external evaluation Lumpsum 350,000.00 40,000

TOTAL EXPENSES 30,571,433.79 3,393,878

BALANCE REQUESTED FROM ACT NETWORK 30,571,433.79 3,253,782 El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 20 LASA-11

I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION

¨ ACT Netherlands-PCS-El Salvador

ACT Netherlands represents collective efforts in confronting emergencies by the Interchurch Organization for Development Co-operation (ICCO), the Global Ministries program of the United Protestant Churches of Holland and of many smaller churches of Holland. ACT-Netherlands is an extension of what was the Department of Emergencies and Refugees of Dutch Interchurch Aid (DIA), and has many years of experience working in the area of refugee and emergency assistance in different parts of the world. In the case of Latin America, ACT-Netherlands, forms part of the Project Counseling Service (PCS), known in Spanish as the Consejeria en Proyectos, which represents the co-ordination efforts of various agencies.

II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION

PCS is an international consortium of European and Canadian agencies with programs in various countries of Latin America. The member agencies of this consortium are the Danish Consortium for Refugees, the Norwegian Consortium for Refugees, the aid program of the Evangelical Churches of Switzerland (HEKS), the Canadian agency Inter Pares and ACT Netherlands. Since l979, PCS has carried out actions destined to provide assistance principally to refugee and displaced populations affected by internal conflicts in their countries. In El Salvador, as in the other countries where they have a presence, they have programs destined for emergency aid, the protection of human rights, the prevention of displacement, settlement and the return of the displaced and their economic and political reintegration. PCS has accumulated experience in emergency programs, rehabilitation and reconstruction following a series of natural disasters that have affected the Central American region, such as the l986 earthquake in El Salvador, Hurricane Juana in l988 and more recently Hurricane Mitch.

PCS programs are developed by establishing relationships of co-operation with local counterparts and grass roots organizations under the fundamental premise of strengthening local capacity and promoting the participation of the affected population. PCS offers support, either directly by its teams or by outside consultants, to local NGOs, church organizations, grass roots organizations and the social movement, with special emphasis on the poorest and most vulnerable populations, in particular women and indigenous people. The PCS for its part finances projects with funds from its member agencies.

The PCS also advises and supports its local counterparts in technical, political and financial aspects during the implementation period, including the verification and evaluation of results, the appropriate use of donations and the systematizing of experiences. The secretariat of the PCS is located in Lima, Peru and has offices in various countries including El Salvador.

Description of the PCS Implementing Partners ACT-Nethlands /PCS El Salvador has elaborated a program to respond to the emergency provoked by the recent earthquake in El Salvador, and in accordance with this program has established co-operation agreements with three local counterparts. It has had co-operation relationships for a number of years with these organizations and most recently it has been implementing a rehabilitation program in a number of the zones most affected by Hurricane Mitch. In addition, it has been working to systematize the organizational experiences of the communities during the emergency along with training and consciousness raising on disaster prevention and preparation.

The three local organizations or counterparts for this project will be: El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 21 LASA-11

¨ The Association of Rural Communities for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES) ¨ The Confederation of Salvadoran Agrarian Reform Federations (CONFRAS) ¨ Citizenship and Development Association

CRIPDES: The Association of Rural Communities for the Development of El Salvador, maintains the acronym of CRIPDES, the name with which it was founded in July l984 (as the Christian Committee for the Displaced of El Salvador). CRIPDES emerged as a grass roots organization, representing the displaced and repatriated, with the objective of guaranteeing the return of the civilian population displaced by the civil war in El Salvador to their communities of origin. After the Peace Accords CRIPDES expanded its work to more communities, maintaining its principle goal of community organization, training and leadership development, human rights advocacy as well as the fulfillment of social, political and economic demands.

CRIPDES currently has three basic programs: organization and community development, fundamental rights and improvement of the situation of women and institutional strengthening. The first of the three programs includes organizational work with youth, communal organizational functioning, citizen participation and community fundraising for development. The women’s program includes a sub-program of credit for women from the member communities, women’s community organization and women’s literacy. The institutional strengthening program includes training for community leaders on regional and national levels.

The CRIPDES structure consists of 240 communities distributed in 5 work regions that comprise 6 of the 14 departments in the country. Each region has a regional directorate composed of members elected from among the communities in each, and each community has a communal directorate which directs organizational work at the local level and is elected in general assembly by the community.

When faced with emergencies, this organization has played an active role and is capable of responding and co-ordinating with other social organizations and NGOs. This ability to organize as communities in emergency situations has been developed since the repatriations during the conflict and in the course of confronting other natural disasters.

CONFRAS: The Confederation of Salvadoran Agrarian Reform Federations (CONFRAS), was constituted in January of l998, and earned legal standing in March of that same year. CONFRAS is made up of 7 federations, which comprise 227 co-operatives in different regions of El Salvador, the majority of which belong to the so called reformed sector. One of CONFRAS’ member federations, FECORACEN, in the department of La Libertad, will assist in the implementation of this project. CONFRAS functions as an organization for the promotion of the co-operative and campesino sectors of El Salvador and sponsors programs on union development, political advocacy and representation as well as training and leadership development for co- operativists.

PCS is supporting CONFRAS is its efforts to help the population affected by Hurricane Mitch along with the populations that are struggling to rebuild their communities in the economic, productive spheres and in the re-establishment of the social infrastructure. It is also engaged in the search for and negotiation of structural solutions to the problem of the flooding that the population of the Lower Lempa suffers in the rainy season.

At the same time the PCS has offered support to the Gender and Development Program that CONFRAS has been promoting among women members of co-operatives associated with the confederation. This El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 22 LASA-11 initiative has formed part of the efforts to strengthen the Confederation as a agrarian, co-operative movement incorporating a gender vision and with the capacity to create sustainable alternatives within the Salvadoran agrarian milieu.

Faced with the emergencies of Mitch and now of the earthquake, CONFRAS has made efforts to provide a response and to form emergency committees through which the organization of the beneficiaries for the implementation of this project will be guaranteed.

CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELPMENT (CIUDADANIA Y DESARROLLO) This is a small organization that was created in March l998 and that comprises a multi-disciplinary team of professionals and technical people linked to the popular movement.

This organization works in the areas of strengthening local capacity and promoting citizen participation, through the following focus areas: ¨ Strengthening citizen participation through formation of alliances, the development of training activities and the working with inter-institutional teams. ¨ Policies for sustainable development including the realization of participatory diagnoses for development, the elaboration of development plans and proposals for policies and laws. ¨ Education and training activities.

CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT has played an interesting role together with the Agricultural Forum, where it is in contact with CRIPDES and CONFRAS, among other rural and cooperative organizations, with respect to the issue of agrarian debt forgiveness and rural development. Facing the emergency of Mitch, it has also been offering accompaniment to different social organizations, among them the two aforementioned, in the areas of project formulation, follow-up to co-operation agreements and processes of social accounting. ACT – Netherlands and PCS have been supporting a process of systematization of the experiences in the communities in areas such as the Lower Lempa, Chirilagua in San Miguel and in some communities on the Guatemalan border that were very affected by Mitch. The members of the Citizenship and Development team have played an important role in these efforts to raise consciousness around the need to strengthen co-ordination and make plans for disaster mitigation and prevention.

III. DESCRIPTION of the EMERGENCY SITUATION

Background The earthquake of 13 January measured 7.6 on the Ritcher scale. Its impact was concentrated in the coastal zone although it shook the entire country and the rest of the countries of Central America and Mexico. According to the experts in the field, this quake represents one of the worst disasters in the history of El Salvador. The consequences of the seismic activity are increased by the conditions of economic, social and environmental vulnerability into which a significant portion of the country succumbed in l998 following the tropical storm Mitch.

Of the 14 departments in which El Salvador is divided administratively and politically, 10 suffered the principal consequences. Landslides buried entire population centers in the rural and urban zones as well as the main highways and roads, making rescue efforts difficult. Telecommunications, electricity and the water supplies were immediately suspended - in some areas up to 6 days. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 23 LASA-11

The analyses and opinions are as diverse as the sources, but the majority concur that El Salvador is a country in which, given the conditions of poverty, any natural event causes elevated consequences.

It is evident, as in the case of prior disasters, that the central government lacks the capacity to offer an adequate response. It has been strongly criticized for slowness and lack of impartiality in the distribution of the governmental aid.

The damages from the current disaster are a result of both the quake itself as well as the landslides that are a result of the indiscriminant deforestation, soil damage and the lack of political measures geared towards the prevention and mitigation of disasters. In the case of the Las Colinas barrio of Santa Tecla, there were documented cases of efforts to prevent the continued development in the zone due to the high risk, efforts which unfortunately were not able to detain the construction firm responsible for building the housing complex.

Current Situation At this point the destruction is still immeasurable. It is said that the country has lost nearly half its gross national product. 97 municipalities were heavily affected and complete communities have been erased from the Salvadoran geography. Thousands of people have disappeared and the dead are counted in the hundreds. The affected population has reached 403,000 people and they now desperately need potable water, food and medical treatment. The needs dramatically exceed the resources available without even taking into account the lack of access to many remote populations that remain total isolated. The World Food Program of the United Nations has put out a call to the international community to provide food to the affected population for at least six months.

Thousands of homes were damaged and a technical commission has been activated to evaluate the damages with the participation of the College of Architects and Engineers. Especially needed are the evaluations of the visible and serious damages to public buildings where public employees continue to work. In the same manner technical studies are being carried out in 1,600 schools that were affected.

The Lamatepec volcano in the department of Santa Ana, in the western part of the country, has started to show some activity, emanating gases and smoke in a manner that does not appear to threaten the population, yet the people of the communities around the volcano, who were also affected by the earthquake, are in alert.

Impact On Human Lives As at 20 January, the numbers of dead are 697, but it is feared that many more are yet to be unearthed. 3,694 people are reported to have been injured, however, these figures are not deemed accurate. The statistics on disappeared persons have not been determined definitively and sadly it is foreseen that the majority have probably been killed.

The provisional refugee centers that are providing shelter to 403 thousand victims who are desperately in need of potable water, food, medical and psychological attention. Moreover, the threat of epidemics due to poor sanitary conditions remain latent. In the urban zones the refugee centers are more urgently in need of food supplies while in the rural zones the demand is mainly for medical attention and housing. Health conditions in the refugee centers are critical, especially given the lack of latrines and potable water. There have been more than 5,000 cases of diarrhea and respiratory illness reported and a viral epidemic called “rotavirus,” that cost the lives of many children in the weeks before the earthquake, is feared. Other epidemics caused by inadequate burial human and animal corpses are also feared. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 24 LASA-11

A cold front, accompanied by rain has been forecasted, which would in turn generate the probability of further landslides in areas that have been left vulnerable or unstable by the earthquake. Moreover, the majority of the victims, in precarious conditions, continue to be exposed to the elements with insufficient aid. It is reported that there are still affected communities that remain in isolation and with urgent needs unmet.

Hospitals continue attending the injured in provisional locations - in the parking lots, under awnings, etc. as many suffered structural damages to the buildings. A campaign for blood donors has been initiated because even though the response by donors has been significant, it has not been enough.

Description of Damages The Pan-American highway suffered landslides that to this date impede normal traffic and governmental sources assure that a month will be needed to make repairs. 46,873 homes have been reported destroyed and 93,476 damaged. In addition, 6 of the 14 national hospitals were destroyed, 294 churches of different religious denominations but principally Catholic were damaged, many historic buildings fell down and it is calculated that 50% of the architectural cultural patrimony was lost.

Locations for Proposed Response This project will be carried out in the Department of La Libertad where 7,328 homes were destroyed and 10,102 were damaged, calculating that 60% of those damaged will not be inhabitable. This proposal intends to provide support in the face of this emergency to 243 families that have lost their homes in the rural zone. The refugee centers have been concentrated in the urban sector, specifically in the departmental capital of Santa Tecla.

There is no precise data on the assistance already received in the area where this request intends to concentrate on the housing problem. There are other organizations like the Red Cross, the civilian population who were not affected and NGOs that have been providing food and medical attention.

Disaster and Emergency Statistics Governmental statistics are the only official statistics that are being offered globally. The informational chaos that has existed following the earthquake has not allowed for comparisons between the figures established by the counterpart soliciting support and the global figures offered by the government.

The statistics available in the zone where CRIPDES will undertake the project are of 1,433 people without housing (242 families in 11 communities in 6 municipalities). For their part, in the municipalities attended by CONFRAS, 287 destroyed homes have been quantified, and the same number of families with a total of 1,722 people belonging to 15 co-operatives in 10 municipalities.

Current Security Situation Access to the zone in which the beneficiaries are located is by alternate routes, due to the fact that the regular access routes are currently under earth and rock caused by the landslides. The emphasis on clearing the major highways with the heavy machinery available has impeded the attention to the secondary roadways. Communication has been established between the soliciting organization and the beneficiary groups by cellular phone and with all terrain vehicles by which daily updates on the situation are received in order to actualize data.

IV. GOAL & OBJECTIVES El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 25 LASA-11

Goal To contribute in an organized, immediate and direct manner to the material reconstruction efforts that El Salvador needs, drawing upon the existing capacity for social mobilization to build homes for families affected by the earthquake, undertake advocacy work and, through organizational work to demand a voice in the reconstruction process.

Objectives ¨ With community and beneficiary participation to build a total of 100 temporary homes for the same number of families. ¨ To develop a disaster prevention plan in 12 rural communities in 5 municipalities of the Department of La Libertad (Zaragoza, , Chiltiupán, y Puerto de la Libertad). ¨ To strengthen the community organizational structures already existing in order to intercede with the government and demand citizen participation in the reconstruction process on a municipal and national level.

V. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES

Number and Type of Beneficiaries The total number of indirect beneficiaries is 3,205, including men, women, children and the elderly who are inhabitants of the rural zones in five communities or population settlements in the municipalities of Tamanique, Zaragoza, Chiltiupan, La Libertad and Comasagua, all in the department of La Libertad. For these people, the subsistence strategy is limited to the production of food for self-sufficiency during the agricultural cycle each year.

Criteria used in Beneficiary Selection Following the earthquake CRIPDES began, through the community structures that already exist and which form part of the national organization, (Directorates, assemblies, voluntary promoters) to raise a preliminary assessment in order to establish the needs and action priorities. At the same time, CONFRAS did the same through its co-operative structures and committees, establishing thus the needs and priorities to include in this proposal. The foremost criteria is to prioritize families that do not possess an adequate home given that their homes were destroyed by the earthquake. From the moment in which the emergency occurred CRIPDES and CONFRAS have directed their resources towards resolving the need for food and medical attention in the affected communities.

These families have been selected as beneficiaries taking into account that they are located in the rural sector, that they are communities already organized and that they have a history of working on developing their communities for more than 10 years. In addition, priority will be given to large families, female headed households and the elderly.

Number of Targeted Beneficiaries According To Proposed Assistance

Housing

¨ CRIPDES: 60 families for a total of 360 people of which 59 are men, 65 are women and 236 are children. ¨ CONFRAS: 40 families for a total of 240 people of whom 39 are men, 42 are women and 150 are children. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 26 LASA-11

Disaster prevention and community organization

The number of beneficiaries increases because the project is not limited only to the families who will be provided housing. CRIPDES is contemplating working with a group of 1,433 people and CONFRAS with 1,772 totaling 3,205 people including direct and indirect beneficiaries. The disaster prevention and management activities assumed by CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT will aim to benefit the greatest number of people possible. However, communal leaders and members of the directorates of the co- operatives will be targeted as direct beneficiaries.

VI. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION

The proposal includes the following elements as part of the aid package: ¨ Housing Construction ¨ Training on disaster preparation and mitigation ¨ Organization for citizen participation in reconstruction

Housing Under this component the affected families will be provided with construction materials for their homes, that can be used for improvements. Given the characteristics of the rural zone the materials included will be cement, tin, bricks, wood, sand, etc. for a minimum area of 30.5 square meters. It should be noted that the construction is strictly geared towards the rural sector where social organization exists and where aid has not arrived.

The provision of the aid will be through the already existing community organizations. In the case of CRIPDES, it will be through their local organization, CODESMA, which is based on a communal assembly model, with directorate councils and representatives for the different program areas. In the case of CONFRAS, the local co-operative Federation FECORACEN will channel the aid. Both CONFRAS and CRIPDES intend to provide this aid to the communities in a co-ordinated manner, attempting not to duplicate efforts and based upon the censuses and damage estimates already carried out.

All the funds raised will be administrated by the national offices of CRIPDES and CONFRAS and will be distributed by the regional directorates of CODESMA in La Libertad and of the Federation FECORACEN, in close coordination with the community structures, co-operatives and personnel of both institutions. The proposal includes an amount for rental, transportation where needed and/or the payment of fuel costs when a given community has a person or persons who are disposed to help transport the supplies, logistical and co-ordination costs will be dealt with similarly.

In terms of the communities’ contribution it is estimated that they will work in the removal of the rubble from the previous houses and in the construction of temporary houses under the concept of mutual aid through work teams made up of the beneficiaries themselves. In addition technical supervision of the temporary housing construction by volunteers who have offered their services will also be included as part of the community’s contribution.

Disaster Preparation El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 27 LASA-11

Training sessions will be developed to make the community aware of their environmental, social and political vulnerability in the face of disaster and, provide them with the means and knowledge to respond to future emergencies using their own resources and initiatives.

This training will be carried out by CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT, but in close co-ordination with CRIPDES-CODESMA and CONFRAS-FECORACEN and with other organizations present in the zone along with municipal authorities with whom local and regional collaboration mechanisms can be established.

36 workshops will be carried out and 12 disaster preparation plans will be elaborated with the participation of the community. A set of basic equipment for immediate activities of rescue and emergency response will be provided to 50 communities. Small project for prevention of disaster will be suported.

Citizen Participation and Organization in the reconstruction The Citizens Participation and Organization Component will facilitate the organizational processes and community management necessary, so that the communities on their own initiative and with their own resources can coordinate and carry out the necessary activities in the reconstruction.

This component aims at strengthening citizen participation in the reconstruction of their municipalities. It implies co-ordination between the organizations of CRIPDES-CODESMA, CONFRAS-FECORACEN and other organizations and institutions who have a presence in the zone, as well as state institutions and municipal authorities.

Transition From Emergency Currently, the country is still in an emergency phase with the need to attend to the victims and their needs. There have already been the first meetings with the communities and their leaders in order to begin creating the conditions that will facilitate the material and social reconstruction of their communities. For this reason, CRIPDES, COFRAS and CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT, have begun to analyze together with the communities and co-operatives, possible scenarios and activities. Among them a campaign for transparency in the management of the international aid on the part of the government, the request for an increase in the budgeted resources allocated to the reconstruction efforts as an extraordinary measure. In parallel, the search for and channeling of resources will continue, in order to attend to the needs in the affected communities and co-operatives, in so far as they are not served by other organizations or by the central government and/or local authorities.

VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING

PCS El Salvador, will contract the human resources to accompany their implementing partners responsible for carrying out the project. This team will be responsible for the technical assistance and supervision of the planning, implementation and monitoring of the activities.

From the aforementioned it can be ascertained that the counterparts will be responsible for designating who will be responsible for administrating their projects as well as for co-ordinating and attending to the information needs that emerge during the course of the monitoring process. Some administrative expenses are foreseen in the budget for that. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 28 LASA-11

PCS – El Salvador will be responsible for the overall administration of the project and for the financial and narrative reports to Geneva as requested in the ACT guidelines. The audit expenses include the audit of the financial reports of the implementing partners.

The project will be administered from the national offices of CRIPDES, CONFRAS and CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT. In the case of CRIPDES, this will consist of a person with co-ordination functions for the activities and will coordinate with the regional directive council of CRIPDES in La Libertad to carry out the project. The regional directorate will work with the communal directorates who will elect in general assembly a person to co-ordinate the project on the local level. These individuals will be responsible for transmitting reports on the progress of the project and providing the information that will be required to complement the work.

Similarly, CONFRAS will guarantee the administration of the resources from its central offices and will name a person who will be responsible to assure that the steps are carried out within the local organizational structures of FECORACEN.

CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT has a smaller staff but with respect to the Disaster Prevention component, will designate a responsible person who will be supported by the rest of the staff.

The three counterparts possess project accounting systems. All funds coming in and going out will be registered, taking into account generally accepted accounting principles.

PCS-El Salvador will take advantage of the experience accumulated in the post-Mitch reconstruction programs and in the co-ordinated efforts around disaster prevention and disaster management in which it has been a part and in which CRIPDES, CONFRAS and CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT have also participated.

VIII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE

The time stipulated for the execution of the substantial activities of this project is estimated at 12 months during which all of the actions in the three areas proposed will take place simultaneously.

IX. COORDINATION

PCS – El Salvador will be part of the ACT coordination in El Salvador in the rehabilitation and reconstruction activities. The co-ordination efforts established in order to carry out the project will be based upon the already existing coordination. PCS-El Salvador will support ongoing co-ordination efforts between the 3 counterparts and between them and other institutions and organizations present in the zone including local governments. El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 29 LASA-11

X. PCS BUDGET

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE

Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Colones Colones US$ DIRECT ASSISTANCE Housing Construction Materials Home 100 14,971 1,497,100 171,097 Tools Lot 25 2,090 52,250 5,971 Transportation of Materials Transport 100 4,336 433,620 49,557 Soldering Home 100 440 44,000 5,029 Generator Rental/day 100 385 38,500 4,400 Fuel for Equipment Home 100 120 12,000 1,371 Doors and Windows Home 100 1,000 100,000 11,429 Technical Assistance Supervisor Month 12 8,800 105,600 12,069 Site supervisor Home 100 880 88,000 10,057 Travel expenses Month 12 1,650 19,800 2,263 Training and Promotion Social Promoter's Fees Month 12 3,300 39,600 4,526 Training Month 9 2,640 23,760 2,715 Travel expenses Month 9 1,760 15,840 1,810 Personnel Coordinator (at 50%) Month 12 5,000 60,000 6,857 Collective Health Insurance Year 1 39,375 39,375 4,500 Total Housing 2,569,445 293,651

ORGANIZATION AND PARTICIPATION

Personnel Promoters of Organization (2 ) Month 12 3,300 79,200 9,051 Health insurance (2 persons) Year 1 17,500 17,500 2,000 Organizational Activities Community Assemblies Community 144 300 43,200 4,937 Team Meetings Meeting 144 150 21,600 2,469 Census Census 24 200 4,800 549 Meetings - Communal Organ Month 12 1,800 21,600 2,469 Total Organization and Participation 187,900 21,474

DISASTER PREVENTION MANAGEMENT Training Workshop Facilitators Workshop 36 1,313 47,268 5,402 Material Workshop 36 450 16,200 1,851 Food Workshop 36 650 23,400 2,674 Venue Workshop 36 150 5,400 617 Disaster Prevention Management Plans Diagnostic Community 12 1,690 20,280 2,318 Elaboration of Plans Community 12 2,500 30,000 3,429 Basic Rapid Response Equipment Community 12 1,500 18,000 2,057 Disaster Prevention Projects Community 12 1,500 18,000 2,057 El Salvador – Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims 30 LASA-11

Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units Colones Colones US$ Education and publicity Posters Package 12 1,250 15,000 1,714 Brochures Package 12 850 10,200 1,166 Disaster Prevention Mgmt Manual Community 12 1,200 14,400 1,646 Cultural Activities & events Community 36 750 27,000 3,086 Total Disaster Prevention Management 245,148 28,017

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Computer and printer Unit 1 13,125 13,125 1,500 Vehicle Unit 1 131,250 131,250 15,000 Total Capital Expenditure 144,375 16,500

PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT

Salaries and Benefits Project Official Month 12 8,750 105,000 12,000 Administrative Assistant Month 12 6,000 72,000 8,229 Group Health Insurance (2 persons) Year 1 17,500 17,500 2,000 Office operations Office rent Month 12 1,500 18,000 2,057 Furniture Lumpsum 2,013 230 Paper and supplies Month 12 1,000 12,000 1,371 Communication Month 12 1,000 12,000 1,371 Miscellaneous Month 12 800 9,600 1,097 Transport Vehicle maintainance Month 12 500 6,000 686 Fuel and lubricants Month 12 1,100 13,200 1,509 Vehicle insurance Year 1 8,750 8,750 1,000 Total Personnel, Administration, Operations 276,063 31,550 and Support

Administrative expenses of local Lumpsum 147,000 16,800 implementing partners

Audit and Evaluation Audit Lumpsum 10,500 1,200

TOTAL EXPENDITURE REQUESTED FROM NETWORK 3,580,431 409,192

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