150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Appeal Tel: 41 22 791 6033 Fax: 41 22 791 6506 E-mail: [email protected] Haiti Coordinating Office Emergency Response to Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna & Ike - LAHT81 Revision 1 Appeal Target: US$ 1,429,428 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance US$ 5,750 Geneva, 15 October 2009 Dear Colleagues, From August 15 to September 8, 2008 all 10 departments of Haiti were hit by 1 or more of 4 tropical storms and hurricanes, namely Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike. The damage was extensive. According to the official statistics of October 2008, 793 people were killed, and 310 persons reported missing. Altogether 165,337 families have been affected, 22,702 houses destroyed and 84,625 damaged. School opening which was due on September 8th was postponed by government decree for one month due to complete/partial destruction of school structures, affecting at least 40,000 children. Some schools were used as temporary shelters. Agricultural land and crops were destroyed and a significant amount of livestock lost. Infrastructure, such as water and sanitation, telephone and electrical systems, roads and bridges were damaged making access to many areas impossible and hampering aid efforts, economic activities, access to food and health care. The ACT alliance responded to the disaster as soon as a rapid assessment could be done through a preliminary appeal issued on 10 September 2008. Detailed assessments resulted in the issuing of the full appeal on 11 November 2008. Christian Aid is working together with its partners KORAL and GRAMIR. KORAL is assisting families in the departments of West, South and Nippes with scholarships, school material, seeds, tools and animals. GRAMIR is assisting farmer families with distribution of seed, tools and training in farming and breeding. Beneficiaries targeted amount to 4,000 families. LWF, together with its implementing partners CODAB, FPH, CHAAB and SCH is currently working on the rehabilitation of secondary roads connecting the households to markets in the South East Department, the rehabilitation of schools in Gonaives, and the protection of water catchment in the South East Department. In addition, LWF partner SCH is repairing houses and distributing seeds to affected farmers. The number of beneficiaries amount to a minimum of 30,000 persons. ACT is a global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and support communities in emergencies worldwide. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland. Haiti – Emergency Response to Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike LAHT81 Rev. 1 HEKS/ EPER together with its implementing partners is providing support to rehabilitation of homes, replanting of crops and supply of tools for farmers and beekeepers. A total of 965 families are targeted. Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) is repairing damaged houses, rehabilitating school buildings and providing payments of school fees for 150 children. The component is expected to benefit 600 families and 900 school children. This revision is being issued to show LWF and DKH increased budget, as the amount of funds received is higher than originally planned for. Both components were also extended. As for Christian Aid, a third partner, VETERIMED, was originally included in the ACT appeal. However, it was later decided to implement this particular component outside of the ACT appeal. The appeal has been fully coordinated among ACT members at the ACT forum. Members adhere to the Code of Conduct of Humanitarian Aid. The members have monitored the implementation at peer level and made sure that duplication was avoided. LWF and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe component have been funded much above target and a revision has therefore been made for these portions. The appeal was well coordinated by the Forum and well funded along the implementation. The Forum plans to undertake a facilitated review of the appeal after completion date. The review will be funded partly with funds included in the budgets under CAID and LWF, partly funded through additional fund. CAID will be be in charge of managing the review, recruit the facilitator and provide a report to the alliance after completion. ACT CO will provide technical support to the review. Project Completion Date: Christian Aid: 30 September 2009 – extended to 31 October 2009 Lutheran World Federation: 31 July 2009 – extended to 31 October 2009 EPER / HEKS: 31 July 2009 Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe: 15 April 2009 – extended to 31 August 2009 Reporting schedule Reports due ACT Review /Christian DKH Christian Aid LWF EPER/HEKS CO Aid Interim narrative 30 April 2009 28 February 2009 28 February 15 January & financial 2009 2009 Final narrative & 15 January 2010 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 October financial 2009 2009 2009 2009 31 January 31 January 2010 31 October 30 November Audit 2010 2009 2009 Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested Review Christian LWF HEKS DKH Total Aid Appeal Targets 17,850 274,381** 803,438** 128,600 205,159 1,429,428 Less: Pledges/Contr. 12,100 274,381** 803,438** 94,954 204,881 1,389,754 Recd Balance Requested 5,750 0 0 33,646* 278* 5,750* from ACT Alliance * The HEKS and DKH components are both over at the time of issuing the appeal revision 1, therefore, they are not included in the total balance requested. 2 Haiti – Emergency Response to Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike LAHT81 Rev. 1 ** CAID (2,915 US$) and LWF (3,500 US$) have both put aside funds received for their component in order to transfer them to the appeal review. The amounts reflected here already take this transfer into account. The budget for the review will be managed by CAID. Please kindly send your contributions to either of the following ACT bank accounts: US dollar Account Number - 240-432629.60A IBAN No: CH46 0024 0240 4326 2960A Euro Euro Bank Account Number - 240-432629.50Z IBAN No: CH84 0024 0240 4326 2950Z Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together UBS AG 8, rue du Rhône P.O. Box 2600 1211 Geneva 4, SWITZERLAND Swift address: UBSWCHZH80A Please also inform the Finance Officer Jessie Kgoroeadira ([email protected]) and the Programme Officer, Michael Zschiegner ([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 Director, John Nduna (phone +41 22 791 6033 or mobile phone + 41 79 203 6055) or ACT Program Officer, Michael Zschiegner, (phone +41 22 791 6420 or mobile phone +41 79 608 8133) Robert White Deputy Director, ACT Co-ordinating Office 3 Haiti – Emergency Response to Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike LAHT81 Rev. 1 A. OVERALL RESPONSE ISSUES I. GOAL OF THE APPEAL Contribute to the recovery of the most vulnerable groups impacted by the flooding and devastation from Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike in Haiti. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION From August 15 to September 8, 2008 all 10 departments of Haiti have been hit by 1 or more of 4 tropical storms and hurricanes, namely Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike. The damages have been extensive and are still being assessed as some areas in the country remain without access. According to the official statistics by Haitian state authorities (Updated 1.10.2008), 793 human lives have been lost, 310 are missing, 165,337 families have been affected, 22,702 houses destroyed and 84,625 damaged. School opening which was due on September 8th has been postponed by government decree for one month due to complete/partial destruction of school structures severely hit by landslides (mud), affecting overall at least 40,000 children. In addition, many schools have been/are still being used as temporary shelters. In some areas, such as Gonaives where the majority of schools are destroyed, the school start has been further postponed. Agricultural land and crops of corn, rice, banana, potato and beans have been destroyed as well as has access to agricultural areas. Losses in livestock (cattle, poultry and other domestic animals) are significant. Infrastructure, such as water, telephone and electrical systems has suffered, as well as roads and bridges, making access to many areas impossible and hampering both aid efforts, economic activities, access to food and markets as well as health care. This situation came in an already precarious situation in terms of food insecurity, where the “Coordination Nationale de Sécurité Alimentaire” (CNSA) estimated in its July 2008 report that around 2 million people were in a situation of moderate to acute food insecurity and the report included warnings that a difficult cyclonic season might increase this number to 4 million by December 2008. This has now become a realistic possibility with the extent of the devastation. While previous disasters in Haiti have also hit hard and resulted in more human casualties, they have been geographically contained and e.g. destruction of crops has been compensated by other areas of the country. This time it will not be possible. The first indications within the work of UN Early Recovery cluster indicate that the combination of high food prices since last spring and the devastation of the storms are starting to contribute to a recorded increase in acute malnutrition cases. WFP and CNSA are due to release information related to this during the course of October. The context is also highly conflictive with the raising food and fuel prices since early spring 2008 that already resulted in violent riots in April 2008.