Appeal No. 05EA022 PAKISTAN: EARTHQUAKE 12 December 2006 The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 185 countries. In Brief Operations Update no. 27; Period covered: August to October 2006; This Operations Update presents a revision of the objectives and budget of the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal. The new Appeal target is: CHF 165 million (USD 137 million or EUR 103 million) revised down from the previous total of CHF 227 million; Appeal coverage is: 86.7%; Outstanding needs: CHF 22 million (USD 18 million or EUR 14 million); (click here to go directly to the revised appeal budget and the interim financial report with the latest income and expenditure) (click here to go to glossary with terminology specific to Pakistan/this operation) (click here to go to infographic maps of the operation and reconstruction projects) Appeal history: • Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF) allocated: CHF 200,000. • Preliminary Emergency Appeal (launched as South Asia: Earthquake) on 9 October 2005 for CHF 10.8 million (USD 8.4 million or EUR 7 million) for four months to assist 30,000 families (some 120,000 beneficiaries). • Operations Update No. 3 of 12 October 2005 increased the Preliminary Appeal budget to CHF 73,262,000 (USD 56,616,692 or EUR 47,053,307) to assist up to 150,000 families (some 750,000 beneficiaries) for six months. • Operations Update No. 5 of 17 October 2005 revised down the number of targeted families to 70,000 (some 500,000 beneficiaries), based on the newly assessed delivery capacity and average family size of seven. • Revised Emergency Appeal launched on 25 October 2005 for CHF 152 million (USD 117 million or EUR 98 million) to assist 81,000 families (some 570,000 beneficiaries) for six months. • Revised Emergency and Recovery Appeal launched on 28 March 2006 for CHF 227 million (USD 172 million or EUR 145 million) to assist over 1,085,000 beneficiaries through to the end of 2008. • Operations update 27 revises the budget down to CHF 165 million to assist over 1,085,000 beneficiaries through to the end of 2008. Operational Summary: This operations update outlines a budget revision down of 27 percent (some CHF 67 million) from the March 2006 budget figure of 227 million. The number of targeted beneficiaries remains the same and the reduction is due largely to bilateral relationships taking over some of the funding burden, and a refining of the overall programme, with more accurate costing. It also reflects appeal coverage to date and forecast contributions, leading to a rationalization and some scaling back of activities. The appeal figure may be revised again in future if needs or funding potential increases. Building on the revised emergency and recovery appeal launched on 28 March 2006 and based on ongoing assessments, emerging and changing needs and vulnerabilities, the plan of action is a more focused and comprehensive. It reflects the transition from the emergency relief phase into recovery and reconstruction projects through to the end of 2008, whilst taking into account ongoing residual relief requirements. The plan has been shared with donors/partners. 0068E/08.03.04 Pakistan: Earthquake; Appeal no. 05EA022; Operations Update no. 27 – Revised Plan of Action 2 The plan reinforces the partnership for the way forward between the Federation and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS). PRCS will assume greater ownership of the operation with more skills development and resource allocation to play a major role in the earthquake operation. The plan is anchored in the mandate given to the Federation to serve the beneficiaries and protect human dignity effectively. The emergency relief phase is over; however residual emergency needs are still being met. This included assistance to approximately 10,000 affected people in August as a result of the monsoon and preparation to assist 13,500 vulnerable families heading into the next winter (distributions due to commence in December). The latter is part of the ‘Winter Plan’ which the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS)/International Federation is playing a role along with the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s office and various UN agencies and other humanitarian actors in meeting this need. While the government ‘owner driven’ reconstruction plan has continued with most beneficiaries receiving the compensation package of Pakistan rupees 175,000, it is estimated that fewer than 20 percent of affected people have completed reconstruction. It is estimated that 400,000 to 500,000 people (approximately 66,000 families) are most vulnerable heading into the winter and will require some form of shelter assistance. Planning has progressed on the 44 reconstruction projects and the ground work is now due to begin in March 2007 in nine of these (eight involving the Federation and one bilateral). See the map at the end of this report summarising locations of the various construction projects. Monsoon rains in August took a heavy toll on already vulnerable communities such as this The health programme continued satisfactorily with Pakistan Red family in Rashang village in Allai Valley Crescent/Federation activities focusing on the mobile health team receiving relief items from the Pakistan Red Crescent. The PRCS/Federation assisted operations. The plan is for these teams to be phased out through nearly 10,000 people during the monsoon 2007 when either permanent health facilities become available to period. communities or partners such as national societies take over their operation. The International Federation continues to maintain a delegation office in Islamabad, a field office in Mansehra, a mobile health base in Besham and a base camp in Banna (Allai Valley). The Federation is negotiating a handover of an Oxfam camp in Balakot and this process is expected to be completed in early 2007. The camp facility would have the capacity to support personnel for a range of programmes/activities. The next operations update will cover the three month period November 2006 to January 2007. An independent review is also being commissioned and its findings will be released in early 2007. For further information specifically related to this operation please contact: • Pakistan Red Crescent Society: Khalid Kibriya (secretary-general); email: [email protected] ; phone: +92 5 .925 0404; fax: +92 51 925 0408 • Federation country delegation in Pakistan: Azmat Ulla (head of delegation); email: [email protected] ; mobile: +92 300 850 3317; fax: +92 51 443 045; Udaya Regmi (deputy head of delegation); email: [email protected] mobile: +92.300.555.4502 • Federation South Asia regional delegation in India: Nina Nobel (acting head of regional delegation); email: [email protected] ; phone: +91 11 2411 1125; fax: +91 11 2411 1128 • Federation Secretariat in Geneva (Asia Pacific department): Christine South (regional officer South Asia); email: [email protected] ; phone: +41 22 730 4529; fax: +41 22 733 0395. 0068E/08.03.04 Pakistan: Earthquake; Appeal no. 05EA022; Operations Update no. 27 – Revised Plan of Action 3 Background An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale, centred 95 km northeast of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, struck at 08:50 local time (03:50 GMT) on 8 October 2005, with tremors felt across the region from Kabul to Delhi. The quake decimated large areas of northern Pakistan and northern India. The affected area of almost 30,000 square kilometres was the size of Belgium. In Pakistan, 73,000 people were killed and more than 120,000 were injured. Approximately 3.5 million people were left homeless. Operational developments Plan of action/Budget revision During the reporting period the operation structure was revised and refined and summarised in a ‘plan of action’ which is being shared with donors/partners. There is no fundamental shift in direction of the operation, but the plan of action does make some internal organisational adjustments better reflecting the reality on the ground, the current and forecast funding environment and multi-lateral and bi-lateral partnership developments. The plan of action also presents a clearer picture of the recovery phase of the operation now the emergency relief phase is complete. However, there are still ongoing residual relief activities for the winter period. The new structure is summarized as follows; Programme Project 1. Health and Care 1. Basic health care 2. HIV/AIDS 3. Psychosocial Support 4. Capacity building in Health 5. Water and Sanitation (WatSan) 2. Disaster Management / Relief 1. Relief 2. Residual Relief/winter preparedness plan 3. Disaster Management 4. Livelihood 3. Reconstruction 1. Reconstruction 4. National Society Capacity Building Various expected results relating to branch development, governance/management/planning capacity building, principles and values, advocacy and communications. The total budget relating to activities from October 2005 to the end of 2008 has been reduced from CHF 227 million by 27.3 percent to CHF 165 million due to the increased bilateral support and a review of programme objectives and budgets to better reflect real costs. The expenditure as of October 2006 stands at CHF 99 million. The major changes in the budget relate to: • Reconstruction - reduced by CHF 30.9 million • Disaster Management - reduced by CHF 10.8 million • Health and Care - reduced by CHF 9.5 million • Livelihoods - reduced by CHF 8.4 million • Water and Sanitation - reduced by CHF 2.1 million Health and Care: Budget decrease of CHF 9.5 million (47 percent) The significant reduction in the health and care budget does not affect the number of targeted beneficiaries of 200,000 people. The majority of the cuts are due to various planned activities being taken over by bilateral partners.