SECRETARIAT - 150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland - TEL: +41 22 791 6033 - FAX: +41 22 791 6506 www.actalliance.org Preliminary Appeal Afghanistan North, North-Eastern & Western Afghanistan Floods & Landslides – AFG141 Appeal Target: US$ 1,987,537 Balance Requested: US$ 1,987,537 Geneva, 16 May 2014 Dear colleagues, Since 24 April 2014 monsoon rains in the north of Afghanistan have caused flash floods which have had a devastating effect on the local population. Over 120,000 people have been affected in 16 provinces, 675 people are reported to have been killed and 17,344 families have been affected. Over 16,000 people are displaced across the north, north-eastern and north-western regions of the country. The most devastating single incident occurred on the morning of 2 May 2014, when a series of heavy rains triggered landslides and buried a village in Abi Barik located in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, causing significant loss of lives and widespread damage to homes and agriculture. In the affected provinces, flood waters have damaged homes, public infrastructure, roads and thousands of hectares of agricultural land. The ACT Alliance members Christian Aid (CA), Church World Service- Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS P/A), Hungarian Inter-church Aid (HIA), and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) along with their partners propose to provide rehabilitation assistance including WASH, shelter, livelihoods, rehabilitation of irrigation systems, food-for-work and building of awareness and knowledge in disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the provinces of Bagdghis, Jawzjan, Faryab, Balkh, Samangan and Badakhshan. AFG141 – Afghanistan – Floods & Landslides Response 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY NAMES OF ACT FORUM AND REQUESTING MEMBERS: ACT AFGHANISTAN ACT REQUESTING MEMBERS: Christian Aid (CA), Church World Service Afghanistan/Pakistan (CWS P/A), Hungarian Inter-church Aid (HIA) & Norwegian Church aid (NCA) THE CRISIS Heavy rainfall and landslides in north, north-western and western Afghanistan PRIORITY NEEDS include: food and non-food items, drinking water, sanitation facilities, tents, tarpaulins, blankets and kitchen utensil; flood mitigation materials such as sandbags, shovels, excavators and flood protection walls; medicine to prevent outbreak of water borne diseases, expansion of health emergency response and protection for IDPs. PROPOSED EMERGENCY RESPONSE KEY PARAMETERS: CA CWS P/A HIA NCA Start/Completion 12 month implementation period: June 2014 to end May 2015 Dates Geographic areas of Bagdghis Jawzjan & Samangan Faryab, Jawzjan & response Badakhshan Badakhshan Provinces Sectors of response & Housing Livelihood Livelihood WASH projected target Livelihood Rehab irrigation Food for work Livelihood population per sector Cash for work systems Rehabilitation of Rehab & protection Irrigation DRR water canals of irrigation facilities protection Community based DRR DRR TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF PRELIMINARY APPEAL REQUIREMENTS BY ACT MEMBER AND SECTOR: Preliminary Appeal Target CA CWS P/A HIA NCA Total Target US$ Total requirements US$ 166,357 550,421 320,113 950,646 1,987,537 Less: pledges/contributions US$ 0 0 0 0 0 Balance of requirements US$ 166,357 550,421 320,113 950,646 1,987,537 TABLE 2: REPORTING SCHEDULE Type of Report CA CWS HIA NCA Situation reports Monthly Interim narrative & financial report 31 December 2014 Final narrative & financial report 31 July 2015 Audit report & management letter 31 August 2015 AFG141 – Afghanistan – Floods & Landslides Response 3 Please kindly send your contributions to either of the following ACT bank accounts: US dollar Euro Account Number - 240-432629.60A Euro Bank Account Number - 240-432629.50Z IBAN No: CH46 0024 0240 4326 2960A IBAN No: CH84 0024 0240 4326 2950Z Account Name: ACT Alliance UBS AG 8, rue du Rhône P.O. Box 2600 1211 Geneva 4, SWITZERLAND Swift address: UBSWCHZH80A Please also inform the Director of Finance Jean-Daniel Birmele ([email protected]) and the Senior Programme Officer, Sudhanshu Singh of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers. 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 Senior Programme Officer, Sudhanshu Singh (phone +41 22 791 6035 or mobile phone +41 79 285 2916) Or ACT Acting Deputy General Secretary and Director of Programmes, Pauliina Parhiala (phone + 41 22 7916069 or mobile phone + 41 79 963 5333) ACT Web Site address: http://www.actalliance.org Pauliina Parhiala Acting Deputy General Secretary & Director of Programmes ACT Alliance Secretariat AFG141 – Afghanistan – Floods & Landslides Response 4 II. NARRATIVE SUMMARY DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY: Since 24 April 2014 monsoon rains in the north of Afghanistan have caused flash floods which have had a devastating effect on the local population. Over 120,000 people have been reported to be affected in 16 separate provinces, 675 people are reported to have been killed and 17,344 families have been affected. Over 16,000 people are displaced across the north, north-eastern and north-western regions of the country. The most devastating single incident occurred on the morning of 2 May 2014, when a series of heavy rains triggered landslides and buried a village in Abi Barik located in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, causing significant loss of lives and widespread damage to homes and agriculture. In the affected provinces, flood waters have damaged homes, public infrastructure, roads and thousands of hectares of agricultural land. The ACT Alliance members Christian Aid, Church World Service- Pakistan/Afghanistan, Hungarian Inter-church Aid, and Norwegian Church Aid propose to provide rehabilitation assistance in the provinces of Bagdghis, Jawzjan, Faryab, Balkh, Samangan and Badakhshan. In Jawzjan Province the worst affected districts are Qushtepa, Darzab and Khwaja Dukoh. Within the province, more than 4,200 families have been affected, 65 people have died, 2500 homes have been destroyed and 2,300 families have been displaced. In Faryab, the most destructive damage has occurred in Khsabzposh, Pashtunkot, Maymana, Shirintagab, Bilchiragh, Garziwan, Dawlatabad, Qaysar and Almar districts. Assessments carried out so far in the province indicate that 47 people have died, 3,028 families are affected, 14,885 animals are lost, 209 wells are destroyed, and severe damage has occurred to a number of micro hydro power stations, irrigation water canals and protection walls to land irrigation systems. In addition agricultural land is flooded, water pools have been contaminated, irrigation water canals are affected and over 60 houses have either been destroyed or damaged. In Bagdghis Province, 16 people have been reported killed, eight of whom have been confirmed in an area that is close to the provincial border with Herat Province. The deaths in Bagdghis include six people from the same family. Overall, 181 families have been affected and 140 houses have either been destroyed or damaged. Flood waters have also washed away large areas of standing crops, orchards and irrigation canals. In Samangan province, flash floods hit the provincial capital Aybak twice in one week. In total, in the province one person has been confirmed killed and 829 families have been affected by the floods. In the villages in the Aybak district assessed by HIA, an electricity dam has been destroyed, 50 metres of retaining wall has been washed away and 223 Jerib of garden land has been destroyed. HIA have carried out assessments in the Sholgara, Keshendeh and Khulm districts of Balkh province. In Sholgara and Keshendeh districts 2983 individuals (413) families have been affected and 110 houses have either been destroyed or damaged. Agricultural land in both districts has been badly hit. The worst affected areas are east of Khulm district where 13 villages have been worst hit with 2,000 families (out of a provincial total of 2,513), affected. The only reported fatalities (4) from the province occurred here and over 102 individuals are so far reported injured. The main road between Mazar and Samangan is damaged in two areas. Bridges have been destroyed affecting thousands of school going children. As mentioned, on 2 May a landslide occurred in Nowabad area of Abi-Barak village, Argo district in Badakhshan province. To-date loss of life in the province is estimated to be 503 but this figure is not exact as the number of casualties in the Argo district has not been confirmed. It is feared that the figures could be as high as 2,500. 1,056 families have been affected and over 300 houses are completely destroyed. There have been offers of international assistance to search for survivors however, reports suggest that there is little hope of finding survivors who have been buried under metres of mud. AFG141 – Afghanistan – Floods & Landslides Response 5 The following table is a record of the Emergency as assessed to date (12 May). Province No of No of Persons Families Houses Houses Districts Districts Killed Affected Damaged Destroyed Affected Assessed Jawzjan 8 3 65 4,200 - 100 Faryab 12 6 47 3,028 50 10 Sar-a-pul 6 4 28 2,737 2148 682 Balkh 5 1 4 2,513 502 607 Baghlan 10 8 8 1,645 907 637 Badakhshan 9 5 503* 1,056 - 330 Argo district being assessed Samangan 6 2 1 829 455 402 Kabul 5 4 - 396 300 96 Ghor 6 3 1 247 11 26 Logar 1 1 2 228 40 88 Takhar 3 1 - 184 85 99 Bagdghis 4 3 16 181 90 50 Bamyan 4 2 - 45 20 22 Hirat 3 2 - 43 35 8 Parwan 2 - - 12 - - Wardak 4 - - - - - Being Assessed Grand Total 88 45 675 1,7344 4,643 3,157 *Confirmation of initial casualty estimates in Argo district still pending assessment completion. Table courtesy of OCHA, Country Emergency Report No. Six. ACTIONS TO DATE & EMERGENCY NEEDS: ACT members participating in this appeal and their national partners are closely monitoring the situation and have carried out assessments in the provinces of Bagdghis, Faryab, Jawzjan, Samangan, Balkh and Badakhshan.