STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND INCREASING RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITIES OF CAYLLOMA, AREQUIPA. ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2018 – SEPTEMBER 2019 GENERAL PROJECT INFORMATION STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES FOR DISASTER RISK Project Title REDUCTION AND INCREASING RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITIES OF CAYLLOMA, AREQUIPA. Award number 72OFDA18GR00319 Registration number REQ-OFDA-18-000751 Start date October 01, 2018 Duration 15 months Country / region: Peru / department of Arequipa, province of Caylloma. Reported period: April 2019 – September 2019 Date of report: October 23, 2019. Adventist Development and Relief Agency International - ADRA INTERNATIONAL Report for: Debra Olson, Program Manager, Program Implementation Unit. Nestor Mogollon, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation. Adventist Development and Relief Agency Perú – ADRA Perú Víctor Huamán, project manager. Report by: cell phone: 51 - 997 555 483 - email: [email protected] Erick Quispe, local coordinator. cell phone: 51 - 966 315 430 - email: [email protected] REPORTE ANUAL: OCTUBRE 2018 – SETIEMBRE 2019 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since 2016 the Sabancaya volcano has registered permanent eruptive activity with emissions of gases, ashes and earthquakes, which together with other natural phenomena such as frosts, intense rains and landslides, interrupt local development and affect thousands of people in the province of Caylloma. For this reason, the project aims to integrate disaster risk reduction into institutional management tools of local governments in the Province of Caylloma, with the participation of the population and collaboration at the regional and national levels. The project called "Allichakusun ante desastres" (“Prepared for disasters”) is implemented in two sectors and the reached for the length of award is: (1) agriculture and food security with 545 beneficiaries, and (2) disaster risk reduction policy and practices with 10,014 beneficiaries sensitized, 392 beneficiaries trained, and 339 beneficiaries (54 belong to the community) involved in the development of contingency plans and others. In order to improve agriculture and food security in vulnerable agricultural populations, farmers' households were sensitized, trained and encouraged to implement in their homes (1) an Emergency Family Plan, (2) Emergency backpack, bag or lliclla1 with basic elements of first need, and (3) have food for emergency or disaster situations. In alliance with the Colca Valley Board of Users (of irrigators), the population was summoned to develop the "Allichalusun Family" contest. Sensitization to DRR issues was carried out through various strategies and local media, which were selected after a communicational diagnosis. The project identified nine awareness-raising strategies, such as: messages and recommendations on social networks, production of testimonial videos with beneficiaries, awareness-raising parades, promotion and participation in drills, information fairs with models, costumes and puppets, local radio programs on DRR, among others. Local authorities, officials and leaders, as well as young volunteers, strengthened their capacities in the management of instruments for disaster risk reduction, with the participation of regional technical and scientific institutions such as CENEPRED, INDECI, IGP, and INGEMMET. A Provincial Emergency Operations Center (COEP) was implemented, with furniture and computer equipment, communication, information technology, radio transmitter, portable VHF radio-repeater, electric auto generator, etc., for a better response to emergencies or disasters at the local level. Four low temperature contingency plans were prepared (03 district and 01 provincial). A Multi-Hazard Risk Scenario and the Provincial Disaster Risk Prevention and Reduction Plan are being developed. These are being developed with the participation of the community and local stakeholders, with 54 people belonging to the community are participating in discussions of DRR strategies, and 51 organizations and institutions involved. Figure 1: [left] Technical Secretary (with lliclla) of Civil Defense and [right] volunteer in training workshop. 1 Lliclla: It is a woven blanket worn by women in the Peruvian Andes with multiple uses. REPORTE ANUAL: OCTUBRE 2018 – SETIEMBRE 2019 2. PROJECT AREA INFORMATION The project team is installed in the capital of the province of Caylloma, Chivay, which is a centrally located town between the margins of the Colca Canyon, and connects to the capital of the Arequipa region located 166 km away. On the left margin of the Colca Canyon are the districts of Yanque, Ichupampa, Achoma, Maca, Cabanaconde, and Huambo, and on the right margin Coporaque, Lari and Madrigal. However, the districts of Huanca and Lluta are accessed from Arequipa. 3. RESULTS ACHIEVED BY TECHNICAL SECTOR 3.1 SUMMARY OF BENEFICIARIES REACHED BY THE PROJEC Target Reached in Cumulative Cumulative % Reached in TECHNICAL for the reporting the reporting Target for Reached the reporting SECTOR period period the length period (Beneficiaries) (Beneficiaries) of award SECTOR 1 Subsector 1 485 530 109% 500 545 SECTOR 2 Subsector 1 2500 9571 382,8 % 3000 10,014 Subsector 2 300 392 130,6 % 300 392 Subsector 3 50 54 108 % 50 54 3.2 SECTOR 1: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY % Cumulative Cumulative Target Reached SECTOR 1 - Subsector 1: Reached Target for Reached for the in the Improving Agricultural in the the length reporting reporting Production/Food Security reporting of award period period period Indicator 1: Number of months of 4 0 0% 4 0 household food self-sufficiency as a result of improved agricultural production programming. Indicator 2: Number of people 485 530 109% 500 545 directly benefiting from improving (309 men, (321 men, agricultural production and/or food 221 224 women) security activities. women) Indicator 3: Number of kg of food 4950 Kg 512 Kg 10,3% 4950 Kg 512 Kg processed and/or preserved using (2) the techniques promoted by the project. Indicator 4: Percentage of 30% 4,4 % 15% 30% 4,4 % attendees that are applying the (3) ancestral techniques of processing and conservation of foods. 2 This progress has been measured in 17 of the 33 finalists of the "Allichakusun family" competition. 3 This progress has been measured in 22 of the 33 finalists in the "Allichakusun family" competition. REPORTE ANUAL: OCTUBRE 2018 – SETIEMBRE 2019 Sub – Sector 1: Improving Agricultural Production/Food Security Indicator 1: Number of months of household food self-sufficiency as a result of improved agricultural production programming. This indicator will be measured at the end of the project, due to the fact that the initial intervention strategy of sector 1 was modified, from working with the Community Promoters to strengthen families in the area of food security, to a contest "Allichakusun Families" and training for families through a specialist contest. It should also be mentioned that the activities in this sector were not aimed at improving agricultural production, but rather at improving food security in emergency situations and disasters. Contest "Allichakusun Families": Faced with the occurrence of emergencies and disasters that significantly affect the availability of food, the Project through the contest "Allichakusun Family" (prepared family), promoted the strengthening of the capacities of the inhabitants of the Colca Valley, in practices such as the implementation of the Emergency Family Plan, Emergency Backpack, techniques of transformation and storage of agricultural products (such as dried potato, mashka4, morón5, wiñapo6, grain flour, among others) in situations of emergencies or disasters to improve the availability of food at the family level. After a first call with political authorities of the province, with limited response, actions were coordinated with the community organization called Board of Users of the Colca Valley responsible for the distribution of irrigation water, who supported the call for beneficiaries in this sector. The evaluation of the implementation of the practices promoted by the contest was carried out through home visits, verifying the implementation of the emergency family plan, backpack, bag or lliclla, and food processing and storage practices, where it was appreciated that people applied techniques that have been executed for some time, which were reinforced and refined by the project. It was also observed that the participants store their products in pans or clay pots which give better conservation conditions to their dry grains and the potato is kept in fresh places free of direct light to prevent them from germinating or deteriorating. Figure 2: [left] Wheat roasting process to prepare Mashka. center] Grinding process with grain stones to obtain flour. [right] contestant explaining her family's emergency plan. Exhibition Fair: It took place within the context of the Colca Valley Users' Meeting in the Minor Town of Pinchollo in the district of Cabanaconde, in September 2019. The winning families of the "Allichakusun Family" Contest of the districts of Canocota, Coporaque, Huambo, Cabanaconde participated, and with each one a stand was organized in which they presented the practices 4 Mashka: flour that is commonly made on the basis of roasted and ground barley, corn or wheat. 5 Morón: peeled wheat, toasted a coarsely ground (broken). 6 Wiñapo or Guiñapo: variety of black or purple corn, sprouted, used to prepare drinks. REPORTE ANUAL: OCTUBRE 2018 – SETIEMBRE 2019 promoted by the project that they implemented in their homes to the visitors,