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 Philippines Typhoon Fengshen – Crisis and Post-crisis Rehabilitation Activities ASPH81 Appeal Target: US$ 509,591 Geneva, 8 August 2008 Dear Colleagues, On 22 June 2008, Typhoon Fengshen, with maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the centre and gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour, battered the Philippines, leaving behind a trail of destruction to life, property, livelihood and public infrastructure in 12 regions. On 23 June 2008 an ACT Alert was issued by the ACT Coordinating Office, summarizing the extent of the typhoon and indicating that ACT members Christian Aid (CA) and the National Council of Churches of the Philippines (NCCP) were planning to respond to assist affected persons and communities. The initial request of these members was for Rapid Response Fund (RRF) assistance, and accordingly an RRF for US$ 50,000 was issued on 30 June 2008, with US$ 25,000 each for Christian Aid and the NCCP. For Christian Aid the immediate relief phase terminated on 10 July, but continuing needs exist with poor communities in Sibuyan Island and Iloilo Province. For the NCCP the rapid response phase is continuing, and additional relief as well as livelihood assistance is projected. Proposals for an Appeal have now been received by the ACT Coordinating Office, and the Appeal is hereby submitted for your consideration. 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. Philippines – Typhoon Fengshen 2 ASPH81 Appeal Project Completion Date: Christian Aid - 30 April 2009 NCCP - 31 March 2009 Reporting schedule: Reports due ACT CO Christian Aid NCCP Interim narrative & financial 30 November 2008 30 November 2008 Final narrative & financial 30 June 2009 31 May 2009 Audit 31 July 2009 30 June 2009 Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested Christian Aid NCCP Total Target US$ Appeal Targets 141,460 368,131 509,591 Less: Pledges/Contr Recd 0 0 0 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance 141,460 368,131 509,591 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, Michelle Yonetani ([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, Michelle Yonetani (phone +41 22 791 6035 or mobile phone +41 79 285 2916) John Nduna Director, ACT CO Philippines – Typhoon Fengshen 3 ASPH81 Appeal I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION The two requesting members for this appeal are: - National Council of Churches of the Philippines - Christian Aid II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER AND PARTNER INFORMATION • NCCP: The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) is a conciliar body formed in 1963 and presently composed of ten member churches and nine Christian service organizations. The NCCP has sustained its commitment of providing emergency assistance to marginalized communities caught up in man-made and natural calamities through its Relief and Rehabilitation program under the Program Unit on Faith, Witness and Service. It provides relief and rehabilitation assistance and education and training on disaster management/preparedness. It organizes disaster response committees/programs among its member churches especially in identified disaster- prone localities. NCCP reaches out to the most vulnerable sectors of society (farmers, fisher folk, workers, urban poor, indigenous communities, women and children) in its delivery of relief and rehabilitation assistance. It has volunteers and implementing partners, organized as disaster response committees/programs to facilitate in the implementation of responses/programs. These local implementing partners and volunteers have undergone various education and training activities initiated by the Council. The NCCP’s Relief and Rehabilitation Program is registered, accredited and licensed to operate by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). It is also one of the three interfaith groups accredited by DSWD to help in the monitoring of relief goods distribution provided by the national government to the local level and submit monitoring reports and recommendations to DSWD, to better ensure that donated relief goods and other government resources are distributed to clients consistent with the policy of equitable distribution. The most recent ACT appeals implemented by NCCP are ASPH-61 Assistance to Survivors of Leyte Landslide, ASPH-62- Mayon Volcano Assistance and ASPH-63- Typhoon Durian Emergency Assistance. Implementing Partners: The NCCP will implement the project through its member churches and the regional ecumenical councils in the affected areas. In Western Visayas, the member churches include Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC), Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), United Methodist Church and The Salvation Army (TSA). The Western Visayas Ecumenical Council (WVEC), one of the most enduring and active regional ecumenical councils, will act as the secretariat of the coordinating body in the Western Visayas Region. In Southern Tagalog, the project will be coordinated by the Romblon Mindoro Ecumenical Council (ROMINEC) which is composed of the same churches present in Western Visayas. In Mindanao, the project shall be implemented through the Cotabato Regional Ecumenical Council (COREC) as well as the partners of the Lutheran World Relief (LWR). In other areas, the project will be implemented with existing ecumenical partners of NCCP. NCCP and the partners are committed to the Sphere Standards, the Code of Conduct in Disaster Relief and the ACT Policies and Guidelines. Philippines – Typhoon Fengshen 4 ASPH81 Appeal • Christian Aid: Christian Aid has been supporting development and relief activities through local partner NGOs in the Philippines for over 30 years. The overall goal of Christian Aid’s programme in the Philippines is to support existing and new partner organisations in their work with poor and marginalised groups, indigenous people, the landless and the poor. Christian Aid focuses its activities in the Philippines primarily on the following priority issues: agrarian reform, emergency response and disaster preparedness, democracy, local governance and human rights, conflict management and resolution and natural resource extraction and mining. Rapid emergency response and rehabilitation are priority issues for Christian Aid’s partners. Disaster preparedness components form an integral part of Christian Aid’s regular development programmes in the Philippines. Christian Aid and the partners are committed to the Sphere Standards and the ACT Policies and Guidelines. Implementing Partners: Legal Rights and Natural Resources Centre (LRC)/ Sibuyan ISLE. LRC is a policy and legal research and advocacy institution. Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment, Inc, commonly known as Sibuyan ISLE, is a Philippine multi-sectoral people's non-profit organization duly registered at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Both these organizations have strong links with the Catholic Church networks in the regions. CA has been supporting LRC/Sibuyan Isle for the anti-mining advocacy coalition programmes. LRC/Sibuyan Isle has just completed the RRF funded relief programmes. Panay Rural Development Center Incorporated (PRDCI-PhilNet) PRDCI was established in July 15, 1996 originally as the Rural Development Institute-Panay. It is a member of the Philippine Network of Rural Development Institutes or Philnet-RDI which is a long-standing partner of Christian Aid. PRDCI’s goals include: strong economy of rural households; food security in communities served; participatory governance in villages served and a sustainably managed Magapa-Suague River Watershed. They work in the eight municipalities including six that comprise the Magapa-Suague river basin: Janiuay, Maasin, Mina, Badlangan, Pototan and New Lucena and two service areas of Barotac Nuevo and Dumangas. PRDCI and Philnet-RDI are active partners in the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Programme of Christian Aid. PRDCI is an active member of the Iloilo Council of NGOs and People’s Organizations (ICON). PRDCI just completed a relief programme in the proposed areas of the rehabilitation programmes. III. DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION On 22 June 2008, Typhoon Fengshen, with maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the centre and gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour, battered