150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Tel: 41 22 791 6033 Fax: 41 22 791 6506 e-mail: [email protected] Appeal Coordinating Office Angola Relief & Rehabilitation – AFAO-01 (Revision 1) Total Appeal Target: US$ 3,802,374 Balance Requested from ACT Network US$ 3,050,965 Geneva, 10 April 2000 Dear Colleagues, Further to the Appeal AFAO-01 issued on 10 March, 2000 for ACT member, Lutheran World Federation/Department of World Service (LWF/DWS), other ACT members in Angola, namely the Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola (IERA) and Church Action in Angola (CAA), have submitted proposals for implementing emergency programs in other parts of the war torn country. While IERA plans to provide assistance to 6,000 families in Uige and Kwanza-Sul Provinces, CAA, through its implementing partner – the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) will assist 3,875 families in Bengo and Kwanza-Sul Provinces. The beneficiaries are from among the large numbers of internally displaced people (IDP) as well as returnees from refugee camps abroad. The major program components include: · Food & non-food items · Health, Water & Sanitation · Agriculture · Education & training · Community infrastructure For the sake of brevity, the Lutheran World Federation/Department of World Service (henceforth referred to as LWS) program and budget details as outlined in the original Appeal document is not repeated in this revision. The total Appeal Target above however is inclusive of LWS’ request. ACT is a worldwide network of churches and related agencies meeting human need through coordinated emergency response. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland. Angola – Relief & Rehabilitation 2 Appeal AFAO01 Revision 1 Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contrib. Recd. and Balance Requested (in US$) CAA CCA/ACM IERA LWS Total Appeal Targets 58,879 210,241 773,237 2,338,514 3,802,375 421,504 Less: Pledges/Contr. Recd Cash 31,000 31,000 Inkind 25,000 695,410 720,410 Balance Requested from ACT 58,879 631,745 748,237 1,612,104 3,050,965 The implementation schedule of the Appeal is as follows: CAA Co-ordination – April 2000 – March 2001 ACM Project implementation – April 2000 – March 2001 IERA Project implementation – April 2000 – October 2000 LWF Project implementation – March 2000 – February 2001 Please kindly send your contributions to the ACT bank account and inform this office of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers. Please note the Pledge Form is no longer attached with the Appeal. Account Number - 102539/0.01.061 (USD) Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together Banque Edouard Constant Cours de Rive 11 Case postale 3754 1211 Genève 3 SWITZERLAND 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 Co-ordinator, Thor-Arne Prois (phone 41 22 791 6033 or mobile phone ++ 41 79 203 6055) or ACT Appeals Officer, John Nduna (phone +41 22 791 6040 or mobile phone ++41 79 433 0592) ACT Web Site address: http://www.act-intl.org Thor-Arne Prois ACT Coordinator Angola – Relief & Rehabilitation 3 Appeal AFAO01 Revision 1 Angola – Relief & Rehabilitation 4 Appeal AFAO01 Revision 1 CO-ORDINATION - CAA I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER · Church Action in Angola (CAA), is an ecumenical aid consortium of Angolan churches and NGOs, Northern Christian agencies and international networks which aims to work cooperatively to provide relief, rehabilitation and long-term development programs in Angola. II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER One of the key reasons for existence of CAA is the provision of support to local partners involved in emergency and rehabilitation work. This covers activities in the entire project cycle from assessment and Participatory Appraisals through proposal drafting, to execution, monitoring and report writing. A dedicated Program Officer who works full time in liaison with partners, carries out this work, with support from the CAA Program Director. Since the establishment of CAA, the office has supported partners in a large number of emergency projects, building up capacity in partners and preparedness in local communities. III. DESCRIPTION of the EMERGENCY SITUATION Fighting all over Angola over the past 18 months has resulted in huge displacements of communities, affecting almost all provinces. Although the government forces’ offensive of September 1999 resulted in the reacquisition of many areas previously outside government control and the establishment of a degree of calm for a period, guerrilla attacks have still been taking place in many areas. The beginning of 2000 has seen renewed attacks all over Angola and this has led to fresh displacements. Families often have to leave their villages very suddenly following attacks and as a result are left with nothing. Immediate problems facing not only displaced families but also residents are lack of food, basic household goods (due to robbery), lack of access to water and sanitation and lack of agricultural inputs to create medium- term food security. Another priority raised by all CAA partners has been education and health. Basic education provision is sorely needed for children but also for adults, in terms of civic education, human rights, reconciliation, etc work to help communities build the culture of peace that Angola so badly needs. IV. PROJECT GOAL AND OBJECTIVES To build the capacity of CAA partners in their responses to emergency situations, encourage greater co- operation and information sharing as well as increase opportunities for Angolan organisations to receive financing from international donors to carry out emergency and rehabilitation work. Objectives · Provide support to partners throughout the project cycle; · Hold at least 6 meetings annually, including all CAA partner project directors, on emergency and rehabilitation work; · Respond to the training needs of partners in emergency and rehabilitation work; · Monitor the implementation of emergency and rehabilitation projects together with partners and encourage learning from mistakes made; · Encourage inter-partner exchanges to facilitate mutual learning. The advantages of working through local organisations in emergency interventions include greater access Angola – Relief & Rehabilitation 5 Appeal AFAO01 Revision 1 to populations in need, local strength in terms of volunteers and church members, existence of structures that are already in place. These factors should improve cost effectiveness in emergency and other interventions. An additional longer-term benefit of working through local structures is the building up, through support provided, of local capacity and ability to get involved in discussions of a wider nature to do with the conflict and how to bring about a lasting peace in Angola. Notwithstanding these advantages, it is still the case that Angolan organisations have a number of serious weaknesses when it comes to project analysis and development. Different organisations, including members of CAA, have very widely varying capacities in this regard and whereas some are currently able to elaborate and implement projects to standards approaching those agreed internationally for humanitarian interventions, others are still some way off this target. The purpose of the CAA E&R officer relates directly to this – to contribute to creating, sustaining and improving the strength and capacity of local organisations in all aspects of emergency and rehabilitation work. This will be achieved through direct support and advice, focussed training initiatives based on identified needs, joint visits to the field and facilitation of experience and information sharing through regular planned meetings and workshops. V. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES The following CAA partners are active in the field of emergency and rehabilitation work: IECA (Congregationalist church), IEBA (Baptist church), IERA (Reformed church), IKA (Kimbanguist Church), ACM (Angolan YMCA), ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency), LWF, CICA (Angolan council of Christian Churches), AEA (the Evangelical Alliance) and FONGA (Forum for Angolan NGOs). The key to CAA’s co-ordination of this work is the bringing of stronger and weaker organisations together to raise the overall quality of the work carried out by Angolan organisations in this field. VI. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE This project aims to support CAA partners in Angola in their emergency work and is not an emergency intervention in itself. Emergency interventions by Angolan organisations continue, especially in those areas of Angola where international agencies do not have a presence. Current interventions in which the CAA E&R program officer has a significant advisory and/or coordination role include the following: · Three partner intervention in Uige province, implemented by ACM (Angola YMCA), IERA (the Reformed Church) and IKA (the Kimbanguist Church). This project has supported up to 20,000 IDPs from northeastern Uige province with basic needs and shelter. · Three-province/four partner intervention in Zaire, Bengo and Kwanza-Sul provinces with ACM, USODEC (a church-based member of the Forum for Angolan NGOs) and IKA. This project, with a budget of just over $700,000, supports the immediate emergency needs and longer-term food security requirements of 35,000 IDP. VII. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION,