Source

Amount Sent: US$ 55,857

Date: 17 December 2009

(Please note this is additional to the previous RRF payment issued for this emergency for UELCI on 11 December, hence number 17b.)

Details of Response

Emergency: Tamil Nadu Floods

Date of Emergency: November 2009

Implementing Member:

Lutheran World Service India (LWSI) with their local partner Don Bosco. Don Bosco has organised community colleges,

A series of earthquakes hit the Karonga district in northern Malawi between 6 December and 12 December 2009. One of the earthquakes registered 5.8 on Richter scale and completely razed many houses. One death was registered and more than 16 people were seriously injured and admitted to government hospitals. Many public institutions have been closed because of cracks and instability in buildings that has left them life-threatening if occupied. So far 16,512 people have been affected. At the same time the districts of Chikwawa and Thyolo in southern

Issued by Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan and Norwegian Church Aid

Background:

Since the start of December, immediately following the Eid holidays in Pakistan, terrorist attacks have occurred at various key locations in Pakistan. Most attacks targeted government or military areas, but markets and a mosque were also attacked. On December 1, a Member of Provincial Assembly and two of his brothers were killed in Peshawar when a suicide attack occurred near his home. Another suicide attack claimed the lives of a Naval personnel and police officer at the

Balance Requested: US$ 358,276

Geneva, 9 December 2009

Dear Colleagues,

On 26 September 2009 Typhoon Ketsana (local name Ondoy) lashed the National Capital Region, Southern and Northern Luzon island with winds of 85 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour. Within a period of less than two weeks, the Philippines was battered by a second super typhoon, namely Typhoon Parma (local name Pepeng) on 10 October 2009 causing further serious damage to an already devastated area. Reports from the National Disaster Coordinating Council

Amount Requested: US$ 2,429,311

Geneva, 27 November 2009

Dear Colleagues,

Southern Sudan faces the consequences of more than two decades of civil war which is coupled with an influx of returnees, environmental factors and widespread tribal conflicts. Even after the 2005 peace agreement there is no significant increase of living conditions for people in Southern Sudan. The nutrition situation has even deteriorated due to chronic food insecurity, tribal conflicts, inadequate or lack of proper health services.

The long period of drought and failure

Geneva, 27 November 2009

Dear Colleagues,

El Salvador was hit by Hurricane Ida on 8 November with winds and up to 300 mm rainfalls in 6 hours. As a result, a total of 108 landslides, 13 major floods and 12 overflowing rivers were counted in seven of the country fourteen Departments. Floods and landslides completely destroyed 288 homes and damaged 1,835 houses. 37 bridges at least were damaged. Out of a population of 2 million in these seven departments, it is estimated that 75,000 people (15,000 families) have been affected.