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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Floods Emergency appeal no. MDRBF008 APPEAL EXTENSION

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Period covered by this Ops Update: 17 February to 31 March, 2010;

Appeal target (current): CHF 3,500,000 (USD 3.3m or EUR 2.3m);

Appeal coverage: 81%;

The operation was initially intended to be implemented over six months and be completed by the end of February, 2010. A Final Report was planned to be issued by May 2010, three months after the end of the operation. The operation will be extended for three months to allow the planned activities to be finalized.

Appeal history:

-The preliminary Emergency Appeal sought CHF 2,765,053 (USD 2.6m or EUR 1.7m) in cash, kind, or services to support the Burkinabe Red Cross Society (BRCS) to assist some 40,000 beneficiaries who are considered to be the most vulnerable out of the nearly 150,000 people affected by the floods.

- Operations Update no. 1. Period covered: 9-14 September 2009; Appeal target (current): CHF 2,765,053; Appeal coverage: 32%.

- Operations Update no. 2. Period covered: 18-21 September 2009; Appeal target (current): CHF 2,765,053; Appeal coverage: 83%.

- The Emergency Appeal has been revised and sought CHF 3,500,000 (USD 3.3m or EUR 2.3m) in cash, kind, or services to support the Burkinabe Red Cross Society (BRCS) to assist 8,000 families for 6 months. The operation has been extended by one month, to be completed by the end of March, 2010. The budget has been increased to include the recovery phase of reconstruction in line with the latest government strategy to relocate most of the flood victims to permanent green land sites in the outskirts of Ouagadougou; Appeal coverage: 81%

- Operations Update no. 3. Period covered: 24 December to 08 January, 2010; Appeal target (current): CHF 3,500,000 (USD 3.3m or EUR 2.3m). Appeal coverage: 81%.

- Operations Update no. 4. Period covered: 08 January to 17 February, 2010; Appeal coverage: 81%.