Progress under the programmatic sectors of this Revised Appeal covers from 20 March to 19 May 2011.
Revised appeal target: This revised appeal seeks 1,320,878 Swiss francs (USD 1,554,360 or EUR 1,086,060) to support the Colombian Red Cross Society (CRCS) in providing assistance to 14,372 affected families over a period of 9 months.
Appeal coverage: Approximately 80.8 per cent;
Appeal history:
· 25,000 Swiss francs were allocated from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support this operation. · On 8 December, a Preliminary Emergency Appeal was launched to support 3,800 families for 6 months. · On 17 December, an Emergency Appeal was issued to seek 1,075,905 Swiss francs to support the Colombian Red Cross Society (CRCS), increasing the assistance to 14,300 families (71,500 persons). · On 1 April, an operations update was issued informing that the department of Córdoba was exchanged with the department of Bolivar to fill an assistance gap discovered during coordinating meetings with other organizations.
This Revised Appeal reflects an extension of the implementation timeframe to 9 months to complete activities and a revised budget of 1,320,878 Swiss francs. In addition, the target number of people has been increased to 14,372 families (72 additional families).
Summary: The Colombian Red Cross Society (CRCS) has now reached 263,608 families with the support of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, as well as through the collaboration with other organizations and national donations. In regards to the activities planned as part of the emergency appeal, during the period covered by this Revised Appeal, the National Society reached its emergency health outcome, and completed 80 per cent of the water distribution to 3,500 families.
However, as the emergency situation continues to be critical in Colombia and with additional rainfall forecasted for the upcoming months, the National Society calls for an extension of three months to complete all the remaining activities. In addition, the National Society would like to purchase and pre-position 450 family tents to enable the quick provision of shelter solutions for future affected families. The operation will therefore be completed by the end of August 2011. In line with the IFRC’s reporting standards, the final report (narrative and financial) is due 90 days after the end of the operation (by the end of November 2011).
The IFRC is thankful to the following Partner National Societies and governments for their kind support to the Appeal: the American Red Cross, the Australian Red Cross, the British Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian government, the Danish Red Cross, the Red Cross Society of China, Hong Kong branch, the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Monaco Red Cross, the Netherlands Red Cross, the New Zealand Red Cross, the Norwegian Red Cross and the Swedish Red Cross.