GLIDE n° FL-2010-000261-GAB
30 November, 2011
Summary: CHF 96,960 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 17 January, 2011 to support the Gabonese Red Cross National Society (GRCS) in delivering assistance to some 203 families, i.e. 1,015 beneficiaries.
In early January 2011, the localities of Tchimbanga, Franceville, Mimongo and Dzenzele experienced serious torrential rains and violent winds, affecting 353 families, i.e. 1,765 people and killing 1.
Volunteers of the Gabonese Red Cross conducted an emergency assessment of the situation and identified 203 vulnerable families, i.e. 1,015 people, who had lost their homes and property and were living without shelter even as it continued to rain.
Thanks to the DREF allocation, the GRCS, supported by IFRC, has distributed non-food items to the 203 families (80 families in Tchibanga, 22 in Franceville, 45 in Dzenzele and 56 in Mimongo) and assisted them in rebuilding or rehabilitating their houses. Red Cross volunteers also distributed insecticide-treated bed nets, carried out sanitation activities and raised awareness about hygiene promotion. The beneficiaries are now back home and the operation is completed.
The Netherland Red Cross/Government contributed CHF 31,658 to the DREF in replenishment of the allocation made for this operation. The major donors and partners of DREF include the Red Cross Societies and governments of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the U.S.A., as well as DG-ECHO, the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), the Medtronic and Z Zurich Foundations and other corporate and private donors. The IFRC, on behalf of the National Society, thanks all for their generous contributions.
Details of contributions to DREF are found at: www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/Active/MAA00010_2010.pdf for 2010, and at: www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/Active/MAA00010_2011.pdf for 2011.