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This report covers the period of 1 January to 30 April 2007, but reports cumulative totals from December 2004 onwards.
In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and disease, the International Federation with its global network, works to accomplish its Global Agenda, partnering with local community and civil society to prevent and alleviate human suffering from disasters, diseases and public health emergencies.
In brief
Executive Summary:
Implementation of the International Federation's tsunami recovery programme in Aceh and on Nias continues to progress steadily, as highlighted by two key measures of success: transitional shelters and permanent home construction. The transitional shelter programme has reached the milestone of 17,220 units completed (more than 85 percent of the total target), while the permanent housing programme continues to build momentum, with 4,395 houses completed and 7,088 under construction.
At the 30-month marker, the International Federation's health programme remains strong, covering a broad range of activities from capacity building of the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia - PMI) blood transfusion unit to the establishment of an ambulance service in Aceh and North Sumatra. In addition, an extensive number of health clinic construction projects are being implemented across the tsunami-impacted area. Psychosocial support programmes are still ongoing, while community-based first aid is the primary focus of preventative health awareness outreach.
In the water and sanitation programme sector, hygiene awareness has been linked to targeted facility construction, rehabilitation and maintenance projects. In all such projects, villagers are engaged to identify their needs and to contribute to the subsequent design stage. There are many examples as well where the beneficiaries themselves are providing the labour to build the infrastructure.
The key cross-cutting factors described in the Federation's tsunami Regional Strategy and Operational Framework 2 (RSOF) are being addressed. Red Cross and Red Crescent partners' delivery of an integrated community-based risk reduction (ICBRR) approach is a direct expression of the RSOF disaster risk reduction goal. There is also a realization that disaster risk reduction awareness building is crucial in settlement planning and school education activities. It is also evident in the early warning radio network now installed in 20 of the 21 PMI branches in Aceh province.
The RSOF priority of equity is evident in the Federation-wide adherence to Beneficiary Selection Criteria policy guidelines jointly developed by Red Cross and Red Crescent partners operational in Indonesia. The guidelines are being met in terms of fair distribution of humanitarian assistance; and in terms of gender-balanced community groups for programme design, settlement planning and health and hygiene awareness outreach.
Likewise, the RSOF objectives for beneficiary and community participation are inherent in relationship building at the grassroots level by PMI and its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners. Beneficiary communication, as well as advocacy on their behalf, continues to be promoted through the innovative community outreach programme sponsored by the Irish Red Cross and being leveraged by International Federation partners active in the operational area.
Institutionally, PMI's Red Cross Red Crescent partners have supported the placement and training of core staff in all branches in Aceh and on Nias. PMI chapter staff and Federation organizational development delegates continue to work together with branch board members to formulate strategic plans appropriate to each branch's local constituency. Importantly, local consultation and design of new branch buildings has been completed, and construction is underway on the first round of structures; the first of which - the Banda Aceh branch - was inaugurated on 29 May 2007.
Some of the constraints that have impacted the pace of the recovery process are lessening. Development of important infrastructure is underway, including the construction of Aceh's new west coast highway. However, the vast size of the tsunami-affected area and relatively underdeveloped state of the electrical and transportation infrastructure continue to be barriers to more rapid progress.
For further information specifically related to the tsunami operation, please contact:
Indonesia:
- Indonesian Red Cross (PMI): Mr. Arifin
M. Hadi (acting head of disaster management division); mobile: +62.811.943.952;
telephone: +62.21.799.2325 ext. 222; email: arifinmhd@telkom.net
- Country delegation in Indonesia: Bob McKerrow, head of delegation, email:
bob.mckerrow@ifrc.org, phone: +622 1 791 91841; fax : +622 1 791 80905
Federation Secretariat in Geneva:
- Johan Schaar, special representative
for the tsunami operation; email: johan.schaar@ifrc.org; phone: +41 22
730 4231; fax: +41 22 733 0395.
- Josse Gillijns, Indonesia desk officer, email: josse.gillijns@ifrc.org,
phone: +41 22 730 4224;
- Lesley Schaffer, tsunami grants officer; email: lesley.schaffer@ifrc.org,
phone: +41 22 730 4854
- Matthew Cochrane, media and public relations officer; email: matthew.cochrane@ifrc.org;
phone: +41 22 730 4426; mobile: +41 79 308 9804.
- Oscar Vispo, tsunami operations web communications officer; email oscar.vispo@ifrc.org;
phone: +41 22 730 4570
Asia Pacific Service Centre in Kuala Lumpur - phone: +60 3 2161 0892; fax: +60 3 2161 1210
- Igor Dmitryuk, head of regional logistics
unit, ext. 600; email: igor.dmitryuk@ifrc.org
- Umadevi Selvarajah, head of regional finance unit, ext. 140; email: umadevi.selvarajah@ifrc.org
- Karl O'Flaherty, tsunami finance coordinator, ext. 613; email: karl.oflaherty@ifrc.org
- Cheekeong Chew, acting head of regional reporting unit, ext. 300; email:
cheekeong.chew@ifrc.org