This is to inform you that AFRW91 appeal
has had its completion date extended from 31 December, 1999 to 30 June,
2000. The reason for this is that the appeal received a late donation of
funds of US$1,000,000 from SIDA through the Church of Sweden Aid (CSA).
Around November, 50% of these funds were received by LWF/WS the implementing
member of the program while the remaining 50% was expected at the beginning
the year, 2000. As these funds represent the bulk of the funding for the
LWF/WS part of the appeal, activities had to be rescheduled to fit into
the funding realities. This extension only affects the LWF/WS program in
the appeal. The appeal is a consolidated one with all Rwanda Act members
namely, Lutheran World Federation, Protestant Council of Rwanda, Christian
Aid, United Methodist Committee on Relief and Church World Service.
During the year 1999, the main project
implemented by the LWF/WS was the construction of shelter for the returnee
refugees from Tanzania. The funding of this project was mainly from the
UNHCR and ECHO. With the SIDA funding which necessitated the extension
of this appeal to June, 2000 the prioritized projects to be implemented
are as follows:
- Emergency Preparedness (stocking of Non Food Items)
- Rural roads repairs
- Water and Sanitation projects
- Shelter programs
Thank you for your attention.
ACT is a worldwide network of churches and related agencies meeting human need through coordinated emergency response.
The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland.
For further information please contact:
ACT Co-ordinator, Miriam Lutz (phone ++41 22 791 6033 or mobile phone ++ 41 79 203 6055)
or
ACT Appeals Officer, ... (phone +41 22 791 60..)
ACT Web Site address: http://www.act-intl.org