PReport Available348201515-RR-MOZ-1345961MozambiqueMOZ3Rapid Response6FloodNatural Disaster15-RR-MOZ-13459_Mozambique_Jan2015_Application3Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa150000On 8 January 2015, following heavy rains, the Mozambique National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) activated a nation-wide institutional orange alert for floods. The floods isolated entire districts and communities and cut off many communication routes. Rivers surpassed alert levels and impassable bridges have effectively cut off the north of the country from the south. An estimated 14,950 houses have been destroyed. 57 accommodation centres have been established to provide shelter for the more than 50,000 people who have been displaced. Furthermore, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and partners, floods have destroyed 52,052 hectares of crops, affecting 36,939 households nationally. These figures are expected to increase as assessments continue.
Preliminary assessments have identified some humanitarian needs. The national Insitute for Disaster management (INGC) is playing a elading role. It estimates that it will need about US$ 8 million to address the immediate needs of the affected people in terms of food, shelter, WASH, health, family kits including logistics for the initial 30 days of the response. This requirement is over and beyond the government’s current expenditure of US$ 1 million per week which is spent on distrusting food and medicine. More than half of this weekly expenditure has gone towards air transport as the areas are inaccessible by other means. This CERF response focuses on critical gaps jointly identified by the Government and the HCT. Current relief stocks indicate that there is a huge gap in food and non-food items to address the current humanitarian assistance in Zambezia Province. There is an urgent need to feed and provide shelter to the 50,000 affected people that are hosted in accommodation centers (most of which are schools, which need to resume by 06 February 2015). There is also the urgent need to provide emergency water supply, emergency sanitation and emergency hygiene promotion, thus providing minimum safe conditions for reducing the risk to public health by water and sanitation-related diseases. The CERF response will include and immediate response focusing on an initial response to the most affected (50,000 IDPs):
1) Logistics Cluster (WFp) intends to provide rapid response to cover the main operational gaps such as storage capacity and aerial and surface transport (road and river) to make sure that the relief assistance reaches the affected population.
2) The WASH Cluster (UNICEF) will give priority to the 50,000 displaced people to ensure the provision of safe water supply, basic sanitation and hygiene promotion in the accommodation centers/resettlement areas,
3) The Food Security Cluster (FAO, WFP) which includes agriculture will provide immediate food assistance for at least one month to the 50,000 displaced people.
4) Under the Shelter Cluster (IOM) will work in partnership with the Mozambican Red Cross (CVM) and Concern Worldwide, to provide temporary shelter NFIs to support IDPs currently residing in temporary/transit points throughout Zambezia Province.
5) The protection sector (UNICEF) will implement three activities: the identification of unaccompanied minors and efforts towards family reunification; prevention and response to violence and abuse (including gender-based violence); and immediate psycho-social support to displaced families and children.Mozambique was heavily affected by rains and floods in 2014 and 2015, which caused severe damage to crops, displaced large populations and led to widespread humanitarian needs. An estimated 425,694 people were affected, 72,000 people were displaced and 103,807 hectares of crops were destroyed. The displaced people were initially hosted in 46 accommodation centres. An estimated 70 per cent of the Zambézia Province was inaccessible due to extensive damage to infrastructure (57 bridges destroyed), which made assessments and the delivery of life-saving assistance a major challenge. This situation led to a rapid depletion of relief stocks and an abrupt increase in needs for food, shelter and clean water. On 12 January 2015, the Council of Ministers of Mozambique declared an emergency for the central and northern regions.In response to the crisis, CERF allocated $3.2 million for urgent life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 49,463 people; a safe water supply for 48,199 people; water-treatment materials for 79,533 people; access to emergency latrines for 48,680 people; seeds and tools for 27,950 farmers; emergency tool kits for 76,371 people; child-friendly spaces allowing for the protection of 3,400 children; and awareness raising for more than 168,000 people on safe practices and violence prevention and response.FAO;IOM;UNICEF;WFP3247508.0000500002015-02-03T00:00:002015-02-06T00:00:002015-05-09T00:00:002015-11-09T00:00:003247508.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available349201515-RR-MWI-1347156MalawiMWI3Rapid Response6FloodNatural Disaster15-RR-MWI-13471_Malawi_Jan2015_Application3Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa638000In early January 2015, heavy rainstorms and floods hit 15 out of the 28 districts in Malawi and consequently the President declared a State of Disaster. Preliminary reportsby by Government and humanitarian partners estimate of 638,000 people are affected overall, and at least 174,000 people (numbers still being verified) have been displaced in the 3 worst hit districts (Phalombe, Nsanje and Chikwawa). Howver, access and transporation of relief items is a challenge.
CERF-funded interventions will be complementary to other actions already in place but insufficient to respond adequately and timely to the critical needs in the affected areas. The priorities for the flood response are:
The logistics cluster response is focuses on providing life-saving Humanitarian Aviation Services, CERF supported component of WFP project will reinforce the floods response by the provision of one (1) heavy duty helicopter for the transport of cargo and passengers for a period of 21 days under this funding to support the overall humanitarian response; fleet of specialized light and all terrain trucks for places hard to reach places. WFP will also support through provision of temporary storage facilities
The shelter and camp management cluster intervention aims at ensuring protection and a minimum of living conditions standards to the displaced population. The response includes technical support for CCCM, systematic and comprehensive data collection and registration of displaced communities; and provision of life-saving NFIs and establishment of emergency shelters in relocation sites.
The food security cluster response will food assistance to 270,281 flood-affected people in the first 3 months of the 6.5 month response period. This response is closely coordinated with the emergency agriculture intervention, focused on restoring the food production capacity of the most affected farming households, through agricultural input and livestock distribution for replanting by taking advantage of the remaining period of the rainy season as well as residual moisture. CERF funds will be funding the 6.3% of the overall agriculture cluster response. It will assist 16,000 vulnerable households with about 88,000 direct beneficiaries (50,000 women and 38,000 men) in the three most affected districts of Nsanje, Phalombe and Chikwawa.
The WASH cluster intervention will benefit a total of 25,000 flood affected target population, with the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene services from the CERF-funded emergency Intervention. The 25 camps are selected based on the severity of the disaster that affected the three districts in Chikwawa, Nsanje and Phalombe. The key outputs include provision of safe water services through water treatment and reticulated water systems. Temporary sanitation facilities will be constructed to ensure the affected population has access to gender segregated and gender-responsive latrine facilities.
The education cluster intervention aims at restoring and providing safe educational and recreational activities for children. The cluster will facilitate temporary learning to create safe protective spaces and resumption of school feeding to reduce hunger and increase participation and protection will be provided to 28,879 flood-affected learners through the provision of 689 school in box kits and 127 metric tons of food to 33 affected schools.
The original submission for 8 projects is almost US 8 million.In early 2015, Malawi experienced its worst flooding disaster of the past 50 years, with more than 1 million people affected. On 13 January 2015, the Government of Malawi declared a state of disaster in 15 affected districts. The floods displaced 336,000 people, 230,000 of whom resided in camps and desperately needed humanitarian assistance for survival. The floods caused extensive damage to crops, livestock and infrastructure, including damage to schools and health facilities. In total, 64,000 hectares of agricultural land were affected.In response to the emergency, CERF allocated $7 million for urgent life-saving humanitarian action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 271,766 people; shelters and basic emergency items for 162,063 people; access to safe water for 45,368 people; agricultural inputs for 119,081 people, the restoration of agricultural production; and access to safe learning spaces and education materials benefiting 27,838 children.FAO;IOM;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP6961397.000027028102015-02-04T00:00:002015-02-11T00:00:002015-05-12T00:00:002015-11-12T00:00:006961397.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available350201515-UF-BDI-1358317BurundiBDI2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-BDI-13583_Burundi_Feb2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa207000Burundi remains confronted with many humanitarian challenges, despite its decade-long post-conflict environment. For example, the country has an estimated 78,000 internally displaced people and with persisting instability in the region, Burundi is also host to some 50,000 refugees, mostly from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. 34,000 Burundian former refugees, who returned from Tanzania in the last quarter of 2012, are going through a slow reintegration processes, especially given land tenure issues in the country. Moreover, according to a rapid profiling conducted by IOM, in collaboration with the Burundian Red Cross, around 45,000 expelled Burundian people arrived in Burundi from Tanzania from August 2013 to the end of June 2014. These expelled migrants are vulnerable and require humanitarian assistance for their survival.
This is a submission for the underfunded window of CERF. The funding situation for humanitarian response remains poor. In total, USD 24,297,166 is required for the humanitarian response in the various sectors. USD 4,838,605 has already been received through various funding channels so far, including CERF in September 2013. However, more 80 per cent of the required funding is still lacking.
While there are many humanitarian challenges in Burundi that require funding, with only US 2. 5 million CERF underfunded grant available, the humanitarian country team have agreed to prioritize and target the 45,000 expelled Burundian migrants from Tanzania. This strategy was developed by the HCT to ensure maximum impact with CERF funds. The submission further prioritizes these sectior and projects: Food Security (WFP, FAO), Nutrition (WFP), Protection (IOM, UNICEF) and WASH (UNICEF) in the two provinces where the expellees are concentrated.
Burundi Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $2.5 million (round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 16 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 6Despite its decade-long post-conflict environment, Burundi continued to be confronted with many humanitarian challenges in 2015. The country had an estimated 78,000 IDPs, and it was host to some 50,000 refugees, mostly from DRC, due to persisting instability in the region. According to the profiling conducted by IOM and the Burundian Red Cross, about 45,000 expelled Burundians returned from Tanzania between August 2013 and June 2014. Given the sudden nature of their return, this population relied mostly on humanitarian assistance for survival. The deteriorating food security situation in the area where most expellees resided further exacerbated the situation, resulting in a high potential for the already dire humanitarian conditions to worsen.Basic humanitarian assistance for the returnees was already under way in 2015, but critical humanitarian gaps limited humanitarian actors’ ability to respond to needs. As a result, CERF allocated $2.5 million through its Underfunded Emergencies Window to sustain the delivery of life-saving assistance. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 27,000 people; nutrition interventions for 4,422 children and pregnant/lactating women; agricultural inputs for 5,000 families (25,000 people) to improve their agricultural production; improved access to safe drinking water for 31,500 people; psychosocial support and the reinforcement of community-based protection services benefiting 4,339 people; and the protection of extremely vulnerable children detained in prisons, leading to the release of 79 children.FAO;IOM;UNICEF;WFP2495246.0000450002015-02-27T00:00:002015-03-04T00:00:002016-04-30T00:00:002495246.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available351201515-UF-TUR-13581177TürkiyeTUR2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-TUR-13581_Turkey_Feb2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia8Syria crisis 2011-200000The humanitarian situation in Turkey is affected by an influx of Syrian refugees.
The Turkey portion of the Syria RRP requirement is US$ 497 million. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the SRP was only 31% funded.
This UFE CERF application targets a total of 200,000 people in the Sanliurfa Province. This area is among the most affected in terms of the effects of the refugee influx and requires basic needs and food supplies.
Turkey Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $9 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 16 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 6By the end of 2015, there were 2.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, some 950,000 of whom were registered in 2015 alone. Turkey continued to be the world’s largest refugee host. Despite significant investments made by the Government of Turkey and efforts by the international community, national services were overwhelmed and the resources available were far from sufficient. In September 2014, Turkey witnessed an intensified influx of Syrian refugees (following the ISIS offensive in the northern Syrian town of Kobane), which far exceeded the capacity of transit centres. As a result, a majority of arriving refugees sought shelter with host communities or struggled on their own.Humanitarian operations in Turkey received an increased level of contributions in 2015, but the gap between growing needs and available resources was alarming. Consequently, CERF allocated $9 million to Turkey for life-saving refugee assistance through its Underfunded Emergencies Window. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide protection services for 21,820 children; food for 53,849 people through vouchers; access to health services for 85,000 people; and medical equipment and supplies for sexual and reproductive health services and GBV prevention and response benefiting 100,000 people.IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO8999844.00001942902015-02-24T00:00:002015-04-01T00:00:002016-03-30T00:00:008999844.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available352201515-UF-EGY-1358496EgyptEGY2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-EGY-13584_Egypt_Feb2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made3Northern Africa3Northern Africa1Africa8Syria crisis 2011-136254The humanitarian situation in Egypt is affected by an influx of Syrian refugees.
The Egypt portion of the 2015 Syria RRP requirement is US$ 189.5 million. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the SRP was only 2% funded.
This UFE CERF application targets a total of 16,710 Syrian refugees in Greater Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta, Dakahiliya and Marsa Matrouh. Refugees in Egypt are exhausting their resources and becoming more vulnerable to negative coping mechanisms. With this CERF funding, WFP, UNHCR and WHO aim to implement food assistance and health care programs targeting the most vulnerable refugees.
Egypt Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $3.5 million (round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 16 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 3Several years of violent conflict in Syria resulted in a large influx of Syrian refugees to neighbouring countries. As of December 2015, there were 117,658 Syrian refugees registered in Egypt. However, the Egyptian Government’s estimates suggested that the real number of Syrian refugees residing in the country was between 250,000 and 300,000 people. Refugees faced challenges including residency issues, limited access to livelihoods, poor physical safety, particularly for women and children, and limited access to emergency health care.As the humanitarian response to the needs of Syrian refugees in Egypt was severely underfunded, CERF allocated $3.5 million to sustain the implementation of life-saving projects. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food assistance through vouchers for 23,590 people for six months, and emergency health care for 447 people, including intensive care, case management, ambulatory care and surgical interventions.UNHCR;WFP;WHO3500065.0000167102015-03-03T00:00:002015-03-06T00:00:002016-03-30T00:00:003500065.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available353201515-UF-DJI-1359330DjiboutiDJI2Underfunded Emergencies8DroughtNatural Disaster15-UF-DJI-13593_Djibouti_Feb2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa300000The humanitarian situation in Djibouti is affected by extreme erosion of the overall resilience capacity of the most vulnerable people combined with insufficient, inadequate or inexistent protection mechanisms which force rural communities, refugees and vulnerable migrants to adopt negative coping mechanisms that endanger their lives and their livelihoods.
The 2015 SRP Djibouti requirement is estimated at $67 million. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the SRP was 2% funded.
This CERF request will help implement immediate and urgent life-saving activities in Food Security, Nutrition, WASH to the benefit of 77,483 most vulnerable people in Obock/Migration Route and in the Refugee camps. Girls, adolescent girls and women represent 50% of the overall target population. Activities planned with the CERF allocation complement each other to provide immediate and vital responses to the most critical needs while contributing to re-build resilience of the targeted people.
Djibouti Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $3 million (round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 16 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 7A decade of recurrent severe droughts has exhausted the overall resilience capacity of Djibouti’s most vulnerable people. Those under the greatest risk are migrants (mainly from Ethiopia), refugees (mainly from Somalia) and the local population living below the poverty line. Protection mechanisms for these people are almost non-existent in the absence of an effective social safety net system. One of the most direct consequences of this chronic crisis is the continuous rural exodus and migration to urban areas. This resulted in a significant expansion of the suburban area of the capital city, which now hosts more than 25 per cent of the country’s overall population. The majority of these people live below the poverty line.In view of limited international funding in 2015 and the severity of the humanitarian needs, Djibouti was prioritized for receiving support from the Underfunded Emergencies Window. CERF allocated $3 million to sustain key life-saving interventions in the country. This vital assistance allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 32,385 people; treatment for 2,331 children under age 5 and pregnant/lactating women with severe acute malnutrition; supplementary food for 11,901 children under age 5 and pregnant/lactating women; emergency health interventions for 6,310 people; and rehabilitated water points, new latrines and hygiene kits benefiting 23,601 people.FAO;IOM;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP3000059.00001545452015-03-06T00:00:002015-03-12T00:00:002016-04-07T00:00:003000059.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available354201515-UF-PRK-1359849Democratic People's Republic of KoreaPRK2Underfunded Emergencies27Multiple EmergenciesMultiple Emergencies15-UF-PRK-13598_DPR Korea_Feb2015_Application6Internal strife3Multiple9Eastern Asia12Eastern Asia3Asia18000000The humanitarian situation in DPRK is affected by food and nutritional security across the country. The causes of under-nutrition are related to food inadequacy and a serious lack of food diversity to meet nutritional requirements for healthy growth.
The DPRK humanitarian requirement in 2015 amounts to US$ 111 million. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the UN agencies were 15% funded.
CERF funding will be utilized to target specific geographical areas with inter-sectorial interventions in order to reduce excess mortality and morbidity among 393,574 beneficiaries, primarily women and children. The aims of the submission are to address the immediate causes of, and to prevent and treat, under-nutrition through provision of life-saving therapeutic food, micronutrient supplementation and life-saving health interventions for pregnant and lactating women and their vulnerable new-borns in the most vulnerable 47 counties in the four most malnourished provinces of Kangwon, North and South Hamgyong and Ryanggang; and to improve the production of protein-rich food in key cereal production areas of North and South Pyongan, North and South Hwanghae Provinces to boost the supply of nutritious food for cooperative farmers and for beneficiaries in four northern provinces by distribution to state shops and public institutions.
DPRK Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $2 million (round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 16 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 4In 2015, DPRK continued to be an underfunded humanitarian situation with widespread chronic food insecurity. Out of a total population of 25 million, 18 million people were chronically food insecure and lacked nutritional diversity. A further 6 million people did not have access to essential health services and 7 million people could not access clean water and proper sanitation. Pregnant and lactating women and children under age 5 (2.4 million people) were especially vulnerable to undernutrition and the lack of basic health services.Given the critical humanitarian needs and lack of sufficient donor funding, CERF provided $2 million from its Underfunded Emergencies Window to UN humanitarian programmes in DPRK in March 2015 to sustain the delivery of life-saving assistance. This allowed UN agencies and partners to provide treatment for 6,000 severely malnourished children under age 5; fortified cereal for 234,617 children under age 5; micronutrient powder for 20,000 children aged between 6 and 23 months; multi-micronutrient tablets for 20,000 pregnant and lactating women; and soybean seeds and plastic sheets for 80,000 vulnerable households (156,000 people) to boost their agricultural production.FAO;UNICEF;WFP;WHO2000285.00003935742015-03-09T00:00:002015-03-13T00:00:002016-03-30T00:00:002000285.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available355201515-UF-JOR-1360247JordanJOR2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-JOR-13602_Jordan_Feb2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia8Syria crisis 2011-1415000The humanitarian situation in Jordan is affected by an influx of Syrian refugees.
The Jordan portion of the Syria RRP requirement is US$ 1 billion. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the SRP was 60% funded. Despite its higher funding levels, Jordan is extraordinarily recommended for a UFE allocation to support a comprehensive, regional response to the Syria crisis. The country plays an important role in the region by
setting a standard for the protection and assistance of refugees.
This UFE CERF application targets approximately 70,000 people in the Amman, Irbid, Mafraq and Zarqa Governorates. These areas are among the most affected in terms of the effects of the refugee influx who require basic needs and food supplies.
Jordan Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $9 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 16 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 6With the conflict in Syria entering its fifth year in 2015, Jordan was hosting 646,700 registered refugees (though estimates were putting the actual number of Syrians in Jordan at 1.4 million). The majority of refugees lived outside the camps in some of the country’s poorest areas. As Syrian refugees in Jordan have not been allowed to work, thus relying heavily on humanitarian assistance, they were increasingly unable to meet their basic needs. In addition, Palestinian refugees from Syria were extremely marginalized and subjected to the Government’s policy of non-admission, which placed them at constant risk of refoulement. Shrinking protection space and resources, including reductions in WFP food assistance and restrictions on access to health care for refugees living outside camps, resulted in a sharp increase in negative coping mechanisms. According to the Vulnerability Assessment Framework, 27 per cent of all registered refugees (138,000 people) were living in abject poverty.Due to critical needs and large funding shortfalls for humanitarian action, CERF allocated $9 million from its Underfunded Emergencies Window to sustain the implementation of life-saving operations. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide for food assistance through vouchers for 123,370 refugees and cash assistance for 20,638 refugees; cash assistance for 15,441 refugee children; and life-saving income generating activities for 250 vulnerable host-community members through a cash-for-work project. CERF support also provided livelihoods activities for 1,500 Syrian refugees and 1,500 host-community members, which improved their food and nutrition security and reduced tensions between the two groups.FAO;UNDP;UNHCR;UNICEF;UNRWA;WFP9000346.0000680672015-02-25T00:00:002015-04-02T00:00:002016-03-30T00:00:009000346.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available356201515-UF-SYR-1360578Syrian Arab RepublicSYR2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-SYR-13605_Syria_Feb2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia8Syria crisis 2011-12200000The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate at an alarming pace, with fierce fighting prompting increasing level of civilian casualties, massive internal displacement, increased violations of IHL and HRL, and mounting refuge flows.
The 2015 SRP Syria requirement is $2.9 billion. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the SRP was xxxxxxxx% funded.
This CERF request seeks to enhance the capacity of humanitarian actors working inside Syria to respond to immediate life saving needs of an estimated 6.3 million people, prioritizing the most vulnerable including, displaced people, children, female-headed households, the elderly, people with disability and those with chronic diseases, in key locations across Syria. CERF funds will help to address humanitarian needs emerging from the severe winter conditions in Syria of more than 139,505 people; provide life saving health activities to 1.9 million people; deliver emergency assistance in food to 2,.5 million vulnerable conflict-affected people, as well as to provide lifesaving emergency assistance in food, shelter and winter items to 54,391 Palestine refugees. To address the critical gaps in the humanitarian situation, WHO, UNHCR, IOM, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP, FAO, and UNRWA are submitting 15 project proposals to support activities in emergency winter response, WASH, Food Security and Agriculture Shelter and Non-Food Items.
Syria Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $30 million (round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 17 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 15The humanitarian situation in Syria continued to deteriorate throughout 2014. Fierce fighting caused increasing levels of civilian casualties, large-scale internal displacement, increased violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, and mounting refugee flows. As of 27 October 2014, the UN estimated that the number of people who needed humanitarian assistance in Syria had grown to 12.2 million, including more than 5.7 million children and more than 7.6 million IDPs. According to UN estimates, 4.8 million people in need were located in hard-to-reach areas.Due to the scale and intensity of humanitarian needs and in view of critical funding gaps, CERF allocated $29.9 million to the Syrian Arab Republic in 2015 to sustain the implementation of critical life-saving programmes. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide health kits containing essential health-care supplies for 840,000 people; strengthened life-saving medical interventions benefiting 530,061 people; sustained life-saving trauma care for 369,500 patients; free access to primary health care and emergency life-saving medical and surgical services for 296,000 displaced people; reproductive health services for 97,100 women; an improved water supply to five hospitals benefiting 60,000 patients daily; hygiene and dignity kits for 37,417 newly displaced people; improved and maintained water resources serving 1,811,000 people; core relief items for 96,630 newly displaced people; appropriate gender- and age-specific winter clothing for 37,746 vulnerable displaced children; winterization items and kits for 43,909 vulnerable people; strengthened agricultural production for 94,552 families (661,864 people); and a response to the food, shelter and non-food item needs of 54,391 Palestine refugees through cash assistance. CERF funding also allowed for the procurement of 6,508 metric tons of mixed food commodities used to complement food rations purchased through other funding sources. This food provided 471,000 family food rations, which were distributed to more than 2.3 million vulnerable people.FAO;IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;UNRWA;WFP;WHO29926021.000064180332015-03-13T00:00:002015-03-26T00:00:002016-04-14T00:00:0029926021.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available357201515-UF-COD-1365227Democratic Republic of the CongoCOD2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-COD-13652_DR Congo_Feb2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made2Middle Africa2Middle Africa1Africa7000000The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has long been affected by multiple acute crises. Multiple crises related to violence and armed conflict account for the vast majority of needs – approximately 67%. An estimated 7 million people are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance.
The Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) requirement is US$ 692,000,000. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the HRP was only 9% funded ($50,455,755).
DRC Underfunded submission:
Total envelope: $9 million (round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 24 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 4DRC has long been affected by multiple crises, particularly conflicts, food insecurity, structural deficiencies and epidemics. An estimated 7 million people needed humanitarian assistance in 2015. Multiple crises related to violence and armed conflicts accounted for the vast majority of needs (approximately 67 per cent). The recurrence of these crises caused the forced displacement of some 2.7 million people throughout the country, 770,000 of whom fled their homes in 2014. The scale and intensity of humanitarian needs remained high, but the 2015 humanitarian requirements were covered only at 9 per cent in the first quarter of the year.In view of critical funding shortfalls, CERF allocated $8 million to sustain the implementation of critical life-saving projects. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide profiling and protection monitoring services covering 504,041 people; access to education and psychosocial support in a safe, peaceful and protective environment for 70,434 conflict-affected children; medical, psychosocial and transitory care for 2,544 children formerly associated with armed forces and groups; reunification with families of 1,629 displaced children; and the improved awareness of explosive remnants of war among 900,000 people through risk-education sessions and via wider education campaigns.UNHCR;UNICEF;UNOPS8047670.000014374052015-03-20T00:00:002015-04-07T00:00:002016-03-30T00:00:008047670.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available358201515-UF-LBN-1368052LebanonLBN2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-LBN-13680_Lebanon_Feb2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia8Syria crisis 2011-1225000The humanitarian situation in Lebanon is affected by an influx of Syrian refugees (and Palestinian Refugees from Syria [PRS]). The impacts of the influx include increased vulnerability, food insecurity, decreased access to health care and water/sanitation services among others for both refugees, PRS and vulnerable Lebanese. Most of these occur in norther areas along the Lebanese/Syrian border which are facing huge strains on the Government's response capacity. The number of people in need is estimated at 1.16 million (including 45,000 PRS and 20,000 Lebanese returnees) for 2015.
The Lebanon portion of the Syria RRP requirement is US$ 2.14 billion. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the SRP was 47% funded.
This UFE CERF application targets approximately 336,350 people in the Akkar, Bekaa, Beirut, Mt Lebanon and Tripoli. These areas are among the most affected in terms of the effects of the refugee influx who require health care (primary health care, secondary care, reproductive health), WASH (water supply and repairs in informal settlements) and food security.
Lebanon Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $18 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 16 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 6According to estimates by the Government of Lebanon, at the end of 2015, the country hosted 1.5 million Syrian refugees. Moreover, 42,000 Palestine refugees from Syria joined a pre-existing population of more than 270,000 Palestine refugees in Lebanon. With more than 30 per cent of the country’s population being refugees, nearly half of those most affected by the crisis were children and adolescents. The refugee influx placed huge pressure on the local economy, infrastructure and public services, causing severe humanitarian needs among refugees and host communities. Many refugees arrived with health conditions that required immediate attention. Others had developed health problems during displacement related to trauma and dire living conditions. Many children had not been able to access a public education system.In view of critical and widespread humanitarian needs and erratic international donor funding, CERF allocated $18 million to Lebanon from its Underfunded Emergencies Window to sustain life-saving operations in 2015. This critical funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide improved access to health services benefiting 75,290 Syrian refugees and 44,000 Palestine refugees; access to an improved water supply and appropriate sanitation and hygiene services for 143,953 people; strengthened national systems providing reproductive health and SGBV services benefiting 37,673 people; and food assistance through vouchers for 89,162 children under age 5 and 27,209 vulnerable host-community members.UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;UNRWA;WFP18004139.00002968542015-03-17T00:00:002015-04-02T00:00:002016-06-29T00:00:0018004139.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available359201515-UF-RWA-1370272RwandaRWA2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-RWA-13702_Rwanda_Feb2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa84500While overall the security situation in Rwanda remains calm, the situation in Eastern DRC remains volatile. Renewed fighting in Eastern DRC in April 2012 led to the most recent influx of 35,000 refugees who crossed into Rwanda until mid-2013. This influx increased the number of persons needing humanitarian assistance by approximately 40%, more than doubling the refugee population which today stands at over 74,500. As a result of this crisis, an additional two refugee camps were constructed, bringing the total number of refugee camps to five. As such, humanitarian agencies are constantly on alert to ensure preparedness in case of another refugee influx.
In addition to refugees, Rwanda is also receiving thousands of Rwandan returnees each year, coming home after years—in some cases even decades—living in countries of asylum. In order to ensure protection and reintegration, returnees are initially received in transit centers near the border for registration before they are assisted to return to their places of origin, to rebuild their lives in Rwanda. Although it is very difficult to predict the number of returnees, for planning purposes 5,000 returnees are expected to pass through transit centers in 2015.
This intervention is focused primarily on the two new refugee camps—Kigeme and Mugombwa, home to 25,500 refugees. These two new camps face severe gaps in sanitation, hygiene and health facilities, especially reproductive, maternal and neonatal health. It also addresses Gihembe camp—one of the older camps in Rwanda, which is home to 15,000 refugees. Gihembe has faced critical shortages of water in recent years. The entire camp population is targeted for food security and nutrition interventions, given that they have the highest rates of acute and chronic malnutrition among the refugee population in the country, and given that this sector is facing critical funding shortages which could lead to ration cuts for refugees in these three camps, who are entirely dependent upon food aid. Additionally, basic health and WASH services in new transit centers—which are expected to host 5,000 returnees as well as any newly arriving refugees who may enter—are urgently needed to ensure that basic standards are met. The response will also support provision of emergency food rations to 5,000 forcibly returned Rwandans. 5,000 returnees living in drought affected aeras are extremely vulnerable to critical food shortages which will persist until the next harvest.
With UN agencies facing shortfalls in funding, an underfunded allocation has been made of US 2.5 million. The HCT has prioritized and therefore included in this submission the following projects in these sectors WASH (IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF), Food Security (WFP, FAO), SGBV (UN Women) and Reproductive Health (UNFPA).
Rwanda Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $2.5 million (round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 19 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 6Rwanda has hosted refugees from DRC since 1996. However, renewed fighting in eastern DRC in 2015 led to an influx of 35,000 refugees who crossed into Rwanda. This more than doubled the Congolese refugee population, which in 2015 stood at more than 74,500. Congolese refugees in Rwanda are almost entirely camp based and dependent on humanitarian assistance for survival. Rwanda also receives thousands of returnees each year coming back from countries of asylum. In 2015 alone, 5,053 returnees were registered. These population movements presented significant humanitarian challenges in 2015, as resulting needs largely surpassed available financial resources.In view of low donor funding and critical gaps in humanitarian response, CERF allocated $2.5 million from its Underfunded Emergencies Window to Rwanda in 2015 to sustain the implementation of life-saving projects. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide access to SGBV prevention-and-response services for 21,550 people; food assistance for 46,090 people through cash transfers; access to sanitation facilities for 27,236 people; access to reproductive, maternal and neonatal health services for 27,551 people; a sufficient quantity of safe water for 15,000 people living in Gihembe refugee camp; and critical health and water services for 7,028 people in Rusizi transit centre.IOM;UN Women;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP2498220.00001167002015-03-10T00:00:002015-03-17T00:00:002016-06-29T00:00:002498220.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available360201515-UF-COL-1372724ColombiaCOL2Underfunded Emergencies22Human RightsUnspecified Emergency15-UF-COL-13727_Colombia_Feb2015_Application5Conflict-related2Man-made6Latin America and the Caribbean9South America2Americas4800000The humanitarian situation in Colombia is affected by armed conflict between the government and guerrilla groups as well as violence generated by paramilitary successor groups which has led to insecurity and internal displacement. Impacts include forced displacement, mobility restrictions, SGBV, APM/UXO and forced recruitment among others. Most of these occur in remote and difficult-to-access territories with weak or no state response capacity. The number of people in need is estimated at 4.8 million for 2015.
The Colombia 2015 humanitarian requirement is estimated to be US$ 136,100,000. Based on the agency reports, Colombia's humanitarian funding was both below the non-SRP average of countries recommended by the CERF UFWG.
This CERF request will help implement immediate and urgent life-saving activities for approximately 48,730 people in the Arauca
Choco, Cauca, Putumayo and Valle del Cauca Departments. These areas are among the most affected in terms of the effects of armed conflict and require food assistance, health supplies/services, protection services and access to water and WASH assistance.
Colombia Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $3 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 20 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 8The de-escalation measures implemented by the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as part of the peace talks resulted in decreased violence, and they had a positive impact on some humanitarian indicators. Nevertheless, large-scale displacement and critical humanitarian needs continued. In 2015, 115,124 people were forcibly displaced as a result of the conflict and armed violence. Indigenous and Afro-Colombian people, women and children were particularly affected.Due to the continuation of large-scale humanitarian needs and low donor funding levels, CERF allocated $3 million from its Underfunded Emergencies Window to Colombia in 2015 for life-saving response. This critical funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide assistance to the most vulnerable people heavily affected by conflict. This included emergency nutritional services for 8,006 children and pregnant/lactating women and general food aid for 5,669 people; critical health services for 11,398 people; comprehensive protection assistance for 22,393 people, including 8,655 children; agricultural inputs benefiting 4,200 people; and the improvement of access to water and sanitation for an estimated 11,840 people.FAO;UNDP;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO2994382.0000487302015-03-13T00:00:002015-04-02T00:00:002016-03-30T00:00:002994382.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available361201515-RR-MOZ-1375661MozambiqueMOZ3Rapid Response9CholeraDisease Outbreak15-RR-MOZ-13756_Mozambique_Feb2015_Application2Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa41776Cholera in endemic in Mozambique; however, the current outbreak is beyond the normal pattern of transmission with a total of 3,478 cases and 37 deaths between 1 January and 25 February. The most affected province is Tete with 1,619 cases and 20 deaths. The case fatality rate above 1% indicates poor management of the outbreak and a need to respond through health and WASH activities. The government's ability to respond to the cholera outbreak is limited due to the attention and resources directed towards the ongoing flood response in Zambezia Province.
On 25 February, the RC for Mozambique submitted a CERF rapid response application requesting some $700,000 to immediately scale up the health and WASH response to the outbreak.Cholera is endemic in Mozambique. However, the 2015 outbreak was beyond the normal pattern of transmission, with 3,478 cases and 37 deaths recorded between 1 January and 25 February. The most affected province was Tete, with 1,619 cases and 20 deaths. The case-fatality rate above 1 per cent indicated poor management of the outbreak and an urgent need for response through health and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions. The Government's ability to manage the outbreak was limited due to the attention and resources directed towards the ongoing flood response.In response to the outbreak, CERF allocated an additional $750,000 for life-saving humanitarian action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide medical treatment for 13,772 people and access to safe water and sanitation for 158,000 people.UNICEF;WHO748857.0000417782015-03-02T00:00:002015-03-03T00:00:002015-06-06T00:00:002015-12-06T00:00:00748857.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available362201515-UF-IRQ-1382845IraqIRQ2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-IRQ-13828_Iraq_Mar2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia8Syria crisis 2011-235000The humanitarian situation in Iraq is affected by an influx of Syrian refugees. The impacts of the influx include increased vulnerability, food insecurity, decreased access to health care and water/sanitation services among others. Most of these occur in areas along the Iraqi/Syrian border which contains 90% of incoming refugees. The number of Syrian refugees in need is estimated at 235,000 million.
The Iraq portion of the Syria RRP requirement is US$ 474 million. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the SRP was 35% funded.
This UFE CERF application targets approximately 100,000 people in the Kurdistan regions of Dahuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah Governorates. These areas are among the most affected in terms of the effects of the refugee influx and refugees require food assistance, health supplies and services, protection services and WASH response.
Iraq Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $8 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 3 March 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 10At the beginning of 2015, more than 233,000 Syrian refugees resided in the northern Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Intensified fighting in the northern Syrian town of Kobane at the end of 2014 triggered some 50,000 additional refugee arrivals to Iraq. The new influx put huge pressure on already overstretched humanitarian assistance as camp facilities and services were required to expand. Many of the new arrivals were women and children, some of whom had previously been displaced inside Syria or were refugees in Turkey. There was a critical need to strengthen protection and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) services, which struggled to address the large-scale needs. Public water and sanitation services were unable to meet the needs of growing refugee and host populations, leading to the failure of the water supply, sewage and wastewater treatment. Moreover, while 2.4 million conflict-affected people in Iraq required food assistance, the public food distribution system was disrupted due to fighting and insecurity.In view of large funding gaps and widespread, critical humanitarian needs, CERF allocated $8 million from its Underfunded Emergencies Window in March 2015 to sustain the implementation of life-saving programmes. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food assistance for 78,710 Syrian refugees through vouchers; the mitigation of SGBV risks and quality services for SGBV survivors benefiting 19,419 people; psychosocial support and specialized child-protection services for 7,692 children; improved reproductive health services benefiting 99,588 people; drinking water for 69,964 Syrian refugees; the maintenance of sanitation facilities benefiting 35,471 people; and supplementary feeding for productive animals to provide Syrian refugees with life-sustaining food production benefiting 31,200 people.FAO;UNDP;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP7988899.00002613452015-03-23T00:00:002015-04-02T00:00:002016-03-30T00:00:007988899.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available364201515-RR-NER-1414266NigerNER3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-NER-14142_Niger_Mar2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made5Western Africa6Western Africa1Africa12Boko Haram crisis 2014-250000This submission is part of the region-wide response addressing the needs of people fleeing from violence and insecurity in Nigeria stemming from Boko Haram. Approximately 150,000 people, mostly women and children, have crossed into Niger. This includes both Nigerian refugees and Nigerien returnees. Further, due to attacks in Niger in the Bosso and Diffa, a further 50,000 people have been internally displaced by end of March 2015.
The response focuses on protection of the displaced and providing them with lifesaving services. At the same time an objective is to increase access of humanitarian work.
The joint responses include 11 projects I including a health response (UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA) who focus in the same geographic areas and targeting the same health centres. UNICEF will provide critical medications while WHO will assist in epidemiological surveillance, and provision of drugs and trauma kits for treatment of those injured. UNFPA will provide reproductive health kits and services.
IOM and HCR will provide shelter and NFI with UNHCR focusing on camps and IOM in other areas where displaced are hosted. On protection side, UNHCR will work on documentation and registration, protection monitoring, border monitoring and family tracing while UNICEF will focus on children and psychosocial support, fostering children and providing a protective and safe environment. UNICEF will also provide WASH services alongside nutrition programmes aimed at treatment of severe acute malnutrition while WFP will work towards treatment of moderate acute malnutrition as well as feeding through general food distributions. WFP through its logistics cluster will also support the response of the humanitarian community through UNHAS flights.The violence and insecurity stemming from Boko Haram’s activities at the beginning of 2015 resulted in region-wide population movements. Consequently, approximately 150,000 people fled Nigeria into Niger, which included Nigerian refugees and Nigerien returnees. Due to the attacks in Niger’s Diffa region, a further 50,000 people had been internally displaced by the end of March 2015. These population movements put a lot of pressure on local communities and further complicated an already fragile humanitarian situation in the region.In response to the crisis, CERF allocated $6.7 million through its Rapid Response Window for immediate lifesaving action. This critical funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide emergency shelter for 1,500 families (10,500 people); basic relief items for 29,592 people (including vouchers for 6,174 people); food for 28,560 people and supplementary food for 8,134 children under age 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers; treatment for 10,385 children under age 5 with severe acute malnutrition; protection and psychosocial support for 5,633 displaced children; improved access to basic health services benefiting 97,045 people; access to potable water for 3,750 people; hygiene kits for 50,442 people; reproductive health services for 7,534 women; and measles vaccinations for 21,450 children.IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO6710140.00002500002015-04-23T00:00:002015-04-28T00:00:002015-07-30T00:00:002016-01-30T00:00:006710140.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available365201515-RR-CMR-1419618CameroonCMR3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-CMR-14196_Cameroon_Mar2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made2Middle Africa2Middle Africa1Africa12Boko Haram crisis 2014-230000This submission is part of the region-wide response addressing the needs of people fleeing from violence and insecurity in Nigeria stemming from Boko Haram. This includes Nigerian refugees, Cameroonian IDPS, host communities and other vulnerable people affected by the violence in the far North of the country, which has seen massive population displacements and human rights violations. $7 million in CERF funds will enable life-saving activities for 155,000 displaced people (90,000 IDPs and 65,000 refugees) and to 45,000 vulnerable host communities. The HCT has prioritised the following activities: multi-sector support to refugees, food distributions, treatment of SAM and MAM, improved access to water and sanitation, provide shelter and NFIs, conduct profiling and registration of displaced people, ensure education in emergency, provide essential health care, improve protection of the most vulnerable (incl. children, women at risk of SGBV).The violence and insecurity in Nigeria stemming from the Boko Haram attacks resulted in large population displacements, widespread human rights violations and the drastic deterioration of an already challenging humanitarian situation. An estimated 25,000 new Nigerian refugees arrived in Cameroon’s Far North region between mid-January and the end of March 2015, bringing the total number of Nigerian refugees in the country to an estimated 74,000. A deteriorating security situation also led to new movements of the local population in the Far North of Cameroon. Assessments in March 2016 indicated that there were 106,000 IDPs in the region. The large presence of a displaced population put a lot of pressure on host communities, who were becoming more and more vulnerable. By April 2015, 545,000 people in the Far North were food insecure, 77,000 children under age 5 were suffering from moderate acute malnutrition and 38,000 children under age 5 were suffering from severe acute malnutrition. The Far North is one of the regions with the lowest access to basic social services in Cameroon. For instance, only 54 per cent of the population in the region had access to safe drinking water and only 35 per cent had access to basic sanitation services.CERF allocated $7.1 million in Rapid Response grants in April 2015 for immediate life-saving assistance for refugees, IDPs and vulnerable host communities. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide registration and profiling services of 44,808 refugees and 60,000 IDPs; transport of 44,808 refugees from the Nigerian border to refugee camps; emergency shelters for 500 refugee families; basic relief items for 2,550 displaced families; medical care for 30,558 displaced people; agricultural inputs for 25,000 people; food for 83,000 people; the treatment in nutrition centres of 3,028 severely malnourished children under age 5; supplementary food for 4,930 malnourished children; psychosocial support and protection benefiting 30,000 women and girls; and sanitation and hygiene kits for 5,204 families.FAO;IOM;UN Women;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO7066174.00001500002015-04-24T00:00:002015-05-06T00:00:002015-08-08T00:00:002016-02-08T00:00:007066174.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available366201515-RR-NGA-1421767NigeriaNGA3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-NGA-14217_Nigeria_Mar2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made5Western Africa6Western Africa1Africa12Boko Haram crisis 2014-5600000This submission is part of the region-wide response addressing the needs of people fleeing from violence and insecurity in Nigeria stemming from Boko Haram. Approximately 1.2 million people have been internally displaced in the northeast of the country alone and nearly 200,000 people have fled to neighbouring Cameroon (27,000), Chad (66,000) and Niger (102,000) since May 2013. It is estimated that more than 1,000 civilians have already been killed in fighting associated with Boko Haram in 2015, while thousands of others have suffered horrendous atrocities. Hundreds of children have been killed, injured, abducted or recruited to fight and more than 300 schools have been severely damaged or destroyed in the north-east. Women and girls have been trafficked, raped, abducted and forcibly married. Protection needs of women, girls and children remain paramount. Inadequate shelters and protection in living facilities continue to pose protection challenges. Nutrition data indicates that 1.5 million malnourished children under 5 years of age and pregnant and lactating women in need of assistance in the affected area. In addition, 2.2 million people remain in need of protection, 4.6 million in need of food security, 3.5 in need of health care, 1.9 million in need of emergency shelter and NFIs, 2.2 million in need of WASH and 0.4 million in need of emergency education services.
The overall strategic objectives of the response remain those as formulated in the 2015 Strategic Response Plan (SRP) with specific focus on the North East; i) To track and analyze risk and vulnerability, integrating findings into humanitarian and development Programming; ii) Deliver coordinated and integrated life-saving assistance to people affected by emergencies and iii) Support to vulnerable populations to better cope with shocks by responding earlier to warning signals, by reducing post-crisis recovery times and by building capacity of national actors. Since 90 percent of the IDP population lives in host communities, and only some 10 percent in camps, these communities have been directly affected by the crisis as well. Therefore, the overall humanitarian response in North East Nigeria targets some 5.6 million people.
Priority areas for the response supported by CERF are therefore identified in protection, shelter/NFIs, food, nutrition security and provision of air services.
In the protection sector, there is a need to strengthen protection by presence in all four targeted states, Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Gombe;.
In the nutrition sector, humanitarian partners currently delivering life-saving assistance in the North East have exhausted their nutrition supplies. RUTF nutrition supplies aim to reach 47,500 children under the age of 5 suffering from SAM in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. These supplies shall target only the SAM cases.
In the shelter and NFIs sector, The CERF funds shall enable the distribution of 3,635 emergency shelter kits to vulnerable IDP households in the 4 targeted states.
In the food sector, some 49,828 people are considered most vulnerable among IDPs and host communities. Interventions shall be in emergency food distribution in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
Security is also considered a priority for this response to secure access. Increasing security messages and providing air services, particularly to Borno will help to ensure effective delivery of assistance by CERF as well as monitoring and evaluation of the response.
Thus the following 8 projects are included in the CERF response with an approximate allocation of US 10 million:
Protection (UNICEF, UNFPA, UNHCR); Nutrition (UNICEF), Shelter/NFI’s (IOM), Food Security (FAO), Security (UNDSS), Logistics (WFP).The conflict resulting from Boko Haram’s insurgency led to widespread population displacement in 2015, human rights violations and a growing humanitarian crisis. An estimated 5.6 million people in north-east Nigeria were directly affected. This figure included 1.2 million people who were internally displaced, 200,000 people who fled to neighbouring countries and 4.6 million who were food insecure. More than 7,000 fatalities were attributed to the insurgency, and the crisis left entire communities traumatized. Hundreds of children had been killed, injured, abducted or recruited to fight, and thousands of women and girls had been trafficked, raped or abducted. Inadequate health facilities, a lack of adequate water and sanitation, and increasing malnutrition contributed to cholera, measles and meningitis outbreaks. It was estimated that in the absence of well-targeted humanitarian assistance, as many as 3 million people would be unable to meet their basic food needs by July 2015.In response, CERF provided $9.9 million in Rapid Response funding for urgent life-saving response. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide emergency shelter items for 52,941 people; basic relief items for 6,456 families; the protection of 111,804 displaced people; food for 45,157 people; cartons of ready-to-use therapeutic food for health facilities allowing for the treatment of 47,121 malnourished children; the protection of 2,209 children who were orphaned or separated from their families; the sensitization of 300,000 people on GBV and adolescent sexual and reproductive health; psychosocial counselling and support for 5,515 rape survivors and severely distressed people (including cash assistance to 450 people); medical care and clinical management for 217 SGBV survivors; and rape-treatment kits for 22 health facilities.FAO;IOM;UNDP;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP9889075.000010901852015-04-29T00:00:002015-05-04T00:00:002015-08-07T00:00:002016-02-29T00:00:009889075.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available367201515-RR-MDG-1422855MadagascarMDG3Rapid Response8DroughtNatural Disaster15-RR-MDG-14228_Madagascar_Mar2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa200000As a result of drought since December 2015 in Southern Madagascar, an estimated 200,000 people are currently affected by food and nutrition insecurity, including 40,000 children < 5 years. According to the indicators in the national contingency plan for drought seven districts are affected by this emergency (Bekily, Beloha, Ambovombe and Tsihombe in the region of Androy, Amboassary in the region of Anosy and Ampanihy and Betioky in the region of Atsimo Andrefana) - three districts (Amboasary, Ambovombe and Bekily) are severely affected. A multi-sectorial rapid assessment was conducted in mid-February jointly by the Clusters (Nutrition, Health, Food security, WASH), The Ministry of Public Health (MOH), the National Nutrition Office (ONN) and the National Bureau for the Management of crises and natural disasters (BNGRC) supported by OCHA. On 9 March the Resident Coordinator submitted a concept note to the CERF. CERF requested the Country team to provide further information regarding the impact of the drought and focus more tightly on drought related needs. The Country Team reverted with a revised concept note on 13 March and official submission on 23 March 2015.The southern part of Madagascar, which is a naturally arid zone, received between 25 and 55 per cent less rain than normal in 2014. The rain deficit continued throughout the planting season between September and December, which resulted in an almost non-existent harvest at the beginning of 2015. The failure of the harvest led to the depletion of available food reserves by April 2015 and a sharp increase in food prices. The multisectoral needs assessment revealed that the rates of severe acute malnutrition ranged between 2.3 and 9.2 per cent, and the rates of moderate acute malnutrition ranged between 10.2 and 16.5 per cent among children under age 5 in seven southern regions of the country. It was estimated that the food security of between 200,000 and 350,000 people was affected. In view of the crisis, the Government of Madagascar announced a humanitarian emergency and issued an international funding appeal.In response to the crises, CERF allocated $2.3 million for immediate life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 68,479 of the most vulnerable people; treatment for 2,530 children under age 5 with severe acute malnutrition; supplementary feeding for 23,142 children under age 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers; water filters for 9,360 people without access to potable water; and seeds and agricultural inputs for 13,364 people, allowing them to resume agricultural production.FAO;UNICEF;WFP2294798.000002015-03-27T00:00:002015-04-02T00:00:002015-07-07T00:00:002016-01-07T00:00:002294798.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available368201515-RR-VUT-14293240VanuatuVUT3Rapid Response5StormNatural Disaster15-RR-VUT-14293_Vanuatu_Mar2015_Application3Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster20Melanesia21Melanesia5Oceania166600Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam struck Vanuatu on the evening of 13 March with a request for international assistance delivered by the Government of Vanuatu on 14 March. Vanuatu is a country of more than 80 islands with a projected population of 270,000 people. The Category 5 cyclone caused widespread damage across all six provinces of the archipelago – Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, and Torba. A state of emergency was officially declared on 21 March covering all affected provinces, including the capital, Port Vila. An estimated 166,600 people have been affected by the cyclone – more than half the country’s population. So far, 11 fatalities have been reported while 3,852 people are still living in the 30 evacuation centres on the main island of Efate.
Under the leadership of the HC, UNDAC and Pacific Humaniataran Team, a CERF request was developed for $5 million focusing on urgent needs in the first three months. The prioritized sectors include logistics, emergency telecommunications, food security, shelter, WASH, and health. The proposed projects and priorities are consistent with the Flash Appeal that was jointly developed with the government.Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu on 13 March 2015, causing widespread damage across all six provinces of the archipelago. A state of emergency was officially declared on 21 March. An estimated 166,600 people were affected (more than 60 per cent of Vanuatu’s population), making the cyclone one of the worst disasters ever to hit the Pacific region. Eleven fatalities were reported, while close to 4,000 people were residing in 30 evacuation centres on the main island of Efate. Up to 90 per cent of shelters were destroyed in Emae, Erromango and Tongoa islands. The Vanuatu Tropical Cyclone Pam Flash Appeal was launched on 24 March. It requested $29.9 million for humanitarian response in the sectors of agriculture, education, food, health and nutrition, protection, shelter, and water and sanitation.In response to the crisis, CERF allocated $5 million from its Rapid Response Window for the immediate commencement of life-saving response. This served as a critical initial injection of funds for the flash appeal, and it allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 70,000 people; access to good-quality water for 6,823 families; sanitation and hygiene kits for 8,000 families; agricultural inputs for 48,694 people, allowing for the restoration of agricultural production; education support benefiting 61,353 children; emergency shelter for 500 families who lost their houses; restored health services benefiting 166,600 people; measles vaccinations for 24,336 children under age 5; and antenatal check-ups for 6,738 pregnant and lactating women.FAO;IOM;UNFPA;UNICEF;WFP;WHO5038408.000002015-03-27T00:00:002015-03-30T00:00:002015-06-30T00:00:002016-02-10T00:00:005038408.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available369201515-RR-TCD-1434921ChadTCD3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-TCD-14349_Chad_Mar2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made2Middle Africa2Middle Africa1Africa12Boko Haram crisis 2014-84331This submission is part of the region-wide response addressing the needs of people fleeing from violence and insecurity stemming from Boko Haram. In Chad about 85,000 are directly affected by the crisis, with over 18,000 refugees from Nigeria, 8,500 Chadian returnees, 15,000 IDPs and some 43,000 people from host communities. People who arrived were traumatized and in poor health and nutrition situation after having crossed the lake or having walked for days without any assistance. Many have witnessed or have been victims of violence and atrocities. Initially they were welcomed generously by communities and Chadian authorities alike, who rapidly made available sites at Ngouboua and Dar es Salaam (Baga Sola) for refugee camps. The local population, having strong family, linguistic and commercial ties with people from Borno state hosted the returnees in their own homes.
The response strategy includes the following strategic objectives: i) Provide life-saving assistance to people in areas affected by the movement of population and address access is sues, and ii) to address the protection issues resulting from the impact of the Nigeria crisis. CERF funds will be restricited to providing lifesaving assistance to the newcomers and to host people who are no longer able to cope. CERF funds will be used for camp establishment and UNHCR is providing multi sectora assistance to refugees in refugee sites. Those in and out of camps, refugees, IDP’s and hosts are targeted for food, nutrition, WASH, health and protection activities.
While 14 projects were originally submitted for an allocated amount of US 4 million for Chad. However, revisions resulted in a reduction of projects down to 10. The withdrawn projects were not in line with CERF’s lifesaving criteria.The violence perpetrated by Boko Haram in Nigeria provoked several waves of population movements and had a direct impact on the humanitarian situation in Chad. An estimated 18,000 Nigerian refuges and 8,500 Chadian returnees fled into Chad by May 2015. Moreover, 14,500 people were internally displaced in Chad. The people on the move were extremely vulnerable. Many were traumatized by violence and exhausted by long travel in harsh conditions. They required immediate life-saving assistance including shelter, water, food, medical care and psychosocial support. The sudden influx of people fleeing into Chad overstretched public services and already limited resources, which had a negative impact on the livelihoods and food security of local communities. As a result, an estimated 43,000 people from host communities found themselves in critical need of humanitarian assistance.In response to the crisis, CERF allocated $3.5 million from its Rapid Response Window for the immediate implementation of life-saving assistance. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 15,705 people; treatment for 3,674 severely malnourished children; basic medical services for 12,780 people; protection through psychosocial support for 1,162 children; access to safe drinking water for 32,000 people; basic relief items for 2,591 families (11,121 people); shelter kits for 412 families (1,768 people); and the profiling of 69,702 displaced people.IOM;UNDP;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO3517882.0000530002015-05-07T00:00:002015-05-22T00:00:002015-08-27T00:00:002016-02-27T00:00:003517882.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available370201515-RR-SDN-1456576Republic of the SudanSDN3Rapid Response10MeaslesDisease Outbreak15-RR-SDN-14565_Sudan_Apr2015_Application2Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster3Northern Africa3Northern Africa1Africa3539Sudan is experiencing a severe measles outbreak across several states. It started in two states in December 2014 but spread to 14 states by April 2015 with more than 3,500 individuals affected. The overall case fatality rate is 1.3%; however, this rises dramatically in states like East Darfur and Kassala where treatment is minimal. Federal MOH with full support from WHO and UNICEF has led the response to the outbreak. 102 localities in 16 states of Sudan have been prioritized for the implementation of all the components of the response and containment plan (risk Assessment Feb-March 2015). With funding from the MoH, UNICEF and the Measles and Rubella Initiative, health partners have carried out emergency vaccination campaigns in some high risk localities; however, more is required to stem the outbreak.
CERF grants will be used to contain the outbreak in 22 first priority-high risk localities in four Darfur states (North, South, Central and East) where the situation is aggravated by additional factors such as; instability, conflict induced displacement (long-term and new), poor living conditions in crowded camps and camp-like settlements, and disrupted health services with unequal population access to essential health care. The activities include procurement of vaccines and supplies, vaccination and Vitamin A supplementation of children between 6 month to 15 years of age, proper management of measles cases, and community mobilization and awareness for optimal uptake of vaccination, and improved communities’ behavior for prevention.
The target is to vaccinate and provide Vitamin A to 1,849,656 children (at least 95 % coverage) in 22 priority one - high risk localities in North, South, East and Central Darfur states aiming to interrupt the transmission of the measles virus at community level and the further spread of the disease, and to improve the access to timely and proper measles case-management. The combined effect of these two actions would lead to the control of the outbreak, and a significant reduction of the measles-induced morbidity, mortality and disabilities.Since 2011, the Republic of Sudan has been hit several times by large-scale outbreaks of measles. A resurgence in measles cases was reported again in November 2014 in Gedarif and Kassala states. The Ministry of Health declared the outbreak in December 2014, which led to the implementation of vaccination campaigns. Nevertheless, by May 2015, the outbreak had spread to 32 localities in 14 states, with 3,539 reported cases and high case fatality rates. In response, vaccination campaigns were conducted in six states. However, urgent funding was required to cover the remaining affected areas.CERF allocated $2 million in Rapid Response grants for urgent response in high-risk localities. This critical funding allowed UN agencies and partners to vaccinate 1,826,146 children through fixed and mobile vaccination sites and 2,429 adults in ZamZam IDP camp in North Darfur. An estimated 787,190 households were reached with awareness-raising activities on measles. The campaign made a significant impact towards containing the outbreak. A total of 745 cases were reported across the country in May, but the number of cases reported per month gradually decreased after the campaign, with only 87 cases reported across the country in October.UNICEF;WHO1991765.000002015-05-08T00:00:002015-05-08T00:00:002015-08-12T00:00:002016-02-12T00:00:001991765.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available371201515-RR-CHL-1469622ChileCHL3Rapid Response6FloodNatural Disaster15-RR-CHL-14696_Chile_Apr2015_Application3Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster6Latin America and the Caribbean9South America2Americas161000The humanitarian situation in Chile is affected by a flood emergency which stuck three regions of northern Chile on 24 March 2015. As of 12 April, the National Emergency Office of the Ministry of Interior and Public Security (ONEMI) reports 26 deaths, 125 missing, over 160,000 people affected - of which 29,741 are directly impacted. In addition, 8,325 homes are reported as uninhabitable. Nearly 11,460 homes will need to be repaired. Most of the affected people are currently living with host communities and relatives. However, 2,527 people are housed in schools as temporary shelters . At the moment, there are no planned solutions for the return of people in temporary shelters to other locations.
The impacts of the floods include decreased water & sanitation services, shelter needs and decreased access to health care among others. The most affected municipalities are Copiapo, Chanaral, Tierra Amarilla, Diego de Almagro, Alto del Carmen, Freirina, Huasco and Vallenar. The number of Chileans affected by the floods is estimated at 160,000.
On 23 April, the RC for Chile submitted a rapid response application for $1.2 million to support urgent three-month needs. The initial application required focusing on gaps that were unmet by the government response in three priority sectors. The key priorities put forward in the revised submission for CERF funding were WASH, shelter/NFIs, and health. This final application is for US$781,560 and targets approximately 35,000 people in the Atacama region. This area is among the most affected in terms of the effects of the floods and requires health supplies and services, shelter supplies and WASH response to complement the Government response.On 24 March 2015, an unprecedented amount of rain led to floods in three regions in northern Chile: Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo. The National Emergency Office reported that 164,914 people had been affected, 8,325 houses were uninhabitable and 16,588 people had been displaced. The Ministry of Health declared an alert on account of the health hazards, especially flood waters contaminated by sewage.In response to the emergency, CERF provided $800,000 for urgent humanitarian action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide emergency health care for 21,444 people; an improved water supply and sanitation for 39,789 people through interventions such as bottled water distribution, improved water systems and hygiene kits; and the facilitation of the return home of 2,550 people through basic house repairs and repair kits.IOM;WHO777854.000002015-05-08T00:00:002015-05-13T00:00:002015-08-18T00:00:002016-02-18T00:00:00777854.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available373201515-RR-NPL-1484564NepalNPL3Rapid Response1EarthquakeNatural Disaster15-RR-NPL-14845_Nepal_May2015_Application3Geophysical1Natural Disaster10Southern Asia13Southern Asia3Asia8000000A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April at 11:56 local time creating large-scale damage and many casualties. According to initial estimations and based on the latest earthquake intensity mapping, over 8 million people are affected in 39 of Nepal’s 75 districts. The Central and Western Region, including the Kathmandu Valley districts, are most affected. Over 2 million people live in the 11 most critically hit districts. The estimated number of affected people was calculated using data from the 2011 census and Government guidance that 50 per cent of the total population in the earthquake-hit districts is affected. According to the Government and as of 29 April, the earthquake caused 5,006 deaths, most of them in Bhaktapur, Kathmandu and Lalitpur. Over 10,194 people have been injured.
On 26 April, the ERC agreed to an initial allocation of $15 million to jumpstart the response. On 1 May, the RC/HC for Nepal submitted a rapid response application for $15 million to support urgent three-month needs in line with the Flash Appeal. The key priorities put forward for CERF funding were food, logistics, WASH, shelter/NFIs, health, and protection.On 25 April, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, causing thousands of casualties and large-scale destruction. Strong aftershocks continued to threaten the lives of thousands of people and further damage buildings and infrastructure. On 12 May, another 7.3-magnitude quake hit the region and worsened the humanitarian situation. According to the Government, as of 29 April 2015, the earthquake had caused 5,006 deaths and large-scale displacement. More than 600,000 houses were destroyed and 288,000 were damaged. Up to 90 per cent of health facilities in rural areas were damaged, while hospitals in district capitals, including Kathmandu, were overcrowded and lacked supplies. Based on the initial assessment, WFP estimated that 1.4 million people needed food assistance. Moreover, the usual water transport by trucks to many areas had been interrupted, resulting in a water shortage, and many wells were damaged, leading to fears of waterborne diseases.In response, CERF immediately allocated $14.9 million in May 2015, $3.0 million in July 2015 and $1.2 million in October 2015 through its Rapid Response for urgent life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide shelters and emergency items for 350,410 people; food for 206,180 people; access to water, sanitation and hygiene for 378,315 people; hygiene kits for 47,378 people; re-established essential health-care services benefiting 1,460,000 people; and protection for 158,478 children.IOM;UNFPA;UNICEF;WFP;WHO14913716.000025576802015-05-04T00:00:002015-05-06T00:00:002015-08-08T00:00:002016-02-08T00:00:0014913716.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available374201515-RR-RWA-1500672RwandaRWA3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-RWA-15006_Rwanda_May2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa14Burundi political crisis 2015-202030000On March 31 2015, Rwanda experienced a sudden influx of refugees fleeing from Burundi in advance of elections in that country. As of May 6, 24,967 refugees have entered Rwanda from Burundi, with a daily arrival rate currently averaging 520 new arrivals per day but which was averaging over 2,000 new arrivals daily earlier in the month. The Rwanda UNCT expects an additional 65,000 to enter the country in the coming months.
On 10 May 2015, the RC for Rwanda sent a CERF rapid response request to address the immediate four-month needs of 30,000 refugees currently in country. The request includes food and nutrition assistance, shelter materials, health services, safe water, sanitation facilities and protection at the Bugesera and Nyanza reception centers and the newly established Mahama refugee camp.At the end of March 2015, Rwanda began to experience a sudden mass influx of refugees fleeing pre-election tensions in Burundi. The rates of influx were initially in the low hundreds per day, but three weeks into the crisis the number of new arrivals reached 3,500 per day. Registration data showed that 84 per cent of the newly arrived refugees were women and children. Large-scale capacity was required in order to register refugees (registration is the foundation for protection and access to all services). Moreover, the Government determined that the opening of a new refugee camp was necessary, and it designated a site on 16 April. Construction started immediately and the first refugees were relocated to the new camp a week later. By the end of 2015, there were 76,054 Burundian refugees registered in Rwanda. This population required protection and life-saving humanitarian assistance, which the Government of Rwanda was unable to provide without support from the UN and NGOs.CERF allocated $8 million in rapid-response grants for the implementation of time-critical life-saving response activities. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food assistance for 30,000 people; nutritional screenings for 6,615 children under age 5 and treatment for 516 children with severe acute malnutrition; emergency health response benefiting 30,000 people; antenatal care services for 1,056 women and assistance for 660 deliveries; multisector assistance for refugees, including water, shelter, basic relief items, protection and transport for 30,000 people; and protection against violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect for 7,154 children.UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO7984746.000002015-05-18T00:00:002015-05-20T00:00:002015-08-22T00:00:002016-02-22T00:00:007984746.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available375201515-RR-TZA-1511380United Republic of TanzaniaTZA3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-TZA-15113_Tanzania_May2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa14Burundi political crisis 2015-202070000Of the 71,717 refugees in Tanzania 18,563 are in Nyaragusu refugee camp. An estimated population of 50,000 asylum seekers are in the overcrowded village of Kagunga. While arrivals were initially expected in all Tanzanian regions bordering Burundi, an overwhelming number of asylum seekers selected the route via Kagunga, a small border village on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, from where they attempt to board a ferry to Kibirizi / Kigoma. Kagunga is an isolated village without any water or sanitation facilities, and as the areas is mountainous, vast groups of people trying to camp are forced to do so in a very densely congested area. People are using the lake for sanitation and also as drinking water, which means that the outbreak of waterborne diseases and other illnesses is a matter of time only unless life-saving measures are taken immediately.
The humanitarian situation in Kagunga village remains difficult – and at present even the minimum capacity to assist all asylum seekers is absent. Transportation is also slow, as only 1,800 people can be transported by boat per day from the Kagunga village to Kigoma Transit Centre. Key challenges remain in WASH, Health, Shelter and Security in Kagunga village, which is overcrowded; slow transportation out of Kagunga village; lack of transit facilities in Kigoma; congestion of Nyarugusu Camp; food assistance and lack of NFIs. There are high risk of malaria, respiratory illnesses, and diarrhoea which present major health concerns. As of 14 May there were 70 confirmed cases of cholera reported.
To address this the priorities for a CERF response were outlined to support 40,000 refugees for 3 months. Multi sector assistance to be provided addressing immediate needs include protection - fast and onward transportation of asylum seekers out of transit centers to camps is a main priority as well as registration and profiling of arrivals and family tracing and reunification of separated children. Health is focusing on provision of basic medicine and supplies, kits for maternal health and vaccinating arrivals. WASH is constructing infrastructure in the new camp for potable and washing water and latrines are being constructed. Food assistance and NFI’s will be provided as well as emergency shelter. The package is for approximately US7.7 million which includes Protection (UNICEF, UNHCR, IOM), Shelter and NFI’s (UNHCR), Food Security (WFP), health (WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR) and WASH (UNHCR, UNICEF).Starting from the end of April 2015, a steadily increasing number of people began to flee Burundi fearing election related violence. By mid-May, 71,717 Burundian refugees had arrived in Tanzania, which created a complex humanitarian situation. Up to 40,000 people found themselves trapped in the small village of Kagunga (at the time believed to be accessible only by boat from Kigoma). They had no other options but to rely on humanitarian assistance for survival. The immediate installation of temporary health, water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, food assistance and onward transportation to Nyarugusu refugee camp were critically important.CERF allocated $7.7 million from its Rapid Response Window to start the humanitarian response. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide access to emergency health services for 97,764 people; measles/ rubella vaccinations for 39,600 children and polio vaccinations for 35,000 children; improved access to safe drinking water for 40,000 people; hygienic kits for 10,000 women and girls; food for 65,426 people; tents and shelter kits for 7,800 families (31,200 people); core relief items for 10,000 families (40,000 people); and protection, documentation and safe transport for 40,000 people.IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO7656005.000002015-05-27T00:00:002015-06-02T00:00:002015-09-05T00:00:002016-03-05T00:00:007656005.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available376201515-RR-SSD-1515991South SudanSSD3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-SSD-15159_South Sudan_May2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa10South Sudan crisis 2013-97000Intensified fighting between the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the Sudan Armed Forces in South Kordofan has generated a new influx of refugees into South Sudan’s Unity state since mid-December 2014. Most new arrivals are from Umdoreen, Haeban and Delami counties in Sudan.
After protracted negotiations with UNHCR, in February 2015 the Government granted permission for the expansion of Ajuong Thok camp to accommodate up to 40,000 persons and to the establishment of a new camp in Pamir with an initial capacity of 20,000. This unprecedented move by the Government has provided a window of opportunity to respond assertively to improve conditions for the refugees.
UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP and their respective partners have been responding to the increased needs of the refugees in Ajuong Thok camp, both new arrivals from Sudan as well as those relocating from Yida. However, existing services are no longer able to cope with the increasing caseload and there is a serious deterioration in living conditions for refugees with commensurate risks to health and wellbeing. Water supply coverage is generally below the recommended Sphere Standard; the Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate is 11.1 per cent among newly arrived children; the ratio of pupils per classroom has increased to 150. Owing to poor WASH conditions there was an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in March 2015, with 330 cases reported. Increased new arrivals have put additional pressure on the existing food pipeline in catering for a standard full basket of food assistance. While vaccination at both Ajuong Thok and Yida is ongoing, given the crowded living conditions the risk of a major disease outbreak remains high. Newly arrived refugees have few belongings, lack livelihoods alternatives, and have little option but to rely on humanitarian assistance for their survival.Intense fighting between the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North and the Sudan Armed Forces generated a new influx of refugees from Sudan to South Sudan’s Unity state in 2015. After protracted negotiations, in February 2015 the Government granted permission for the expansion of Ajuong Thok camp and for the establishment of a new camp in Pamir. This provided a window of opportunity to improve conditions in overcrowded camps, where the basic services were no longer able to cope with increasing caseloads. Water-supply coverage was below Sphere Standards in the camps, there was an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in March 2015 due to poor sanitation, the acute malnutrition rate was 11.1 per cent among newly arrived children, and the ratio of pupils per classroom had increased to 150. Newly arrived refugees had few belongings, lacked livelihoods alternatives and had little option but to rely on humanitarian assistance for survival.In response, CERF provided $5.6 million in Rapid Response funding for time-critical life-saving interventions. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide improvements to water and sanitation infrastructure and services benefiting 13,854 people; access to primary health care for 13,854 people; emergency shelter materials and basic relief items for 2,500 households; vaccinations for 1,143 children under age 1 and medical treatment for 851 children under age 5; general food distribution to 6,667 people; nutrition services for 1,038 children under age 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers; and access to education and psychosocial support for 6,608 children.UNHCR;UNICEF;UNOPS;WFP5616616.000002015-06-02T00:00:002015-06-04T00:00:002015-09-08T00:00:002016-03-08T00:00:005616616.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available377201515-RR-PER-1516070PeruPER3Rapid Response6FloodNatural Disaster15-RR-PER-15160_Peru_May2015_Application3Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster6Latin America and the Caribbean9South America2Americas205505Severe flooding in the Loreto Region of Peru has affected more than 200,000 people. This region suffers from high levels of poverty, malnutrition and poor infrastructure. The floods damaged housing, schools, and especially sanitation facilities. Floods are affecting urban and peri-urban areas of Iquitos as well as rural areas. As of 25 May, approximately 7,000 people were residing in 50 overcrowded collective shelters in the urban and peri-urban areas. While the regional government is providing some assistance in the form of food aid, it does not have the capacity to scale up urgently needed health and WASH services. The government requested the assistance of the humanitarian community to support the flood response operation.Almost 700,000 people were affected by severe flooding, which caused widespread humanitarian needs during the 2015 rainy season in Peru. As a result, a state of emergency was announced in the Loreto region, which is characterized by high levels of poverty and malnutrition with a 42 per cent poverty index. More than 25,000 houses were flooded and about 3,500 people were displaced in the Loreto region. Affected families had limited access to safe water and sanitation, which resulted in a high risk of disease outbreaks.Since the scale of humanitarian needs exceeded local response capacity, CERF allocated $900,000 for immediate life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide repair kits and other key assistance, allowing 700 families to return home; seeds, food security kits and other assistance, allowing 1,400 families to re-establish agricultural production; improved access to safe water and proper sanitation and hygiene for 22,032 people; 5,000 hygiene kits for young and adolescent women of reproductive age; and a GBV prevention system.FAO;IOM;UNFPA;UNICEF914395.0000706002015-06-03T00:00:002015-06-05T00:00:002015-09-09T00:00:002016-03-09T00:00:00914395.0000Summary will be available soon.PCompleted378201515-RR-YEM-1520385YemenYEM3Rapid Response19Post-conflict NeedsConflict-related15-RR-YEM-15203_Yemen_May2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia7500000Since mid-March 2015, Yemen has descended into a crisis that is posing new, unprecedented challenges for the people of Yemen and the international humanitarian community. The rapid escalation of hostilities and violence in Yemen is now affecting 19 out of 22 governorates in the country, generating new waves of internal displacements, damaging infrastructure and public facilities, interrupting public services, and severely affecting markets and supplies of key commodities.
On 17 May 2015, WFP contacted the ERC requesting CERF support to enable WFP to receive and distribute some 2,300 metric tonnes of food commodities provided in-kind by Iran. The food will be delivered to Djibouti by Iran and then WFP support onward transportation of the commodities to Yemen where WFP implementing partners will distribute the food assistance to approximately 133,000 conflict-affected people in Haidan and Sa'ada districts.Summary will be available soon.Summary will be available soon.WFP1440633.00001330002015-05-22T00:00:002015-05-22T00:00:002015-08-27T00:00:002016-06-12T00:00:001440633.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available379201515-RR-UKR-15384188UkraineUKR3Rapid Response19Post-conflict NeedsConflict-related15-RR-UKR-15384_Ukraine_Jun2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made15Eastern Europe16Eastern Europe4Europe5000000The humanitarian situation in Ukraine has severely deteriorated since the beginning of 2015, following the intensification of conflict in January-February in the east of the country. This resulted in additional displacement and suffering of civilians, and further constraints to access, both for humanitarian actors to reach people in need and to affected population to access life-saving assistance. The intensity of the conflict somewhat subsided in March, following the Minsk II agreement (11 February) although the situation remains fragile and clashes continue to be reported in areas along the frontline. There is now a window of opportunity available for further - rapidly - stepping up the humanitarian response to those in need.
The targeted CERF request focuses on immediate assistance to an estimated 300,000 people of Donetsk and Luhansk in limited government-controlled and non-government controlled areas that are in close proximity to the line of contact between Government and armed forces. The request aims to bolster logistics capacity in the east, provide critical medical supplies and services, and deliver safe water through water trucking and rapid repair of water systems.In 2015, shelling and exchanges of fire between the Ukrainian armed forces and non-State actors continued in several locations along the “contact line” in the Donetsk and Luhansk Provinces. From the beginning of the conflict in April 2014 until March 2016, OHCHR recorded 30,346 casualties in eastern Ukraine. The fighting also led to displacement, disrupted services and infrastructure losses, leaving many civilians without access to essential services. Among other needs, 2.9 million people were affected by insufficient access to a water supply and poor water quality, of whom 1.7 million were prioritized for urgent response activities. Access to emergency primary health care was extremely limited for displaced people and for those residing in conflict affected areas. Fighting continued to produce life-threatening injuries, while hospitals were receiving little assistance in the form of medical supplies, medications and food for patients.CERF allocated $4.9 million to kick-start the response to the highest-priority humanitarian needs. This emergency funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide safe water through water trucking or bottled water to 100,000 people; the improvement of water quality through chemicals, reagents and equipment benefiting 1.3 million people; hygiene supplies for 100,000 people; medical supplies and medicines for hospitals benefiting an estimated 661,500 people; and improved common logistics services allowing for the uninterrupted flow of humanitarian supplies.UNICEF;WFP;WHO4920172.00006010002015-06-17T00:00:002015-06-19T00:00:002015-09-24T00:00:002016-04-25T00:00:004920172.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available380201515-RR-YEM-1552685YemenYEM3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-YEM-15526_Yemen_Jun2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia21100000Since mid-March, conflict has spread to 20 of Yemen’s 22 governorates, prompting a large-scale protection crisis and aggravating an already dire humanitarian crisis brought on by years of poverty, poor governance and ongoing instability. The Humanitarian Needs Overview, launched on 12 June, indicates 21.1 million people – 80 per cent of the population – require some form of humanitarian assistance, mainly water, protection, food and healthcare. This figure represents a 33 per cent increase since the onset of the conflict.
On 22 June, the HC for Yemen sent a rapid response request for $25 million to support critical needs in five priority clusters (health; nutrition; WASH; shelter/NFIs; and logistics). Funding from the CERF will enable humanitarian partners to deliver time-sensitive, life-saving assistance to IDP and host communities in Yemen in the critical sectors of Health, Emergency Shelter and NFIs, Nutrition and WASH. Life-saving supplies (drugs for non-communicable diseases, shelter and NFI kits for IDPs, therapeutic feeding supplies and mobile clinics, and safe drinking water) will be purchased by WHO, UNHCR and UNICEF. Essential support will be provided to WFP to enable humanitarian operations through fuel procurement and distribution to life-saving clusters, UNHAS and airlifting of cargos and humanitarian workers, and rehabilitation of the Al Hodeydah port facilities.The escalation of military conflict in 2015 has had a devastating impact on the lives of all Yemeni people. Their coping mechanisms were already stretched by years of instability, poor governance, lack of rule of law and widespread poverty. Before the conflict intensified in 2015, almost half of all Yemenis lived below the poverty line. That number drastically increased due to military operations and a sharp reduction in commercial imports. According to the 2015 Humanitarian Needs Overview, 80 per cent of Yemen’s population (21.1 million people) needed humanitarian assistance, mainly water, protection, food and health care. Out of the estimated 12.9 million people directly affected by the conflict, the 1 million internally displaced and 200,000 of the most vulnerable people in host communities bore the brunt of the suffering. An estimated 54 per cent of displaced people were women, who often supported their families despite long-standing gender inequalities and challenges accessing assistance. Rates of registered grave violations of child rights increased dramatically, including child deaths, injuries and recruitment to armed groups. Decreasing access to water and sanitation placed up to 2.5 million children at risk of diarrhoea and 1.3 million at risk of acute respiratory infections.Due to the severity and magnitude of humanitarian needs, CERF allocated $1.4 million in May 2015 and $25.3 million in June 2015 through its Rapid Response window for immediate life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide drugs and medical supplies to 578,681 people suffering from non-communicable diseases; emergency food rations for 96,796 people; access to life-saving nutrition services for 117,642 severely malnourished and undernourished children and 35,893 pregnant and lactating women; essential relief items for 88,200 displaced people; and access to safe water for 5,146,244 people in 12 cities through the delivery of fuel to pump water for distribution through piped water systems, wastewater treatment and solid-waste disposal services.IOM;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO25274293.000061367462015-06-25T00:00:002015-07-02T00:00:002015-10-07T00:00:002016-06-29T00:00:0025274293.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available381201515-RR-COD-1555627Democratic Republic of the CongoCOD3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-COD-15556_DR Congo_Jun2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made2Middle Africa2Middle Africa1Africa14Burundi political crisis 2015-202038890More than 10,000 people, mostly Burundian refugees but also repatriated Congolese refugees and returning Congolese economic migrants have fled to the DRC due to pre election violence in Burundi. Most have fled to South Kivu which borders Burundi. Upon the advice of UNHCR, the Government of the DRC has accepted to grant them the status of refugees prima facie. Ten per cent of the refugees, considered as the most vulnerable, have initially been taken into transit centers in anticipation of their transfer to a more permanent site. Congolese authorities have decided on the relocation of Burundian refugees to a camp near the village of Lusenda with a capacity for 10,000 people. As of yet, over 3,200 refugees have accepted to be transferred to this site. Most others have settled in host families within local communities in South Kivu’s Fizi and Uvira territories.
Tensions in the volatile host areas are exacerbated by the new arrivals, generating protection needs. Partly as a result of the limited control over affected areas by State authorities, these areas are also prone to activities from numerous armed groups, to banditry, and to resource-based inter-community conflicts. humanitarian actors have observed a significant increase of tensions between local and guest communities, especially in sites where most of the Burundian refugees are currently settled
According to a multisectoral assessment by the Rapid Response mechanism to Population Movements (RRMP) and additional cluster evaluations recently carried out in the affected area, the most urgent needs include access to water and sanitation structures, as well as access to food for refugees. These needs are followed by a high need in Non-Food-Items (NFI) and access to schools for the children. Moreover, access to primary health care by the refugees, continues to be a priority for the humanitarian community.
Objectives of the response include: i) addressing multi sector life saving needs of incoming population as well as families who host them ii) alleviating pressure on communities in host areas and iii) providing protection including in Lusenda camp. As such, WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA will be working to increase access to primary health services, replenishing emergency stocks of medical kits and vaccines, and meeting reproductive health needs. UNICEF will also provide a nutrition response. UNHCR will be providing protection (refugee tracking, documentation) services as well as multi sector assistance within the Lusenda camp while WFP and FAO will be providing food and livelihood assistance targeting camp and host populations.The pre-election violence that started in Burundi at the end of March 2015 led to a mass-scale influx of people to neighbouring countries. Among the displaced population, an estimated 10,000 refugees and more than 3,800 Congolese returnees had fled to DRC by July 2015. At the beginning of the crisis, about 10 per cent of refugees were received in transit centres, while 90 per cent mainly settled with host families, thus aggravating the vulnerability of these households. Needs assessments identified critical multisectoral needs among the newly arrived and the deterioration of the humanitarian situation of host communities.In response to the crisis, CERF allocated $6.8 million in Rapid Response funding for immediate life-saving programmes covering displaced populations and vulnerable host communities. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide improved access to basic health care for 55,851 people; food for 27,581 people; treatment for 1,382 severely malnourished children under age 5; the sensitization of 13,773 women on infant and young child feeding; agricultural inputs for 3,800 families (21,880 people); the registration and documentation of 5,490 displaced people; basic relief items for 12,764 people; and medical assistance for 180 survivors of SGBV.FAO;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO6792923.000002015-07-16T00:00:002015-07-31T00:00:002015-11-06T00:00:002016-05-12T00:00:006792923.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available382201515-RR-SSD-1565791South SudanSSD3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-SSD-15657_South Sudan_Jul2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa10South Sudan crisis 2013-750000Renewed conflict in the Greater Upper Nile region in Unity and Upper Nile States in May and June 2015 resulted in further displacement and the destruction of homes and livelihoods already affected by crisis. It is estimated that over 750,000 individuals have been displaced or cut off from assistance as a result, being in locations that are inaccessible through pre-existing response modalities due to insecurity and logistical constraints. Building on the successful “Southern Unity Survival Kit Operation” project, CERF funding will provide conflict-affected people in remote locations with lifesaving supplies through the provision of a survival kit designed to meet immediate needs. Each nine-kilogram kit contains items to provide a family of five with emergency shelter, nutrition, health supplies and livelihood support.The escalation of conflict in the Greater Upper Nile region starting in April 2015 was characterized by extreme levels of violence and violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. At least 29 villages and towns were attacked, some 1,000 people were killed, 1,300 women and girls were raped and 1,600 people were abducted. Even the people fleeing into the swamps were not safe, as attackers pursued them. Many people, particularly children, drowned while running for their lives and hundreds more were separated from their families. An estimated 750,000 people were cut off from humanitarian assistance due to displacement and insecurity.In response to the crisis, CERF allocated $5.2 million to the innovative multisectoral Survival Kit Project, which was designed to provide families on the run with essential items to save their lives in areas otherwise inaccessible by humanitarian assistance. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide survival kits for 27,727 families (135,655 people). Each survival kit included packets of high-calorie fortified dry food, oral rehydration salts, two collapsible jerry cans, a fishing kit, two packets of vegetable seeds, a kitchen set and a storage bag.FAO;IOM;UNICEF;WFP5192853.00001500002015-07-16T00:00:002015-07-16T00:00:002015-10-23T00:00:002016-04-23T00:00:005192853.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available383201515-RR-SDN-1574576Republic of the SudanSDN3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-SDN-15745_Sudan_Jul2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made3Northern Africa3Northern Africa1Africa10South Sudan crisis 2013-0The political conflict that broke out in South Sudan on 15 December 2013 displaced thousands of civilians in South Sudan and continues to cause mass outflow of refugees into neighbouring countries, including Sudan. An estimated 607,606 individuals have fled South Sudan into neighbouring countries in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan. Sudan has received the highest number of new arrivals with 191,584.
Prior to the recent influx, White Nile State had received 78,356 individuals, 58% of all South Sudanese refugees arriving in Sudan. The population is now at 103,703 refugees in White Nile, with an arrival rate of between 150 and 200 per day. This large influx of 29,500 since early May has stretched the basic services and space available across all sites.
The objective of the CERF funded support is to enhance services in six existing sites (excluding Dabat Bosin as no new arrivals have been received) and 2 border areas, in White Nile with a concentration on those sites with the highest number of new arrivals. The focus will be on rapidly meeting the new and additional needs required in the areas of Non Food Item’s/Emergency Shelter, Food Security and Livelihood health, Health, Nutrition, Protection, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene due to the large influx of new arrivals in a short period of time. An integrated approach will be ensured to enhance life-saving services and improve the underlying protection environment to make sure these services can be adequately accessed.The conflict in South Sudan displaced thousands of people and caused a mass outflow of refugees. By the end of 2015, more than 190,000 South Sudanese refugees had fled to Sudan, the highest number out of all neighbouring countries. The Government of Sudan allocated four additional sites for new camps due to the increased influx of refugees in 2015. People were reaching border areas exhausted, nutritionally weak and in poor health. Many were traumatized, having travelled in extremely difficult conditions to escape ongoing violence. Upon arrival, they faced dire situations in the camps, with many services already struggling to meet Sphere Standards well before the 2015 influx.Due to the severity and scale of humanitarian needs, CERF allocated $7.1 million from its Rapid Response Window for a time-critical life-saving response. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 30,000 people; nutritional screenings for 6,420 children under age 5 and treatment for 537 severely malnourished cases; supplementary food for 12,975 malnourished children under age 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers; access to primary health care for 33,033 people; the protection of 28,857 people (including through cash assistance to 811 people); access to safe water for 30,000 people; soap for 9,000 families; hygiene kits for 4,178 women and girls; shelter materials and basic relief items for 1,425 families (7,125 people); and communal shelters for 5,000 people.UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO7087382.000002015-07-31T00:00:002015-08-17T00:00:002015-11-18T00:00:002016-06-09T00:00:007087382.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available384201515-RR-PRK-1579749Democratic People's Republic of KoreaPRK3Rapid Response8DroughtNatural Disaster15-RR-PRK-15797_DPR Korea_Jul2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster9Eastern Asia12Eastern Asia3Asia0For the last eighteen months, a long period of abnormally dry weather has affected DPRK resulting in a drought. While precipitation has consistently been below average in 2014 and 2015, the shortfall has been far greater in May and June 2015. In May 2015, total precipitation was 57 per cent below average. Analysis demonstrates that 2015 recorded the lowest average rainfall in the last 5 years. According to EU-JRC, 2015 is the driest season since 2008 (drought year) in the four most affected provinces—South and North Hwanghae, South Pyongan and South Hamgyong.
As a consequence of drought conditions and resulting decreases in water volume in dams, rivers and underground reservoirs there has been a significant increase in the incidence of waterborne diseases and other health concerns. As many communities rely on domestic water wells, the drying or already dry water bodies are leading people to use unsafe water. The effects of unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation is a major concern in DPRK as 88 per cent of diarrhoeal diseases are attributed to unsafe water and 13 per cent of deaths for under-five children are attributed to diarrhoea (second biggest cause of death amongst children).
Diarrhoea directly contributes to increased rates of malnutrition. Based on an assessment of all CMAM programme sites nationwide, the total number of wasted children under five ‘with and without complications’, treated in the CMAM programme from January to June 2015 is 30,158. This is a significant increase when considering only 26,407 children under five were treated for malnutrition from January to December in 2014. Typically, there is a spike in the number of children treated during the lean season so there are serious concerns that numbers will significantly increase. Field assessment missions in May/June 2015 to South Hwanghae and North Pyongan Provinces identified the most severe cases of SAM ever observed, with children’s heights and weights reported as being minus 4 and minus 5 standard deviations from the norm (usually overserved as severe as minus 2 or 3 standard deviations). As a result of the prevailing drought conditions the health system is unable to cope with the increased diarrhoeal cases. In particular, cases of malnutrition are presenting with severe dehydration and the health system is facing a severe shortage of oral rehydration solutions (ORS) needed to prevent death from diarrhoea.
In nutrition, the response targets malnourished children under 5 and pregnant and lactating women through implementation of an integrated treatment for malnutrition, including supplementary food rations like fortified biscuits, blended foods, oils and pulses; promoting lifesaving infant and young child feeding practices; micronutrient supplementation; and other medicines required to combat malnutrition. UN agencies currently work in 29 counties in nutrition but will be expanding these programmes to reach an additional 60 counties.
In WASH, the response focuses on expanding the provision of safe drinking water as well as preventing the escalation of incidence of diarrhoea through safe hygiene practices. The interventions in this sector include: providing supplies for treatment and safe storage of drinking water, such as water purification units, tablets, water treatment sets, foldable jerry cans and buckets; supplies and promotion of safer hygiene practices, including soap and hygiene education materials.
The application includes two joint projects in nutrition (UNICEF, WFP) and two joint projects in WASH (UNICEF, WHO).DPRK suffered an extended period of abnormally dry weather in 2014 and 2015, resulting in repeated droughts. In May 2015, the total recorded precipitation was 57 per cent below average. The decreased water volume in dams, rivers and underground reservoirs led to a 30 per cent increase in the incidence of waterborne diseases, including a steep increase in diarrhoea among children under age 5. Diarrhoea directly contributes to increased rates of malnutrition. The total number of children under age 5 treated in the nationwide acute malnutrition programme increased to 30,158 from 26,407 the previous year. By June 2015, the Government had recognized that the severity and scale of the drought were exceeding national capacity. It approached the UN for assistance to respond to the urgent needs of people in the most affected areas.In response, CERF allocated $6.3 million in Rapid Response grants to UN agencies for immediate humanitarian action. This allowed UN agencies and partners to provide treatment for 12,000 children under age 5 with severe acute malnutrition; 60 new Community Management of Acute Malnutrition service-delivery sites; fortified blended food for 78,312 malnourished children and 23,587 pregnant and breastfeeding women; and supplies for household water treatment and safe storage for 280,000 families (1,210,060 people).UNICEF;WFP;WHO6276701.000002015-08-05T00:00:002015-08-11T00:00:002015-11-18T00:00:002016-05-18T00:00:006276701.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available385201515-RR-YEM-1580985YemenYEM3Rapid Response19Post-conflict NeedsConflict-related15-RR-YEM-15809_Yemen_Jul2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia0Even before the escalation of conflict in March 2015, Yemen faced one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. The current conflict has affected most of the country, leaving 21.1 million people – 80 per cent of the population – in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. The fighting led to the evacuation of all UN and INGO international staff in March 2015 and whilst 110 international UN staff have returned to Sana’a, there is an urgent need, in line with the L3 activation, to increase international UN and INGO staff presence across the country. Funding is needed to facilitate the rapid establishment of security prerequisites and operational necessities for international staff to operate in areas of most humanitarian need. Area hubs have been identified for the UN and INGO to establish presence across the country. The CERF funds will directly benefit 1056 UN humanitarian workers and the staff of 34 NGOs working from these area hubs. The hubs will enable the serving of 11,442,573 beneficiaries in Aden, Hudaydah, Sa’ada, Sana’a, and Taizz, and the funding will focus on the establishment of emergency telecommunications and data sharing and the provision of adequate security and safety measures for the humanitarian community.The humanitarian situation in Yemen rapidly deteriorated in the summer of 2015 due to escalating conflict. The number of IDPs increased to 1.44 million, and the number of deaths reported by health facilities increased from 2,288 to 4,628 and injuries from 9,755 to 23,970 between 12 June and 20 August 2015. But the actual numbers of causalities were much higher, as many deaths and injuries were not reported.
As of midyear, there was an urgent need to scale up humanitarian action to meet the growing needs. However, scaling up the UN and NGO presence across the country required the establishment of operational hubs with necessary security and emergency telecommunications services.Therefore, CERF allocated $2.6 million in Rapid Response grants to implement key projects in safety, telecommunications and logistics sectors. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to establish five operational hubs; the deployment of security personnel to carry out 119 security-risk assessments; radio rooms in Aden, Al Hudaydah, Ibb, Saada and Sana’a; networks, facilities and equipment for increased communication and information-sharing; strengthened area coordination mechanisms; and security trainings.UNDP;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP2592511.0000002015-09-04T00:00:002015-09-10T00:00:002015-12-15T00:00:002016-10-07T00:00:002592511.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available386201515-RR-SSD-1581091South SudanSSD3Rapid Response9CholeraDisease Outbreak15-RR-SSD-15810_South Sudan_Jul2015_Application2Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa10South Sudan crisis 2013-0Eighteen months following the onset of the crisis in December 2013, the humanitarian needs still remain high in South Sudan. More than 1.6 million people are currently displaced in Protection of Civilian (PoC) and non-PoC displacement sites primarily in Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile states. Despite continued response by the humanitarian community, the situation among the displaced people and the host communities remains poor.
The humanitarian situation has been compounded by a cholera outbreak declared on 23 June 2015. As of 11 July 2015, 862 cholera cases including 34 deaths have been reported in Juba and Bor counties of Central Equatoria and Jonglei States respectively. In Juba County 794 cases including 33 deaths have been reported from 75 villages in eight Payams. In Bor, as of July 7th, 72 cases including 1 death have been reported.
While the initial cases were traced back to PoC displacement camps, the cholera outbreak is closely tied tied to the current economic crisis. Public water supply provision for drinking and domestic use is extremely limited and is very much dependent on water trucking and the availability of bottled water. An increase of 50 - 200% in the cost of water has reduced the level of safe water available leading to poor sanitation and hygiene practices and making the communities more vulnerable to the spread of waterborne diseases such as cholera.
The strategic objective of the cholera response is to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with cholera and prevent its spread through effective response and control mechanisms in cholera affected and high risk areas of South Sudan. The priorities identified within the national response framework to be funded by this CERF rapid response include: procurement of life saving supplies and medicines for case management, emergency support supervision, deployment of qualified staff, provision of life saving WASH supplies. Specifically, health partners will focus on procuring essential medical supplies (cholera kits), establishing and deploying rapid response teams to all high risk areas, ensuring adequate care through case management of cholera patients, and increasing accessibility of oral rehydration sites within health facilities, while WASH partners will ensure chlorination of water sources in high risk areas, conduct systematic water quality testing, procure and distribute supplies such purification chemicals and support solid and liquid waste disposal in affected locations. To maximize the use of limited resources, aid agencies have prioritized activities with maximum impact and are leveraging both human and financial resources to avoid duplication of activities. The required cholera outbreak response is beyond the available capacity of the Ministry of Health and other government institutions without significant support from the international community.
This request is a joint WASH/Health project between UNICEF and WHO with a requested US2.6 million for the initial response.The catastrophic humanitarian situation in war-torn South Sudan was further compounded by a cholera outbreak in mid-2015. As of 29 July 2015, 1,429 cholera cases, including 42 deaths, had been reported. The initial cases were traced to Protection of Civilians camps, but the cholera outbreak was closely tied to the deteriorating economic crisis. The public water supply for drinking and domestic use was extremely limited and largely dependent on water trucking and bottled water. The cost of water tripled, which reduced the level of available safe water and led to poor sanitation and hygiene practices.As no other humanitarian funds were available, CERF allocated $2.6 million in rapid-response grants for immediate life-saving response. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide emergency health assistance for 1,818 cholera patients; support to 42 health clinics to ensure the proper management of cholera cases; and access to safe water for 273,502 people through water-treatment supplies and maintained water systems.UNICEF;WHO2637025.000002015-08-08T00:00:002015-08-08T00:00:002015-11-11T00:00:002016-06-02T00:00:002637025.0000Summary will be available soon.PCompleted387201515-RR-HTI-1583741HaitiHTI3Rapid Response9CholeraDisease Outbreak15-RR-HTI-15837_Haiti_Jul2015_Application2Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster6Latin America and the Caribbean7Caribbean2Americas16Haiti cholera 2010-20190choleraSummary will be available soon.Summary will be available soon.IOM;UNICEF;WHO4145154.000002015-08-17T00:00:002015-08-20T00:00:002015-11-25T00:00:002016-05-25T00:00:004145154.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available388201515-RR-HTI-1584541HaitiHTI3Rapid Response8DroughtNatural Disaster15-RR-HTI-15845_Haiti_Jul2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster6Latin America and the Caribbean7Caribbean2Americas13El Nino 2015-20160While the current drought in Haiti has impacted the entire country, the departments of North-west, South-east and the upper side of the Artibonite Department are the worst affected. Several Communes are falling under the category of IPC Phase 3 “crisis”. In the same period in 2014, there were no areas in the country that fell under IPC Phase 3, and only certain parts of the Artibonite, Northwestern, Southeastern, and Nippes departments were considered “stressed” (IPC Phase 2). In addition, as anticipated within the “Famine Early Warning System” (FEWS) report of April – September 2015, the probability of the occurrence of “El Niño” during this period is of 80%. The phenomena may last through 2015 and may extend into early 2016. In this sense, the WFP report El Nino: Implications and scenarios 2015 highlights the impact of El Niño in the Hispanola Island in the period March-July 2015 which resulted in large rainfall deficits and consequently, below average development of the vegetation. Regarding Haiti, the report mentions the large rainfall deficits that remain due to continued drier than average conditions in June, raising concerns about poor crop production, which might affect two crops in a row in 2015, adding to the lingering effects of last year’s severe drought and therefore affecting overall food security.
According to the Assessment Report of the National Coordination of Food Security and Nutrition (CNSA) of May 2015 on the agricultural situation and food security 1 million people ( 200,000 rural households) country-wide, are severely food insecure due to the negative impact of drought on their agricultural production during the 2015 spring season. This has led to a reduction of more than 50% of their production in what constitutes the main agricultural season i.e. the spring season, which produces around 60% of the country’s annual production. As a result, there have been significant reductions in the availability of local food products, combined with substantial price increases and reported shortages at household level of main staple foods. Approximately 650,000 persons suffer severe food insecurity and around 165,000 are acutely malnourished (up from 65,000 in 2014). These individuals cannot wait for the trickle-down of larger development programs; they need immediate assistance to prevent the slip into malnutrition, protect assets and limit implementation of negative coping mechanisms that can accelerate a downward spiral. Food insecurity populations are actually experiencing some of the advanced impacts of climate change. Drought and water deficit account for the poor harvests of 2014 but it is the deforestation (less than 4% of Haiti remains forested); land degradation (6,000 hectares of soil lost each year to erosion) and poor management of water resources (some 85% of watersheds are degraded) that accelerate the trend and its impact.
The current response strategy is to continue responding to severe food insecurity and severe acute malnutrition affecting children, while fostering more resilient livelihoods for those most affected and expanding access to preventative nutrition services. Through the CERF RR, the requesting agencies aim to improve the food security and nutrition situation of drought-affected family farmers through emergency rehabilitation of agricultural production. In light of the need to prioritize the most affected areas, WFP, FAO and UNICEF will support with food and nutrition assistance for a 5 month period in the most affected communes in the South-East, North-West and Upper Artibonite Departments.The humanitarian situation in Haiti remained fragile due to the persistence of cholera, a migration crisis, drought and the wider effects of El Niño. According to the 2015 Humanitarian Needs Overview, 1.5 million people were severely food insecure and needed immediate food assistance. An estimated 130,000 children under age 5 had acute malnutrition, and approximately 56,545 children needed immediate therapeutic feeding as a lifesaving measure. Cholera remained an acute emergency (largely because of poor access to clean water and sanitation), with more than 36,000 suspected cases and 322 deaths in 2015.Given the critical humanitarian situation, CERF provided in August 2015 $4.2 million to address the rapid cholera outbreak and $3 million to address the rapid food crisis. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide assistance for 17,857 cholera patients; health emergency community responses benefiting an estimated 350,000 people; timely and adequate water and sanitation responses to all cholera alerts benefiting an estimated 500,000 people; food for 124,748 vulnerable people (including through cash transfers); screenings for 200,000 children under age 5 for severe acute malnutrition and treatment for 5,730 identified cases; micronutrient powder for 11,642 malnourished children and vitamin A for 68,341 children; and seeds and planting materials for 9,000 vulnerable households to boost their agricultural production.FAO;UNICEF;WFP3025767.000002015-08-14T00:00:002015-08-20T00:00:002015-11-24T00:00:002016-07-29T00:00:003025767.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available389201515-RR-UGA-1585183UgandaUGA3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-UGA-15851_Uganda_Jul2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa14Burundi political crisis 2015-20200Uganda continues to receive new arrivals from Burundi through border crossing point with Rwanda and Tanzania. As of 9 July 2015, 11,165 new arrivals have been assisted since January 2015, with the majority of the new arrivals arriving since mid-April following the general deterioration of the situation in Burundi. The interagency response and interest to the emergency has been good but, there are glaring gaps in protection and assistance against the standards and indicators expected in an emergency response. The needs are critical in Protection (registration, child protection, GBV prevention & response), WASH, health (including nutrition and reproductive health), shelter and food.
The CERF’s niche in this humanitarian funding will be primarily for life-saving response measures in 1) water and sanitation, 2) registration and protection of persons with specific needs, in particular the large number of women and children, 3) and shelter, as well as health and food/nutrition. The strategic objective of the CERF request is for ensure refugees get status recognition, care for unaccompanied minors and ensure emergency response services attain SPHERE standards for water and shelter. The health activity for cholera screening is directly linked to adequate water and sanitation provision. This rapid response is based on the draft Uganda chapter of the RRP.The political and civil unrest in Burundi resulted in a large influx of Burundian refugees to Uganda. By July 2015, 11,165 Burundian refugees had entered Uganda through border crossings with Rwanda and Tanzania. According to available data, 71 per cent of arriving refugees were women and children. It was estimated that due to continued political clashes and civil strife, some 30,000 more refugees would flee Burundi for Uganda by the end of 2016. The inter-agency response to refugees’ humanitarian needs was under way at the beginning of 2015. However, the increased influx exceeded available resources, which left critical gaps in protection, water and sanitation, health, shelter and food assistance.Consequently, CERF allocated $3.2 million for immediate life-saving assistance. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 16,808 people; malnutrition screenings for 2,426 children under age 5 and the treatment of identified severely malnourished cases; shelter kits and basic relief items for 10,631 people; registration for 12,081 newly arrived refugees; improved access to health care benefiting 21,850 people; and adequate sanitation facilities benefiting 10,699 people.IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO3238788.000002015-08-05T00:00:002015-08-06T00:00:002015-11-07T00:00:002016-05-07T00:00:003238788.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available390201515-RR-NPL-1587464NepalNPL3Rapid Response1EarthquakeNatural Disaster15-RR-NPL-15874_Nepal_Jul2015_Application3Geophysical1Natural Disaster10Southern Asia13Southern Asia3Asia0The onset of the monsoon season has posed tremendous challenges to access the high-lying villages and the common service provision has become instrumental in supporting the humanitarian community in providing the last-mile access to the affected people to deliver the priority relief items. Access to the villages through vital community trails has been interrupted due to landslides caused by the earthquake and the monsoon rains and helicopters cannot reach the beneficiaries in some areas because the villages are located at high altitude (above 3,500m). Many trails connecting remote communities to markets and larger settlements have been destroyed.
There are 83,000 people living in unreachable areas, which means they are not accessible even by helicopter and can only be reached with special logistics operations such as porters and mules. Increased humanitarian needs in many of these remote areas has resulted in an upsurge of needs for humanitarian logistics to deliver life-saving food, shelter and medical supplies to those remote areas during the monsoon season.
In response to the this situation and in a view of upcoming monsoon rains, WFP launched the Remote Access Operation (RAO) under the Special Operation to reach people in the most effected and remote locations in the mountains in Gorkha, Dhading, Rasuwa, Sindupalchok, and Dolakha. Out of all the earth-quake affected districts, WFP has prioritized only five districts for the RAO because they are the most affected by the earthquake and thus require the most urgent humanitarian assistance. Trail rehabilitation is required in order to transport the life-saving humanitarian aid by a combination of porters and mules.
Seven light forward hubs for temporary inter-agency storage and cargo reception facilities were also established in Bharatpur, Deurali, Chautara, Dhulikel, Charikot, Bidu and Dhunche. These are either managed directly by the Logistics Cluster or through an NGO partner. The facilities also include telecommunications infrastructure. The augmented storage capacity aims to ensure unimpeded flow of relief items to the affected people especially in the mountainous areas where access is difficult. The current common storage capacity is 9,400m.
With the CERF funds, WFP will provide logistics support on behalf of the humanitarian community for the remote communities that will remain in need of humanitarian relief over the coming months, including:
1. Last Mile Transport: A common logistics supply chain has been established to bring food, shelter, sanitary health and medical supplies to up to approximately 83,000 people living in villages located far above the altitude of road access. Up to 20,000 porters (approximately 4,000 in each of the five target districts) will be employed to carry the food/non-food items to the remote communities.
2. Trail Rehabilitation: Porters to be employed to rehabilitate trekking and community trails. The mountain trail network plays a vital role for earthquake-affected populations living in remote, isolated communities. The opening of these trails has a substantial impact on access to markets, thus affecting the livelihoods of thousands of people. On average, it takes 6 to 10 days to clear one trail.
3. Interagency Services: Porter and mule transport services will be provided at no cost to the users under the standard Logistics Cluster Service Request Procedures. This will ensure a coordinated relief effort between all agencies, INGOs, local NGOs and the Government in order to avoid duplication and to ensure that all the available humanitarian goods reach the most affected populations. The logistics cluster has been providing porter/mule transport in Gorkha for WFP/NRCS (food) and OXFAM (non-food items) and in Dolakha for WFP (food) and for Nepal Share (non-food items) soon to begin.
4. Trail Assessment and Safety: WFP has partnered with teams of elite mountain climbers trained in remote area access to establish trail assessment, technical guidance and safety analysis and quality assurance in trail rehabilitation over the course of the operation. They will also ensure post-distribution monitoring. The RAO teams are currently on the ground in all five districts - where they have been providing oversight, technical guidance and quality assessment and advisory for trail rehabilitation as well as porter transport operations undertaken by TAAN and NMA.On 25 April, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, causing thousands of casualties and large-scale destruction. Strong aftershocks continued to threaten the lives of thousands of people and further damage buildings and infrastructure. On 12 May, another 7.3-magnitude quake hit the region and worsened the humanitarian situation. According to the Government, as of 29 April 2015, the earthquake had caused 5,006 deaths and large-scale displacement. More than 600,000 houses were destroyed and 288,000 were damaged. Up to 90 per cent of health facilities in rural areas were damaged, while hospitals in district capitals, including Kathmandu, were overcrowded and lacked supplies. Based on the initial assessment, WFP estimated that 1.4 million people needed food assistance. Moreover, the usual water transport by trucks to many areas had been interrupted, resulting in a water shortage, and many wells were damaged, leading to fears of waterborne diseases.In response, CERF immediately allocated $14.9 million in May 2015, $3.0 million in July 2015 and $1.2 million in October 2015 through its Rapid Response for urgent life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide shelters and emergency items for 350,410 people; food for 206,180 people; access to water, sanitation and hygiene for 378,315 people; hygiene kits for 47,378 people; re-established essential health-care services benefiting 1,460,000 people; and protection for 158,478 children.WFP3000000.000002015-08-14T00:00:002015-08-14T00:00:002015-11-18T00:00:002016-09-03T00:00:003000000.0000Summary will be available soon.PCompleted391201515-RR-MMR-15942165MyanmarMMR3Rapid Response6FloodNatural Disaster15-RR-MMR-15942_Myanmar_Aug2015_Application3Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster13South-Eastern Asia14South-Eastern Asia3Asia0Heavy rains have caused floods and landslides in several parts of the country during the last two weeks of July. On 30 July, Cyclone Komen made landfall in Bangladesh bringing strong winds and additional heavy rains to Myanmar, which resulted in a significant expansion of flood water and caused landslides across 12 of the country’s 14 states and regions: Rakhine, Magway, Sagaing, Chin, Mandalay, Kayin, Mon, Ayeyarwady, Yangon, Kachin, Shan and Bago. On 31 July, President U Thein Sein issued a statement declaring that “the following regions which are hugely affected by natural disasters and have challenges for rapid restoration to normality, are announced as natural disaster zones (1) Chin State, (2) Sagaing Region, (3) Magway Region and (4) Rakhine State.” As of 4 August and according to the Government’s Relief and Resettlement Department over 215,000 people have been affected and at least 47 people have died across the 12 states/regions. In the four disaster zones alone, over 160,000 people are affected, of which 131,000 are displaced from their homes.Summary will be available soon.Summary will be available soon.IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO8905409.000002015-08-07T00:00:002015-08-11T00:00:002015-11-12T00:00:002016-07-31T00:00:008905409.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available393201515-UF-ETH-1622034EthiopiaETH2Underfunded Emergencies8DroughtNatural Disaster15-UF-ETH-16220_Ethiopia_Aug2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa13El Nino 2015-20163620000Each year Ethiopia addresses humanitarian emergencies arising from chronic food insecurity; however the failure of the recent belg harvest and the developing El Niño weather patterns indicate a particularly challenging period ahead. The situation is more pronounced in the north-eastern Afar, Amhara and Tigray, central and eastern Oromia and the south-eastern pastoralist areas of the country. The 2015 Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) targets some 2.9 million beneficiaries for relief food assistance; an estimated 2.4 million people for nutrition interventions and an additional 1.4 million people in drought and flood-prone areas for WASH support. A further 5.8 million people are targeted for health response. These figures will be adjusted based on the findings of the latest seasonal assessment findings, of which the preliminary results indicate a deteriorated overall food security situation and increase in beneficiary numbers and requirements. As it stands, the HRD is 52 per cent funded, with US$203 million contributions.
Considering the HRD funding status and limited funding prospects, the $10 million CERF allocation prioritized the most pressing emergency needs to address drought conditions in north-eastern and southern Ethiopia, with life-saving interventions focusing on nutrition and related supportive sectors including WASH, agriculture and health, as well as response to “underserved” refugee populations in Afar and Addis Ababa.
This CERF application would support aid agencies that are working to respond to immediate life-saving needs of a targeted 982,754 people: providing lifesaving nutrition interventions (therapeutic and targeted supplementary support) to 295,333 people in Afar, Amhara, Oromia and SNNPR; delivery of primary health services to 86,400 marginalized communities (Afar and Somali); access to water to 283,000 at risk population in Afar, Oromia, SNNP and Somali regions; protection and restoration of livelihoods of 56,127 vulnerable households (280,653) in Afar and SNNP regions; and for provision of life-saving health care services to 37,386 Eritrean and urban refugees (30,530 Eritrean-Afar refugees and 6,856 urban based vulnerable refugees).
Ethiopia Underfunded Emergencies submission
Total envelope: $10 million (Round II allocation: $70 million for 8 countries)
Application first received: 19 August 2015
Number of projects submitted: 6Ethiopia has made significant strides in socioeconomic development, recording a double-digit GDP growth rate for more than a decade, which has helped reduce poverty in urban and rural settings. According to the 2014 Human Development Index, the share of the population below the poverty line fell from 38.7 per cent in 2005 to 26 per cent in 2013. However, the poorest third of the population has yet to fully benefit from this growth. More than 80 per cent of the Ethiopian population continues to depend on rainfed, subsistence agriculture and is extremely vulnerable to weather shocks. According to the 2015 Humanitarian Requirements Document, 2.9 million people needed relief food assistance, 2.4 million people needed nutrition interventions and 1.4 million people needed water and sanitation support. With more than 700,000 refugees, Ethiopia hosted the second-largest number of refugees in Africa and the fifth largest in the world.Despite the continuation of widespread humanitarian needs in Ethiopia, the 2015 humanitarian requirements were critically underfunded in all sectors. Consequently, CERF allocated $10 million from its Underfunded Emergencies Window to sustain the implementation of life-saving interventions in Ethiopia in 2015. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide treatment for 146,000 children with severe acute malnutrition; targeted supplementary feeding for 205,333 children under age 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers; curative and preventive health and nutrition services for 86,400 people; improved access to safe drinking water for 295,402 people; livelihoods support through vaccinations and treatment for livestock benefiting 327,025 drought-affected people; and multisector lifesaving assistance for 50,186 refugees (including through multipurpose cash to 6,856 urban refugees).FAO;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP10015968.000002015-09-10T00:00:002015-09-11T00:00:002016-09-28T00:00:0010015968.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available394201515-UF-SDN-1623276Republic of the SudanSDN2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-SDN-16232_Sudan_Aug2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made3Northern Africa3Northern Africa1Africa448146The humanitarian situation in Sudan is affected by protracted conflict-affected IDPs whose needs have been neglected over time. Despite years of assistance humanitarian needs are acute and in some cases are expanding. The impacts of the displacement include increased vulnerability, education needs, food insecurity, malnutrition, plus decreased access to health care and water/sanitation services among others. The number of Darfur IDPs in need is estimated at 4.5 million.
The Sudan HRP requirement is US$ 1.04 billion. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the HRP was 31% funded.
This UFE CERF application targets approximately 448,146 people in the North Darfur including El Fasher (including Zam Zam IDP camp), Kabkabiya, Mellit, Tawilla, and Dar Elsalam (including Shangal Tobaya). These areas are among the most affected by displacement and IDPs require food assistance, health and nutrition supplies and services, emergency education, NFIs, protection services and WASH responses.
Sudan Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $15 million (Round II allocation: $70 million for 8 countries)
Grant package received: 20 August 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 17In line with the Humanitarian Response Plan for the Republic of the Sudan, the humanitarian community’s priority in 2015 remained ensuring that displaced people received the immediate life-saving assistance and humanitarian protection crucial for their survival. Darfur continued to be one of the most affected areas. Out of the 4.4 million people who needed humanitarian assistance in Darfur, some 2.5 million people were displaced. A total of $1.04 billion was required to meet the needs of the most vulnerable people in Sudan, of which only 31 per cent was funded by mid-2015.Due to low donor funding levels and vast humanitarian needs, CERF made its third allocation to the Republic of the Sudan in 2015. It provided $15 million from its Underfunded Emergencies Window to sustain the implementation of life-saving humanitarian programmes in Darfur. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide basic relief items for 71,090 people; food aid through vouchers for 211,911 people; agricultural inputs for 84,600 people; access to primary health-care services for 194,591 people; the treatment of 15,211 severely malnourished children; counselling on infant and young children feeding for 56,412 mothers; access to a safe water supply for 241,887 people; hygiene promotion and sensitization activities benefiting more than 400,000 people; psychosocial support for 46,551 children; mine-risk education for 65,456 people; the general protection of 15,000 people; improved access to protection and health services benefiting 11,950 survivors of GBV; and access to education for 7,200 children.FAO;IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO15116739.000012052242015-09-10T00:00:002015-09-30T00:00:002016-10-13T00:00:0015116739.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available395201515-UF-ERI-1626333EritreaERI2Underfunded Emergencies8DroughtNatural Disaster15-UF-ERI-16263_Eritrea_Aug2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa680497Eritrea is at risk of drought due to a late rainy season and already faces low soil moisture, the consequences of a locust infestation earlier this year, and outbreaks of communicable diseases. Many people are affected by food insecurity and malnutrition. Some 70% of this CERF application under the second round for underfunded emergencies in 2015 will help to address critical humanitarian and basic needs related to food security, health, and nutrition, as well as multi-sector response for 2,800 refugees, largely in the drought-prone areas of the Northern and Southern Red Sea regions. The remaining 30% of funds will be used to respond to disease outbreaks and emergency reproductive health needs in the Red Sea regions, as well as Anseba, Debub, and Gash Barka. The application seeks $3 million to assist some 550,000 people.The late onset of rains at the beginning of 2015 in Eritrea delayed farmland preparation, which negatively affected the planting of long-cycle crops. The resulting poor agricultural production combined with disease outbreaks caused a deterioration of the humanitarian situation in 2015, affecting an estimated 1.25 million people.Humanitarian needs were increasing, but international donor funding to Eritrea was erratic and key humanitarian programmes were underfunded. As a result, CERF provided $3 million to Eritrea in 2015 to cover critical funding gaps in life-saving operations. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide supplementary feeding for 30,000 children under age 5, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers; agricultural inputs for 21,342 vulnerable people whose livelihoods were affected by locusts, allowing for the restoration of agricultural production; nutritional interventions to improve safe child-delivery services benefiting 1,607 women who gave birth at health facilities; improved access to safe water and cash grants for 2,787 Somali refugees; and vaccination campaigns and primary healthcare support benefiting 545,233 people.FAO;UNDP;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WHO2993896.00006804972015-09-03T00:00:002015-09-16T00:00:002016-02-29T00:00:002016-10-30T00:00:002993896.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available396201515-UF-TCD-1630421ChadTCD2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-TCD-16304_Chad_Aug2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made2Middle Africa2Middle Africa1Africa390290The humanitarian situation in Eastern Chad is affected by people who have fled fighting in Darfur and many have remained for several years. The impacts of the displacement include increased food insecurity, malnutrition, plus decreased access to health care and water/sanitation services. The number of Darfur refugees in need in Chad is estimated at 400,000.
The Chad HRP requirement is US$ 572 million. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the HRP was 27% funded.
This UFE CERF application targets approximately 315,000 people in the Wadi-Fira Region (including Iridimi, Touloum, Am Nabak, Mile et Kounougou camps), Sila and Ennedi-Est. These areas are among the most affected by displacement and refugees and host communities require food assistance, nutrition supplies, health supplies and services and WASH response.
Chad Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $6 million (Round II allocation: $70 million for 8 countries)
Grant package received: 24 August 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 9The conflict in Darfur had displaced thousands of people in successive waves, generating a persistent humanitarian crisis in eastern Chad. The region hosted 315,000 Sudanese refugees in 2015, but their presence resulted in social tensions linked to an increasing demand for local resources and basic social services. Since 2013, funding to Chad had been declining, and humanitarian assistance for refugees and host communicates had been drastically reduced. This resulted in a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in eastern Chad, which was already the country’s most vulnerable region. At mid-2015, Chad’s humanitarian requirements were funded at only 27 per cent.In view of low donor funding and critical humanitarian needs, Chad was prioritized for funding through the Underfunded Emergencies Window, and CERF allocated $6 million to Chad in July 2015 to sustain the implementation of key life-saving operations. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide access to safe water for 114,752 people; treatment for 2,841 children under age 5 with severe acute malnutrition and 16,563 with moderate acute malnutrition; food for 177,935 people (including through cash assistance to 12,000 people); agricultural inputs for 5,400 people; and access to basic health services for 224,338 people.FAO;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO5998567.00005560502015-09-15T00:00:002015-09-29T00:00:002016-10-10T00:00:005998567.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available397201515-UF-AFG-163178AfghanistanAFG2Underfunded Emergencies19Post-conflict NeedsConflict-related15-UF-AFG-16317_Afghanistan_Aug2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made10Southern Asia13Southern Asia3Asia3800000The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is affected by conflict-induced displacement in the North and Northeast. The impacts of the displacement include increased food insecurity, malnutrition, shelter needs plus increased multi-sectoral needs in camps. The number of refugees, returnees, internally displaced populations (IDPs) and host communities in need is estimated at 3.8 million.
The Afghanistan HRP requirement is US$ 416.6 million. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the HRP was 29% funded.
This UFE CERF application targets approximately 336.000 people in the Badghis, Baghlan, Baghlan, Bamyan, Daikundi, Farah ,Faryab, Ghor, Helmand, Kabul, Kandahar, Khost, Kunduz, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Paktika, Paktya, Takhar, Zabul. These areas are among the most affected by displacement and IDPs, refugees, returnees and people in host communities require food assistance, health supplies, shelter and multi-sectoral responses.
Afghanistan Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $8 million (Round II allocation: $70 million for 8 countries)
Grant package received: 24 August 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 5The 2015 Humanitarian Needs Overview for Afghanistan identified approximately 7.4 million people who needed humanitarian assistance due to conflicts, large-scale displacement, poverty and natural disasters. The humanitarian response in the first half of 2015 was shaped by the intensification of armed conflict resulting in 4,921 civilian casualties and a surge in displacement. Women faced additional concerns, such as rising incidents of rape, poor access to services, lack of female healthcare personnel and psychosocial stress. The ongoing conflict and displacement often interrupted school attendance, leading to an increase in child labour and other protection concerns.In response to increased humanitarian needs and severe funding shortages, CERF provided $8 million to Afghanistan in 2015 from its Underfunded Emergencies Window. This urgently needed funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 157,165 Pakistani refugees; improved access to emergency medical care for 117,720 vulnerable people; comprehensive multisectoral assistance for 26,046 returning refugees (including through cash to 7,530 returnees); and emergency relief items for 14,016 IDPs.IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO7983646.00003927422015-09-16T00:00:002015-09-30T00:00:002017-02-03T00:00:007983646.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available398201515-UF-BGD-1633012BangladeshBGD2Underfunded Emergencies19Post-conflict NeedsConflict-related15-UF-BGD-16330_Bangladesh_Aug2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made10Southern Asia13Southern Asia3Asia990000For more than three decades, Bangladesh has hosted between 300,000-500,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution, many of them having no legal rights. Approximately 33,000 Rohingyas are officially registered with the Government of Bangladesh as refugees. Both communities live in poor conditions, receive very limited aid, and are subject to arrest, extortion, and detention. Without urgent funding to address shortfalls, thousands are at risk of disease, abuse, hunger and death, thereby erasing any gains made through emergency relief and development assistance. This will also further exacerbate the impact of the recent floods.
Funding from the CERF Underfunded Emergencies window will provide life-saving assistance to 150,000-180,000 people, including vulnerable documented and undocumented Rohingyas and people from the host community. UN agencies and their partners will provide protection and emergency health services, access to safe drinking water with improved sanitation, and nutrition services to address acute malnutrition.
The UN Country Team requires about $31 million for humanitarian action in Bangladesh in 2015, and the CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $3 million for 8 projects, if approved.
Bangladesh Underfunded Emergencies application
Total envelope: $3 million (Round II allocation: $70 million for 8 countries)
Grant package received: 25 August 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 8The Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, one of the country’s most vulnerable regions, hosted approximately 33,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in two refugee camps. There were also an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 Rohingya living outside the official camps in makeshift settlements or host communities. This population did not have a legal status and lived mostly in dire conditions. Protection for Rohingya refugees in the makeshift settlements and host communities, particularly for children and women, was an urgent humanitarian priority. Their undocumented status exposed them to a greater risk of violence, abuse and exploitation, including trafficking and unsafe migration. The prevalence of acute malnutrition in both refugee camps was very high (12.5 per cent). According to WFP, only 51 per cent of households in the official camps had an acceptable Food Consumption Score.Due to low international donor funding and critical humanitarian needs, CERF provided $3 million from its Underfunded Emergencies Window to Bangladesh to sustain life-saving humanitarian activities. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide protection and psychosocial support for 16,334 children; a life-skills based education programme for 2,435 adolescents; treatment at inpatient facilities for 707 children with severe malnutrition; micronutrient powder for 3,977 malnourished children; access to improved water and sanitation services for 89,446 people; high-quality sexual and reproductive health and HIV information and services for 24,850 people; and improved access to health services for 183,934 people.IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP2992959.00002835832015-09-15T00:00:002015-09-18T00:00:002016-09-28T00:00:002992959.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available399201515-RR-SOM-1634774SomaliaSOM3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-SOM-16347_Somalia_Aug2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa36000The ongoing conflict in Yemen has resulted in the outflow of almost 29,000 refugees, 90 per cent of them Somalis, and migrants into Somalia. The estimated rates of return of 2,000 have been significantly surpassed, straining the absorptive capacity of reception centres at the ports of entry, namely Mogadishu, Puntland and Somaliland. CERF funds will provide critical support to the immediate priority and short term lifesaving needs of 10,000 Yemen arrivals, including refugees and Somali returnees. The scope of activities proposed for the CERF rapid response grant will be limited to boosting lifesaving response at the ports of entry, reception centres and the provision of a nominal assistance package to returnees at their areas of origin and refugees over a three month period.The escalation of military conflict in Yemen at the end of March 2015 triggered widespread population movements, including a large influx of returnees to Somalia. According to available estimates, 257,000 Somalis resided in Yemen before the conflict, 104,000 of whom were registered as refugees. By the end of July 2015, 23,680 returnees and refugees had entered Somalia from Yemen. Upon arrival, they urgently needed food and water (after many hours at sea) and emergency health services, as they were coming from areas of displacement in Yemen without access to adequate food, health care and basic services.Since the influx stretched already scarce resources for humanitarian assistance in Somalia, CERF allocated $5.3 million from its Rapid Response Window to address the immediate life-saving needs at the ports of entry. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide treatment for 4,510 malnourished people; dense supplementary food for 3,968 moderately malnourished children under age 5 and 542 pregnant and lactating women; maternal health services for 584 women; measles vaccinations for 2,000 children; cooked meals on arrival and cash transfers for 4,023 people; and core relief items for 5,050 people (including through cash assistance).IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;WFP;WHO5300084.000002015-09-22T00:00:002015-09-30T00:00:002016-01-01T00:00:002016-07-15T00:00:005300084.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available400201515-UF-MMR-16415165MyanmarMMR2Underfunded Emergencies16DisplacementConflict-related15-UF-MMR-16415_Myanmar_Sep2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made13South-Eastern Asia14South-Eastern Asia3Asia536400The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is affected by Inter-communal violence in Rakhine State, and unresolved conflict in Kachin and northen Shan states. The impacts of the conflict has been displacement and increased food insecurity, malnutrition, protection and shelter needs and poor access to clean water and sanitation. 416,600 people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in Rakhine State (9.4 percent of the States’ total population of around 3.3 million people) and 119,800 people in Kachin and northen Shan states.
The Myanmar HRP requirement is US$ 265 million. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the HRP was 19% funded.
This UFE CERF application targets approximately 271,568 people in Rakhine State, Kachin State, and Shan State (Northern townships). These areas are among the most affected by displacement and IDPs and people in host communities require food assistance, health supplies, protection services, shelter and WASH responses.
Myanmar Underfunded submission
Total envelope: $5 million (Round II allocation: $70 million for 8 countries)
Grant package received: 8 September 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 12In 2015, significant humanitarian needs continued in Myanmar. Intercommunal violence in Rakhine State and unresolved conflict in Kachin and Shan States affected an estimated 536,400 people. Of these people, some 202,569 were internally displaced and dependent on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. The protracted displacement also had an adverse effect on already strained host communities and scarce resources.Due to critically low donor funding to Myanmar in 2015 and the continuation of large-scale humanitarian needs, CERF provided an additional $5.4 million from its Underfunded Emergencies Window to sustain ongoing life-saving operations. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide strengthened child protection mechanisms benefiting 69,470 children exposed to violence; a water supply, latrines and hygiene materials for 31,744 displaced people; therapeutic care for 4,608 severely malnourished children under age 5; nutritious food for 2,027 malnourished children; general food assistance for 127,312 people; agricultural inputs for 21,607 people, allowing for the improvement of agricultural production; case management of GBV survivors and GBV-related health services benefiting 6,459 people; access to life-saving reproductive health services benefiting 9,893 people; and 365 new temporary shelters for 1,825 displaced people.FAO;IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO5367651.00002715682015-09-22T00:00:002015-10-01T00:00:002016-02-29T00:00:002016-10-30T00:00:005367651.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available401201515-UF-SOM-1643374SomaliaSOM2Underfunded Emergencies8DroughtNatural Disaster15-UF-SOM-16433_Somalia_Sep2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa3000000In Somalia, about 3 million people are in need of lifesaving and livelihoods assistance, of whom 731,000 are unable to meet their basic food requirements. Insecurity, erratic Gu rains, and floods have worsened food security. About 203,000 children are acutely malnourished and 38,000 are at risk of death. A further 2.3 million people are on the verge of slipping into acute food insecurity. Over 1.1 million internally displaced people live in over-crowded settlements and have limited access to protection and basic services. They make up 76 per cent of the people in acute food insecurity. Forced evictions of displaced people and further displacements due to a military offensive are on the increase.
The Somalia HRP funding requirement is $863 million. At the time of this CERF application, the HRP was 35% funded.
This CERF application for underfunded emergencies targets approximately 685,000 people, mostly in South-Central Somalia. The targeted areas are the most affected by fighting, displacement, and food insecurity.The humanitarian crisis in Somalia remained severe throughout 2015. More than 3 million people needed life-saving assistance, including more than 2 million people who were on the verge of slipping into acute food insecurity. Insecurity, erratic rains and floods negatively affected the food security situation. Early warning from assessments conducted by the Famine Early Warning System projected a likely increase in the number of food insecure people in Somalia by the end of 2015. At the same time, the humanitarian response capacity was hampered by low funding levels. By midyear, the 2015 Humanitarian Response Plan was funded at only 26 per cent of its requirements. Subsequently, 1.5 million people were left without primary health-care services due to the closure of many health facilities, and 400,000 vulnerable people were in danger of not receiving food assistance.In view of widespread critical humanitarian needs and low funding levels, Somalia was selected as a recipient of funding from the Underfunded Emergencies Window. CERF allocated $20 million to sustain life-saving assistance in the country. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide improved access to emergency health services for 175,430 people; sustained access to safe water for 168,242 people; protection services benefiting 67,729 people, including medical, legal, material and psychosocial support for 21,523 survivors of GBV; agricultural inputs for 462,184 people supporting their food production; nutrition services for 57,099 children under age 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers; food for 37,387 people (including through cash transfers to 13,387 people); emergency shelter and core relief items for 27,000 displaced people; and access to a safe learning environment for 12,523 children affected by emergencies.FAO;IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO19989234.000002015-09-25T00:00:002015-10-12T00:00:002016-02-29T00:00:002016-10-30T00:00:0019989234.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available402201515-RR-PAK-1680768PakistanPAK3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-PAK-16807_Pakistan_Sep2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made10Southern Asia13Southern Asia3Asia0This new emergency is the sudden and massive return of vulnerable poor and malnourished IDPs (approximately 930,000 individuals since August) to areas of origin in FATA devastated by conflict and abandonment, where markets and basic social services are non-functional and public and private structures severely damaged. The HCT aims to support 45,000 families returning to SW, Khyber, and Kurram Agencies with lifesaving health, water, sanitation, shelter, protection, food, education, and nutrition services to avoid mortality due to malnourishment, diseases, lack of shelter and violence, for the critical transitional period of 3-6 months before services begin operating.
The total requirement estimated for this operation is $85 million, of which the HCT is seeking $11 million from CERF.Since 2008, more than 5 million people have been displaced from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas due to security operations against non-State armed groups. Nearly 3 million people had fled the north-west areas of Pakistan at the peak of the crisis in April/May 2009. At the end of 2014, the Government of Pakistan had established a plan to facilitate the return of nearly 1 million people before the end of 2015 and the return of an equal number in 2016. By December 2015, some 678,900 people had returned to their areas of origin. However, their situation in return sites remained dire. An inter-cluster assessment mission noted that 80 to 90 per cent of the houses were either damaged or destroyed, as they had been abandoned since 2009. The assessment also indicated that almost 75 per cent of the total returnee population were women and children. A massive increase in the number of returns occurred in the summer and autumn of 2015, which was greater than the ability of the Government and the humanitarian community to support. This resulted in a drastic deterioration of the humanitarian situation among the returning population.To protect the lives of the returning population, CERF allocated $11 million for rapid humanitarian response. This critical funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide emergency food for 294,744 people; treatment for 3,032 severely malnourished children under age 5; nutrition services benefiting 49,118 of the most disadvantaged children and women; access to primary health care for 137,613 people; protection for 34,167 women and children through community emergency services; access for 14,202 people to maternal, new-born, child and reproductive health services; GBV prevention-and-response services benefiting 21,739 people; access to safe drinking water and appropriate sanitation for 68,812 people; emergency shelters, core relief items and winter clothes benefiting 105,000 people; and cash assistance to 2,189 returnees.UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO11000547.000002015-10-02T00:00:002015-10-14T00:00:002016-01-16T00:00:002016-08-17T00:00:0011000547.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available403201515-RR-YEM-1688885YemenYEM3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-YEM-16888_Yemen_Sep2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia0Since 2011, the humanitarian situation in Yemen has severely deteriorated due to political instability, conflict and an economic and fiscal crisis, leading to the near-collapse of basic services. Even before the escalation of conflict in March 2015, the scale of needs made Yemen one of the largest humanitarian emergencies. Fighting, coalition airstrikes and the restrictions on commercial imports have impacted virtually the entire country. Since July 2015, the number of IDPs has increased by 25 per cent, to 1.44 million, and the number of deaths reported by health facilities has increased from 2,288 to 4,855 and injuries from 9,755 to 24,971 injuries, from 19 June to 15 September. The rapid deterioration of the situation, amidst continuing fighting, requires an immediate response to prevent Yemen from falling into a humanitarian catastrophe. It is of critical importance to intervene with life-saving activities before it is too late. The overall focus of this $15 million proposal shall be the response to the recent influx of IDPs in Aden, Al Dahle, Amran, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahj, Sa’ada, and Taizz, for Early Recovery in mine action and solid waste management, Health, Protection, Shelter and WASH sectors. The Multi-sector response for refugees and migrants will be responding in in Aden (Basateen), Taizz (Bab El Mandeb and Mokha), Hodeidah (Hodeidah City), Sana’a, Mukalla, where the current needs are largest as per latest assessments. The CERF allocation is directly targeting 2.6 million Yemenis in need and envisaged to have a multiplier effect; kick starting stronger commitments and funding from traditional and non-traditional donors to the YHRP.In the second half of 2015, the humanitarian situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate. Continuous fighting, air strikes and the restrictions on commercial imports drove basic services to the verge of collapse. The upsurge in violence deepened the hardships faced by Yemenis, diminished the possibilities of protecting civilians, and displaced more and more people. Humanitarian agencies continued to provide assistance, but the gaps grew as insecurity, lack of fuel and finances, and restricted access to people in need limited their reach. The rapid deterioration of the situation required immediate action to prevent Yemen from falling into a humanitarian catastrophe.In October 2015, CERF allocated an additional $15 million from its Rapid Response Window for urgent lifesaving humanitarian action. This third CERF allocation of 2015 made humanitarian operations in Yemen the largest CERF recipient of the year. The additional funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide emergency medical supplies for 180,000 people; routine maternal and new-born health services for 344,216 women; reproductive health kits for 55,975 women; emergency life-saving health assistance (including treatment for trauma and other surgical cases) for 29,800 people; essential relief items for 97,400 people; psychosocial assistance for 52,949 children; messages to 160,000 children on how to protect themselves from injuries from mines and explosives; 44 child-protection committees that reached 29,461 children and 11,551 adults; the protection of 30,050 vulnerable women and girls against violence, abuse and exploitation; improved access for 710,500 people to safe water, sanitation and hygiene; access to safe water for 142,465 IDPs; emergency shelters for 52,079 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers; basic essential relief items for 97,300 people; and cash-for-work programmes that generated 16,500 workdays for vulnerable youth, allowing them to participate in the resumption of key public services.IOM;UNDP;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WHO14942667.000002015-10-20T00:00:002015-10-30T00:00:002016-01-30T00:00:002016-08-31T00:00:0014942667.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available404201515-RR-MWI-1689256MalawiMWI3Rapid Response8DroughtNatural Disaster15-RR-MWI-16892_Malawi_Sep2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa13El Nino 2015-20160Drought conditions which started to manifest during the 2014/2015 where the cropping season started with a one month delay in rains followed by floods in January 2015 started to intensify in February and march with 4 to 6 weeks of dry spells. This has caused a 225,000mt deficit for the 2015/2016 consumption year. Consequently, the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment of June 2015 indicates that about 2.8 million people require food support – up from 1.5 million in 2014. This doubling of people requiring food support is a concerning spike illustrating a significant deterioration in food insecurity which has triggered a CERF rapid response request. The nutrition situation has also deteriorated and admissions into health facilities for acute malnutrition has also seen a shart rise, and in some areas as high as 49% compared to the same period in 2014. Priority needs identified therefore included food and agricultural support as well as nutrition and protection. With CERF funds, the humanitarian team plans to target xxx of the most acutely food insecure of 2.8 million requiring assistance.
WFP aims to meet urgent food needs through local and regional procurement of maize which is the staple commodity in coutnry. The Government of Malawi is contributing in kind maze from its strategic grain reserve, however, WFP needs funds to pay for associated costs related to that donated maize (transport, distribution and other related costs) and intends to use some of the funds from CERF for that purpose. FAO plans on providing key agricultural inputs for food availability and nutritional diversity through quick maturing legume seeds, cassava cuttings, sweet potato vines but also including cereal seeds. UNICEF and WFP are working in tandem to respond to acute malnutrition with UNICEF providing treatment to severe acutely malnourished children and WFP providing treatment to moderately malnourished children and pregnant and lactating women.
CERF funds will kick start a collective response to the unfolding crisis. The humanitarian team is requesting xxx million for 4 to 5 month response for xx beneficiaries.Malawi experienced recurring climatic shocks in 2015, which disrupted agricultural production and resulted in widespread humanitarian needs. As the extensive floods that displaced 336,000 people started to recede, a large part of Malawi experienced prolonged dry spells that had another devastating effect on food production. The 2015 vulnerability assessment revealed that 2.8 million people were at risk of food insecurity, representing 17.5 per cent of the country’s population.In view of the critical deterioration of the humanitarian situation, CERF allocated an additional $10 million for lifesaving interventions. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide emergency food assistance for 1,883,757 people, malnutrition treatment benefiting 16,334 people, and essential agricultural inputs for 42,000 families (231,000 people).FAO;UNICEF;WFP9963628.000002015-10-12T00:00:002015-10-14T00:00:002016-01-16T00:00:002016-07-30T00:00:009963628.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available405201515-RR-MRT-1714358MauritaniaMRT3Rapid Response8DroughtNatural Disaster15-RR-MRT-17143_Mauritania_Oct2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster5Western Africa6Western Africa1Africa0Mauritania is facing an alarming nutrition situation revealed by an increase in admissions of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in nutrition in centres in the seven southern regions of the country: Hodh El Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Assaba, Guidimakha, Gorgol, Brakna and Tagant. Increasing malnutrition has been confirmed by a recent SMART nutrition survey whose results were published by the Ministry of Health in July 2015. Overall, 172,000 people are affected. The most vulnerable groups include children under five and pregnant and lactating women suffering from acute malnutrition, being at high risk of morbidity and mortality if lifesaving interventions are not immediately implemented. Aid agencies require $10.9 million to respond to this situation but have received only $4.2 million so far.
Aid agencies will use CERF funds to support the Government in organizing and implementing Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) for 9,794 children with SAM, assist 2,000 malnourished pregnant and lactating women, and provide clean water to 9,000 people in villages with the highest prevalence and in 176 health centres for four months. CERF funds will also be used to provide supplementary feeding activities for 2,664 children with moderate acute malnutrition and 353 pregnant and lactating women with moderate malnutrition, as well as protection rations to 23,652 people in the district of Kobéni in Hodh El Garbhi region. Interventions will cover the 10 worst affected districts, except for WFP activities which will cover only one of the districts, and will be implemented in partnership with NGOs and local government counterparts.Mauritania experienced a severe malnutrition crisis in 2015. Lack of rain in 2014 and the late onset of rain in 2015 led to a sharp decrease in agricultural production, especially in the southern regions. The 2015 assessment indicated that in the most vulnerable regions, severe acute malnutrition rates exceeded the 2 per cent emergency threshold defined by WHO. Nearly 70,000 children under age 5 were affected by acute malnutrition, with more than 18,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition. Limited access to basic services, lack of clean water and poor sanitation further affected the already fragile health of communities with high malnutrition prevalence.In response, CERF allocated $2.5 million in Rapid Response grants for immediate life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide the nutritional screening of 100,076 children under age 5; treatment for 9,390 severely malnourished children under age 5; nutritional supplements for 2,230 malnourished pregnant and lactating women; food assistance for 22,620 people; and therapeutic food and medicines for 176 health facilities benefiting an estimated 176,330 people.UNFPA;UNICEF;WFP;WHO2532163.000002015-10-20T00:00:002015-10-20T00:00:002016-01-22T00:00:002016-09-09T00:00:002532163.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available406201515-RR-ZWE-1719187ZimbabweZWE3Rapid Response8DroughtNatural Disaster15-RR-ZWE-17191_Zimbabwe_Oct2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa13El Nino 2015-20160CERF support was requested to provide emergency assistance to save lives and livelihoods in a food insecurity emergency brought about by a poor rainfall season. An estimated 924,000 people in Zimbabwe are currently food insecure, and this figure is expected to increase dramatically to 1.5 million people during the peak of the lean season (January to March 2016). There has also been an associated 53 per cent increase in child malnutrition rates. The Zimbabwe Food Insecurity Response Plan, September 2015, requires $132 million and is 36 per cent funded. The total CERF funds of $8.1m will be used to support more than 184,000 people in five prioritized provinces that remain uncovered by current responses in the sectors of Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and WASH.Zimbabwe’s food security situation drastically deteriorated in 2015. The late onset of the rainy season, prolonged dry spells and high temperatures (El Niño effects) resulted in a 51 per cent lower maize production in the 2014/2015 agricultural season as compared with the previous year. According to the findings of the Vulnerability Assessment Committee, 1.5 million people were food insecure and required humanitarian assistance. This represented a 166 per cent increase as compared with the previous year. The assessment also showed that child malnutrition rates had increased by 53 per cent nationally. As the dry weather persisted throughout 2015 and affected the 2015/2016 planting season, another assessment showed that the number of food insecure people had increased to 2.8 million. This was the country’s highest increase in food insecurity since 2009.In response to the large-scale crisis, CERF allocated $8.1 million for immediate life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 139,042 people severely affected by drought; nutritional screenings for 85,945 children under age 5 and treatment for 2,879 identified malnourished children; vitamin A supplements for 42,048 children under age 5; crop and livestock inputs for 40,960 people to support their agricultural production; improved access to water for 76,072 people through rehabilitated water sources; and basic relief items for 13,000 families, including soap, jerry cans, buckets and water-treatment tablets.FAO;UNICEF;WFP8110712.000002015-10-28T00:00:002015-11-02T00:00:002016-02-05T00:00:002016-08-05T00:00:008110712.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available407201515-RR-IRQ-1725245IraqIRQ3Rapid Response9CholeraDisease Outbreak15-RR-IRQ-17252_Iraq_Oct2015_Application2Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster14Western Asia15Western Asia3Asia0The humanitarian situation in Iraq is deteriorating. The number of Iraqis in need of humanitarian assistance has increased more than four-fold over the course of this year. There are now 8.6 million people – nearly a quarter of the population – who require humanitarian support as a result of violence and armed conflict linked to the take-over of Iraqi territory by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and ongoing military operations. Since January 2014, nearly 3.2 million people have fled their homes, including over 300,000 people since April 2015. An estimated 2.3 million people are living under ISIL control. Nearly 400,000 people have returned to areas recently returned to government control. By the end of the year, some 10 million are expected to need assistance, due to the effects of ongoing conflict, violence and military operations.
A cholera outbreak was declared by the Iraqi Government on 15 September 2015. Based on WHO case definition for cholera, out of 53,238 suspected cholera cases between 1 September and 18 October, 1,748 cases were confirmed for vibrio cholera in 15 governorates: Baghdad, Babylon, Basrah, Kerbala, Missan, Muthanna, Najaf, Qadissiya, Salah Al Din, Kirkuk, Thi Qar, Wassit, Erbil, Dahuk and Diyala. Out of the 1,748 confirmed cases, 53% are males and 47% females. So far, two deaths due to cholera have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. The range between 0.01% to 0.05% attack rates has been used for the off-camp population and host community. Therefore, it is estimated that there may be up to 7140 cases in this epidemic. In most cholera outbreaks, approximately 20% of symptomatic cases of cholera develop a severe form of the disease which requires vigorous rehydration. In IDP and refugee camps, the high percentage will be taken due to the living conditions. Therefore, approximately 286 to 1,428 cases would require admission for intensive treatment including antibiotics during the next 3 to 4 months.
A cholera outbreak amidst a large-scale humanitarian emergency highlights the need for rapid response to control and prevent further spread to areas with a high concentration of displaced people and refugees who are especially vulnerable to infectious diseases. About 7.8 million people need health assistance in Iraq. Health facilities are overburdened and medicines and supplies are running short. In four of the most severely affected areas in the country, 14 hospitals and more than 170 health facilities have been damaged or destroyed. The resources of host communities have been drained. Many of those displaced have had to flee multiple times as the frontlines of the conflict have shifted, making adequate response to their needs both complex and challenging. Public health services and water and sanitation infrastructure in areas of displacement, already fragile and under stress are overloaded. Poverty and unemployment have increased. Sectarian and social tensions have deepened.
The grant request is to support the Ministry of Health and the Directorate for Water to control the outbreak and prevent further spread of the disease. Activities under the grant include immediate support to water testing and implementation of remedial actions, distributions of hygiene kits, bottled water, basic family water kits and jerry cans to high risk populations in affected governorates; hygiene promotion with messages on cholera prevention (door-to-door campaigns, radio, text messages and community networks), and monitoring of sanitation facilities i.e. grey water disposal, septic tanks and cesspools. In relation to health, the grant will support the Ministry of Health in implementing a cholera vaccination campaign for about 247,319 IDPs and refugees at high risk of contracting the disease, to pre-empt further spread of cholera and as a complementary tool to traditional control measures. UNICEF and WHO are requesting US 4.5 million from CERF to contribute to the initial health and wash sector response.At the beginning of September 2015, a sudden increase of acute watery diarrhoea cases was noted in Iraq, which was later identified as a cholera outbreak. Following laboratory confirmation of cases, the Iraqi Ministry of Health, in consultation with WHO, declared the cholera outbreak on 15 September. By 18 October, more than 50,000 people had sought treatment and the number of confirmed cholera cases was 1,748. The infection rate in the range between 0.01 and 0.05 per cent was used for the off-camp population and host community, hence there were an estimated 7,140 cases in the epidemic.CERF allocated $4.5 million in October 2015 for rapid humanitarian response. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide access to safe water for 378,088 people through a combination of water trucking and purification materials; 70,692 hygiene kits; and two oral cholera-vaccination rounds for 234,682 displaced people.UNICEF;WHO4490040.000002015-10-30T00:00:002015-10-30T00:00:002016-01-30T00:00:002016-07-30T00:00:004490040.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available408201515-RR-MMR-17338165MyanmarMMR3Rapid Response6FloodNatural Disaster15-RR-MMR-17338_Myanmar_Oct2015_Application3Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster13South-Eastern Asia14South-Eastern Asia3Asia0This application is an addendum to the earlier submission from Myanmar for response to floods on 5 August 2015. The floods affected over 160,000 people, of which 131,000 were displaced in Chin State, Sagaing Region, Magway Region and Rakhine State. The initial CERF funded response was $9 million for food, health, protection, WASH and shelter. Food security assessments from October indicate 1.1 millions of acres of farmland have been inundated with 872,000 acres destroyed in the four areas. In particular, The HCTs is concerned that insufficient attention to the restoration of livelihoods could further deepen the risk of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly in places affected by secondary or tertiary flooding, such as Sagaing. Stepping up livelihood responses to the current crisis in a way that helps the most affected families to regain their productive capacity and avoid the escalation of the livelihood crisis into a severe food security crisis is therefore considered essential.
The revised Floods Response Plan requirement is $67.5 million of which 51% is funded. The additional $1.5 million requested from CERF for emergency food security response will bring the total allocation to Myanmar to $10.6 million.Myanmar experienced devastating flooding across 12 of its 14 regions in July 2015. According to the National Natural Disaster Management Committee, 132 people were killed and an estimated 1.7 million people were displaced. A total of 487,550 houses were heavily damaged with a further 38,951 destroyed. More than 1.1 million acres of farmland were inundated, of which 872,000 were destroyed. Damage to crops and arable land disrupted the planting season, which negatively affected the long-term food security. On 31 July 2015, the President of Myanmar declared Chin and Rakhine States and Magway and Sagaing regions natural disaster zones.In response, CERF provided $8.9 million in August 2015 and $1.5 in October 2015 million through its Rapid Response window for immediate life-saving humanitarian assistance. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide psychosocial support, family reunification, and protection from abuse, violence and exploitation for 73,363 children; access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities for 201,765 people; strengthened medical services benefiting an estimated 200,000 people; rapid GBV response services for 13,909 displaced women and girls; basic medical and reproductive health-care services for 66,353 people; emergency shelters for 57,372 people (including through cash assistance to 4,300 IDPs); emergency food assistance for an estimated 208,673 people; and emergency livelihoods kits for 52,364 people, allowing for the resumption of agricultural production.FAO1500000.000002015-10-23T00:00:002015-10-23T00:00:002016-01-27T00:00:002016-07-01T00:00:001500000.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available409201515-RR-NPL-1737664NepalNPL3Rapid Response1EarthquakeNatural Disaster15-RR-NPL-17376_Nepal_Oct2015_Application3Geophysical1Natural Disaster10Southern Asia13Southern Asia3Asia0The onset of winter is projected to have adverse effects on earthquake-affected populations living in high-altitude, isolated areas. Humanitarian organisations in Nepal are facing a race against time to ensure delivery of urgently required supplies such as food and shelter materials to these high altitude areas that will soon be cut off with the onset of winter. Only a small time window remains before the available land access trails become closed in the coming weeks. As this time window closes, an estimated 949 tons of non-food items and food will have to be airlifted. 'Winterization' assistance is required particularly from the Shelter Cluster, which plans to provide assistance to 81,000 households, and the Food Security Cluster, which will assist 292,000 food-insecure people.
Shelter Cluster
As part of its winterisation planning, the Shelter Cluster is targeting 81,000 households for the distribution of shelter supplies, as well as general packages, for altitudes above 1,500m. These packages include such supplies as clothes, blankets, tarpaulin, mat foam and solar lamps. Within the Shelter Cluster, 16 agencies are planning winterisation activities and ten have already secured funds for the above. Shelter alone has estimated a need to transport 1,915 MT of shelter supplies, of which the Logistics Cluster estimates 479 MT (25 percent) will need to be airlifted.
Food Security Cluster
The winterisation plans of Food Security Cluster are equally dependent on logistical issues. Already, 2,255 MT of food commodities have been pre-positioned in seven logistics hubs across earthquake-affected districts. A contingency plan has been developed to deliver approximately 30 percent of total food requirements – approximately 700 tons – by air. Of this 230 tons have already been delivered by air, leaving a need for air transport of 470 tons of essential food supplies to ensure survival over the winter season.
Given these requirements for air transport, this application, for $1.2 million in CERF funding, includes only one UNHAS project, submitted by WFP, to provide humanitarian air services from mid-October until the end of December.On 25 April, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, causing thousands of casualties and large-scale destruction. Strong aftershocks continued to threaten the lives of thousands of people and further damage buildings and infrastructure. On 12 May, another 7.3-magnitude quake hit the region and worsened the humanitarian situation. According to the Government, as of 29 April 2015, the earthquake had caused 5,006 deaths and large-scale displacement. More than 600,000 houses were destroyed and 288,000 were damaged. Up to 90 per cent of health facilities in rural areas were damaged, while hospitals in district capitals, including Kathmandu, were overcrowded and lacked supplies. Based on the initial assessment, WFP estimated that 1.4 million people needed food assistance. Moreover, the usual water transport by trucks to many areas had been interrupted, resulting in a water shortage, and many wells were damaged, leading to fears of waterborne diseases.In response, CERF immediately allocated $14.9 million in May 2015, $3.0 million in July 2015 and $1.2 million in October 2015 through its Rapid Response for urgent life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide shelters and emergency items for 350,410 people; food for 206,180 people; access to water, sanitation and hygiene for 378,315 people; hygiene kits for 47,378 people; re-established essential health-care services benefiting 1,460,000 people; and protection for 158,478 children.WFP1200000.000002015-10-28T00:00:002015-10-28T00:00:002016-01-28T00:00:002016-07-14T00:00:001200000.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available410201515-RR-TZA-1737980United Republic of TanzaniaTZA3Rapid Response9CholeraDisease Outbreak15-RR-TZA-17379_Tanzania_Oct2015_Application2Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa32700000In Tanzania, an outbreak of cholera, which began in Dar Es Salaam in late August 2015, has spread to 12 of the 28 regions of Tanzania, putting 32.7 million people at risk. Some 6,208 cases and 83 deaths had been recorded as of 29 October 2015. Over 75% of the cases were reported from Dar es Salaam. The case fatality rate of 1.5% is considered high by WHO standards, although underreporting may partially explain the high rate.
The current outbreak is different from previous ones in its vast geographical spread within a short period of time. The last major outbreak in 2010 had 1,997 reported cases but this was limited to Tanga and Dar es Salaam regions. The current situation has not yet stabilized. The rapid spread of the outbreaks across the past four weeks has fuelled fear that the situation could get substantially worse if the epidemic is not controlled before the start of the rainy season in late October. The concentration of cases in Dar es Salaam, the main commercial city of Tanzania, conjugated with a very mobile population across the country, further enhances this risk.
To respond, aid agencies require some $6 million, including $4 million for UNICEF and WHO. This application incldues one joint health project by the two agencies.The United Republic of Tanzania experienced a major cholera outbreak in 2015. The epidemic started in Dar es Salaam in late August and progressively spread to almost the entire country, stretching resources beyond capacity. By mid-2016, there were 26,509 reported cholera cases and 413 deaths. The outbreak was unusual because of its high fatality rate and vast geographical spread within a short period of time. The last major outbreak was in 2010 with 1,997 reported cases, but it was limited to Tanga and Dar es Salaam regions. The rapid spread of the 2015 outbreak was unprecedented and fuelled fear that the situation would substantially deteriorate if the epidemic was not controlled before the rainy season began in late October.In response to the crisis, CERF allocated $1.5 million for the immediate implementation of life-saving response. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide 15 million water guard tablets benefiting 2,521,333 people in cholera hotspots throughout the country; water chlorination to treat the water supply, benefiting 617,042 people in Zanzibar and 974,692 people in Dar es Salaam; cholera-sensitization messages that reached an estimated 4 million people; emergency health services for 12,877 people; and a stronger local capacity in surveillance and cholera case management.UNICEF;WHO1500314.0000294085837719562015-11-05T00:00:002015-11-05T00:00:002016-02-05T00:00:002016-08-05T00:00:001500314.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available411201515-RR-HND-1750242HondurasHND3Rapid Response8DroughtNatural Disaster15-RR-HND-17502_Honduras_Oct2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster6Latin America and the Caribbean8Central America2Americas13El Nino 2015-20160In Honduras, the 2015 drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon is one of the most severe in the country's history. There have been historical temperature records across the country, especially in the departments affected by drought with temperatures that have reached over 40 degrees centigrade. The drought has affected 146 municipalities in twelve provinces.
As a result, 50,585 households are severely food insecure, a 40% increase compared to 2014. 98% of small producers are affected by drought on average representing an 81%loss in agricultural production. Rural areas do not have a steady daily water supply, which jeopardizes the quality of the water supplied. Added to this, people store greater amounts of water in the home, which can encouraging the creation of mosquito breeding sites and spread water borne disease. Health facilities are also poorly equipped to address the needs of people affected by water borne diseases such as dengue, Chikungunya and diarrhea. Furthermore, the nutritional status of nearly 6,000 children is threatened by the drought and 600 children are already suffering from acute malnutrition.
Based on the preliminary results of the August Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA), the Humanitarian Country Team developed a Preliminary Humanitarian Response Plan to address the most urgent priorities. The plan was launched in country in late September by the Resident Coordinator and requires emergency funding to preserve the lives of 50,586 families (252,930 people) who are at high risk by the humanitarian situation caused by the prolonged drought, and who needs immediate assistance with food security, WASH, health, nutrition, education, protection and livelihoods.
To respond to the deteriorating situation, aid agencies require some $23 million, including $2.3 million for UNICEF, WFP and WHO. This application includes one food security project, one health project, one WASH project and one joint nutrition project.In 2015, Honduras faced one of the most severe droughts in its recent history, with almost non-existent rains and record-high temperatures across the country. According to the 2015 Emergency Food Security Assessment, 220,148 households were moderately food insecure and 50,585 households were severely food insecure. These figures indicated a 40 per cent increase in food insecurity since 2014. Of particular concern was the drought’s impact on malnutrition rates among children under age 5. Chronic malnutrition in this age group reached 48 per cent in the affected areas.CERF provided $2.2 million for life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by the crisis. This seed funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food assistance through cash-based transfers for 23,941 people ($225 per family), and therapeutic feeding for 629 severely malnourished children under age 5. CERF support also allowed for strengthened health services benefiting 22,375 people and improved access to safe water for 11,300 people.UNICEF;WFP;WHO2187908.000002015-11-09T00:00:002015-11-13T00:00:002016-02-13T00:00:002016-08-13T00:00:002187908.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available412201515-RR-ETH-1755734EthiopiaETH3Rapid Response8DroughtNatural Disaster15-RR-ETH-17557_Ethiopia_Oct2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster1Eastern Africa1Eastern Africa1Africa13El Nino 2015-20160Ethiopia is currently experiencing an El Niño driven slow-onset natural disaster. The impact of the failed spring / belg season was compounded by the arrival of the El Niño weather conditions that weakened summer / kiremt rains that feed 80 to 85 per cent of the country. This greatly expanded food insecurity, malnutrition and devastated livelihoods across six affected regions of the country. On 2 October, the Government informed UN agencies, NGOs, Donor representatives, and the media that the number of people in need of relief assistance in Ethiopia due to El Niño phenomenon had increased to 8.2 million in the Afar, Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Somali and Tigray regions of Ethiopia.
The current HRD requires $596.4 million and is nearly 60 per cent funded, with serious gaps for the fourth quarter. To date, the HRF has secured the following: US$30 million from DfID and US$1 million from the Swiss Government. Pledges received to date include US$1 from the Swiss, US$18 million from the EU and US$5.5 million from the Netherlands. USAID/Food for Peace has called forward US$97 million (out of which US$20 million is in new funding) and Sweden, US$17 million for WFP.
CERF funds will be used to support 1.37 million drought affected people and around 164,000 moderately malnourished women and children in the next two months to cover food needs and Targeted Supplementary Feeding supplies. Timely response to the emergency is key to avoid further deterioration and even greater magnitude of needs in 2016.By mid-2015, Ethiopia was experiencing its worst drought in decades due to the combined effects of failed spring rains and the June arrival of El Niño weather conditions that affected rain patterns across the country. The midyear review of the Humanitarian Requirements Document, released on 18 August, identified an additional 1.6 million people who required food relief, pushing the number of people who needed food aid in mid-2015 to 4.5 million. As the food security situation continued to deteriorate, the Government of Ethiopia undertook a rapid inter-agency assessment at the end of September. The assessment results were alarming across the country, leading to another revision of the number of people requiring food assistance upwards from 4.5 million to 8.2 million.To prevent the situation from deteriorating, CERF allocated an additional $17 million in Rapid Response funding for immediate life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food aid for 1.37 million people, and targeted supplementary feeding for 61,812 children under age 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers.WFP17003929.000002015-11-11T00:00:002015-11-11T00:00:002016-02-12T00:00:002016-08-12T00:00:0017003929.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available413201515-RR-CAF-1759920Central African RepublicCAF3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-CAF-17599_CAR_Nov2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made2Middle Africa2Middle Africa1Africa0Between the 26 September and 29 September 2015 a new wave of violence in Bangui and other parts of the Central African Republic worsened an already dire humanitarian situation and resulted in the displacement of over 42,000 people in Bangui and another 20,000 in other locations. There are now more than 400,000 IDP’s in the country. For Bangui only, this represents an increased by 38% in IDPs seeking refuge in existing or new displacement sites. The violence has also aggravated the condition of people already displaced and living in over 33 displacement sites who have been cut off from any assistance for days. A large number of people in Bangui have also fled their homes where violence occurred, to take refuge with host families in a few specific neighbourhoods. This situation has created a phenomenon of overpopulation in settings where basic services were already limited. Host families, already living in precarious conditions, will only have the capacity to absorb these new arrivals over a short period of time. While the numbers of IDPs in host families is difficult to assess and is currently estimated to be as large as 45,000, neighbourhoods where people have sought refuge are clearly identified and require assistance.
The Humanitarian Country Team has endorsed the following two primary strategic objectives for this CERF allocation:
i) to provide life-saving assistance to respond to new critical needs that have arisen in the recent crisis, complementing the ongoing response which includes provision of direct support through provision of health services (WHO, UNICEF), Food assistance and Nutrition commodities and services (WFP, UNICEF), Site facilitation and displacement tracking matrix as well as camp management response in IDP sites (IOM, UNHCR), Protection services geared towards children and against gender based violence (UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF), and provision of WASH related items and services.
ii) to strengthen access and support a further decentralisation of humanitarian operations which includes provision of humanitarian air services (UNHAS-WFP) and logistics support to support the humanitarian community (WFP).
The strategy was developed through discussion at the inter cluster coordination group and later presented to the Humanitarian country team which includes NGO’s UN agencies and donors.The violence in Bangui and other parts of CAR, which resumed in September 2015, worsened an already dire humanitarian situation in the country. An estimated 62,000 people fled their homes, taking the total number of IDPs in CAR to almost 450,000 by November 2015. The violence also aggravated the situation for people who were already displaced and who resided in 33 displacement sites. These people were cut off from assistance for days due to the lack of humanitarian access. Since the conflict resumed, the number of reported incidents of sexual violence was alarming, particularly those committed by armed men. The rapid movement of people towards IDP sites and host families created a new set of humanitarian needs beyond those originally planned and supported through available resources.In response to the crisis, CERF allocated $11.6 million from its Rapid Response Window for immediate lifesaving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide psychosocial support in child-friendly spaces for 9,498 children; food for 45,277 people through vouchers; agriculture inputs for 15,500 people (including through vouchers to 5,500 people); access to health care for 257,286 people; improved protection mechanisms benefiting 65,775 displaced people; therapeutic treatment for 6,270 severely malnourished children; multisectoral assistance for 1,739 survivors of SGBV; awareness-raising of SGBV among 67,527 people; improved access to safe drinking water and sanitation for 125,000 people; cash-for-work activities for 1,662 people; and the rehabilitation and expansion of displacement sites benefiting 76,568 people.FAO;IOM;UNDP;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO11556590.000002015-11-27T00:00:002015-12-17T00:00:002016-03-21T00:00:002016-09-30T00:00:0011556590.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available414201515-RR-AFG-176758AfghanistanAFG3Rapid Response19Post-conflict NeedsConflict-related15-RR-AFG-17675_Afghanistan_Nov2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made10Southern Asia13Southern Asia3Asia0On 11 November UN Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and UN Resident- and Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Bowden submitted an application to the CERF’s rapid response window in response to the post-conflict Kunduz situation and a 26 October in northeast Afghanistan.
KUNDUZ CONFLICT
The escalation in fighting in Kunduz City, particularly from 28 September to 2 October, and similarly brazen AGE attacks wreaked havoc and provoked the widespread displacement of at least 14,000 families within the Northeast (Balkh, Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhshan), with an estimated 2,800 families displaced to Central Region, to escape the armed conflict. The Kunduz regional airport, health facilities, and schools were closed and water, electrical and communication services disrupted during the conflict and humanitarian actors evacuated. Health sector response was made even more difficult following the 3 October US bombing the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) trauma centre in Kunduz City, detrimentally impacting access to surgical care for hundreds of thousands. Critical needs for the majority of IDPs are initially assessed to be food and shelter, with NFI, health, WASH, and protection needs are also key.
EARTHQUAKE
On 26 October a 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked north-eastern Afghanistan, affecting at least 16 of the country’s provinces and leaving more than 129,000 people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. Ongoing assessments as of 8 November show that 112 people were killed, 510 injured, 11,693 homes damaged and 6,546 houses destroyed. Kunar and Nangarhar and Badakshan provinces were hardest hit. The immediate priorities are providing emergency shelter, heating, food and protection of livestock / livelihoods for the affected communities, particularly in remote and hard to reach areas.Armed clashes between the Afghan Government forces and non-state armed groups in Kunduz, which took place from 28 September to 15 October 2015, resulted in some of the most intense fighting in Afghanistan since 2001. The aggressive campaign by non-state actors in Kunduz city and several other provincial centres (from Ghazni in the south to Maimana in the north) wreaked havoc, caused deaths and injuries, and provoked the widespread displacement of at least 16,800 families. The Kunduz regional airport, health facilities and schools were closed, while water, electrical and communication services were disrupted, which forced the evacuation of humanitarian personnel.
The crisis was followed by a devastating 7.5-magnitude earthquake, which struck the north and north-east of the country on 26 October. At least 15 provinces were affected, and 136,967 people needed humanitarian assistance. Reports from joint assessments indicated that 117 people were killed, 544 people were injured, 12,794 houses were damaged and 7,384 were destroyed.Resources were already extremely stretched due to the ongoing conflicts across the country, natural disasters and pressing needs for winterization. Therefore, the humanitarian community appealed to CERF for urgent support. CERF provided $5.8 million from its Rapid Response Window for immediate life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by both crises. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 201,605 people; agricultural inputs for 3,050 families; trauma care for 26,124 patients; psychosocial support for 4,680 patients and caregivers; and access to life-saving emergency services for 8,635 survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).FAO;UNFPA;WFP;WHO5802858.000002015-12-17T00:00:002015-12-23T00:00:002016-03-23T00:00:002016-11-30T00:00:005802858.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available415201515-RR-DZA-177279AlgeriaDZA3Rapid Response6FloodNatural Disaster15-RR-DZA-17727_Algeria_Nov2015_Application3Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster3Northern Africa3Northern Africa1Africa124960Heavy rainfalls lasting over a week in late October led to severe floods in Tindouf in south-western Algeria, causing an unprecedented level of destruction to all five Saharawi refugee camps, impacting the entire refugee population- the majority of them vulnerable children and women. Assessments have put the total number of destroyed/damaged shelters at 17,821, meaning 17,821 families lost their shelter (houses) and some 17,000 families lost food rations (≈ 85,000 food rations). Furthermore, 30% of health facilities and schools are damaged, and medical supplies including vaccines may have been destroyed.
The humanitarian partners already present in the camps are quickly responding to the crisis. The inter-agency humanitarian response will be guided by the following strategic objectives:
i) Priority humanitarian actions to provide emergency shelter and essential relief items, including drinking water:
1. Provide emergency family tents;
2. Provide emergency non-food items, including tarpaulins, kitchen sets and jerry cans;
3. Provide a new water truck to ensure drinking water availability;
4. Support initial repairs and rehabilitation of houses, prioritizing the most vulnerable families.
ii) Priority humanitarian actions to provide food and adequate nutrition:
1. Replace food stock losses, amounting to 85,000 rations
2. Provide 124,960 full food rations of 2,125 MT of several commodities for some months, until the food security and nutritional situation stabilizes;
iii) Priority humanitarian actions to provide refugees with adequate health facilities:
1. Set-up temporary health care spaces (large tents);
2. Provide emergency health supplies and consumables: obstetric and newborn kits, crucial drugs for de-worming, vitamin A supplements;
3. Ensure availability and storage of vaccines;
4. Restore electricity, cold room and cold storage facilities in hospitals, including for vaccines;
5. Restore damaged hospitals and provide them with medicine supplies and life-saving equipment.
iv) Priority humanitarian actions to enable students to pursue their schooling and support their well-being:
1. Set-up temporary learning spaces for primary school children;
2. Provide educational supplies and recreation materials for schools;
3. Ensure child care for young children (0-5 years), by providing “child friendly tents” and kits for early childhood development;
4. Provide psychosocial support for vulnerable children (including children with disabilities);
The amount originally requested is 6,599,040 USD. The response will include the following sectors: Health, Food security, and Shelter/NFIs. The requesting agencies include: WFP, UNHCR, UNICEF and WHO. More specifically, CERF Funds will be used to (1) provide emergency shelter and essential relief items, including drinking water; (2) replace food stocks lost and secure food security and nutrition for the initial weeks; (3) provide emergency health care to affected population.In 2015, an estimated 165,000 Saharawi refugees resided in five refugee camps in the south-western part of the country. The camps were located in harsh, isolated desert areas with nearly non-existent self-reliance opportunities. The region received unprecedented rainfall in late October 2015, which led to severe floods causing widespread destruction to all five refugee camps. A rapid assessment determined that the houses of 17,841 families were either damaged or destroyed; between 35,000 and 55,000 people were left without access to basic health care, as approximately 30 per cent of the health facilities were damaged; and an estimated 85,000 food rations were lost, which further exacerbated an already delicate nutrition situation in the camps.In response, CERF allocated $5.1 million in Rapid Response funding for immediate life-saving action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide 2,730 family tents, which accommodated 13,650 people who had lost their houses; basic relief items for 7,500 families (37,500 people); food for 85,000 people; and access to primary health care for 30,000 people.UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO5051640.000002015-12-09T00:00:002015-12-10T00:00:002016-03-11T00:00:002016-09-11T00:00:005051640.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available416201515-RR-PHL-1775071PhilippinesPHL3Rapid Response5StormNatural Disaster15-RR-PHL-17750_Philippines_Nov2015_Application3Biological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)1Natural Disaster13South-Eastern Asia14South-Eastern Asia3Asia0Category 3 Typhoon Koppu made landfall over Casiguran municipality in Aurora province in Central Luzon (Region III) on 18 October 2015. While not striking with the same strength as super typhoon Haiyan of November 2013, Typhoon Koppu was unusually large and slow-moving, and brought incessant and intense rain in its 650 km diameter for more than four days. It caused flooding, flash floods and landslides, leaving 60 people dead and 90 injured, according to the Philippine Red Cross. The typhoon affected all seven regions of the Luzon island (Regions I, II, III, IV, V, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Metro Manila).
Some 713,600 people were still displaced as of 3 November, according to the latest NDRRMC report. Most (or 99 per cent) were staying with relatives and friends or in the open nearby their damaged homes in Regions I, II and III, where damage to houses was the most significant. The rest (9,100 people) were in 37 evacuation centres primarily in Region III.
More than 18,800 houses were destroyed and 118,900 houses partially destroyed as of 3 November. People with damaged houses will remain displaced until their homes are repaired or reconstructed, requiring extended humanitarian aid such as food, non-food items (e.g. blankets, flashlights for municipalities without electricity, mosquito nets), medicines, enhanced disease surveillance, shelter repair kits, protection particularly against trafficking, temporary learning spaces and livelihoods support. The typhoon also damaged 70 health facilities, according to the Department of Health (DoH), and more than 1,400 classrooms, according to NDRRMC.
The CERF application for $1.5 million will help mitigate further deterioration of food security and related increase in malnutrition and vulnerability to diseases of 212,000 people affected by Typhoon Koppu in Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tarlac provinces in Region III and in Pangasinan province in Region I. Of these people, 65,000 people are from small-scale, rice-farming households in Region III devastated by typhoon flooding. FAO will lead the provision of certified rice seeds and fertilizers for planting during the current cropping season by mid-December 2015 for harvest in April 2016. WHO will lead the provision of essential health care. Food security and agricultural production capacity of the most severely affected farmers will be restored while protecting flood-affected people from disease outbreaks over the next five months until April 2016.Typhoon Koppu made landfall in Aurora Province in the Philippines on 18 October 2015, causing widespread flooding and landslides. The Government reported that 713,000 people were displaced and 9,000 were hosted in evacuation centres. More than 460,000 hectares of rice, corn and high-value crops were affected, with a combined production loss approaching 600,000 metric tons. Agriculture and health assessments indicated severe damage to crops and health threats, which created large humanitarian needs.In response, CERF allocated $1.5 million from its Rapid Response Window for life-saving humanitarian action. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide access to essential health services for 212,000 people at risk; nutritional screenings for 6,889 children under age 5; treatment for 35 identified cases of severe malnutrition; and rice seeds, vegetable seeds and fertilizers for 22,700 families (113,500 people), allowing for the restoration of their agricultural production.FAO;WHO1512074.000002015-11-24T00:00:002015-11-30T00:00:002016-03-17T00:00:002016-09-17T00:00:001512074.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available417201515-RR-HTI-1775841HaitiHTI3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-HTI-17758_Haiti_Nov2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made6Latin America and the Caribbean7Caribbean2Americas0The CERF funds will be used to cover increased protection and humanitarian needs that were created by the arrival of 85,000 migrants, returnees and deported people from the Dominican Republic in Haitian municipalities located alongside the border. The response is needed in order to avoid the escalation of a humanitarian crisis reinforced by a context of violence and cholera epidemic. Humanitarian and protection response are currently weakened by the insufficient of required resources both for the government’s institutions, NGOs and UN Agencies.
The Haiti HCT seeks $2 million to support xx,xxx people to:
•Scale-up border monitoring of four formal and some 96 informal border crossing points. This monitoring system also functions as a referral mechanism of specific protection cases and early-warning system.
•Ensure referral and registration and support readmission / repatriation of persons entitled to Dominican citizenship with due respect to the principle of family unity.
•Ensure minimum protection and care of vulnerable and unaccompanied children, including family tracing and reunification.
•Prevent informal settlements through adapted support to return, delocalisation and appropriate referral of immediate and medium needs.In June 2015, Haiti faced a large-scale protection crisis related to the return of thousands of migrants from the Dominican Republic. For decades, Haitians have migrated to the Dominican Republic, attracted by a high demand for unskilled workers. An estimated 460,000 Haitian migrants without a regular immigration status resided in the Dominican Republic in 2015. The crisis was triggered by the Dominican Republic’s Presidential Decree concerning the National Plan, which granted the Dominican law-enforcement authority to forcibly expel people of Haitian descent who did not have newly imposed documentation. In September 2016, IOM’s border monitoring revealed that 141,506 people had reportedly crossed the border into Haitian territory since June 2015. Of the total returnees, 2,244 were identified as unaccompanied minors. The Dominican Republic had committed not to deport children, but official and unofficial convoys regularly included children. Due to insufficient reception capacities in Haiti, informal settlements were established on privately owned land in the South East Department near Anse-à-Pitres. In this context, any adequate response to the needs of children affected by the deportation process had to rest on an overall strong child-protection system in Haiti with reinforced monitoring mechanisms and assistance capacities.In response to the crisis, CERF provided $2 million for life-saving protection interventions, including the registration of 590 unaccompanied children at border crossings and placing them in temporary care; medical and psychosocial support for all registered children; family tracing, allowing 567 children to reunite with families; the identification at border crossings of and assistance to 4,618 of the most vulnerable returnees (including through cash assistance); and the protection of 69,075 stranded migrants and their safe and humane onward transport.IOM;UNHCR;UNICEF1986864.000002015-12-22T00:00:002015-12-28T00:00:002016-03-29T00:00:002016-10-04T00:00:001986864.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available418201515-RR-TCD-1778721ChadTCD3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-TCD-17787_Chad_Nov2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made2Middle Africa2Middle Africa1Africa12Boko Haram crisis 2014-0Since January 2015 the humanitarian situation in Chad’s Lac region has significantly deteriorated due to Boko Haram attacks in Chad and in neighboring countries Nigeria and Niger. An initial influx of refugees and Chadian returnees who arrived at the beginning of the year was followed by successive waves of internal displacement from July 2015. The situation deteriorated further since September 2015 with the successive attacks of Boko Haram in Chad and the intensification of Chadian military operations in the Lac region causing the displacement of more than 52,000 persons between the end of July and October.
Overall, 321,242 persons (232 242 host communities and 89,000 people in displacement) are affected by the Boko Haram crisis in Lac region, among them 201,000 are in need of humanitarian assistance.
The strategic objective of the CERF RR application from Chad is to provide lifesaving assistance and protection to 133,935 vulnerable people including IDPs, returnees, refugees, TCNs and host population principally in Baga Sola and Bol, as well as surrounding areas in the department of Mamdi. CERF funds will help to provide lifesaving assistance to most vulnerable people including IDPs, refugees, returnees, TCNs and host communities who are in need of urgent support for protection, health, nutrition, food security, NFIs and shelter and education.
Despite the current efforts of the humanitarian community, significant needs remain in all sectors. Urgent needs and gaps are of particular concern in IDP sites due to the volatility of displacements. The key imperatives to efficiently respond to the crisis are increasing access to basic services of people affected by the displacements, insuring their protection and addressing vulnerabilities outside facilitating integration of IDPs in host communities. As humanitarian access remains difficult due to insecurity and military operations, CERF will primarily focus on IDPs, refugees, and host communities in Bol and Baga Sola areas with possible extension of assistance to people in new areas once access becomes possible and if assessments are available.The initial influx of refugees and returnees from Nigeria into Chad at the beginning of 2015 was followed by successive waves of internal displacement. The situation deteriorated further following the Boko Haram attacks in Chad in September 2015 and the intensification of Chadian military operations. As a result, 52,000 people were newly displaced between the end of July and October. The displaced population increased to an estimated 89,000 people and the affected host population to 232,242. However, the humanitarian community did not have sufficient resources to keep up with growing needs. An estimated 20,000 displaced people did not receive food assistance, 22,500 had no access to essential health care and 90 per cent had no access to latrines.In response to the deterioration of the crises and the significant increase of humanitarian needs, CERF allocated an additional $7 million in Rapid Response funding for time-critical life-saving response. This third CERF allocation for Chad in 2015 allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 63,801 people; agricultural inputs for 11,305 people; improved access to health care for 112,585 people through better-equipped health centres; micronutrient supplementation for 10,637 mothers and children; treatment for 3,929 malnourished children; an improved quality of response to SGBV benefiting 5,426 people; psychosocial assistance for 27,152 people; support to 22,139 girls and boys to help them recover from (and reduce their exposure to) child violence; and temporary safe-learning spaces for 34,012 children to offer them psychosocial and cognitive protection through education.FAO;IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP;WHO6997593.00001339352015-12-18T00:00:002015-12-28T00:00:002016-03-29T00:00:002016-10-30T00:00:006997593.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available419201515-RR-SLV-1782832El SalvadorSLV3Rapid Response8DroughtNatural Disaster15-RR-SLV-17828_El Salvador_Dec2015_Application3Meteorological, Hydrological and Climatological1Natural Disaster6Latin America and the Caribbean8Central America2Americas13El Nino 2015-2016192000The El Niño phenomenon triggered a severe drought in El Salvador, causing irreversible damage to agricultural production. The most affected departments were La Paz, La Unión, Morazán, San Miguel, San Vicente and Usulután, where, according to the Emergency Food Security Assessment, 152,000 subsistence farmers had lost between 75 and 100 per cent of their crops. Harvest losses resulted in the depletion of food reserves, which increased the levels of food insecurity and the number of acute and severe malnutrition cases.In response to the crisis, CERF provided $2.7 million in Rapid Response funding for life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable affected people. Beneficiaries were selected on the basis of their high risk of food insecurity, high risk of acute malnutrition among children, widespread migration and the loss of agricultural production. CERF support allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 29,162 food insecure people for three months, including through vouchers for 6,524 people; an emergency nutrition programme covering 16,135 children under age 9; access to good-quality water for 26,450 people; and agricultural inputs, such as seeds, fertilizers and technical support, for 3,575 families to rapidly restore food production.FAO;UNDP;UNICEF;WFP2710000.0000325002015-12-17T00:00:002015-12-18T00:00:002016-03-18T00:00:002016-09-18T00:00:002710000.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available420201515-RR-NER-1785266NigerNER3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-NER-17852_Niger_Dec2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made5Western Africa6Western Africa1Africa12Boko Haram crisis 2014-313620The first Boko Haram attack on Nigerien soil took place in Bosso, near Lake Chad, on 6 February. Since then, repeated attacks from April through October caused successive waves of displacement. The state of emergency in Diffa region was renewed by the Government of Niger from 29 October 2015 to 26 January 2016. As a result of the violence and insecurity, more than 300,000 people are directly and severely affected by the crisis. The overwhelming level of new needs created by the situation triggered this CERF request, focusing on Food Security, Emergency Shelter/Non Food Items, WASH, Protection and Reproductive Health as the most pertinent to the situation of populations on the move, in highly unstable settings. Interventions will take place in seven municipalities of the Diffa Region. The selected municipalities lie along the border with Nigeria, between five and 20 kilometers inside Nigerien territory and within a 150-kilometres radius from Diffa. They have been chosen by a majority of the people fleeing from the border areas as spontaneous assembly points. Interventions will target displaced populations as well as the small and vulnerable host communities. Interventions will support nearly 152,000 people over five months.The humanitarian situation in Niger continued to deteriorate throughout 2015. The first Boko Haram attack on Nigerien soil took place in Bosso, near Lake Chad, on 6 February 2015. Since then, repeated attacks caused successive waves of displacement. After July 2015, 89,000 people became newly displaced in Diffa, taking the total number of displaced people to 300,000 in the region by the end of 2015. Most displaced people were not settling in organized camps, but rather in spontaneous sites near existing villages, creating additional pressure on already limited resources and leading to an overwhelming level of new humanitarian needs.Given the severe deterioration of the humanitarian situation and widespread new humanitarian needs, CERF allocated an additional $7 million in rapid-response funding in December 2015 for time-critical life-saving interventions. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide emergency shelter for 25,452 displaced people; food for 63,492 people; supplementary food for 6,690 children under age 2; the protection of 29,552 children; access to safe drinking water for 13,500 people; access to safe sanitation facilities for 16,580 people; hygiene kits and hygiene-promotion messages for 76,162 people; and minimum initial services package for reproductive health for 5,856 women.IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP7031508.00001521532015-12-17T00:00:002015-12-29T00:00:002016-03-29T00:00:002016-09-29T00:00:007031508.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available421201515-RR-NGA-1786867NigeriaNGA3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-NGA-17868_Nigeria_Dec2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made5Western Africa6Western Africa1Africa12Boko Haram crisis 2014-7000000On 3 December the RC/HC of Nigeria submitted an application to the CERF’s rapid response window in response to needs resultant from the regional Lake Chad basin crisis/Boko Haram related crisis.
The ongoing armed conflict in North-East (NE) has directly affected 14.8 million people, of whom 7.4 million are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. While the armed conflict has directly affected four NE states - Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Gombe - Borno State has been disproportionately affected and is the epicentre of military operations and displacement of civilians. The current humanitarian response is covering all the four directly affected states of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Gombe.
The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has shown reasonably steady growth in the numbers of Internally Displaced People (IDPs), from fewer than 400,000 in December 2014 to over 2 million in the last quarter of 2015.
In Borno State alone there are 1.6 million IDPs, the majority of whom are in the capital city, Maiduguri. While the majority of the IDPs are living in host communities, 118,400 IDPs in Borno live in 24 camps. Eight of the IDP camps in Maiduguri City, the capital of Borno State, are occupying schools.
The submission focused on supporting the process of relocating IDPs out of schools to five new sites as the new sites require massive preparation of shelter, WASH, and health facilities. Decongestion of camps and further enhancement of the shelter and WASH facilities is a priority in camps which will be maintained in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.By the end of 2015, the Boko Haram-related crisis directly affected an estimated 14.8 million people in the six northeast states. A total of 7.4 million of those people urgently needed humanitarian assistance in the three most affected states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. The number of IDPs grew from below 400,000 in December 2014 to over 2 million at the end of 2015. As a result, the majority of the 76 camps and camp-like sites hosting displaced people in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states became severely overcrowded. Moreover, 28 IDP camps were occupying schools, which resulted in suspending classes in Borno state for the entire academic year. Decongesting the camps and relocating the displaced people occupying schools became the key humanitarian priorities at the beginning of 2016. State authorities started to relocate IDPs, but there was insufficient funding for shelter, water, sanitation and health facilities in the new sites and for critically needed improvements in the old locations. In addition, there had been a cholera outbreak in Borno state in September 2015, and by the end of the year there were 1,039 cases and 18 deaths reported. The health system was not in a position to launch an effective response, as it suffered from the destruction of health facilities, shortages of drugs and supplies and insufficient numbers of health workers.In view of the critical need to scale up the humanitarian response, CERF allocated $9.9 million to Nigeria in January 2016 for the immediate implementation of life-saving interventions. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide interim care to 2,513 unaccompanied and separated children; training and support to 637 caretakers; access to safe water to 205,250 people; access to latrines and bathing facilities to 30,676 people; hygienepromotion messages to 68,000 people; nutritional support to 89,949 pregnant and lactating women; improved access to health care to 458,458 people; the relocation of 18,577 people; shelters to 5,502 families; the registration and profiling of 45,342 displaced people; psychosocial support to 37,844 people and counselling to 7,200 distressed people; sensitization on SGBV prevention for 51,647 people; dignity kits to 7,000 women and girls; safe-delivery services to 8,000 women; treatment to 1,550 survivors of SGBV; basic relief items to 11,342 families; and improved disease outbreak response benefiting 330,366 people.CERF lead to fast delivery of assistance to beneficiaries and helped respond to time-critical needs, for example by being the only donor at the time to respond to a measles outbreak and by enabling fast scale-up of nutrition interventions in newly-accessible areas. CERF enabled partners to improve their understanding of needs and gaps, which in turn improved donor confidence and helped raise additional funds. CERF also improved coordination among the humanitarian community, for example by strengthening the SGBV working groups across states.IOM;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WHO9854146.00009559689096062016-01-18T00:00:002016-02-25T00:00:002016-05-29T00:00:002016-12-19T00:00:009854146.0000Summary will be available soon.PReport Available422201515-RR-CMR-1800218CameroonCMR3Rapid Response16DisplacementConflict-related15-RR-CMR-18002_Cameroon_Dec2015_Application1Conflict-related2Man-made2Middle Africa2Middle Africa1Africa12Boko Haram crisis 2014-0On 15 December 2015 the Humanitarian Coordinator for Cameroon Najat Rochdi submitted an application to the CERF’s rapid response window in response to displacement caused by conflict linked to Boko Haram violence and military operations again the armed group, leading to a sharp increase of humanitarian needs. The upsurge of violence by Boko Haram across the Lake Chad Basin has uprooted hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes, destroyed their livelihoods and deepened vulnerability. Cameroon is hosting 64,000 Nigerian refugees in its Far North region, which is also the worst affected by the conflict. Tens of thousands of residents in the region have been forced to flee due to insecurity and near-daily suicide bombings and attacks. Education and health among other basic services as well as farming, trade and pastoralism have been badly affected, causing deep deprivation and heightening health and protection risks. The CERF Rapid Response will target newly displaced, vulnerable host community members, and women and children who are exposed to the risks of abuse and forced recruitment by the armed group. The newly displaced require emergency shelters, need to be registered and provided with basic household items. Women and children, who are the worst affected by the crisis, will require basic health, including reproductive health services, protection and emergency education.The violence linked to Boko Haram and military operations against the armed group increased displacement and led to a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the second half of 2015. As a result, between June and September 2015, an additional 11,000 people were internally displaced within the Far North region of Cameroon and 10,000 new refugees arrived from Nigeria. The increased displacement resulted in the further deterioration of the humanitarian situation among the host population. According to the Emergency Food Security Assessment, about 1.4 million people were food insecure in the Far North region by December 2015, more than twice as many as in June 2015. About 12 per cent of children were suffering from moderate acute malnutrition compared with 7 per cent in 2014. The number of victims of violence increased, but about 120 health facilities were destroyed, leading to the departure of health personnel and leaving some 360,000 people without basic health care.Due to the sudden deterioration of the humanitarian situation, CERF allocated an additional $7 million from its Rapid Response Window in December 2015 to scale up the implementation of urgent life-saving activities in the Far North region. This funding allowed UN agencies and partners to provide food for 36,777 people (including cash assistance to 9,050 people); supplementary feeding for 38,427 children; treatment for 7,106 severely malnourished children; reproductive health-care services for 13,332 women; protection activities benefiting 36,535 children; agricultural inputs benefiting 22,500 people; registration for 6,776 newly arrived refugees; and shelter construction materials and tools for 5,000 newly arrived refugees and 14,365 IDPs.FAO;UNFPA;UNHCR;UNICEF;WFP7005094.0000980002015-12-30T00:00:002015-12-31T00:00:002016-04-04T00:00:002016-10-04T00:00:007005094.0000Summary will be available soon.