15-RR-MWI-1347115-RR-MWI-13471_Malawi_Jan2015_ApplicationAfricaMalawiEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRFloodBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20152015-01-30T00:00:002015-01-30T00:00:002015-02-12T00:00:002015-02-19T00:00:007950587.006961397000000000In 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.15-RR-MWI-13471-NR01EnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2015-11-12T00:00:002016-08-17T00:00:002015-02-11T00:00:0015-RR-YEM-1580915-RR-YEM-15809_Yemen_Jul2015_ApplicationAsiaYemenWestern AsiaWestern AsiaRRPost-conflict NeedsConflict-relatedMan-made20152015-07-20T00:00:002015-07-20T00:00:002015-09-15T00:00:002015-09-16T00:00:003392792.002592511000000000Even 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.15-RR-YEM-15809-NR04Jamie McGoldrick#Jamie McGoldrickEnglishJulia Wittig2016-08-01T00:00:002016-09-04T00:00:002016-10-07T00:00:002016-12-22T00:00:00Fully2015-09-10T00:00:0015-RR-TZA-1737915-RR-TZA-17379_Tanzania_Oct2015_ApplicationAfricaUnited Republic of TanzaniaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRCholeraBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20152015-10-22T00:00:002015-10-22T00:00:002015-11-05T00:00:002015-11-10T00:00:001500314.0015003141036323107862421149478120538449561657009184837619235803771956In 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.15-RR-TZA-17379-NR02alvaro.rodriguez@undp.org#Alvaro RodriguezEnglishDavid Hartstone2016-08-05T00:00:002016-10-26T00:00:00Fully2015-11-05T00:00:0015-RR-NGA-1786815-RR-NGA-17868_Nigeria_Dec2015_ApplicationAfricaNigeriaWestern AfricaWestern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20152015-12-03T00:00:002015-12-03T00:00:002016-02-29T00:00:002016-03-02T00:00:009930000.009854146172998214816387814183906337886521792356904552702909606On 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.Some good explanations of beneficiary counts (nutrition, WASH and child protection) - in case examples needed in future. Z - Not in use - IDP, Z - Not in use - Protection, Z - Not in use - Malnutrition, Food Security Boko Haram crisis 2014-15-RR-NGA-17868-NR03omuga@un.org#Vincent OmugaEnglishJulia Wittig2016-06-14T00:00:002016-08-09T00:00:002016-11-29T00:00:002016-12-19T00:00:002017-07-18T00:00:00Fully2016-02-25T00:00:0016-RR-GTM-18429Guatemala RR Application, Jan 2016 (El Nino)AmericasGuatemalaLatin America and the CaribbeanCentral AmericaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-01-19T00:00:002016-01-19T00:00:002016-02-04T00:00:002016-02-09T00:00:004849930.00482969021808232954510350887523681032557269575663148358The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has declared the current El Niño effect in Guatemala to be one of the worst in the last few decades. Its impact has been felt most strongly in the northern zone of Central America. In Guatemala, the dry corridor of Eastern and Central Guatemala has had up to 65 days without rain between late June and September which is abnormal. According to reports from the Ministry of Agriculture, losses were documented in both, “primera” (from May to August) and “postrera” (from August to November) harvests. Accumulated losses of harvest from last year, significantly exacerbated this situation leaving affected families with no food reserves since May. Around 175,387 families reported 75 to100 per cent losses of their maize and beans harvests along the dry corridor. As a result of the accumulated impact of the dry spell in 2014, these affected families have been without food reserves since May this year. Joint EFSA-type, emergency assessments carried out by MAGA, SESAN, WFP and FAO in September, have identified as many as 248,000 families in need of humanitarian assistance. The states with the highest levels of food insecurity are located in Eastern Guatemala: Santa Rosa, Jutiapa, El Progreso, Zacapa, Jalapa, and Chiquimula and some others in Central and Western: Baja Verapaz, Totonicapan, and Huehuetenango. FEWSNET indicates that around 75 municipalities from these States are in IPC phase 3 (Crisis), while around 33 are in Phase 2 (stress). The prolonged food insecurity and lack of food reserves has furthermore had a negative impact causing higher than usual prevalence of acute malnutrition in children under 5. The humanitarian team aims to deliver a timely, effective and life-saving response in three of the worst affected states of Baja Verapaz, Chiquimula and Jutiapa. Food security (WFP) aims to provide immediate food support to a target 23,000 families (115,000 beneficiaries) while nutrition will treat 6,000 children (UNICEF) and health (PAHO/WHO) will support nutrition efforts. Primary and priority targets for life-saving CERF activities are those families with no food reserves, at least one case of acute severe malnutrition (in children and/or pregnant/lactating women), households headed by widows or single mothers, and families affected by critical health problems (diarrhea, ARIs, and/or chikungunya). This CERF request is for a five-month response, for $4.85 million. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-GTM-18429-NR03EnglishMirna Loiferman2016-05-18T00:00:002016-07-13T00:00:002016-11-04T00:00:002017-06-07T00:00:00MostlyWHO achieved 4.5x times more beneficiaries than planned, reasoning behind the estimated number is not clear2016-02-02T00:00:0016-RR-AGO-18644Angola RR Application, Feb2016 (El Nino)AfricaAngolaMiddle AfricaMiddle AfricaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-02-11T00:00:002016-02-11T00:00:002016-03-01T23:49:34.82016-03-04T00:00:006683718.00498938610236710654820891565093330629395722167460437177604637The Angola humanitarian team is responding to the persisting impact of the El Niño phenomenon. This is the fourth year with reduced rainfall. This has resulted in about 800,000 people being food insecure compared to over 500,000 people in 2014, based on FAO assessment in December 2015. Agricultural production loss is estimated at over 52,000MT valued at over 10.4 billion kwanzas ($72 million). There is also a reported loss of livestock (360,000 animals) valued at 36 million kwanzas, further exacerbating poverty and the economic status of families. The undernutrition situation is much worse with doubling undernutrition rates of SAM cases (95,877 in total in the 7 provinces); and 45,411 harboured in the municipalities of the 3 border provinces when compared to June 2015. The food situation has become dire, and 63 per cent of the affected areas are in Cunene, Huila and Namibe provinces, where production losses of cereals and legumes have been nearly 90 per cent. The food and nutrition situation is becoming critical in the Namibe and Cunene Provinces where the population is heterogeneous but their livelihood is based mainly on fishing, cattle rearing and subsistence agriculture. Given to the poor access to safe water, the affected population have agriculture camps spread and desolated without any production capable to sustain the families until the next rainy season. The lack of rains and crop production are exacerbating migratory movements of communities, looking for better conditions for their families and animals around operational water points. All these are happening against the backdrop of an impeding economic depression due to the oil shock from rapidly falling oil prices and income to the government. The government prompted by the office of the Vice President set up an interagency commission who have assessed the situation. This has been complemented by other mission assessments by FAO and the MOH-DNSP respectively confirming the seriousness or acuteness of the situation in the last quarter of 2015. The focus of the humanitarian response is the 3 worst affected provinces. The CERF proposal will assist funding in the Food, Nutrition, Health and WASH sectors. FAO will provide seeds and inputs such as hand tools and other resources to the 50,000 vulnerable people. UNICEF and WHO will address the impact of acute malnutrition: UNICEF through treatment through therapeutic foods and WHO for treatment for those children and at risk pregnant and lactating women who are suffering complications. WASH will address access to water through rehabilitation of boreholes. The CERF contribution is $5 million for 5 to 6 months of an initial response. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-AGO-18644-NR01P. Paolo Balladelli#P. Paolo BalladelliEnglishDavid Hartstone2016-06-14T00:00:002016-08-09T00:00:002016-12-30T00:00:002017-06-21T00:00:00Partly2016-02-26T00:00:0016-UF-TZA-18470Tanzania UFE Application, Feb 2016 (Burundi crisis)AfricaUnited Republic of TanzaniaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-02-12T00:00:002016-02-12T00:00:002016-04-05T16:23:33.8772016-04-06T00:00:0011000000.001099466469965683741383395542152342107763125386120716246102The civil unrest in Burundi has led to an outflow of over 230,000 refugees since April 2015 with more than 124,000 refugees arriving in Tanzania. The current average is about 1,500 arrivals per week. The goal of UN agencies’ projects for CERF is to ensure continuation of the provision of basic humanitarian response, establish water supply in new camp locations, continue food distribution, distribute fuel efficient stoves, strengthen SGBV prevention and consular capacity, and ensure safe transport and settlement of refugees in camps. UN agencies are targeting 120,000 beneficiaries in four refugee sites.The UN Country Team requires $183 million for humanitarian action in Tanzania in 2016. According to FTS, no humanitarian has been received for Tanzania in 2016, as of 2 March 2016. The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $11 million for 12 projects, if approved. Tanzania Underfunded Emergencies application Total envelope: $11 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 12 February 2016 Number of projects submitted: 12 Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee Burundi political crisis 2015-202016-UF-TZA-18470-NR03mona.folkesson@one.un.org#Mona FolkessonEnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-10-17T00:00:002016-12-08T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-10-12T00:00:002016-03-30T00:00:0016-UF-UGA-18474Uganda UFE Application, Jan2016 (DRC and South Sudanese refugees)AfricaUgandaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-02-12T00:00:002016-02-12T00:00:002016-03-22T15:44:12.7232016-03-22T00:00:0018000000.0018000027259251270369529620171029193855364884430280464224894504Uganda is host to over half a million refugees, with the largest groups coming from South Sudan, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In 2015 alone, Uganda received over 112,000 new refugees. Current risk analyses suggest these influxes will continue in 2016, further emphasizing the emergency nature of the refugee response in Uganda. Worst-case scenario planning in 2016 accounts for an influx greater than half of the existing refugee population in Uganda. Inter-agency response plans (RRPs) and contingency plans have been put in place to receive as many as 300,000 new refugees in 2016 in these worst-case situations. Refugees from South Sudan and DRC constitute the most underfunded and most severe humanitarian emergency in Uganda, and the CERF grant has been prioritized to focus on life-saving initiatives for these at-risk populations. The refugee management policy in Uganda is characterised by a non-camp, settlement approach. Refugees are not settled in camps but in village-like settings where they receive small plots for agricultural cultivation, enjoying the right to work and freedom of movement granted under the Ugandan Government’s 2006 Refugee Act and 2010 Refugee Regulations. Within this refugee management context, the CERF allocation will be prioritised for the immediate life-saving needs of its South Sudanese and Congolese refugee populations in the following sectors: 1) Protection (including registration of new arrivals/child protection/SGBV); 2) Food Security; 3) Shelter, Site Preparation, and NFIs; 4) Health & Nutrition; 5) WASH, and 6) Emergency Agricultural Livelihoods.Humanitarian UN agencies in Uganda reported to the CERF secretariat that they require about $343 million for humanitarian action in 2016. Funding requirements for Uganda in the 2016 South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan are $164 million, and $22 million in the Burundi Regional Refugee Response Plan (these numbers overlap with the UN figure of $343 million). According to FTS, aid agencies in Uganda had received only $5.8 million in humanitarian funding as of 29 February 2016. Uganda Underfunded Emergencies country envelope: $18 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 12 February 2016 Number of projects submitted: 8 Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee South Sudan crisis 2013-16-UF-UGA-18474-NR03nasiib.kaleebu@one.un.org#Nasiib KaleebuEnglishJulia Wittig2016-10-17T00:00:002016-12-01T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-12-22T00:00:00Fully2016-03-17T00:00:0016-UF-PRK-18469DPRK UFE Application, Jan 2016 (Protracted Crisis)AsiaDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaEastern AsiaEastern AsiaUFMultiple EmergenciesInternal strifeMultiple20162016-02-15T00:00:002016-02-15T00:00:002016-03-08T18:29:35.9232016-03-10T00:00:008000000.008000692823220824780164800011502830974542477393824811345252072773The goal of UN agencies’ projects for CERF is to reduce maternal and under-five child mortality and morbidity through critical and life-saving interventions in food security, nutrition and maternal and child health. UN agencies are targeting 2,077,249 beneficiaries, including 1.7 million under-five children, and 260,000 pregnant and lactating women in 11 provinces.The UN Country Team requires about $111 million for humanitarian action in DPRK in 2016 (based on 2015 figures since the 2016 ‘Needs and Priorities’ document has yet to be published). The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $8 million for 6 projects, if approved. DPRK Underfunded Emergencies application total envelope: $8 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 15 February 2016 Number of projects submitted: 616-UF-PRK-18469-NR02Throne-Holst@un.org#Marina Throne-HolstEnglishdorjee2@un.org2016-10-18T00:00:002016-12-16T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-11-10T00:00:00Fully2016-03-05T00:00:0016-UF-KEN-18491Kenya UFE Application, Jan 2016 (South Sudanese refugees)AfricaKenyaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-02-15T00:00:002016-02-15T00:00:002016-03-22T15:45:04.5032016-03-28T00:00:004000000.0039987468549881038166536386314865387284124129129691253820In addition to 45,000 South Sudan refugees already present, 48,000 South Sudan refugees have arrived in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya since December 2013 because of inter-ethnic clashes in South Sudan. Nine-thousand new arrivals are anticipated in 2016 of which 60 per cent are expected to be women and children. Kakuma hosts over 184,000 refugees (South Sudanese and others) and the influx has put a strain on aid services. The goal of UN agencies’ projects for CERF is to ensure that health care, nutrition, HIV/AIDS support, maternal and childcare, sanitation and food activities are provided to the refugees. UN agencies are targeting 102,000 beneficiaries in Kakuma refugee camp.The 2016 South Sudan RRRP lists requirements of $48 million for South Sudanese refugees in Kenya. The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $4 million for 6 projects, if approved. Kenya Underfunded Emergencies application Total envelope: $4 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 15 February 2016 Number of projects submitted: 6 Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee South Sudan crisis 2013-16-UF-KEN-18491-NR02lenanyokie@un.org#Julius Lesoina LenanyokieEnglishdorjee2@un.org2016-10-20T00:00:002016-12-06T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-04-10T00:00:002017-11-29T00:00:00Partly2016-03-16T00:00:0016-UF-SDN-18490Sudan UFE Application, Jan 2016 (South Sudanese refugees)AfricaRepublic of the SudanNorthern AfricaNorthern AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-02-15T00:00:002016-02-15T00:00:002016-03-17T16:05:50.052016-03-22T00:00:007000000.00699142529813305186033199051919329098397184971189429The political conflict that erupted in South Sudan on 15 December 2013 displaced thousands of civilians in South Sudan and continues to cause an outflow of refugees into neighbouring countries, including Sudan. Sudan continued to face a steady influx of South Sudanese refugees throughout 2015. By the end of December 2015, nearly 195,000 South Sudanese had sought safety in Sudan, fleeing violence and insecurity in their home country. With some 109,000 new arrivals recorded between January and December 2015, Sudan was the country that received the largest influx of South Sudanese refugees in the region. With CERF funding, aid agencies will respond to the most pressing needs of South Sudanese refugees in Sudan, which includes the development of new sites with basic services to ease overcrowding and raise provision of life-saving services to emergency thresholds within the existing sites in the areas of health, education, nutrition, and protection. The establishment of the sites will require basic semi-permanent infrastructure, backfilling, construction of drainage and an internal road to facilitate access within. Solar lighting will be installed to enhance protection. Once completed, refugees will be transported to the new sites from those identified as being the most overcrowded. The existing services in current sites will be expanded to ensure there are no breaks in service provision in health, nutrition and protection, as well as additional support to the education sector that struggles to provide appropriate services to the high number of children in the sites.The South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan requires $141 million for South Sudanese refugees in Sudan in 2016. Funding for the South Sudan RRRP is not yet recorded on FTS. Sudan Underfunded Emergencies allocation Country envelope: $7 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 15 February 2016 Number of projects submitted: 5 Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee South Sudan crisis 2013-16-UF-SDN-18490-NR06merghani@un.org#Randa MerghaniEnglishdorjee2@un.org2016-10-20T00:00:002016-12-05T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-12-28T00:00:00Fully2016-03-11T00:00:0016-UF-BDI-18467Burundi UFE Application, Jan 2016 (Political Crisis)AfricaBurundiEastern AfricaEastern AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-02-15T00:00:002016-02-15T00:00:002016-04-05T16:38:54.8172016-04-06T00:00:0013000000.0012985955158184155208313392158883186494345377317067341702658769Humanitarian agencies are scaling up efforts to reinforce protection and ensure access to basic services to people in need, in a highly vulnerable context. Violence and fear emanating from the political crisis are on the increase. At least 439 people have been killed and nearly 265,000 displaced people since April 2015, and access to essential services has deteriorated. Continued heavy rains are causing localized floods and landslides, leaving at least 52 people dead and 5,068 households displaced, whose houses have been damaged or destroyed between November 2015 and January 2016. These two drivers are exacerbating an already dire situation of many vulnerable Burundians. With this CERF grant and through multi-sector interventions in Burundi’s six most affected provinces, humanitarian agencies aim to help avert acute vulnerabilities caused by the political crisis in the country since April 2015, as well as localized flooding.Humanitarian UN agencies in Burundi reported to the CERF secretariat that they require about $111 million for humanitarian action in 2016. Funding requirements for Burundi in the recently published 2016 HRP, which focuses only on new needs related to the political crisis and floods, are $62 million. According to FTS, no funding has been received for the HRP as of 11 March 2016, and $1.9 million in funding has been received outside of the HRP. Burundi Underfunded Emergencies Application Country envelope: $13 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 15 February 2016 Number of projects submitted: 12 Z - Not in use - IDP Burundi political crisis 2015-202016-UF-BDI-18467-NR02Hanane Babikir#Hanane BabikirEnglishJulia Wittig2016-10-18T00:00:002016-12-08T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-07-17T00:00:002017-10-17T00:00:00Mostlyyes, very good explanation per sector and across. Very convincing. Probably rather conservative estimates.2016-03-31T00:00:0016-UF-ETH-18468Ethiopia UFE Application, Jan 2016 (South Sudanese refugees)AfricaEthiopiaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-02-15T00:00:002016-02-16T00:00:002016-03-30T22:43:58.722016-03-29T00:00:0011000000.0010991119101647948701965174743594781142216149082189651338733Over 730,000 refugees of 19 different nationalities are currently hosted in Ethiopia, making it the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa. The South Sudanese represent the largest refugee community in Ethiopia. As of 15 January 2016, Ethiopia hosts 281,471 refugees from South Sudan, the vast majority of whom are hosted in six refugee camps in the Gambella region. Out of this, 226,638 arrived in Ethiopia as a result of the December 2013 events in South Sudan and its aftermath, and 55,059 had fled to Ethiopia prior to the current crisis. Of the new arrivals, about 33,000 are living with host communities. The goal of UN agencies’ CERF projects is to conduct registration of new arrivals, relocation from entry point to the camps, distribution of food items, provision of primary health care and nutrition services, improvement of WASH facilities, provision of core relief (non-food) items and soap, and shelter. UN agencies are targeting nearly 214,000 beneficiaries in Gambella and Benishangul Gumuz Regional States.The Ethiopia component of the 2016 South Sudan RRP amounts to $284 million. The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $11 million for 4 projects, if approved. Ethiopia Underfunded Emergencies application Total envelope: $11 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 16 February 2016 Number of projects submitted: 4 Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee South Sudan crisis 2013-16-UF-ETH-18468-NR05Arefaines@un.org#Senait ArefaineEnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-10-18T00:00:002016-12-05T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-11-07T00:00:002016-03-23T00:00:0016-UF-MLI-18527Mali UFE Application, Jan 2016 (Conflict and Food Insecurity)AfricaMaliWestern AfricaWestern AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-02-16T00:00:002016-02-16T00:00:002016-03-29T17:19:54.9872016-03-30T00:00:0016000000.00159999803598033362166960193254021891395145416852055253551210560People in Mali continue to suffer from the consequences of conflict, food insecurity and malnutrition. Some 2.5 million people are in need of assistance, 1.9 million are food insecure, 2.2 million need health services and 840,000 water and sanitation services. More than 700,000 children under age 5 suffer from acute malnutrition. As of October 2015, there were 62,000 IDPs and 139,000 Malian refugees in neighbouring countries. The strategy that the Humanitarian Country Team developed to implement this CERF grant of $16 million from the Fund’s window for underfunded emergencies focuses on the north of the country and has two main objectives: The first objective is to respond to the food security and nutrition crisis by preventing and treating malnutrition, providing food aid to 26,000 people during the lean season, and helping 90,000 people restart agricultural activities. The second objective is to respond to urgent needs in several key sectors in the north. This includes providing water and sanitation services to 45,000 people, shelter and non-food items to 8,000 people, improve access to education for 63,000 children and access to health care for 200,000 people, to conduct mine action and to strengthen protection monitoring and child protection. About $8 million will be used for each of the two objectives.The 2016 Mali Humanitarian Response Plan requires about $354 million to provide assistance to some 1 million people in need. According to FTS, the Mali HRP had received $19.3 million in humanitarian funding as of 18 March 2016. Mali Underfunded Emergencies Application Country envelope: $16 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 16 February 2016 Number of projects submitted: 1816-UF-MLI-18527-NR01FrenchJulia Wittig2016-10-25T00:00:002016-12-06T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-10-17T00:00:00Fully2016-03-23T00:00:0016-UF-LBY-18497Libya UFE Application, Jan 2016 (Conflict)AfricaLibyaNorthern AfricaNorthern AfricaUFHuman RightsConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-02-19T00:00:002016-02-19T00:00:002016-04-05T16:26:05.542016-04-04T00:00:0012000000.00119890243146172936876083044540414312398852807686587249261493584There are an estimated 435,000 IDPs in Libya, the vast majority of which have been displaced since the escalation of conflict since mid-2014. The level of displacement has increased almost seven-fold since April 2014, with displacement patterns revealing both cross-regional displacement (populations fleeing from one side of the country to another) and localized displacement, with populations fleeing within their own provinces, particularly in the northwest. An estimated 269,000 IDPs are located in the country’s western region, which includes 120,000 IDPs who fled fighting in the Warshefana suburb southwest of Tripoli in August 2014 and Tobruk, Ajdabiya and Al Bayda. The goal of UN agencies’ projects for CERF is to improve access to health services and essential medicines; respond to protection needs of affected populations; provide household food availability and protecting people from malnutrition risks; provide minimum shelter assistance and essential NFIs; provide safe drinking water and basic sanitation services; improve access to essential services; and providing direct support and protection to meet the humanitarian needs of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. UN agencies are targeting 350,000 people in Benghazi, Tripoli, Sabha, Al Jabel Al Gharbi.In 2016, Libya will have an HRP, with overall requirements of $166 million, including $138 million for UN agencies. As of 14 March, $4.4 million in funding for the HRP had been recorded on FTS. The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $12 million for 12 projects, if approved. Libya Underfunded Emergencies Application Country envelope: $12 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 19 February 2016 Number of projects submitted: 12 Z - Not in use - IDP16-UF-LBY-18497-NR01gehac@un.org#Carlos GEHAEnglishJulia Wittig2016-10-20T00:00:002016-12-05T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-10-18T00:00:00Fully2016-03-31T00:00:0016-RR-LAO-18817Lao PDR RR Application, Feb 2016 (Locusts)AsiaLao People's Democratic RepublicSouth-Eastern AsiaSouth-Eastern AsiaRRInsect infestationBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-02-23T00:00:002016-02-23T00:00:002016-03-01T17:33:29.5072016-03-07T00:00:00385521.0032881112200117402394050400516601020606260063400126000Twelve districts in north-east of Lao PDR are poised to suffer a very serious locust attack against crops in April–June 2016, with seven of those districts most at risk. 78,823 people are considered affected. In response, FAO aims to safeguard the food security and livelihoods of 75,000 people in rural communities in the areas of Lao PDR affected by the outbreak of the Yellow-Spined Bamboo Locust by ensuring food and crop losses to locusts are effectively reduced through control operations against the locust hopper bands.16-RR-LAO-18817-NR01EnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-06-14T00:00:002016-08-10T00:00:002016-12-01T17:33:29.5072017-05-10T00:00:00Fully2016-03-01T00:00:0016-RR-MNG-18890Mongolia RR Application, Mar 2016 (Dzud)AsiaMongoliaEastern AsiaEastern AsiaRRHeat/Cold WaveMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-03-01T00:00:002016-03-01T00:00:002016-03-18T16:33:26.082016-03-16T00:00:002525853.0024429743655359972545692100971578993471369623043Around 60 per cent of Mongolia, or 211 out of the 339 districts, is in dzud or near-dzud condition since December 2015. Dzud is a cyclical slow onset disaster unique to Mongolia. It consists of a summer drought followed by a deterioration of the weather conditions in winter (10 to 350 cm snow thickness, temperatures -40° C to -50° C) and spring during which shortage of pasture and water leads to large scale deaths of animals. Although primarily affecting livestock exposed to extreme winter conditions, dzud events should not be seen as simply winter emergencies or livestock famines; they have profound and far-reaching impacts on Mongolian pastoral herder sector which depends on this vital sector for food and income. The CERF grant will provide the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) with the necessary funds to address the most urgent survival and livelihood needs of 4,390 vulnerable herder households in dzud conditions in most-affected provinces. CERF grants will contribute to ensuring that most vulnerable households can survive the winter and are protected from extreme livelihoods collapse; and thus help to avert a larger humanitarian crisis. CERF funding will be used to provide targeted support at household level that complements the Government’s response activities which currently focuses on infrastructure and social services. The Protection and the Nutrition sector (which includes a food component) will deliver a package of basic relief items designed to ensure the survival of the most vulnerable herders. The agriculture component aims to minimize additional loss of lives and damage to social and economic assets helping to ensure the survival of the most vulnerable herders and their families who are almost totally dependent on livestock for livelihoods. This will be followed by a cash intervention which will ensure that low income households can buy additional food staple, warm clothes, heating and cooking fuels, other products essential for surviving the extreme winter and isolation. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-MNG-18890-NR01lazau-ratz@un.org#Alexandra Lazau-RatzEnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-06-30T00:00:002016-08-24T00:00:002016-12-18T16:33:26.082017-05-10T00:00:00Fully2016-03-14T00:00:0016-RR-FJI-18935Fiji RR Application, Mar 2016 (Cyclone Winston)OceaniaFijiMelanesiaMelanesiaRRStormBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-03-03T00:00:002016-03-03T00:00:002016-03-21T00:00:002016-03-18T00:00:007507962.0080223825890556595115500119595114905234500178500171500350000On 20 and 21 February 2016, category-5 tropical cyclone (TC) Winston cut a path of destruction across Fiji. The cyclone is estimated to be one of the most severe ever to hit the South Pacific and has directly affected an estimated 350,000 people -- approximately 40 per cent of the total population of Fiji. The hardest hit areas are Lau group and Lomaiviti (including Koro) in the Eastern Division, Raki Raki and Tavua in Western Division and Taveuni and Cakandrove in Northern Division. Immediate response efforts have been led by the Government of Fiji to ensure that preparedness plans were put in place prior to the disaster. The Government of Fiji estimates the total damage bill at more than FJ$1 billion -- almost $500 million. In recognition of the severity of the disaster, on 22 February, the Fiji government requested international assistance and declared a 30-day State of Natural Disaster. The Fiji Government has a strong national structure for disaster preparedness and emergency operations and is leading the current response. The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) is coordinating efforts and has activated the National and Divisional Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs). The humanitarian response in Fiji will be guided by the following strategic objectives as outlined in the Flash Appeal: 1) Rapidly provide life-saving assistance to people affected by the cyclone and re-establish basic services 2) Support restoration of livelihoods and self-reliance 3) Provide safe emergency and transitional shelter, while protecting vulnerable people in all affected communities The CERF strategy targets over 349,000 million people, requesting $7.9 million to address the most critical needs. To achieve the above objectives the strategy focuses on nine eight key sectors – Shelter, Food Security, Education, Health, WASH, Protection, Logistics and Emergency Telecommunications -- across all 12 hardest hit areas that have been identified by the Government. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-FJI-18935-NR01osnat.lubrani@one.un.org#Osnat LubraniEnglishJulia Wittig2016-06-30T00:00:002016-08-25T00:00:002016-12-21T00:00:002017-05-17T00:00:00Fully2016-03-14T00:00:0016-RR-SSD-19018South Sudan RR Application, Mar 2016 (Sudanese refugees)AfricaSouth SudanEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-03-04T00:00:002016-03-04T00:00:002016-03-24T15:59:37.822016-03-23T00:00:005995523.0059893213744403277762451335858096195739013585UNHCR has been working to protect and provide basic services to some 103,600 refugees in Unity State, as reflected in the South Sudan Humanitarian Workplan 2016. In Ajuong Thok camp, UNHCR and partners are undertaking multi-sectorial response activities including health, water, shelters and camp management. In Yida, UNHCR has been undertaking protection interventions and facilitating the relocation of refugees to Ajuong Thok, while supporting provision of water and sanitation services. The proximity of Yida to the contested border (Jau area), its militarization and associated protection concerns arising from the mixed character of the influx (civilian asylum seekers, combatants and former combatants), fundamentally compromises the question of its suitability as a refugee site. The Government of South Sudan and UNHCR had previously developed a phased closure plan for Yida which began in 2013 and was due to be finalized by mid-2017. However, the process was put on hold due to the outbreak of major conflict across the country in December 2013. In mid-November 2015, however, a Government decision was taken to bring forward the closure of Yida to June 2016. This decision is noted as final, and Government representatives travelled to Yida in January 2016 and communicated the decision directly to refugees. This has triggered a rapid response request, as operationalization of the new site in Pamir must be accelerated in an unforeseen manner, and relocation of refugees must be sped up. With Ajuong Thok nearing its full capacity of 40,000 refugees, preparation of the new site in Pamir is urgently needed to so that refugees can relocate there and mitigate a potentially dire deterioration in the humanitarian circumstances of refugees in Unity. Yida is currently hosting about 70,000 refugees with nearly 70% under the age of 18, including nearly 1,000 unaccompanied and separated children, particularly vulnerable to a range of protection issues including forced recruitment and SGBV which are increasingly prevalent in the context of the wider conflict in South Sudan. When Yida closes, lack of alternative space would leave refugees either stranded in Yida without the necessary protection and assistance, or result in major overcrowding of Ajuong Thok. This current application is for UNHCR to relocate to the new site in Pamir and to provide basic services for around $6 million.16-RR-SSD-19018-NR07throp@un.org#David ThropEnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-07-08T00:00:002016-08-26T00:00:002016-12-24T15:59:37.822017-06-16T22:13:372016-03-16T00:00:0016-RR-LSO-19019Lesotho RR Application, Mar 2016 (El Niño and Drought)AfricaLesothoSouthern AfricaSouthern AfricaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-03-04T00:00:002016-03-04T00:00:002016-04-05T00:03:06.5432016-04-08T00:00:005045384.00478291868804720121408166889191162160053137695163174300869The Government of Lesotho (GoL) declared a State of Emergency (22 December 2015) in light of the drought which is expected to worsen over the course of 2016. The GoL, in collaboration with UN agencies and NGOs, conducted a joint rapid community assessment in January and early February 2016, which found the current number of people who are at risk of food insecurity and who are unable to meet their survival needs until June 2016 is 534,508 people (more than 25% of the population). The severity of the situation is likely to surpass the 2012 crisis when 725,000 people were affected. The impact of El Niño-induced drought is affecting multiple sectors: water scarcity and rain deficits which have led to delays or failure of the planting season, causing a sharp decline in food production. Water shortages have also made basic services unable to function normally (e.g. health centres and schools). It has also severely impacted crop and livestock production, health and nutrition and the overall food security of households; all further compounded by vulnerability factors such as HIV prevalence at 23% and high chronic malnutrition at 33% together with general poverty. The CERF allocation of $5 milllion will be used to address the most critical needs identified as gaps in the government appeal document in the key sectors targeting 130,450 people in Lesotho. CERF funds will be used for immediate cash assistance to the most vulnerable families and will be complemented with a household gardening package. Affected health clinics will be reinforced by preventing and treating malnutrition, particularly for children under 5, people living with HIV and pregnant women. The water dimension will be addressed through WASH interventions. Interventions that protect and restore the livelihoods of vulnerable farming families in time for the next planting season will also be addressed.Total funds required by UN agencies and NGOs for the response are $60 million, of which 19% is funded. Food Security El Nino 2015-201616-RR-LSO-19019-NR01karla.hershey@one.un.org#Karla HersheyEnglishJulia Wittig2016-07-20T00:00:002016-09-09T00:00:002017-01-05T00:03:06.5432017-05-17T00:00:00Fully2016-04-04T00:00:0016-RR-MOZ-19204Mozambique RR Application, Mar 2016 (El Niño and Drought)AfricaMozambiqueEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-03-09T00:00:002016-03-09T00:00:002016-03-24T18:28:46.312016-03-31T00:00:004736020.004679803289343009659030380657331011137566999103406170405Mozambique is facing a severe drought in the southern provinces and parts of central region due to El Niño. In a January 2016 assessment FEWSNET reports high numbers of people affected by drought and food insecurity. Currently there are 380,000 people in need of food assistance (IPC Phase 3) in the southern provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane, and in the central provinces of Tete and Sofala. Approximately 380,000 people are in need of immediate assistance facing lack of food and water. The impact of drought on nutritional status of children is also serious with initial reports estimating 72,374 malnourished children will be in need of assistance over the next 6 months in the five provinces. A January 2016 assessment by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MASA) found 260,730 farmers to be affected. CERF funds will enable provision of food assistance to about 62,400 beneficiaries, nutrition assistance to over 8,320 malnourished children, safe drinking water to approximately 40,000 people and agriculture inputs to 152,500 people in most affected districts in the provinces of Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, Sofala and Tete.Total requirements for the next six months humanitarian response are $42.5 million. On 9 March, the RC of Mozambique submitted a request in the amount of $4.7 million to the CERF’s RR window, including interventions in the food assistance, WASH and nutrition sectors. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-MOZ-19204-NR03marcia.de.castro@one.un.org#Marcia De CastroEnglishJulia Wittig2016-07-13T00:00:002016-08-29T00:00:002016-12-24T18:28:46.312017-06-14T00:00:00Fully2016-03-24T00:00:0016-RR-SOM-19262Somalia RR Application, Mar 2016 (El Niño)AfricaSomaliaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-03-10T00:00:002016-03-10T00:00:002016-04-06T22:52:06.6872016-04-13T00:00:0011000000.001100630157472696001270727248889240161728129960158840288800The effects of El Niño on Somalia were mixed with the anticipated heavier than normal rains and consequent riverine and flash floods in central and southern Somalia not materializing. The situation is very different in Puntland and Somaliland where rainfall was well below average during the 2015 Gu (April to June) and Karan (August to September) seasons. By September 2015, they had already experienced two consecutive poor rainy seasons and already experiencing drought conditions. In its August to December 2015 forecast, the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit projected that about 330,000 people in the seven regions of Puntland and Somaliland would be in IPC phases 4-Emergency and 3-Crisis. By February 2016, the number had risen to 385,000 and yet to be verified assessments indicate up to 500,000 people could be affected in the two regions. The CERF allocation of $11 million will support the scaling up of time-critical lifesaving humanitarian assistance necessary to avert a deterioration of the drought-induced crisis over the next five months for 224,000 severely food insecure people through life-saving Food Security, Nutrition, Health and WASH interventions in the hardest hit areas of Somaliland and Puntland. Activities include provision of food through unconditional cash transfers, conditional lifesaving cash assistance including cash for work to restore community assets, vaccination of goats to contain the spread of Contagious Caprine Pleuroneumonia disease outbreak, therapeutic feeding support for treatment of moderate acute malnutrition cases among children under five years of age and pregnant and lactating women, provision of emergency health services addressing communicable diseases, maternal and child health, supply of emergency health kits, water trucking, light rehabilitation of strategic water points and distribution of hygiene kits in drought affected areas.Total funds required for the response are $71 million, of which 20% has been funded. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-SOM-19262-NR05kovacm@un.org#Matija KovacEnglishJulia Wittig2016-07-19T00:00:002016-09-15T00:00:002017-01-06T22:52:06.6872017-01-23T00:00:002017-06-16T00:00:00Fully2016-04-06T00:00:0016-RR-SDN-19372Sudan RR Application, Mar 2016 (Conflict and Displacement)AfricaRepublic of the SudanNorthern AfricaNorthern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-03-14T00:00:002016-04-22T00:00:002016-05-02T15:39:16.0032016-05-02T00:00:0010003187.009692867165041782634330145241716531689310283499166019On 16 January 2016, different sources including UNDSS confirmed fresh clashes in Jebel Marra. The reported total number of people in need stands at 105,000 and is evolving rapidly. The displacement is of a scale that has not been seen in recent years in such a short period. It is unclear how long this displacement will last or whether people will return to their place of origin; and a decision has not been made on whether the current location of IDPs in Sortony will remain in light of the environmental challenges evident. IDPs come from areas that have been mostly inaccessible for humanitarian actors and humanitarian aid and have benefited from very limited access to basic services. While some have been able to bring household items and some cattle, others have fled without their livelihood items. The Sortony site, next to the UNAMID camp, itself is in an area that has been out of government control and where no infrastructure at all is available, hence a need for strong investment to accommodate the high number of displaced people. The strategic focus and objective of the CERF request is “to provide emergency relief to people affected by conflict in Jebel Marra in North Darfur”, with a focus on Kabkabiya (Sortony), and, Tawilla ( Rwanda and Argo camp) and to reduce suffering of 86,400 people from IDPs, mainly women and children by providing life-saving assistance in line with Do No Harm principles and practices. The interventions will be delivered in seven sectors, with two sectors mainstreaming protection (child protection and GBV) in an integrated manner responding to the three HRP strategic objectives-life-saving/emergency reliefs, protection, and food security and nutrition. Response includes WASH, Shelter/NFI, Food Security and Livelihoods, Nutrition, health and Protection, Education, and CCCM. The CERF submission is for $10 million.16-RR-SDN-19372-NR07merghani@un.org#Randa MerghaniEnglishJulia Wittig2016-08-02T00:00:002016-10-10T00:00:002017-02-02T15:39:16.0032017-06-09T00:00:00Mostly2016-04-28T00:00:0016-RR-SWZ-19441Swaziland RR Application, Mar 2016 (El Niño and Drought)AfricaSwazilandSouthern AfricaSouthern AfricaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-03-15T00:00:002016-03-15T00:00:002016-04-06T18:59:28.942016-04-04T00:00:003144400.00314190851314542141055282427627951522277559082165157755Swaziland is currently experiencing one of the most severe El Niño-induced drought conditions with low rainfall, acute food and water shortages. The current agricultural season (October 2015-April 2016) is deemed to have the lowest recorded rainfall in the SADC region in at least 35 years. The Swaziland Vulnerability Assessment Committee estimates that over 300,000 people--one quarter of the total population--are currently affected by the drought and require food assistance. The effects of the drought are expected to last at least until the 2017 harvest. Total funds required for the response are $80 million--including immediate and longer term action--of which 20% is funded by the Government. The CERF allocation of $3 million will be used to support over 71,500 people with food assistance, while the WASH sector will provide emergency water and sanitation access to some 95,000 people. The selection criteria are based on the economic vulnerability of households and communities in the areas marked as most affected by the drought situation as indicated by country assessment reports in the regions of Lubombo and Shiselweni. Food Security El Nino 2015-201616-RR-SWZ-19441-NR01israel.dessalegne@one.un.org#Israel DessalegneEnglishDavid Hartstone2016-07-19T00:00:002016-09-06T00:00:002017-01-06T18:59:28.942017-05-03T00:00:00Mostly2016-03-28T00:00:0016-RR-AGO-19627Angola RR Application, Mar 2016 (Yellow Fever)AfricaAngolaMiddle AfricaMiddle AfricaRRUnspecified Health EmergencyBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-03-21T00:00:002016-03-21T00:00:002016-03-31T17:37:23.982016-04-06T00:00:003000000.0030000005494135770241126437455650524962980612100506311019862107049The Ministry of Health notified WHO of an urban yellow fever outbreak in Luanda on 21 January 2016 with the first cases being identified in Viana District on 5 December 2015. The yellow fever outbreak in Luanda Province has seen significant increases in the number of reported cases and high mortality rates. The outbreak originated within the Eritrean refugee population and has spread rapidly to other inhabitants. There have been a growing number of districts in Luanda Province that are reporting cases and with high vector density. There is currently a presence of 683 suspected cases, 112 deaths and 90 confirmed cases distributed in 10 of the 12 districts of the Luanda Province. With suspected cases being confirmed in an increasing number of areas there is a heightened risk of yellow fever spreading around Angola and to neighbouring countries. WHO has analysed the situation and took into account the grading criteria of scale, urgency, complexity and context. On the basis of this analysis, it has been proposed to the Director General to declare this yellow fever outbreak in Angola as an internal WHO Grade 2 emergency. Due to the urgency to vaccinate and contain the outbreak as quickly as possible, the yellow fever International Coordinating Group (ICG) has shipped 6.4 million vaccine doses from their emergency stockpile which are shipped for free to Global Alliance Vaccination Initiative (GAVI) eligible countries. However since Angola is not a GAVI-eligible country, the country has to cover the cost for replenishment of the yellow fever emergency stockpile. There is also a global shortage of yellow fever vaccine. If the number of suspected cases increase over the 6 million threshold than there will be a lack of available vaccines worldwide. The strategic objective of the humanitarian response strategy is to conduct a reactive mass vaccination campaign that covers all Luanda’s districts. The plan is to cover at least 80% of the population in a short time frame in order to achieve herd immunity and contain the outbreak. Phase I, the first mass reactive campaign, started on 2 February 2016 and has since concluded, having reached 1.57 million people. Phase II has also concluded and has reached 2.3 million people in the Luanda province. Phase III is currently still ongoing with an approximet amount of 1 million people left to vaccinate. $3 million of CERF funds will be used to replenish 2,338,828 doses of yellow fever to the ICG emergency stockpile with which 2,107,049 individuals have been vaccinated in the Luanda Province.16-RR-AGO-19627-NR02paolo.balladelli@one.un.org#Paolo BalladelliEnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-07-21T00:00:002016-09-01T00:00:002016-12-31T17:37:23.982017-05-02T22:55:41Fully2016-03-31T00:00:0016-RR-KEN-19805Kenya RR Application, Mar 2016 (Measles)AfricaKenyaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRMeaslesBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-03-24T00:00:002016-03-24T00:00:002016-04-12T22:25:32.8472016-04-15T00:00:001049964.00962943131620255499387119000131620255499387119A measles outbreak in Mandera country in northern Kenya began on 16 December 2016. As of end-March 2016, 144 cases had been reported although health teams estimated the actual number to be about 576. Three-quarters of cases are among children under 15 years, and about 636,000 children are estimated to be at risk of infection. The quality of health care is poor in the region due to a shortage of of health workers. Overall immunization coverage in Mandera, in 2014, stood at only 27.7 per cent. Under the lead of the Ministry of Health, aid agencies will conduct an emergency measles vaccination campaign and vitamin A supplementation in Mandera county, estimated to cost $3.5 million. CERF funds, of about $1 million for WHO and UNICEF, would cover parts of this campaign, including emergency measles vaccination and vitamin A supplementation for 280,000 children.16-RR-KEN-19805-NR03nooryussuf@un.org#Abdi Noor YussufEnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-07-19T00:00:002016-09-14T00:00:002017-01-12T22:25:32.8472017-10-11T00:00:002016-04-12T00:00:0016-RR-DJI-19828Djibouti RR Application, Mar 2016 (People Displaced by Drought and El Niño)AfricaDjiboutiEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-03-26T00:00:002016-03-26T00:00:002016-04-22T21:47:52.0972016-04-28T00:00:002002037.001972054136871353027217165201918735707302073271762924Since the end of November 2015, Djibouti has been confronted with the arrival of 7,500 nomadic pastoralists from the Somali Region of Ethiopia fleeing from one of the most severe droughts in the last decades. Given the severity of the drought in both Ethiopia and Somalia, it is expected that these numbers will increase considerably over the next three to six months. All arrivals indicate that they intend to stay in Djibouti until the situation improves (in particular grazing areas), which means they will not return before the next rainy season in July at the earliest. Based on historical figures from previous severe droughts, knowledge of pastoral routes and the evolution of the drought in neighbouring countries these movements could increase to 12,000 arrivals in the same locations thus increasing the impact on already vulnerable host communities. The new arrivals are malnourished, anaemic, have myriad health challenges including measles and have lost their livelihoods due to death of livestock. The influx of these vulnerable people is putting serious pressure on the already fragile health system and availability of water points in Djibouti, particularly in the remote rural areas. The CERF allocation of $2 million will be used to address food security, prevention / detection / treatment of severe and moderate malnutrition, access to safe drinking water and preventative and curative health services for 18,500 nomadic pastoralists from Ethiopia and vulnerable host community in Djibouti. The livestock interventions will ensure that the same group of people avoid sliding into further humanitarian crisis. It is important to include host communities in the response as they themselves are critically food insecure and vulnerable due to recurrent droughts and non-inclusion could lead to tensions. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-DJI-19828-NR01harbi.omar@undp.org#Harbi OmarEnglishJulia Wittig2016-08-08T00:00:002016-09-23T00:00:002017-01-22T21:47:52.0972017-02-01T00:00:002017-10-17T00:00:00MostlyThe beneficiary estimation is very vague. No comment on how double counting was avoided. Clearly some double counting.2016-04-22T00:00:0016-RR-SSD-19881South Sudan RR Applicaiton, Mar 2016 (Conflict and Displacement)AfricaSouth SudanEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRHuman RightsConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-03-29T00:00:002016-05-17T00:00:002016-05-20T00:00:002016-05-26T00:00:0014973815.0014834302678436625013409375985136658212643143828202908346736The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan has worsened in scale, scope and urgency since the beginning of 2016. This CERF Rapid Response allocation will provide a time-critical injection of funds which would enable humanitarian partners to rapidly ramp-up procurement, transportation and distribution of life-saving emergency supplies and scale-up humanitarian assistance and protection activities in the areas hardest hit by recent conflict – particularly in Western Equatoria (Mundri West and East), Western Bahr El Ghazl (Wau), Jonglei (Pibor) and Upper Nile (Malakal) – ahead of the rainy season. The CERF allocation will kick-start rapid action in response to newly arising needs and facilitate partners’ response in areas that have been inaccessible for some time. 250,000 individuals are directly affected in the target states; CERF funding will target 215,000 IDPs and other affected people.On 29 March, Eugene Owusu Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan submitted an application to the CERF’s rapid response window. South Sudan crisis 2013-16-RR-SSD-19881-NR09throp@un.org#David ThropEnglishJulia Wittig2016-09-01T00:00:002016-10-25T00:00:002017-02-20T00:00:002017-06-21T00:00:00Fully2016-05-17T00:00:0016-RR-PNG-20038Papua New Guinea RR Application, Apr 2016 (El Niño and Food Insecurity)OceaniaPapua New GuineaMelanesiaMelanesiaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-04-01T00:00:002016-04-01T00:00:002016-04-14T21:23:54.7232016-04-18T00:00:004741505.0047361552773225598533303886426643655076659652241118837The impact of El Niño in Papua New Guinea has created a series of cumulative shocks to food security. From April to August 2016, growth of staple crops (largely root crops) was stunted, with frosts wiping out crops in higher altitude areas completely. From January 2016, highly concerning field reports came in, including of starving children in the Western Province. This triggered a National Disaster Centre assessment (mVAM) supported by the World Food Programme. The assessment, which consisted of over 3,700 interviews with key informants living in affected areas confirmed that the food security situation had in fact deteriorated significantly over the three months since January. 1.31 million people were experiencing high food insecurity, with over 162,000 people in 6 Local Level Government areas (LLG) facing extreme food shortages and classified as severely food insecure. In addition, indications are strong of extreme food needs in Milne Bay outer islands, where the District Provincial Administrator says 18,700 people may need assistance. Including other pockets of critical need around the country (43,000 people), there are therefore approximately 223,700 people now requiring immediate humanitarian assistance. The rapid deterioration of the food security situation has created an imperative for an immediate emergency response, with the priority being a rapid-scale up of food distributions and nutrition interventions while there are needs in health WASH, Agriculture and Early recovery. They key objectives for the CERF funds are to: i) Address the immediate food needs of people in areas suffering from extreme food shortages and ii) Ensure that vulnerable groups, particularly children under 5, suffering or at risk for severe acute malnutrition receive nutritional support. The CERF funds will be used to kick-start a food security and nutrition (SAM) response in the 4 LLGs in Hela and Enga Provinces with an initial 2-month intervention (3-month for nutrition). The food situation in those two provinces is critical, staple crops will take 6-9 months to regrow due to the high altitude, and there are very complex logistics and access issues due to lack of road infrastructure and ongoing local conflicts. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-PNG-20038-NR01roy.trivedy@one.un.org#Roy TrivedyEnglishJulia Wittig2016-08-10T00:00:002016-09-15T00:00:002017-01-14T21:23:54.7232017-04-27T00:00:00Fully2016-04-14T00:00:0016-RR-MDG-20140Madagascar RR Application, Apr 2016 (El Niño and Drought)AfricaMadagascarEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-04-08T00:00:002016-04-08T00:00:002016-04-28T20:48:14.3272016-04-29T00:00:005999050.005988888166750168467335217131714133069264783298464301536600000A humanitarian emergency is unfolding in Madagascar. A long period of drought, over two successive years, exacerbated and intensified by El Niño in the last six months or so is causing significant losses in agricultural production. The crop year was marked by a prolonged rain deficit (between September 2014 and March 2015) causing a deficit in major food crops in the South, such as maize, cassava and rice compared with a five-year average. The next harvest in May/June 2016 is expected to be equally poor. Further, the period between February and May is the food solder peak, but with the rapid deterioration observed since February 2016, a three-month lean season will likely translate to an acute humanitarian emergency, with the humanitarian impact continuing well beyond June 2016. The lack of water is not only impacting agricultural and lifestock, but has also caused a spike in the cost of water. In areas where people are most vulnerable and face enormous challenges because of the drought, they may have to pay up to 28 as much for water as the price paid in urban centers like the capital. This increase in the cost of water has a real impact on the ability of households to pay for water, and as a result there is an alarming decrease in the amount of water consumed per person per day. 1.1 million people are food insecure, of whom 665,000 are facing severe food insecurity. In some areas, access to food is declining at an alarming rate. Household food stocks have been exhausted. The number of people who are severely food insecure is 14% higher than in March 2015 and 41% higher than in October 2015. In areas with high rates of severe food insecurity, 31 municipalities have a prevalence of severe acute malnutrition that exceeds the emergency threshold of 2 per cent. The planned response with CERF fudns includes a response to food insecurity (WFP, FAO), nutrition services (WFP, UNICEF), a WASH response (UNICEF), and a health response (WHO and UNFPA). The requested amount for the CERF submission is $6 million. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-MDG-20140-NR02violet.kakyomya@undp.org#Violet KakyomyaFrenchJulia Wittig2016-08-10T00:00:002016-09-29T00:00:002017-01-28T20:48:14.3272017-06-13T00:00:002016-04-25T00:00:0016-RR-ECU-20419Ecuador RR Application, Apr 2016 (Earthquake)AmericasEcuadorLatin America and the CaribbeanCentral AmericaRREarthquakeGeophysicalNatural Disaster20162016-04-26T00:00:002016-04-26T00:00:002016-05-24T00:48:37.5972016-05-25T00:00:007500000.007501349177391771135450262262623752463439654394887913On 16 April 2016, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck northwest Ecuador resulting in a state of emergency in six provinces with a population of 7 million. The earthquake caused significant damage to housing and infrastructure leaving thousands of people without safe shelter, water, food, health services. The protection of people without housing who are living in collective centers, spontaneous sites and with host families, is an urgent concern. The CERF allocation of $7.5 million will support humanitarian partners in Ecuador will provide immediate life-saving assistance to some 91,400 people in the four severely affected cantons of Jama, Muisne, Pedernales and Portoviejo within a period of three months. The immediate assistance will focus on provision of food, water, emergency shelter, sanitation facilities, basic and urgent health care, as well as urgently require protection assistance, including SGBV prevention and support to survivors, child protection and family tracing.Total funds required for the Flash Appeal are $72.7 million, of which 0% has been funded. Z - Not in use - IDP16-RR-ECU-20419-NR01carrera1@un.org#Gioconda CarreraEnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-09-01T00:00:002016-10-28T00:00:002017-02-24T00:48:37.5972017-10-12T00:00:002016-05-24T00:00:0016-RR-NGA-20452Nigeria RR Application, Apr 2016 (Lassa Fever)AfricaNigeriaWestern AfricaWestern AfricaRRUnspecified Health EmergencyBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-04-27T00:00:002016-04-27T00:00:002016-05-13T21:01:15.9372016-05-18T00:00:00399741.0039974186200703441565448162269545151167167822139889307711The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), an arm of the Federal ministry of Health (FMOH), notified WHO Nigeria about the Lassa fever outbreak on 7 January 2016 requesting support to respond to the outbreak in 10 states. As of 27 April, 270 cases had been reported in 23 states with an extraordinarily high case fatality rate at 50.4 per cent while some 4,535 people have been tested but not yet confirmed. Response activities are required in all 23 affected states targeting a total population of 110 million people. Particularly vulnerable groups are health care workers who treat the patients and their close relatives who care for them and indeed the whole population living in the area. This would usually include wives, mothers and children who could become infected by coming in contact with infected rats or with body fluids of an ill patient. The CERF allocation of $400,000 targets support to 300,000 people within four most severely affected and non-endemic states. WHO is the sole recipient of the CERF funds with activities focused on case management, laboratory diagnosis and surveillance including contact tracing. The project will be implemented within 6 months with the Federal Ministry of Health and the state ministries of health.The total requirement for the humanitarian response is $2 million, of which no funding has been received. In addition the Government requires another $8 million to support interventions.16-RR-NGA-20452-NR04omuga@un.org#Vincent OmugaEnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-08-23T00:00:002016-10-13T00:00:002017-02-13T21:01:15.9372017-06-13T00:00:00Fully2016-05-13T00:00:0016-RR-GIN-20518Guinea RR Application, May 2016 (Ebola)AfricaGuineaWestern AfricaWestern AfricaRREbolaMeteorological, Hydrological and Climatological20162016-05-03T00:00:002016-05-03T00:00:002016-05-27T17:16:48.4732016-06-01T00:00:002999413.002971319917634681264465283010953815704647822182The announcement on 17 March 2016 of a new outbreak of Ebola took place two weeks after the declaration by WHO of the end of the Ebola crisis in Guinea. Thus far 8 people have died and 5 are receiving treatment at a center that was reactivated urgently after some months of inactivity. Complicating the situation, the declaration of the outbreak is coming at a time when many of the health responders and other actors were in the process of winding down their operations. The resurgence of Ebola is caused by structural weaknesses at the community level (surveillance) and lack of close monitoring of families cured of Ebola. Further, late detection of the new contamination chain has contributed to the problem. The toll of the disease and the humanitarian consequences are still present with orphans and windows unable to sustain themselves. The activities proposed in these 3 projects are aligned to the Response Mechanism developed by the National Coordination for the fight against Ebola in collaboration with international technical partners including the three applicants agencies. Specifically, WHO, IFRC and ALIMA are working towards preventing new infections through epidemiological surveillance, clinical monitoring and the management of cases. UNICEF is focusing on community involvement in prevention through social mobilization but also sanitation in high contamination risk communities. The main objective of the coordinated response to is to achieve 0 Ebola cases in Guinea. This CERF application includes support to 3 UN agencies (UNICEF, WHO and UNDP) in the health sector. UNDP specifically has taken a lead role of payment of the Ebola Response workers in Ebola Treatment Centres through operating NGOs supports NGOs to conduct safe and dignified burials. In this context and to this end UNDP has partnered amongst others with ALIMA and IFRC and UNDP is willing to be accountable for both organizations and is confident that UNDP can adequately ensure oversight. This CERF contribution, therefore will support the 3 UN agencies with an allocation of approximately $3 million. Ebola in western Africa 2014-201516-RR-GIN-20518-NR05seraphine.wakana@one.un.org#Seraphine WakanaFrenchJulia Wittig2016-09-07T00:00:002016-10-31T00:00:002017-02-27T17:16:48.4732017-06-07T00:00:00Fully2016-05-27T00:00:0016-RR-VNM-2055016-RR-VNM-20550_Viet Nam_May2016_ApplicationAsiaViet NamSouth-Eastern AsiaSouth-Eastern AsiaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-05-07T00:00:002016-05-07T00:00:002016-05-25T22:49:20.2372016-06-01T00:00:004010435.0038978645374259496113238113941185164299105167683244660412343The impact of the 2015/16 El Niño phenomenon has left parts of Viet Nam, including the Mekong Delta, South Central and Central Highland regions, suffering the most severe drought in more than 60 years. Since mid-2015, 52 of 63 provinces – more than 83 per cent of the country – have been affected by drought, with 22 provinces currently drought-affected, of which 18 were severely affected and/or had declared a state of emergency as of 19 April 2016. Another eight provinces were at risk of becoming severely affected in the coming weeks. As a result, 2 million people are experiencing acute water shortages and require humanitarian assistance. In response to the Government’s request for international support to its response, the United Nations prepared and launched jointly with the Government an Emergency Response Plan (ERP) to provide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), food security, health, nutrition and early recovery support to the drought-affected population. Of the ERP caseload (2 million), 256,000 people are targeted by the CERF-supported WASH response, 180,000 by the Health Response, 17,500 by the Food Security response and 12,400 under-five children and pregnant and lactating women. The prioritization of sectors and the eight provinces included in the CERF-supported response is based on the results of the joint multi-sector rapid assessment conducted from 21-24 March in six of the then 12 provinces that had declared states of emergency, and has been informed by subsequent consultation with the Government. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-VNM-20550-NR01Pratibha Mehta#Pratibha MehtaEnglishJulia Wittig2016-09-09T00:00:002016-11-01T00:00:002017-02-25T22:49:20.2372017-06-13T00:00:00Fully2016-05-25T00:00:0016-RR-TCD-20685Chad RR Application, May 2016 (Lake Chad Crisis)AfricaChadMiddle AfricaMiddle AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-05-17T00:00:002016-06-05T00:00:002016-06-09T01:49:59.5072016-06-16T00:00:009999904.0099915522777428907566812217625668478444995054575104525Violence attributed to Boko Haram continues to displace people in Chad and beyond. It is estimated that 2.8 million people have been displaced within or across the borders of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, with almost 100,000 displaced persons in Chad. Between 21 July and early September 2015, more than 48,000 new IDPs were registered in the Lake region, bringing the total number of refugees, IDPs and returnees to over 77 000 people. Following the attacks of 10 October to Bagasola, the Government declared a state of emergency in the Lake region. Following a multisectoral mission organized in January 2016 in the northern basin of the Liwa Daboua-axis, 22 sites have been identified with an initial estimate of over 56,000 displaced people. The situation of displaced people is alarming. Families fled leaving behind their property. They have urgent needs in protection, health, water and sanitation, shelter and essential household items, as well as food security and nutrition. According to a study that took place in mid-March 2016 the number of people severely food insecure is estimated to be more than 1 million, which represents an increase of 400,000 new people compared to the situation at the same time in November and December 2015. The analysis revealed that there is a hunger gap in various departments in the region of Lake Mamdi and Wayi. The causes of reduced food availability are due to a decline in agricultural production, rising grain prices and declining terms of trade partly linked to Boko Haram crisis and the consequent population displacements. These are the two triggers that have resulted in a CERF request. The strategic objective of the CERF funding is to provide multisectoral emergency relief and protection to 76,846 vulnerable persons (IDPs and host communities) that are newly displaced in the Lake region, as well as 61,419 people newly affected by food insecurity and malnutrition. The CERF funds will allow provision of immediate assistance to the most vulnerable people, including IDPs, as well as vulnerable host populations that require emergency assistance. The humanitarian team is requesting $10 million from CERF for this immediate response. Boko Haram crisis 2014-16-RR-TCD-20685-NR07sawadogoa@un.org#Abdoulaye SawadogoFrenchFabrizio Cesaretti2016-09-09T00:00:002016-11-10T00:00:002017-03-09T01:49:59.5072017-03-17T00:00:002017-12-28T00:00:002016-06-09T00:00:0016-RR-LKA-20835Sri Lanka RR Application, May 2016 (Floods)AsiaSri LankaSouthern AsiaSouthern AsiaRRFloodBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-05-26T00:00:002016-05-26T00:00:002016-06-10T20:09:24.222016-06-16T00:00:004637626.0043200808418389107173290154819166285321104239002255392494394On 26 May, Una McCauley, Resident Coordinator a.i. UN of Sri Lanka, submitted an application to the CERF’s rapid response window. A flood emergency began on 15 May 2016 when Sri Lanka was hit by tropical storm Roanu. Widespread flooding and landslides resulted in many parts pf the country, affecting 84,696 households, over 340,000 people. Government assessments conducted on 22 May show that 4,296 houses have been damaged or destroyed and 55,956 families (237,240 people) have been displaced. Aid agencies are requesting CERF funds to support time-critical life-saving assistance for 220,000 people in the WASH, shelter, health and food sectors in the worst affected districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kegalle and Rathnapura.On 26 May, Una McCauley, Resident Coordinator a.i. UN of Sri Lanka, submitted an application to the CERF’s rapid response window.16-RR-LKA-20835-NR02una.mccauley@one.un.org#Una McCauleyEnglishJulia Wittig2016-09-14T00:00:002016-11-18T00:00:002017-03-10T20:09:24.222017-06-08T00:00:00Fully2016-06-10T00:00:0016-RR-SDN-20880Sudan RR Application, Jun 2016 (South Sudanese refugees)AfricaRepublic of the SudanNorthern AfricaNorthern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-06-01T00:00:002016-06-01T00:00:002016-07-12T00:00:002016-07-11T00:00:007999561.007951140452647129238177231431632039222491902841277Since January 2016 over 58,000 people from South Sudan’s Northern Bahr El Ghazal and Warrap states have fled into East Darfur, South Darfur and West Kordofan due to heightened food insecurity and the ongoing conflict. In particular, the number of South Sudanese refugees arriving in Khor Omer in East Darfur increased from 5,000 people in February to almost 29,000 by end of May. In response to the new influx, humanitarian partners under the leadership of UNHCR developed a three-month emergency response plan to address the most pressing needs resulting from the surge of arrivals into East Darfur, South Darfur and West Kordofan. The CERF allocation of $8 million will prioritize the most pressing needs of more than 41,000 South Sudanese refugees who have arrived in East Darfur and 1,900 anticipated to arrive. East Darfur has been prioritized because the state has received nearly 80 per cent of the new influx into areas where resources and response capacity have been extremely limited. CERF funds will support construction of a temporary camp for refugees, and provide time-critical life-saving services through provision of health and nutrition services, shelter and non-food items, water and sanitation, food assistance and emergency livestock services. To support protection concerns, CERF funding will support initial reception arrangements at the new site, family tracing and reunification for unaccompanied and separated children, assistance to persons with specific needs, support for community based protection networks, and comprehensive GBV prevention and response services.The overall response plan requirement for the new influx of refugees is $40 million based on inter-agency assessments and extensive consultation with field staff and partners, involves camp-based assistance in East Darfur, and rural community-based assistance in West Kordofan and South Darfur. To date, 5% of the $40 million new requirement has been funded. South Sudan crisis 2013-16-RR-SDN-20880-NR09americas@unhcr.org#Lindsey America-SimmsEnglishJulia Wittig2016-10-13T00:00:002017-01-13T00:00:002017-04-12T00:00:002017-06-23T00:00:00MostlyThe agencies and OCHA colleagues experienced difficulties estimating refugee figures at the proposal stage. The planning figures were 41,180, but counts from April 2017 revealed that only 28,558 refugees had arrived or were present in camps. Refugees have been highly mobile, coming and going into/out of the camps. This was also due to difficulties in relocating refugees as planned to a new site. So, while some sectors did not reach the targets, other sectors significantly overreached the target. But all explanations are credible.2016-07-01T00:00:0016-RR-SOM-20943Somalia RR Application, Jun 2016 (Cholera)AfricaSomaliaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRCholeraBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-06-06T00:00:002016-06-06T00:00:002016-06-23T00:00:002016-06-23T00:00:001879029.001879031700084001540087501085019600157501925035000A major spike in reported cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) and cholera in southern and central Somalia has triggered the need to significantly scale up a response to contain the outbreak. Already 8,838 AWD/cholera cases have been reported in 2016, compared to 5,257 cases that were reported for the entire year in 2015. Overall, $6 million are required for the response to this outbreak of which only $600,000 have been received to date. A total of about $1.8 million in CERF RR support is requested. This CERF grant will be used to reduce AWD/Cholera related morbidity and mortality among 27,500 cases over a four month period. It will support complementary health, logistics and WASH services in the most affected areas with the highest caseload and notable increase in trends in reported deaths. Activities implemented will aim at interrupting the disease’s transmission, protection of those at risk and treatment of those already suffering from the disease.16-RR-SOM-20943-NR06haggarty@un.org#Alta HaggartyEnglishJulia Wittig2016-10-06T00:00:002016-11-25T00:00:002017-03-23T00:00:002017-05-05T00:00:002017-06-30T00:00:00Fully2016-06-17T00:00:0016-RR-BGD-21056Bangladesh RR Application, Jun 2016 (Cyclone Roanu)AsiaBangladeshSouthern AsiaSouthern AsiaRRFloodBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-06-14T00:00:002016-06-27T00:00:002016-07-07T00:00:002016-07-14T00:00:001779750.001799769202753021350488221469551811766442421125731168152On 14 June Robert Watkins, Robert D. Watkins UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Bangladesh submitted an application to the rapid response window of the CERF in response to Cyclone Roanu and subsequent monsoon flooding which has affected 1.3 million people throughout the country. The application seeks CERF funds to support Humanitarian Coordination Task Team (HCTT) members in addressing the humanitarian needs of 166,362 highly vulnerable persons, mostly women and girls who lost all their belongings and livelihoods in the cyclone at the beginning of the 3-month monsoon season. Projects included in the application aim to address critical needs in the food, shelter, WASH and health sectors.16-RR-BGD-21056-NR02robert.watkins@undp.org#Robert WatkinsEnglishJulia Wittig2016-10-10T00:00:002016-12-12T00:00:002017-04-07T00:00:002017-06-15T00:00:00Partlyobvious difficulties in avoiding double counting without proposing a solution.2016-07-01T00:00:0016-RR-MWI-21135Malawi RR Application, Jun 2016 (Conflict and Displacement)AfricaMalawiEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-06-17T00:00:002016-06-17T00:00:002016-07-07T21:21:15.7832016-07-13T00:00:001821073.001437503233421094443220916523861454337618304Given the influx of refugee from Mozambique into Malawi as a result of conflict between Government and RENAMO forces, the Government of Malawi has opened a new refugee camp requiring unplanned resources to address a humanitarian situation. The 11,583 refugees fleeing from Mozambique have settled along the border line with some 13,000 effected host community members, particularly in Mwanza District. Over the past months, new arrivals have been registered in other districts, Chikwawa, Nsanje and to a lesser extent Ntcheu as well as spontaneous arrivals at Luwani refugee camp itself. Efforts are made to reach out to these populations of concern while addressing the urgent needs in Luwani required by the opening of a whole new camp. The humanitarian community began relocation of the registered Mozambican refugees to the Luwani refugee camp as of the 15 April, 2016, following the Government’s re-opening of the camp 15 March 2016, attempting to ease the strain on the affected hosting community population. The Mozambican refugees are 63 per cent children under 18 years of age, with a total of 54 per cent female. This triggered a new crisis for immediate and coordinated humanitarian response in order to prevent loss of life in both Kapise transit centre and Luwani newly re-opened refugee camp. In particular for food, shelter/NFIs and health for refugees relocated to Luwani. The inter-agency response aims to provide protection through life-saving and sustaining assistance, while ensuring the prevention of deterioration of vulnerabilities and promotion of self-reliance for Mozambican refugees through the following broad strategic approach: 1) Relocation to Luwani in safety and dignity; 2) Continued registration and provision of protection and essential assistance at Kapise and Luwani ensure refugees have access to protection; 3) Outreach to persons of concern beyond Luwani and Kapise enables remote protection; and 4) Community-based protection and a solutions-oriented approach underpin the emergency response. The CERF submission will provide immediate assistance of US 1.8 million as other resources are being mobilized focusing on basic lifesaving response including food, shelter/NFI and health by WFP, UNHCR and UNICEF.16-RR-MWI-21135-NR03johanne.fremstad@gmail.com#Johanne FremstadEnglishFabrizio Cesaretti2016-10-10T00:00:002016-12-09T00:00:002017-04-07T21:21:15.7832017-10-13T18:18:142016-07-01T00:00:0016-RR-NGA-21156Nigeria RR Application, Jun 2016 (Lake Chad Crisis)AfricaNigeriaWestern AfricaWestern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-06-20T00:00:002016-06-20T00:00:002016-07-14T00:00:002016-07-18T00:00:0013375642.0013229882551556474711990244366520829644899521116829216350A joint UN multi-sector assessment was conducted in Borno and Yobe States in April covering the newly accessible and other areas and concluded that these people – who have had limited access to assistance over the past two years, face malnutrition. The nutrition situation is compounded by food insecurity, deplorable water and sanitation facilities, limited coverage of health services and inadequate shelter. The assessment showed that around 800,000 IDPs host communities in Borno and Yobe States face emergency conditions and require immediate food assistance. The IDPs include 180,000 in greater Maiduguri, 120,000 in camps and 250,000 in newly liberated areas in Borno State. In Yobe State, more than 250,000 people are severely food insecure. These figures are expected to increase during the coming lean season. Staple food prices in northern Borno State have increased by 50 to100%, and market functionality is limited because of insecurity and restrictions on trade and movement. It also showed that an estimated 350,000 children under 5 will suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), 244,000 in Borno State alone, in 2016. Without urgent interventions, an estimated 67,000 children 6-59 months with SAM are likely to die in Borno and Yobe States in 2016 or equivalent to 184 daily. The SAM estimated during the HNO/HRP was only 83,079. However, with the new caseload in newly liberated areas, SAM has increased to 398,188. Some 64,000 children 6-24 months urgently need supplementary specialized nutritious foods and 21,000 pregnant and lactating mothers need food supplements. Many displaced women report that they experienced sexual and gender based violence when fleeing the armed conflict. IDPs/returnees continue to be exposed to protection risks, in particular, the most vulnerable such as older persons, child headed households, women, boys and girls and those with disabilities. IDPs/returnees face further restriction on their freedom of movement, which at times, limits access to basic services and livelihood. Civilians in newly accessible areas have very high psychosocial needs, as IDPs were subjected to serious human rights violations under Boko Haram, including abductions, sexual abuse, forced marriage, forced religious conversions and witnessing grave violence to family members. This appeal is specially requested to immediately cover those who are in newly liberated areas, who are in dire need of food, nutrition to avoid further deterioration of the food insecurity, global acute malnutrition, exposure to sexual abuse and exploitation, and sexual and gender based violence. The LGAs of implementation will be in Damboa, Dikwa, Monguno, Bama and Maiduguri (in Borno state). Food Security and Nutrition: Around 118,000 people in newly accessible areas will be covered with either cash based interventions (85,000), general food distribution (13,000) and supplementary feeding for children between 6 and 23 months suffering from or at risk of MAM (20,000). In Protection/child protection: 250,000 are targeted to benefit from protection monitoring of newly accessible communities; (2) 4,000 severely traumatized IDPs, including sexual violence survivors, will benefit from provision of psycho-social support, (3) 650 high risk children. For SGBV: A total of 40,000 individuals are targeted to benefit from the psychosocial services to meet the needs of vulnerable population and distribution of dignity kits to women and girls., 3) community sensitization on referral pathways for GBV and, 4) capacity building for security personnel on GBV and PSEA. This submission will also fund common logistics (UNHAS) and UNDSS. The submission to Nigeria is US 13 million. Boko Haram crisis 2014-16-RR-NGA-21156-NR05omuga@un.org#Vincent OmugaEnglishJulia Wittig2016-10-28T00:00:002016-12-22T00:00:002017-04-14T00:00:002018-01-16T00:00:00Partlyunconvincing total beneficiary figure. was changed by CERF secretariat to reflect only sector with highest figures. no analysis of how double counting was avoided between sectors.2016-07-12T00:00:0016-RR-COD-21185DR Congo RR Application, Jun 2016 (Yellow Fever)AfricaDemocratic Republic of the CongoMiddle AfricaMiddle AfricaRRUnspecified Health EmergencyBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-06-22T00:00:002016-07-01T00:00:002016-07-13T20:56:17.5732016-07-14T00:00:001611901.0016048082199041272262249216632617906293205555499614816947565467710471624On the 20th of June 2016, an official declaration of the yellow fever “outbreak” by the DRC Health Ministry was declared to the world. The surveillance system of disease control pointed out that the threshold related to a yellow fever outbreak had been reached. The trend in confirmed and suspected cases is also still on the increase. Latest on June the 23rd 2016, a total of 1307 suspected cases of yellow fever including 75 deaths were reported by the national surveillance system. Of these cases, 68 were confirmed as being yellow fever in 24 health zones in the following five provinces: Bas-Uélé, Kwango, Tshuapa, Kongo Central and Kinshasa. The dynamics of transmission, cross-border population movements are almost impossible to control and easier the spread of the epidemic and the conjunction of the ongoing cholera and measles outbreaks that considerably reduce the capacity of the MoH to fully cover the yellow fever response. The project aims to support government effort that aim to reduce morbidity and mortality related to the yellow fever outbreak in affected areas, and prevents its expansion to other health districts. Lifesaving activities will include: WHO will undertake the procurement of supplies that include Emergency Health Kits to be provided to health facilities for case management of around 600 new cases. Reagents will be provided for laboratories for early detection of case with good diagnostic. An emergency training for Health workers will be provided on the management of cases. Other supplies will be providing to initiate surveillance activities where this hasn’t started as well as early detection of cases. UNICEF will undertake social mobilization and risk communication for prevention in those prioritized health zones too.16-RR-COD-21185-NR05macdiarmid@un.org#Charlotte MacDiarmidEnglishJulia Wittig2016-10-13T00:00:002016-12-14T00:00:002017-04-13T20:56:17.5732018-01-08T00:00:00LimitedVery difficult to evaluate credibility of the number of beneficiaries as almost all of them are indirect beneficiaries. (reached through media campaigns). Beneficiary population equals total population affected. Unclear how the difference between target and reached beneficiaries came about.2016-07-08T00:00:0016-RR-RWA-21371Rwanda RR Application, Jul 2016 (Landslides)AfricaRwandaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRFloodBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-07-05T00:00:002016-07-05T00:00:002016-08-05T15:18:27.7632016-08-09T00:00:004408840.0042189441732252730700521571735512512293303988242121281From 7-9 May 2016, Rwanda was affected by a series of landslides that have occurred in the Gakenke, Muhanga, and Ngororero districtfs. The landslides were triggered by the heavy and torrential rains in these areas as a result of the phenomenon from the El Nino and the La Nina. The sustained heavy rains have also caused some flooding in these districts. This disaster resulted in the loss of 50 lives, 27 injuries, complete destruction of 2,317 houses, partial destruction of 1,500 houses, damage of 3,447 hectare of agricultural land, loss of livestock, disruption of infrastructure such as water supply system, bridges and roads, and affected approximately 80,000 households. A CERF allocation of $4.5 million will help address the needs of 50,000 disaster-affected people including displaced families whose houses were completely destroyed, those whose houses were partially destroyed, and those who have lost crops and agricultural lands. The allocation will support activities in five priority sectors including 1) food security and nutrition, 2) shelter/NFIs/community infrastructure, 3) emergency agriculture and livelihoods, 4) WASH and 5) health.16-RR-RWA-21371-NR03george.otoo@one.un.org#George OtooEnglishdorjee2@un.org2016-11-07T00:00:002017-01-09T00:00:002017-05-05T15:18:27.7632017-12-27T00:00:00Mostly2016-08-04T00:00:0016-RR-IRQ-21399Iraq RR Application, Jul 2016 (Fallujah Crisis)AsiaIraqWestern AsiaWestern AsiaRRHuman RightsConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-07-07T00:00:002016-07-07T00:00:002016-07-27T00:00:002016-07-29T00:00:0015000000.001500060244410659421103523330010815314145377710174095251805On 7 July Ms. Lise Grande, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, transmitted an application to the CERF’s rapid response window in response to the crisis in Anbar (Fallujah) and Baghdad governorates as result of ISIS activity and ongoing armed conflict. 85,000 people are estimated to be newly displaced, and up to 150,000 people are potentially affected. Having experienced displacement, war and trauma, populations face high needs in the protection and health sectors, as well as shelter. The current, highly prioritised, humanitarian response plan (HRP) presents needs of over $64 million associated with Anbar and Baghdad governorates as a result of this recent violence. The application to the CERF requests $15 million to support humanitarian response activities in the protection, health, shelter, water, sanitation and health (WASH) and camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) sectors. Z - Not in use - IDP16-RR-IRQ-21399-NR07anderson17@un.org#Craig AndersonEnglishJulia Wittig2016-11-10T00:00:002016-12-28T00:00:002017-04-27T00:00:002017-05-17T00:00:002017-06-15T00:00:00Fully2016-07-25T00:00:0016-RR-NPL-21571Nepal RR Application, Jul 2016 (Karnali Drought)AsiaNepalSouthern AsiaSouthern AsiaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-07-19T00:00:002016-07-19T00:00:002016-08-01T22:04:09.2732016-08-05T00:00:001939578.00194299928410546768308601144311443284106611994529Nepal, in the Karnali zone is currently facing a devasting drought and serious food insecurity situation. The current humanitarian crisis in the Karnali zone is the result of the worst drought since 1960. The current agricultural drought conditions are classified as ‘extreme’ and ‘severe’ in nearly all parts of the Karnali. Further, and in addition to food insecurity, due to the prolonged drought in Karnali region, the situation of nutrition among children age less than five years and pregnant and lactating women has been deteriorating. The overall CERF strategy is to provide immediate relief and to help address the effects of the drought and carry over vulnerable households until the next harvest. There are three proposed interventions: food security, nutrition and agriculture. All three interventions help address the short term acute needs of the affected households and people. Through the CERF grant some 50,000 affected people will be assisted. The CERF grant is for approximately US 2 million.16-RR-NPL-21571-NR05dan.ayliffe@one.un.org#Dan AyliffeEnglishMirna Loiferman2016-11-02T00:00:002017-01-04T00:00:002017-05-01T22:04:09.2732017-10-20T20:19:43Fully2016-07-29T00:00:0016-RR-TLS-21670Timor Leste RR Application, Jul 2016 (Drought)AsiaTimor-LesteSouth-Eastern AsiaSouth-Eastern AsiaRRDroughtMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20162016-07-29T00:00:002016-08-04T00:00:002016-08-08T23:46:52.912016-08-10T00:00:00846000.0084670334053405681009660966034051306516470From May to July June 2016, the severity of the consequences of prolonged reduced especially in the northern and eastern coastal areas of Timor Leste was evident. Rainfall was at 70 per cent of normal, in a country where over 70% of the population relay on subsistence farming, the scale of the impact of El Niño has been significant and felt across all municipalities. Erratic rains resulted in both areas and yield reductions of the maize and rice crops. Rice field preparation was delayed, and in February, the general planting progress status on rice was between 40 to 50 per cent of the normal. Based on assessment results, the UN Resident Coordinator Office, in close collaboration with the HCT and the Ministry of Interior, finalized an Emergency Response Plan (ERP) on 19 April. The scope of the ERP is to assist 400,000 people in the prioritized, 5 worst affected areas. Priority needs are in the areas of water, food, nutrition, health, livelihoods and education. Interventions on food and water are most urgent. The strategic objective of the CERF request is to address the immediate food and nutritional needs of people in areas suffering from extreme food shortages. This CERF request prioritizes blanket feeding implemented by WFP in collaboration with Government and other partners to address the risk of severe acute malnutrition among children, as well as pregnant and lactating women. The supplementary fortified food to be provided would ensure that the most vulnerable of the communities get the nutritional intake they need during the three-month intervention. This CERF request is for US846,593. El Nino 2015-201616-RR-TLS-21670-NR01adelina.lourdes@one.un.org#Adelina LourdesEnglishdorjee2@un.org2016-11-11T00:00:002017-01-09T00:00:002017-05-08T23:46:52.912017-12-26T00:00:002016-08-08T00:00:0016-RR-NER-21746Niger RR Application, Aug 2016 (Lake Chad Crisis)AfricaNigerWestern AfricaWestern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-08-08T00:00:002016-08-08T00:00:002016-09-07T21:08:14.6532016-09-06T00:00:005000000.004989275172901949736787207263791358639380165741095426Following May and June violence by Boko Haram in neighboring Nigeria, there have been significant new arrivals of refugees and IDPs to the Diffa region of Niger. 76,000 new displaced persons have been reported including 15,010 women at reproductive age, 3,040 pregnant women, 2,140 lactating women and 11,240 adolescent girls within which reproductive health activities will target a total of 26 250 newly displaced persons including 15,010 women of reproductive age and 11,240 adolescent girls. The first joint assessment missions with national authorities and humanitarian partners on the ground identified (i) water and sanitation, (ii) health care including psychological support and response to SGBV, (iii) food, (iv) shelter and (iv) non-food items as urgent needs. The revised HRP estimates 21,889, 872 are required to respond to the needs of newly arrived IDPs and refugees. The CERF rapid response request submitted 8 August requests $5 million and focuses on five sectors (nutrition, emergency shelter /NFI, WASH, protection and logistics). CERF funding will be used to address the most urgent needs of a 76,000 target population Z - Not in use - IDP, Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee Boko Haram crisis 2014-16-RR-NER-21746-NR04dieudonneb@un.org#Bamouni DieudonneEnglishJulia Wittig2016-12-12T00:00:002017-02-07T00:00:002017-06-07T21:08:14.6532017-06-21T00:00:002018-01-08T00:00:00Fully2016-08-31T00:00:0016-RR-JOR-21774Jordan RR Application, Aug 2016 (Syrian refugees)AsiaJordanWestern AsiaWestern AsiaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-08-15T00:00:002016-08-15T00:00:002016-08-24T21:53:53.82016-08-31T00:00:0011544000.004308657117601224024000249902601051000367503825075000An estimated 100,000 Syrians are stranded at the north eastern borders in Hadalat and Ruqban. The barren desert landscape, with no relief, vegetation, or open water sources coupled with soaring daytime temperatures and frigid temperatures at night is the most hostile of environments. The nearest settlement is 170km away and access is across 120km of open desert. This creates desperate conditions for this population and makes the delivery of any assistance, all of which needs to be shipped in, incredibly challenging. The Jordanian authorities have restricted access of this population to the Jordanian territories due to national security concerns, since the majority of the population originates from ISIS-controlled areas in northern Syria. After the VBIED attack on Ruqban on 21 June, the Government sealed the borders and suspended humanitarian assistance delivery before a decision was made on resuming water and food assistance. This CERF request focuses on enhancing security arrangements and delivering priority life-saving assistance; food, water and sanitation, and 24/7 basic primary healthcare for US12 million. Lastly, since approval of the concept note, only UNICEF and UNDSS have access to the population. Due to the urgency and lifesaving nature of the water trucking response, these projects have been advanced until the remaining agencies have access. Syria crisis 2011-16-RR-JOR-21774-NR02abuata@un.org#Mirna Abu AtaEnglish2017-03-22T00:00:002017-05-16T00:00:002017-07-01T00:00:002016-08-24T00:00:0016-UF-YEM-21828Yemen UFE Application, Aug 2016 (Conflict and Displacement)AsiaYemenWestern AsiaWestern AsiaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-08-19T00:00:002016-08-19T00:00:002016-09-07T00:00:002016-09-13T00:00:0013001519.00129888372702922654485357402174993103175278164877915757651063556Already mired in a humanitarian crisis when violence escalated in mid-March 2015, Yemen has 21.2 million people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. This includes 14.4 million people unable to meet their food needs, 19.4 million who lack clean water and sanitation and 14.1 million without adequate healthcare. The 9th Task Force on Population Movement (TFPM) report showed in May 2016 that around 800,000 individuals, conflict and disaster driven IDPs returned to their villages of origin requiring different livelihood and rehabilitation support. Close to 83 per cent of IDPs in Yemen are sheltered in hosted settings (where IDPs are hosted by families, friends or others, usually without paying rent) and in rented accommodation. About 51% of the population is suffering from food insecurity and malnutrition, in line with Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or Emergency (IPC Phase 4). The Health Resources & Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS) preliminary result showed that only 46 % of health facilities are fully functioning. The goal of UN agencies’ projects for CERF is to deliver an integrated package of assistance to IDPs, host communities and returnees including health and nutrition services, provision of shelter kits and NFIs, rehabilitation of water resources and provision of protection services. UN agencies are targeting 940,000 people in Ibb, Amanat Al Asimah and Lahj Governorates.The Humanitarian Country Team requires about $1.8 billion for humanitarian action in Yemen in 2016. According to FTS, Yemen has received 25% of its requirement as of 31 May 2016. The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $13 million for 6 projects, if approved. Yemen Underfunded Emergencies Application Country envelope: $13 million (Round II allocation: $50 million for 6 countries) Application received: 19 August 2016 Number of projects submitted: 616-UF-YEM-21828-NR06mounier@un.org#Pascal MounierEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-04-17T00:00:002017-06-05T00:00:002017-09-30T00:00:002017-10-05T00:00:002018-01-18T00:00:00Fully2016-09-02T00:00:0016-UF-ERI-21832Eritrea UFE Application, Aug 2016 (Gaps in Basic Services)AfricaEritreaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaUFPost-conflict NeedsConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-08-19T00:00:002016-08-19T00:00:002016-09-16T22:11:13.0732016-09-26T00:00:002000000.002002599124757120542245299212415216275428690337172336817673989The 2015 harvest was poor due to a lack of rains--partly caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon--resulting in a food deficit affecting mainly people in the arid coastal areas and some parts of the highlands. Food insecurity and malnutrition among children, pregnant women and mothers remain a concern. Malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases and pneumonia are among the three leading casues of child deaths and illness. In remote parts, immunization coverage is low and access to health care limited. The country hosts more than 2,200 refugees at Umkulu refugee camp, who rely on assistance. Aid agencies in Eritrea will use CERF funding to provide assistance to more than 421,000 people in need, with health care and nutrition services for 419,000 affected people in three of the six regions, Northern Red Sea, Anseba and Gash-Barka, and multi-sector assistance for the 2,200 refugees.The country team requires about $35 million for humanitarian action in Eritrea in 2016, which was funded at 6.5 per cent ($2.2m) as of mid-August. The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $2 million for 4 projects, if approved. Eritrea Underfunded Emergencies Application Country envelope: $2 million (Round II allocation: $50 million for 6 countries) Application received: 19 August 2016 Number of projects submitted: 416-UF-ERI-21832-NR02maputseni@un.org#Clever MaputseniEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-04-17T00:00:002017-06-06T00:00:002017-09-30T00:00:002017-11-08T00:00:00Fully2016-09-15T00:00:0016-UF-RWA-21834Rwanda UFE Application, Aug 2016 (DRC and Burundi refugees)AfricaRwandaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-08-19T00:00:002016-08-19T00:00:002016-09-26T20:40:54.332016-09-26T00:00:005000000.0049987783767035278729482725132050593016492167328132249Almost 164,000 refugees live in Rwanda, including more than 132,000 from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in six camps. The camps are managed by UNHCR and the Rwandan Government, and the refugees living here are dependent on international humanitarian aid. While Rwanda has been hosting Congolese refugees for two decades, Burundians mostly started arriving in April 2015 fleeing election-related violence. Aid agencies in Rwanda will use CERF funding to scale up life-saving protection and assistance for the 132,000 refugees living in camps, including drinking water and sanitation to prevent disease outbreaks, health care including vaccination and reproductive health, food aid and shelter. This is in line with the regional refugee response plan for Burundi and UNHCR's operations plan for Congolese refugees.The country team in Rwanda requires about $152 million for humanitarian assistance to refugees from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2016, and has received $38 million or 25 per cent, as of end-August 2016. The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $5 million for 5 projects, if approved. Rwanda Underfunded Emergencies Application Country envelope: $5 million (Round II allocation: $50 million for 6 countries) Application received: 19 August 2016 Number of projects submitted: 5 (originally 6) Burundi political crisis 2015-202016-UF-RWA-21834-NR04george.otoo@one.un.org#George OtooEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-04-17T00:00:002017-06-01T00:00:002017-09-30T00:00:002017-10-06T00:00:002018-01-18T00:00:00Mostly2016-09-20T00:00:0016-UF-COD-21899DR Congo UFE Application, Aug 2016 (Conflict and South Sudanese refugees)AfricaDemocratic Republic of the CongoMiddle AfricaMiddle AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-08-20T00:00:002016-08-20T00:00:002016-09-26T20:39:05.592016-09-26T00:00:0010993704.0010995505265282873855266157421671632458422704545487724The Democratic Republic of the Congo remains one of the world’s most complex and most protracted humanitarian crises with 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance due to armed conflict in the east, food insecurity, the lack of basic social services across the country, localized natural disasters and disease outbreaks, including yellow fever. The Humanitarian Country Team has decided to prioritize $11 million in CERF funds for humanitarian assistance in two areas: Dungu in Haut Uélé for multi-sector assistance to 12,000 South Sudanese refugees and 8,000 people from host communities, and the route from South Irumu in Ituri to North Kivu for aid to more than 70,000 vulnerable people, including those that have been displaced, returnees and host communities. Aid agencies will provide food aid and agricultural assistance, nutrition services, emergency shelter, education and multi-sector assistance to refugees. This is in line with the Humanitarian Response Plan for DRC and the regional refugee response plan for South Sudan.The Humanitarian Country Team requires about $690 million for humanitarian action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2016. According to FTS, the Humanitarian Response Plan has received 43 per cent of its requirements as of 11 September 2016. The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $11 million for 9 projects, if approved. DRC Underfunded Emergencies Application Country envelope: $11 million (Round II allocation: $50 million for 6 countries) Application received: 20 August 2016 Number of projects submitted: 9 South Sudan crisis 2013-16-UF-COD-21899-NR06macdiarmid@un.org#Charlotte MacDiarmidFrenchJulia Wittig2017-04-18T00:00:002017-06-06T00:00:002017-09-30T00:00:002017-10-16T00:00:002018-01-29T00:00:00Fully2016-09-19T00:00:0016-RR-UGA-21908Uganda RR Application, Aug 2016 (South Sudanese refugees)AfricaUgandaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-08-22T00:00:002016-08-22T00:00:002016-09-09T18:11:00.5172016-09-19T00:00:0010288476.00102974971287541571462859004862575989124614177379233135410514Since the onset of fighting in Juba on July 7th 2016, almost 80,000 South Sudanese refugees have fled South Sudan to Uganda (as of 14 August 2016), signifying the worst refugee emergency in Uganda since the initial influx of South Sudanese refugees in 2014. The average daily arrival rate from July 7th to August 1st 2016 was about 2,166 South Sudanese refugees, amounting to a ten-fold increase based upon the daily average of 200 individuals prior to the crisis. These new arrivals join the existing 229,176 South Sudanese refugee population in Uganda for an estimated total of 308,479 South Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers as of August 14th 2016. Refugees from South Sudan now constitute the largest and most severe humanitarian emergency in Uganda, and the CERF Rapid Response grant request for US$7,000,000 has been prioritized to focus on life-saving initiatives for the increasing number of 64,000 new arrivals entering the country since July 7th. CERF funding will be utilised to provide life-saving protection and emergency assistance services in over-crowded temporary reception facilities, to improve the capacity of these facilities, and to provide life-saving protection and assistance in refugee settlements in Arua, Yumbe and Adjumani districts. The following sectors have been prioritised: Protection (Registration, GBV, Child Protection); Food Security; Shelter and NFIs; Health & Nutrition; and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). The CERF funded project will also support the response to the recent cholera outbreak among refugees (and one host community member) in Pagirinya reception centre in Adjumani district. South Sudan crisis 2013-16-RR-UGA-21908-NR05nasiib.kaleebu@one.un.org#Nasiib KaleebuEnglishJulia Wittig2016-12-12T00:00:002017-02-10T00:00:002017-06-09T18:11:00.5172017-07-05T00:00:002017-12-28T00:00:00Fully2016-09-07T00:00:0016-UF-TCD-21922Chad UFE Application, Aug 2016 (CAR displacement)AfricaChadMiddle AfricaMiddle AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-08-22T00:00:002016-08-22T00:00:002016-09-23T00:00:002016-09-28T00:00:0010000011.00100005513426537111713768843192039180470122696129150251846Across Chad, 3.9 million people are affected by emergencies, including 3.8 million who are food insecure, 728,000 children under 5 who suffer from acute malnutrition and 400,000 refugees. Since December 2013, the escalation of the political and humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic has forced thousands of people to flee to neighbouring countries. Today, 73,000 Central African refugees, 83,000 Chadian citizens who had lived in CAR but were forced to return and 600,000 people from host communities in south Chad are affected by this crisis and many require humanitarian assistance. With a CERF grant of $10 million for underfunded emergencies, aid agencies in Chad will provide humanitarian relief to 217,000 people in returnee sites, refugee camps and villages that people who have fled from CAR, including all 83,000 returness, all 73,000 refugees, and 70,000 people from host communities. Assistance will include food aid, agricultural livelihoods support, nutrition services, health care, water and sanitation, education, emergency shelter and basic household items. In addition, CERF will support the humanitarian aid service in Chad. All these activities are part of the Humanitarian Response Plan.The Humanitarian Response Plan for Chad in 2016 requires $541 million and was 14 per cent funded at the time of the analysis for this allocation round (it is 19 per cent funded as of end-August). The CERF allocation from the underfunded emergencies window will amount to about $10 million for 7 projects (13 budgets since the submission contains several joint projects), if approved. Chad Underfunded Emergencies Application Country envelope: $10 million (Round II allocation: $50 million for 6 countries) Application received: 22 August 2016 Number of projects submitted: 13 budgets in 7 projects CAR crisis 2013-16-UF-TCD-21922-NR08sawadogoa@un.org#Abdoulaye SawadogoFrenchdorjee2@un.org2017-04-18T00:00:002017-06-05T00:00:002017-09-30T00:00:002018-01-19T00:00:00Mostly2016-09-20T00:00:0016-RR-MMR-21991Myanmar RR Application, Aug 2016 (Floods)AsiaMyanmarSouth-Eastern AsiaSouth-Eastern AsiaRRFloodBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-08-25T00:00:002016-08-25T00:00:002016-09-07T00:00:002016-09-13T00:00:003565591.0035704571692916662335914064259116997585757175778133349This application for $3,565,591,aims to cover priority life-saving activities across the most affected regions of Ayeyarwady, Magway and Mandalay, with specific focus on the most vulnerable population groups, particularly in the sector of food security (life-saving food or cash assistance, support for emergency asset creation, and emergency livelihoods assistance through agricultural interventions; health (life-saving sexual and reproductive health services emergency activities); and protection (prevention and emergency response to sexual and gender-based violence), targeting 81,682 vulnerable people. Myanmar is undergoing a very active monsoon season with heavy and continued rains causing main rivers to overflow. The rains intensified at the beginning of August, causing fresh displacement, as well as destruction of crops and housing. More than 488,000 people have been displaced across 11 states/regions since flooding began by mid-July 2016. The CERF interventions will also assist in avoiding loss of hard-won development gains as a result of the floods in affected areas. CERF funds would be used to complement a release from the country-based pooled fund to NGO partners, demonstrating how these two funds can work hand-in-hand to support different elements of a response.16-RR-MMR-21991-NR04rosa-berlanga@un.org#Narciso Rosa-BerlangaEnglishdorjee2@un.org2016-12-12T00:00:002017-02-07T00:00:002017-06-07T00:00:002017-06-15T00:00:002017-12-27T00:00:00Fully2016-09-02T00:00:0016-RR-CIV-22036Cote d'Ivoire RR Application, Aug 2016 (Displacement)AfricaCote d'IvoireWestern AfricaWestern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-08-29T00:00:002016-08-29T00:00:002016-09-14T19:25:03.772016-09-20T00:00:002114210.0019654161057612414229906826415410980174021656833970This application aims to provide essential life-saving aid to the most vulnerable groups among the IDPs and host families (food, WASH, health, protection), estimated at 20,000 in Western Côte d’Ivoire (departments of Duekoué and Bangolo, Guémon) who have been evicted by Government with little notice from areas they had been living in. Activities include general food distributions (incl. food commodities to prevent moderate malnutrition), improvement of access to clean drinking water (water pump rehabilitation etc.) as well as reproductive health and SGBV victim care. UNICEF, WFP and UNFPA will be able to secure the required resources to launch initial life saving relief interventions in the priority sectors.16-RR-CIV-22036-NR01kats@un.org#Ancel KatsEnglishDavid Hartstone2016-12-16T00:00:002017-02-20T00:00:002017-06-14T19:25:03.772017-07-05T00:00:00Fully2016-09-13T00:00:0016-RR-CMR-22075Cameroon RR Application, Sep 2016 (Displacement)AfricaCameroonMiddle AfricaMiddle AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-09-01T00:00:002016-09-01T00:00:002016-09-23T23:07:28.222016-09-28T00:00:004204956.00418754353610557341093442848131940604218209187674169765Logone and Chari departments in Cameroon and close to the border with Nigeria, are the most affected by the Boko Haram Crisis. Currently host to about 60% of the total of IDPs in the country, there has been an increase in since June due to renewed attacks from the Boko Haram insurgency and ongoing military operations led by the Multinational Force. Consequently, 40,000 new IDPs have been displaced, increasing the total of IDPs in the Department up to 150,000 and adding to the current burden on host communities. The CERF Rapid Response grant will target 40,000 newly displaced and 20,000 vulnerable host communities as well as women and children who are the most affected by the crisis and remain at high risks of sexual violence and forced recruitment. Critical urgent lifesaving needs are required to provide food assistance, access to potable water and basic health services, including reproductive health services, protection and emergency education. Boko Haram crisis 2014-16-RR-CMR-22075-NR06zoungranas@un.org#Samuel ZoungranaEnglishMirna Loiferman2016-12-28T00:00:002017-02-24T00:00:002017-06-23T23:07:28.222017-07-07T00:00:002018-01-08T00:00:002016-09-23T00:00:0016-RR-PRK-22528DPRK RR Application, Sep 2016 (Typhoon Lionrock)AsiaDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaEastern AsiaEastern AsiaRRFloodBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-09-20T00:00:002016-09-20T00:00:002016-10-04T21:29:59.5632016-10-06T00:00:005061209.0050545194972550812100537109105121935231040158830172747331577Typhoon Lionrock passed DPRK on 29 Aug 2016 causing heavy rains. In North Hamgyong province, around 140,000 people are estimated to have been severely affected and up to 600,000 in need of some form on assistance. Needs are estimated at $24,598,000. On 20 September the HC/RC submitted an application to the CERF's rapid response window in the amount of $ 5,061,209. CERF funding will be used to kick start the humanitarian response to the aftermath of the floods in North Hamgyong by facilitating immediate support in key sectors: preventing an increase of waterborne and communicable diseases and other immediate health threats through provision of access to basic water, sanitation and health services and medicine; and reducing food and nutritional insecurity through provision of supplemental food and nutrients and tools to urgently restart food production.16-RR-PRK-22528-NR04Throne-Holst@un.org#Marina Throne-HolstEnglishMirna Loiferman2017-01-04T00:00:002017-03-07T00:00:002017-07-04T21:29:59.5632017-10-12T00:00:00FullyUnicef was able to procure a bigger number of relief items and therefore the beneficiaries reached were more than estimated.2016-10-03T00:00:0016-RR-TZA-22803Tanzania RR Application Oct 2016 (Kagera Earthquake)AfricaUnited Republic of TanzaniaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRREarthquakeGeophysicalNatural Disaster20162016-10-07T00:00:002016-10-18T00:00:002016-10-26T17:08:53.6472016-10-31T00:00:001498949.001498097178461877336619170571824235299349033701571918On 10 September 2016 an earthquake of 5.9 magnitude hit North West Tanzania, at about 44 km from Bukoba town in Kagera region. As a result of the earthquake, an estimated 117,721 people are in need of assistance, having lost their homes, most of them living outside without access to adequate shelter. The total humanitarian needs are US$ 9,000,000. The education sector as a whole has been hit hard by the earthquake crisis. In Bukoba Municipal up to 69.5% of primary school and 36% of secondary school children are negatively affected and a high number of classrooms have been damaged affecting the capacity of schools to accommodate the students. The CERF allocation is at US$ 1,498,097 and focuses on supporting the three top priority sectors; Shelter/NFI; Education and schools WASH; and Child Protection targeting a total of 85,917 people. Of the overall people who have lost their houses, about 15% will be provided with temporary shelter by CERF funds. 16,917 Primary and Secondary school children from 25 most affected schools will be provided with safe learning spaces through establishment of temporary classrooms until permanent structures are established. Adequate financial resources are not available within the UNCT to respond to these priorities, therefore a request to the CERF was made in order to kick start the interventions, meanwhile other resource mobilization efforts are initiated.16-RR-TZA-22803-NR04mona.folkesson@one.un.org#Mona FolkessonEnglishJulia Wittig2017-01-30T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-07-26T17:08:53.6472017-10-19T00:00:00Mostly2016-10-26T00:00:0016-RR-CUB-22839Cuba RR Application Oct 2016 (Hurricane Matthew)AmericasCubaLatin America and the CaribbeanCaribbeanRRStormBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-10-13T00:00:002016-10-13T00:00:002016-10-31T17:51:31.7372016-11-04T00:00:006390351.005352736461444315889302140285136015276300186429179173365602Hurricane Matthew, category 4 according to the Saffir-Simpson scale, directly impacted Cuba during eight hours from 4-5 October, 2016. 1,079,000 people were evacuated in six provinces of the country. The impact of the hurricane has been localized but highly destructive. The five most eastern municipalities in the most eastern province of Guantánamo have been badly damaged aswell as severely affecting municipalities in the province of Holguin. Most public infrastructure, social institutions, manufacturing centers that provide basic products at a subsidized price, and housing have been extremely damaged. Over one hundred thousand people have damaged houses and limited access to safe water. The CERF application aims to provide immediate life-saving assistance to 298,935 people in seven severely affected municipalities within a period of six months. This immediate assistance will focus on provision of emergency shelter, food security, safe water and sanitation services, health care and education in emergency. Select16-RR-CUB-22839-NR01ydoime@yahoo.com#Yaima DoimeadiosEnglishJulia Wittig2017-01-30T00:00:002017-02-15T00:00:002017-07-31T17:51:31.7372017-12-07T00:00:002016-10-31T00:00:0016-RR-ETH-22863Ethiopia RR Application Oct 2016 (South Sudanese Refugees)AfricaEthiopiaEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-10-17T00:00:002016-10-17T00:00:002016-10-26T16:36:05.962016-10-28T00:00:009491861.00949186315247210503629790262430033326242734535069623Since 3 September 2016, over 40,000 new refugee arrivals from South Sudan have been recorded in Ethiopia and on average 1,000 people arrive in Pagak entry point per day, the majority of which continue to be women and children (87 per cent). This very sudden and unexpected influx was not planned for since as per the Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) 3,500 new arrivals for 2016 had been projected. To respond to the most critical needs of the new arrivals in Ethiopia and those that are expected to arrive until the end of the year US$ 53.7 million will be required. Thus far, some US$4.4 million have been made available for the response. The requested CERF funding of US$ 9,491,861 will address the most critical needs of the recently arrived 40,000 refugees of the 100,000 new arrivals expected until the end of the year. Refugees will be registered, screened for vulnerabilities and emergency protection services will be provided at both Pagak entry point and the camps, including response to SGBV survivors and essential Child Protection services. The relocation of refugees to camp extensions and eventually a new site will be scaled up to 3,000 refugees per day. Additionally, with Global Acute Malnutrition Rates rising from 8 percent to 11.7 percent over the last month, CERF funds will enable WFP to counter severe and moderate acute malnutrition. The Ethiopian Emergency Response Fund (ERF) has currently depleted its resources but is liaising with donors to seek additional funding and will, once these become available, make funding available to NGOs to complement the CERF funding. South Sudan crisis 2013-16-RR-ETH-22863-NR07Arefaines@un.org#Senait ArefaineEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-01-30T00:00:002017-03-28T00:00:002017-07-26T16:36:05.962017-10-13T22:39:11Mostly2016-10-26T00:00:0016-RR-YEM-22865Yemen RR Application Oct 2016 (Cholera)AsiaYemenWestern AsiaWestern AsiaRRCholeraBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-10-14T00:00:002016-10-14T00:00:002016-10-20T17:26:27.212016-10-25T00:00:002000000.0020000004760645446930523465238438730908225883884166142As of 12 October, 15 cholera cases had been confirmed in two governorates of Yemen, and 186 suspected cases had been identified across the country. Altogether, 7.6 million people are at risk of cholera in Yemen, including 4.5 million people in six governorates, Sana’a City, Taizz, Al Bayda, Aden, Lahj and Al Hudaydah, with confirmed or suspected cases. Health and WASH clusters provided an Integrated Cholera Response Plan on 10 October that presents an integrated response to the outbreak of cholera and acute watery diarrhea. It outlines emergency health, WASH and communications activities in 15 governorates, including six governorates where cholera cases have been confirmed or are suspected, and nine governorates at higher risk. This CERF allocation will provide immediate life-saving response in health and WASH sectors, targetting 155,038 people in six top priority governorates, with the aim to reduce morbidity and mortality resulting to the cholera outbreak. While total requirements for this integrated response plan are $22.3 million, divided into Health, Water and Sanitation and Communication for Development sectors, the total estimated cost of immediate WASH and health activities in the six priority governorates is $10.5 million. The CERF grant of $2 million will be applied against these requirements, leaving $8.5 million in funding urgently required from other donors. OCHA has also activated complementary $2 million allocation from the Reserve emergency window of the Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund (HPF) for humanitarian organizations involved in the cholera response.16-RR-YEM-22865-NR07Hassan51@un.org#Ghada HassanEnglishMirna Loiferman2017-01-23T00:00:002017-03-20T00:00:002017-07-20T17:26:27.212017-11-06T00:00:00Fully2016-10-20T00:00:0016-RR-HTI-22873Haiti RR Application Oct 2016 (Hurricane Matthew)AmericasHaitiLatin America and the CaribbeanCaribbeanRRStormBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-10-17T00:00:002016-10-17T00:00:002016-10-27T23:20:53.6432016-10-31T00:00:006641823.0068385292509652706845216493800853968067768916310506674901298540The application aims to address the humanitarian needs following the impact of Hurricane Matthew in the South of Haiti that resulted in widespread damage, flooding and displacement. As of 11 October 2016, the Directorate of Civil Protection of Haiti had confirmed 473 deaths, 339 injuries and 75 people missing. The number of evacuees is estimated at 175,509 people from four departments: Grand’Anse (99,400), Nippes (7,866), Ouest (3,877), and Sud (64,366). They are now living in some 224 temporary shelters. Among the approximate 2.1 million people affected, UNICEF estimates that 894,057 are children. Nearly 1,410,774 people need humanitarian assistance, including 592,581 children. Hurricane Matthew is the largest humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake and constitutes itself an unprecedented emergency for Haiti. Humanitarian needs include access to a sufficient supply of quality water, education, shelter, child protection, health and nutrition. Cholera continues to be a large concern and emergency interventions are complementing the existing cholera response where possible.16-RR-HTI-22873-NR05ditaranto@un.org#Enzo Di TarantoEnglishMirna Loiferman2017-01-30T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-07-27T23:20:53.6432017-11-01T00:00:00Mostly2016-10-27T00:00:0016-RR-AFG-23148Afghanistan RR Application, Nov 2016 (Returnees from Pakistan)AsiaAfghanistanSouthern AsiaSouthern AsiaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-11-07T00:00:002016-11-21T00:00:002016-11-22T18:07:25.8832016-12-01T00:00:009736611.009782398134888130110264998101406130116231522236294260226496520Triggered by heightened political pressure and security threats on Afghans in Pakistan, over 480,000 undocumented returnees and registered refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan since July, representing a ten-fold increase in the number of returnees from the period between January and June. The Afghanistan Flash Appeal launched in September aims to cater the needs of approximately 620,000 returning Afghans expected between September and December, which represent US$144.2 million of the total funding requirement of $152 million. Only $34 million or 23 per cent of the Appeal has been funded so far. Initial Rapid Needs Assessment found shelter, WASH and food to be the greatest needs for the newly-arriving returnees, many of whom lack basic necessities and are in highly vulnerable physical and mental states. This CERF allocation of $9.7 million will provide immediate life-saving assistance to new arrivals and cover the most critical gaps in the areas of high return. The CERF-funded projects will target 385,000 people with food, health, protection, emergency shelter, NFI and cash assistance to be delivered in Torkham Border, IOM Transit Centre, four UNHCR Encashment and Transit Centres in Herat, Jalalabad, Kabul and Kandahar, as well as provinces of Nangarhar, Kabul, Kunar and Laghman. The CERF grant will complement US$5 million allocation from the CHF Emergency Reserve, directed to plug critical gaps in the response mainly in Nangarhar province, together to address the rapidly-increasing humanitarian needs caused by the recent spike in returnee population which was not envisaged by the country’s 2016 Humanitarian Response Plan. Z - not in use - Returnees, Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee16-RR-AFG-23148-NR04mcfaddenm@un.org#Maia McFaddenEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-03-02T00:00:002017-05-02T00:00:002017-08-22T18:07:25.8832017-09-04T00:00:002017-12-27T00:00:00Mostly2016-11-21T00:00:0016-RR-JOR-23191Jordan Berm RR Application II Nov 2016 (Syrian Refugees)AsiaJordanWestern AsiaWestern AsiaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-11-10T00:00:002016-11-10T00:00:002016-12-16T00:00:002016-12-22T00:00:005376117.005068863117601224024000249902601051000367503825075000With a rapid growth in the number of Syrians arriving at the north eastern borders of Jordan, an estimated 100,000 Syrians have been stranded at the crossing points in Hadalat and Rukban since June. The Jordanian authorities have restricted access of this population to the Jordanian territories due to national security concerns, and sealed off the borders and suspended humanitarian assistance following a VBIED attack on Rukban on 21 June. On 1 September, the USG met with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the Jordanian Armed Forces and managed to secure an agreement to resume humanitarian operations at a new distribution point. The total financial requirement for the emergency response for these 100,000 displaced Syrians from June to the end of the year was estimated at $117 million, of which only $36.7 million has been funded so far. This CERF allocation of US$5.7 million will complement an earlier CERF RR allocation of $4.3 million which funded WASH assistance and security enhancement arrangements in August, and targets the stranded Syrians in dire need of humanitarian assistance with additional security coordination, health, nutrition, protection, shelter and camp management activities. Syria crisis 2011-16-RR-JOR-23191-NR03abuata@un.org#Mirna Abu AtaEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-03-22T00:00:002017-05-16T00:00:002017-09-16T00:00:002017-11-07T00:00:00Mostly2016-12-16T00:00:0016-RR-COD-23263DR Congo RR Application, Nov 2016 (South Sudanese refugees )AfricaDemocratic Republic of the CongoMiddle AfricaMiddle AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-11-17T00:00:002016-12-05T00:00:002016-12-15T00:00:002016-12-22T00:00:004000624.0039893711183812400242385883672012603177211912036841Triggered by fighting between the government forces (SPLA) and the elements of Riek Machar on 10 and 11 September 2016 and subsequent clashes between rebels and loyalist forces of the SPLA in the southwestern states of South Sudan, some 64,369 South Sudanese refugees (as of 22 November) have fled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many of these refugees are stranded in the border area and, based on a multisectoral needs assessment conducted in August, expected to be suffering deplorable conditions with makeshift shelters and limited to no access to WASH facilities and health services. The total humanitarian funding requirement to address the needs of these refugees and their host communities is estimated at US$13,333.333 of which US$4,550.000 has been pledged so far. This CERF allocation of US$4,000.154 aims to provide immediate life-saving assistance to 32,325 people including 20,000 South Sudanese refugees and 12,325 people from host communities over six months, through ensuring relocation of the South Sudanese refugees in the border area to two new refugee sites in Biringi and Meri and delivering emergency shelter, WASH, food security and nutrition, agriculture, health, and protection assistance. The geographic areas to be covered by this allocation will be the Aru (Ituri Province) and Faradje (Haut Uele Province) territories. Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee South Sudan crisis 2013-16-RR-COD-23263-NR07macdiarmid@un.org#Charlotte MacDiarmidFrenchJulia Wittig2017-03-20T00:00:002017-05-15T00:00:002017-09-15T00:00:002017-10-10T00:00:002018-01-11T00:00:00Fully2016-12-13T00:00:0016-RR-IRQ-23465Iraq RR Application Dec 2016 (Mosul)AsiaIraqWestern AsiaWestern AsiaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-12-08T00:00:002016-12-14T00:00:002016-12-23T00:00:002016-12-29T00:00:0022654000.0018353642368294244479273541177816813228590946120612211558On 17 October 2016, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) commenced military operations to reclaim Mosul, a city of 1.5 million people, from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Faced by unexpectedly fierce resistance, ISF now predicts that the operations will be prolonged beyond the initially-planned two to three months. As a result, over 56,000 displaced people (as of 15 November) are in need of time-critical assistance to survive severe winter conditions outside of their homes in the coming months. In addition, ISIL snipers are targeting civilians, firing indiscriminately on people trying to leave Mosul, resulting in a spike in civilian casulaties. Over 20 OCHA-led assessment missions have reached newly-taken areas and have identified priority needs for health (especially trauma and maternity care), protection, WASH and food assistance. As the Mosul response was not envisaged in the 2016 Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), Mosul Flash Appeal was launched in July 2016 requesting $284 million to address the preparedness needs in shelter, food, WASH, health and protection sectors. The total humanitarian funding requirement to address outstanding acute needs of conflict-affected population in and around Mosul today is estimated at $167.5 million, of which $54.5 million has been pledged so far. This CERF allocation of 18.4 million aims to provide immediate life-saving assistance to displaced families and their host population through activities in health and emergency shelter/NFI sectors. CERF-funded projects are strategically aligned with the forthcoming 2017 Iraq HRP and will be complemented by the Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund. An estimated 471,000 people will directly benefit from the projects under this application, which will be implemented in accessible areas of eastern Mosul City, the Mosul corridor and parts of Ninewa, Salah al-Din and Erbil Governorates over six months. AA - ad-hoc AA or early action, Z - Not in use - IDP16-RR-IRQ-23465-NR08koide@un.org#Madoka KoideEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-03-30T00:00:002017-05-24T00:00:002017-10-21T00:00:002018-02-05T00:00:002016-12-23T00:00:0016-RR-HTI-23486Haiti RR Application Dec 2016 (Post Hurricane Matthew Shelter/Education)AmericasHaitiLatin America and the CaribbeanCaribbeanRRStormBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20162016-12-12T00:00:002016-12-15T00:00:002016-12-22T00:00:002016-12-23T00:00:003509796.0035447111027010559208296898512012018171681567932847The main objective of this application is to enable life-saving activities targeting 31,000 people facing forced eviction from temporary shelters following Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. A total of 15,000 individuals will receive shelter and basic assistance, and 16,000 excluded students will resume access to education. The total estimated cost of this application is US$ 3,509,796 out of which US$ 2,964,970 will go to IOM and US$ 544,826 to UNICEF. The grant will support the rapid restoration of emptied school buildings and the identification of and tailored assistance to particularly vulnerable evictees, including unaccompanied children, victims of sexual and gender-based violence and disabled persons. Those evicted from shelters and the most vulnerable people in zones of return will receive shelter assistance (linked to the level of damage sustained) and a multipurpose cash grant to cover basic needs.16-RR-HTI-23486-NR06vedaste@un.org#Kalima VedasteEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-03-30T00:00:002017-05-24T00:00:002017-09-22T00:00:002017-11-04T00:00:002017-12-11T00:00:00Mostly2016-12-21T00:00:0016-RR-BGD-23507Bangladesh RR Application Dec 2016 (Myanmar Refugees)AsiaBangladeshSouthern AsiaSouthern AsiaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20162016-12-14T00:00:002016-12-22T00:00:002016-12-30T00:00:002017-01-05T00:00:002118379.0030902699581107262030766491796024609162302868644916Since November 2016, a sudden surge of at least 22,000 undocumented Myanmar nationals (UMNs) (as of 3 December) have crossed the border from the Rakhine State of Myanmar into Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. Teknaf and Ukhia Upazilas, which currently host a large number of both registered refugees and UMNs, have received the highest influx. A Multi-Cluster/Sectoral Initial Rapid Assessment conducted by IOM, WFP and NGO partners from 24 November to 1 December identified priority needs of the newly arrived, including Protection, Food Security/Nutrition, WASH, Health and Shelter. On 4 December, key humanitarian organizations present in Cox’s Bazar were granted access to the affected areas by the national authorities. At the request of the Government, humanitarian partners agreed to adopt a ‘discreet’ and ‘low-profile’ approach in delivering assistance to this population, by focusing on strengthening existing basic services without building new infrastructure. This CERF allocation of US$3.1 million – against the overall funding requirement of $7.5 million - aims to provide immediate life-saving assistance to 22,000 displaced people who newly arrived in Cox’s Bazar through activities in emergency shelter, food security, nutrition, protection, WASH and health (including reproductive health) sectors to be implemented over four to five months. The CERF-funded projects will be strategically aligned with the Joint Humanitarian Contingency Plan of the UN in Bangladesh, which was released on 26 November to address the humanitarian needs arising from an estimated influx of 50,000 people directly affected by the current crisis in northern Rakhine, and the Humanitarian Response Plan in development. Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee16-RR-BGD-23507-NR03Englishdorjee2@un.org2017-04-03T00:00:002017-06-02T00:00:002017-09-30T00:00:002017-10-18T00:00:00Fully2016-12-29T00:00:0017-RR-MNG-23749Mongolia RR Application Jan 2017 (dzud)AsiaMongoliaEastern AsiaEastern AsiaRRHeat/Cold WaveMeteorological, Hydrological and ClimatologicalNatural Disaster20172017-01-11T00:00:002017-01-11T00:00:002017-01-18T00:00:002017-01-20T00:00:001107614.0011076132905229852035168419693648073649414567On 19 December, the National Emergency Commission in Mongolia reported "white dzud", a harsh winter condition resulting from heavy snow fall and impossibility of livestock to access edible mass, in 110 districts of 15 provinces and one district of Ulaanbaatar city (mostly along the northern belt of the country). Multi-sectoral needs assessments and analysis conducted by the Government and humanitarian partners recorded a series of negative coping mechanisms among the affected households whose livelihood entirely depends on animal husbandry, including reduced food intake, buying food on loan, children dropping out of schools, animal theft and other community conflict, and prioritizing well-being of animals over basic family needs. Acknowledging the limited national capacity to respond to this crisis, the Deputy Prime Minister on 23 December sent a letter to the RC requesting international assistance to the affected vulnerable herder communities to prevent the collapse of their livelihoods. Out of 37,000 herder households living in the affected districts, an estimated 13,000 households are likely to require some form of assistance. Of these, humanitarian organizations are aiming to strengthen the coping capacity of the most vulnerable 8,000 households through targeted assistance in agriculture, early recovery, health and nutrition, protection and education sectors. This CERF allocation of US$1.1million, against the total funding requirement of $6.7 million for the next six months, will provide emergency agriculture (livestock) and multi-purpose cash assistance to 3,500 herder households (12,600 people) in 36 most-affected districts of 13 provinces in the country over a six-month period. The CERF response will cover the most time-critical elements of the overall humanitarian response spearheaded by the Government and supported by the UN, Red Cross, INGOs and other partners. AA - ad-hoc AA or early action17-RR-MNG-23749-NR01tsetsegmaa.amar@one.un.org#Tsetsegmaa AmarEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-04-26T00:00:002017-06-19T00:00:002017-10-18T00:00:002017-10-27T00:00:002018-01-26T00:00:00Fully2017-01-17T00:00:0017-UF-NGA-23979Nigeria UF Application Feb 2017 (conflict displacement)AfricaNigeriaWestern AfricaWestern AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20172017-02-13T00:00:002017-02-13T00:00:002017-03-21T00:00:002017-03-27T00:00:0021996506.0021997157658519103291616914354814078872951368702113992619202113060137The Boko Haram-triggered crisis in north-east Nigeria shows no sign of abating, while escalation of violence in other parts of the country also requires swift humanitarian response. It is projected that in 2017, 8.5 million people in north-east Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States will require humanitarian assistance. Famine-like conditions are forecast for 120,000 people and 5.1 million people in all are expected to be food insecure by mid-2017. Some 450,000 children in the North-East suffer from severe acute malnutrition. The Nigeria 2017 HRP requirement is US$ 1.1 billion. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the 2016 HRP was 42% funded. This UFE CERF application targets approximately 2.6 million people in the Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states (North East). These areas are among the most affected by displacement due to Boko-Haram-related violence. IDPs and people in host communities require emergency education, food assistance, health and nutrition supplies, protection services, shelter and WASH responses. Nigeria Underfunded submission Total envelope: $22 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Grant package received: 13 February 2017 Total # of projects submitted: 13 AA - ad-hoc AA or early action Boko Haram crisis 2014-17-UF-NGA-23979-NR01haggarty@un.org#Alta BellEnglishJulia Wittig2017-10-10T00:00:002017-12-08T00:00:002018-03-31T00:00:002018-04-30T00:00:002019-04-03T16:51:062017-03-17T00:00:0017-UF-LBY-24004Libya UF Application Feb 2017 (Protracted Crisis)AfricaLibyaNorthern AfricaNorthern AfricaUFPost-conflict NeedsConflict-relatedMan-made20172017-02-14T00:00:002017-03-02T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-04-06T00:00:006000000.005997815383813782776208527076499911770691088102826193914Political instability and conflict between opposing parties each backed by different militias and tribes in Libya since 2014 have resulted in a prolonged vacuum of effective governance and collapse of the security system and rule of law, with grave social and economic consequences. Without a state-level agreement on the use of resources and roles and responsibilities or a common strategy for humanitarian response, people living in or returning to conflict-affected areas are faced with extensive infrastructural damage, limited public services and security risks due to widespread contamination by explosive hazards. The 2017 Libya Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) aims to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to 941,000 people out of 1.33 million people in need with a funding requirement of US$151 million. Under the HRP, the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) will support actions to enable safe and dignified access to essential health services and other basic social services, as well as protection of most vulnerable Libyans, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. So far, only $9.1 million (6 per cent) of the HRP’s total funding requirement has been received as of 3 March 2017. This CERF allocation of $6 million will address the most critical priorities as agreed by the HCT and will jump-start time-critical humanitarian assistance in health (including reproductive health), food security, WASH and protection (including child protection, S/GBV and mine action) sectors in Benghazi, Ubari and Sebha governorates of Libya with multi-sectoral assistance targeting the most vulnerable groups. With most of UN agencies and their international partners operating remotely, the CERF-funded projects will largely be implemented by local partners including government agencies, the Libyan Red Crescent Society and NGOs that are well-established in Libya and in the project areas. The HCT will maintain regular and close coordination with the sectoral and local partners to monitor the ground humanitarian situations and provide strategic and operational support for project implementation. Libya Underfunded submission Total envelope: $6 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Grant package received: 14 February 2017 Total # of projects submitted: 1017-UF-LBY-24004-NR01jazairi@un.org#Leila JazairiEnglishJulia Wittig2017-10-10T00:00:002017-12-08T00:00:002018-03-31T00:00:002019-04-05T22:28:112017-03-30T00:00:0017-UF-CMR-24089Cameroon UF Application Feb 2017 (conflict displacement)AfricaCameroonMiddle AfricaMiddle AfricaUFDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20172017-02-17T00:00:002017-02-17T00:00:002017-04-05T00:00:002017-04-07T00:00:0010000000.00100054133606143528647134782618913442436061346225056971071319612Boko-Haram related violence in north-eastern Nigeria, cross-border raids and suicide bombings in Cameroon has forced nearly 192,000 Cameroonians and 85,000 Nigerian refugees to flee their homes in search of security and protection in the Far North of Cameroon. The number of internally displaced persons has more than doubled since early 2016, reaching about 200,000 in October 2016. This has resulted in a sharp deterioration in access to basic services which was already weak and in some cases non-existent. For example, 25 health centers are closed due to their destruction and / or occupation and 144 schools did not reopen at the start of the school year In the Far North, almost 45% of the population does not have access to drinking water and only 14% benefit from infrastructure that meets hygiene and sanitation criteria. Food insecurity remains alarming, with about 1.5 million people who are food insecure in the Far North, with 180,000 at the emergency level. Severe acute malnutrition has reached emergency thresholds in the department of Logone and Chari. CERF funds from the Under Funded Emergency Grant will be used to meet the urgent needs of those affected in the Far North by the conflict related to the Lake Chad Basin crisis. The CERF strategy is to focus the response in the departments of Logone and Chari, which currently accounts for nearly 40% of the internally displaced persons of Cameroon. The response will also cover the border areas of the departments of Mayo Sava and the Mayo Tsanaga for a Protection response which has to extend beyond Logone and Chari, in particular as DTM should not be restricted to a single department. The main objective of the response is to save lives through priority interventions covering the sectors of Food Security, Water, Hygiene and Sanitation, Shelter and Property Non-Food, Protection, Health and Nutrition. The proposals made in this strategy aim to provide holistic assistance to targeted populations through joint projects with the same geographical focus and the same targeting. Cameroon Underfunded submission Total envelope: $10 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Grant Package received: 17 February 2017 Total # of project submitted: 9 Boko Haram crisis 2014-17-UF-CMR-24089-NR01cherif1@un.org#Imane CherifFrenchMateusz Buczek2017-10-10T00:00:002017-12-11T00:00:002018-03-31T00:00:002018-04-30T00:00:002019-04-02T22:31:122017-03-31T00:00:0017-UF-NER-24178Niger UF Application Feb 2017 (conflict and food insecurity)AfricaNigerWestern AfricaWestern AfricaUFPost-conflict NeedsConflict-relatedMan-made20172017-02-21T00:00:002017-02-21T00:00:002017-03-21T00:00:002017-03-27T00:00:0010000000.00100588481440601499402940009606099960196020240120249900490020Niger remains in a cycle of chronic humanitarian crisis. The Boko Haram driven conflict in the Diffa region has aggravated the vulnerability of many people who were already living on the edge of survival before the crisis broke out. Approximately 1.9 million people in Niger will need humanitarian assistance in 2017, including 1.5 million in the nutrition sector and 1.3 million in the food security sector. A $10 million allocation will focus on the needs of 250,000 people related to food insecurity including agriculture, access to basic social services (education, health, WASH), protection and logistics. The response will target the most vulnerable people among those affected in order to save lives primarily in the regions of Diffa, Tillabery, Tahoua and Maradi. Niger Underfunded Emergencies Application Country envelope: $10 million (Round I allocation: $100 million for 9 countries) Application received: 21 February 2017 Number of projects submitted: 10 Boko Haram crisis 2014-17-UF-NER-24178-NR01saidousidibe@un.org#Halima SidibeEnglishMirna Loiferman2017-10-12T00:00:002017-12-08T00:00:002018-04-30T00:00:002019-04-08T20:04:062017-03-17T00:00:0017-RR-MOZ-24650Mozambique RR Application Mar 2017 (Cyclone Dineo)AfricaMozambiqueEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRStormBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20172017-03-13T00:00:002017-03-13T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-04-06T00:00:002000074.002000095256852471850403181182586743985438035058594388On 15 February 2017, Category 3 cyclone Dineo made landfall over Inhambane province of Mozambique. The cyclone affected 112,513 families (550,691 people), of which 7,651 families are considered particularly vulnerable, and caused widespread damages to the province’s infrastructure and agriculture. Over 33,000 houses were destroyed while another 71,294 houses as well as 389 government offices, 70 health facilities and 2,000 classrooms suffered partial damage. Some 27,000 hectares of crops and over 135,000 fruit trees were lost. Access to potable water and sanitation facilities, basic healthcare services and education of children have been disrupted. The provincial authorities with support from international and national humanitarian partners conducted a multi-sector rapid needs assessment from 20 to 23 February. The assessment identified priority needs of the affected communities which informed the following response planning: 1) immediate assistance to the most vulnerable with food, shelter and NFI support and emergency agricultural inputs; 2) restoration of basic services through establishment of temporary facilities for education and health care; and 3) reconstruction of classrooms and health units with resilience measures. Based on preliminary findings, the Government estimated the total funding required to respond to and restore the damages caused by the cyclone at US$16.5 million, towards which it allocated $2.3 million from the National Contingency Plan. In response to the Government request, Mozambique Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) launched a flash appeal on 28 February seeking $10.2 million to complement the national response with activities in education, health, shelter/NFI (partially to address WASH needs), food security, protection and early recovery sectors targeting 150,000 people. Only $400,000 of the appeal has been funded as of 13 March. This CERF allocation of $2 million will address the most critical priorities as agreed by the HCT in support of the flash appeal to will jump-start life-saving humanitarian assistance in health (including reproductive health/GBV), education, food security, shelter/NFI (including WASH) sectors in Inhambane province in the next three to six months.17-RR-MOZ-24650-NR01claudio.julaia@one.un.org#Claudio JulaiaEnglishdorjee2@un.org2017-06-30T00:00:002017-09-07T00:00:002017-12-31T00:00:002018-01-25T00:00:00Mostly2017-03-30T00:00:0017-RR-MDG-25219Madagascar RR Application Mar 2017 (cyclone)AfricaMadagascarEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRStormBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20172017-03-31T00:00:002017-03-31T00:00:002017-04-18T00:00:002017-04-19T00:00:004999896.00499960148344563981047424138341380827638972797778187505Cyclone Enawo, a category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, struck the Sava region in northeastern Madagascar on 7 March. Widespread flooding was recorded throughout the eastern half of Madagascar in the wake of the storm.Following the evaluation missions organized under the auspices of the National Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) with the HCT, it was estimated that some 434,000 people were affected, including a total of 247,219 displaced persons. The number of deaths is 81, with 18 people missing, and 253 others injured. This initial assessment revealed severe impact of the cyclone in Antalaha district and in the Maroantsetra district, both in the northeast region of the country. For the next three months, the total humanitarian needs are estimated at $ 20.1 million. So far, only $691,000 were received. Under this application, the Madagascar HCT is requesting $4,999,896 to kick-start activities of five out of the ten sectors prioritized in the response. With the CERF allocation the HCT intends to cover the Shelter, WASH, Health, Food Security and Common Logistics needs for up to 150,000 beneficiaries living in Antalaha and Maroantsetra districts.17-RR-MDG-25219-NR02rakotoson@un.org#Rija RakotosonFrenchMirna Loiferman2017-07-25T00:00:002017-09-27T00:00:002018-01-18T00:00:002019-05-08T00:00:002017-04-12T00:00:0017-RR-SSD-25251South Sudan RR Application Apr 2017 (Famine Prevention and Rising Conflict)AfricaSouth SudanEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20172017-04-20T00:00:002017-04-20T00:00:002017-05-02T00:00:002017-05-10T00:00:0015520071.0015524589152850154611307461138823314931453754291673469542761215More than 3.6 million people have been displaced by conflict in South Sudan, including 1.9 million who are internally displaced and 1.7 million who have fled as refugees to neighbouring countries. New clashes since the beginning of 2017 have uprooted tens of thousands of civilians. Worst affected areas include Greater Equatoria (including Kajo-Keji, Lainya, Magwi, Torit and Yei, where some 144,000 people were displaced as of the end of February 2017), Unity (including Koch, Leer, Mayendit, Panyijar, 263,000 displaced), and in Upper Nile (including Fashoda, 66,000 displaced). At the time of writing, additional displacement is taking place due to a major offensive underway in Jonglei and recent clashes in and around Wau. Additionally, food insecurity and malnutrition have reached unprecedented levels, with localised famine declared in Leer and Mayendit counties of Unity on 20 February. Insecurity and lack of access have left 100,000 people facing starvation, and a further 1 million others classified as being on the brink of famine. Country-wide, some 4.9 million people are now estimated to be severely food insecure, and this number is expected to rise to 5.5 million at the height of the lean season in July. Livelihoods have been decimated, with livestock looted, killed and disease prone and crops destroyed or planting delayed due to violence, displacement and unfavourable weather. The CERF Rapid Response request, submitted 20 April 2017, is triggered by rapidly escalating food insecurity and malnutrition in South Sudan - including in locations where famine or elevated risk of famine has been declared - as well as urgent humanitarian needs in areas of new/active conflict. This application requests US$15.5 million from CERF - as a contribution to a total requirement of US$54 million - in order to reach an estimated 369,000 of the most severely-affected people in 10 highest-risk locations with an inter-cluster response. The contribution will save lives by in supporting the urgent scale-up of front line response, particularly through vital funding for procurement, transportation and distribution of emergency supplies, including inter-cluster rapid response survival kits. It will also enable programme delivery by facilitating the scale up of common services, including transportation of cargo and humanitarian personnel. AA - ad-hoc AA or early action South Sudan crisis 2013-17-RR-SSD-25251-NR01throp@un.org#David ThropEnglishRinzin Dorjee2017-08-10T00:00:002017-10-03T00:00:002018-02-02T00:00:002019-05-09T18:05:422017-05-01T00:00:0017-RR-ZWE-25764Zimbabwe RR Application Apr 2017 (Floods)AfricaZimbabweEastern AfricaEastern AfricaRRFloodBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20172017-04-28T00:00:002017-05-03T00:00:002017-05-09T00:00:002017-05-11T00:00:001688953.0015852017199777514974158342224738081230333002253055On 20 March 2017, the Government of Zimbabwe launched an international appeal for Humanitarian Assistance requesting USD$189 million to respond to a national flood disaster declared on 2 March. This was after a record high rainfall exacerbated by cyclone Dineo on 16 February 2017. The flooding crisis particularly affected 36 out of the 60 districts in the country, causing damage to local infrastructure, livelihoods, roads, and homes in 36 districts in the country. Overall, some 251 people were killed; 128 others injured and over 2,600 houses destroyed, leaving hundreds of people homeless and living in temporary camps as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Some 388 schools were affected, with a likely impact on an estimated 67,000 enrolled in the affected areas. The Government further estimates that over 100,000 people are in need of access to safe drinking water as the floods have compromised the hygiene practices and water quality, especially in the congested IDP camp thereby increasing the risk of water and vector-borne diseases. The emergency needs have surpassed the resources in the normal agency programming and partners have had to redirect resources from the drought response to respond to the flood emergency. The request to the CERF rapid response window,, for approximately US 2 million, will therefore be used to address the critical life-saving needs in shelter, education, WASH and protection for approximately 55,000 people who were affected by the flooding.17-RR-ZWE-25764-NR01andrea.danti@one.un.org#Andrea DantiEnglishJulia Wittig2017-08-15T00:00:002017-10-10T00:00:002018-02-09T00:00:002018-02-05T00:00:00Fullyvery credible, well explained beneficiary count.2017-05-09T00:00:0017-RR-SDN-25600Sudan RR Application May 2017 (South Sudanese refugees)AfricaRepublic of the SudanNorthern AfricaNorthern AfricaRRDisplacementConflict-relatedMan-made20172017-05-04T00:00:002017-05-15T00:00:002017-06-02T00:00:002017-06-07T00:00:0010479979.0010469531147331636231095258453634062185405785270293280Outflow of South Sudanese refugees into neighbouring countries, triggered by the breakout of violence in December 2013 and aggravated as the conflict spread and food security deteriorated, has continued into 2017 and new arrivals in Sudan reached over 108,000 as of 30 April. This unanticipated rate of new arrivals far exceeds the trends of previous years as well as the earlier planning figure of 60,000 new arrivals for the whole of 2017, and has overwhelmed the response capacity of Sudanese government and humanitarian partners that are also supporting nearly 300,000 South Sudanese refugees already staying in the country. This CERF grant of US$10.5 million will target 60,000 newly arrived South Sudanese refugees in key locations of South Kordofan and White Nile states with urgent WASH, health, nutrition, food, and shelter/NFI assistance over a six month period. This will involve establishing critically-needed basic services in South Kordofan including a reception centre, and expanding life-saving basic service provision in White Nile including through the expansion of two existing refugee hosting sites. The CERF-funded response will be closely aligned with the overall strategy of the Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP), which was revised in April 2017 and now targets some 477,000 individuals including an additional 120,000 new arrivals projected by the end of 2017. CERF will contribute to the projected $40 million funding requirement for this new caseload, which brought up the overall financial requirement for the 2017 South Sudan refugee response in Sudan to $205.5 million. The total RRRP requirement is currently less than 10 per cent funded. Z - Not in use - Application - Refugee South Sudan crisis 2013-17-RR-SDN-25600-NR01gaanders@unhcr.org#Miranda GaanderseEnglishMirna Loiferman2017-09-11T00:00:002017-11-14T00:00:002018-03-22T00:00:002018-04-04T00:00:002019-04-03T20:17:532017-06-01T00:00:0017-RR-YEM-26002Yemen RR Application May 2017 (Famine Prevention)AsiaYemenWestern AsiaWestern AsiaRRPost-conflict NeedsConflict-relatedMan-made20172017-05-12T00:00:002017-05-12T00:00:002017-05-19T00:00:002017-05-23T00:00:0024800588.002495310750583447533698117052557736090088647710314118362361867647Nearly two years of war have exacerbated chronic vulnerabilities in Yemen, leaving an estimated 18.8 million people in need of humanitarian or protection assistance – a nearly 20 per cent increase since late 2014. This includes 10.3 million people in acute need who urgently require immediate, lifesaving assistance in at least one sector in 2017. The conflict has intensified since March 2017, especially on the western coast of Yemen, furthering worsening humanitarian conditions. The March 2017 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report indicated an increase in the total number of food insecure people in Yemen to 17 million. Among these, some 10.2 million people are in IPC Phase 3 “crisis” and 6.8 million people are in IPC Phase 4 “emergency”. Additionally, a cholera outbreak is spreading in Yemen requiring further scale up of essential medical services to respond. Following consultation with the Emergency Relief Coordinator and CERF secretariat in late April, the RC/HC for Yemen submitted a CERF rapid response request on 12 May for $25 million to expand urgent food, health and nutrition activities, as well as bolster common services in logistics and security. The CERF funds will enable partners to reach 1.4 million people with food aid, severe and moderate malnutrition assistance in 59 priority districts recording the highest food insecurity and malnutrition indicators. The CERF-funded intervention will also aim to mitigate excess mortality and morbidity through the health minimum service package and nutrition surveillance in 3 prioritized districts of Sa’ada, Al Hodydah and Hajjah governorates. The direct assistance will be provided over a two to four-month period while the common logistics and security services will be implemented for six months. AA - ad-hoc AA or early action17-RR-YEM-26002-NR01mounier@un.org#Pascal MounierEnglishRinzin Dorjee2017-08-23T00:00:002017-10-27T00:00:002018-03-28T00:00:002018-04-13T00:00:002019-05-09T22:32:402017-05-19T00:00:0017-RR-BGD-26523Bangladesh RR Application Jul 2017 (landslides)AsiaBangladeshSouthern AsiaSouthern AsiaRRFloodBiological (human disease outbreak and other health emergency)Natural Disaster20172017-07-03T00:00:002017-07-05T00:00:002017-07-13T00:00:002017-07-17T00:00:001000000.00100578378671058418451102201965629876180873024048327In mid-June, Bangladesh was hit by the deadliest landslides-related disaster in its history. The disaster affected about 80,000 persons across the five districts and killed 160 persons, including 115 persons in Rangamati District alone. According to the Chittagong Divisional Health Office Control Room Report, a total of 187 injured persons were admitted in local level hospitals. Based on a multi-sector needs assessment and with the support of the national authorities, the HCT developed a Humanitarian Response Plan valued US$10 million in order to complement the assistance provided by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB). One of the three strategic objectives of the HRP is the provision of immediate life-saving assistance. Following a thorough consultation and prioritization process, the UNCT presented a CERF RR application aiming to provide life-saving assistance to 37,737 persons living in the most severely impacted district of Rangamati in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and, specifically in three of its ten sub-districts. These persons lost everything to the landslides and are currently living in life-threatening situations, especially women and girls. This application would allow the most affected and most vulnerable persons to benefit from emergency shelter, WASH and protection assistance. It will help them to survive the impact of the landslides and, the on-going monsoon season. This application is for US$1 million.17-RR-BGD-26523-NR02loiferman@un.org#Mirna LoifermanEnglishKristine Hansen2018-01-11T00:00:002018-03-12T00:00:002018-04-13T00:00:002019-04-08T00:00:00FullyIncreased number of beneficiaries reached versus number targeted in view of unexpected significant influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Cox Bazar, adding to agencies' targeted case load under the CERF-funded projects.2017-07-13T00:00:00