Mozambique: Drought - ACT: 23-Sep-02

Action by Churches Together (ACT) Appeal - Mozambique Assistance to Drought Affected - AFMZ22 Appeal Target: US$ 3,424,153 Geneva, 23 September 2002

ACT members in Mozambique have reported that, according to FAO/WFP reports and the Mozambique Ministry of Agriculture 515,000 people in 43 different districts in the provinces of Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Sofala, and Tete, will require food aid from the month of September 2002 to March 2003. The food shortages in the country are a result of severe dry weather during the 2001/2002 cropping season which sharply reduced crop yields in the southern and central parts of the country. This comes after devastating floods in both 2000 and 2001 which affected some of the areas now facing food shortages. In addition to erratic rainfall, the overall economy is affected by reduced cash remittances from South Africa, particularly for households in southern Mozambique. In times of declining cash remittances, female headed families are unable to hire labour for cultivation, reducing the area planted and household crop production. In southern Mozambique, women head up to 60% of the rural households. For this group, the coming months will be particularly difficult. Although, Mozambique had an increase of 5% cereal production from 2001 it still had a food deficit of 642,000mt. It should be noted that the northern region of the country had an overall surplus of 100,000Mt, but this could not be transported economically to the south due to long distances, poor infrastructure, and the proximity of markets to Malawi. The people in the southern part of the country are becoming increasingly hungry, and it is reported that some of the affected families are already resorting to eating wild fruits, seeds, and berries and their nutritional status is consequently deteriorating rapidly. ACT Mozambique members, the Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM), the Lutheran World Federation - Mozambique Program (LWF/WS), the Presbyterian Church of Mozambique (PCM/IPM), and the Ecumenical Committee for Social Development (CEDES) are proposing assistance for approximately 178,756 people in the affected provinces of Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, Sofala, Manica, and Tete. Assistance comprises: relief food, seeds and tools. Project Completion Date: 31 May 2003 Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested Total Appeal Less: Pledges/ Balance Requested Targets Contr. Recd from ACT Network CCM 561,227 0 561,227 CEDES 1,163,442 0 1,163,442 IPM 771,294 0 771,294 LWF 928,190 0 928,190 Targets US$ 3,424,153 0 3,424,153 REQUESTING ACT MEMBERS INFORMATION Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM) Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Igreja Presbyterian de Mozambique (PCM/ IPM) Ecumenical Committee for Social Development (CEDES) Christian Aid (CA) IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER AND PARTNER INFORMATION ACT Mozambique Network comprising the Lutheran World Federation, Christian Council of Mozambique, the Presbyterian Church of Mozambique, Ecumenical Committee for Social Development (CEDES), and Christian Aid is seeking to provide food aid and much needed seeds to vulnerable communities affected by the current drought in Mozambique. Christian Council of Mozambique is a Church based organisation formed in 1948 by the main line churches such as the Methodist, Anglicans and Presbyterians. Presently it constitutes 24 different denominations both the main line as well as few of the small denominations including two Associations (The Bible Society and the Scripture Union). In 2000 ACT/CCM implemented a relief program that assisted 24,900 families (approximately 125,000 people) in the Provinces of Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane and Sofala; the four Provinces that were heavily hit by the floods and cyclones. Later on a follow up program that assisted 1,245 most vulnerable groups with housing was also carried out and an expanded varied seed distribution was made in November / December. ACT/CCM works countrywide with offices in each province and in some districts as well as administrative posts and localities. The Lutheran World Federation, a program of the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, has been active in Mozambique since 1977. LWF has had a signed agreement with the Government of Mozambique since 1986. It has always concerned itself in an operational manner with the plight of displaced people, refugees and returnees namely through emergency relief and rehabilitation, capacity and confidence building in development. LWF has experience in all aspects of assisting people in need regardless of race, gender, religious belief, nationality, ethnic origin or political persuasion. The organisation is working towards the establishment of self-sustaining and independent communities, which participate voluntarily in the socio-economic and political development of their country. ACT/LWF responded to the 2000 floods in Gaza, Sofala and Maputo in ACT Appeal AFMZ01 and has completed its rehabilitation activities. LWF engaged in a full range of crisis and rehabilitation activities included food security, temporary and permanent shelter, temporary and permanent water and sanitation, road, school and health post rehabilitation. More than 86,000 people were assisted in water activities alone. The Presbyterian Church of Mozambique (PCM/IPM) was founded at the end of the 19th century (1887) and has a long historical presence in the province of Gaza and Maputo. Its local churches, Mission stations and health clinics place PCM directly within the affected communities. The PCM has 38 parishes, 90 local congregations with a total of 80,000 members, 45 ordained clergy and 25 evangelists. PCM has been a member church of the Christian Council of Mozambique for 52 years. The relief and development department of the PCM has carried out numerous relief and development projects. Ecumenical Committee for Social Development (CEDES) was established in August 1992 by the Christian Council for Mozambique, Caritas Mozambique and the Lutheran World Federation as the National Ecumenical Committee for Rehabilitation Resettlement and Reintegration (RRR). This followed the signing of the Peace Accord in 1992. In 1996 following consultation with its founding organisation and international partners the National Ecumenical Committee for Repatriation, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (NECRRR) concluded that the need for the return reintegration and rehabilitation programme had largely been met and the organisation was transformed into CEDES. CEDES works in co-operation with CCM, Caritas and LWF, who are represented on its board. There is co-ordination at local level to prevent duplication of activities between the church and related organisations. In addition to its office in Maputo, CEDES has offices in Moamba (Maputo province), Sofala, Inhambane, Gaza and Niassa provinces. DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION Background The ACT Mozambique partners have come together to assist close to 178,756 people in an effort to assist communities' hit by the current food shortages in the country, which is starting to gain momentum. This ACT response is intended to help the communities cope during the short-term, but also closely links the assistance to the return to normal pre-emergency life. ACT Mozambique interventions will focus on six Provinces: Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, Sofala, Manica, and Tete. The severe dry weather during the 2001/2002 cropping season sharply reduced crop yields in southern and parts of central Mozambique. This comes on the heels of devastating floods in both 2000 and 2001 in some of the same areas. Although national cereal production is up 5% from 2001, there still remains a deficit of 642,000 Mt. The northern region of the country had an overall surplus of 100,000 Mt, but this cannot be transported economically to the south due to long distances, poor infrastructure, and the proximity of markets in Malawi. In addition to erratic rainfall, the overall economy is affected by reduced cash remittances from South Africa, particularly for households in southern Mozambique. In times of declining cash remittances, families headed by women are unable to hire labour for cultivation, reducing the area planted and household crop production. In southern Mozambique, women head up to 60% of the rural households. For this group, the coming months will be particularly difficult. WFP reported on August 2 that it has sufficient cereal stocks to cover 70% of the needs in Mozambique until the end of September but urgently requires beans from August onwards. Re-assessments jointly conducted by the government, WFP, FEWS NET, and other partners are planned within the next few weeks in order to refine estimates of humanitarian needs in all relevant sectors. Current Situation According to the report produced by the FAO/WFP/Ministry of Agriculture of Mozambique, 515,000 people, in 43 different districts in the provinces of Gaza, Inhambane, Manica Maputo, Sofala and Tete, will require food aid as from September 2002 to March 2003. This figure represents an increase by 160,000 compared to estimated 355,000 that were in need during the period June to August 2002 and it is also foreseen that the number of needy people can rise again as a new assessment is taking place right now. This document also indicates that Gaza and Inhambane are the most affected representing around 43% of the affected people in the six provinces. For further details, see the following table that is currently being reviewed: Affected Populations, Food Aid Needs, and Phasing of Needs as per May Assessment Province/District Estimated 2002 Population Number of beneficiaries from June2002 to August 2002 Number of beneficiaries from September 2002 to March 2003 Total Estimated Food Aid June 2002 to March 2003 (tonnes) Gaza Massangena 13 859 7 000 8 000 1 155 Mabalane 28 689 8 000 9 000 1 305 Chigubo 14 740 4 000 6 000 810 Bilene 161 092 9 000 11 000 1 560 Guija 64 832 10 000 13 000 1 815 Chokwe 226 049 10 000 13 000 1 815 Cidade De Xai-Xai 144 773 2 000 5 000 615 Chicualacuala 38 298 6 000 12 000 1 530 Chibuto 164 672 10 000 23 000 2 865 Massingir 25 051 10 000 10 000 1 500 Mandlakaze 176 117 14 000 14 000 2 100 Xai-Xai 208 259 5 000 5 000 750 Total 1 266 431 95 000 129 000 17 820 Inhambane Mabote 38 416 10 000 11 000 1 605 Panda 49 293 6 000 7 000 1 005 Funhalouro 33 283 9 000 11 000 1 560 Inhassoro 49 727 8 000 10 000 1 410 Inharrime 92 563 3 000 5 000 660 Morrumbene 128 764 3 000 315 Homoine 103 955 3 000 315 Govuro 30 568 10 000 13 000 1 815 Vilankulo 130 155 8 000 12 000 1 620 Massinga 203 639 5 000 11 000 1 380 Zavala 157 216 7 000 735 Total 1 017 579 59 000 93 000 12 420 Manica Macossa 15 585 10 000 13 000 1 815 Guro 43 895 10 000 15 000 2 025 Tambara 33 886 20 000 27 000 3 735 Machaze 80 055 20 000 27 000 3 735 Total 173 421 60 000 82 000 11 310 Maputo Namaacha 41 131 3 000 315 Manhica 137 423 7 000 11 000 1 470 Marracuene 47 560 3 000 8 000 975 Magude 33 555 5 000 5 000 750 Moamba 40 512 5 000 5 000 750 Matutuine 37 657 6 000 6 000 900 Total 337 838 26 000 38 000 5 160 Sofala Muanza 13 908 5 000 6 000 855 Machanga 44 349 15 000 20 000 2 775 Chibabava 66 887 10 000 10 000 1 500 Total 125 144 30 000 36 000 5 130 Tete Zumbu 42 528 7 000 9 000 1 260 Cahora Bassa 70 205 18 000 21 000 3 015 Changara 137 701 35 000 40 000 5 775 Magoe 49 608 15 000 20 000 2 775 Chiuta 69 330 5 000 525 Moatize 121 234 7 000 735 Mutarara 138 527 10 000 35 000 4 125 Total 629 133 85 000 137 000 18 210 Grand Total 3 549 546 355 000 515 000 70 050 The highlighted are the districts where the ACT members will operate. This is a crisis phase response which began in May 2002 and, where the situation has been slowly deteriorating, especially in the provinces of Inhambane and Gaza where ACT Mozambique have regular programme activities. Most of the organisations have been waiting for the UN food assessment survey carried out by the GoM and the UN. The World Food Programme has been reporting that the situation will get worse if no help provided in the coming months. ACT Mozambique field staff report that household incomes in general have dropped substantially. There is almost no off-farm income because those who might normally employ extra labour are themselves without crops to tend. Nutritional intake is reduced to life-threatening levels with the obvious consequences for health Despite the fact that the total cereal production in Mozambique is up by 5%, it must be noted that this production is concentrated mostly in the northern part of the country, i.e. north of Zambezi River, where the land is much more fertile and the rains are more regular than in the south. The indicated deficit is basically in terms of the normal import cereals, that is: rice and flour mostly for the consumption in the cities, as it is estimated that the maize part is more than enough for the entire need of the country. Considering the road conditions of the country and the capabilities of the commercialisation system, the transport of the surpluses available in that area to feed the rest of the country is economically unaffordable. Thus the only remaining possibility for all the farmers is selling their crops across the borders in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe especially now that some of these countries are facing severe shortage of food. The process of selling across the border is considered in order to encourage the peasants to continuously produce and not to slow down because of lack of market for the surpluses. Impact on Human Lives To date the affected families coped first by consuming their stored food products left from the last successful harvest in 2001, and since then they have been foraging for wild fruits, seeds, and berries which are of insufficient quantity and nutritional quality, and are less and less commonly found. WFP and the INGC have also been providing some food on food for work basis, but the scheme seems to be inadequate for such a large number of people in need. It must be noted as well that the situation in Mozambique has been and is being monitored carefully and the food for work activities used as a stabilising measure. The Government intends to continue the monitoring process. The Ministry of Health has recently finalised a nutritional assessment in ten districts (two per province affected by the drought). The districts were chosen on the basis of the assessment made by FAO/WFP/Ministry of Agriculture as indicated above and they are the ones with higher ratio of the drought impact. The report of this assessment is being prepared but the preliminary results are not encouraging and suggest a further surveillance in this area. Taking into consideration the possibility of children failing to attend school due to hunger, the Ministry of Education, in collaboration with WFP and UNICEF, have introduced a programme for feeding school going children at school through small kitchens that provide a meal to each individual student once a day. The programme is taking place especially in the rural areas. Description of Damages In the provinces located at the south of Save River, namely Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane, the average annual rainfall ranges between 400 and 1,000mm. The rainy season started in the first half of October 2001 and then a dry spell followed which lasted until late November. Another dry spell occurred in December. From then, a prolonged drought prevailed until the end of the season. The early planting was virtually lost but later planting performed relatively better although yields were reduced by the second dry spell. The outlook for the second season is also poor, reflecting the lack of rains. The majority of farming in Mozambique is rain-fed; the most important planting season is from October - December during the rainy season (which normally lasts until April the following year). In 2001 in a large part of the country the rainfall was much lower than average and in many of the worst affected districts there was very little rainfall after December. The crops planted in October died, due to the lack of rains and the affected farmer families lost all their crops. These are subsistence farmers who depend on their harvest to survive. It is important to stress that, though there is a lot of fertile land through out the country, its use is dependent on rainfall. The following table, taken from the report produced by FAO/WFP/Ministry of Agriculture in May, indicates what was expected to be agriculture seasons' production as well as the level of deficit, which is concentrated exactly around the areas to be covered by this appeal. As one moves southward, it becomes clear that the shortage of production is growing significantly and that is why the provinces of Gaza and Inhambane are the worst of all as indicated under current situation up in this chapter. Table . Mozambique: Production of major food crops, 2001/02 by province (tonnes) Maize Sorghum Millet Rice (paddy) Beans Groundnuts Cassava COUNTRY TOTAL 1 235 657 314 136 55 761 167 925 177 355 109 786 5 924 551 Total North 395 779 162 046 8 331 52 549 92 538 52 768 3 530 077 Cabo Delgado 105 565 49 910 2 992 16 714 32 515 17 693 1 094 983 Niassa 178 633 28 203 1 226 3 635 27 540 1 757 162 705 Nampula 111 581 83 933 4 113 32 200 32 483 33 318 2 272 389 Total Centre 715 989 134 460 38 221 102 906 57 118 28 214 1 870 030 Zambezia 260 066 48 409 8 992 78 944 32 292 18 895 1 776 340 Tete 177 798 29 119 11 600 200 16 387 4 765 7 643 Manica 207 891 23 087 6 284 497 1 368 1 273 7 706 Sofala 70 234 33 845 11 345 23 265 7 071 3 281 78 341 Total South 123 889 17 630 9 209 12 470 27 699 28 804 524 444 Inhambane 40 014 11 259 5 726 2 147 12 735 18 880 315 646 Gaza 51 343 5 744 3 483 8 658 10 681 6 374 179 404 Maputo 32 532 627 - 1 665 4 283 3 550 29 394 Table . Crop production in 2000/01 and 2001/02 by Region ('000 tonnes) Maize Sorghum Millet Rice (paddy) All cereals Beans Groundnuts Cassava North 2000/01 312 145 7 43 507 73 48 3 765 2001/02 396 162 8 53 619 93 53 3 530 Percentage 27 12 14 23 22 27 10 - 6 Centre 2000/01 632 149 42 109 932 54 30 1 673 2001/02 716 134 38 103 992 57 28 1 870 Percentage 13 - 10 - 9 - 6 6 6 - 7 12 South 2000/01 199 20 13 14 246 27 30 537 2001/02 124 18 9 12 163 28 29 524 Percentage - 38 - 10 - 31 - 14 - 34 4 - 3 - 2 Mozambique 2000/01 1 143 314 62 167 1 685 154 109 5 975 2001/02 1 236 314 56 168 1 773 177 110 5 925 Percentage 8 0 - 10 1 5 15 1 - 1 Table Mozambique: Staple food supply/demand balance 2002/03 ('000 tonnes) Maize Rice (milled) Wheat Sorghum/millet Total cereals Cassava Domestic availability 1 316 191 46 380 1 933 6 083 Opening stocks 80 82 46 10 218 158 Production 1 236 109 0 370 1 715 5 925 Utilization 1 436 453 306 380 2 575 6 083 Food use 991 341 255 327 1 914 4 150 Other uses, losses 250 30 5 43 328 1 775 Closing stocks 95 82 46 10 233 158 Exports 100 0 0 0 100 0 Import requirement 120 262 260 0 642 0 Commercial 70 262 260 592 0 Food aid 50* 50 0 *Total food aid requirements amount to 70 000 tonnes. The difference will be procured locally. Keeping in mind the geographical configuration of the country and the road system, the transport of any surplus from the north to the south where there is always a deficit of grain production is difficult and, consequently, more costly. That is why the market within the neighbouring countries becomes the only alternative. EU has recently announced an intention of purchasing over 40,000 MT of maize from the north of Mozambique to supply Malawi. The Government of Mozambique, for some reason, decided not to declare a national disaster but recognises the seriousness of the problem and have commissioned WFP to request food aid to a total of 70,050 MT of food aid to feed the 515,000 people from June 2002 to March 2003. Locations of Response by ACT Mozambique Partners The following chart indicates the areas of response by the ACT members to be covered by the present appeal. It is important to note that these areas are the locations where each of the ACT members has its ongoing activities of various kinds and/or strong presence with basic infrastructures. It is therefore expected that those programmes will back up the implementation of the activities viewed in this appeal, including the preparative measures that may be necessary even before the funds arrive as long as indication of funding is foreseen. CEDES IPM CCM LWF Province Location Maputo Moamba xxxxxxx xxxxxxx N. Chokwe xxxxxxx Mabalane xxxxxxx Massingir xxxxxxx Manjacaze xxxxxxx xxxxxxx Gaza Chibuto xxxxxxx xxxxxxx Guija xxxxxxx xxxxxxx Xai-xai xxxxxxx Massagena xxxxxxx Inhassoro xxxxxxx Inhambane Vilanculos xxxxxxx Mabote xxxxxxx Govuro xxxxxxx Buzi xxxxxxx Chibabava xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx Sofala Cheringoma xxxxxxx Maringwe xxxxxxx Machanga xxxxxxx Manica Machaze xxxxxxx Tambara xxxxxxx Tete Magoe xxxxxxx Zumbo xxxxxxx GOAL & OBJECTIVES Goal: The ACT Members network's overall goal is to provide relief assistance to the affected communities where Agencies have a presence. Objectives: General food distribution. To ensure secure transportation of food from the main warehouses to distribution points, and to ensure timely and fair distribution to the targeted households, in order to reduce malnutrition due to lack of food and inappropriateness of food, especially to the children 3-12 years of age. Activities: Transport of food from main warehouses in Maputo, Beira, Chokwe, Tete, Inhambane, and Chimoio to designated distribution points in 22 districts. Transport food from main warehouse in Maputo or Provincial capitals to field offices. (if agreement with WFP is realised.) Distribution of food to 29,500 beneficiaries in Moamba, Northern Chokwe, Mabalane, Massinigir, Manjacaze, Chibuto, Guija, Xai, xai, Massagena, Inhassoro, Vilankulos, Mabote, Govuro, Chibabava, Cheringoma, Machanga, Machaze, Tambara, Magoe, and Zumbo. Deliver high-energy protein biscuits to approximately 12,000 school children in rural schools - in drought-affected areas in (Gaza, Sofala, and Tete provinces), at one sachet a school day (4 biscuits at 25 g each) for a period of three months - just during the most critical period before the next possible harvest in March and April 2003. Seed provision. To ensure that families affected by the drought have sufficient seeds to plant for the next planting season, so that there will be sufficient food after harvesting in 2003 till the harvest in 2004. Assist in the reduction of food aid dependence and assure self-sustainability by provision of seeds in time for the main cropping season 2002/3. Assist in the food monitoring and health status of the communities in the areas of operation of the ACT members Procurement and distribution of seeds to 178,756 beneficiaries (35,751 families), at one seed pack per family (Maize: 10kgs, Beans: 5kgs, Peanuts: 5kgs, Sorghum or millet: 5kgs, Cassava: one bundle, Sweet Potato tubers: one bundle) as soon as possible. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES Criteria used for Beneficiary Selection: The ACT Mozambique partners work closely with the communities to ensure that food and seeds reach the most vulnerable people. The following has been chosen as selection criteria: Elderly Lactating mothers Disabled Widows School going children at Primary Schools Children under 5 years of age Female headed households The following tables indicate the global number of targeted beneficiaries to be assisted by the ACT partners as well as the specific areas: Table: 178756 persons assisted with either food and or seeds Statistical Information # of beneficiaries Province Location CEDES IPM CCM LWF TOTAL Maputo Moamba 2,500 2,500 5,000 N. Chokwe 2,500 2,500 Mabalane 8,000 8,000 Massingir 4,000 4,000 Manjacaze 4,000 2,500 6,500 Gaza Chibuto 2,500 4,275 6,775 Guija 2,500 18,500 21,000 Xai-xai 3,000 3,000 Massagena 3,725 3,725 Inhassoro 1,000 1,000 Inhambane Vilanculos 1,000 1,000 Mabote 5,000 5,000 Govuro 5,000 5,000 Buzi 27,261 27,261 Chibabava 1,000 5,000 *30,995 36,995 Sofala Cheringoma 1,500 1,500 Maringwe 1,500 1,500 Machanga 10,000 10,000 Manica Machaze 5,000 5,000 Tambara 8,000 8,000 Tete Magoe 8,000 8,000 Zumbo 8,000 8,000 Total * 16,500 13,000 62,000 87,256 178,756 * includes 13465 living outside LWF project areas School children assisted with High-energy protein biscuits Province District Location # of children GAZA Mabalane Muginge 190 Chinheque 135 Kovela 82 Tsocate 187 Pfukwe 126 Guija Javanhane 712 Sifo 313 Nhampungue 446 Chivongoe 790 Dzindzine 209 Chimbembe 220 Mupfukwa 376 Chokwe Kandissa 69 Kunmba 184 Punguine 261 Total for Gaza 4,300 Chibabava Toronga 553 Mauenhe 383 Mangunde 779 Daka 585 Buzi Chidacadje 500 Chicuecue 527 Mararanhe 334 Marombe 467 Inhamuda 527 Mavumira 595 Nhangara 450 Total for Sofala 5,700 Zumbo Zumbo 2,000 Total for Tete 2,000 GRAND TOTAL 12,000 PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION When the ACT Mozambique group were brainstorming on the possible response to the crisis, one of the most important issues raised was the relevance of seeds to support the people who have lost almost all their crops due to the drought. The seed package is generally intended to include drought resistant types. Maize, the traditional crop, is not at all drought resilient, although it should be noted that the agricultural authorities in Mozambique and in the region have been putting effort into developing maize seeds that are of short cycle growth and drought resistant. The sorghum and millet are drought resistant but their growing period has already been shortened. This also applies to the cassava and sweet potato seedlings. The maize seed has been included in the package in consideration for tradition and lifestyle of the population that cannot be told they have to give up maize and grow another crop instead. It was decided to introduce other types of seeds besides maize so that the communities can judge for themselves the best type of seeds to grow in the future. The Ministry of Agriculture also agreed that this was a good strategy. The following charts intend to indicate the total type of assistance per ACT Partner: Food Assistance (in ton) (based on WFP ration scale) Commodities CEDES IPM CCM* LWF TOTAL Maize 1485 1170 0 0 2655 Oil 74.25 59 0 0 133.25 Salt 11 0.117 0 0 36 Sugar 56 59 0 0 180 Soup in powder 56 59 0 0 180 Conserves 225 243 0 0 720 Beans 148.5 117 0 0 265.5 Protein biscuits 690,000 rations Seed Assistance. Based on kits. One seed kit is made up by the following: Maize: 10kgs, Beans: 5kgs, Peanuts: 5kgs, Sorghum or millet: 5kgs, Cassava: one bundle, Sweet Potato tubers: one bundle. Unit CEDES IPM CCM LWF TOTAL Seed Kits 3,300 2,600 12,400 17,451 35,751 Implementation Description Per Activity The registration and distribution are conducted openly and transparently. If there are allegations of corruption, such as the siphoning off of food supplies, ACT Mozambique will immediately halt its programme until the problem is addressed. Individually ACT Mozambique partners have carried out formal registration of households receiving food aid and seeds. In some areas lists developed by local authorities and community generated family lists will be used. The ACT Mozambique partners have agreed to involve women from various segments of the population, which it is hoped will improve gender representation. To meet the huge logistical challenge of delivering essential assistance to remote areas, a fleet of 19 ACT Mozambique managed trucks and 6 tractors will be used to deliver food and other emergency aid. When fully deployed, from August onwards, it will have the capacity to transport 190 metric tonnes at a time. In addition, the trucks will be used to support the UN World Food Programme and other agencies responding to the emergency, thus allowing the relief operation to reach more people in need. The appeal will also finance improved seed varieties. Specifically: ACT/IPM: will distribute relief food and seeds for 2,600 families, approximately 13,000 beneficiaries in the districts of Moamba, Maputo province and Manjacaze, Chibuto, Guijá and Xai-Xai, Gaza Province. ACT/IPM will also be undertaking food for work programmes with WFP in the provinces of Maputo and Gaza. ACT/LWF: will assist in providing both logistics and warehouse support to the ACT Mozambique partners where necessary especially in the Maputo, Sofala, Tete and Gaza provinces where it has established field offices with warehouses. One Rub Hall storage tent currently kept in disaster preparedness stock piles will be erected and made available for partners to store food/biscuits and seeds in transit to the communities in Chibabava where all three partners are operating. ACT/LWF will assist in the distribution of much needed seeds to approximately 17,451 homesteads, approximately 87,255 beneficiaries in the districts of Northern Chokwe, Mabalane, and Guijá in Gaza Province and Chibabava in Sofala Province where it currently runs its regular development programmes. In addition high energy biscuits (BP5) will be provided in schools through the LEC-Ligaçao Escola Comunidade (like a parent / teacher association) in areas located in the drought affected areas. This will be a nutritional supplement for the 12,000 children. ACT/LWF will also assist ACT/CCM and ACT/IPM with reaching vulnerable communities with food and seeds in the districts of Zumbo and Magoe in Tete ( boats will be used to move seeds and BP5 biscuits across the Zambézia), and logistics, monitoring and warehousing support in Chibabava, in Sofala Province with CEDES. ACT/CCM: Is planning to work in the following areas and will provide 12,400 seeds kits to approximately 62,000 people in: Chibuto and Massangena in Gaza province, Mabote and Govuro in Inhambane province, Chibabava and Machanga in Sofala Province, Machaze and Tambara in Manica Province and Magoe and Zumbo in Tete Province. ACT/CCM plans to implement food aid in Chibuto, Massangena, Govuro and Machanga, with food supplies from the Canadian Food Grains Bank (CFGB). It must be noted that due to different project proposal format requirements and the willingness of the CFGB to provide the whole food required for its programme as well as significant amounts for the operation costs, ACT CCM has had to design the food aid appeal completely outside this one and will hence report separately. ACT/CEDES: Is targeting 3,300 families, approximately 16,500 people in the following districts with food aid and seeds: Moamba in Maputo Province, Massingir and Manjacaze in Gaza province, and Inhassoro and Vilanculo, and finally in Chibabava, Cheringoma and Maringwe in Sofala Province. Transition from Emergency Plans to transit back to the regular programme are difficult because of the huge food security problems. It is not likely to be a smooth transition, because the SADC countries meteorological institutes predict a 90% chance for drought the next growing season 2002-2003. Small irrigation systems are going to be tried out to link this activity to the food security initiatives in the regular development programmes. Considering the seriousness of this recurring problem, CCM is willing to have an experimental phase on construction of small dams in the district of Massangena. The idea is to provide communities with means to save as much water as possible during the short rainy season. CCM is also considering some studies for the use of windmills and solar panels for power production as well as for water pumping. These are permanent sources of power and are environmental friendly and of low cost. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING Management and Finance control The ACT Mozambique partners have agreed to ensure that there is sufficient stock of inventory management documentation and forms (waybills, stock ledgers, reporting forms) at all locations where staff will be involved in receiving, storing and or dispatching in order to maintain a documented audit trail of commodity transactions: ACT/CCM The ACT/CCM General Secretary is the overall responsible for the ACT/CCM activities countrywide; this includes all the relief, development, training as well as Justice and Peace. The practical implementation of the activities in this appeal will be delegated to the ACT/CCM Emergency Officer based in Maputo with the assistance of the ACT/CCM Regional Co-ordinator based in Quelimane. ACT/CCM Administration and Finance will be responsible for overall financial management of the project accounts and will, disburse the funds as per the project plans and budgets. The field staff will be required to submit monthly requests and reports as per the programme plans and needs. The accountant is responsible for keeping the programmes' records and produces the necessary monthly financial statements that are then approved by the ACT/CCM Finances Committee. ACT/CEDES The Program manager is responsible for the overall implementation process. He is responsible for taking decisions, visiting project sites, working as a linking person with local government institutions and partners, researching the market and producing the progress and final reports. Administration and Finance will be responsible for overall financial management of the project accounts and, will disburse the funds as per the plans and budgets. They will be responsible for checking that all records at provincial level adhere to ACT/CEDES financial management and procedures. Internal audits will be carried out on a monthly basis. The Administration and Financial Directors will gather information each month in order to prepare the reports and send to donors. ACT/IPM The project Director will have overall responsibility for the work according to the appeal, however he will delegate the execution to the Programme Manager. The Programme Manager will be involved daily in the project as his primary task and communicate with all staff in the field operations. All management staff have many years of experience in relief, emergency and rehabilitation work. ACT/IPM has an ACCPAC accounting system with a specific costing module. It will keep track of each expenditure and provide a detailed audit trail. The system will compare budget with actual cost and where necessary provide unit costing for additional cost control. The internal control document dealing with procurement, accounting, handling cash and checks, record keeping and storage, physical inventory administration will be followed. The books are audited by KPMG, an international auditing firm. ACT/LWF The Representative carries overall responsibility for the implementation of all project activities within the LWF Mozambique Country Programme. This includes emergency-related projects and specific responsibility will be delegated through the Emergency Programme Co-ordinator to LWF Project Co-ordinators in Gaza,Tete, and Sofala projects. Ongoing emergency preparedness is the responsibility of the Projects Co-ordinators. Distribution will be carried out essentially by temporary clerks and monitored by ACT/LWF Community development Assistants. For the BP5 high-energy biscuits the local education officers together with the LEC-Ligaçao Escola Comunidade (parent / teacher association) will monitor the distribution of biscuits to the school children and reports checked and verified by ACT/LWF Community development staff. The Financial Administrator is responsible for overall financial management of project accounts and disburses funds to projects against budget plans. The emergency Project Co-ordinator is in charge of the project implementation. Payments are made at Maputo level in accordance with agreed budgets and procurements are made in Maputo and Beira. The Financial Administrator will carry out periodic internal audits. Financial reports are received periodically from the implementing teams and consolidated into a monthly financial reports. These are submitted to the Secretary for Administration and Finance in Geneva. The Finance Administrator prepares specific donor reports with copies to Geneva. Donor funds are paid into an LWF/DWS - Mozambique bank account in Geneva and drawn from by the field office as required. LWF books are audited by KPMG, an international auditing firm. Procurement Act Members have procurement guidelines in place that comply with non-profit or charitable and church related institution principles. The Act members will, under the scope of this appeal, try as much as possible, and where applicable, to procure the commodities jointly in order to gain on bulk buying process and maintain common time delivery. Much of the procurement of food, BP5 high-energy biscuits and seeds will be procured in the region, but will make sure that the type/variety are those approved by the competent Mozambican Authorities ACT/CEDES may source some of its seeds from other parts of Mozambique. ACT Mozambique partners have agreed to procure as much as possible in bulk and standardise on the seeds kits it will be distributing Monitoring procedures ACT Mozambique will focus on assessing and monitoring their assigned areas. Experienced staff will be used who have been involved in similar surveys, distribution procedures and monitoring in the past years. The church leaders as well as the Community Development Committee members at local level will be used to assist field staff in the monitoring process. Senior staff members at each individual organisation will pay regular visits to the field to assist and supervise the work. The visits can as well be combined, where possible and applicable, to ensure standard requirements by the ACT partners are in place and/or implemented. Visiting partners from abroad can be involved in partners monitoring field trips. Monitoring will be done through sample household visits carried out by field staff based in the communities in order to collect information concerning the acceptability of the food delivered. Homestead visits will also be a way for the ACT implementing partners to identify people who meet the selection criteria but also who are not receiving food aid. Since most ACT Mozambique partners work with communities based organisations/committees, they are able to collect information from all groups in the affected population in a culturally acceptable manner, especially with regard to gender and language skills. The ACT Mozambique partners will strive to ensure that women are fully involved in the process. Reporting Field staff will produce monthly progress reports to the headquarters of each ACT partner for the sake of management and monitoring control. Each partner will in its turn produce at least one midterm programme progress report to be shared widely with the entire alliance. The Act Mozambique partners will at the end produce a joint narrative report which will try to, as before, highlight the most important aspects of the implementation of the programme and draw lessons learnt in order to avoid repetition of the same mistakes in future similar interventions. To the narrative report will be attached individual financial statements and audited statements will be provided individually. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE Applies for all ACT Mozambique partners: August 2002 - September procurement of food - recruit temporary distribution clerks and monitors, hold further co-ordination meetings with WFP, ACT partners, and Government District Authorities. September 2002 - December Distribution of relief food (most of which will be procured locally where possible. August-September - Procurement and sourcing of seeds in the region, especially drought resistant varieties. Oct-November 2002 - Distribution of seeds in time for the next planting season. December 2002 - March 2003, regular two-weekly distribution of high-protein biscuits to schools in project areas. April - May 2003 - Monitor the harvests in the communities supported by the Food for work and free food and seed distributions. CO-ORDINATION Co-ordination efforts have been put in place to avoid overlapping or duplication of assistance. As to the food aid the ACT assistance is primarily directed to the most vulnerable groups. Between ACT Mozambique partner's co-ordination will take place in regular meetings at Maputo level as well as at the Provincial and district levels. Warehouse and trucks will be combined and used together when delivering food and seeds where possible and joint warehousing of food or seeds will be co-ordinated in an effort to cut costs and combine efforts. WFP in Mozambique is playing the lead role in the co-ordination and mobilisation of food aid and in the primary logistics. WFP is responsible for all food aid logistics up to the Extended Delivery Point (EDP), usually this means at the Provincial capitals, close to the affected areas where the ACT partners will be doing the distributions. ACT Mozambique partners are currently signing agreements with WFP to assist in the transportation from the EDPs to the distribution site and distribution to recipient households. ACT Mozambique will keep both WFP and INGC informed of food to be provided under this appeal. The latest mapping of NGO's was done in 2000 by LINK. In light of the food crisis there is a need to get an overview of which organisations is working where and in what sectors. The ACT Mozambique partners are featured in the UNRCO and WFP tables showing who is where. It has been distributed electronically to all organisations at the meetings. BUDGETS CHRISTIAN COUNCIL OF MOZAMBABIQUE (CCM) - ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Unit Units US$ US$ DIRECT ASSISTANCE Seeds Kits of 30kg Kit 12,400 35.00 434,000 Sub Total 434,000 MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING, HANDLING Internal Transport: Gaza Chibuto: tarred road Km/Mton 5720 0.12 686 Chibuto: rough road Km/Mton 1352 0.24 325 Massangena: tarred road Km/Mton 4840 0.12 581 Massangena: rough road Km/Mton 13288 0.24 3,189 Inhambane Mabote: tarred road Km/Mton 16500 0.12 1,980 Mabote: rough road tonne/km 3600 0.24 864 Govuro: tared road tonne/km 12000 0.12 1,440 Govuro: rough road tonne/km 1200 0.24 288 Sofala Machanga: tarred road tonne/km 24000 0.12 2,880 Machanga: rough road tonne/km 3600 0.24 864 Chibabava: tarred road tonne/km 8100 0.12 972 Chibabava: rough road tonne/km 1350 0.24 324 Manica Machaze: tarred road tonne/km 18270 0.12 2,192 Machaze: rough road tonne/km 13500 0.24 3,240 Tambara: tarred road tonne/km 29232 0.12 3,508 Tambara: rough road tonne/km 21552 0.24 5,172 Tete Magoe: tarred road tonne/km 50064 0.12 6,008 Magoe: rough road tonne/km 13872 0.24 3,329 Zumbo: tarred road tonne/km 50064 0.12 6,008 Zumbo: rough road tonne/km 30288 0.24 7,269 Sub total 51,119 Storage and Handling Clearing & Handling tonne 372 20.00 7,440 Warehouse (central) month 2 2,000.00 4,000 Warehouse (local) month 2 2,700.00 5,400 Sub Total 16,840 PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT Staff Salaries & Support 2 Proj. Managers month 2 1,000.00 2,000 10 Distr. Managers month 2 3,000.00 6,000 10 Distr. Logisticians month 2 2,500.00 5,000 14 W'housekeepers month 2 2,100.00 4,200 Sub Total 17,200 Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Unit Units US$ US$ Staff Travel Fuel: 50 ltrs x 5 cars ltrs 15,000 0.50 7,500.00 Food: 5 pers; 30 days day 150 15.00 2,250.00 Accomod.:5 pers; 30 days 150 10.00 1,500.00 Sub-Total 9,750.00 Office Operations Office rental Month 3 350 1,050 Office utilities Month 3 250 750 Office stationery and supplies Month 3 550 1,650 Telephone and fax Month 3 600 1,800 E-mail Month 3 200 600 Vehicles Maintenance Month 3 700 2,100 Sub total 7,950 Audit & Evaluation ACT Visibility - T-Shirts and stickers 6,500 Evaluation 4,000 Audit 4,000 Sub Total 14,500 TOTAL PROGRAMME EXPENDITURE 563,908 Bank Charges 1.75% 9,868 TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for CCM 561,227 *********** CEDES ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Unit Units US$ US$ Food Relief Maize Tons 1,485.0 250.00 371,250 Pulse Tons 140.5 760.00 106,780 Oil Kl 74.3 900.00 66,870 Salt Tons 11 220.00 2,475 Sugar Tons 56 850.00 47,813 Powder Soup Tons 56 800.00 44,800 Sardines (500g) Tins 79,200 2.00 158,400 Sub Total 798,388 Seeds kits kit 3,300 35.00 115,500 Tools Fertilization ha 300 14.00 4,200 Tools for irrigation unit 4,000 6.00 24,000 to cultivate ha 300 50.00 15,000 Sub Total 43,200 Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Unit Units US$ US$ MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING, HANDLING Internal transport (boat hire) month 6 2,000.00 12,000 Handling month 6 3,000.00 18,000 Warehouse month 6 1,000.00 6,000 Loading & offloading month 6 500.00 3,000 Sub Total 39,000 PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT Staff Salaries & Support Programme Manager 70% month 6 1,750.00 10,500 Emerg.Coordinator 70% month 6 1,050.00 6,300 Drivers x8 100% month 6 1,200.00 7,200 Admminist.& Finance 60% month 6 720.00 4,320 Logistician 60% month 6 600.00 3,600 Accountant. Assistant 75% month 6 300.00 1,800 Executive Secretary 75% month 6 300.00 1,800 Supervisors (5) 100% month 6 2,000.00 12,000 Emerg.Assistants (40)100% month 6 3,000.00 18,000 Sub Total 65,520 Staff Travel Travel & Monitoring trip 50 40.00 2,000 Staff per diem ~monitoring day 60 20.00 1,200 Sub-Total 3,200 Office operations Costs Office rent (2) Month 6 2,300 13,800 Communication Cost lumpsum 7,000 Water & Electricity lumpsum 3,000 Vehicle & Maint.Cost (8) lumpsum 20,000 Insurance Montly 6 1,200 7,200 Office Utility & Overrhead Month 6 500 3,000 Medical Aid & Social Assist. Month 6 1,000 6,000 Office Equipment Month 6 1000 6,000 End. Of Contract Month 5,000 Bank Charge 1,75% 18,634 Sub Total 89,634 Audit & Evaluation ACT Visibility - T-Shirts and stickers 1,000 Evaluation 3,000 Audit 5,000 Sub Total 9,000 TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for CEDES 1,163,442 ************ IPM ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Unit Units US$ US$ DIRECT ASSISTANCE Food Relief Maize Tons 1,170 250.00 292,500 Beans Tons 117 760.00 88,920 Oil Kl 59 900.00 52,650 Salt Tons 0 220.00 26 Sugar Tons 59 850.00 49,725 Powder Soup Tons 59 800.00 46,800 Sardines Tins 234 1.00 234 Training Clerks Distribution Lumpsum 3,000 Sub Total 530,855 Seeds Seed Kits of 30 kg Kits 2,600 35.00 91,000 MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING, HANDLING Internal Transport month 6 3,750.00 22,500 Handling month 6 2,250.00 13,500 Warehouse month 6 1,200.00 7,200 Loading & Offloading month 6 750.00 4,500 Security Guards (5) month 6 250.00 1,500 Sub Total 49,200 PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT Staff Salaries & Support Programme Manager month 6 1,200.00 7,200 Emergency Coordinator month 6 1,000.00 6,000 Drivers x5 month 6 1,000.00 6,000 Logistician month 6 400.00 2,400 Accountant Assistant month 6 400.00 2,400 Supervisors (5) month 6 2,000.00 12,000 Emergency Assistants (15) month 6 1,500.00 9,000 Sub Total 45,000 Staff Travel Travel & Monitoring trip 50 40.00 2,000 Staff per diem / monitoring day 60 20.00 1,200 Sub-Total 3,200 Office Operations Office Rental month 6 300.00 1,800 Office Utilities month 6 200.00 1,200 Stationnery & Supplies month 6 300.00 1,800 Telephone & Fax month 6 500.00 3,000 Hire Vehicle & Maintenance month 6 3,642.00 21,852 E-mail month 6 100.00 600 Bank Charge 1,75% 12,587 Sub Total 42,839 Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Unit Units US$ US$ Audit & Evaluation ACT Visibility - T-Shirts and stickers 1,200.00 Evaluation 4,000 Audit 4,000 Sub Total 9,200 TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE IPM 771,294 ******************** LWF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units MZM MZM US$ DIRECT ASSISTANCE Food Relief BP5 high prot biscuits (12,000 child x4 bisc x 5 days x 13 wks/400 Carton 7,800 240,000 1,872,000,000 78,000 Per diem - Education officers (30) Month 3 15,000,000 45,000,000 1,875 Seeds Seed kits (Maize, beans, etc.) total 30 kgs/kit/family Kit 17,447 840,000 14,655,480,000 610,645 Distribution clerks (18) Month 3 212,148,000 636,444,000 26,519 Training w/shop for distrib clerks Lumpsum 72,000,000 3,000 Sub total 720,037 MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING, HANDLING Transport - Food Prim transp Maputo-Chokwe (27.95 tons x USD 0.12/tonne/km) Km 220 80,496 17,709,120 738 Prim transp Maputo-Muxungue (37.05 tons x USD 0.12/tonne/km) Km 800 106,704 85,363,200 3,557 Prim transp Maputo-Tete (13 tons x USD 0.12/tonne/km) Km 1,600 37,440 59,904,000 2,496 Second transp - Gaza - 6 trips Km 8,274 12,720 105,245,280 4,385 Secondary transp - Sofala - 6 trips Km 6,528 12,720 83,036,160 3,460 Secondary transport - Tete - 6 trips Km 6,900 12,720 87,768,000 3,657 Clearing and handling Lumpsum 48,000,000 2,000 Loading & unloading -- tons x USD 2 per ton Tonne 65 48,000 3,120,000 130 Transport - Seeds Prim transp Maputo-Chokwe (5,800 benef x 30 kgs.) Km 220 501,120 110,246,400 4,594 Prim transp Maputo-Muxungue (11,647 benefic x 30 kgs.) Km 800 1,006,301 805,040,640 33,543 Secondary transport - Gaza - 18 trips Km 8,005 12,720 101,823,600 4,243 Secondary transp - Sofala - 55 trips Km 8,920 12,720 113,462,400 4,728 Clearing & handling Lumpsum 120,000,000 5,000 Loading & unloading Tonne 523.41 48,000 25,123,680 1,047 Erecting/dismantling one Rubb Hall Lumpsum 1 96,000,000 96,000,000 4,000 Loading & offloading * Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units MZM MZM US$ w/houses & field (8) Month 3 47,792,000 143,376,000 5,974 Warehouse rental (Chokwe, Mabalane, and Muxungue) Month 3 7,500,000 22,500,000 938 Weighing scale Unit 1 7,200,000 7,200,000 300 Pallets Unit 50 240,000 12,000,000 500 Warehouse repairs & maintenance Month 3 2,000,000 6,000,000 250 Security guards (9 guards) Month 3 13,441,500 40,324,500 1,680 Sub total 87,220 PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT Staff Salaries and Support Maputo Representative (10%) Month 7 15,360,000 107,520,000 4,480 Program Coordinator (10%) Month 7 16,170,000 113,190,000 4,716 Assistant Program Coord (10%) Month 7 4,142,700 28,998,900 1,208 Finance Manager (10%) Month 7 22,857,600 160,003,200 6,667 Logistics Officer (10%) Month 7 2,361,000 16,527,000 689 Field Staff - Gaza, Sofala, Tete Emergency Coordinator (100%) Month 7 48,000,000 336,000,000 14,000 Project Coordinators (Gaza-1; Sofala-1; Tete-1) (25%) Month 7 31,070,250 217,491,750 9,062 Accountants (Gaza-1; Sofala-1; Tete-1; Maputo-1) (25%) Month 7 41,427,000 289,989,000 12,083 Agricultural officer (Gaza-1; Sofala-1) (25%) Month 7 7,369,500 51,586,500 2,149 Community Dev Officers (Gaza-1; Sofala-1; Tete-1) (25%) Month 7 11,490,750 80,435,250 3,351 Community Dev Assistants (Gaza-5; Sofala-7) (100%) Month 7 38,304,500 268,131,500 11,172 Drivers (Gaza-2; Sofala-2; Tete-1) Month 7 12,102,500 84,717,500 3,530 Staff Travel Monitoring/coordination Month 7 21,000,000 147,000,000 6,125 Office Operations Office rental Month 7 4,800,000 33,600,000 1,400 Office utilities Month 7 6,000,000 42,000,000 1,750 Office stationery and supplies Month 7 7,200,000 50,400,000 2,100 Other costs Month 7 4,800,000 33,600,000 1,400 Telephone and fax Month 7 12,000,000 84,000,000 3,500 E-mail Month 7 1,200,000 8,400,000 350 Maintenance and fuel for vehicles Km 40,000 12,720 508,800,000 21,200 Sub total 110,933 ACT VISIBILITY Stickers, T-shirts, and banners Lumpsum 48,000,000 2,000 AUDIT Audit fees Lumpsum 96,000,000 4,000 Evaluation Lumpsum 96,000,000 4,000 Sub total 8,000 TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE LWF 928,190 Exchange rate: $1.00 = MZM 24,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Action by Churches Together (ACT) is a worldwide alliance of churches and their related agencies, meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency response. 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