Action by Churches Together (ACT)
Appeal - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Emergency Relief - Goma Volcano Victims - AFDC-21
(Revision 2)
Appeal Target: US$ 6,756,528
Balance: US$ 871,986
Geneva, 27 September 2002


The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has requested and been granted a no
cost extension until 31 December 2002 for the completion of the
implementation of their components in the ACT Appeal AFDC-21.  LWF also
requested to be allowed to revise activities and re-allocate the budget as
per the activities proposed hereafter for the remaining phase of
implementation of the appeal.  This revision document therefore carries
the justifications for the revision and also the revised budget according
to the proposed changes running up to 31 December 2002.



ACT is a worldwide network of churches and related agencies meeting human
need through coordinated emergency response.

The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches
(WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland.


Project Completion Date:
BOAD/ECC, NCA  -  31 July 2002
CAID           -  31 March 2002
CWS            -  31 August 2002
LWF            -  31 December 2002


Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance
Requested


CWS
BOAD/
ECC - NK
LWF
NCA
ACT Communications
CAID
Unearmarked
Total Target
US$

Total Appeal Target/s
4,586,384
404,764
1,049,251
413,020
10,000
293,109
0
6,756,528

Less: Pledges/Contr. Recd
3,961,613
251,274
898,798
455,357
7,500
310,000
0
5,884,542

Balance Requested from ACT
624,771
153,490
150,453
+42,337
2,500
+16,891
0
871,986


For further information please contact:

ACT Director, Thor-Arne Prois (phone +41 22 791 6033 or mobile phone
+ 41 79 203 6055)
or
ACT Appeals Officer, John Nduna (phone +41 22 791 6040 or mobile phone
+ 41 79 433 0592)



JUSTIFICATION:

Under the budget component for Pre-Crisis Phase – Contingency Relief
Supplies – a portion of this budget will be utilised for emergency
preparedness stocks in Goma and it is requested that the remaining amount
be re-allocated.

LWF/ACT have basically completed the implementation of the Crisis Phase
Assistance included in the AFDC-21 Appeal. This section of the appeal
included the supply of non food items and temporary extension and
rehabilitation of schools and health centres.

The non-food items (NFI) component under AFDC-21 was not implemented. By
the time the appeal was prepared, launched and funded, other organisations
had positioned large quantities of NFIs and it was felt that the emergency
needs of NFIs for Goma had been met. It was suggested by the ACT partners
that the funding available for NFIs could be better utilised in other
interventions, and is now proposed that this budget line be re-allocated.

The construction and rehabilitation of 60 classrooms has now been
completed except for the supply of school furniture and equipment which
will hopefully be finalised by the end of June. Other school
rehabilitation will only be undertaken if additional funds are received
for this purpose.

Although it was agreed with CWS/SANRU that they should proceed with the
submission of their appeal for intervention in the health sector while LWF
concentrated on the education sector to avoid overlapping, discussions are
now taking place on the possibility of LWF assisting with the construction
of latrines. It is proposed that the necessary funding for latrines be
reserved under the budget line for rehabilitation of health centres and
the remaining amount reallocated.

Currently, agencies including the FICR, CRS, Concern, Caritas, and World
Vision are participating in a shelter programme.  This programme assists
volcano victims by providing an agreed kit of materials to construct a
semi-permanent "transitional house" which has a concrete base, corrugated
iron sheeting for the roof together with the required poles, nails, etc.,
and plastic sheeting for the walls. At a later stage the family would then
be able to either complete the construction with more permanent walls or
move the materials to a permanent location with the exception of the
concrete base. In Phase I of this shelter programme, priority was given to
people living in collection centres and BOAD with ECC was one of the
implementing agencies in assisting 120 families. Phase II has now
commenced and is targeting families that have been hosted by friends or
relatives. It is hoped that this shelter programme will be able to assist
15,000 homeless families in Goma. At present, the assistance implemented
or committed is 9,807 families or 65% of the desired number. The programme
also includes a sanitation component and pit latrines will also be
constructed for the beneficiary families on the plot where the shelter
will be erected.

LWF together with ECC member churches have participated in shelter sector
meetings where policy and design was developed. Sector members have now
requested LWF together with ECC member churches to participate in Phase II
of the on-going shelter programme. The area where ACT partners, BOAD/ECC,
have distributed food has been tentatively allocated to LWF where an
assessment survey is currently taking place utilising ECC member church
staff to determine the needs of the residents of that area. Selection
committees have been established to identify the criteria for the
selection of beneficiaries and prepare a priority list of the first 350 to
400 beneficiary families. The committees comprise of leaders from
different churches and organisations in the area including civil society.

A future parallel shelter involvement relating to families still remaining
in Rwanda at the transit centre is being contemplated. The EER Church in
Rwanda, with the support of Christian Aid, is currently supporting these
families. Facilitated by CAID and LWF, initial discussions have been held
separately with ECC/Goma and CPR/Rwanda in a co-ordinated effort to assist
these families to return to Goma and provide them with semi-permanent
shelter. The focus would be on families who were already IDPs in Goma
prior to the eruption and therefore would not be part of the original
figures for families who lost their homes as a result of the volcano.
Finalising details of the exact involvement of ACT partners and the
numbers of families to be assisted will be part of LWF's efforts during
the proposed extension period.

The attached proposed budget reflects the changing emphasis with focus
from the distribution of non- food items to the provision of
semi-permanent shelter.

The proposed budget also reflects funding received from Christian Aid for
an assessment to provide information for transition from the emergency
phase. This assessment will address the longer-term needs of families
affected by the volcano including education, health, and shelter taking
into consideration re-location, the risk posed by the volcano, and
security. The assessment will be undertaken in co-ordination with other
ACT partners presently in Kivu. The timing will be agreed once the policy
on the construction of permanent buildings is clarified by the local
authorities, international agencies, and the effected population. The
estimated cost of the assessment is US$25,400 and this appears as an
additional line in the revised budget.

The total budget for the LWF project in the AFDC-21 Appeal was
US$1,003,85l. As of May, a total of US$828,381 has been received through
ACT including the $25,400 from Christian Aid earmarked for the assessment
which did not appear in the original appeal budget.  When we take that sum
out $802,981 has been received toward the appeal target. In addition to
the work already undertaken up to 400 families will be assisted with the
supply of construction kits for semi-permanent shelter with these existing
funds. With the receipt of the outstanding amount of US$200,870 this will
increase to 630 families.  LWF will be operational up to the end of
December 2002.

LWF therefore requests that they be allowed to re-allocate existing budget
lines as their programs in the appeal have already been approved for
extension to 31 December 2002.




BUDGET

EXPENDITURE

Description	Type of	No of	Unit Cost	Original	Revised
	Unit	Units	US$	Budget 	Budget
				US$	US$
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Pre Crisis Phase
Plastic Sheeting	Piece	850 	25 	25,000	21,250
Blankets	Piece	2,500 	6 	30,000	15,000
Jerrycans	Piece	 2,000 	5 	20,000	10,000
Kitchens Sets	Piece	500 	25 	25,000	12,500
Soap		Cartons	100 	15 	3,000	1,500
Rubb Hall  (gift in kind from DCA)	Rubb Hall	1 	20,000 		20,000
Sub total				103,000	80,250

Crisis Phase Assistance
Food and non Food relief
Plastic sheeting	Piece	         - 	20 	117,000	0
Blankets	Piece	         - 	6 	78,000	0
Jerrycans	Piece	         - 	6 	30,000	0
Kitchens Sets	Piece	         - 	20 	100,000	0
Kantige/clothes for women	Sets	         - 	5 	29,250	0
Soap		cartons	         - 	15 	5,250	0
Sub total				359,500	0

Temporay extension / rehab.
School extension/rehab	Classrooms	60 	2,046 	120,000	122,776
School furniture/equipment	Classrooms	60 	674 	30,000	40,440
Clinic/Health Centres extens/rehab	Centre	1 	10,000 	18,000	10,000
Furniture/materials 	Centre	1 	8,000 	6,000	8,000
Housing Technical, Social,
Assistance, Field monitors	Month	8 	3,750 		30,000
Transitional housing construction	House	630 	405 		255,150
Sub total				174,000	466,366

Total Direct Assistance				636,500	546,616

MATERIAL TRANSPORT, WAREHOUSING & HANDLING
Airfreight Goma	lumpsum	1 	1,940 	30,000	1,940
Truck Operations (4 trucks)	months	24 	4,000 	96,000	96,000
4WD pickup hire and operation	months	11 	3,000 	18,000	33,000
Motorbike Hire and operation (1)	months	11 	500 	3,000	5,500
Warehouse rental operations	months	11 	1,200 	12,000	13,200
Security/support Staff	months	8 	1,000 	6,000	8,000
handling/casuals	Month	         11 	         330 	6,000	3,630
Utilities	Month	11 	160 	1,200	1,760
Logistic,distribution &
transport coord.	Months	5.5	6,000 	18,000	33,000
Logistic, distribution &
tranport Assistance	months	         11 	          558 	3,000	6,138
Total Material Transport/storage, Warehousing, Handling		193,200	202,168

Description	Type of	No of	Unit Cost	Original	Revised
	Unit	Units	US$	Budget 	Budget
				US$	US$
TRANSITION FROM EMERGENCY
Technical Assessment
(CAID funded)	lumpsum				25,400

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
Computer equipment 	unit	2 	2,171 	2,600	4,341
Printer	unit	1 	1,078 	1,000	1,078
office equipment/furniture	lump/sum	           1 	      2,500 	2,000	2,500
UHF office base	Unit	         - 	1,200 	1,200	0
VHF handsets/mobiles	Unit	2 	250 	1,400	500
Total capital equipment				8,200	8,419

PERSONNEL, ADMINSTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT
Staff Salaries & benefits
Emergency Coordinator	Month	11 	6,000 	36,000	66,000
Finance/Admini Coordinator (50%)	Month	11 	3,000 	18,000	33,000
Rehabilitation coordinator	Month	11 	665 	3,600	7,315
Administration Assistant	Month	 8 	473 		3,784
Security/support staff	Month	11 	470 	3,000	5,170
Office Operations
Office Utilities %	Month	11 	390 	3,000	4,290
Office rental%	Month	11 	1,000 	6,000	11,000
Office supplies	Month	11 	400 	3,000	4,400
Vehicles operations
4WD pickup hire and operations	Month	11 	3,000 	18,000	33,000
Motorbike Hire and operation	Month	11 	500 	3,000	5,500
Communication
Email/telephone	Month	11 	500 	3,000	5,500
Total Personnel, admin & support				96,600	178,959

Personnel.Administration,Operations &support LWF/DWS Kigali
Representative Coordination %	Month	11 	2,000 	12,000	22,000
Finance/accounting %	Month	11 	800 	6,000	8,800
Administrative %	Month	11 	800 	6,000	8,800
Logistic/Procurement	Month	11 	600 	4,800	6,600
Travel
Staff travel(monitoring,coord,
follow up)	Month	         11 	       1,720 	3,000	18,920
Office Operations
Office utilities, supplies	Month	11 	400 	3,000	4,400
Communication
Email, telephone	Month	11 	400 	2,400	4,400
Other
Bank Charges				29,151	10,769
Total Personnel.Administration,Operations &support LWF/DWS Kigali	66,351	84,689



Description	Type of	No of	Unit Cost	Original	Revised
	Unit	Units	US$	Budget 	Budget
				US$	US$
AUDIT
Audit of LWF-DWS section
of Act Appeal	lumpsum	           1 	     3,000 	3,000	3,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 				1,003,851	1,049,251

Less Income					898,798

BALANCE				-1,003,851	-150,453



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their related agencies, meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency
response.  The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of
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