CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
UPDATED EMERGENCY APPEAL: SOUTHERN ASIA EARTHQUAKE (REHABILITATION)
May 3, 2006


SITUATION: It has been more than six months since the devastating earthquake
that killed an estimated 73,000-80,000 people, injured more than 70,000 and
incurred severe financial and personal losses in Pakistan's North West Frontier
Province, the Pakistani-controlled Azad Kashmir region and Islamabad, the
capital of Pakistan.

The miseries of some 3.3 million displaced people have not ended. Though the
past winter was not as severe as predicted, recurring aftershocks continue to
cause landslides, blocking roads and constraining relief operations.

(On Tuesday, May 2, Pakistani authorities announced that thousands who survived
last year's earthquake may have to be evacuated again because of risks their
mountain villages face due to expected rains during the coming monsoon season.)

On a recent visit to the region, a group of CWS staff from the United States
saw that many lingering and hidden disasters remain: while thousands have begun
returning from relief camps to their villages, they do so knowing their
villages are destroyed and that it will take years for their communities to
recover.

Thousands of survivors face the future without spouses, parents or children;
thousands of families lost their sole "bread winner." The devastation -- near
total in many cases -- presents a huge ongoing challenge.

One of the challenges, of course, is that the earthquake affected communities
were already enduring extreme difficulties: nearly all of those affected by the
disaster lived in disaster- prone mountainous rural settlements with fragile
economies.  They lived without such basic services and facilities such as clean
drinking water and safe waste disposal systems.  The disaster increased the
vulnerability of these communities.


SUMMARY OF EMERGENCY PHASE: Church World Service was one of the first
organizations in Pakistan to provide disaster relief support to many affected
areas.  The fact that CWS had maintained an office in the city of Mansehra for
more than twenty-five years created a foundation from which to launch shelter,
food and non-food item distribution efforts.

CWS, in partnership with others from the Action by Churches Together (ACT)
network, including Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) and local partners, such as
DOSTI, contributed a range of human resources and distributed material
resources, including over 25,000 tents, to the relief effort in four Tehsils of
Mansehra District, in Battagram, in Kohistan and in Shangla Districts.  More
than 30,000 families were supported through the CWS efforts.


RESPONSE: CWS now turns its attention to the recovery phase of this disaster,
and in this appeal, Church World Service is requesting support to develop basic
rehabilitation activities needed for the resettlement of the population
affected by the earthquake. The proposed program intends to assist the
survivors of the earthquake in reconstruction of houses, restoring livelihoods,
recovery of livestock, water and sanitation, health assistance, and
psychosocial support activities. The program will be implemented in some of the
most affected and remote areas of NWFP and Azad Kashmir.

One point needs to be made clear: given the enormous logistical difficulties
within Pakistan -- roads are still barely passable in some areas, for example
-- as well as the complex social and political challenges within the country,
flexibility will have to be something of a watchword as CWS continues its
response.

As just one example, the number of direct beneficiaries of this recovery
program can be estimated with some degree of accuracy but the number of
indirect beneficiaries is more difficult to estimate with precision. As well,
there are current plans for the construction of permanent homes for 4,000
families and transitional housing for 2,000. At later stages, it may be
determined, however, that due to realities on the ground, the focus of CWS
efforts may have to be on transitional housing for a larger number of
recipients, rather than permanent housing.

Likely beneficiaries will include:

- More than 4,000 families may directly benefit from the construction of
disaster resistant homes.

- Approximately 2,000 families will benefit from the provision of transitional
shelters

- 1,000 laborers will benefit from employment opportunities in a housing
construction program that trains laborers for construction trades work and
involves them in the construction of houses or other structures, such as
schools or community centers.

- 500 families who will receive livelihood support through the livestock
project.

- More than 1,000 individuals and their families will receive psychosocial
support services.

- 16,000 people will benefit from the community intervention component of
psychosocial support.

- Around 40 people will increase their capacity through training in
psychosocial care.

- Approximately 24 villages will benefit from renovated or repaired water
systems.

- In addition, the total number of families who will directly benefit from the
implementation of a health and hygiene program is over 10,000. Given that the
average family in the area comprises seven persons, the approximate number of
beneficiaries is over 70,000. In addition, approximately 4,800 students in 24
village schools will improve their health and hygiene practices.  This brings
the total to 75,000.  Many others will indirectly benefit from the program.
These include extended family members, private sector merchants, and both
private and public sector service providers and their families.

Objectives of this recovery program include five components: Housing
Construction; Psychosocial Care and Protection; Capacity Building, Sustainable
Livelihoods; Water & Sanitation, Health and Hygiene. The objectives of each
component are stated below:


CONSTRUCTION

Facilitate the transition of families from their current state of displacement
to living in permanent, earthquake resistant homes.

Ensure availability of make-shift shelters for families in transition phase.

Promote eco-friendly construction of houses.

Promote earthquake-resistant construction designs.

Link construction trades training to sustainable livelihoods and infrastructure
rehabilitation.


PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE & PROTECTION

Strengthen the capacity of communities in identification, management and
prevention of psychosocial problems.

Mobilize and strengthen community-based support.

Ensure access for women and children to essential services including:
education, health care, and birth registration.

Raise awareness at all levels through advocacy and social mobilization to
create a supportive environment for families affected by the earthquake.


CAPACITY BUILDING

Restore and strengthen the capacities of local institutions, organizations and
civil society to facilitate planning, management and implementation of recovery
processes

Reduce future vulnerability to crises and natural disasters through technical
assistance and capacity building support.


SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS

Target single female headed households and widows with livelihood development
support.

Facilitate the recovery of local, livestock based livelihoods.


WATER AND SANITATION, HEALTH & HYGIENE

Provide clean water to earthquake damaged communities, hopefully preventing
outbreaks of water-borne diseases.

Assist families of affected villages to rehabilitate sanitation facilities.

Promote preventive health by improving hygiene awareness.



BUDGET

Recovery Housing Capacity Building and Construction Program (RHCBCP)
Housing and Construction: $16,317,793
Protection and Psycho-social  Program: $497,395
Capacity Building Program for trades/laborers:$   2,650,108
Capacity Building Program  CWS Staff / Partners / Local officials
   /communities: $2,828,765
Livelihoods Program: $713,395
Water, Sanitation and Health Education Program: $1,860,487
Project Staff: $1,046,655
Total Direct Assistance: $23,264,490

Capital Items: $423,445
Personnel, Administration, Operations & Support: $1,416,941
Staff travel:  $512,941
Administration & Support: $701,008
Partners' (2) Cost for Reconstruction Project: $410,622
Documentation, Coordination &Visibility: $110,924
Audit and Evaluation: $16,807
Total Operational Costs: $3,169,244


TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE: $26,857,179

Contributions to support these efforts may be sent to your denomination or
directly to:

Church World Service
Southern Asia Earthquake -- #6979
P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515

Given the enormity of the next phase and the specifics of this appeal and
response, CWS Emergency Response will provide complete details about the
response if requested.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is
responding please visit us online or call the CWS Hotline, (800) 297-1516.

CWS Emergency Response Program special contacts: (212) 870-3151

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