Sierra Leone - ACT: 15-Feb-01
Action by Churches Together (ACT)
Appeal - Sierra Leone
Relief & Rehabilitation for War Affected - AFSL-11
Appeal Target: US$ 2,775,791
Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 1,968,345
Geneva, 15 February 2001
For nine years the people of Sierra Leone have known no peace and the
country is in a state of chronic fragmentation with physical
infrastructures and local services destroyed or severely depleted. The
rebels still control half the country while government held areas
including Freetown and the Southern Province host large numbers of people
including thousands if internally displaced (IDPs). The situation in the
country has been exacerbated by the recent fighting that broke out in
Guinea, along the borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia trapping over
250,000 refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia in the war zone. The
refugees are also under attack from the Guinean population who blame them
for the cross border raids. This Guinean crisis has made many refugees
return back to Sierra Leone despite the continuing civil war in the
country. Thousands have already made it back to Sierra Leone under very
difficult and dangerous circumstances. In recent days, the United High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been negotiating with the
Revolutionary United Front (RUF) for a safe corridor for the refugees to
return to Sierra Leone.
The returnees are to be placed in villages in the safe areas around the
southern and part of the eastern regions. However, urgent assistance is
required to increase the capacity of the villages to absorb these
returnees. ACT members in Sierra Leone - Christian Aid, the Council of
Churches in Sierra Leone, the Baptist Convention, the Methodist Church and
the Wesleyan Church - have been very active in responding to the basic
needs of the affected population. This appeal from the ACT members
includes the following components: provision of food and non food items,
shelter, improvements of water and sanitation facilities, improvements of
school and health facilities, provision of seeds and tools and also trauma
counselling.
It should be mentioned here that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra
Leone, working with the support of the Lutheran World Federation
Department of World Service (LWF/DWS), are currently finalising their
program proposals to form part of this appeal. As soon as their proposal
has been finalised, the appeal will be revised to include them. The
estimated budget for the LWF/DWS programs is US$ 900,000.
Project Completion Date:
CA/CCSL: 1 January 2001 - 31 December 2001
BCSL: 1 March 2001 - 28 February 2002
MCSL: 1 March 2001 - 28 February 2002
WCSL: 1 March 2001 - 28 February 2002
Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance
Requested
Less: Pledges Balance Requested
Targets Contr Recd from ACT Network
BCSL 134,869 0 134,869
CA/CCSL 2,362,948 801,613 1,561,335
MCSL 161,613 5,833 155,780
WCSL 116,361 0 116,361
Total Target US$ 2,775,791 807,446 1,968,345
Ms. Genevieve Jacques Thor-Arne Prois Rev. Rudolf Hinz
Director ACT Coordinator Director
WCC/Cluster on Relations LWF/World Service
REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
Christian Aid (CA)
IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER and PARTNER INFORMATION
Description of ACT Member
Christian Aid (CA) was established in the mid 1940s and is the official
agency of 40 Churches representing most of the denominations in the UK and
Ireland. Its humanitarian work began in response to the needs of refugees
in Europe and it fulfilled a representational role amongst churches in
Europe recovering from the aftermath of the 2nd World War. It currently
works in over 60 countries in partnership with local churches and other
organisations. In Sierra Leone, Christian Aid is the accompanying agency
for ACT. The agency maintains a Liaison Office in Freetown staffed by two
expatriate personnel (Programme Accountant and Programme Support Officer)
whose tasks are to liase with and support a body of national partners
located in different parts of the country. Principal amongst these is the
Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL). For the past three years,
Christian Aid has been the accompanying agency for CCSL's Relief and
Rehabilitation Department, to which a Director, jointly recruited by
Christian Aid and CCSL, is assigned.
Description of ACT Member's Implementing Partners
CCSL, in partnership with ACT International and its accompanying agency
Christian Aid, has extensive experience in running emergency programmes
for victims of the war in Sierra Leone. This experience includes
supporting internally displaced people (IDPs), assisting returnee families
to re-establish and rebuild their livelihoods, addressing the needs of
especially vulnerable individuals and groups including unaccompanied
children (UAC), widows and the disabled, and undertaking peace and
reconciliation activities.
Historically, CCSL became involved in relief operations in 1990 following
an influx of Liberian refugees into the country. A year later, as the
military conflict spilled into Sierra Leone, CCSL refocused its work on
the needs of IDPs. In 1997, internal restructuring created the Relief and
Rehabilitation (R&R) Department with its base in Bo. During the January
1999 crisis, when most INGOs withdrew, the R&R Department was one of the
few agencies to continue humanitarian operations. Using their accumulated
experience, staff quickly responded to the emergency by setting up IDP
camps and distributing food and non-food items. For the past three years,
funding for the Department's relief and rehabilitation work has come
through the ACT Appeal and from government sources, the EU and UN agencies
including WFP and FAO. CCSL's R&R Department will implement all the
activities detailed in this new relief and rehabilitation proposal for
2001.
DESCRIPTION of the EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background
War and its devastating effects have afflicted the people and social
institutions of Sierra Leone since 1991. What started off as a cross
border attack by a small band of Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel
soldiers in the country's Eastern Province progressively escalated to
consume the entire country at one period or another. Over time, the
conflict has taken on a sub-regional character with a catalogue of rebel
attacks on Guinean territory, sustained reprisals by the Guinean army on
positions within Sierra Leonean territory and 'tit for tat' confrontations
between the Liberian and Guinean military. Evidence of the magnitude of
these conflicts is discernible from the fact that there are an estimated
950,000 refugees and over 1.5 million internally displaced persons.
At different stages in this long standing conflict, the Sierra Leone
government, in conjunction with regional and international bodies, has
sought to broker a peace deal with the RUF. The Abidjan Peace Accord,
signed in November 1996, for example, gave the RUF a political role in
government and offered an amnesty for any past crimes. Filled with hope,
tens of thousands of IDPs returned to their home areas. However, the peace
was short lived. In May 1997, a coup brought to power the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council (AFRC) and the RUF, led by Foday Sankoh. The
democratically elected government of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah fled
into exile. Following a year of appalling suffering and human rights
abuses regional military forces from ECOWAS (Economic Community of West
African States) ejected the military junta and reinstated the Kabbah
government on 10 March 1998. Although driven from Freetown, the rebel
forces continued to terrorise the rural populations and committed some of
their worst atrocities during this period, including amputations, rape and
torture. In January 1999, they re-entered Freetown and after some of the
fiercest fighting seen in the conflict, were again repulsed by ECOWAS
forces leaving behind an estimated 6,000 people dead. But, before they
retreated, large parts of the city were razed to the ground and over 3,000
children were abducted.
Out of the intense violence of this period was born the seeds of a peace
process driven by the people of Sierra Leone, their civil institutions and
the international community. The culmination of their efforts was the
signing of the Lome Peace Accord on July 6, 1999. In the months that
followed, substantial efforts were made (in-country and internationally)
to consolidate the peace and achieve national reconciliation. A notable
component of the Lome Accord, the DDR (Disarmament, Demobilisation and
Reintegration) programme, was instituted and rebel-controlled areas around
Makeni opened up to humanitarian aid. However, implementation of the terms
of the Accord was painfully slow.
In May 2000 a resurgence of rebel activity in the Western area effectively
led to the collapse of the peace process. For several weeks, the situation
threatened to get out of control as several hundred UN peacekeepers were
taken hostage, two international journalists were ambushed and killed and
Freetown itself came under the threat of attack. Only a civilian uprising
and the intervention of the former junta (AFRC) leader in support of the
civilian government halted the rebel advance. During this period, the
AFRC/SLA aligned with government forces and, with help from a rapidly
constituted battalion of British paratroops, successfully pushed back the
rebels. Their leader, Foday Sankoh, was captured soon after in Freetown
and faces an international court for crimes against humanity. The upsurge
in military activity to the areas east of Freetown, particularly around
the towns of Makeni and Magburaka led to an outpouring of displaced
civilians. Tens of thousands fled to safer areas around Mile 91, Yele and
Masimera Chiefdoms.
Current Situation
On November 10, 2000, the GoSL and the RUF agreed a 30-day cease-fire in
Abuja, Nigeria. The agreement included arrangements for the presently
occupied northern region to be opened up to humanitarian assistance. In a
meeting on December 8 between the UNAMSIL Commander and the rebel
faction's interim leader, the RUF re-affirmed its commitment to peace,
disarmament, and the opening of the rebel-held areas to relief aid. While
the cease-fire was not broken over the month, the rebels' commitment to
the terms of the accord has yet to be demonstrated. It is questionable,
however, that the RUF will give access to the diamond-rich areas of Kono
District, voluntarily.
Since September 2000, the conflict has taken on a more regional dimension
when fighting broke out in Guinea along its borders with Sierra Leone and
Liberia. In Guinea, a vicious campaign of persecution towards the Sierra
Leone refugee population has resulted in more than 25,000 of their number
fleeing the country, adding to the already large numbers of people living
in temporary conditions in Freetown. In addition, military activity
between the Guinean army and the RUF has displaced up to 15,000 Sierra
Leoneans from the border areas. In the east, Liberia continues to support
the RUF cause through brokering the outward movement of diamonds and the
inward flow of armaments. ECOWAS, in an effort to lower the political
temperature, is becoming more proactive and has placed over 1600 troops in
the border areas around Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to minimise cross
border infringements.
Impact on human lives and description of damages
At war for nine years, Sierra Leone is in a state of chronic fragmentation
with physical infrastructures and local services destroyed or severely
depleted. More than half the country remains under rebel control whilst
the government held areas, including Freetown and the Southern Province,
are bursting at the seams with huge numbers of displaced people. Levels of
literacy have dramatically fallen as a generation of children has been
denied a formal education. Unemployment has become the norm for the
nation's youth. The deliberate persecution of refugee communities in
neighbouring countries has compounded the level of suffering and resulted
in the forced repatriation of tens of thousands of people. These returnees
are facing life in temporary camps and already congested urban areas where
local authorities are incapable of meeting even their most basic needs.
Not surprisingly, the level of psychological trauma amongst the population
is acute. Added to this is the pressing need to identify new opportunities
for reintegrating ex-combatants into civilian life. Addressing the needs
of this group (as well as the huge numbers of unemployed youth) will be
critical if the country is to find a lasting peace. The fact that the
Government's foreign exchange earning capacity (diamonds, minerals, cash
crops) is either in the hands of the rebels or has been destroyed has dire
implications for the capacity of the country to re-introduce local
services in the short/medium term
Displaced populations are continuing to re-populate previously evacuated
areas in the south of the country and sustained efforts are needed from
the NGO sector to work with these farming communities to re-establish
access to basic services such as healthcare, education and sanitation and
to revitalise local economies. Many households face obstacles in meeting
their own food needs: their fields are overgrown yet they lack the tools
for simple clearing and tilling operations; their traditional seed stores
are empty; they are hungry yet have to put in the physical effort to
prepare their farms for planting. The lack of access to money is also a
collective issue leading to problems with meeting even the most basic
requirements: clothing, medicines and shelter materials.
The resurgence of fighting in May 2000, at the time of agricultural
planting, caused severe disruptions to food crop production. Many people
were displaced and were not able farm their land. The humanitarian
agencies' distribution of seeds and tools was disrupted, which prevented
farmers undertaking their planting activities on time. According to the
UN, "due to the resumption of hostilities in May, agencies could only
provide 46% of the targeted number of beneficiaries with agricultural
inputs. This, coupled with incidences of crop pestilence, disease and
heavy rain, resulted in a 329,000 MTs food gap between production levels
and consumption requirements for the 1999/2000 marketing year."
Locations for Response
R&R Department's current areas of operations are four chiefdoms in Bo
North (Valunia, Badja, Gbo and Selenga), two chiefdoms in Moyamba District
(Upper and Lower Banta), two in Kenema District (Kandu Leppiama and
Wandor) and two in Tonkolili District (Yoni and Gbonkolenken). If security
permits, the Department intends to resume its operations in the other 2
chiefdoms of Tonkolili District where it was previously working in 1998
(Kafesimiria and Kalansogoia). The Department is also working in two IDP
camps in Bo and is planning to intervene in a new transit camp for
returnees, to be situated between Bo and Kenema.
All NGO operations are co-ordinated by NCRRR (National Commission for
Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction) who are responsible for
the allocation of operational areas between the agencies. To date, this
strategy has avoided duplication and enhanced integration of relief work.
Disaster and Emergency Statistics
Whilst accurate statistics are hard to come by, it is estimated that the
war to date has claimed over 75,000 lives, half a million Sierra Leoneans
are living as refugees and a third of the country's population of 4.5
million are internally displaced. About 35,000 people are still displaced
in the Mile 91 area following the attacks on Makeni in May. Some of these
are staying in a new transit camp. Since September 2000, over 15,000
refugees have returned from Guinea to Freetown. 11,500 returnees from
Guinea have fled to Loko Massama chiefdom. In addition, large numbers of
refugees are expected to return from Liberia into the eastern part of
Sierra Leone.
According to a recent report produced by FAO1, Sierra Leone is one of nine
countries facing serious food shortages as a result of civil conflict. In
the year 2000, early rains, coupled with recurrent floods also caused
significant damage, particularly to upland rice. FAO estimates that "the
expected cereal production for 2000 will meet less than 30% of total
national requirements in 2001".
Current Security Situation
The security situation has gradually calmed down since the aftermath of
the events in May that led to the collapse of the Lome Peace Accord and a
resurgence in the internal displacement of large numbers of people. Across
the country, little has changed in terms of the balance of military power.
The essential north/south division (north - occupied by the RUF; south and
west, including Freetown - primarily government controlled) remains
unchallenged. The North and the East (Kabala, Kailahun and Kono) are still
inaccessible to humanitarian aid, where it has been reported that living
conditions are deplorable and human rights abuses common. The rest of the
country is relatively safe, and some rehabilitation activities are taking
place. Several factors seem to indicate that the situation is likely to be
maintained or even to improve, including the presence of the British rapid
reaction force, the training of a Sierra Leonean army and a revitalised UN
Peacekeeping force under a new command structure.
GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal: To assist war-affected communities meet their most urgent basic
needs and move towards self-reliance.
Objectives:
To assist 8,500 farming households (51,000 people) from war affected
victims return to normal levels of food crop production by providing them
with the necessary resources
To improve the capacity of communities in R&R's eight chiefdom
(operational) areas to respond to the needs of returnees amounting to up
2,500 families (15,000 people)
To provide improved water and sanitation facilities to communities with a
population of 3,000 people
To rehabilitate three primary schools and four court barries designed to
improve educational facilities and assist the reconstitution of local
authorities.
To facilitate income generation for 27 women's groups and diversification
of food production for 2,500 farming families (15,000 people).
To increase community participation in decisions about their own
development
To encourage unity in the communities and a peaceful reintegration of
ex-combatants through sensitisation work in Gbonkolenken, Yoni and in the
IDP camps in Bo.
To continue to maintain an emergency response capacity in the sphere of
Non-Food Items (NFIs) for up to 10,000 families
To provide ongoing management for 12,000 residents of two IDP camps in Bo.
TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
Number and type of targeted beneficiaries:
The whole programme will benefit approximately 140,000 beneficiaries.
Interventions will be targeted at returning refugees, IDPs, farmers that
have returned to their villages and who need support to restart their food
security activities and vulnerable people and village communities as a
whole. The targeted population will vary according to the activities they
are involved in. (See below).
Beneficiary selection criteria:
The R&R Department carried out needs and impact assessment exercises in
all operational areas in October/November 2000. The findings, which form
the basis of this proposal to ACT, served to identify the beneficiaries.
Once funding is approved, a registration and verification for each
activity will follow to single out the actual beneficiaries. The criteria
for registration will depend on the nature of the activity and
vulnerability of the targeted communities. Priority will be given to the
most vulnerable families who have lost their economic means and received
little or no previous assistance.
The following criteria were used to select communities to be targeted and
to determine areas of intervention.
Security
Accessibility
Presence of CCSL member churches
Degree of destruction
Vulnerability (female headed households, displaced, returnees, disabled
people, and aged)
Capacity to shoulder the programme (size of farmland, availability of
labour force, etc.)
Willingness to undertake community work and to contribute to the programme
through labour or supply of local materials
Presence and activities of other NGOs
Level of food crop production
Number of targeted beneficiaries according to proposed assistance:
Crisis assistance:
12,000 IDPs living in two displaced camps in Bo will benefit from the camp
management work and the food distributions
15,000 - 20,000 Sierra Leonean refugees returning from Guinea and Liberia
will be hosted into a transit camp and receive NFIs. (A larger number of
beneficiaries may be targeted should the flow of returnees intensify).
500 host community families, affected by the arrival of IDPs in their home
areas, will receive assistance for agricultural production.
IDPs and host communities in areas of high IDP presence (Bo, Mile 91,
Yele, Massengbeh) will benefit from a peace building and conflict
resolution programme.
500 farm families and 2000 farm families in Falla Wandor (15,000 people
including dependants) will receive agricultural inputs for food
production.
Post-crisis assistance:
Agricultural programme:
Approximately 36,000 people (using an estimate of 6 persons per family)
will benefit from the following agricultural activities:
1,500 farm families in Moyamba and Kenema Districts will receive seeds (on
a loan recovery basis) and tools for rice and groundnut production.
30 seed multiplication groups (10-15 members each) will receive seeds and
tools. 10 of these groups (producing groundnut) will be primarily women,
whilst the other 20 (producing rice) will be mixed (male and female)
reflecting traditional division of roles.
80 communities will be assisted in the construction of community seed
stores
100 fishing groups, of approximately 20 fishermen each, will be provided
with fishing equipment
2 groups of 10-20 members each (primarily youth) will be targeted for a
fish pond programme
800 farmers will receive support for cash crop rehabilitation,
300 families will receive support for poultry production,
16 groups of approximately 10-15 members each, will be provided with
cassava grating machines.
The field extension workers (FEWs) will provide ongoing agricultural
support to all 14,460 farm families and 500 farming groups (i.e.
approximately 120,000 people). In addition, the programme will impact on a
much larger number of people, such as traders, labourers, hauliers, etc.
who will benefit indirectly from the revival of the local economy.
Community Infrastructure programme:
Up to 10,000 people will benefit from the rehabilitation of community
infrastructure (schools, community stores, court barries) and the
construction of latrines and water wells.
The Community Peace Building and Civic Education Programme will target
community-based animators, church leaders, IDPs, returning refugees,
ex-combatants, host communities and front line communities. The programme
will impact on local communities at large, as the trained animators and
church representatives use their training to promote conflict resolution
and encourage the formation of support groups within their own
communities.
The income-generating programme will be targeted at:
10 groups of women
90 foster families taking care of orphans and Unaccompanied Children
The scheme will operate on a revolving loan basis so that, over time,
other groups will have access to the loans.
PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
Crisis assistance:
Camp management:
Currently the Department is in charge of the management of 2 camps for
IDPs in Bo - the Splendid camp with a caseload of 8,526 people and the
Kendeyella II camp with a caseload of 3,102 people. It ensures the proper
administration of the camp and is there to resolve any internal conflicts.
It is also responsible for co-ordinating the activities of other NGOs,
including Oxfam (water and sanitation), ACF (nutrition) and MSF-B (medical
care) and for carrying out a regular distribution of food (provided by
WFP) to all camp residents.
Camp construction and distribution of non-food items:
With the recent influx of returnees from Guinea and the expected return of
others from Liberia, a new transit camp is to be established between Bo
and Kenema with a capacity of up to 20,000 people. The R&R Department is
planning to help with the construction of housing booths and to distribute
non-food-items, including plastic sheeting, to the new camp residents. If
the Abuja agreement is implemented and the security situation improves,
the Department could be called upon to participate in repatriation
arrangements including the transport of returnees and distribution of
NFIs.
Assistance to host communities:
Providing relief assistance to IDPs often affects the livelihoods of the
host communities living in the surroundings. This can lead to tensions,
even conflict, between the two groups. The Agriculture Team will therefore
cater for the needs of host communities through the provision of
agricultural inputs to 500 families. The peace building team will also
work together with both the IDPs and the host communities to promote
peaceful coexistence of the two groups.
Shelter for Tonkolili:
Given the large-scale destruction in Tonkolili District and the resulting
lack of shelter, a distribution of plastic sheeting to 500 families is
planned for the construction of temporary housing facilities.
Emergency seeds and tools distribution:
In areas that have only recently become accessible to humanitarian aid,
food production has been seriously disrupted leading to hunger and other
vulnerabilities. It is planned to distribute a seeds and tools package to
500 farm families in Tonkolili District and 2,000 in Falla Wandor in
Kenema District for rice and groundnut production, their main food
staples. Each farm family will be provided with 2 bushels (50 kg) of rice
and 1 bushel (18 kg) of groundnut as well as a tool kit comprising two
hoes (large and small) two cutlasses (curved and straight), one felling
axe and one bucket. In addition, given the large-scale destruction of
infrastructure, some storage facilities are required urgently in Tonkolili
District for the storage of seeds harvested this year. The Department will
endeavour to rehabilitate temporary stores in the next few months.
Post-crisis assistance:
Agricultural programme:
Farmers who return to their villages to rebuild their livelihoods will be
provided with the necessary inputs to restart their agricultural
activities.
Through a seed loan recovery programme, 1,500 "new" farm families will
receive a seeds and tools package to cultivate rice and groundnut. Half of
the seeds required will be derived from those collected from by last
year's beneficiaries.
Increased focus will be placed on the constitution of community seed banks
to encourage communities to cater for their own needs and enable the R&R
department to phase out progressively. Communities will be trained in seed
bank management. These 'banks' represent a safety net for the communities
to weather such threats as unexpected bad harvests and loss of family
members as well as providing a means of support to the most vulnerable
members of their communities. It is expected that by next year, the R&R
Department will not need to procure any additional seeds for these areas.
Communities will be assisted in rehabilitating or constructing small
community stores. The current lack of storage facilities is leading to
heavy post-harvest losses.
Given the shortage of seeds in the country, the Department is encouraging
the constitution of seeds multiplication groups. A package of seeds and
tools will be provided to 30 groups (10 for groundnut production, 10 for
inland valley swamp rice and 10 for upland rice). As well as increasing
the availability of local seed for planting, the programme will also be an
opportunity for the groups to generate income by selling any surpluses.
Besides basic staple food production, communities also need to generate
income to improve their self-reliance and to be in a position to cover
non-food costs. Training will be given to community groups in small-scale
business management and in the following income-generating activities:
farm produce processing: 16 groups will be provided with cassava graters
to undertake the processing of cassava into gari, which can be safely
stored and is highly marketable as a cereal.
rehabilitation of tree crop plantation: 800 small farmers will be assisted
in the rehabilitation of their plantations (coffee, cocoa and oil palm),
which have fallen into neglect and under-production over the past few
years.
fishing: 100 fishing groups will receive fishing tackle to weave their own
nets. The fishing materials will be provided on a cost recovery basis that
will enable the Department to revolve the funds and support new groups in
subsequent years.
fish ponds: in areas with few rivers, youth groups will be assisted with
the construction of fish ponds. Extensive sensitisation and training of
the communities in fish pond management will take place to make sure the
facilities are properly maintained and business plans are in place to use
the profits efficiently.
poultry production: 300 individual families will be provided with one
cockerel and three hens for poultry production both for consumption and
for sale. The birds will be given on a cost recovery basis, so that the
programme can be replicated elsewhere and benefits reach increased numbers
of families.
The FEWs will continue giving support and technical advice to
beneficiaries through farm visits, demonstration plots, and working
closely with the chiefdom committees in the recovery of seed loans and the
repayment of equipment from income-generating activities.
Community Infrastructure Programme
Given the level of destruction to public buildings and local services over
the past nine years, the task of rehabilitation and reconstruction is
immense. Investing with communities in this long-term programme is, in the
R&R Department's view, an integral component of its commitment to
re-establish a social environment in which reconciliation and peace can
begin to prosper. Re-introducing new school facilities will enhance
learning and literacy, and offer young people choices for their future
lives; restoring the buildings that house the court 'barries' will allow
traditional leadership structures to return at community level to
administer local affairs and start the process of healing society's deep
divisions; and embarking on a programme of latrine and well building will
contribute to the prevention of water borne diseases that have increased
enormously during the years of war and dislocation.
The building work will be undertaken by local contractors under the
supervision of the Infrastructure Team using a well established system of
tendering, contracts and quality control. The local economy will benefit
through the employment of community based and suitable skilled artisans
(e.g. masons and carpenters) as well as casual labour. To encourage
self-development and the maintenance of the new structures, the
Infrastructure Team will undertake sensitisation and awareness raising
work as well as enter into partnership agreements with local communities
(such as the Communities' Teachers Associations - CTA). The involvement of
ex-combatants in the infrastructure programme will be considered in
conjunction with the appropriate authorities and in line with the wishes
of local people.
An analysis of actual work planned is given below:
School construction
Three primary schools each comprising a three-classroom block, latrine and
water well with hand pump. The school will also be furnished with locally
manufactured benches and desks.
On completion, the building will be handed over to the local community and
CTA.
Payment of teachers' salaries and other benefits is looked after by the
Ministry of Education.
Court Barrie
Reconstruction of three court barries in communities where the original
buildings were destroyed.
Contribution by local communities of local materials and unskilled labour.
In the case of the court barrie planned for Kenema town, the local
population has also already contributed 12 million Leones (about USD
7,000) to the construction costs.
Latrines and wells
Construction of 100 latrines and 20 wells.
Work carried out in co-operation with the local authorities and the
communities (who will contribute their labour and local materials).
WATSAN animators will ensure the maintenance of the facilities. Recruited
as volunteers, these men and women will be selected from their communities
and provided with training from District Health Officers.
Peace building and civic education:
Given the fragility of the current peace agreement, the promotion of
reconciliation and peace are extremely crucial at this stage. The
reintegration of ex-combatants into society is also dependent on the
readiness of communities to reconcile and to accept them back. A lot of
preparation work is needed for this process to take place in a smooth
manner and to avoid any clashes between the two groups.
The peace education team has been involved over the past three years in
conflict resolution, peace building and reconciliation work. They have
conducted community sensitization workshops as well as trained
community-based animators (CBAs), church leaders and other lay people, who
then work at promoting peace and reconciliation within their own
communities.
In December 2000, an independent consultant from the UK carried out an
evaluation of the programme. The final report commended the work and
coverage of the Department to date but strongly recommended that, given
scarce human resources, activities should be more focused on specific
target populations and geographical areas. In the light of this, the
programme for 2001 has been re-shaped with an emphasis on consolidation
rather than any further expansion. As such, the team will reinforce its
support to the trained CBAs in the form of refresher training, more
regular follow-up visits and supervision. The member churches that were
trained over the past two years will also receive more support to
facilitate their own respective community based initiatives.
In addition, the peace building work will focus on the interaction between
IDPs and host communities. The presence of large numbers of displaced
people in a number of the Department's operational areas (whether staying
in camps or not) is having a significant impact on the lives of the host
communities, as they make extra demands on local resources and services.
The resulting tension can lead to incidents or even to inter-group
conflict. It is therefore planned to carry out community sensitisation on
peace building for both IDPs and host communities in Gbonkolenken, Yoni,
and in the IDP camps of Bo.
Micro-credit Programme
Plans for a micro-credit programme have also been formulated in the light
of the recommendations of the consultant who also evaluated the vulnerable
groups programme. The evaluation suggested a fundamental shift from a
direct assistance approach to one that a) focuses on increasing people's
self-reliance and b) gives communities the responsibility to take care of
their vulnerable members. Consequently, the following activities are being
planned:
a micro-credit programme for women. Women have been among the most
affected by the conflict. For many widows and female-headed households
with limited access to labour, their only means of raising income is to
engage in activities such as petty trading, fish smoking, palm oil
processing and soap making. However, they often lack the start-up capital
and business skills. The Vulnerables Team will organise training in basic
business management for 27 women groups. Following the training, they will
receive a small loan to start up agreed activitied.
support will be given to 90 foster families taking care of especially
vulnerable children (such as orphans and unaccompanied children) in a way
that enhances self reliance. Each family will be trained in basic business
management and will receive a loan to start up a micro-credit activity
designed to generate income to contribute to the costs of maintaining the
children. As an integral part of the programme, the vulnerable team will
sensitise the families on child rights issues.
Both schemes will function on a revolving loan basis so that, over time,
new groups will benefit from the programme. Training for the Vulnerables
Team members will be organised to build their capacity to manage the
scheme.
Transition from Emergency
The state of the emergency and its impact on the conditions of life for
the Sierra Leone people varies considerably from area to area. For the
majority, however, living in an environment of uncertainty has become a
way of life over the past nine years and, at the present time, looks
likely to continue. The operational areas of the R&R Department fall
within the country's Southern Province most of which have remained
relatively secure over recent times. Populations from other parts of the
country, particularly the occupied north, have concentrated in these safer
areas resulting in increased pressure on the scarce local resources and
stretching the goodwill of the resident people. Security within a few
chiefdoms (Tonkolili included) remains uncertain, however, and those
residents that have remained are existing in extremely vulnerable
circumstances.
Within this dynamic environment, the R&R Department continues to maintain
an operational responsiveness, from its head office in Bo, that is able to
address the diversity of needs associated with relief, rehabilitation and
the sudden onset of emergency. Areas like Tonkolili, and to a certain
extent Wandor chiefdom in Kenema District, which have been until recently
held by the rebels, are still in a predicament of crisis with a high level
of destruction, shortage of food, malnutrition and severe destitution.
Here, the programme will focus on distribution of seeds and tools to help
meet the basic food needs of the population. In those more settled areas,
the revival of the local economy and the infrastructural base is becoming
all the more crucial to cope with the additional numbers of returnees. In
these parts, the Department's work plans put a greater emphasis on the
constitution of seed banks, the phasing out of the distribution of inputs
and a limited involvement in income generating activities, and initiatives
designed to promote peace and reconciliation. In the IDP camps in Bo, the
Department will continue to meet its responsibilities to care for the
residents most of whom have been dislocated from the north. Finally, in
the event of an upsurge in the conflict or a sudden return of refugees
from neighbouring countries, the Department is ready to scale up its
emergency response work assuming the availability of donor funding.
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
The Relief and Rehabilitation (R&R) Department's activities have expanded
from being purely relief based in 1997 to now include rehabilitation.
Since then, staff numbers have grown from 50 to its present 112. All staff
are based in Bo, Kenema, Moyamba or Tonkolili Districts, with a small
liaison office team based in Freetown.
The overall staff compliment comprises :
Management: 4 (Director + 3 Program Managers)
Senior Staff: 8 (Programme Units Leaders)
Intermediate: 76 (Supervisors and Team Members)
Junior: 24
Programme Management
The management team comprises a Director, the Administration & Finance
Manager and two Program Managers. The Director, based in Bo, is jointly
recruited by Christian Aid (CA) and CCSL and is responsible for the
overall management of the Department. The Administration & Finance Manager
is responsible for Financial, Logistical and Administrative matters. The
two Program Managers co-ordinate and manage the program activities.
The various programme activities of the Department are implemented through
four Programme Units: Agriculture, Peace Building and Civic Education,
Vulnerable Groups, and Infrastructure, and are all supported by a
Distribution Unit. A Monitoring & Evaluation Unit oversees all programme
activities and reports directly to the Director. Each unit is managed by a
"Unit Leader". A liaison/logistics officer, based in Freetown, is
responsible for co-ordination of activities between the R&R Department and
CCSL Main Office. The officer is also responsible for procurements and
administrative activities undertaken in Freetown.
The Department is supported by Action by Churches Together (ACT) through
Christian Aid, its accompanying agency. Christian Aid employs a Programme
Manager (based in London) and a Programme Accountant and a Programme
Support Officer (both based in Sierra Leone) who provide auxiliary support
to the Department in their specialist fields.
Administration & Finance
The Finance and Administration sector comprises the following units:
Budget and Accounting, Secretarial support, Logistics, Fleet, Stores,
Technical Support and Security. A Budget Control Officer and the CA
Programme Accountant ensure the financial aspects of the program are
carefully monitored and controlled. Management Accounts are produced
monthly and annual accounts are prepared by the Christian Aid Programme
Accountant for external audit by Pannell Kerr Foster, a leading
international firm of accountants.
Reporting
Each Programme Unit provides a monthly report to its respective Programme
Manager who presents these to the Director. The Director in turn copies
information (including the management accounts) to both CCSL's General
Secretary and the Programme Manager, Christian Aid. The Department also
produces half-yearly reports, both narrative and financial, which are
circulated to ACT, CCSL General Secretary and members of the R&R
Department's Board.
Monitoring
A Monitoring & Evaluation Unit overseas the implementation of all
programme activities, with particular emphasis on "impact assessment"
activities that helps to inform the Department's planning process. Regular
visits are made to the programme by the London based Programme Manager (a
total of four in 2000) as well as hands on assistance by other support
personnel such as programme funding staff and emergency officers. The
purpose of all these contacts is to improve the level of programming,
planning and administration.
IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE
The programme will run from January to December 2001.
CO-ORDINATION
The Sierra Leone Government, through NCRRR is the principal co-ordinator
of all NGO activities including the R&R Department. Operational Districts
and Chiefdoms are allocated and supervised by this government body to
counter duplication and maximise impact.
CCSL works closely with individual line ministries and agencies such as
the Ministry of Agriculture and the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA).
It strives to abide by the codes of conduct agreed by NGOs and UN agencies
and is committed to working in close and good co-operation with national
and international NGOs. It is also bound by agreements and decisions taken
by co-ordinating bodies such as Food Aid Technical Committee, Agriculture
Sub-committee and Water and Sanitation Committee.
BUDGET
INCOME RECEIVED - ACT Network Confirmed donations:
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) 90,000
Christian Aid (Irish Aid) - IRL 120,000 140,159
INCOME PLEDGED
ACT Netherlands 420,000
OTHER INCOME - confirmed donations
NCRRR 195,611,000 103,007
Community contribution - in cash 12,000,000 6,319
Community contribution - in kind 80,000,000 42,127
TOTAL INCOME 287,611,000 801,613
CA/CCSL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
CRISIS ASSISTANCE
Shelter provision
Construction of booths Unit 3,500 50,000 175,000,000 92,154
Plastic sheeting for booths Piece 350 375,000 131,250,000 69,115
Plastic sheeting /individual housing Piece 250 375,000 93,750,000 49,368
Sub total 400,000,000 210,637
Non-food items distribution Unit 3,500 76,060 266,210,000 140,184
Seeds and Tools inputs
IDP Host Community Assistance
Groundnut Seeds Bushel 1,000 40,000 40,000,000 21,064
Tools Package 500 14,000 7,000,000 3,686
Buckets Piece 500 12,000 6,000,000 3,160
Vegetable seeds Pack 500 12,000 6,000,000 3,160
Watering cans Piece 500 7,000 3,500,000 1,843
Sub total 62,500,000 32,912
Seeds & Tools for Tonkolili and Falla Wandor
Rice seeds (2 Bushels per Family) Bushel 5,000 40,000 200,000,000 105,319
Groundnut seeds Bushel 2,500 40,000 100,000,000 52,659
Tools Package 2,500 14,000 35,000,000 18,431
Felling axes Number 2,500 4,500 11,250,000 5,924
Buckets Piece 2,500 12,000 30,000,000 15,798
Sub total 376,250,000 198,131
TOTAL CRISIS ASSISTANCE 1,104,960,000 581,864
POST CRISIS ASSISTANCE
FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE
Provision of Seeds to 1,500 Families in Moyamba and Kenema
Rice seeds (2 Bushels per Family) Bushel 3,000 40,000 120,000,000 63,191
Groundnut seeds Bushel 1,500 40,000 60,000,000 31,596
Tools Package 1,500 14,000 21,000,000 11,058
Felling axes Package 1,500 7,500 11,250,000 5,924
Buckets Piece 1,500 12,000 18,000,000 9,479
Sub total 230,250,000 121,248
Seed Multiplication Groups
Rice seeds (10 X 20 grps) Bushel 200 40,000 8,000,000 4,213
Groundnut seeds (10 X 10 grps) Bushel 100 40,000 4,000,000 2,106
Vegetable seeds (10 X 30 grps) Packet 300 19,600 5,880,000 3,096
Sweet potato Vine (10 x 30 grps) Bag 300 4,000 1,200,000 632
Tools (10 X 30 grps) Package 300 14,000 4,200,000 2,212
Watering cans (4 X 30 grps) Piece 120 7,000 840,000 442
Tools for swamp rehabilitation Package 10 235,000 2,350,000 1,237
Sub total 26,470,000 13,939
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
Post Harvest
Support to rehab community
seed stores Store 80 1,025,000 82,000,000 43,181
Training food security
(Farmers & staff) Training 2 4,425,000 8,850,000 4,660
Rehab temporary grain stores Store 21 500,000 10,500,000 5,529
Seed loan collection
(empty bags & others) Number 7,500 1,500 11,250,000 5,924
Seed loan collection - ancillary
materials (markers, poison, etc.) Lumpsum 127,000 67
Sub total 112,727,000 59,361
Fishing Programme
Fishing packages Package 100 860,000 86,000,000 45,287
Fish pond construction Number 2 780,000 1,560,000 821
Training w/shop fish pond mgmt Workshop 1 1,240,000 1,240,000 653
Sub total 88,800,000 46,761
Income Generating Projects
Support tree crop rehabilitation Number 800 26,000 20,800,000 10,953
Support tree crop rehab (NCRRR) Lumpsum 95,088,500 50,073
Support 300 poultry prod projects Number 300 61,000 18,300,000 9,637
Cassava grating machine & comp Number 16 1,800,000 28,800,000 15,166
Sub-total 162,988,500 85,829
Total Food Security & Agriculture 621,235,500 327,138
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Constr Kenema court barriers Number 1 72,000,000 72,000,000 37,915
Constr village court barriers Number 2 63,000,000 126,000,000 66,351
Construction of VIP latrines Number 100 5,200,000 520,000,000 273,828
Construction of water wells Well 20 4,000,000 80,000,000 42,127
W/shops community WATSAN
Animators Workshop 3 500,000 1,500,000 790
Constr Schools incl latrine & well School 2 79,255,710 158,511,420 83,471
Constr one 3-classroom bldg +
H/Master's office and Store Building 1 58,812,800 58,812,800 30,970
Rehab one 2-classroom building Building 1 20,244,420 20,244,420 10,661
Completion of constr drying floors,
stores & others Lumpsum 22,360,000 11,775
TOTAL COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE 1,059,428,640 557,888
INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMME
Staff training income gen progs Lumpsum 3,000,000 1,580
Training income gen women grps Training 27 600,000 16,200,000 8,531
Financial support for women grps Group 27 1,000,000 27,000,000 14,218
Training 90 foster parents
small-scale business Lumpsum 3,000,000 1,580
Loans for foster families Loan 90 500,000 45,000,000 23,697
TOTAL INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMME 94,200,000 49,605
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
COMMUNITY PEACE BUILDING AND CIVIC EDUCATION
Refresher training CBAs Moyamba
& Kenema Districts Number 6 2,500,000 15,000,000 7,899
Refresher training & support
trained CBA's in Bo North Number 3 2,500,000 7,500,000 3,949
Follow-up visits & superv CBA's
Bo North, Moyamba & Kenema Visit 4 562,000 2,248,000 1,184
Mthly incentives CBA Supervisors Number 90 144,444 13,000,000 6,846
Refresher training & support CBAs
working with IDPs & host comm
Bo IDP camps. Number 4 2,000,000 8,000,000 4,213
Community sensitisation for IDPs
& host communities in Peace Bldg
(Yoni & Gbonkolenken) Number 6 3,000,000 18,000,000 9,479
Follow-up visit & supervision IDPs
& host comm (Yoni & Gbonkolenken) Visit 6 562,000 3,372,000 1,776
Support CCSL member churches to
facilitate activities in Peace bldg Number 15 3,400,000 51,000,000 26,856
Revisit comm for impact assessment Lumpsum 10,000,000 5,266
TOTAL COMMUNITY PEACE BUILDING & CIVIC EDUCATION 128,120,000 67,467
TOTAL POST CRISIS ASSISTANCE 1,902,984,140 1,002,098
PROGRAMME SUPPORT COSTS
Material Transport
Truck Hire (WFP distribution) Month 12 500,000 6,000,000 3,160
Truck Hire (Prog Inputs & Others) Month 6 2,500,000 15,000,000 7,899
Fuel and lubricants for vehicles Month 12 2,000,000 24,000,000 12,638
Vehicle repair and maintenance Month 12 2,500,000 30,000,000 15,798
Sub-total 75,000,000 39,494
Storage, Handling and Distribution
Store rental Lumpsum 7,100,000 3,739
Repair & Maintenance - Stores Lumpsum 500,000 263
Casual Labour Month 12 2,500,000 30,000,000 15,798
Materials for distribution Lumpsum 2,424,000 1,276
Out of station allowance distrib staff Lumpsum 5,800,000 3,054
Fuel and lubricant for 3 motorbikes Lumpsum 3,384,000 1,782
Repairs & maintenance motorbikes Month 12 410,000 4,920,000 2,591
Sub-total 54,128,000 28,503
Camp management
Material supplies for camp management Lumpsum 854,000 450
Sub-total 854,000 450
Agriculture Programme
Fuel and lubricants for 20 Bikes Gallon 5,333 6,000 31,998,000 16,850
Rep & maint (vehicles & 20 bikes) Month 12 2,215,000 26,580,000 13,997
Staff inland travel Lumpsum 6,000,000 3,160
Staff local air travel Lumpsum 700,000 369
Supplies field extension workers Lumpsum 2,592,000 1,365
Stationery -Farmers' reg & ID cards Lumpsum 10,590,000 5,577
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
Out of station allowance Lumpsum 4,000,000 2,106
Monitoring and supervision Lumpsum 2,500,000 1,316
Sub total 84,960,000 44,739
Infrastructure
Fuel and lubricants Gallon 3000 6,000 18,000,000 9,479
Rep & maint (vehicles & 8 bikes) Month 12 907,500 10,890,000 5,735
Supplies for staff Lumpsum 2,304,000 1,213
Staff inland travel Lumpsum 80,000 42
Staff local air travel Lumpsum 300,000 158
Staff training courses Lumpsum 900,000 474
Out of station allowance Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053
Resource materials Lumpsum 220,000 116
Sub total 34,694,000 18,270
Community Peace Building and Civic Education
Fuel and lubricants Gallon 1,000 6,000 6,000,000 3,160
Rep & maint (vehicle and 1 bike) Month 12 392,500 4,710,000 2,480
Supplies for staff Lumpsum 1,747,500 920
Out of station allowance 5 staff &
resource persons Lumpsum 3,000,000 1,580
Resource materials Lumpsum 1,000,000 527
Small mobile recorder f/interviews
& workshop purposes. Number 1 250,000 250,000 132
Sub-total 16,707,500 8,798
Income Generating Programme
Fuel and lubricants Gallon 667 6,000 4,002,000 2,107
Rep & maint (vehicles & 3 bikes) Month 12 355,000 4,260,000 2,243
Supplies for staff Lumpsum 472,000 249
Out of station allowance Lumpsum 1,000,000 527
Sub-total 9,734,000 5,126
Monitoring and Evaluation
Fuel and lubricants Gallon 2,111 6,000 12,666,000 6,670
Repairs and maintenance (6 bikes) Month 12 240,000 2,880,000 1,517
Supplies for staff Lumpsum 594,000 313
Quarterly evaluation surveys Lumpsum 6,220,000 3,275
Staff training on impact monitoring Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633
Resource materials Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053
Programme evaluation Evaluation 1 10,000,000 10,000,000 5,266
Planning workshop Workshop 1 5,000,000 5,000,000 2,633
Board meeting Meeting 4 2,500,000 10,000,000 5,266
Sub Total 54,360,000 28,626
Distribution
Fuel and lubricants Gallon 555 6,000 3,330,000 1,754
Repairs and maintenance (2 bikes) Month 12 80,000 960,000 506
Out of station allowance Lumpsum 5,800,000 3,054
Sub Total 10,090,000 5,313
TOTAL PROGRAMME SUPPORT COST 340,527,500 179,319
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
CAPITAL ASSETS
Office Equipment and Furnishings
Computer, Printer & peripherals Set 1 7,000,000 7,000,000 3,686
Swivel Chairs Number 3 600,000 1,800,000 948
Filing cabinets Number 4 800,000 3,200,000 1,685
Air Conditioning for Photocopy,
Computers etc. Unit 1 1,500,000 1,500,000 790
Sub total 13,500,000 7,109
Communications capital equipment
Codan Transceiver + Control head
+ Automatic Tuning Whip Antena
complete kit for mobile. Number 4 6,277,500 25,110,000 13,223
VHF transceiver + antenna
complete mobile kit Kit 2 697,500 1,395,000 735
VHF Handset + Batteries Number 10 418,500 4,185,000 2,204
Sub Total 30,690,000 16,161
Vehicle capital equipment
Truck Number 1 45,000,000 45,000,000 23,697
Car Number 1 7,000,000 7,000,000 3,686
Land Rover Number 1 55,000,000 55,000,000 28,963
XL 125 motorbikes Number 20 6,850,000 137,000,000 72,143
Bicycles for staff Number 6 250,000 1,500,000 790
Bicycles for CBA Supervisors Number 10 250,000 2,500,000 1,316
Sub Total 248,000,000 130,595
TOTAL CAPITAL ASSETS 292,190,000 153,865
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
Staff Salary & Emoluments
Program Managers (3 persons) Month 12 548,943 19,761,948 10,407
Team leaders (10 persons) Month 12 496,239 59,548,680 31,358
Supervisors (14 persons) Month 12 463,376 77,847,168 40,994
Team members (61 persons) Month 12 420,314 307,669,848 162,017
Office attendants/Chief drivers (5 ) Month 12 304,230 18,253,800 9,612
Drivers (5 persons) Month 12 290,433 17,425,980 9,176
Drivers' mates (3 persons) Month 12 258,902 9,320,472 4,908
Security guards (11 persons) Month 12 207,667 27,412,044 14,435
Staff medical scheme Month 12 910,000 10,920,000 5,750
Expatriate Director Month 12 4,300,000 51,600,000 27,172
Expatriate technical support Month 12 3,260,000 39,120,000 20,600
Resettlement costs Lumpsum 4,000,000 2,106
Sub Total 642,879,940 338,536
Staff travel
Local air travel Trip 80 155,000 12,400,000 6,530
International air travel Trip 2 1,550,000 3,100,000 1,632
Inland travel Lumpsum 780,000 411
Sub Total 16,280,000 8,573
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
Office operations
Office Rental (Bo, Kenema & Moyamba) Lumpsum 19,020,000 10,016
Rep & Maint office equip, generators,
computers, photocopy machines Month 12 500,000 6,000,000 3,160
Printing and stationery Month 12 3,500,000 42,000,000 22,117
Office Maintenance
Repair & maint - Guest House Month 12 300,000 3,600,000 1,896
Electricity & water Month 12 250,000 3,000,000 1,580
Office supplies Month 12 400,000 4,800,000 2,528
Bank charges Lumpsum 21,000,000 11,058
Communications
Postage, telephone, and fax Month 12 250,000 3,000,000 1,580
Satellite phone Month 12 1,550,000 18,600,000 9,795
Communication equip installation Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633
Publications & Information Month 12 200,000 2,400,000 1,264
Vehicle operations
Rep & Maint (vehicles & 4 bikes) Month 12 810,000 9,720,000 5,118
Vehicle Up Grade Number 1 10,000,000 10,000,000 5,266
Fuel and lubricants Gallon 4,000 6,000 24,000,000 12,638
Licences and insurance Number 2 3,000,000 6,000,000 3,160
Office Furnishings
Fans Number 8 50,000 400,000 211
Rolls of floor mat Number 3 150,000 450,000 237
Chairs Number 15 25,000 375,000 197
Tables Number 10 70,000 700,000 369
Filing Shelves Number 8 75,000 600,000 316
Other Expenses
Spare Batteries for VHF handset Number 5 80,600 403,000 212
Handset Battery Charger with
AC/DC Adaptors Number 5 69,750 348,750 184
Sub Total 181,416,750 95,533
TOTAL PERSONNEL, ADMIN, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT 840,576,690 442,642
Audit and Evaluation
Audit fees Lumpsum 6,000,000 3,160
TOTAL EXPENSES 4,487,238,330 2,362,948
BALANCE REQUESTED 4,199,627,330 1,561,335
Rate of exchange: USD 1 = Leones 1,899
REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone (BCSL)
IMPLEMENTING MEMBER AND PARTNER INFORMAITION
The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone was founded in 1974 as an
indigenous, religious NGO. Besides its missions and evangelism, BCSL
includes in its activities: Education/Christian Education, Medical Work,
Relief and Community Based Rehabilitation, Agriculture and Rural
Development, Women's Programme, Peace Education and Community Development
Initiatives.
The Convention started rehabilitation activities at the inception of the
Agriculture Rehabilitation for the Blind (ARB) in 1982 in Lunsar and its
environs and gradually spread to the entire northern region. It has
rehabilitated about 1,500 clients in 500 villages including the blind, the
lepers, epileptics and other diseases at the community-based level. This
is why the programme is now called Baptist Community-Based Rehabilitation
(BCBR) Programme.
BCSL has a Development and Rehabilitation Department with a Relief and
Rehabilitation Division. The Division is headed by a fully qualified
Relief Co-ordinator with over 15 years of working experience in planning
and implementing/managing relief programmes in war situations. The
Department also has a Director with 24 years of National and International
Field Experience in Development. He provides technical leadership to the
Relief Co-ordinator with respect to planning, implementing and reporting.
The Relief Programme also has two other fully qualified staff members
along with 6 other permanent staff, a Book-keeper/Typist and a number of
casual labourers.
The division has adequate office space and moderate office equipment.
There are two trucks, (7and 11 tons respectively) while sources of hiring
where necessary are also available. Two road-worthy Toyota pick-up vans
and 1 new Ranger Van, 3 Motor Cycles are also available. B C S L has
adequate store facilities both in Freetown and Lunsar.
Description of BCSL Implementing Partners:
Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL) - an umbrella ecumenical
organisation with many years of experience, mainly as planning agency for
relief and rehabilitation activities. It operates nation wide.
Catholic Mission - Partner in emergency relief at regional level. Over 30
years implementing emergency relief programmes in health, medical care,
agriculture, etc. Operates nation wide.
Children's Aid Direct (CAD) - Partner and common member in inter-agency
association in Port Loko District (north). Has about 5 years of effective
operations in Sierra Leone and is a key player in relief and
rehabilitation in health and agriculture. Operates mainly in the north.
Community Based Organisations (COBs) - Local NGOs which partners in
organisation and registration of individuals. CBOS have been
indispensable in relief activities and have proven to be cost effective,
efficient and reliable.
Adventist for Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) - NGO - partner and
common member in inter-agency association in Port Loko District. About
six years of effective operations in Sierra Leone and currently one of the
best in emergency relief and rehabilitation in medicine, food and non-food
items as well as shelter. Operates nation wide, but mainly in the west,
south and north.
Government Departments - BCSL relief and rehabilitation programmes are
always witnessed by appropriate government representatives.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background
The rebel war of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) which started in
1991 has caused untold numbers of displaced people, refugees and massive
destruction of human lives and properties.
However, following the signing of the Lome Peace Agreement on July, 1999,
and the Abuja Ceasefire agreement in November 2000 and their current
implementation process there is much hope for lasting peace in the mind of
every Sierra Leonean.
In the last quarter of 1999 the Convention and other CCSL member churches
submitted applications for emergency assistance to ACT through CCSL for
the most war-affected people in the 3 chiefdoms around Lunsar (Marampa,
Masimera and Buya Romende) and BCSL operational communities in the Greater
Freetown Areas. ACT provided some funds for BCSL in the second week of
December and the implementation of the activities is in progress
accordingly and scheduled to end by end of January 2000. Also in August
2000 ACT provided some funds for relief and agricultural rehabilitation in
the Western Rural Areas.
Current Situation
As part of the Lome Peace and Ceasefire Agreements all ex-combatants are
being encamped in specific locations and the disarmament is in progress
The UN soldiers have been deployed to most of the big towns in the country
including BCSL operational areas to ensure that the Agreements are
implemented accordingly. Consequently most of the displaced people in the
Northern Province including those in the Lunsar town and its environs are
returning to their homes. The current situation is one that requires
post-war activities especially in the areas of food security, livestock,
water and sanitation and peace building workshops.
It is proposed that this programme commences in March 2001 with Lunsar as
the main Project location and Freetown as a branch.
Impact on Human Lives
>From the Government and NGO (including BCSL) sources, about 3,500 people
were killed in Port Loko District; over 3,000 suffered amputations or were
injured and a total of about 30,000 people (including 10,000 men, 7,000
women and 13,000 children) were displaced while about 750 boys and 100
girls abducted.
Description of Damages
In the Port Loko District a total of about 2,500 houses and kitchens, 160
toilets, 80 primary schools, 23 health centres, 15 local administrative
buildings and over 50 market buildings were burnt down and 45 bridges
destroyed in 132 villages.
All farming inputs were burnt and virtually no domestic animals exist in
any of the villages in the area.
Location for Proposed Response
Lunsar town is the major location for the proposed response. This is the
most central location to access the affected people in the 10 chiefdoms in
the Port Loko, Kambia and Bombali Districts of the Northern Province.
The 10 Chiefdoms include, Marampa, Masimera, Buya Romende, Koya,
Gbendembu, Mapakie, Magbaimba Ndorhahun, Mambolo, Samu and Maforki.
Freetown is a branch location for other affected people in the greater
Freetown Areas.
Lunsar town is about 76 miles (123km) from Freetown on the high way to
Makeni which is about 117 miles (189km) from Freetown. Mambolo Town is
about 126 miles from Freetown.
>From Mambolo, one could access Kassirie town and its environs by boat and
road. Lunsar is ideally the head quarter town of the Baptist Convention.
Other organisations assisting on relief and rehabilitation in Marampa
Chiefdom are the Roman Catholic, Adventist Development and Relief Agency
(ADRA) and the Children's Aid Direct (CAD) each of which operates in
different villages.
Nearly 50% of the fighters have been encamped and the UN troops deployed
in all big towns in the North including Lunsar, Makeni and Port Loko.
The disarmament is in progress.
All villages in the 3 chiefdoms surrounding Lunsar are now accessible.
Some of the inhabitants of these villages have returned while others are
in preparation to return, indicating the safety of the area.
The 2 chiefdoms in the Kambia District where the health centres are to be
rehabilitated are also now accessible and relatively secure.
GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal: To rehabilitate one health centres in Mambolo and 3,000 farm
families in 10 Chiefdoms in Port Loko, Bombali and Kambia Districts and in
the Greater Freetown Areas within a period of 12 months.
Objectives & Targeted Beneficiaries
OBJECTIVES
TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
SELECTION PROCESS
A. FOOD SECURITY
(Agriculture)
1. To provide basic
agricultural inputs
(planting materials,
seeds, etc. etc) for
3,000 farm families
in three chiefdoms
for 1 year
2. LIVESTOCK
To provide 10 groups (80 members each) of women with 80 hens and 20 cocks
each.
To provide 10 groups (20 members each) of men with 20 he goats and 4 she
goats each.
To provide 10 groups (20 members each) of youths with 20 boars and 4 sows
each.
2,000 male heads of households
800 women, 200 men and 200 youths.
The male & female animals will be distributed at ratio of 1:5 (using a
free range system).
Farm families with a piece of land.
Farm families with a farming back ground
Farm families with a piece of land.
Farm families with a farming back ground
Needs
Assessment and registration community leaders.
Survey
Information from other sources - Government, NGOs etc.
B. HEALTH
MEDICAL
SERVICES
1. To rehabilitate the
Roseba Health
Centres in
Mambolo.
24,000 people
The one Health Centres destroyed by rebels.
Needs Assessment
Survey
2. DRUGS - provide
drugs for treatment
of minor ailments
24,000 people
Registered patients
Diagnosis
3. Construct 3 modern
hand-dug water
wells in 3 villages
3 Villages
Absence of community water wells
Village visit
4. Construct 9 VIP
Latrines in 3
Villages
3Villages
Absence of community latrines
Village visit and discussions
5. Health Education to
train 10 Health
Animators, 1 in
each chiefdom on
the proper use of
water wells and
latrines.
10 Animators
Participation to a CBO (Community Based Organisation)
Records of CBO's and youths association
C. TRAINING
WORKSHOPS/
SEMINARS
1. Conduct five work-
shops in the
10 chiefdoms on
Peace and
Reconciliation.
200 men and 200 women
Most war-affected village communities
Visitation and discussions
PROPOSED ASSISTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION
DESCRIPTION
TYPE OF UNIT
NO. OF UNITS/QUANTITY
1. AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
i. Seed Rice
ii. Groundnut Seeds
iii. Cassava Cuttings
iv. Potato Vines
v. Livestock
Chickens
Goats
Pigs
Bushels
Bushels
Bundles
Bundles
No.
No.
No.
500
500
500
500
1000
240
240
2. HEALTH AND MEDICAL
SERVICES
i. Rehabilitation of 1 Health
Centre
ii. Drugs
iii. VIP Latrines
iv. Water Wells
v. Training (Animators)
-
Kits
No.
No.
No.
1
15
9
3
10
3. WORKSHOPS
No.
5
IMPLEMENTATION
This assistance will be implemented by the Baptist Convention Development
& Rehabilitation Department personnel. Seven personnel will be required -
a Project Director (Part-time) a Co-ordinator, Field Officers and a
Driver. Baptist Convention will provide two 4-wheel drive vehicles. The
funding partner is to provide 2 trucks through CCSL for member churches to
transport farming inputs, drugs, building materials, etc.
During the planting season (May - October) 3,000 families will be
supported with basic agricultural tools and seeds. Crops to be cultivated
include rice, cassava and sweet potato.
One health centre in 1 chiefdom will be rehabilitated,
3 wells with hand lift pumps,
9 VIP Latrines will be dug in 3 villages,
10 Health animators each in 10 chiefdoms will be trained.
Five Workshops on Peace Education will be conducted in the 10 chiefdoms.
The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone wishes to resettle and rehabilitate
3,000 displaced persons and 23 war-affected community infrastructures
(i.e. health centres/clinics, toilets and water wells) and to empower the
people especially the women, for food production activities as well as
building their human resource capacity. The project will need external
funding for the first year effective February 2001. At the end of the
project people would have achieved 60%food-self-sufficiency, constructed 9
toilets, 3 wells and 1 Health Centre.
The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone will also continue its usual
development activities in the areas of education, health, agricultural and
capacity building with moral, etc., support from its partners, the
European Baptist Mission (EBM), Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
Diakonisches Werk, Tear Fund Holland, Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM)
and Bread for the World.
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration
The project is implemented under the Development and Rehabilitation
Department of BCSL. The Development Director of the Department provides
technical leadership to the Relief and Rehabilitation Co-ordinator in
planning, implementing and reporting.
The Co-ordinator is responsible for the overall implementation of the
project involving planning, management, procurement, disbursement,
co-ordination, especially at the field level. The 3 field workers work
together with the CBOs to ensure proper delivery at the village level.
They (Supervisors) pay regular visits to project villages and report
accordingly to the Co-ordinator.
The Relief & Rehabilitation Division has a standing committee to make
urgent and important decisions on behalf of the Development Board which is
the policy making body of the Department for ratification by the Executive
Committee of the BCSL.
The Co-ordinator reports to the Development Director who reports to the
Board at Board meetings (quarterly) and then to the Executive Committee on
behalf of the board (Department). Reports to the funding agency are
prepared by the Co-ordinator in consultation with the Director and the
General Secretary of the BCSL.
Finance
The existing financial management structure of BCSL Development and
Rehabilitation will be used to enhance the financial management of this
project. The structure comprises accounts with a reputable bank in Sierra
Leone (Rokel Commercial Bank Ltd.) where funds for rehabilitation are kept
in a separate account; BCSL has a Finance/Accounts Office ;with a
Book-keeper, an Accountant, a Treasurer, an Internal auditor and an
External Chartered Accountants Firm for auditing.
All funds for rehabilitation are credited to the relief account in the
Bank. When the need for the use of money arises the co-ordinator fills in
a standard form attached with proforma invoices where possible for the
cost of items involved. The Development Director examines the requisition
in relation to planned activities of the programme and approves or
disapproves after discussion with the Co-ordinator. If approved the
requisition is passed on to the General secretary and finally to the
Treasurer for approval. All cheques for the activities have 2 signatories
- the General Secretary, Development Director and the Co-ordinator for any
2 (including the General Secretary) to sign.
At the end of every programme activity all receipts for expenditures and a
summary report of the activity are submitted to the Accounts Office
through the Development Director with copies to the General Secretary.
Monitoring
The project will be monitored at 3 levels - at the village, central
location and at headquarter (Dev. Dept. Office) levels.
At the village level, Executives of the CBOs and beneficiaries hold
regular meetings to discuss their progress. Each of the 4 field workers
pay regular field visits to beneficiaries. He holds meetings with
executive members of the CBOs and also visits individual beneficiaries on
a weekly basis. Each field worker reports on a fortnightly basis to the
Coordinator. At the location level, the Coordinator pays frequent visits
to the villages to verify the reports of the field workers. The
Coordinator reports to the Development Director on a monthly basis.
The third level of monitoring involves the Development Director paying
periodic field visits to the central location and a random number of
beneficiary villages. The Development Director in consultation with the
General Secretary reports to the Board on a quarterly basis. All
narrative reports must include descriptive statistics with gender aspects.
IMPLEMENTATION TIME TABLE
1 March to 28 February 2002
COORDINATION
The Baptist Convention is an active member church of CCSL with a very
cordial working relationship
BCSL is a founding member of the association of all NGOs working in the
Port Loko District convening regular meetings and information sharing to
enhance complementarity and better co-ordination. Individual member
agencies present their programmes at a given time followed by monthly
meetings for discussion. BCSL is also a member church of the Ecumenical
NGOs in humanitarian and development work in Sierra Leone. Monthly
meetings are held for information sharing and programme planning to
promote collaboration in our humanitarian and development work.
BCSL is an implementing agency for relief and rehabilitation for the
National Commission for Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Resettlement
(NCRRR) and for the Social Action for Poverty Alleviation (SAPA) Programme
in Sierra Leone. BCSL has submitted proposals to these agencies for
rehabilitation programmes, but have not gone through when the rebels
invaded Freetown and Port Loko District.
BCSL generally directs its rehabilitation relief assistance to specific
needy groups in specified locations. This information is shared to
virtually all agencies working in this sector including the relevant
government departments and the security personnel.
All these are efforts to enhance the overall Co-ordinator efforts in the
rehabilitation programmes in Sierra Leone.
BUDGET
BCSL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
Food Security
Rice seeds Bushel 500 35,000 17,500,000 9,215
Groundnut seeds Bushel 500 40,000 20,000,000 10,532
Cassava cuttings Bundle 500 10,000 5,000,000 2,633
Sweet potato vines Bundle 500 10,000 5,000,000 2,633
Livestock:
Goats Number 200 80,000 16,000,000 8,425
Billy goats Number 40 60,000 2,400,000 1,264
Sows Number 200 100,000 20,000,000 10,532
Swines Number 40 100,000 4,000,000 2,106
Hens Number 800 10,000 8,000,000 4,213
Cocks Number 200 10,000 2,000,000 1,053
Sub total 99,900,000 52,607
Health and Medical Services
Rehabilitation of health centers Number 1 47,603,600 47,603,600 25,068
Assorted medications Kit 15 666,667 10,000,005 5,266
VIP latrines Latrine 9 2,141,500 19,273,500 10,149
Water wells Well 3 6,680,000 20,040,000 10,553
Training of animators Training 10 60,000 600,000 316
Sub total 97,517,105 51,352
Workshops
Peace and Reconciliation Workshop 5 2,500,000 12,500,000 6,582
Personnel, Administration, Operational & Other Support Costs
Staff salaries (7 persons) Month 12 300,000 25,200,000 13,270
Out of station allowances Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053
Staff housing Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633
Vehicle running costs Month 12 1,000,000 12,000,000 6,319
Postage, stationery and supplies Month 12 166,667 2,000,000 1,053
Sub total 46,200,000 24,329
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 256,117,105 134,869
REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
Methodist Church Sierra Leone (MCSL)
IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
The Methodist Church Sierra Leone (MCSL) is one of the member Churches of
the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL) directly involved in
humanitarian and development work in the country. With a membership of
about 30,000 the church has established itself since 1792 in various parts
of the Sierra Leone community, mainly in the south and east.
The Church started its community development work during the 1930s through
the setting up of a clinic to take care of sick women and children. In
recent times, MCSL established and runs a 200-bed hospital (presently in
rebel held area) and six clinics in east, south and western regions of the
country. Both primary and secondary schools were also established through
which thousands of children receive their formal education year after
year. In the late 80s five Community Development Programme Centres were
set-up in various parts of the country through which the Church carries
out its mission and evangelistic work.
In March, 1991 the rebel war broke out causing 90% of MCSL community
members (Methodists, non-Methodist and non-Christians) to be forcefully
removed from their homes into bush hide-outs, refugee camps in
neighbouring Guinea and Liberia and as internally displaced persons (IDPs)
in other towns and villages within the country.
Since that time MCSL has been involved in emergency initiatives response
to help reduce the suffering of the people of Sierra Leone. In 1993, the
Development Desk was set-up with the mandate to articulate the churches
humanitarian and community development effort in addressing the needs of
the people.
In order to effectively plan, implement and monitor programme activities,
the Development Department was decentralized through the opening of
functional regional co-ordinating units in Bo, South and Kenema, East of
the country. The two offices are manned by competent and qualified
personnel who are in direct contact with target beneficiaries.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background
The 10-year civil conflict in Sierra Leone has created an emergency
situation in MCSL operational areas. Lives and property have been
destroyed as a result of recurrent fighting in various parts of the
country. Most of the community infrastructure including schools,
hospitals, clinics etc have been destroyed. In the case of MCSL, five well
established community-based development project facilities were all
vandalised. The insecurity was brought about by the sporadic rebel attacks
and harassment of civilians. This resulted in a mass movement of people
to the big cities living in makeshift camps and in congested houses.
With cessation of fighting, displaced persons are enthusiastic to return
to their homes. However, the majority of people do not have access to
education and social amenities and in many cases food requirements have
not been met at the household level.
Through phase I of the ACT emergency programme which begun in January
2000, MCSL has distributed and conducted a series of peace building
activities.
The second phase of the project involved the rehabilitation of 5 primary
school buildings in Kenema districts. Furthermore, it supported farm
families with agricultural inputs including mainly seeds and tools. An
extension of health care facilities as well as water and sanitation
programme were also launched.
Communities have responded with materials, some labour as well as active
participation in program activities having provided the first steps
towards alleviating the problems of these war weary people through the two
phases of the project. In phase III, MCSL proposes a sustainable system
that can be maintained by the community working together as well as
expanding the system to provide a greater coverage within MCSL target
areas. Emphasis will be placed on training community volunteers and
gradually handing over the responsibility to the communities. Without this
phase, the system will be totally dependant on outside support or will
again collapse rendering phases one and two of little impact.
Current Situation
Over recent months beginning September 2000, rebels attacked towns and
villages in the republic of Guinea. Consequently, an upsurge in fighting
between the government troops in Guinea and the rebels has resulted in
over 17,000 Sierra Leonean refugees being voluntarily repatriated.
The Government of Sierra Leone and UNHCR are endeavouring to repatriate
people to Sierra Leone but the majority are still held up in Guinea as a
result of difficulties in organizing mass repatriation and the cost of
creating large transit camps within Sierra Leone. Moreover, the places of
origin of the majority of returnees are still occupied by rebels. Most of
the Sierra Leoneans have been forced to return to the RUF controlled areas
of Kono and Kailahun districts in the eastern region. Refugees continue
to be harassed and most have lost their properties. There is a steady
influx increasing as the security situation deteriorates in the Republic
of Guinea.
Urgent emergency response involving national and international NGOs is
being co-ordinated by the National Commission for Rehabilitation,
Resettlement and Reintegrated (NCRRR) the government body responsible for
the co-ordination of humanitarian activities.
Since 1991, MCSL have been offering humanitarian assistance to Sierra
Leonean refugees in Guinea. Perhaps inevitably, there is a need for MCSL
to take responsibility to focus on the establishment of transit camps as
an interim measure to alleviate the suffering of returnees. However,
resettlement of returnees in their native communities remains a priority.
Assessment conducted by the resettlement committee reveals that 7
districts including Bo, Bonthe, Moyamba, Pujehun, Kenema part of Port Loko
districts; and Western area have been declared safe for resettlement. The
current opening of some major roads from the provincial town of Kenema to
both Tongo and Daru in the eastern province is likely to accelerate the
process of resettlement in the rest of Kenema and Kailahun Districts.
The programme of disarmament and demobilization of fighting forces is
on-going. In most of the above districts many of the weapons have been
removed from combatants thereby making these parts of the country much
conducive for a meaningful resettlement.
The deployment of UN peace- keeping forces in sensitive areas of the
country has further improved the security situation, creating an
atmosphere conducive for post conflict rehabilitation and resettlement
interventions.
The emergency situation has then arisen whereby communities are gradually
returning to their respective places of origin; moving from refugee camps,
displaced camps and other dwelling locations
Eastern Provinces
Kenema - Nongowa, Malegohun, Small Bo
Kailahun - Njaluahun, Peje West, Peje, Bongre, Upper Bambara, Malema.
Southern Provinces
Bonthe - Bum and Imperri (coastal section)
Bo - Bagbo, Lugbu, Tikonko
Moyamba - Ribbi
Western Area - York, Hamilton and Waterloo
Many war affected persons have already returned, but conditions for their
resettlement remain deplorable. As a result, most continue to live in
provincial towns and the city, Freetown against their will.
Food insecurity, health, water and sanitation problems, massive
destruction of educational and health infrastructure; lack of meaningful
empowerment facilities/possibilities particularly for women and youth in
term of income generating projects, all leading to the emergency situation
within MCSL operational areas requiring the intervention of all,
particularly the church .
Impact on Human Lives
Cognisant of the low level of socio-economic status and the volatile
political situation of the country as well as the overall development goal
of MCSL, MCSL expects phase III of ACT emergency programme to have impact
on the lives of an estimated 45,000 IDPs. 70% of this number lives in
camps near Bo and Kenema township. The remaining 30% are living with
relatives and friends in towns and villages and there are plans to
resettle these IDPs in MCSL operational areas. In addition, a large
number of refugees, estimated at around 17,000, have been voluntarily
repatriated from Guinea and Liberia and are expected to return to their
native towns and villages.
It is estimated that 60% of the returning war affected persons are women
and children. Chronic food insecurity is pervasive as communities have
for the past years not been able to cultivate their plots sufficiently due
to unavailability of inputs and the prevailing insecurity. The majority
of the population relies mainly on food aid which has not been sufficient.
Local food production has been disrupted for quite sometime, hunger and
malnutrition particularly among children and lactating mothers are clearly
observable.
The target communities will benefit from this project in the form of
increase access to health facilities and services including affordable
treatment of minor ailments, safe delivery and family planning services,
potable water, nutrition surveillance and health and sanitation education.
Additional health facilities including clinics, water walls, demonstration
sanitation facilities including latrines will be constructed for increased
access. Health facilities costs will be reduced for women who are
traditionally the custodians of household health. Reduced distances to
water sources and improved quality will benefit women and children who
fetch and use water the most. The vast majority of returned farmers are
under utilizing their farmlands largely due to the unavailability of
inputs required to undertake agricultural activities. The provision of
planting materials will facilitate the realization of local food
production and thus help job creation.
After the successful implementation of fishing and animal restocking,
protein deficiency and its related diseases will be minimized.
Furthermore, through the sale of fish and livestock, beneficiaries will
improve their income earning capacity and hence their standard of living.
With the implementation of food processing and storage programmes target
groups will fully realize their harvest and crop loss will be minimized.
Moreover, processing will improve the quality and storage life of the
various foodstuffs and also help the beneficiaries tide over a period of
hunger.
Description of Damages
Sierra Leone has yet to recover from the ravages of a 10-year civil war
resulting in total destruction of infrastructure, displacement of people,
looting and destruction of dwellings and possessions, kidnapping of
children, interruption of agricultural activities, food and general
insecurity
A war affected population with limited access to health facilities suffers
with illness and deaths from diseases that can easily be prevented. 90%
of rural communities are deprived of access to potable water and proper
toilet facilities. The majority of the people depend on traditionally
dug-out water wells and streams for their drinking water. These water
sources have mostly been contaminated by dead bodies and other rubbish.
Locations for Proposed Response
District
Food Security
Health
Farm Inputs
Food Processing
Animal Restocking
Fishing
Peace building Recon.
Water Well
Latrine
Kenema
X
Kailahun
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Bo
X
X
X
X
Bonthe
X
X
X
X
X
Moyamba
X
X
X
Western Area
X
X
X
All selected locations are MCSL traditional areas of operation where the
relevant capacity for effective implementation of the proposed project
exists. In addition to the Planning and Co-ordinating Desk at national
level, MCSL has a well organised structure at field level including
personnel and basic logistics that will facilitate a successful project
implementation of this project.
Current Security Situation
The state of affairs in the country has been oscillating between silence
of the gun and sporadic fighting in various locations, with peace accords
and cease fire agreements signed and broken by the RUF. This effectively
set in motion the recycling of the conflict thereby reversing gains made
in the transition period of the peace making effort.
With the intervention of the British troops to complement the effort of
UNAMSIL, the fighting factions have started building confidence in the
peace process and some of the ex-combatants have demonstrated commitment
to ongoing disarmament, demobilization and re-integration (DDR) programme.
The assurance given by the British government to help resolve the 10-year
civil conflict has further instilled confidence in the civil populace for
sustainable peace in Sierra Leone.
The above notwithstanding, the RUF is still reluctant to allow UNAMSIL and
other troops to be deployed in areas under their control. However, recent
events indicate a relative easing of the position of RUF towards giving up
their stance in favour of peace; however sceptic the civil populace may be
looking at this.
GOAL & OBJECTIVES
The overall goal is to help war affected persons within six project
locations to rebuild their respective communities.
In order to achieve the above goal, the following objectives are to be
met;
To provide basic farm input and extension services to 3,500 farm families
in project locations thereby helping them resuscitate the agricultural
production in resettle areas.
To rehabilitate two health centres and provide basic health care services
within the project location.
To construct five water wells and 15 latrines in five project locations.
To provide psycho-social services to war affected, highly traumatised
persons through peace building and reconciliation workshops and other
relevant community initiatives.
To provide basic fishing tackle to fishermen in order to reverse the
declining trend in production and to contribute to the achievement of food
self sufficiency.
To facilitate food processing and marketing of foodstuff among women
within project location.
To provide animals (poultry and small ruminants) for resettled persons in
war affected communities so as to ensure a sustainable source of protein
within project areas.
TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
The activities of MCSL target practically all residents within the
operational areas either directly or indirectly.
Specifically, activities for which assistance is now being sought targets
a variety of groups and the selection of such groups depends on the
expressed and observable emergency needs of the people. In concrete terms,
MCSL will target the most vulnerable groups (youth, women and the
disadvantaged). There is no religious or ethnic consideration for
selection of target groups.
This programme will generally address poverty of women, youth, the
illiterate and peasant farming communities in selected target areas.
The following shows types of target beneficiaries according to proposed
type of assistance.
Location
Target Beneficiaries (Families)
Total
Food Security &
Agriculture
Water and Sanitation
Health
Psycho-social Services
Kailahun District
1,500
500
3,400
2,000
7,400
Kenema District
500
-----
---------
1,000
1,500
Tikonko & Lugbu
800
200
500
1,000
2,500
Bum and Imperri Chiefdom
400
100
400
1,500
10,500
Ribbi Area
300
50
-
1,000
1,800
Western Area
------
500
2,000
1,200
3,700
TOTAL
3,500
1,350
6,300
7,700
27,400
NOTE: Average Family size is 6
The organisational structure of groups depends on the type of assistance
rendered. Assistance is channeled through family heads; the food security
and agricultural inputs and extension services assistance targets either
farming families or community-based farming groups. Health centre
construction activities targets entire communities and medical assistance
is directed to individuals, institutions, townships and specific
communities adversely affected by the war.
Beneficiary Selection Criteria
Selection will be based on the following criteria;
Newly resettling/returning families
Female headed households
Organised village community groups
Vulnerable groups such as the aged, disabled and single women
Health
Beneficiaries will include women, children and other vulnerable groups
such as the disabled, aged and amputees within the project areas.
PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
Health, Water and Sanitation
Health: This will preliminarily be limited to provision of drugs and other
medical supplies, replacement of essential equipment and materials,
provision of personnel costs for nurses and other essential staff.
A village health education campaign will be organised in five communities.
Five water wells and 15 latrines will be constructed to increase access to
potable drinking water and prevent uncontrolled deposit of human waste -
this is particularly relevant in congested settlements.
Required materials, drugs and other medical suppliers will be purchase
and/or distributed to selected project sites. Implementation of this
aspect of the project will be done directly by an assigned water and
sanitation field supervisor.
Two health centres will be constructed during the life span of the
proposed project in order to assure returnee population of medical
services.
Logistics Support
In order to facilitate effective programme implementation and, with a view
of building up the capacity of MCSL management, the proposed project will
provide additional logistical support. This will be in the form of
transportation and office equipment.
The Development Secretariat will directly implement this aspect of the
programme. Although MCSL currently has some logistics, additional
transport facilities as well as data processing units are required for
effective implementation of the proposed project.
Two (2) Honda Motor Cycles for project supervisors will be required. 2
laptops and 2 desktop computers with accessories and software packages for
data processing are all part of the logistics support needed.
Peace building and Post war reconciliation
Trainers will be trained to further animate and effect peace, civic
education and reconciliation in all MCSL project areas. Appropriate
curricular and other training materials will be developed and these will
be used to facilitate the training activities.
Four training workshops will be held to train community animators.
Training will be followed by specific micro-project activities within the
respective communities that are aimed at creating the possibilities of
putting into practice basic principles, disaster preparedness, political,
public awareness and good governance.
The micro-project will include among others the following:
Organising local drama groups for dissemination of peace promotion
messages, radio discussions and film shows.
Football gala
Open air sensitization campaigns
All projects will be community based with high degree of community
participation and women will be encouraged to play the dominant role.
FOOD SECURITY
Crop Production
Farm families and farming groups will be organised to undertake
cultivation of rice , cassava, groundnut, and vegetables. MCSL will
undertake to procure all the required inputs. Required personnel for
implementation of the agricultural programme are available. In each of the
project locations there are 3 qualified and experienced agricultural
extension personnel working within communities. Extension services and
monitoring of activities will be undertaken regularly. Community
participation in all phases of proposed project will be encouraged. After
community sensitisation ,beneficiary identification and selection,
materials and inputs will be distributed with the full participation of
beneficiary representatives.
Communities will be encouraged to return a small quantity of distributed
seeds especially seed rice and groundnut which will be used to set up seed
bank. These will be given to other groups for planting in subsequent
planting seasons.
ANIMAL RESTOCKING
The rearing of small stock farm animal is an integral feature of the
farming system in Sierra Leone. These small animals serve as stores of
value in communities without formal banking system. They are also
important in satisfying traditional societal ceremony values. Small
ruminants, poultry and pigs will be distributed to group/ individuals.
The following allocations will be made.
STOCK; Female Male
Goats 5 1
Sheep 5 1
Poultry 25 5
Pigs 5 1
Women will be encouraged to undertake the rearing of animals. To ensure
success of the programme, MCSL will set up multiplication centres in each
of the districts . These selected satellite centres will be properly
managed to avoid mass mortality . Livestock will be distributed from these
centres after pre-conditions. Temporary shelters will be constructed to
house farm animals. MCSL personnel, in collaboration with the ministry of
agriculture, will work together monitoring the feeding, housing,
treatment, handling and general management.
FOOD PROCESSING
This programme will work with communities to develop and acquire
appropriate skills and equipment to be used in processing a wide range of
foodstuffs thereby increasing the earning capacity of beneficiaries. It
will also improve the prevailing marketing situation of the rural populace
who are predominantly farmers.
Activities will include the procurement and installation of appropriate
(some locally produced) food processing technologies. Technology include
cassava grating machines, palm oil presser and fish smoking unit.
Communities will require training in business management and maintenance
of machines. In this regard MCSL will organize training sessions in order
to enhance the sustainability of the programme. Salaries will be paid to
the operators for a six-month period, and afterwards, funds for payment of
salaries to the operators will be drawn from proceeds of the hire charges
on the machines. A local contractor will be hired to undertake the
construction of sheds and the installation of the machines.
FISHING
Fishing is a major livelihood of the target communities situated along the
coast and river banks. Fish and other sea foods are the cheapest and
constitute a significant source of protein. Fish is eaten dried or smoked
with market for fresh fish being limited mainly to the Freetown area.
Beneficiaries along the coast and river bank will be organised into groups
to undertake fishing. MCSL will procure the required fishing canoes, nets,
and outboard machines. The fishing gear will be given to the beneficiaries
on a credit basis.
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration
The activities that address the needs of the target population generally
emanate from baseline surveys conducted by technical personnel. A number
of activities this programme plans to respond to have their origin from
the expressed wishes of the already identified target beneficiaries.
Description of the working methods
Implementation will be co-ordinated by the Development Department; headed
by the Development Secretary (DS). The DS works very closely with the
already established Conference Committee on Development and
Rehabilitation. Through this Committee, the DS is responsible to the
Methodist Conference. Major Decisions and review of programme monitoring
reports and project activities are taken by this Committee to which the
President, Vice President and Conference Secretary, Conference Treasurer,
Lay Secretary, the three Chairmen of Districts as well as Community
representatives are members. The DS is in attendance and serves as
Secretary.
Supporting staff at National Co-ordinating level includes Programme
Officer (Assistant Development Secretary) and Monitoring and Evaluation
Officer, Micro-Credit Officer, Secretary and Driver. The Women's Desk and
Youth Desk Secretaries are also part of the national co-ordinating team.
>From the general conference administration, the services of the whole
accounting staff - Accountant, 2 Accounting Assistants and Internal
Auditor are all at hand to render their support.
All staff members are trained and fully qualified in their respective
professions and have considerable experience.
Direct programme implementation at field level is done by the respective
regional field staff (East, South) headed by Regional Co-ordinators.
Sectoral (Agric, Micro Credit and Education, Infrastructural
Rehabilitation) staff work directly with the respective communities.
These report to their respective Co-ordinators who in turn report to the
regional Development and Rehabilitation committees. Vetted reports are
sent to the Development Secretariat for compilation and analysis. These
are tabled for discussion by the Conference Committee on Development and
Rehabilitation.
Finance Management and Control
The President of Conference has the overall authority at policy level.
The Secretary of Conference who is the administrative head of Conference
works very closely with the Development Secretary on matters relating to
Conference Development and Rehabilitation Programmes. The Secretary of
Conference authorizes disbursement of funds only after the following
procedure is carried through;
expenditure initiated by the Development Secretary according to approved
budget item(s).
examined and verified by the Internal Auditor.
Request ascertained by the Chief Accountant the availability of funds in
the various accounts is also confined.
All requests for disbursement are accompanied by supporting documents.
There are monthly management meetings both at National and Regional levels
to assess various project performances during previous month and map out
activities in coming month. Constraints encountered are also discussed and
solutions deliberated.
There are monthly reports which are to be submitted to the DS by Regional
Co-ordinators.
Quarterly reports are to be prepared by the DS for circulation to all
Development and Rehabilitation Committee members 7 days before the usual
quarterly meeting. This report includes both narrative and budget
performances. This also applies to project proposals for which funds are
solicited from donors.
Half yearly reports are sent to donors 14 days after close of reporting
period.
Monitoring of programme activities is continuous and a monthly monitoring
report is submitted directed to both the DS and Secretary of Conference.
Monitoring & Procedures
There are two levels of monitoring within MCSL programme management.
The first is monitoring at field (Regional) level. The Monitoring and
Evaluation unit within the Development Department works directly with
field implementation staff. There is often a bi-weekly report from this
unit for the attention of management through the Development Secretary.
At field level, the beneficiary communities are also encouraged to set-up
Monitoring Committee who meets from time to time to review progress of
work.
The second level is the monitoring of MCSL programme activities by the
Secretary of Conference and President of Conference
In the sector of financial management; there is an Internal Auditor who
will pre and post audit all transactions of any programme being
implemented.
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
1 March 2001 - 28 February 2002
CO-ORDINATION
Activities of the proposed project will be related to similar efforts of
government, UN Agencies and NGOs within the selected locations. MCSL is a
member of the Inter-Agency forum at both National and Regional levels.
But more specific is MCSL's membership at the Council of Churches in
Sierra Leone (CCSL) which is the co-ordinator of the ACT programme.
There is a consortium of participating churches meeting regularly to share
implementation plans, review work progress and share experiences, all with
the aim of supporting each other's work and avoid duplication of effort
and ineffective use of scarce resources.
In the emergency area, MCSL is relating with the Relief and Rehabilitation
Department of CCSL and UMC in respective programme implementation efforts.
BUDGET
INCOME - ACT NETWORK US$
OTHER INCOME
Pledges from non-ACT donors 5,833
TOTAL INCOME 5,833
MCSL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
Food Security & Agriculture
Planting Material
Seed Rice Bushel 1,000 35,000 35,000,000 18,431
Cassava Bundle 1,500 3,000 4,500,000 2,370
Groundnuts Bushel 200 40,000 8,000,000 4,213
Vegetable seeds Kg 400 10,000 4,000,000 2,106
Sub Total 51,500,000 27,120
Tools
Cutlasses Piece 1,000 4,000 4,000,000 2,106
Hoes 1,800 5,000 9,000,000 4,739
Sub Total 13,000,000 6,846
Animal Restocking
Billy goats Number 18 60,000 1,080,000 569
Goats Number 90 80,000 7,200,000 3,791
Sheep Number 18 100,000 1,800,000 948
Ewes Number 90 100,000 9,000,000 4,739
Swines Number 15 100,000 1,500,000 790
Sows Number 75 100,000 7,500,000 3,949
Poultry restocking
Cocks Number 90 5,000 450,000 237
Hens Number 450 5,000 2,250,000 1,185
Sub Total 30,780,000 16,209
Constr of Transit Animal Shelter Number 18 350,000 6,300,000 3,318
Fishery - boats and gears Number 2 13,000,000 26,000,000 13,691
Food processing systems Number 4 3,500,000 14,000,000 7,372
Water and Sanitation
VIP latrines Latrine 9 2,447,600 22,028,400 11,600
Hand pump wells (14 m. deep) Well 3 6,447,000 19,341,000 10,185
Sub total 41,369,400 21,785
Psychosocial input
Peace bldg & reconciliation w/shop Workshop 4 2,500,000 10,000,000 5,266
Health
Health education/training workshop Workshop 4 1,500,000 6,000,000 3,160
Community Infrastructure
Construction of health centre Number 1 40,041,000 40,041,000 21,085
Total Direct Programme Cost 238,990,400 125,851
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
MATERIAL, TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING AND HANDLING
Truck rental and related costs Month 6 1,000,000 6,000,000 3,160
Labor fees for loading/unloading Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633
Total Material, Transport, Storage, W/housing & Handling 11,000,000 5,793
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
Desktop computer Unit 1 5,000,000 5,000,000 2,633
Motorcycle Unit 1 7,000,000 7,000,000 3,686
Total Capital Equipment 12,000,000 6,319
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT
Staff Salaries and Support
Programme Officer Month 12 350,000 4,200,000 2,212
Agricultural Officer Month 12 250,000 3,000,000 1,580
Extension workers (4 persons) Month 12 150,000 7,200,000 3,791
Health Supervisor Month 12 150,000 1,800,000 948
Nurses (2 persons) Month 12 150,000 3,600,000 1,896
Accounting Assistant Month 12 160,000 1,920,000 1,011
Logistics / Operations Officer Month 12 160,000 1,920,000 1,011
Office Operations
Stationery and supplies Month 12 197,667 2,372,000 1,249
Communications
Telephone and fax Month 12 66,667 800,000 421
E-mail Month 12 100,000 1,200,000 632
Vehicle Operation
Petrol Gallon 660 7,000 4,620,000 2,433
Diesel Gallon 380 6,000 2,280,000 1,201
Maintenance and spare parts Lumpsum 3,000,000 1,580
Total Personnel, Admin, Ops & Support 37,912,000 19,964
AUDIT AND EVALUATION
Audit of ACT appeal Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633
Programme evaluation Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053
Total Audit and Evaluation 7,000,000 3,686
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 306,902,400 161,613
BALANCE REQUESTED FROM ACT NETWORK 306,902,400 155,780
REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone (WCSL).
IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
The Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone (WCSL) was established in 1889 by the
American Wesleyan Missionaries. It has a membership of about twenty-five
thousand in two hundred local church congregations. WCSL operates mainly
in the northern province and in the western area of Sierra Leone.
The Church's activities include Relief, Rehabilitation, Development,
Health, Education and Poverty Alleviation.
The headquarters has been moved from Makeni to Freetown as a result of the
war. When the war intensified in WCSL's areas of operation in 1997, the
Church had to intervene as a way of responding to the humanitarian crisis
caused by the war.
The Church was mainly involved in food relief for internally displaced
persons. The disruption of agricultural activities and shortage of food
caused the Church to be involved in agricultural rehabilitation, providing
seed rice, groundnut and farming tools to farm families in its operational
areas. The Church was also involved in providing medical services to the
sick. To reactivate education in its 86 providing schools, the Church
undertook the renovation of some school buildings and replaced school
furniture vandalized by rebels. With the help of the Council of Churches
in Sierra Leone, two makeshift, three classroom, block school buildings
were constructed in Freetown to cope with the congestion caused by the
influx of displaced people in WCSL's two schools.
In the year 2000, WCSL partnered with ACT to provide learning and teaching
materials to ten primary schools, provided furniture to two schools,
renovated and provided drugs and medical supplies to the Freetown health
center.
The above interventions were made possible by assistance from the Wesleyan
World Missions, Bread for the World in Germany, World Hope International,
Action by Churches Together and the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone.
DESCRIPTION OF EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background
When the civil war intensified in 1997, ten of thousands of people were
displaced, others fled to neighbouring Guinea as refugees. Houses were
burnt, farming activities were disrupted leading to food scarcity and
public infrastructure were vandalized. Property was looted and hospitals,
health centres and schools were vandalized and looted. The absence of
operational hospitals and health centres in rebel held areas greatly
increased morbidity and mortality rates.
Current Situation
Following the signing of the Abuja ceasefire agreement between the
government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in
late 2000, fighting has ceased for the time being and the Wesleyan Church
of Sierra Leone is attempting to address the post crisis situation.
Agricultural activities have been severely disrupted as farming inputs
such as seed rice and groundnuts have been looted and consequently,
farmers are left with nothing to restart their farming activities. Food
is scarce as all the livestock in rebel held areas have been slaughtered
and eaten by rebels.
Hospitals and health centres remain closed with any existing health
facilities vandalized and all the drugs looted. The absence of health
facilities has led to increase in the mortality and morbidity rate and
disease is rampant. Only one health centre out five run by WCSL is
functioning.
Schools are gradually re-opening and children are learning in very
difficult circumstances as the building have been vandalised and the
furniture destroyed. Learning and teaching material are grossly
inadequate. The 2000 ACT appeal project was able to provide school
material to ten of WCSL's 86 primary schools and furniture to two schools.
Impact on Human Lives
The impact of the war on human lives is great. Thousands have been killed
or maimed, 450,000 fled to neighbouring Guinea as refugees and tens of
thousands are internally displaced. Homes and public infrastructure has
been vandalised or burnt and property looted. Farming activities have
been severely disrupted leading to acute food scarcity and livestock has
been indiscriminately slaughtered and eaten by rebels. People in rebel
areas live on largely carbohydrate foods such as cassava, sweet potatoes
etc. The absence of operational health facilities has greatly increased
the mortality and morbidity rates and people continue to die from
preventable/curable diseases. Tens of thousands live in makeshift homes
either because they are displaced or their homes have been burnt by
rebels.
Description of damages
Thousand of houses have been burnt down by rebels and health facilities,
schools and other public infrastructure were looted, vandalized and others
burnt. In the case of the Wesleyan Church, all her 86 Primary schools, 5
secondary schools, one hospital and five health center were vandalized and
looted. Ten vehicles, five motorcycles, three computers, conference
center, office equipment, headquarters office buildings in Makeni were
looted/vandalized.
The roads are in a terrible state of disrepair. Community infrastructure
has been vandalized. Rice and groundnut and other agricultural produce
looted, leaving the farmers with no seeds to plant. People continue to be
displaced and the UNHCR is repatriating thousand of Sierra Leonean
refugees from Guinea, adding to the already swelling number of displaced
persons in Freetown and its environs.
Current Security Situation
Following the signing of the Abuja Ceasefire agreement between the
government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF),
fighting has come to a lull. The roads leading to rebel held areas have
been re-opened, allowing free flow of people and goods.
The UN troops are yet to be deployed in rebel held areas. Thousands of
ex-Sierra Leonean Army personnel have been disarmed and the British army
has undertaken to train the Sierra Leone army. The rebels of the RUF have
shown willingness to co-operate in the peace process but are yet to
disarm. The rebels have ceased to harass civilians or mount road
ambushes.
GOAL & OBJECTIVES
WCSL's goal is to improve food availability, health and sanitation,
education and meeting psycho-social needs in the targeted areas of
intervention within a period of one year.
Objectives:
To provide seed rice, groundnuts and farming tools to 200 farmers in four
chiefdoms in the Bombali District
Provide goats, chicken and ducks to 20 groups of farmers
To Rehabilitate one health centre
To provide drugs, medical supplies, equipment and furniture to one health
centre.
To provide one toilet
To rehabilitate the tap water supply system of the WCSL Primary School,
Freetown.
To rehabilitate four water wells
To provide 600 sets of bench and desk combination for 1,800 pupils in five
primary schools
Provide 100 sets of Tables and Chairs to 100 Teachers.
TARGETTED BENEFICIARIES
The Wesleyan Church's response will be in the locations of Freetown and
the Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
These two locations are selected because:
the Bombali District has been rebel held territory for two years and has
been greatly affected by the war,
the WCSL Primary School in Freetown, which is also targeted for
intervention is host to a very large displaced population of school going
children,
these two areas are also WCSL's traditional areas of operation.
Community Health Centre
Romankneh Community Health Centre Makeni
The Romankneh Community Health Center will provide affordable and
accessible basic curative medical services for an estimated 5,000 people.
60% of whom will be children, 25 percent women and 15 percent will be
male, the aged and others.
Agricultural rehabilitation:
200 Farmers in four chiefdoms in the Bombali District.
Bombali Sebora
Makari Gbanti
Safroko Limba
Gbendembu Ngowahun
200 bushels of rice, 200 bushels of groundnuts and 200 sets of farming
tools will be provided to 200 farmers. These 200 will be women farmers
and will be divided into groups of approximately 10 farmers per group.
Each group will receive 5 she goats, 1 he goat, 10 sets of ducks and 20
sets of chickens.
School furniture:
WCSL Masuba
WCSL Kamakwie
WCSL Freetown
WCSL Binkolo
WCSL Gbendembu
Targeted beneficiaries are 1,800 school going children and 100 teachers.
Targetted Areas for Water Supply and Well Rehabilitation
Freetown WCSL Primary School, (Water Supply rehab.)
Mabonkani " " - Water well Rehabilitation
Gbendembu " " - Water well Rehabilitation
Binkolo " " - Water well Rehabilitation
Kunsho " " - Water well Rehabilitation
Freetown WCSL Primary School Toilet facilities
The water wells will benefit 3,543 school going children in five schools.
The toilet will benefit 1,545 pupils
PSYCHO SOCIAL
Conduct four workshops in trauma healing, peace building and
reconciliation.
Criteria Utilized In Beneficiary Selection
A meeting of the WCSL's Boards of Education and Health was convened to
identify the schools and health centres to be rehabilitated. The head
teachers of WCSL primary schools were also consulted to identify and
prioritise the schools and the health centre that should benefit from the
assistance. The 200 farmers will be selected by consulting village heads
and convening meetings at village level to ascertain who should benefit
from agricultural intervention. WCSL field staff will then verify the
suggested beneficiaries and if they fit the laid down criteria, they will
be selected.
Criteria utilised
The areas selected have been chosen because they are severely affected by
the war and fall within WCSL's traditional areas of operation.
The schools selected are those affected by the war and still operational.
The health intervention is meant to benefit the sick in rebel held areas
and those vulnerable to diseases such as children and women.
In the agricultural intervention 200 farming families are targetted.
These families must be headed by a female, have land to farm and be
severely affected by the war. Priority will be given to newly resettled or
recent returnees
Number Of Targeted Beneficiaries According to Proposed Assistance
Education
- 600 Desk/bench combination 1800 school-going children
- 100 tables and chairs 100 teachers
FOOD SECURITY
Seeds and tools 200 Women
Livestock 200 Women
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health Center 3,000 Children
1,250 Women
750 male, Aged and others
Waterwells 3543 School children
Toilets 15 45
Psycho Social
Four Workshops in trauma healing, peace building and reconciliation. The
workshops will target a total of 200 participants.
PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION
EDUCATION
600 bench/desk combinations to be provided to 1,800 pupils.
100 tables and chairs to be provided to 100 teachers.
Materials needed: nails, boards, cascamite, polish, vehicle.
HEALTH AND SANITATION
One health center renovated
Drugs, medical supplies, equipment and furniture provided for one health
centre.
Rehabilitate water supply to one primary school in Freetown.
Rehabilitate four water wells in four primary schools.
Construct one toilet for WCSL school Freetown
Materials needed: Drugs, medical supplies, equipment, cement, sand,
stones, paint, windows, doors, hardboard, corrugated iron sheets, locks,
tables, chairs, benches, vehicle.
FOOD AVAILABILITY/SECURITY
200 bushels of seed rice to be provided to 200 farmers.
200 bushels of groundnuts to be provided to 200 farmers
- 200 sets of farming tools to be provided to 200 farmers.
- 5 she goats, 1 he goats, 20 sets of chicken (cockerel & hen)
- 10 sets of ducks to be provided to each group of 20 farming groups.
Materials needed: Seed rice, groundnuts farming tools, goats, chicken,
ducks, vehicle.
PSYCHO SOCIAL
4 Workshops to be conducted in trauma healing, peace building and
reconciliation.
Materials needed: facilitators, training materials, food, vehicle.
Implementation Description per Activity
EDUCATION
600 desk/bench combination will be made to sit 1,800 pupils. These will
be distributed among the five schools depending on the school roll and
available furniture. 100 tables and chairs will be provided to 100
teachers in the five targetted school.
Contractors will be hired to make the desk/bench combination, the tables
and chairs.
FOOD AVAILABILITY/SECURITY
Each of the 200 farmers of female headed households will be identified and
registered in four chiefdoms. Each farmer will receive one bushel of seed
rice, one bushel of groundnut, one set of farming tools. The 200 farmers
will be divided into groups of approximately 10 farmers. Each group will
be provided with 5she goats, 1 he goats, 20 sets of chicken (cockerel and
hen) and 10 sets of ducks. Three agricultural extension workers will be
required to assist the farmers. One veterinary officer will be required
to oversea the health of the livestock.
HEALTH AND SANITATION
The Romankneh Community Health Center will be rehabilitated. The
corrugated iron sheets doors and windows and hardboards will be replaced.
Cracks will be mended and the buildings painted. Tables, chairs and
benches will be provided.
Equipment will be provided to diagnose diseases. Drugs will be provided
to treat the sick and children will be vaccinated against the five killer
diseases. One contractor will be required to renovate the health center
and another contractor will be required to make the furniture. Nurses
will be required to treat the sick.
The water supply system of the WCSL Kissy Primary School will be
rehabilitated by reconnecting a water pipe from the main water supply pipe
located about 200 metres away. Four water wells will be rehabilitated in
four of the targeted primary schools. One toilet will be constructed in
the WCSL Schoo the toilet.
PSYCHO SOCIAL
Four workshops in trauma healing, peace building and reconciliation will
be conducted in the targetted areas of response. Participants will be
drawn from the civilian population as well as ex-combatants. It is hoped
that beneficiaries of this training will be able to teach others in their
communities. A total of 200 participants will be targetted.
Vehicles will be required for the delivery of materials. A motorcycle
will be required for monitoring and bicycles will be required for the
agricultural. extension workers. WCSL's present capacity in the targeted
location will also be utilized in the implementation of the proposed
assistance.
All materials will be bought locally where available and the contractors
will also be drawn from the locality where work is to be carried out.
Where possible, the communities are expected to provide stones and sand as
their contribution.
Transition from Emergency
EDUCATION: Parents and the communities of our targeted schools will be
required to make contributions. Those contributions will be used to do
minor repairs and buy basic school supplies
HEALTH & SANITATION: Patients will be charged a small fee that will help
in restocking the health center with drugs after the project.
FOOD AVAILABILITY/SECURITY
A seed bank will be opened and farmers will be required to pay back one
bushel of rice and one bushel of groundnuts to the seed bank. These will
be used to assist new farmers. Each group of farmers will be required to
pay back one he goat and three she goats within a period of one year.
PSYCHO SOCIAL
Participants of the workshops will be equipped to train others in their
communities.
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration
The project wil be headed by a Project Co-ordinator who will be
responsible for co-ordinating all the areas of intervention. He will be
assisted by three field staff. These staff will be knowledgeable in
agriculture to provide agricultural extension services to the farmers.
These supervisors will work with community representatives to implement
the proposed assistance and will report to the project co-ordinator.
Veterinary staff will be contracted to oversee the health of the
livestock.
The Project Co-ordinator will be answerable to the Head of Church and
officers of the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone. He will be under the
supervision of the Project Management Committee which comprises the Head
of Church, the Church's Treasurer, Education Secretary, Health Care
Ministries Director and the Development Director.
Finance, Management & Controls
The ACT appeal funds will be deposited into the existing special ACT
account. The signatories to the account will be the project co-ordinator
to sign with the head of church.
Disbursement requests will be made by the project co-ordinator and
approved by the head of church. The payment vouchers will be prepared by
the Accountant and will be duly signed, and supporting documents attached.
The books will be kept by the church's Accountant.
The accounts will be subject to audit, a report of which will be sent to
ACT and to the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone.
Monitoring Procedures
The three field supervisors will be responsible for the day to day
monitoring of the project: visiting farmers on a regular basis, visiting
work sites where renovation is been done, checking quality of work and
security of materials. Other Wesleyan Church Staff on the ground such as
the resident pastors will assist in the monitoring. The project
co-ordinator will make visits to target response locations and oversee the
implementation of the project. Officers of the Council of Churches in
Sierra Leone will also be required to do monitoring. Representatives of
the community of the targetted location will also be involved in
monitoring to ensure that quality service is being provided. The Head of
Church will also make occasional visits to project sites. The Project
Management Committee will meet at regular intervals to receive reports and
evaluate implementation process.
IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE
A period of twelve months is being proposed for the implementation of the
project i.e March 2001 to February 2002.
COORDINATION
WCSL will be co-ordinating their efforts with other ACT members in Sierra
Leone. To avoid duplication, the target beneficiary locations will be
different from other ACT members. The church will also be relating with
other humanitarian agencies to co-ordinate assistance.
BUDGET
WCSL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Educational inputs - furniture
Desks and benches Set 600 80,000 48,000,000 25,276
Tables and chairs Set 100 100,000 10,000,000 5,266
Sub Total 58,000,000 30,542
Health and Sanitation
Repairs & ren 1 health center Lumpsum 30,000,000 15,798
Drugs and medical supplies Lumpsum 20,000,000 10,532
Furniture for health center Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633
Water supply rehabilitation Lumpsum 4,000,000 2,106
Water wells rehabilitation Well 4 2,000,000 8,000,000 4,213
Construction of toilet Unit 1 5,000,000 5,000,000 2,633
Sub total 72,000,000 37,915
Food Security and Agricultural Inputs
Rice seeds Bushel 200 35,000 7,000,000 3,686
Groundnuts Bushel 200 40,000 8,000,000 4,213
Tools Set 200 14,000 2,800,000 1,474
Goats (she goats) Number 100 80,000 8,000,000 4,213
Billy goats Number 20 60,000 1,200,000 632
Chickens Number 400 10,000 4,000,000 2,106
Ducks Number 200 15000 3,000,000 1,580
Sub total 34,000,000 17,904
Workshops Number 4 2,500,000 10,000,000 5,266
Total Direct Assistance 174,000,000 91,627
MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING AND HANDLING
Rental of truck and related costs Lumpsum 6,000,000 3,160
Inland transport Lumpsum 2,000,000 1,053
Repairs to warehouse Lumpsum 1,000,000 527
Security guards Lumpsum 600,000 316
Labor fees for loading/unloading Lumpsum 1,000,000 527
Other costs Lumpsum 200,000 105
Total Material Transport, Storage, W/housing & Handling 10,800,000 5,687
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units Leones Leones US$
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
Office equipment
Computer, printer and accessories Set 1 6,000,000 6,000,000 3,160
Vehicle Equipment
Motorcycle Unit 1 6,000,000 6,000,000 3,160
Bicycles Number 3 300,000 900,000 474
Total Capital Equipment 12,900,000 6,793
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT
Staff Salaries and Support
Project coordinator Month 12 300,000 3,600,000 1,896
Field staff (3 persons) Month 12 150000 5,400,000 2,844
Veterinary officer Month 4 100,000 400,000 211
Staff Travel
Local travel Lumpsum 500,000 263
Perdiem Lumpsum 500,000 263
Office Operations
Stationery and supplies Lumpsum 1,000,000 527
Other costs Lumpsum 100,000 53
Communications
Telephone and fax Lumpsum 500,000 263
Electronic mail Lumpsum 840,000 442
Vehicle Operation
Fuel Gallon 600 5,300 3,180,000 1,675
Maintenance Lumpsum 500,000 263
Insurance and license Lumpsum 150,000 79
Vehicle rental Lumpsum 5,000,000 2,633
Total Personnel, Administration, Operations & Support 21,670,000 11,411
AUDIT AND EVALUATION
Audit of ACT appeal funds Lumpsum 500,000 263
Program evaluation Lumpsum 700,000 369
Total audit and Evaluation 1,200,000 632
OTHER COSTS
ACT visibility L