Angola - ACT: 28-Mar-01
Action by Churches Together (ACT)
Appeal - Angola
Relief for Internally Displaced - AFAO11 (Revision 1)
Appeal Target: US$ 2,125,288
Balance requested from ACT Network: US$ 1,251,504
Geneva, March 28, 2001
This first revision of the Angola Appeal AFAO11 is meant to accommodate
the proposal of the Igreja Evanglica Reformada de Angola (IERA) an active
member of the ACT Alliance in responding to the humanitarian needs of the
thousands of people displaced by the war in Angola. This appeal was issued
on March 01, 2001 with only the Lutheran World Federation / World Service
(LWF/WS) as Implementing member. The revision therefore, brings to two the
Implementing members in this appeal. However, for the sake of brevity,
information on the programs of the LWF/WS in the appeal will not be
repeated here.
IERA proposes to continue offering assistance to the victims of the war in
the 3 provinces of Uige, Kwanza-Sul, and Huambo as was the case last year,
but this year covering 9,000 families in the following sectors:
Relief Food Distribution
Household Items Distribution (Cooking sets, Blankets and clothes)
Rehabilitation and Management of Health Centers
Food Security (Provision of seeds and tools)
Education (Rehabilitation and provision of school materials)
Project Completion Date:
LWF/WS: 1 March 2001 - 28 February 2002
IERA: 1 April - 31 December 2001
Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance
Requested
Appeal Targets Less: Pledges Balance Requested
/Contr. Recd. from ACT Network
IERA 684,470 271,400 413,070
LWF/WS 1,440,818 602,384 838,434
Appeal Target US$ 2,125,288 873,784 1,251,504
REQUESTING ACT MEMBER
The Evangelical Reformed church of Angola ( IERA )
IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
The Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola (IERA formerly known as the
Igreja Evangelica de Angola) IERA was founded in Kikaya Uige in 1922 by
two missionaries from England and Switzerland namely Archibald Patterson
and Ernest Niklaus. The church operates in 12 provinces of the country's
18 provinces and has 10 years experience in emergency responses. IERA s
main programs were funded by the Consortium Church Action in Angola-CAA
and by other bilateral donors in Europe and the United States of America.
IERA has already implemented two appeals - one in 1996 and the other in
the year 2000. The church has about six hundred parishes with more than
100,000 members. IERA is member of the World Council of Churches ( WCC),
World Alliance of Reformed Churches-WARC, Southern Alliance of Reformed
Churches-WARC, All Africa Conference of Churches, Angola Christian
Council, World Association of Christian Communication.
The head office is located in Luanda and has 12 departments from which the
Department of Project and Development has the responsibility of
implementing emergency and development programmes. The Department has five
offices (one in Luanda with 16 staff members, in Uíge with 5 staff, in
Porto Amboim with 4 staff, in Malange with 2 staff and in Huambo with 2
staff).
DESCRIPTION of the EMERGENCY SITUATION
Due to fresh outbreaks of fighting in various parts of the country and no
evidence of any peace accords being implemented, the humanitarian
situation in the country has deteriorated over the last few months. In
spite of 95% of the country being under government control, people are
still fleeing to the cities and larger towns.
Uige , Malange, Huambo, Bié, Kuando-Kubango are the provinces in which the
humanitarian situation is extremely bad. The number of displaced is
increasing daily in the urban protection centres and due to shortage of
housing many displaced are living in warehouses in deplorable conditions.
There is a shortage of food, clothing, cooking sets, buckets and health
services as well as a lack of tools and seeds to enable the displaced
(where land is available) to restart activities towards self sufficiency.
IERA has made needs assessments in Uíge, Kwanza-Sul and Huambo provinces
and decide to target these provinces for assistance to displaced. 3,300
families have been identified in Uige (these IDPs are from Sanza-Pombo,
Bungo, Quitexe, Songo, Macocola, Milunga, Mucaba, and Quimbel ), 2,700
families in Porto Amboim who came from the interior of Quilenda ,
Waku-Kungo, Gabela, and Conde) and 3,000 families in Huambo ( From Ukuma,
and Bié ). The target group is 9,000 most vulnerable families - about
40,000 people among them families headed by women, the elderly and
orphans.
IERA has made various interventions in the three areas and is well known
by the communities who will participate during the implementation of this
appeal. Besides the distribution of relief goods social facilities like
schools and health posts will be re-established and rehabilitated.
In order to give initial support to some of the war affected population
IERA has requested relief goods from ECHO through LWF for 1,000 families
in Uíge. The goods will be distributed to the displaced who have arrived
during the two last months in Uíge and Negage.
Current Situation
Many of the displaced are living in deplorable conditions, without access
to potable water and food. There are a number of families headed by
single women who have lost their husbands during the war. There is a high
incidence of malnutrition among children under five years old and most of
the children have not been vaccinated. Many people suffer from sleeping
sickness and the death rate is increasing among IDPs. Many of the host
families who have taken in IDPs are themselves extremely poor and normally
live from hand to mouth. Children have no access to schooling.
Any health facilities that are available do not have the resources to deal
with the large numbers of displaced in the centers or with the host
families. The efforts of the various NGOs in the area to deal with the
situation have been overwhelmed by the influx of fresh IDPs.
About 75% of the displaced people are farmers and in spite of the
government's policy of relocating IDPs to agricultural areas where ever
possible, tools and seeds are not sufficiently available to enable these
people to restart their lives. Due to shortage of local production there
is no food security among the displaced resulting in a high rate of
malnutrition in some areas.
Damages
According to official reports about 75% of the social infrastructures was
destroyed during the latest ware - bridges, roads and factories were
extensively damaged. Standing crops were abandoned in the flight for
safety and now the IDPs have no means to food security.
Many of the IDPs are suffering great psychological trauma, with some
having witnessed their relatives killed and many young women and girls
raped.
Landmines continue to strike terror among the displaced people as on daily
basis people fall victims of these mines which have caused loss of limbs
and death to many people. As people flee from the rebels, they are also
potential victims of the mines.
Locations for proposed response
IERA will carry out the assistance in the areas of Angola Uíge ,
Kwanza-Sul, and Humabo. In Uíge IERA will support IDP s from Quitexe,
Songo, Mucaba, Milunga, Macocola, and Quimbele. In Kwanza-Sul displaced of
Quilenda, Waku-Kungo and Conce will receive support . In Huambo IDP s
living around the city from Ukuma, Bié and Catchungu will benefict from
this appeal.
Uige province is located in the Northern area of Angola and is about 5,000
km from Luanda the capital of Angola. Kwanza-Sul is located in the
Southern part of the country and about 270 km from Launda and Humbo is
also in the central part of Angola about 700 km from Luanda.
Among the three provinces only the province of kwanza-Sul is accessible by
road, the other two being accessible by air.
Co-ordination of all the humanitarian operations in each province is
headed by MINARS the government Ministry for Social Re-integration.
Churches and NGO s as well as the agencies of UN involved in humanitarian
aid are members of this body.
Disaster and Emergency Statistics
The UN statistics as well as the government indicates that in Angola there
are more than four million IDPs who need emergency support. According to
the local authority statistics the pictures remains as follows:
February 2001, 350,000 displaced living in warehouses of factories in
Uige and Negage city.
In Kwanza-Sul there are about 450,000 displaced living in camps.
In Huambo about 600,000 IDPs live in camps or with relatives.
The government policy is to provide the IDPs shelter in areas around the
cities where there is security and where the IDPs can restart their lives
with agriculture. The government therefore endeavours to provide land for
the IDPs to be able to grow some food.
Current Security
In Uige the government controls all the 16 municipalities, while in Huambo
it controls 8 and in Kwanza-Sul 10. Within Uíge and Huambo there is no
free movement of people and goods, while in Kwanza-Sul it is possible to
travel by road almost at any time of day. There have been reports of
attacks on trucks on the road that links Luanda and Uíge and therefore,
the bulk of relief goods are transported by air. However, once the goods
arrive in Negage they are transported to Uíge city by road - about 36 km.
Due to this situation a provision is made in the budget for transportation
of goods.
GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal
The main goal of this project is to give life sustaining support to the
most vulnerable persons, mainly from among the displaced. IERA will
advise the displaced how best to solve their own problems while they are
in the camps. Meetings as well as small workshops are planned to
facilitate this.
Objectives
Food Aid: distribution of monthly rations to all vulnerable families in
order to avoid malnutrition and the increasing number of deaths caused by
shortage of food.
Health: Creation of health facilities among the displaced camps for
minimizing the spread of disease with special attention to water and
sanitation, education on health issues and family planning. IERA will
re-enforce the capacity of the four health centres in Uige (Psicina,
Candombe, Kikaya and Negage) as well as in Porto Amboim. In Huambo IERA
will rehabilitate two health centres in which primary health care will be
offered.
Agriculture: distribution of tools and seeds along with allocation of land
for the IDP to carry out agricultural activities. Priority will be given
to producing food for self-reliance and then, if possible, for income
generating purposes. IERA will create in each location a field of seed
production. In Uige, a manioc field will be created, while in Porto
Amboim and in Huambo a maize field. These fields will produce seeds to be
distributed in the subsequent farming season to the families without
seeds.
Education: Organising education facilities in the camps for children and
for women interested in literacy . Peace and reconciliation activities and
meetings will be convened among the community. IERA will rehabilitate 3
schools in Uige, 2 in Porto Amboim and 3 in Huambo. All these schools will
give access to education about 6,000 children.
Infrastructure: rehabilitation of schools and health centres around the
city of Uíge, Negage, Porto Amboim and Huambo as above mentioned.
Secondary roads will also be rehabilitated using the food for work
incentive.
BENEFICIARY INFORMATION & TARGETD AREAS
The beneficiaries of this project are 9,000 families located in three main
humanitarian areas: Uige, Kwanza-Sul and Huambo. The targeted
beneficiaries are mainly families headed by women, orphans, the sick and
aged. Most of the displaced have earned their livelihood through
agriculture, but there are some professions such as brick-layers, teachers
and nurses among the displaced.
Church leaders and community alders are consulted on the selection of
beneficiaries and selection is based on the following priorities:
Families headed by women or the elderly
Single women and orphans
Families that have children with a high level of malnutrition.
The elderly who are unable to support themselves.
PROPOSED MERGENCY ASSITANCE & IMPLEMENTION
Relief Goods
As most families lost all their possessions, each family will receive 3
blankets, 1 cooking set, 1 bucket, 7 of soap and 2 kgs of clothes.
Building Materials
The zinc sheets and funds requested will be used to rehabilitate schools
and health centres. The schools will benefit 6,000 children (primary and
secondary level) and the health centres will benefit about 20,000 people.
Food Security
Training of the population on how to better use the food available, and
increase the production of and diversity of crops will be the priority of
the teams in the three provinces.
Health Equipment
IERA has four health centres in Uige which require health equipment. This
is the same in Porto Amboim where a clinic is functioning but lacks basic
equipment. The situation is also similar in Huambo, but with additional
needs for beds, mattresses and furniture.
Besides the sixteen IERA staff based in Luanda who will be involved in
this project, additional staff will be needed . A further 20 volunteers
will be needed to help with the distribution of relief goods. Field
offices have already been set up and vehicles for transportation of goods
to Porto Amboim , Huambo and Negage will also be needed.
Strategy
The strategy for implementing this project is to involve the community and
the local authorities. The distribution of goods will be done under a
proposed plan of distribution by the project co-ordinator approved by all
the actors in the project. As mentioned previously, priority will be given
to the aged, widows, orphans and single women.
Besides distribution of relief goods, agriculture activities will be
carried out so that people do not only rely on external support but be
self reliant.
The community will contribute their labour in the social infrastructure
rehabilitation programs, such moulding of bricks, and gathering of stones
and sand.
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
The structure of the Project Development Department is as follows - the
Program Co-ordinator would be overall responsible and accountable to the
Board of the church while the Project Co-ordinator is responsible for the
implementation of the project and is accountable to the program
Co-ordinator.
The Financial Management is done within the Project and Development
Department that has its own bank account. To withdraw money from the bank,
three signatures will be needed, that of the Executive Secretary, the
Director of the Projects Department and the Finance Director. Expenditures
will be checked by the accountant. An audit will be done at the end of the
project.
Monitoring is done regularly during implementation and adjustments are
made if deemed necessary. All the logistics such as transportation and
clearing the goods will be under responsibility of the Luanda office.
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
The project will run for 8 months from April, 2001 to December 2001.
CO-ORDINATION
In Uige, IERA will co-ordinate with MINARS ( the Government Agency for
Social Reintegration ), Caritas, the World Food Program, UNICEF and the
community. It will also work very closely with other ACT members in
Angola.
In Porto Amboim, Co-ordination will take place with local authorities,
village leaders in the camps and with MINARS.
In Huambo IERA will co-operate with other NGOs working in various fields
as well as the government. OCHA- the UN office for co-ordinating
humanitarian affairs.
BUDGET
Description Type Number Unit cost Budget
of Unit of Units USD USD
INCOME RECEIVED - ACT Network 0
OTHER INCOME - In Kind and Pledges
WFP - transport of food (pledge) 20,000
ECHO (Relief items - pledge) 70,400
Diakonisches Werk (pledge) 181,000
TOTAL INCOME 271,400
EXPENSES
Crise Phase Assistance
Non-food Items
Blankets Bale 6,000 5.00 30,000
Cooking utensils Set 5,000 12.00 60,000
Buckets Number 4,000 5.00 20,000
Used Clothes MT 20 2,500.00 50,000
Zinc Sheets Number 2,200 12.00 26,400
Building Material (purchased locally)
Cement Bag 900 10.70 9,630
Doors Unit 50 60.00 3,000
Windows Unit 60 70.00 4,200
Locks Piece 50 20.00 1,000
Paint Tin 60 50.00 3,000
Wood Piece 100 20.00 2,000
Sand Cubic M 60 150.00 9,000
Locks for windows Piece 60 10.00 600
Bricklayers' tools Set 5 500.00 2,500
Carpenters' tools Set 5 500.00 2,500
Rafters Piece 300 5.00 1,500
Wood beams Piece 50 15.00 750
Nails (different sizes) Kg 150 5.00 750
Doors hinges Piece 100 3.00 300
Window hinges Piece 120 2.00 240
Cramps for roofs Piece 450 3.00 1,350
Screws Kg 50 5.00 250
Sand paper Sheet 200 2.00 400
Seeds
Maize MT 40 1,000.00 40,000
Beans MT 20 1,800.00 36,000
Cassava Mt 15 2,000.00 30,000
Agriculture
Machetes Piece 5,000 6.00 30,000
European hoes Piece 4,000 4.00 16,000
Traditional hoes Piece 4,000 4.00 16,000
Description Type Number Unit cost Budget
of Unit of Units USD USD
Health Equipment
Nutrition
Purchase of food supplies for eight months Lumpsum 20,000
Training of nurses and other local staff Lumpsum 5,000
Medical kits Kit 2 10,000.00 20,000
Reagent kits Kit 2 2,500.00 5,000
Soap Box 1,500 10.00 15,000
Hospital beds and mattresses Unit 15 400.00 6,000
Total Direct Assistance 468,370
MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING AND HANDLING
Material Transport
Truck rental and related costs Trip 25 800.00 20,000
Airlifts and cargo flights Lumpsum 20,000
Internal transport costs Lumpsum 2,500
External transport costs Lumpsum 5,000
Customs clearance Lumpsum 20,000
Storage, Warehousing and Handling
Rental of warehouse Month 8 1,000.00 8,000
Warehouse security Month 8 625.00 5,000
Loading and unloading fees Month 8 2,250.00 18,000
Total Material Transport, Storage, Warehousing and Handling 98,500
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
Bicycles Unit 10 200.00 2,000
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
Staff Salaries and Support
Project coordinators (2 persons) Month 8 1,600.00 12,800
Project agronomists (2 persons) Month 8 1,600.00 12,800
Logistics officers (2 persons) Month 8 600.00 4,800
Senior accountant (Luanda) Month 8 1,200.00 9,600
Drivers (2 persons) Month 8 500.00 4,000
Medical doctor Month 8 800.00 6,400
Nurses (5 persons) Month 8 250.00 2,000
Project staff benefits - insurance Month 8 1,000.00 8,000
Volunteers' Stipends/Honorariums (5 persons) Month 8 150.00 1,200
Staff travel
Per diem for monitoring (food and lodging) Lumpsum 5,000
International travel for training director Lumpsum 5,500
Office Operations
Rent Month 8 600.00 4,800
Description Type Number Unit cost Budget
of Unit of Units USD USD
Utilities Month 8 300.00 2,400
Stationery and supplies Month 8 500.00 4,000
Tr. of staff Uige,Huambo, K.Sul & Luanda Lumpsum 7,000
Communications
Telephone and fax Month 8 225.00 1,800
Electronic mail Month 8 62.50 500
Vehicle Operation
Fuel and lubricants Liter 30,950 0.21 6,500
Maintenance (parts and labor) Month 8 625.00 5,000
Total Personnel, Administration, Operations and Support 104,100
AUDIT AND EVALUATION
Audit of ACT appeal funds Lumpsum 7,000
Programme evaluation Lumpsum 4,500
Total Audit and Evaluation 11,500
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 684,470
Less anticipated Income 271,400
BALANCE REQUESTED 413,070
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