Liberia - ACT: 23-Apr-01
Acton by Churches Together (ACT)
Appeal - Liberia
Assistance to IDPs and Returnees - AFLR11 (Revision 1)
Appeal Target: US$ 637,138
Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 593,458
Geneva, 23 April 2001
The Liberia appeal issued on the 30 March 01 is being revised to include
the proposal for the Concerned Christian Community (CCC) a member of the
Liberia Council of Churches (LCC). Although the Lutheran World Federation
/ Department of World Service (LWF/DWS) proposal is included in this
revised document, no changes have been made to it. CCC/LCC implemented
under the AFLR91 ACT appeal although their projects were not completed due
to the appeal's poor funding.
This time, the CCC/LCC are targeting about 600 women victims who have
experienced severe torture, rape and witnessed their husbands and other
relatives killed. CCC proposal comprises the following assistance
components:
Relief food and non food items
Trauma Counselling to victims of rape and other abuses
Provision of Basic Health Care
Provision of small grants for Income Generating Activities
Skills Training in basic trades such as soap making, cookery,
sewing etc.
Provision of seeds and tools (food security)
Project Completion Dates:
LCC - 31 December 2001
LWF/WS - 15 September 2001
Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance
Requested (US$)
Total Appeal Anticipated Balance requested
Target Income to ACT Network
LCC 339,510 0 339,510
LWF/WS 297,628 43,680 253,948
Total 637,138 43,680 593,458
Thor-Arne Prois
ACT Coordinator
REQUESTING ACT MEMBER
Liberian Council of Churches (LCC)
IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
Description of ACT Member
The Liberian Council of Churches (LCC) comprises about fifteen church and
para-church organizations in Liberia. LCC has been involved with providing
emergency relief assistance to displaced and refugee people in the
shelters around the country since the inception of the Liberian civil war.
During 2000, LCC distributed about two and half tons of rice to refugees
in Sinje, Grand Cape Mount County. LCC structure includes a General
Assembly, an Executive Committee and a Secretariat which manages programs
in Theological Education, Evangelism, Agriculture and Development,
Refugee, Emergency Relief, Mass Media, Youth and Peace Commission. Since
2000, LCC has been re-structuring to improve effectiveness and provide her
partners the opportunity to implement programs in her behalf, as an
umbrella organization.
Implementing Partner
The Concerned Christian Community (CCC) is a local Christian organization
founded in 1990 in response to the suffering of the people in western
Liberia caused by the civil war at the time. CCC and LCC have collaborated
on programs of mutual interest since 1992 in areas of peace building,
relief and training, etc. During the last three years, CCC and LCC have
co-operated in the training of CCC field staff at the Asian Rural
Institute (ARI) in Japan. The scholarship worth more than sixty thousand
dollars over the last three years has been supported by the World Council
of Churches and ARI in Japan. CCC has comprehensive experience in handling
emergency relief intervention including the 1996 humanitarian crisis in
western Liberia when about four thousand persons, particularly women and
children, died from hunger as well as the assistance to abused women and
girls in the present crisis in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Between 1990 and 1998, CCC carried out relief intervention (food aid
distribution, counselling, seeds and tools distribution, seed
multiplication, schools renovation, medical assistance, etc) worth more
than US$ 10 million, benefiting more than three hundred thousand persons.
During 2000, CCC implemented about thirty-three community based
agriculture programs, provided about two hundred tuition scholarships to
students in four rural counties, rehabilitated about four hundred abused
women and girls through programs of trauma and HIV/aids counselling,
medical and relief assistance, skills training and income generation,
amongst others. During 2000, about two hundred rape victims benefited from
ACT support (between November 1999 and September 2000) but the Appeal only
attracted about 15% response from donors, notwithstanding the Herculean
human need prevailing before our very eyes.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background
The Sierra Leonean war is in its tenth year with the familiar major
characteristics of the feud are killings, amputations, multiple rape and
property destruction. Tens of thousands of women, children and
non-combatants continue to escape into Liberian territory, thus forcing
the humanitarian community in collaboration with the Government of Liberia
to set up make-shift camps in some areas of the north west to attend to
the arising problems. To compound the problem, fighting has been
intensifying on the borders of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea compelling
refugees and displaced problems to roam about in the bush in search of
refuge.
Current Situation
The disturbing situation over the past ten years has compelled more than
one hundred thousand Sierra Leoneans to flee to Liberia in extremely
excruciating conditions. Now the situation has been compounded on the
borders with cross-border raids and incursions intensified leaving
thousands of refugees and Liberians stranded on the borders as the
military groups continue their mayhem. The UNHCR Director visiting the
Mano River sub-region last week described the situation unfolding as the
worst humanitarian crisis in recent memory. There are terrible stories of
rape, harassment and destruction of whole villages.
Because of the intensity of the conflict and its consequences on the
population, the UNHCR has been making frantic efforts to open safe
corridors inside Liberia and Sierra Leone to remove refugees and other
victims from the conflict zones. Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have
accepted the safe corridor proposal.
Impact on Human Lives
The conflict's impact on human lives is immeasurable and it is difficult
to place a figure on the numbers of deaths and injuries because the
conflicts have lingered ten years and the entire Mano River sub-region is
now affected. People have lost their property and are fleeing for their
lives. The situation we sought to minimize last year has flared up as
reports of rape and torture of women and girls and other vulnerable people
abound.
In some areas WFP and UNHCR have continued to provide food aid to these
victims while other international NGOs provide assistance in sanitation,
medicine, Medicare, shelter and other essential life support needs. The
concentration on psycho-social treatment and urgent temporal
re-establishment of victims remained the priority intervention of CCC.
Description of Damages
Reports from conflict areas speak of wanton destruction of properties and
lives. In the absence of a settlement to the conflict, people are using
feeder and bush routes to find their way to safety. In Liberia, serious
damage has been done to public and private properties in western Liberia.
About three years ago, farmers abandoned the border areas where about
12,500 hectares of rice and cassava were cultivated before the civil war.
The situation is much worse now on the north-west border with Sierra Leone
and Guinea.
The crisis has had an adverse effect on infrastructure including churches,
schools, health facilities and communities. For example, the major town of
north-west Liberia, Voinjama (the seat of Lofa County) has almost been
completely destroyed with few houses left standing. Foya district has seen
several bombardments in recent times and massive property destruction.
Currently, reports abound of Guinean forces taking over two border towns
within Liberia. Should this be true, it is clear that any attempt to
remove those forces from that area will lead to the destruction of lives
and properties.
Locations For Proposed Response:
CCC's proposed area of response is North Western Liberia with its major
field base in Sinje, Grand Cape Mount County, the most active refugee base
in Liberia at the moment. From this point, CCC will provide assistance to
victims in the South West and North West. CCC works in these areas along
with UN agencies and other International Organizations including LWF,
World Vision, WFP, UNHCR, ARC, FEP, Action Aid amongst others.
Disaster and Emergency Statistics
The current figures are not available for North West but whole villages
and towns are on the move. In Sinje, the Government of Liberia and UNHCR
report a figure of about sixteen thousand as the number of refugees in the
shelter at the moment.
Current Security Situation
Military activities continue on the borders of Liberia, Sierra Leone and
Guinea. There are cross-borders incursions on all sides and active rebel
activities in Guinea and Liberia. The rebels in Sierra Leone are
reportedly fighting in Guinea also. During the weekend of 18 February
2001, it was reported that dissident forces from the Republic of Guinea
have attacked and displaced thousands of residents and refugees from the
towns of Foya, Kolahun, Bolahun and surrounding areas. About one hundred
and fifty orphans are reportedly missing from Kolahun in Lofa County,
which used to be an active base of the humanitarian community in that
area. Victims South West are settled in the camp and those in the North
West are seeking refuge in the South West and other parts of the country
including Montserrado County.
The ECOWAS community has also agreed to deploy Peace Keepers on the
borders where the conflict is raging. About one thousand seven hundred
soldiers are to be deployed in about a month.
Communications and transportation between border points, field office and
CCC's central base in Monrovia were a serious problem last year. With the
rainy season approaching, only four-wheel drive vehicles and high
frequency radios will be required on those routes.
GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Goal: to provide emergency relief assistance to the victims of the
ongoing conflict on the borders of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Counselling (HIV/aids & trauma), medical treatment, material aid, small
training in skills and income generation for self sufficiency.
Objectives:
The provision of immediate emergency material relief aid to 600 victims
and their children
The provision of counselling services to about 600 women and girls in
target response locations
The provision of basic emergency health care to 600 women and girls
including their children and elderly in the target response locations
Training in the craft of tie-dyeing, bakery/cookery, soap and grease
making, sewing, etc.
The provision of small grants, seeds and tools to traumatized victims to
assist them heal and enable them start normal life once more.
TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
About six hundred women and girls and their children are targeted for
assistance. The intervention is mainly geared towards assisting the most
vulnerable of the victims of the present ongoing armed conflict in the
north and north-west of Liberia. These include beneficiaries who were
raped or molested during their flight to safety.
Criteria for Beneficiary Selection
The physically weak from lack of food, the sick, old and single mothers
without any support.
Interviews and screening will be done.
Beneficiaries would be registered subsequently and provided aid.
Number of Targeted Beneficiaries According to Proposed Assistance
About 600 women and girls who have been victims of rape and assault often
suffering from some type of infection as a result of their experiences.
PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
Trauma & Hiv/Aids Counseling
Medical Assistance
Material relief aid (food and non-food items)
Skills Training
Seeds and tools (food security)
Income Generation Projects
Implementation Description Per Activity
After screening and registration, victims will be provided counselling
services. While counselling is ongoing, basic health care will be provided
and limited cases requiring assistance for gynaecological problems
treated. Along with counselling and medical aid, the project will start
small training programs and provide small grants to enable the victims to
re-establish themselves. Emergency relief (food and non-food) items will
be provided immediately once beneficiary are enlisted. Seeds and hand
tools will be distributed to the women to grow their own food. It is hoped
that this program will limit their dependence on relief food.
The project will require about 18 staff excluding community volunteers
from amongst beneficiaries who will assist with the screening process and
distribution of material relief items. The staff will comprise of, 1
project supervisor, 1 finance officer, 5 counsellors, 4 nurses, 3 grants
monitors, 2 drivers, 1 secretary, and 2 guards. There will be three field
offices supported by the Central office.
Procurement will be done locally by CCC Business and Finance Office.
Transition from Emergency
CCC is continuing to work with other partners in and outside Liberia to
assist the rehabilitation, resettlement and reintegration of victims
treated. CCC is also expanding her agriculture activities to motivate
returnees to grow food as the most viable means to self-sustainability.
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration
The Concerned Christian Community is administered through program
departments. This project will be implemented by the Women and Children
department within the CCC. Each activity will have a supervisor. A team of
counsellors, nurses, field monitors, etc will assist the project
management. These are hired and volunteer staff, responsible to their
supervisors for fieldwork.
Two new vehicles are planned to be bought for the programs in the appeal
and will be exclusively used for appeal activities. In addition, three
high frequency mobile radios will also be procured.
Finance Management and Controls
CCC Business and Finance Office will be responsible for overall financial
management. The project shall provide for a finance officer who will
handle project finances within that department. The project management
will make requisitions through their department heads and approved by CCC
Management before funds are disbursed or materials expended. Finance
section will make monthly reports to CCC management, which will keep
donors aware of developments in the field. The finance office will observe
the ACT finance and reporting requirements.
Monitoring Procedures
CCC's Program Monitoring and Development Unit (PDMU) will carry out
internal monitoring and CCC management will verify these report and those
of the project management. Interim reports will be submitted to the ACT
Co-ordinating every three months failure to which subsequent funds for the
appeal would not be disbursed to CCC. ACT and other Project partners will
be required to monitor the project and advance suggestions for improved
implementation.
IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE
The project will be implemented in three phases targeting about two
hundred victims each phase and should be completed by end 2001.
COORDINATION
CCC is an active participant of the regular co-ordination meetings to
address the plight of refugees and other victims of the crisis within the
Mano River Basin. The meetings are attended and chaired by the Government
through the Liberian Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission
(LRRRC) and UNHCR. CCC field offices and counselling tent within the
refugee camps has inspired other NGOs including UNHCR to begin building
tents in the camps to access beneficiaries easier. CCC has an active
partnership with the following ACT members: LWF, LCC and the Lutheran
Church (which just co-operated to sponsor one of their pastors to the
training at ARI in Japan in preparation for resettlement programs through
agro-based initiatives).
BUDGET
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget
Unit Units US$ US$
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Response Training lump sum 1,000
Relief Supplies lump sum 5,500
Facilitators persons 3 500 1,500
Field training workshops 3 300 900
Sub Total 8,900
Crisis Phase
Relief food distribution lump sum 2,500
Nutrional feeding for children lump sum 4,500
Health and medical inputs lump sum 20,000
Seeds and tools sets 100 75 7,500
Psychosocial inputs lump sum 12,000
Income generation grants beneficiary 600 100 60,000
Skills training seminar 3 4,000 12,000
Sub Total 118,500
TRANSPORT, WAREHOUSING & HANDLING
Transport
Rental and related costs lump sum 3,000
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
Office Equipment
Computer and printer set 1 4,500
Photocopiers unit 1 2,500
mimeographing piece 1 750
Typewriters piece 2 500 1,000
Communication equipment
High Frequency radio set 2 2,500 5,000
VHF radio set 2 600 1,200
Handset radios set 2 500 1,000
Vehicles
Pick-up truck (light) units 2 24,000 48,000
Motorbikes units 2 3,000 6,000
Other Equipment
Generator unit 1 3,000
Sub total equipment 72,950
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT
Staff salaries and benefits
Project staff month 12 4,825 57,900
Staff benefits month 12 870 10,440
Volunteer stipends month 12 250 3,000
Staff Travel
Local and regional travel lump sum 5,000
Per Diems lump sum 2,500
Office Operations
Office rent month 12 260 3,120
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget
Unit Units US$ US$
Office Utilities month 12 250 3,000
Office stationery month 12 300 3,600
Communications
Telephone and fax month 12 400 4,800
Vehicle operations
Fuel month 12 2,400 28,800
Repairs and maintenance month 12 500 6,000
Insurance vehicles 2 600 1,200
Sub Total 129,360
AUDIT & MONITORING
Audit of ACT Funds lump sum 2,000
Evaluation lump sum 4,800
Sub Total 6,800
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 339,510
BALANCE REQUESTED FROM ACT NETWORK 339,510
NOTE: Budget breakdown of direct assistance has been requested and will
be provided to interested parties once received.
REQUESTING ACT MEMBER
Lutheran World Federation/World Service (LWF/WS) - Liberia Programme
IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER
The LWF/DWS Liberia Program began emergency assistance for victims of the
Liberian Civil War in September 1990. Intervening initially in Sierra
Leone, LWF/DWS emergency operations were moved to Liberia in early 1991
and has since then, been expanded to cover 8 of Liberia's 14 Counties
during the last 10 years. During this period more than 600,000 persons
were assisted under different emergency interventions that included a
large-scale general food and non-food distribution, emergency school
feeding, the construction and management of shelters for internally
displaced people and Sierra Leonean refugees.
LWF/DWS continues to act as a major implementing partner of ACT,
networking with other ACT partners in Liberia. In July 1999, a
consolidated Appeal was launched for Liberia, involving other partners.
The LWF/DWS section of this appeal originally intended to end in June,
2000, was extended to October, 2000. The appeal has officially ended and
final reports submitted to the donors.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION
The Liberian county of Lofa bordering Guinea and Sierra Leone has been
besieged by insurgence fighting since early 1999. There have been several
raids by insurgents allegedly based in Guinea. The upper portion of Lofa
County (5 districts) have all been destabilized and plunged into
instability. These attacks affecting the districts of Foya, Kolahun,
Voinjama and Zorzor have left a trail of destruction of towns and villages
and led to disruption of the farming system resulting into loss of
harvest, disruption of basic social services including health, education,
and access to clean water.
As result of the fighting between insurgents and government troops the
entire population of the area, estimated to be 150,000 have had their
lives severely disrupted. Most of them have had to abandon their farms and
flee into remote villages for safety.
Current situation
In February 2001, the latest fighting erupted in Kolahun District in Lofa,
close to the Sierra Leonean border. This fighting has produced a new wave
of internally displaced persons (IDPs). In addition to the 20,000 IDPs who
moved to Salayea District following the October, 2000 fighting, an
estimated 5,000 have moved further west and taken refuge in the districts
of Kongba, Gbarma and Tubmanburg city in Bomi County. Major towns have
been abandoned, with systematic looting going on. Houses are being burned
and death toll still unknown.
Fighting continues in the area, between insurgents reportedly based in and
supported by Guinea and the Liberian government troops. The Guinean
authorities on the other hand have accused the Liberian government of
supporting Guinean dissidents who are fighting inside Guinea. There has
recently been reported attacks on Liberian border towns by Guinean gun
ships.
The situation in the area bordering Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
remains tense and very volatile. The fear of full scale war between
Liberia and Guinea is not far fetched.
An estimated 100,000 Liberian refugees are trapped in Guinea where
fighting is raging between rebels and Guinean government troops. Liberian
refugees are particularly vulnerable given that the local people are
accusing Liberia of fueling their civil conflict. By implication, refugees
are presumed to be rebels. UNHCR has lost contact with most of these
Liberian refugees and some of their Sierra Leone counterparts.
Impact on human lives
The civilian casualties from recent cross border fighting remain unknown
to date.
As mentioned above, an estimated 150,000 persons are on the run for their
lives, most of them having abandoned the major towns and took refuge in
remote villages, running from the fighting forces. The death toll will be
known only after the cessation of hostilities and relief agencies have
full access to the area. Homes of civilians fleeing the fighting have been
completely looted; while some homes have been burned. The situation forced
humanitarian agencies working in the area to either scale down their
activities, while others have pulled out completely. An estimated 25,000
are in need of urgent attention and basic services: food, non food items,
water, sanitation, and health services. Life for these displaced people is
extremely difficult, having lost properties and their farm crops.
Schools are closed in the area. Once again the education of hundreds of
thousands of Liberian children from this area, who had earlier lost a
decade of schooling during the civil crisis, are again out of school.
There is no functioning health facility in the area, so people are dying
of common illnesses that could be treated.
Description of damages
The war in Liberia destroyed nearly all infrastructures including private
homes, public buildings, schools, hospitals and clinics. Opposing forces
indiscriminately burned down buildings. There is a lost of harvest, tools,
seeds and other properties including household utensils. Fighters
massively looted these items.
In the part of the country (upper part of Lofa County) with the current
fighting, whatever little infrastructure was left up to the end of the
Liberian civil crisis (1997), has now been destroyed. The full scale of
the destruction will only be known once LWF/DWS and other agencies are
able to access the entire area and do a full scale assessment of the
damages that are still up to now being done.
Example of the damages is the destruction of Curran Hospital, a Lutheran
Church run hospital in Zorzor, which up to October, 2000 served thousands
of residents and displaced in the area. Furniture, hospital equipment,
drugs, doors belonging to this health center were all looted. The Curran
Hospital was among institutions renovated with contributions from donors
including those of ACT. A mobile clinic has instead been established which
caters to the health needs of the internally displaced and residents of
Salayea, Zorzor and Belle Districts. This is one of the activities LWF/DWS
propose to assist under the current appeal.
Location for proposed response
LWF/DWS proposes to assist IDPs in Lofa County, affected by the current
hostilities in the area: specifically, the districts of Salayea.
Special attention will be given to the internally displaced persons,
numbering about 25,000 (20,000 in Salayea District in Upper Lofa and 5,000
in the districts of Kongba, Gbarma in Lofa County and in Tubmanburg, Bomi
County). There is an estimated IDP population of 5,000 persons who have
trekked through the forests and ended up in the lower part of Lofa County
and in Bomi County, while there is a displaced population of 20,000 in
Salayea District.
The project will therefore take place in the following districts and
counties of Liberia, where the IDPs are currently residing. In Lofa
County, the project will take place in Salayea, Kongba, Gbarma, still
relative safe; in Bomi County, Tubmaburg. All of these areas fall within
the current operational areas of LWF/DWS of Liberia.
GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal: Assist internally displaced persons fleeing fighting in Lofa County.
Objective: Provide emergency assistance to 25,000 internally displaced
persons fleeing fighting in Lofa and are now displaced in Lofa and Bomi
Counties, over a period of six months (March 15, * September 15, 2001).
TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
This project will target to 25,000 internally displaced persons mainly
women and children as well as older people. These people are displaced in
the districts of Salayea, Kongba and Gbarma in Lofa, and Tubmanburg in
Bomi County.
Below is a breakdown of displaced people and their present locations:
No.
COUNTY
DISTRICT
Towns
Population IDPS
1.
Lofa
Salayea
Kpaiyea
3,000
2.
"
"
Gbanway
2,500
3.
"
"
Yarpuah
3,000
4.
"
"
Telemai
1,500
5.
"
"
Salayea
3,500
6.
"
"
Telemu
1,000
7.
"
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Gorlue
3,000
8.
"
"
Ganglota
2,000
9.
"
Kongba
Tabay
1,100
10.
"
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Kumgbo
300
12.
"
Gbarma
Gbarma Town
500
11.
Bomi
Klay
Tubmanburg
700
12.
Lofa-Bomi
Kongba, Gbarma
Various
2,900*
Total
25,000
* Exact location to be verified after registration.
PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
In collaboration with local implementing partners and with the active
participation of key community and institutional leaders, this appeal
plans the following specific activities: food and non-food distribution,
water and sanitation improvements, support to a mobile clinic.
LWF/DWS implementing this appeal will supplement some of the assistance to
be received under this Appeal.
These will include all food commodities to be solicited from the World
Food Program and a consignment of non-food items donated by Lutheran World
Relief. Other items will be locally procured, depending on funding
availability.
The following activities are proposed for implementation for the period
March 2001 to September 2001
Project Implementation
A project management team will be established which will have sole
responsibility for supervision of all activities under this Appeal. This
team will closely coordinate its activities with the Program Coordination
Unit for proper implementation of activities proposed in this Appeal.
Assessment of IDPs
During the implementation period of this Appeal, four (4) inter-agency
assessments will be made to follow up conditions of the displaced and to
monitor the security situation with the intent of gaining access to areas
from which the displaced come. The assessment will also help to determine
when it is feasible for the eventual return of the IDPs. These assessments
will take place once every two months during the span of this Appeal.
Targeted Food Distribution
A total of 25,000 persons are targeted under this activity to benefit from
food distribution. They include mostly women, children and the elderly.
Non-Food Item Distribution
Donated non-food items will also be distributed to the newly displaced,
numbering about 25,000 IDPs. The non food-items will include used
clothes, quilts or blankets and layettes for babies.
As farmers had to flee their farms without harvesting them, thus leaving
behind all tools and other vegetable seeds LWF/DWS plans to purchase
assorted tools and seeds and distribute to the displaced population. This
will enable the IDPs to cultivate short duration crops (rice, vegetables,
roots and tuber crops) that will supplement relief supplies. This is
necessary because it is not clearly established for how long the IDPs will
be away from their original homes. Each family will be supplied 100 grams
of vegetable and a tool kit comprising 2 cutlasses, 2 hoes, two shovels, 1
rake and 1 watering can. 25 kg of seeds rice and 20 bundles of cassava
cuttings. The displaced will be encouraged to form groups and these groups
will receive rice seeds for lowland farming. Vulnerable farm families
among the host communities (e. g. women heads of households) will also
benefit from this distribution. About 5,000 family heads are expected to
be served in the effected areas.
Emergency Repairs of Basic Infrastructure
In order to ensure that the IDPs are provided water and sanitation
facilities, this project will augment the existing facilities in the
communities hosting the displaced. A total of 10 wells will be constructed
and 10 wells will be repaired. Also 40 latrines will be constructed in the
same locations.
Support to Curran Lutheran Hospital Mobile Clinic
The Curran Lutheran Hospital (now closed as a result of vandalism in
October, 2000 when its facilities were totally destroyed and looted) now
runs a Mobile clinic in Salayea District. This mobile clinic caters to the
IDPs. This project plans to support this clinic with running costs for the
vehicles, staff incentive for the staff and drugs. This mobile clinic is
the only access to a health facility in Salayea Distrct, hosting majority
of the IDPs. The clinic transfers critical cases to the Phebe Hospital, in
the neighboring county of Bong in central Liberia, some 45 kilometers from
Salayea.
TRANSITION FROM EMERGENCY
Several factors have been built into this Appeal that will help to begin a
transition from emergency assistance provided to the displaced. The
provision of seeds and tools to the displaced to resume agricultural
activities during their displacement, will help them learn improved and
sustainable farming practices. The knowledge and experience gained will be
transferred to the original homes upon their return.
During the implementation of this Appeal assessment will be carried to
assist in the eventual resettlement of the beneficiaries to their original
homes when security is restored. Areas of focus will be the restoration of
basic infrastructures including schools, clinic, water and sanitation
facilities, homes, the sensitization and mobilization of the displaced and
the training of community based animators who will work with the displaced
upon their eventual return to their original communities. By working
through local NGOs and community based organizations (CBOs) where they
exist and encouraging the organization of groups where they do not exist
will help to make the transition possible.
As part of plans for the transition assistance to develop infrastructure
will be with the full participation of beneficiaries and that they will
continue to take a leading role in the operations and maintenance of the
facilities.
Support of LWF/DWS Offices & Mechanical Workshop
In order to effectively implement activities in this appeal,
administrative and logistical backstopping will be required in two
sub-offices located in regions where project activities will be
implemented, with Monrovia providing the overall administrative and
logistical backstopping.
The main mechanical workshop located in Monrovia needs to be strengthened,
from where field vehicles used for project implementation will undergo all
major maintenance and repairs. This workshop will require support mainly
in terms of salaries for support staff, office running cost and the
repairs and running cost of support vehicles.
The LWF/DWS office formerly based in Zorzor had to be closed down last
October when fighting reached Zorzor and is now temporarily based at the
Phebe compound in Bong County. This unit will be strengthened to implement
the project in Salayea District, where the 20,000 IDPs are presently
located. Overnight accommodation and shorter visits will be made at the
Lutheran Training Institute compound, but the main activities of
assistance to the displaced in this part of the country will be
coordinated from Phebe. This office will need support in terms of
transportation, fuel, warehousing, administrative and logistical staff and
their support for the distribution and other activities planned in this
appeal.
The other logistical support base will be in Tubmanburg, Bomi County. This
base will provide easy access to the estimated 5000 IDPs who recently
moved in that direction, following the outbreak of the February, 2001 in
Lofa. Tubmanburg itself is to date hosting 700 IDPs. This number could
increase if the fighting continues. This base office in Tubmanburg will
need support in terms of fuel depot, warehousing, stationery, staff
offices and accommodation, since there is no base in the districts of
Gbarma, Kongba where the rest of the 5000 displaced are settled.
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING AND REPORTING
Project Administration
LWF Liberia program has it main office in Monrovia where the Resident
Representative, Administrative and Finance Section and the Program
Coordination unit are based. This office takes care of procurement of all
items, clearance of goods and transport to the other sub offices,
accounting and clearance of reports through the Program and Finance Office
before submission to donors.
Project Finance Management and Controls
LWF's financial systems and controls are based on procedures that are
consistent with internationally accepted principles. Narrative and
financial reports will be sent to ACT office in Geneva as per the schedule
and the Appeal's financial report will be subjected to both internal and
external audit and the result submitted to ACT.
Project Monitoring procedures
The monitoring and evaluation of activities carried out by LWF/DWS under
this appeal will be the responsibility of LWF Program Coordination Unit,
based in Monrovia. Monitoring and evaluation will be done through regular
field visits and results will be incorporated in the narrative reports
that are submitted as per the donor's request.
IMPLEMENTATION TIME TABLE
Proposed Duration: March 15, 2001 - September 15, 2001.
The general schedule for implementation of activities proposed in this
Appeal is as follows:
Schedule of Activity - March 15 to September 15, 2001
Months 15 Mar April May June July Aug Sept 15
Assessment X
Establish 2 logistical bases
X
Registration/verification of beneficiaries
X
X
Procurement, transport of commodities to EDPs (= extended delivery points)
X
Implementation
X
X
X
X
X
X
Monitoring
X
X
X
Reporting to ACT/donors
X
Close-up
X
BUDGET
Description Type of No of Units Cost of Unit Budget
Unit US$ USD
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
WATER AND SANITATION
Material & construction of hand pumps Units 10 2,500 25,000
Material & repair of hand pumps Units 10 100 1,000
Material & labor construct. Instit. latrines Units 5 2,000 10,000
Sub total 36,000
HEALTH AND MEDICAL INPUTS
Stethoscopes pcs 20 5.00 100
Syringes (100 pcs/pk) pk 50 4.00 200
Needles (100 pcs/pk) pk 150 2.00 300
Cotton wool gram 20 1.90 38
Adhesive tape pcs 250 7.33 1,833
Suture abs caught chro 2/0 w/n box 50 11.31 566
Suture abs syn braided 3/0 wnd box 50 27.78 1,389
Suture abs syn braide 4/0 w/nd box 50 33.59 1,680
Umbilical cord pcs 60 3.60 216
Scales pcs 3 50.00 150
Urine bags pcs 200 0.28 56
Bandages Packs 100 1.40 140
Themometer metal celesius pcs 60 0.44 26
Patient recording forms pcs 2,500 1.25 3,125
Sub Total 9,818
Agricultural Inputs
Seeds and Tools farmers 4,000 10 40,000
Road Construction/Rehabilitation
Equipment to repair roads/bridges Set 1 6000 6,000
Total Direct Assistance 91,818
MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE & HANDLING
Material Transport
Truck rental and maintenance Month 4 9,000 36,000
2 Pick ups - rental Month 6 3,000 18,000
Storage, Warehousing, Handling n
- Warehouse Rental (2 warehouses) Month 6 300 1,800
- Labour for Loading & Unloading Month 6 75 450
- Other Costs (Clearing/Storage & Wareh.) Month 6 1000 6,000
Total Material Transport, Storage & handling 62,250
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
Computer and peripheral Set 1 3,500 3,500
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT
Staff Salaries and Benefits
Project staff salaries (46 staff x $ 240/m) Month 6 11,050 66,300
Description Type of No of Units Cost of Unit Budget
Unit US$ USD
Travel
Local travel month 6 300 1,800
Program monitoring Trips 2 500 1,000
Assessment mission IDPS Trips 4 500 2,000
Office operations
Office rental Month 6 300 1,800
Repair and maintenance office equipment month 6 500 3,000
Office stationery & supplies month 6 1450 8,700
Sat phone/fax/e-mail Month 6 300 1,800
Vehicle Operations
Fuel 15/gal/truck 2 trucks 24days/6 months Gallons 4,320 3.50 15,120
Fuel@5gal/days x2x24x6months Gallons 1,440 5,040
Fuel Jeep 5gal/dayx24 dayx6months Gallons 720 2,520
Fuel 3 motorbikes@5Gal/week/6months Gallons 360 1,260
Maintenance and insurance m.bikes + Jeep Month 6 1,050 6,300
Fuel 3 generators@1020gal/month 6 mths Gallons 6,120 21,420
Total Personnel, Admin etc 138,060
AUDIT & EVALUATION
Audit of Act Appeal Funds Lump sum 2,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURE - ACT/LWF PROGRAMME 297,628
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