Action by Churches Together (ACT)
Appeal
Indonesia
Assistance to Displaced in Sulawesi:  ASID-13 (Revision 1)
Appeal Target: US$ 66,735
Balance Requested from ACT Network:  US$ 8,958
Geneva, 14 March 2002


For the last two years Sulawesi has been facing an escalating conflict
with both Christians and Muslim populations fleeing the violence in the
region of Poso - Muslims seeking refuge in Palu and Christians in Tentena.

ACT member Gereja Kristen Sulawesi Tengah (GKST) was among the first
agencies to respond to this crisis and assist displaced families (see
original appeal ASID-13 issued 6 August 2001).

During the period May to December 2001 the numbers of displaced
drastically increased in Tentena and its surroundings. The living
conditions deteriorated considerably with the displaced in dire need of
basic relief items along with health and sanitary assistance.

However, in November 2001 there was another significant outbreak of
violence and 8 villages were demolished.  In response to this escalation
CC-GKST has been evacuating families and providing health service,
advocacy and food distribution together with organisations such as CWS,
WVI, CARE, local congregations and other church related organisations.

This revision is prompted by the changed situation in the region since
issuing the original appeal. This appeal only yielded significant response
from November 2001 onwards. Due to this an extension of the implementing
period has already been requested. GKST is now proposing an assistance
programme, with a reduced budget, which deals with the immediate needs of
the displaced and includes the following components:

 - Food assistance
 - Hygiene kits and health service
 - Hygiene education for IDP households
 - Advocacy and psycho-social  assistance
 - Facilitation of repatriation


Project Completion Date:
31 May 2002

Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance
Requested
                                       US$
Total Appeal Target(s)               66,735
Less: Pledges/Contr. Recd.           57,777
Balance Requested from ACT Network    8,958


Thor-Arne Prois
Director, ACT




REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION

Gereja Kristen Sulawesi Tengah (GKST) - Central Sulawesi Christian Church


IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION

GKST became an independent church with its own Synod on 18 October 1947.
GKST comprises 19 decanates and 394 congregations, located in the two
provinces of Central and South Sulawesi.

Central Sulawesi Christian Church is a member of Persekutuan Gereja-Gereja
di Indonesia (PGI)  and of WCC since 1950.

As a result of the emergency situation due to the ongoing riots in the
area of Poso, the Synod of GKST established the Crisis Centre GKST (CC
GKST) on 18 May 2000. The purpose of the CC GKST establishment was to
organise and co-ordinate the relief assistance for the thousands of
evacuees from Poso streaming into the Tentena area.


DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION

Background

The pattern of the violent conflicts in the Poso region broke out in a
similar fashion to the outbreak in the Moluccas (Ambon, Halmahera) with
tensions between the Christian and Moslem communities escalating into
violent community clashes.

As is becoming the pattern in other areas of Indonesia, these so-called
religious conflicts are closely linked with conflicts of the political
elite at both the national and regional levels. In the December '98 riots
hundreds of houses belonging to mainly Christian families were looted and
burnt down which forced the inhabitants to take refuge in nearby villages.
The local authorities efforts at containing the violence were totally
ineffective and there has been little effort towards reconciliation of the
two conflicting parties.

In May 2001 another significant conflict broke out which was worse than
the previous ones. More than 400 houses were totally destroyed or heavily
damaged and four churches were burnt down. Many people were killed or
severely wounded and thousands fled to Tentena (about 50km from Poso).

Again, any action taken by local authorities was ineffective and fed
suspicions that these riots were engineered by certain elements close to
the government.  This has generated much distrust and ill feeling - this
conflict has yet to be resolved and there continue to be frequent
outbreaks of violence and rioting.

After submitting the first appeal in August 2001 to ACT CO there was
another outbreak of violence in November 2001 when 8 villages were
demolished.  In response to this escalation CC-GKST has been evacuating
families and providing health service, advocacy and food distribution
together with organisations such as CWS, WVI, CARE, local congregations
and other church related organisations. Although funding for the original
appeal has come in slow and late, it has to be noted that CC-GKST has been
implementing the same programs mentioned above.


Current Situation

In November 2001, a new conflict broke out with thousands of Moslems and
Christians fleeing to safety - Moslems to Palu - the capital of Central
Sulawesi province - and Christians to Tentena or Manado (North-Sulawesi).
GKST helped to evacuate vulnerable families from different conflict
locations to places of relative safety. There has been a steady influx of
displaced arriving at the camps. Many of these displaced have had to make
hazardous journeys through the jungle, arriving only with the few
possessions they could carry. They are traumatised, hungry and often sick.

The living conditions in the camps have become more difficult with new
people arriving, putting a strain on the already stretched resources.
Although some of them have been able to get temporary work in the farms
surrounding the camp, many people remain unemployed with little means to
sustain themselves.  The displaced are reluctant to return to their homes
in Poso, either because their houses are destroyed or their security can
not be guaranteed


Current Security Situation

The fighting continued with frequent raids on both Christian and Moslem
communities, although this is not reported to any great extent in the
international media. The situation in Poso and its surrounding has been
getting worse - since May 2001 people in the area have experienced nothing
but insecurity and violence. The arrival of Laskar Jihad in the Central
Sulawesi region on 18 July 2001 has exacerbated the situation

Since June 2000 army troops have been located in the more unstable areas
and are controlling the roads to Poso and Tentena. Since the latest
violence the military presence has been increased. Although this strong
military presence has a positive impact as regards control of the
situation, the unruly behaviour of the soldiers causes fear amongst the
people.

As the result, during the period May to December 2001 the displaced people
increased in Tentena and its surroundings.  The living conditions
deteriorated considerably with the displaced in dire need of basic relief
items along with health and sanitary assistance.  The funds received
through the current proposal are aimed to assist all IDPs in these areas
regardless of their religion and ethnicity. The assistance will not be
extended to Palu, as there are a sufficient number of NGOs involved in
that area. GKST is fully aware that assistance to the Muslim community has
to be implemented with great sensitivity to ensure that the goodwill is
not misinterpreted as "missionary work".

The IDPs who fled to Tentena during the period April to June 2000 are
still unable to return to their places of origin, neither are they capable
of supporting themselves. There are 3,606 IDPs who fled to 9 villages in
the Morowali regency and one village in Lore Selatan district in the
period June to August 2001 - they have received no assistance. The
families who fled between October and December 2001 are newly displaced
and are also in need assistance.  In terms of food, rice has been covered
by other INGOs - Church World Service, CARE, WVI as well as other church
related organisations.  For this reason, Tentena is not targeted for rice
distribution.

At the present time, it is unclear when the conflict will stop and, if
there are no true and genuine reconciliation attempts - the conflict is
likely to continue. Furthermore, although the land they have settled on
was apparently disused government owned land, there have recently been
some disputes over the ownership of this land.


Impact on Human Lives / Description of Damages

In addition to the obvious human suffering and economic losses, this
conflict has taken a terrible psychological toll on the people, especially
the children, women and elderly.  Furthermore, due to lack of food and
shelter, health problems have increased - the most predominant being
malaria, respiratory tract infections, gastric-intestinal problems and
skin diseases.

The continued insecurity prevents the population from planting or
harvesting crops - this will lead to food shortages later on. Institutions
such as schools and health clinics are not functioning as they have been
looted or destroyed.

The 15,484 displaced seeking protection in Tentena were assisted by NGO's
during the first few months of the conflict. However, this population now
has longer term needs and, for the newly displaced arriving with nothing,
there is an urgent need for immediate assistance of food and non-food
items.

During the conflict, high profile persons amongst the Christian community
who spoke out against the conflict and the continued intimidation were
arrested and detained.  Some of these have been tried - without proper
representation - and face heavy sentences including the death penalty.
Currently, there are over160 Christians in jail awaiting trial.  Detained
persons are often tortured and Crisis Center- GKST is trying to support
these detained through advocacy efforts.


Reconciliation Efforts

GKST has worked out a concept for reconciliation between the conflict
parties, which is based on the three unconditional elements of true
reconciliation, which are honesty, acknowledgement of liabilities and
mutual forgiveness of all parties involved. CC-GKST has been working with
the government bodies to try and bring this programme to the forefront of
the negotiation. The Malinon Peace Declaration has been established as a
basis for reconciliation, although both parties still question the
seriousness and the commitment from the government, police and military.



GOAL & OBJECTIVES

Goal:  To assist the most vulnerable families within the displaced
community with basic needs


Objectives:

To provide food assistance to displaced households.

To provide hygiene kit and health service for the targeted displaced
people.

To provide hygiene education for IDP households in Central Sulawesi.

To provide advocacy and psycho-social assistance for the traumatised
persons as well as 164 'conflict prisoners' in prison.

To facilitate the repatriation for the displaced people.




TARGETED BENEFICIARIES

The following criteria will be used in selecting beneficiaries:

 - Those who have become recently displaced.
 - Vulnerable families amongst the displaced, female headed households,
   elderly, unemployed families with little other means of support.


The number of people assisted will depend partly on the funding received.



Targeted Location for Assistance

The program will take place in a total of 15 villages in 5 sub-districts,
i.e., 1 village in Pamona Utara, 6 villages in Pamona Timur, 1 village in
Pamona Selatan, 1 village in Lore Selatan, 6 villages in Mori Atas.



PROPOSED ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION

Relief food assistance to the vulnerable displaced families


Rice

Rice will be distributed to IDPs who have decided to remain in their
temporary residence.  Every household (average number of 5 persons)  will
receive 30 kg/person/3 months (10 kg/person/month). The total rice needed
is 105,000 kg (105 MT) and will be delivered to 5,810 persons (1,162
households). The commodity will be delivered to the target location by
trucks and distributed directly to the registered beneficiaries. The
distribution process will be equipped with Recipient Forms to be signed
for administration and commodity calculation. The implementation will take
place from February to April and will be co-ordinated with the local
congregation, volunteers as well as the targeted Internally Displaced
Peoples (IDPs)


Health service

A medical team and mobile clinic will regularly visit the IDPs camps in
the targeted area for a period of three months. In implementing this
program, CC-GKST has been co-operating and co-ordinating with the other
institutions i.e., Government Health Institutions, INGOs and local NGOs
who could contribute to the medical team.  CC-GKST will provide volunteers
and other technical assistance. The mobile clinic will be equipped with
various essential medicines to support the activities.


Hygiene kit provision

This is an important item in the battle against disease for the displaced
people who are in camps ('balai desa') and barracks, as well as local
communities.  This project will be implemented by CC-GKST in co-ordination
with other institutions in the field.  Each family targeted will receive 4
bath soaps, 5 tooth brushes, 2 tubes of tooth paste, 2 packs of washing
powder and 2 bottles of shampoo.


Repatriation

GKST is planning to repatriate 915 persons from the jungle around Sulewana
village to their places of origin in 5 villages of Poso Pesisir.  The
repatriation team will co-ordinate with the local congregation as well as
the other institutions in the field to pick up the returnees from their
hiding places and take them to the trucks in which they will be
transported back to their homes.


Advocacy and psycho-social assistance

Beside advocacy programs, after the last conflict in November 2001, it is
considered important to expand the programs with psycho-social/mental
health training programs for teenagers and youths. The advocacy/PMH
project will cover the most vulnerable of the displaced peoples and about
164 persons who are in prison.


Capacity Building

The capacity-building prime purpose is to assist vulnerable people in
changing their situation and exercising their rights to participate in the
development of their societies in a sustainable way. The capacity-building
reviews the types of social organizations considered as partners, the
provision of training in a variety of skills and activities, for the
people involved and for their organizations. The particular importance of
using a capacity-building approach in an emergency situation and the
dynamic and long-term nature of the process is to build the awareness of
sustainability for the target beneficiaries.

The training would be also to improve the capacity of CC-GKST's local
staff and partners in implementing the response for the IDPs in Central
Sulawesi.  The training will be arranged for 26 participants taken from
local resources i.e. Crisis Center_GKST staff, Pastors chosen from
affected areas and any relevant volunteers. The capacity-building will be
a participatory training and will involve the participants in the design
of the course as well as implementing, monitoring and evaluation of
projects.  Disaster Management and Preparedness will also introduce the
SPHERE PROJECT Humanitarian Standards in Disaster Response.

The co-ordinator from the CC-SAG SULUTTENG will facilitate this training.
She has been trained through the EMT programme and attended the SPHERE
Training in Australia.



ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING

Administration

The co-ordinator of the Crisis Centre will have overall responsibility for
the project.  He will be assisted by the Head of the GKST Board. The
project will be implemented by the Division for Relief Aid which will be
responsible for the selection and targeting of the beneficiaries, the
distribution of the food parcels and reporting to ACT.


Finance

Monthly financial reports will be made by the GKST Crisis Centre and
submitted to GKST Synod Board, the General Synod and PGI/YTB.  Financial
control will be carried out by the GKST Synod Board, GKST Finance
Controlling Team, General Synod External Audit Team. An interim and final
report will be submitted to ACT


Monitoring

Monitoring will be carried out by the General Synod, GKST Synod Board as
well as Crisis Center-SAG SULUTTENG.


Reporting

Reports will be compiled and sent by CC-GKST through CC-SAG SULUTTENG to
ACT Co-ordinating Office in Geneva by electronic mail and post-mail.

Note: the co-ordinator of the CC-SAG SULUTTENG will facilitate the
communication between the CC-GKST and the ACT Co-ordinating Office.



IMPLEMENTATION TIME TABLE

January 2002 - 31 May 2002.

As funding for the original Appeal come in late and the transferred funds
were difficult to access due to the new outbreak of violence in
November/December, the preparation for the actual implementation of the
activities under the ACT Appeal only started in January 2002.



COORDINATION

CC-GKST will co-ordinate with neighbouring churches/local congregations in
Central Sulawesi as well as other church related organisations along with
the Central Sulawesi Muslim Board/Institution, local government
authorities, the Indonesian Central Government, local NGOs, World Vision
International (WVI), and CARE.  This revision of ASID-13 has been drawn up
in co-ordination with CWS and SAG SULUTTENG . PGI/YTB will be kept
informed.



BUDGET

INCOME:
National Christian Council in Japan	2,000
Disciples: Week of Compassion	1,500
Methodist Relief and Developmnt Fund	483
Diakonisches Werk	22,410
National Council of Churches in Australia 	1,008
Methodist Relief and Development Fund	961
ACT Netherlands	10,006
ACT Netherlands	19,409
TOTAL INCOME	57,777

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE

Description	Type of	No of	Unit Cost	Budget	Budget
	Unit	Units	Rupiah	Rupiah	US$
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Crisis Phase
Food Distribution
 -  Rice 	 kg 	82,770 	3,000 	248,310,000 	24,831
 Health Service 	 patients	  10,722 	25,000 	268,050,000 	26,805
 Hygiene kit inputs 	 package 	5,637 	9,500 	53,550,000 	5,355
 Repatriation 	 package 	10 	75,000 	750,000 	75
 Advocacy/Psychosocial MH 	 package 	3 	3,000,000 	9,000,000 	900
 Capacity Building 	 person 	32 	1,120,000 	35,840,000 	3,584
 Sub total 				 615,500,000 	61,550

 MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING, HANDLING
 Material Transport
 Truck Rental 	 unit 	58 	200,000 	11,600,000 	1,160
 Internal Transport Cost 	 unit 	5 	200,000 	1,000,000 	100
 Storage, warehousing, handling
 Labour for Loading & Unloading 	 person 	10 	50,000 	500,000 	50
 Other costs 	 monthly 	3 	250,000 	750,000 	75
 Sub total 				13,850,000 	1,385

 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
 Vehicle Equipment
 Motorcycles 	 unit 	3 	250,000 	750,000 	75
 Car 	 unit 	3 	5,000,000 	15,000,000 	1,500
 Sub total 				15,750,000 	1,575

 PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATION & SUPPORT
 Staff Salaries & Support
 Project Staff Salaries 	 person 	10 	400,000 	4,000,000 	400
 Volunteer Stipends/Honorarium 	 person 	20 	100,000 	2,000,000 	200
 Staff Travel
 Local Level 	 monthly 	3 	150,000 	450,000 	45
 Per Diems (Food/Lodging) 	 monthly 	3 	200,000 	600,000 	60
 Office Operations
 Description	Type of	No of	Unit Cost	Budget	Budget
	Unit	Units	Rupiah	Rupiah	US$
Office rental 	 monthly 	3 	500,000 	1,500,000 	150
 office Utilities 	 monthly 	              3 	            750,000 	2,250,000 	               225
 Office Stationary & Supplies 	 monthly 	3 	150,000 	450,000 	45
Other Costs 	 monthly 	3 	50,000 	150,000 	15
 Communications
 Telephone and Fax 	 monthly 	4 	750,000 	3,000,000 	300
 Electronic Mail 	 monthly 	3 	50,000 	150,000 	15
 Vehicle Operations 	 monthly 	3 	750,000 	2,250,000 	225
 Fuel  	 monthly 	3 	500,000 	1,500,000 	150
 Maintenance 	 monthly 	3 	500,000 	1,500,000 	150
 Insurance 	 monthly 	3 	150,000 	450,000 	45

Audit & Evaluation
 Audit of ACT appeal funds 	 lump sum 	1 	1,000,000 	1,000,000 	100
 Program Evaluation 	 lump sum 	1 	1,000,000 	1,000,000 	100
 Sub Total 				22,250,000 	2,225

 TOTAL 				 667,350,000 	66,735
Less Income					57,777

TOTAL BALANCE REQUESTED FROM ACT NETWORK			US$ 8,958



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