Chechnya - ACT: 07-Apr-03
Action by Churches Together (ACT)
Appeal - North Caucasus - Chechnya
Assistance to IDPs in Chechnya - EUNC-31(Revision 1)
Appeal Target: US$ 2,664,049
Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 2,336,721
Geneva, 7 April 2003
As a result of the new war that began in Chechnya in 1999, bringing
wholesale destruction of towns and villages and the loss of many civilian
lives, several hundred thousand people fled into neighbouring regions. The
majority of people sought refuge in the tiny republic of Ingushetia on
Chechnya's eastern border. 170,000 IDPs from Chechnya spent last winter in
Ingushetia, and at least 130,000 IDPs are doing so again this year. The
majority of IDPs are living with host families, while others live in camps
and spontaneous settlements.
ACT has maintained its active presence in the Russian Federation and
Ingushetia over the past fours years, tackling humanitarian consequences
of the long and exhausting civil conflict in Chechnya. The affected
population remains in need of more durable housing solutions, potable
water supplies, food and psycho-social assistance.
In January, the ACT Co-ordinating Office issued its first appeal in 2003
for assistance to the internally displaced in Chechnya (ref. EUNC-31,
Hungarian Interchurch Aid). The appeal has been revised to include relief
programs of Norwegian Church Aid working through their partner Centre for
Peacemakeing and Community Development (CPCD), and the Russian Orthodox
Church (ROC). Having a long history of working in the region, our two
members identified displacement, food deficits, and war-caused trauma as
the biggest concerns which require continued attention by the
international community. Through this appeal, ACT attempts to tackle those
issues and thereby contributes to the resolution of the long crisis in
Russian Federation.
This revision is only concerned with the CPCD and ROC proposals. The HIA
proposal remains unchanged and can be referred to in the original appeal
EUNC31 issued on 15 January 2003.
Project Completion Date:
HIA - 31 August 2003
CPDC - 31 December 2003
ROC - 31 August 2003
Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance
Requested
Total Appeal Less: Pledges/ Balance Requested
Target(s) US$ Contr Recd from ACT Network
CPCD 954,074 0 954,074
ROC 963,313 0 963,313
HIA 746,662 327,328 419,334
Target 2,664,049 327,328 2,336,721
Thor-Arne Prois
Director, ACT
DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION
Background
The whole North Caucasus region is affected by the war, but the majority
of displaced people remain inside Chechnya and in Ingushetia, in an
ongoing crisis situation.
The Chechen economy was shattered as a result of the first war, and its
capital city, Grozny, still lies in ruins. Some of the dwellings in
outlying areas of the city have been reoccupied and areas partly
re-populated. Few people are able to survive in the centre of the city,
where there is no gas, electricity supplies, and clean water is hard to
find. Grozny used to be home to nearly 300,000 people but now only
80-90,000 people reside there. The republic's agriculture, oil refining
and other industrial activities have ground to a halt. Life in the
villages is more manageable, though gas and electricity supplies are
erratic and many dwellings there have also been destroyed or damaged.
New IDP camps were constructed in Ingushetia under the auspices of UNHCR
in 2000, in order to improve conditions for IDP families in the worst
accommodation. The Russian Ministry of Emergencies (Emercom), which has
been responsible for running the existing camps, has lacked the capacity
to provide adequate food and other services. Nonetheless, the majority of
IDPs remain in Ingushetia despite the poor conditions. It is unlikely that
the majority of IDPs in Ingushetia will return to Chechnya in the near
future, unless forced to do so. Many of those who have tried to go home
have subsequently returned to Ingushetia due to the problems of protection
and damaged shelter. 1,500 IDPs living at the Aki Yurt 'Iman' camp in the
Malgobek region of Ingushetia were forced out of their accommodation by
local authorities and Russian troops in December 2002.
Around 30 NGOs are present in Ingushetia, providing food, medical,
sanitation or other specialist assistance in Ingushetia. Other
organisations/agencies providing food for IDPs in Ingushetia include: the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Food
Programme (WFP), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Action
Contre la Faim (ACF), People in Need Foundation, the Danish Refugee
Council (DRC), Islamic Relief, the Russian Orthodox Church, Hungarian
Interchurch Aid and Center for Peacemaking and Community Development.
Impact On Human Lives
International human rights organisations estimate that over 15,000
civilians have been killed during the current war although Chechen
spokespeople claim that there are up to four times more than this figure.
Most civilian losses were incurred in Grozny, where many corpses are still
thought to be buried beneath the rubble of buildings. The whole population
of Chechnya has suffered from the war in terms of damage to homes and
infrastructure, the loss and injury of family members and the disruption
of all aspects of civilian life.
The displaced population is highly mobile, as some people return to their
homes and others leave areas of military activity or move in search of
shelter. The United Nations estimates that there are some 130,000 IDPs in
Ingushetia and 170,000 in Chechnya. 7,956 people were registered as IDPs
in Stavropol Kray, total number of registered IDPs from both wars in this
region is 18,581 (according to the Migration Service of Stavropol Kray)
and about 12,000 people IDPs in North Ossetia (according to the Migration
Service of North Ossetia)
The extra population of IDPs Ingushetia has put great strain on the
republic's infrastructure and means that IDPs' access to essential
services is only partial, supplemented by the activity of humanitarian
organisations and international agencies. The humanitarian situation
inside Chechnya is worse. UN agencies are unable to operate directly there
due to security problems, but work to some extent through several NGOs
that are present.
Description of Damages
There are vast shelter needs in settlements in Chechnya, particularly in
Grozny, which was subject to sustained bombardment. Many schools and
hospitals have suffered war damage and are in need of repair. Energy
generation and supply and communications have been cut. The damage to
infrastructure is exacerbated by looting of equipment and the
disappearance or non-payment of funds for reconstruction.
The large number of landmines and unexploded ordnance make farmland
dangerous for livestock and cultivation in Chechnya; vaccination of
livestock is not taking place and agricultural supplies and seeds are in
short supply.
The situation for IDPs, regardless of their location, is very difficult,
with many of them having to leave their homes for the second time within
several years. In the territories of Stavropol Kray and North Ossetia the
number of IDPs from Chechnya, who have been there since the First War in
1995-1996, drastically increased with the second migration flow after
1999.
The situation began to change in 2001 after the Russian Government and the
newly formed government of Chechnya started encouraging the return of IDPs
to their former places of residence or to Temporary Accommodation Centres
(TACs) that were arranged in the republic especially for IDPs.
The authorities claim that the policy of IDPs returning from their
temporary accommodation both inside and outside the republic to their
original places of residence or to the TACs in Chechnya, will contribute
to the restoration of peaceful life and political stabilisation in the
republic. The return of the IDPs return is considered by the authorities
as a part of the peacemaking strategy in Chechnya and also a means for
improvement of distribution and registration of material assistance to
IDPs provided by Russian Government.
Social and economic situation in Chechnya
The social situation in Chechnya is very difficult even without the return
of IDPs. According to the Russian Federation Minister for Chechen affairs
in January 2003:
only about 200,000 people have permanent jobs,
350,000 remain unemployed and receive unemployment
(about 450 roubles = $14),
230,000 children go to school (this figure differs from statistics of the
Ministry of Education of Chechen Republic, which ROC/RRT considers to be
more accurate; the data is given below),
160,000 pensioners receive pension - an average of 450 roubles ($14), as
of 1 February 2003 - an average 550 roubles ($17)
The payments mentioned above are nowhere near the existence minimum (food
basket), which is 1,680 roubles - $54 in the North Caucasus.
according to a census held in 2002, 1,088,816 people live in Chechnya. But
many politicians, demographers and experts consider the figure to be
overstated.
according to the UNHCR for January 2003 "the population in need of various
types of assistance in Chechnya amounted to about 550,000 people".
The most burning social problems for Chechnya are housing, unemployment
and children's future.
Housing
According to the Government of the Russian Federation, 20 billion roubles
are needed just for the reconstruction of the housing destroyed during the
war. In 2002 less than 2 billion roubles were spent for this purpose. Many
residents of Chechnya live in houses damaged during the war or stay with
neighbours and relatives. Others rent accommodation. They have no means
for repairs, house-building or purchasing their own homes. The summer
floods of 2002 made the situation among the population and IDPs even worse
in Chechnya itself as well as in the whole North Caucasus, because not
only were houses damaged, but crops were destroyed and domestic animals
lost - the main means of survival for many families.
Unemployment
Unemployment is rife as Chechnya's ruined economy cannot provide enough
work. Furthermore there is little hope of work in neighbouring regions as
they themselves suffer from economic difficulties and unemployment. As a
rule, residents of Chechnya have temporary jobs, engaged mainly in private
farming or peddling.
Situation of IDPs in Chechnya
According to the Chechnya Migration Service at the beginning of February
2003 there were 166,000 IDPs living in the territory. Twenty roubles (US$
0.6) per day is provided for each IDP, but many claim that they receive
nothing.
The government is intent on moving IDPs from Ingushetia back to Chechnya.
This process attracts mass media and NGO's attention, overshadowing the
difficult situation of other IDPs in the areas of highest concentration.
The region of Nadterechniy for example, located in the northern part of
Chechnya, has had the highest concentration of IDPs in Chechnya since
1999. Until the summer of 2002 there were two IDP tent camps. The camps
were then closed down and their inhabitants were moved to other TACs and
the city of Grozny. IDPs living with host families were practically
forgotten by the authorities and NGOs and currently there remain 8,958
such IDPs registered there.
The number of IDPs in Urus-Martanovsky region, which is situated in the
west of Chechnya between the city of Grozny and Ingushetia, amounts to
18,278. 15 TACs have been opened in Chechnya by now (7 of them are in
Grozny), housing 16,700 people. Six more TACs for 4,677 people were opened
in Grozny in February 2003.
As a rule, only some of the IDPs registered in TACs, stay there
permanently, these are mainly women, old people and children. Male IDPs
return to their abandoned or ruined homes and try to repair them, or look
for jobs. This is also typical of the IDPs, who are not staying at TACs,
but rent rooms or stay with relatives.
One of the most important problems for IDPs, as well as for all the
Chechen population in general is education. There is no discrimination of
the IDP children as far as education is concerned - the native population,
authorities, and school administration treat IDPs well and do not hinder
them attending school. The problem that IDPs face is the lack of funds for
purchasing school supplies and textbooks and shortage of desks in damaged
and badly furnished schools. The IDP schoolchildren in a number of
Chechen regions are a considerable part of the total number of pupils:
in Nadterechniy region - 3,521 out of 10,800 children, in
Urus-Martanovskiy - 4,643 out of 20,745.
There are 7,217 children in 15 TACs.
Under 1.5 years
>From 1.5 to 6 years
>From 6 to 15 years
>From 15 to 17 years
Total
585
1644
3999
989
7217
585
1644
3999
989
7217
Situation of IDPs in Stavropol Kray and North Ossetia
Unlike Ingushetia, where the authorities, mass media and NGOs pay special
attention to the IDP situation, and where there is some financial help,
IDPs on the territory of Stavropol Kray and North Ossetia have been
practically forgotten. Although they are desperately in need of
assistance they get no help from the authorities. Neither do they see any
possibility of returning home or going to TACs in Chechnya, where there is
a possibility of help. The problem lies in the fact that they belong to
ethnic minorities (Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Germans, Jews, etc.) and
are afraid of national and religious persecution from ethnic Chechen
groups. Moreover, in many cases they were deprived of their property so
they cannot return to their original homes even if they had the means.
Furthermore, many IDPs have no documents, because they were lost during
escape from Chechnya. To restore them IDPs are required by the authorities
to have various certificates, which can be applied for only in the local
government institutions in Chechnya, where they are afraid to go for the
reasons given above. They are told that pensions and money for food and
living, provided by the Russian government can only be applied for in
their original home areas. Thus, many IDPs on the territory of North
Ossetia and Stavropol Kray remain in dire need of the essentials -
primarily foodstuff and hygienic items.
The highest concentration of IDPs is the south of Stavropol Kray,
neighbouring with Chechnya (5,784 IDPs registered), and Mozdok region of
North Ossetia, bordering on Chechnya (6,549 IDPs registered).
According to the Migration Service the number of unregistered IDPs in
these regions is over 20,000 in each. It is extremely difficult to
register as the authorities believe that registered IDPs will never go
back to Chechnya but will only add to the deterioration of the social
situation in the host regions and demand assistance from the already
insufficient local social budget.
Current Security Situation
Apart from a few cases of kidnapping of NGO international and national
staff, the security situation in Ingushetia remains more or less stable,
though it is important for all agencies working in the republic to stay on
full alert in this regard and not relax security measures in the absence
of any incidents against NGO staff. International staff should be
accompanied by official security guards, particularly in Chechnya if
visits can be made at all, and should not keep a high profile. CPCD and
most other NGOs function in strict accordance with the UNSECOORD security
guidelines.
Telecommunications systems in Chechnya and eastern Ingushetia are
inadequate, and special equipment is a necessity for communication,
especially in case of emergency. However, the use of such equipment is not
officially permitted by federal authorities. Access to humanitarian
project locations in Chechnya is also problematic due to the challenges of
'red tape' and military checkpoints, requiring flexibility, patience and
perseverance of staff members.
REQUESTING ACT MEMBER
Norwegian Church Aid/Centre for Peacemaking and Development (CPCD)
IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
Norwegian Church Aid has been co-operating with the Centre for Peacemaking
and Community Development (CPCD) in psychosocial assistance to
war-traumatised children in Chechnya since 1996. Since autumn 1999
Norwegian Church Aid/ Action by Churches Together and CPCD have been
co-operating in a humanitarian assistance programme for IDPs in Ingushetia
and Chechnya, as well as continuing and developing the emergency
psychosocial assistance programme for children in Chechnya and Ingushetia.
The Centre for Peacemaking and Community Development (CPCD) was founded in
1995 and has been providing humanitarian assistance to IDPs and other
vulnerable people in the Northern Caucasus since that time through the
distribution of food, sanitary items and clothing, as well as the
installation of a grain mill and bakery. CPCD also conducts repairs to
war-damaged educational and medical institutions in Chechnya.
Other CPCD programmes in the region include psychosocial assistance to
war-traumatised children and youth; the construction and running of
schools for IDP children; mines awareness activities and a peace building
network for young people throughout the North Caucasus region, offering
training in conflict resolution skills such as mediation, facilitation,
responding to conflict with non-violent methods and communications skills.
Local CPCD staff are responsible for implementation, with the support,
monitoring and co-ordination of expatriate staff. The security situation
now allows for at least one expatriate staff member of CPCD to be present
in Ingushetia constantly, though visits to Chechnya are still rare.
Background: Women's Support Centre, Malgobek
Ingushetia is a place of specific traditional order and ancient customs.
The Chechen-Ingush (Vainakh) society does not accept discussions about
sexual relations and is embarrassed by that part of human nature (sex
related issues). Those prejudices derive from Caucasian history and are
nowadays promoted by Chechen and Ingush elders who truly believe that they
bear the banner of high morality.
The problem of venereal diseases in Ingushetia poses a serious threat to
the population. The lack of medical assistance and the negative attitude
of the local community towards people infected with such diseases make a
solution to the problem more complicated. The presence of an infected
person in a family usually triggers horrible implications: daughters,
potential brides, will never get married and will be treated as
prostitutes, and men will be marginalized, even by their relatives.
The recent flow of internally displaced persons (IDPs) since autumn 1999,
from Chechnya into the Republic of Ingushetia, has increased the rate of
infection. The war in Chechnya has brought death and destruction, as well
as degradation of the future of the whole Chechen nation, and has resulted
in psychological and physical trauma for its people. In spite of the
effective efforts from international organisations, many Chechen IDPs live
in inhuman conditions in Ingushetia (badly heated tents, sheds, disused
factories and warehouses without sufficient hygienic/sanitary conditions)
and experience a lack of basic medical assistance and medication.
As mentioned above, a major group of infected people is women. The
culmination of these factors has resulted in women's health being
seriously undermined. This is demonstrated in the following ways: an
extremely high rate of infant mortality (the highest in the Russian
Federation, according to a report by the Ministry of Health of the Russian
Federation); a high proportion of miscarriages; infertility and long-term
illness; and increased likelihood of hysterectomies and permanent damage
to women's reproductive organs. Husbands are likely to abandon those women
who cannot give birth, especially if a couple is childless.
Another major problem is the increase in the number of people infected
with AIDS. Research confirms that the worse a person's living conditions,
the greater the chances he or she has of becoming a drug addict, and
consequently of contracting AIDS. Unemployment, political instability and
the lack of opportunities in life all push young people towards drug use.
Addicts amongst Chechen and Ingush people were mostly men, yet according
to the Ministry of Health of Ingushetia the number of female addicts is
now also growing.
As a result of serious concerns about the deterioration of the
psychological and physical health of women and the effect it has on the
population as a whole, the Centre for Peacemaking and Community
Development established a "Women's Support Centre" programme in the
Malgobek region in autumn 2002.
Background, North Caucasus Conflict Resolution Centre
The recent history of war and instability in the North Caucasus has left
many people bereaved, dispossessed and traumatised. Young people have been
deeply affected: family members have been killed, they have been deprived
of an adequate education and many feel that they have few perspectives for
the future in the present economic and political climate. Ethnic tensions,
moreover, remain high throughout the region. For communities to recover
and flourish, a long-term approach needs to be adopted to help develop a
civil society in which young people can be empowered and play an active
role in their reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Whilst there are NGOs active in the North Caucasus, very few of them work
specifically in the field of peace-building. Conflict resolution skills
and initiatives are much needed in the region, and many young people are
very keen to learn such skills and become engaged in peace-building
projects. However, no established institutions or organisations currently
exist to provide a formal education in such subjects. The opening of the
North Caucasus Conflict Resolution Centre (NCCRC) will constitute a
development of CPCD's current conflict resolution training programmes, by
formalising the teaching of, among others, conflict resolution,
non-violence, tolerance and human rights. The course will be comprised of
theory relating to conflict and peace-building as well as skills for
practical conflict resolution. The NCCRC will work primarily with students
and teachers from Chechen and Ingush universities, colleges and schools.
It will also hold seminars, courses, training and workshops for students
from other republics, including Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, North
Ossetia, South Ossetia, Karachaevo-Cherkessia, Abkhazia, Chechnya and
Adigea. Several of these republics have undergone or continue to suffer
from violent conflict, which is why this project is important for the
whole North Caucasian region.
Locations for Proposed Response
CPCD proposes to render emergency humanitarian assistance in Maiskii,
Chermen' (Prigorodni Region, N.Ossetia), and in the Achkhoi-Martan,
Urus-Martan and Grozny regions of Chechnya, being the regions in which
CPCD has been working uninterruptedly for several years. The
peace-building and vocational training/ sports programme is to continue in
the IDP camps in Ingushetia: Bart, Alina, Bella, Rassvet, and also extend
into Sernovodsk Agricultural College and Grozny 'KCK Orgtekhnika' building
in Chechnya.
The location in Sernovodsk will be the Agricultural Technical College.
3,500 IDPs are housed here in the college's former hostel buildings. The
director of the college, Alaoudin Tchilaev, has given CPCD the use of
another building belonging to the college to conduct much needed
vocational training/ occupational activities with the IDPs to provide
creative stimulation and a break from the monotony of everyday life in the
IDP centres. CPCD will also provide warm meals in this location, with food
ingredients given mainly by WFP. The women's assistance centre will
continue functioning in the Ingush northern town of Malgobek, where more
than 7,000 IDPs are based and little psychosocial/ medical support exists.
The work of Little Star will continue in 8 points in Ingushetia IDP camps,
and 22 points in Grozny and villages in Chechnya, as well as the new
Centre in a former kindergarten in Grozny (Ulitsa Federativnaya).
The location of the Women's Assistance Centre is at Malgobek. The Malgobek
region was assessed and identified by CPCD's monitoring board as a
particularly poor region of Ingushetia, with an undeveloped infrastructure
and weak medical institutions, a high population density and a high rate
of unemployment. Almost one third of the total number of internally
displaced persons from Chechnya has settled in the Malgobek region, whilst
the area has been receiving only around 20 percent of the total
humanitarian aid and assistance in Ingushetia since 1999. According to the
Ministry of Emergencies, in Malgobek region and in the town of Malgobek,
there are more than 7,000 IDP-families. With the Women's Support Centre in
the town of Malgobek, CPCD has created a place that is an accessible oasis
for IDP-women in need.
The North Caucasus Conflict Resolution Centre will be based in Nazran,
Ingushetia in a building that will be repaired and adapted by CPCD. The
building will provide all the necessary facilities for the programme,
including a large hall and classrooms.
GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Goal: Provide peace-building, vocational training and sport activities
for adolescents and youth living in IDP camps in Ingushetia, Sernovodsk
and Grozny (Chechnya).
PROPOSED ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
Psycho-social
CPCD initiated a psychosocial programme 'Little Star' for children in
Grozny, Chechnya at the end of 1996. During the first two years of the
programme's operation, funds provided by Norwegian Church Aid were the
main funding source. From 1997 to 1999, Little Star functioned in a former
children's sanatorium on the edge of Grozny, which CPCD leased from the
Ministry of Health. When war broke out in 1999, the CPCD team of 6
psychologists fled with other Grozny residents to Ingushetia, where they
re-started the work of Little Star in tents based in the IDP camps. In
mid-2000, Little Star centres were opened in 7 villages in Chechnya. In
November 2000, 12 new centres were opened in Grozny. The centres in
Chechnya are now in school classrooms, instead of in a large central
location, which until now was thought would cause too much risk to the
staff and children due to the continuing unstable security situation.
Little Star now has 60 psychologists and counsellors in Chechnya and
Ingushetia, with 8 centres in Ingushetia, 7 in Chechen villages and 15 in
Grozny. The work is mainly with children aged 7 to 14 years, but several
centres are now also working with young people aged 17 to 22. One centre
in Grozny works exclusively with this age group, based at the university.
CPCD plans, as part of this NCA/ACT-CPCD joint programme, to repair a
former kindergarten in Grozny that CPCD has been given by Chechen
officials to use for a period of 15 years. The building, on Federativnaya
Street in Grozny, will house 3 of the Grozny Little Star centres, as well
as a Little Star office and will serve as a base to bring children and
youth together from all the Grozny centres for concerts, festivals and
other events. Seminars can also be held there when the Little Star centres
are not running.
Peace building and Vocational Training - programme represents the
expansion of the psycho-social project with support for adolescents and
youth (15 to 25 years), through educational activities on the themes of
peace-building and vocational training, as well as sports activities.
This programme was started on a smaller scale in one IDP camp in
Ingushetia (Bart, Karabulak) for the first time in March 2001and expanded
in 2002 to 4 further camps and has been most successful. The adolescents
and young people involved attended classes regularly, expressed a great
interest and made significant progress in the subjects learned.
The following courses and activities are provided: music (guitar playing),
knitting, sewing, carpentry, mechanics, English language, first aid/
health education, culture of peace (including peace building, human rights
and ecology issues), the Alternatives to Violence Project (communications
and conflict resolution skills), Vainakh ethics and information
technology. It is planned to extend the programme in 2003 to locations in
Sernovodsk and Grozny.
The main objective of the Little Star programme is as follows:
Improved psychosocial well-being of children/ youth living in eight IDP
camps in Ingushetia and seven villages in Chechnya and fifteen points in
Grozny
Indicators:
850 children attend LS workshops in every 2 month period (approx. 10,000
over 2 years)
Children with additional needs participate in individual consultations
Groups of the most vulnerable children participate in the yearly retreat
in Kabardino-Balkaria
The target group becomes more able to cope with the emergency situation
A strong team of experts in this field is created
The aims of the peacebuilding and vocational training/ sports components
of the programme are as follows:
To enable young people in the IDP camps to participate in productive
activities, thereby giving them an opportunity to occupy themselves with
something other than the struggle of daily life
To empower young people and give them a stake in their own future by
teaching them about conflict resolution skills, human rights, information
technology and other skills that will be beneficial also in later life.
This will also involve looking at their own traditions and culture and
cultivating an understanding of traditional ways to prevent violence and
transform conflict.
To strengthen local capacities for peace and the process of developing
civil society through educating young people.
To equip young people with practical skills to help them be prepared to
find work in their communities.
To provide extra educational support for some of the older pupils of the
CPCD schools, who have missed out on years of education and need help in
catching up.
To provide sports and recreational activities to help engage young people
physically as well as mentally, as a way to channel energy and aggression
in a positive way, in the frustrating living conditions of IDP centres.
To decrease the vulnerability of adolescents to involvement in crime and
drugs.
Conflict resolution and communication skills will be taught within the
framework of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP). AVP offers
experiential communication and conflict resolution workshops focusing on
community-building, empowerment, affirmation, and co-operation. The
seminars provide insight into the nature of conflict, listening skills,
how to approach and engage in resolution of conflicts in a balanced,
sensible way and how to prevent the escalation of conflict. The programme
aims to provide a stimulus and a constructive environment for people to
look at problems and the roots and effects of conflict, in order to
explore for themselves ways to deal with conflict within themselves and in
society. CPCD has an ongoing programme of training young people in
Chechnya and Ingushetia to become AVP trainers, so they will run the AVP
workshops that form part of the proposed youth programme.
Culture of peace activities will focus on promoting work being done around
the world in the field of non-violence, which includes the Hague Appeal
for Peace process, various international conventions and conferences for
non-violent, peaceful solutions to today's problems, UNESCO petitions,
posters and peace education. The human rights workshops will introduce the
students to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, focusing on the
relevance of human rights for them in everyday life. The lessons will
include the rights and responsibilities of individuals towards each other
and of States towards their citizens.
Both employment prospects and communication with people in other countries
are greatly improved if one has a good command of information technology.
In order to use modern communication technologies most effectively, and to
have contact with foreigners, knowledge of the English language is also
extremely useful. CPCD would therefore like to offer lessons in the use of
widely-used computer programmes, an introduction to the internet and
English language teaching to students. Health education will cover basic
training in first aid, information on dangers of the spread of disease in
the conditions of the refugee camps in Ingushetia and Chechnya, with
suggested ways to limit such danger.
Vainakh ethics will focus on the traditions and culture of the Chechen and
Ingush people, outlining and explaining fundamental aspects of ethical
Vainakh behaviour. This will encourage young people to adhere to the
traditional values of tolerance and respect, especially for elders and
guests, and will explore traditional ways to prevent and resolve conflict,
which have been embedded in the local culture and traditions for
centuries. Experienced local experts in this field will teach these
classes.
The carpentry lessons will be centred around the Rassvet location in
Sleptsovskaya, as CPCD has a carpentry workshop based there, which it uses
for the construction of wooden school buildings in Ingushetia. Joinery
lessons will also be based there. Young people from camps Alina and Bella
will also be given the opportunities to join the carpentry and joinery
classes at Rassvet.
Four sports tents in the three locations will provide much-needed physical
exercise for young people in the camps. There are tents for judo and
boxing, as well as two tents for gym training and table tennis. Two groups
of twenty will attend sessions at each tent each day. In all of the
lessons teaching methods will be interactive and participatory, involving
games, role plays, discussion, problem-solving exercises and possibly some
local field trips to study, for example, a particular ecosystem. Lectures,
small group sharing, active listening, debates, general meetings and
individual tuition will be used as methods to teach the themes of the
programme.
Food/Hygienic Kits Distribution and Monitoring
Food boxes and hygienic kits are to be distributed according to lists of
families most in need, living in spontaneous IDP settlements in Ingushetia
where CPCD has been working since 2000. These include the villages of
Maiski and Chermen. In addition, CPCD plans to provide food boxes/
hygienic kits for vulnerable groups in the Achkhoi-Martan and Urus Martan
regions of Chechnya.
Warm meals for IDPs, Sernovodsk
Sernovodsk is in Chechnya but only several kilometres away from the border
with Ingushetia. Many IDPs have therefore located in this town. The town's
original population is 15,000. 3,500 IDPs live on the premises of the
Sernovodsk Agricultural College and a further 3,000 IDPs live in private
accommodation, mostly with friends/ relatives, and some in rented
accommodation. The director of the college has given CPCD the use of a
building (a former canteen) belonging to the college to conduct vocational
training/ life skills activities with the IDPs as described above, and to
open a canteen.
As the building formerly housed the college's canteen, the basic
conditions for this activity are present there already. A warm meal will
be provided once a day for 500 of the most vulnerable IDPs living at the
IDP settlement at the college, including the elderly, mentally and
physically disabled people and people with long-term physical ailments.
Basic food products will be provided by WFP (rice, salt, flour,
buckwheat). Additional ingredients, repairs to the building, equipment and
staff wages will be covered by this programme.
Bakery
For similar reasons as above, fresh bread is very much needed among IDPs.
The bakery, provided from a former ACT/NCA-CPCD programme from 1999, is in
Sleptsovskaya, and will provide fresh bread for IDPs in Sleptsovskaya
(Ingushetia) and Sernovodsk (Chechnya). This programme will be a
co-sponsor of the provision of bread to IDPs by means of this bakery. The
other co-sponsor will be the UN World Food Programme.
School Buildings/ Psychosocial Centre Repair Work
CPCD plans to contribute to the provision of education for children in
Chechnya, which has been intermittent at best over the last nine years.
This will have a serious effect on future generations and the society as a
whole. A main reason for the lack of education today is the destruction of
school buildings. The health system in Chechnya is in a similarly poor
state. CPCD plans to address these problems with the support of ACT and
NCA by conducting the following work:
CPCD plans to conduct further basic repair work to 4 more schools in
Chechnya, to make them suitable for use during the winter months and to
improve conditions for their use during the whole year. Many schools have
to close down during the winter months, as holes in roofs, broken windows
and damaged heating systems render conditions in the school unsuitable for
lessons due to cold and damp. Many children have missed years of
schooling, and the closure of schools in winter makes this problem worse.
CPCD plans also to conduct repair work to an IDP school in Ingushetia, so
that lessons for IDPs from Chechnya can continue to be conducted
throughout the autumn, winter and into next year.
CPCD also plans to repair a building provided to be the base for the
Little Star psychosocial programme in Grozny, which is described above. At
present, Little Star works in Grozny in 15 different points. The building
to be repaired is being leased to CPCD for 15 years. Official documents
have been prepared and signed. Three of the Little Star points will be
based at this building permanently, and also activities such as concerts
and festivals for all Little Star points will be able to take place at
this location.
CPCD proposes to employ local builders and purchase local materials to
repair the 4 schools in the Grozny regions of Chechnya and the
Psychosocial Centre. CPCD staff will purchase all the materials and
closely monitor the work being conducted. CPCD staff have already gathered
comprehensive information on schools planning to close for the winter in
these regions for want of basic repairs, and which need repair work to
function adequately during the whole year. More detailed cost estimates
will then be compiled for those schools before a final decision is made on
which schools to include in the given programme. This work would start in
June 2003 so that as much repair work could be carried out to enable
schools to re-open before the cold weather begins in the autumn.
Women's Support Centre, Malgobek (Ingushetia)
The Women's Support Centre aims at improving the psychological and
physical health of IDP-women in the Malgobek region by providing primary
medical-gynaecological assistance, psychological and social support.
This programme provides medical services, including basic treatment,
anti-venereal prophylactics, AIDS awareness and AIDS prevention education
(within the framework of the UN AIDS programme), distribution of essential
literature (illustrated and broadly explaining procedures and actions to
prevent infection) and condoms, confidential consultations with
specialists, and distribution of basic medication.
In the Centre, women-IDPs also receive psychological assistance, social
advice and moral support. The Centre has facilities and specialists for
providing massage, relaxation workshops and psychosocial assistance.
Internally displaced women are provided with an opportunity to communicate
with other women visiting the Centre who experience similar problems, and
to gain knowledge on how to keep themselves and their children in good
health in poor living conditions. Hygienic items are to be distributed,
such as antibacterial soap and sanitary products. In addition, specialised
literature, books, magazines and videos about motherhood and related
topics are available. The pedagogical specialist gives advice to
inexperienced mothers on how to care for a baby or young child, and how to
feed a baby properly without expensive baby food. In cases when a woman
has no one to look after her children while she is making use of the
facilities of the centre, a specialist is available to entertain the
children with interesting and useful exercises and games.
North Caucasus Conflict Resolution Centre, Nazran (Ingushetia)
Specific aims
To establish a department associated with the Ingush State University for
the teaching of conflict resolution, human rights and peace building
To educate university students and school and university teachers in the
theory and practice of conflict resolution and peace building
To facilitate the practical application of skills learned, for example
through community mediation, peer mediation, etc.
To empower people by giving them the knowledge and skills to implement
peace building activities in their own communities.
Syllabus
The following subjects will be offered to students of the NCCRC:
Conflict resolution (conflict theory, conflict analysis, theories of
conflict resolution, conflict resolution skills)
Mediation (theories of mediation, mediation in practice, e.g. community
mediation)
Negotiation (practical skills, diplomacy)
Non-violence and culture of peace (including tolerance, the roles of
religion and media, etc.)
Peace building (reconstruction, democratic processes, structures, rule of
law, etc.)
Human rights.
Implementation
Lecturers and trainers will be invited from local and international
universities, research centres and non-governmental organisations. Regular
lecturers will be academics from local institutions (such as the Ingush
State University), and guest lecturers will be invited from other Russian
and international universities (such as the University of Bradford's Peace
Studies Department) to participate, in particular, in conferences and
seminars. Trainers will also be invited from NGOs such as the Odessa
Region Mediation Group, the Centre for Conflict Management and
Peacebuilding (Norway) and Responding to Conflict (UK).
Teaching materials will be collated both in the UK, based on the
recommendations of Bradford University's Peace Studies Department, and
also by the NCCRC's lecturers and director, so that students will be
familiar with the Russian and English language literature. (The English
language materials will be translated into Russian.)
The students as well as the teachers will be divided into groups
consisting of approximately ten persons. Each group will have
approximately 6-8 hours of lectures and 4-6 hours of practice per week.
The teaching programmes will generally last two months.
Practical Applications
As people become trained in conflict resolution skills, the Centre will
establish a mediation service, in which students will be able to work as
mediators. Graduates of the NCCRC will also be able to apply their
knowledge and skills in many other situations. For example, they may work
with governmental institutions such as the Ministry of Interior as
consultants and mediators for prisoners, difficult children and teenagers;
they will be able to practice their conflict resolution skills in
universities and schools, where conflicts occur on a regular basis. There
will be opportunities for paid work in the field, as there is a deficit of
specialists in conflict resolution in the region. Many government
structures and private companies wish to engage people qualified in
conflict resolution in order to increase their efficiency and/or
productivity by reducing the amount of time spent on badly managing
conflicts.
TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
Peace building, Sports and Vocational Training for Youth programme
(psychosocial) - 3,000 adolescents in Ingushetia (Alina, Bella, Rassvet
and Bart IDP camps, Ingushetia) will be targeted for the psychosocial/
peacebuilding and vocational training programme for adolescents/ youth.
Food boxes
CPCD plans to provide 1,800 food boxes per month for 12 months and 1,800
hygienic kits, once in autumn and once in winter. The beneficiaries will
include 1,780 families, receiving one food box each month. The average
size of one family is 5 to 6 people, vulnerable groups receive a box per 4
people, giving a total number of around 11,000 beneficiaries receiving
food monthly and hygienic kits twice. On average, for a typical IDP
family, this would include a man, woman and 3 to 4 children. However, the
categories of vulnerable groups described below are also included.
500 most vulnerable IDPs from Agricultural Technical College IDP
settlement.
Bread - 1,200 loaves of bread to be baked each day, providing 2,400 people
from vulnerable groups in Assinovskaya and Sernovodsk (western Chechnya)
with half a loaf each day.
Repair of Schools - children and teachers working in 4 schools and Little
Star Psychosocial Centre - children aged 7 to 14 will receive psychosocial
support at the Centre to be repaired in Grozny.
Women's Support Centre Malgobek - The target group will be women who are
internally displaced from Chechnya and the Prigorodny region (North
Ossetia) and at the moment temporary residents of Malgobek region of
Ingushetia. The focus will be on pregnant women, young mothers, women
with new babies and widows. In the Malgobek region, just as in the rest of
Ingushetia, the vast majority of IDPs live in the private sector (with
host families or in an apartment). The only tent camp in Malgobek region,
near the village of Aki-Yurt, was closed down by the Russian authorities
in the beginning of December 2002.
North Caucasus Conflict Resolution Centre - Students and teachers in the
North Caucasus. The students will be already enrolled at local
universities and colleges, in particular in departments of sociology,
psychology, history, law and politics. Teachers will be selected in
conjunction with local ministries and departments of education. They will
be teachers from secondary schools, colleges and universities.
Criteria for Beneficiary Selection
Food boxes and hygienic kits are to be distributed according to lists of
families most in need, living in IDP spontaneous settlements in Ingushetia
where CPCD has been working since 2000.
CPCD will again identify which IDPs and vulnerable groups are in the
greatest need and not receiving help from other agencies. This will be
done in co-ordination and consultation with the local authorities and
other NGOs, the ICRC and UN agencies.
The family head will sign for each box of aid received. In this way, it
will be possible to monitor whether the families on the list received the
aid apportioned to them. The following vulnerable groups will be targeted
inside Chechnya as well as regular IDP families:- single parent families,
elderly people over 65 without community or family support, disabled
people, pregnant and breast-feeding women. These groups will receive an
average of a box of food or hygienic kit for 4 people rather than 5 to 6
in the case of the IDP families.
Number of Targeted Beneficiaries According To Proposed Assistance
Peacebuilding, Sports and Vocational Training for Youth programme
(psychosocial) - 3000 adolescents in Ingushetia.
Food boxes - 12,000 beneficiaries (approx. breakdown: 6500 children 0 to
16 years; 4,100 parents including 2,050 men and 2,050 women; 250 old
people over 65 without family or community support; 800 physically and
mentally handicapped people; 260 orphans).
Hygienic kits - 11,000 beneficiaries (approx. breakdown: 6000 children 0
to 16 years; 3,600 parents including 1,800 men and 1,800 women; 250 old
people over 65 without family or community support; 800 physically and
mentally handicapped people; 260 orphans).
Canteen Sernovodsk - 500 IDPs per day
Bread - 2,000 people per day (approx. breakdown: 900 children 0 to 16
years; 550 parents including 275 men and 275 women; 150 old people over 65
without family or community support; 300 physically and mentally
handicapped people; 100 orphans).
Repair of Schools - approximately 2,500 children aged 6 to 16 years.
Little Star Psychosocial Centre - 500 children will receive psychosocial
support at the Centre to be repaired in Grozny each year.
Women's Support Centre Malgobek - 2,000 women IDPs of child-bearing age in
Malgobek.
North Caucasus Conflict Resolution Centre - 1,200 students per year (600
students on 2 month courses; 600 students on separate modules lasting 1
month).
Field Offices Required:
There will be 2 field offices - one in Nazran, Ingushetia, the second in
Sleptsovskaya, Ingushetia near the border with Chechnya. CPCD does not
consider the security situation inside Chechnya to be safe enough to open
a permanent office there, and therefore the field offices are both in
Ingushetia. However, local and expatriate staff (if security situation
allows) are able to travel in and out of Chechnya with the appropriate
security arrangements and passes issued by Russian authorities.
External Support Required
The CPCD Moscow and UK offices provide necessary external support.
Communications are often poor in Ingushetia, and so the Moscow office is
the contact point for NCA and ACT, as well as other NGOs and UN agencies,
which all have bases in Moscow. The final reports and proposals are also
compiled at the Moscow and UK offices. External trainers will be brought
in as necessary for the Little Star, peacebuilding and vocational training
and North Caucasus Conflict Resolution Centre programmes.
Procurement (Local or Other)
Everything can be procured locally in Ingushetia through local suppliers.
Food items are brought from southern Russia (Stavropol, Piatigorsk,
Nalchik). Building materials can also be purchased in Ingushetia.
Non-ACT Donor Inputs To Proposed Project (WFP, UNHCR, etc).
WFP has indicated to CPCD that food products can be released as part of
WFP s 'Food For Work' programme, to cover labour costs of the school
repair programme. In this way, more of the funds from this programme can
be used to pay for materials and transport costs. WFP will also provide
the sugar, salt and part of the flour required for the bakery in
Sleptsovskaya.
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration
The CPCD general director is responsible for overall management of the
project, including overall financial management and staffing arrangements,
with the assistance of the CPCD local executive director and expatriate
programme co-ordinator. The general director and expatriate programme
co-ordinator will supervise the local Co-ordinators and deal with project
reporting, relations with ACT, and other agencies.
The two local co-ordinators are responsible to the executive director for
management of local project activity in each republic, including the
organisation and supervision of local teams, procurement and aid
distributions, negotiations with local authorities, and co-ordination with
other organisations. In addition, the Ingushetia Co-ordinator will have
special responsibility for the bakery, and the Chechnya Co-ordinator for
school and medical building repair. The expatriate programme co-ordinator
is responsible for co-operation with WFP, monitoring and oversight of the
Malgobek Women's Support Centre (see below).
The monitors, under the supervision of the local co-ordinators, will
maintain and provide to the local accountant all necessary data pertaining
to beneficiaries.
Finance
The local accountant in Ingushetia will be responsible to the local
co-ordinators for maintaining constant records of expenditure, materials,
goods and beneficiary figures.
The Moscow accountant will be responsible for compiling these figures,
including project expenditure in Moscow and overall financial reports,
under the supervision of the programme director.
Disbursement of ACT Appeal Funds will be by the programme director to
local Co-ordinators through the CPCD office in Moscow and CPCD executive
director.
Monitoring
The UK, Moscow and field offices will remain in daily contact via
telephone, fax and email. The expatriate programme co-ordinator assistant
will visit the region at least once a month to monitor progress, disburse
funds and deal with problems that arise. The local co-ordinators will also
travel periodically to Moscow and executive director to the UK for
consultation, planning, reporting and information exchange.
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
As this will be the fifth phase of the programme with ACT/NCA-CPCD, and
the activities are similar to those conducted in former programmes, the
assessment and start-up parts of this programme will be conducted rapidly
within the first weeks of the programme.
The food box and hygienic kits, as well as bread distributions, will be
conducted each month. The school buildings repair work will be conducted
according to the following timetable:
Month 6 to 7 - 2 buildings
Months 7 to 8 - 2 buildings
Meals will be provided at the canteen in Sernovodsk daily starting 1 May
2003 (month 5).
The Little Star Psychosocial and Peace building/ Vocational Training
activities will also be conducted daily. Groups will attend workshops/
courses for 2 month periods.
The Malgobek Women's Support Centre will be open every work day from
January 2003 (month 1).
The situation in Chechnya and Ingushetia is such that such programmes will
most probably be necessary for the whole of the year 2003. Therefore, it
is expected that an application will be made to extend this programme
after the 12 months are over. This application will be prepared by CPCD at
the end of 2003.
CO-ORDINATION
Regular co-ordination meetings are held by sector (e.g. food, education,
shelter, etc.) in Moscow and in the field to monitor and co-ordinate this
work. WFP, ICRC, DRC, CPCD, Care International and ACF usually attend
these meetings. Further co-ordination work - as well as mutual assistance
and support - is carried out on an individual basis, where other
organisations are working in the same regions or sectors, in order to
avoid duplication and ensure complimentarity. Whenever possible, CPCD
staff attend other regular and irregular meetings and events that are
relevant to the humanitarian programme. CPCD enjoys particularly good
relations with the local government authorities in Ingushetia.
The general atmosphere of co-operation among those humanitarian actors
present in the North Caucasus or interested to be present is good. The
number of NGOs working there has stabilised at around 30. The UN
discourages new NGOs from starting work in the region due to security
hazards, and advises them to work through agencies already operating
there.
BUDGET
Category/Description Type No. Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units RUR RUR USD
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Post Crisis Assistance
Food Distribution Food box 21,600 384 8,294,400 259,200
Flour, yeast (bakery) 156 4,923 767,988 24,000
Health & Medical Inputs: Hyg. kit 3,600 224 806,400 25,200
Medical supplies Month 12 25,600 307,200 9,600
Community Infrastructure Bldg repair 4 640,000 2,560,000 80,000
Peacebuilding and life skills prog. Materials 12 96,000 1,152,000 36,000
Peacebuilding and life skills prog. Equipment 6 32,000 192,000 6,000
Sports programme Sports equipment 1 480,000 480,000 15,000
Canteen Bldg repair 1 320,000 320,000 10,000
Canteen Equipment 1 896,000 896,000 28,000
Canteen Food 8 150,000 1,200,000 37,500
Conflict Resolution Centre Bldg repair 1 720,000 720,000 22,500
Little Star Bldg repair 1 640,000 640,000 20,000
Sub Total Direct Assistance 573,000
MATERIAL TRANSPORT, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING, HANDLING
Material Transport
Truck Rental and Related Costs Truck/day 60 2,200 132,000 4,125
Storage, Warehousing, Handling
Warehouse Rental Month 12 13,000 156,000 4,875
Warehouse Security 2 guards 12 4,800 57,600 1,800
Labour for Loading & Unloading 3 loaders 12 9,800 117,600 3,675
Sub Total Transport, Storage, Handling 14,475
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT (Over $500)
Office Equipment
Photocopiers Piece 2 48,000 96,000 3,000
Computers Piece 4 56,000 224,000 7,000
Office furniture Furniture 1 464,000 464,000 14,500
TV/ video Set 1 25,600 25,600 800
Communications Equipment
Telephone and Fax Equipment Set 1 9,600 9,600 300
Vehicle Equipment
Light Vehicles Lada car 2 240,000 480,000 15,000
Sub Total Capital Equipment 40,600
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT
Staff Salaries & Support
Project Staff Salaries Month 12 646,213 7,754,556 242,330
Staff Travel
Local and Regional Travel Flight 32 3,531 112,992 3,531
International Travel Flight 16 16,276 260,416 8,138
Office Operations
Office Rental Month 12 51,200 614,400 19,200
Category/Description Type No. Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units RUR RUR USD
Office Stationery & Supplies Month 12 3,200 38,400 1,200
Communications
Telephone and Fax Month 12 32,000 384,000 12,000
Vehicle Operations
Fuel (Gasoline & Diesel) Month 12 38,400 460,800 14,400
Maintenance (Parts/Labour) Month 12 16,000 192,000 6,000
Audit & Evaluation
Audit of ACT Appeal Funds Lump sum 1 38,400 38,400 1,200
Other Admin., Operational and Support Costs
Bank charges Lump sum 1 576,000 576,000 18,000
Sub Total Personnel, Administration, Operations, Support 325,999
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE - NCA/CPCD 954,074
Exchange Rate: 1US$ = 32 RUR
REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
Russian Orthodox Church (ROC)
Russia Round Table (RRT)
IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
For the last 12 years ACT member, the Russian Orthodox Church has
participated in various diaconal, social and emergency projects in Russia,
as well as in other countries - Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Moldova, Belarus,
Ukraine, Estonia, Ethiopia and Serbia.
The Russia Round Table (RRT)/Department for External Church Relations of
the Moscow Patriarchate, has been dealing with emergencies on behalf of
ROC and has implemented different ACT emergency projects both nationally
and internationally.
1995-2002 ROC/RRT implemented a series of ACT emergency relief projects
providing help for war victims and IDPs in co-operation with HIA, UNHCR
and UNICEF.
Currently, ROC/RRT continues implementation of EURU-22 "Rehabilitation to
Flood Affected" - the post-flood assistance in North Caucasus. Prior to
that, in July-November 2002, ROC/RRT implemented the EURU-21 program,
providing food and hygienic assistance to the most vulnerable flood
victims on the territory of six North Caucasus republics.
While implementing the flood projects ACT/ROC/RRT continually monitored
the IDP's situation in Chechnya and neighboring regions, since IDPs are
one of the beneficiary categories of these projects.
The proposed project is mainly focused on Chechnya and is concentrating on
providing necessary assistance for IDPs in Chechnya and the neighbouring
regions - North Ossetia and Stavropol Kray Territory tls* attempting to
meet the most urgent needs of the IDPs in each of the regions.
This proposal is based on assessment results in Chechnya and neighbouring
republics. In Chechnya information was obtained from the republic's
authorities (Ministry of Education, Migration Service), local authorities
(Grozny city administration, regional administrations), Temporary
Accommodation Centres (TACs), schools, kindergartens and during the
meetings with communities and IDPs. ROC/RRT plans for providing
assistance to IDPs were discussed with the local authorities of all the
regions concerned and received their support and assurance of
co-operation.
Situation of IDPs in Chechnya (project specific)
The region of Nadterechniy located in the northern part of Chechnya has
had the highest concentration of IDPs in Chechnya since 1999. Until the
summer of 2002 there were two IDP tent camps. The camps were then closed
down and their inhabitants were moved to other TACs and the city of
Grozny. IDPs living with host families were practically forgotten by the
authorities and NGOs and currently there remain 8,958 such IDPs registered
there.
The number of IDPs in Urus-Martanovsky region, which is situated in the
west of Chechnya between the city of Grozny and Ingushetia, amounts to
18,278. 15 TACs have been opened in Chechnya by now (7 of them are in
Grozny), housing 16,700 people. Six more TACs for 4,677 people were opened
in Grozny in February 2003.
As a rule, only some of the IDPs registered in TACs, stay there
permanently, these are mainly women, old people and children. Male IDPs
return to their abandoned or ruined homes and try to repair them, or look
for jobs. This is also typical of the IDPs, who are not staying at TACs,
but rent rooms or stay with relatives. One of the most important problems
for IDPs, as well as for all the Chechen population in general is
education. There is no discrimination of the IDP children as far as
education is concerned - the native population, authorities, and school
administration treat IDPs well and do not prevent them from attending
school. The problem that IDPs face is the lack of funds for purchasing
school supplies and textbooks and shortage of desks in damaged and badly
furnished schools. The IDP schoolchildren in a number of Chechen regions
are a considerable part of the total number of pupils: in Nadterechniy
region - 3,521 out of 10,800 children, in Urus-Martanovskiy - 4,643 out of
20,745.
There are 7,217 children in 15 TACs.
Under 1.5 years
>From 1.5 to 6 years
>From 6 to 15 years
>From 15 to 17 years
Total
585
1644
3999
989
7217
Situation of IDPs in Stavropol Kray and North Ossetia (project specific)
Unlike Ingushetia, where the authorities, mass media and NGOs pay special
attention to the IDP situation, and where there is some financial help,
IDPs on the territory of Stavropol Kray and North Ossetia have been
practically forgotten. Although they are desperately in need of
assistance they get no help from the authorities. Neither do they see any
possibility of returning home or going to TACs in Chechnya, where there is
a possibility of help. The problem lies in the fact that they belong to
ethnic minorities (Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Germans, Jews, etc.) and
are afraid of national and religious persecution from ethnic Chechen
groups. Moreover, in many cases they were deprived of their property so
they cannot return to their original homes even if they had the means.
Furthermore, many IDPs have no documents, because they were lost during
escape from Chechnya. To restore them IDPs are required by the authorities
to have various certificates, which can be applied for only in the local
government institutions in Chechnya, where they are afraid to go for the
reasons given above. They are told that pensions and money for food and
living, provided by the Russian government can only be applied for in
their original home areas. Thus, many IDPs on the territory of North
Ossetia and Stavropol Kray remain in dire need of the essentials -
primarily foodstuff and hygienic items.
The highest concentration of IDPs is the south of Stavropol Kray,
neighbouring with Chechnya (5,784 IDPs registered), and Mozdok region of
North Ossetia, bordering on Chechnya (6,549 IDPs registered).
According to the Migration Service the number of unregistered IDPs in
these regions is over 20,000 in each. It is extremely difficult to
register as the authorities believe that registered IDPs will never go
back to Chechnya but will only add to the deterioration of the social
situation in the host regions and demand assistance from the already
insufficient local social budget.
GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal: To meet urgent basic needs of IDPs and offer some hope by providing
humanitarian assistance in Chechnya, North Ossetia and Stavropol Kray.
Objectives
Provide individual food and hygienic kits to the most needy IDPs (North
Ossetia and Stavropol Kray),
Provide household kits to IDPs in new TACs (Grozny city, Chechnya),
Reconstruction and equipment of schools (Nadterechny and Urus-Martanovsky
regions, Chechnya),
Provide the most necessary school supplies and text-books for the IDP
children (Grozny city, Nadterechny and Urus-Martanovsky regions,
Chechnya),
Provide seeds and fertilisers to IDPs (Nadterechny and Urus-Martanovsky
regions, Chechnya).
TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
The project will be carried out in the regions of highest concentration of
IDPs where urgent basic needs have not been met by either the government
or NGOs:
Caucasian Mineral Waters region and Kurskoy region (south of the Stavropol
Kray),
Mozdok region (Republic North Ossetia),
Nadterechny region (Checnhya),
Urus-Martanovsky region (Chechnya),
Grozny city (Chechnya).
Below is a list of beneficiary numbers and locations. A detailed
description of every sub-project and criteria for beneficiaries selection
to follow.
Name of sub-project
Region of implementation
Number of beneficiaries
Project 1
Distribution of personal food & hygienic kits
Stavropol Kray
2,250 persons
Republic North Ossetia
1,200 persons
Project 2
Distribution of personal household kits
Chechnya
4,677 persons
Project 3
Reconstruction and equipment of schools
Chechnya
min. 5,978 persons
Project 4
Distribution of personal school kits
Chechnya
5,500 persons
Project 5
Distribution of family agriculture kits
Chechnya
2,500 families - appr.20,000 persons
Total
39,605 persons
PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
Supplies. The lists of distribution items have been prepared in
co-operation with the local authorities, using ROC/RRT experience of
emergency work in Chechnya and North Caucasus in 1995-2003.
Procurement. Purchases will be made locally: depending on availability -
either in the distribution areas or in the neighbouring regions. The
purchases will be made after a detailed market assessment and collection
of information from several potential suppliers. Protected shipment
convoys to Chechnya will be organised from Stavropol Kray and North
Ossetia. Quantity and quality of products will be controlled by
ACT/ROC/RRT staff.
Distribution and Accounting. ACT/ROC/RRT will distribute aid items in
places agreed with the local authorities. Project staff, in co-operation
with the local authorities, will implement the distributions.
Beneficiaries will sign special relief reception forms developed by
ACT/ROC/RRT.
Project # 1 Distribution of personal food & hygienic kits.
Objective: to provide the most essential foodstuff and hygienic items and
assure the basic items commodities tlsfor the most vulnerable IDPs.
Selection of beneficiaries:
The relief assistance will be provided to the most vulnerable IDPs
registered by the local Social Departments as the most needy. The lists of
beneficiaries have been developed by ROC/RRT in co-operation with the
Social authorities and Migration Service.
Beneficiary number and location:
Region of implementation
Place of implementation
Number of beneficiaries
Stavropol kray
Caucasian Mineral Waters region
1,800 persons
Kurskoy region
450 persons
Republic North Ossetia
Mozdok region
1,200persons
Total
3,450 persons
Frequency: monthly distributions for 6 months.
Items to be purchased and distributed:
flour
1 kg.
sugar
1 kg
buckwheat
1 kg.
rice
1 kg.
macaroni
1 kg.
vegetable oil
1 l.
caned milk
1 p.
tea
1 p.
shampoo
1 p.
toilet paper
2 rolls
soap
3 p.
washing powder
1 p.
tooth brushes
1 p.
tooth paste
1 p.
Project # 2 Distribution of personal household kits
Objective: to improve living conditions of IDPs arriving at the new
temporary accommodation centres in Chechnya from Ingushetia.
Beneficiaries selection: the beneficiaries of household kits will be the
IDPs arriving from Ingushetia to the reopened TACs in Chechnya. In
February 2003 six new TACs to accommodate 4,667 IDPs were opened. All of
them are situated in the city of Grozny. The local authorities and the
migration service of the Chechen republic are not able to provide the
necessary household items for the newly arrived and have requested that
ROC/RRT assist.
Each IDP will receive one household kit comprising:
blanket
1
bed-clothes (set)
1
plates (different size)
4
cutlery
3
glasses
2
saucepan
1
pail
1
washbasin
1
pot
1
towel
1
Project # 3 Reconstruction and equipment of schools
Objective: to repair the schools and furnish them with furniture and
kitchen equipment to improve the classroom conditions so that the classes
would accommodate a larger number of children including IDPs.
Beneficiaries selection: assistance will be provided to the schools that
cannot function full time because of damages and lack of necessary
furniture. A significant number of IDP children (12-32 % of the total
number of children) go to these schools. A special contract will be signed
with the school administration and local authorities. According to this
contract, in the year 2003-04 IDP children will have priority in receiving
the new places formed as a result of the project.
Beneficiaries number and location:
Region of implementation
Place of implementation
Number of beneficiaries
Checnhya republic, Nadterechny region
Gvardeyskoye, school @ 1
min. 403 pupils
Verchny Naur, school @ 1
min. 577 pupils
Nadterechnoye, school @ 2
min. 453 pupils
Meken-Yurt, school @ 1
min. 427 pupils
Chechnya Rep, Urus-Martanovsky region
Urus-Martan city, school @ 3
min. 1,285 pupils
Urus-Martan city, school @ 6
min. 1,425 pupils
Urus-Martan city, school @ 7
min. 1,028 pupils
Martan-Chu, school @ 1
min. 380 pupils
Total
8 schools - min. 5,978 pers
Supplies: a detailed list of necessary repair work will be prepared for
each school: bracing of walls, roofs and floors; assembling of doors and
windows; finishing and painting of the facilities; as well as a list of
the necessary equipment and construction materials. The engineers of
ACT/ROC/RRT will carry out the project in co-operation with the school
administration and local authorities. The school kitchen facilities will
also be repaired and equipped with the necessary furniture and kitchen
appliances.
It should be noted that doors, windows and part of the furniture for the
schools, as far as possible, will be made locally. This will create new
jobs in Chechnya and support the economy. The necessary school furniture
will be provided for each of the age groups of schoolchildren (7-9, 10-14,
15-17 years old). A special contract will be signed between the
ACT/ROC/RRT, the school administration and local authorities. The
construction workers will work under the supervision of both ACT/ROC/RRT
and the administration. The project will use the experience acquired
during the reconstruction of seven schools in Nadterechny region of
Chechnya implemented by ROC/RRT in co-operation with HIA and UNHCR. The
staff members who participated in that project, will also be involved in
this program.
The budget proposal is based on a preliminary calculation, prepared after
the first assessment by ROC/RRT and local authorities.
Project # 4 Distribution of personal school kits
Objective: to provide IDP children with the necessary school supplies and
textbooks.
Beneficiaries selection: assistance will be rendered to junior IDP school
children living in TACs in Grozny and in Nadterechny and Urus-Martanovsky
regions. As the most disadvantaged category of IDP schoolchildren they
often can not even begin classes because of the lack of school accessories
and supplies, or they study poorly and fall behind. The final number of
beneficiaries of the individual school kits will be specified for each
school in July 2003 before the new school year begins on 1 September.
Beneficiaries number and location:
Region of implementation
Place of implementation
Number of beneficiaries
Chechnya republic
Grozny city
App. 2,000 persons
Nadterechny region
App. 1,000 persons
Urus-Martanovsky region
App. 2,500 persons
Total
App. 5,500 persons
Items to be purchased and distributed as a personal school kit:
Schoolbag
1
textbooks (in co-ordination with the Ministry of Education)
1 set
thin notebook
15
subject book
10
sketch-book
2
Pen
5
Pencils
1 set
color pencils
1 set
Markers
1 set
eraser
1
ruler
1
pencil-sharpener
1
plasticine
1 set
Project # 5 Distribution of family agriculture kits
Objective: to provide IDPs with food supplies and ensure their food
security.
Beneficiaries selection: agriculture is practically the only secure source
of income for people in Chechnya. The beneficiaries of agriculture kits
will be large families of IDPs owning a piece of land (150-250 square
meters) for agricultural purposes. The preliminary list of beneficiaries
was prepared by ROC/RRT in co-operation with local authorities.
Beneficiaries number and location:
Region of implementation
Place of implementation
Number of beneficiaries
Chechnya
Nadterechny region
1,200 families - appr. 6,500 persons
Urus-Martanovsky region
2,500 families - appr. 13,500 persons
Total
3,700 families-approx 20,000 persons
Each family will receive one agriculture kit comprising:
Seeds (type)
Qt
red beet
10 g
tomato
10 g
cucumber
10 g
parsley
16 g
green peas
20 g
dill
16 g
eggplant
10 g
radish
16 g
carrot
15 g
seed onion
2 kg
bean
1 kg
potato
3 kg
corn
1 kg
Fertilizers (type)
Qt
phosphate
3 kg
potassium
1 kg
All seeds are zoned for North Caucasus and are the most common for
Chechnya. The indicated chemical fertilisers are used together with
organic fertilisers depending on the region and owners. Furthermore,
organic fertilisers are widely available, and IDPs can get them from the
farms or their neighbours free of charge.
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Finance
ROC/RRT will be responsible for finances and reporting to ACT. The money
transfer and auditing will be the same as in EURU-21. The accounts and
financial reports will be audited by an independent auditor I.V.Shutyleva,
licensed by the Russian Federation Finance Ministry # 005759, dated
19/4/2000, member of the Russian Auditors Union.
Monitoring
ROC/RRT will carry out monitoring of the project. At the close of the
project an evaluation meeting will be held at the Pyatigorsk office of
ACT/ROC/RRT. The participants will be representatives of ROC/RRT, project
staff, local authorities and IDPs from the project regions. The meeting
will analyse the project implementation and discuss future perspectives
and priorities of the work in North Caucasus.
Office
The work will be co-ordinated by the ROC/RRT office in Pyatigorsk
(Stavropol region), which also has rooms for staff accommodation.
Pyatigorsk is a convenient location to reach all project areas. If
necessary, a sub-office may be opened in Grozny.
The project will use the ROC/RRT office equipment, including the capital
equipment purchased for EURU-21 and EURU-22. It is planned also to
purchase two fax machines for the offices in Pyatigorsk and Grozny and
three mobile phones for the staff in Chechnya.
For transportation in the regions (except Chechnya) a car with a driver
will be hired in Pyatigorsk. For Chechnya a second driver with a car will
be hired, a special agreement with the authorities will be reached and the
necessary documents obtained.
Staff
An expert from ROC/RRT will direct the project. ROC/RRT co-ordinator will
carry out monitoring of the project implementation and co-ordination with
authorities in Moscow, UN and other NGOs. The ROC/RRT book-keeper will be
responsible accounting and reporting documentation.
ACT/ROC/RRT has a professional team and infrastructure in North Caucasus
and all staff members have many years of experience in this work.
ACT/ROC/RRT will hire one person as office leader in Grozny, 4
logisticians, 6 persons as transport monitors, one secretary and 2
engineers. The ROC volunteers, parishes and Church structures will support
project implementation.
Until the end of EURU-22 (15 May, 2003), the staff involved in both
projects will not receive honorarium from this proposed project (office
director, co-ordinator, book-keeper, 3 logisticians, 4 transport monitors,
secretary, 1 driver with a car). Their salaries have been calculated in
the budget for 3,5 months (15 May - 31 August 2003). Two engineers will be
hired for 3 months - implementation period of sub-project # 3. The office
rent in Pyatigorsk until 15 May 2003 also will be paid from EURU-22.
IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE
March-August, 2003
Name of sub-project
Timing
Project 1 - Distrib of personal food & hygienic kits
1-6 month
Project 2 - Distrib of personal household kits
1-2 month
Project 3 - Reconstruction & equipment of schools
3-5 month
Project 4 - Distribution of personal school kits
6 month
Project 5 - Distribution of family agriculture kits
1-2 month
COORDINATION
The project implementation will be co-ordinated with the local
authorities, migration, social and educational regional departments; as
well as with other ACT members, UN and NGOs to avoid any kind of
duplication.
BUDGET
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget
Unit Units US$ US$
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Project 1
Distribution of personal food&hygienic kits kit 20,700 11 227,700
Project 2
Distribution of personal household kits kit 4,677 59 275,943
Project 3
Reconstruction and equipment of schools School 8 21,000 168,000
Project 4
Distribution of personal school kits kit 5,500 23 126,500
Project 5
Distribution of family agriculture kits kit 2,500 18 45,000
TOTAL DIRECT ASSISTANCE 843,143
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget
Unit Units US$ US$
TRANSPORT, WAREHOUSING, LOADING
Transportation month 6 5,000 30,000
Warehouse rent month 6 1,200 7,200
TOTAL TRANSPORT, WAREHOUSING, LOADING 37,200
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
Fax 2 400 800
Mobile telephone 3 160 480
TOTAL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 1,280
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION & OPERATIONAL COSTS
Staff salaries
Director of program month 3.5 2000 7,000
Coordinator month 3.5 1500 5,250
Book-keeping month 3.5 600 2,100
Office leader - Grozny month 6 700 4,200
Logistics (3 pers.) month 3.5 1800 6,300
Logistics (1 pers.) month 6 600 3,600
Transport monitors (4 pers.) month 3.5 1200 4,200
Transport monitors (2 pers.) month 6 600 3,600
Engineers (2 pers.) month 3 1000 3,000
Secretary month 3.5 500 1,750
Driver with a car month 3.5 600 2,100
Driver with a car-Chechnya month 6 600 3,600
Staff travel
Local®ional travel month 6 700 4,200
Office Operational costs
Office rental & utilities - Pyatigorsk month 3.5 600 2,100
Office rental & utilities - Grozny month 6 300 1,800
Stationary & supplies month 6 300 1,800
Communication
Tel, fax, mobile telephones month 6 900 5,400
Total personnel, administration, operational costs 62,000
Audit lumpsum 500
Bank fees lumpsum 17,190
Evaluation lumpsum 2,000
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 963,313
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