Colombia - ACT: 23-Oct-03
Action by Churches Together (ACT)
Appeal - Colombia
Relief for the Internally Displaced - LACO-31
Appeal Target: US$ 745,135
Geneva, 23 October 2003
The violence in Colombia continues in a crisis that tends to be
generalised throughout the country. The crisis has worsened under the
current government's policy of "democratic security," which focuses on
strengthening of the military in an attempt to end internal fighting.
As a consequence of the above, an intensification of military action by
the illegal armed groups has been observed. This is particularly
noticeable in the cities, where the civil population is increasingly
affected by urban violence and caught in the crossfire. They are also
subject to threats and displacement. The armed conflict is continually
forcibly involving the civil population to such an extent that analysts
point out that this is not a war between the armed actors, but rather
against the non-combatant civil population. The military confrontation
increasingly uses the civil population as "human shield" resulting in a
considerable increase in the number of civilian victims.
Under these circumstances civilians find themselves repeatedly displaced
from one area to another in an attempt to save their lives, invariably
finding themselves in adverse and undignified conditions. The current
government policy is to promote the return of 30,000 internally displaced
peasants families. However, those who do not agree to return will cease
to receive assistance from the Social Solidarity Network. This has been
seriously questioned by national and international NGOs as they are
concerned that the return of these peasants will not be carried out taking
into consideration the minimum conditions of dignity and security defined
by international humanitarian law.
ACT members in Colombia Diakonie Emergency Aid (DEA), the Evangelical
Lutheran Church - IELCO/Lutheran World Federation-DWS and ACT
Netherlands/Project Counselling Service (PCS) have joined together to
respond to the situation. They are proposing to respond through the
following components:
Food security
Health assistance
Psychosocial assistance
ACT is a worldwide network of churches and related agencies meeting human
need through coordinated emergency response. The ACT Coordinating Office
is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World
Federation (LWF) in Switzerland.
Agriculture
Risk management and advocacy
Project Completion Date:
30 November, 2004
Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance
Requested
DEA IELCO PCS Total Target US$
Appeal Targets 341,181 322,254 81,700 745,135
Less: Pledges/Contr Recd 0 0 0 0
Balance Requested from ACT Alliance 341,181 322,254 81,700 745,135
DEA 341,181
IELCO 322,254
PCS 81,700
Total 745,135
John Nduna
Acting Director
ACT Co-ordinating Office
BACKGROUND DESCRIPTION
The violence in Colombia continues in a crisis that tends to be
generalised throughout the country. The crisis has worsened under the
current government policy of “democratic security”, which focuses on
strengthening of the military in an attempt to end internal fighting.
This has brought a significant cutback in social spending. Furthermore,
the armed conflict has become part and parcel of life for the population
who are trying desperately to remain outside the conflict.
As a consequence of the above, an intensification of military action by
the by the illegal armed groups has been observed. This is particularly
noticeable in the cities, where the civilians are increasingly affected by
urban violence and, as well as being caught in the crossfire is subject to
threats and displacement. The armed conflict is continually forcibly
involving the civil population to such an extent that analysts point out
that this is not a war between the armed groups, but rather against the
non-combatant civil population. The military confrontation increasingly
uses civilians as “human shields” resulting in a considerable increase
in the number of civilian victims.
Under these circumstances civilians find themselves repeatedly displaced
from one area to another in an attempt to save their lives, invariably
finding themselves in economically adverse and undignified conditions.
The current government policy is to promote the return of 30 thousand
internally displaced peasants families. Those who do not agree to return
will cease to receive assistance from the Social Solidarity Network.
However, national and international NGO’s have questioned compliance
with international humanitarian norms as the current situation does not
ensure that the return of these peasants is carried out with at least
minimum conditions of dignity and security.
Current Situation
The internal armed conflict in Colombia is producing destruction of
property, livelihood, lives and social and organisational structures. This
places communities in a continual crisis affecting their ability to deal
with the problems and consequently affecting their mental health.
According to the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES),
in the first five months of 2003 at least 869 municipalities (out of a
total of 1,115) have a displaced population, whilst 2002 was the worst
year for forced displacement since 1985 (the year in when statistics
begun). This year’s analysis shows a sharp increase that indicates an
average of 1,144 people displaced every day. Around 82,511 households were
forced to flee their home areas leaving everything behind. Human rights
violations are the main cause of forced displacement in Colombia.
Impact On Human Lives
The Colombian state and non-governmental organisations agree that close to
three million people have been displaced during the last decade. They
also agree that the whole country is affected as such with the majority of
municipalities either receiving or expelling zones, or both. Women and
children are the worst affected as the conflict increases their exclusion
and discrimination and sexual and intra-family violence. The state does
not have integrated policies to assist women affected by displacement.
The state authority responsible for dealing with displacement, the Social
Solidarity Network (RSS), recognises that out of the total number of
registered displaced persons (there is under registration of close to
30%), 50% are female, of which 40% are less than 18 years old. In turn,
54% of the registered households are headed by a woman with the heavy
burden of being responsible for an average of five children per family.
The majority of the displaced population arriving in the municipal centres
take over land that quickly turns into a slum without public services or
basic sanitation, lacking food, potable water, medical and psychological
services etc. This situation destroys the social network and dignity, and
is aggravated by the constant fear of new displacements, new persecutions
and the prejudice of the recipient communities. Such a situation makes it
difficult to obtain reliable statistics, until work is well under way and
the confidence of the community is gained.
Disaster and Emergency Statistics
According to FAO (United Nations Agency for Food and Agriculture) figures,
approximately 11 million Colombians (out of an approximate total of 40
million) are living in conditions of extreme poverty and more than 25
thousand children suffer from malnutrition. At the same time 15 out of
every 100 children under the age of five suffer from serious difficulties
in their development. According to the FAO, Colombia is one of the
countries in the most precarious situation in Latin America.
DANE (National Statistics Department) reported that the population living
in poverty rose to 60% this year, whilst indigency is above 28%.
Although unemployment figures are apparently in decline, the rate of under
employment is extremely worrying, running to 33.9% in 2003. This means
that one in every four Colombians is unable to buy the basic food basket.
In turn, studies by the UNHCR and the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman
indicate that displaced people are seriously affected in nutritional
terms.
According to a study of 80 Colombian NGOs 4,351 people were victims of
human rights violations in the period from July 2002 to June 2003. These
violations included threats, forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions,
extra-judicial executions and torture, amongst other crimes. These
figures, compared to the previous period, show an increase of 1,101
violations, which indicates that the strategies of war and repression have
been directed towards the civil population. Churches and social
organisations must lobby for the distinction between combatants and
non-combatants, which will allow the rights of the civilian population to
be respected. They also need to press for enforcing of the legal rights
and assistance for displaced people.
Figures of displaced population per departments and cities from January to
September 2002.
MUNICIPALITIES No. of People DEPARTMENT No. of People
BOGOTA D.C. 17500 CESAR 20294
MEDELLIN 10677 BOGOTA D.C. 17500
SANTA MARTA 8000 ANTIOQUIA 15561
CZCUTA 6989 CORDOBA 10063
IBAGUI 6000 CAUCA 8472
AGUSTÍN CODAZI 4950 MAGDALENA 8266
MONTERIA 4563 NORTE DE SANTANDER 7921
POPAYÁN 4930 TOLIMA 6418
VALLEDUPAR 4456 META 5039
FLORENCIA 4095 NARIQO 5025
NEIVA 2985 CAQUETA 4779
PASTO 2982 ATLANTICO 4702
BARRANQUILLA 2565 HUILA 4326
MAPIRIPAN 2500 SANTANDER 3836
SINCELEJO 2450 BOLIVAR 3604
BUCARAMANGA 1987 CUNDINAMARCA 3323
VALENCIA 2000 SUCRE 3278
VILLAVICENCIO 1926 PUTUMAYO 2836
CARTAGENA 1788 LA GUAJIRA 2475
SAN DIEGO 1796 VALLE DEL CAUCA 2097
SUBTOTAL 95139 QUINDMO 1704
CHOCO 1617
CALDAS 1541
RISARALDA 1125
BOYACA 1101
ARAUCA 940
CASANARE 776
GUAVIARE 587
VICHADA 141
AMAZONAS 25
ARCHIPELAGO OF SAN ANDRES & P 15
TOTAL NATIONAL ESTIMATE 149387
Source: Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES)
ACT CO-ORDINATION IN COLOMBIA
ACT members Diakonie Emergency Aid (DEA), the Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Colombia (IELCO)/Lutheran World Federation and ACT Netherlands/Project
Counselling Service (PCS), as members of the ACT Network in Colombia, have
joined together in order to formulate and execute the present proposal.
I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER
Diakonie - Emergency Aid (DEA)
II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
Diakonie of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)” is the central
institution for social services. Within this structure the Diakonie –
Emergency Aid (DEA) department works in close collaboration with “Bread
for the World”. DEA is committed to assisting people in need and in
emergency situations and it is governed strictly by the basic principles
of humanitarian aid contained in the Code of Conduct of the International
Red Cross and NGOs working in the field of emergency aid. DEA is also a
founding member of ACT.
Since 2001 DEA has a Regional Office located in Bogotá, and has been
carrying out emergency, rehabilitation and disaster prevention projects in
several countries of Central America namely Venezuela, Cuba, Haití and
Colombia. Activities are carried out through local organisations or
directly by DEA professional teams.
In Colombia activities are being concentrated on support to the displaced
population in the southern department of Caquetá. The DEA team is
currently made up of 6 agricultural professionals, 7 professionals for
psychosocial work and office and field support staff. Work is undertaken
in the neighbourhoods of Florencia, capital of the department, where
thousands of families, displaced by the violence, have arrived. The
projects currently in progress are directed towards the recovery of
individuals and families, the stimulation of the formation of social,
local and mutual help networks, and community organisation. The work
focuses on urban agriculture, which allows the families threatened by
hunger to produce a part of their food requirements, with special play and
cultural activities aimed towards children, young people, women and men.
In rural zones in the south of Caquetá DEA co-operates with local
organisations such at the Vicaría del Sur, which promotes the resistance
of besieged communities in the middle of the conflict against forced
displacement. In this area food production is also combined with the
strengthening of community cohesion.
III. DESCRIPTION of the EMERGENCY SITUATION
Situation in Caquetá The department of Caquetá, located in the south
east of Colombia, has been the historical setting for multiple conflicts
and periods of violence relating to the control of the exploitation of
native products such as precious wood and rubber. It is also the
birthplace of insurgent groups and in recent years of a calamitous war for
the control of the production and trade of coca.
This area of the country was populated by peasants coming from different
parts of the country during “colonization” which was generated by
party violence in the middle of the last century, ambition for the
precious products of the Amazonia region, the dream of a productive land
for living and the effects of the agrarian reform.
The inhabitants have lived in the shadow of violence for a long time, but
never at the levels reached in recent years. This is a war for the
control of the production and trade of coca, in which the civil
population, in the midst of the crossfire, continues to be the victim of
individual and collective assassinations, bombardments, burning of houses
and crops, threats, massacres and the indiscriminate fumigation of
cultivated areas. The consequences of the conflict are extremely grave,
forced displacement and marginalization increase every day, the social
network is weakened, the value of human life and dignity disappear, and
the management of conflict situations outside the war uses the logic of
war itself.
The families are slowly leaving communities in the rural areas of
conflict, most of them intent upon reaching the capital of the province.
However, the municipal centres cannot give any protection as they are also
sometimes battlefields. The displaced arrive, seeking refuge in the homes
of family members or friends, swelling the poverty belt and increasing the
overall vulnerability of the communities of Florencia.
The State, which is part of the conflict, neither wants nor has resources
to attend to these problems. The Red de Solidaridad Social , the
responsible state authority, limits itself to undertaking some partial
registrations that do not reflect the size of the tragedy, and to a
haphazard distribution of food to the displaced people for the first three
months after they have registered.
International aid organisations are not well represented in Caquetá.
The United Nations has only one office - the International Organisation
for Migration (IOM) in Florencia. In addition, the Spanish NGO Medicos sin
Fronteras is operating in the northern area of the department. The
International Committee of the Red Cross does some protection work and
distributes emergency aid via the Colombian Red Cross. The Dutch Red Cross
carries out work focussing on improved housing. However, all these
activities put together do not even cover the minimum basic needs of the
population affected by the conflict. Although there is no formal
co-ordination between the actors, there is a permanent dialogue and a
distribution of tasks and zones of intervention.
Meanwhile, in the rural zones many communities resist, amongst them Belén
de los Andaquíes, Remolino del Caguán, San Vicente del Caguán and
Cartagena del Chairá. In addition to the mortal threat of conflict, the
inhabitants confront hunger, and their continued presence in the villages
depends on their capacity to produce the essential food on their small
plots of land.
Situation in Cauca Situated in the south-west of Colombia, the department
of Cauca is orientated to farming and agriculture. Its landscape is
characterised by mountain ranges and rivers, and the only important urban
centre is its capital, Popayán, which currently has a population of
barely 230,000.
The armed conflict has hit Cauca hard since the year 2000. In particular,
with the arrival of thousands of paramilitaries there has been a further
escalation in the war and with it the displacement of thousands of people.
The majority of these are concentrated in the outlying neighbourhoods of
the city of Popayán. The registers of the Red de Solidaridad show 11,000
displaced people, other estimates by the same entity give a probable
number of 33,000. The displaced population generally ends up in the
marginalized neighbourhoods where they mix with the homeless who have been
waiting for a dignified solution to their destitute situation since the
earthquake in 1985. The large majority are peasants who have no source of
income in the new urban environment and when their reserves and the ad hoc
help of the state dry up, they are faced with serious hunger.
In the face of widespread military operations a worsening of the
humanitarian situation is foreseen. At the moment the only NGOs
operational in the area are Movimondo and Solidaridad Internacional as
well as the IOM. These focus on food aid, small income-generating
projects and psychosocial aid in rural municipalities.
The Social Solidarity Network in the city of Popayan has just announced
that its funds for emergency aid, which the Colombian state is
theoretically obliged to give to all displaced persons for the first three
months, has run out for the rest of the year.
The humanitarian situation clearly exceeds the current capacity for
humanitarian response. One of the most serious problems that the
displaced and highly vulnerable population face is that of hunger. At the
same time, the city and the surrounding areas have land that is
potentially suitable for the production of food. Benefiting from the
experience that DEA has in this line of work, it has been decided, after a
rigorous study of the situation in several departments in the south of
Colombia, to extend the work of DEA towards the city of Popayan.
IV. GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal: the overall goal is to provide emergency support to the displaced
and vulnerable populations in the departments of Caquetá and Cauca.
These direct and indirect victims of the armed conflict will be assisted
through agricultural assistance to ensure a minimum provision of food,
psychosocial assistance and strengthening of social networks.
Objectives
To improve the food situation of 450 families affected by the conflict in
Florencia, Belén de los Andaquíes, Remolino del Caguán, San Vicente del
Caguán and Cartagena del Chairá, through the setting up of vegetable
gardens and small subsistence crops.
To improve the food situation of 200 families in the urban zone of
Popayán and neighbouring municipalities through the setting up of small
plots of land for horticulture.
To deliver emergency food rations to 400 families in Caquetá and Cauca as
an initial support mechanism while setting up farming production.
To continue to support 650 families in Florencia and Belén de los
Andaquíes that have vegetable gardens through technical and community
accompaniment by trained promoters and facilitators.
To strengthen the construction and consolidation of social networks
through psychosocial assistance to individuals, families, groups and local
organisations.
To start or to complement the training of 85 promoters and facilitators
that will accompany the agricultural and psychosocial activities and
processes.
To educate groups of mothers (80), children (90), men (60) and families
(80) through ludic and artistic elements directed towards the
reconstruction of their life projects and peaceful communal living in
conditions of human dignity.
V. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
Geographical Zone Characteristics of the target population Focuses of assistance
Florencia - Belén de los Andaquíes 250 displaced and host families
settled in urban and sub urban zones, in a situation of food
vulnerability, marginality, low levels of income and fragmentation at a
social level.
80 mothers, 90 children, 60 men in similar conditions, will participate in
psychosocial activities.
75 facilitators / promoters who will receive intense training in order to
be able to advise and guide their community in agricultural production and
psychosocial activities. - Establishment of vegetable gardens.
- Delivery of food rations (according to situation).
- Psychosocial support.
- Strengthening of social networks.
Remolino del Caguán, San Vicente del Caguán & Cartagena del Chairá. 200
peasant families settled in the rural areas who are affected by acute food
crisis due to the fumigation of illegal crops and the blockade of these
zones by armed elements. - Setting up of vegetable gardens and small
subsistence crops.
- Delivery of food rations (according to situation).
- Strengthening of social networks.
Florencia - Belén de los Andaquíes
- 650 displaced and host families settled in urban and sub urban zones
that were assisted in 2003 by the DKH team in the establishment of
vegetable gardens and support to social networks - Technical accompaniment
to established vegetable gardens.
- Occasional psychosocial support
- Strengthening of social networks and formation of community groups
-
Popayán and neighbouring municipalities 200 displaced and host families
in conditions of high vulnerability that are experiencing an acute food
crisis.
10 facilitators / promoters who will receive intensive training in order
to be able to advise and guide their community in agricultural production
and psychosocial activities. - Setting up of small plots of land.
- Delivery of food rations (according to needs).
- Psychosocial support.
- Strengthening of social networks.
1,300 families will benefit from the project, equivalent to approximately
6,500 people. 230 people will also benefit from additional measures of a
psychosocial nature.
Criteria for the selection of beneficiaries
Families or groups of vulnerable people displaced by the armed conflict
along with host communities suffering under the same inhuman, siege-like
living conditions inflicted on them by the armed militias.
For the farming component the families need to have access to land and an
availability and willingness to participate in the project. In the case
of Florencia, the large majority of those interested have the minimum land
necessary (patios, front gardens or plots) close to their homes. In the
rural zones of Caquetá all the families have the land necessary for
participating in the project.
The pilot phase of the work in Popayán is considered to be an exceptional
case. The management of small plots of land is being contemplated
together with the local government, the University of Cauca and the
Catholic Church of Popayán. These have land and have expressed interest
in supporting the productive activities. Each plot of land will be divided
into small plots of between 20 and 50 m2 and will be worked by families.
In zones where land is not available, DEA would be able to temporarily
acquire the necessary land with their own resources.
Preference will be given to female headed families given their greater
vulnerability and their motivation in agricultural food production.
Existing grassroots organisations will participate in the definition of
the detailed criteria for the selection of beneficiaries.
VI. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
The project consists of two lines of work: Food security, which is
directed towards the stabilisation of the food situation, and the
psychosocial assistance, which seeks the psychological recovery of
families that suffered the destruction of all that they have worked for.
The psychosocial activities centre on the same participating population as
the agricultural activities. However, in some cases they involve wider
groups from the same communities.
DEA has been working in and with the communities in the department of
Caquetá for several years. Over this time a good working relationship
and trust has been developed which will facilitate any further projects
taken up. The work will also benefit from a highly qualified professional
staff. The activities in Cauca are based on this institutional
experience. However, Cauca is new terrain, this has to be taken into
consideration in the planning and requires greater flexibility in the
execution of the plans.
FOOD SECURITY
All the activities for the establishment of vegetable gardens and
subsistence crops encourage active participation of the beneficiaries.
The project will work with new knowledge based on ecological farming
practices that enable intensive production on small areas of land. It
will also generate common spaces for interchange and mutual help during
implementation with the basic idea of generating and / or strengthening
informal social networks.
Implementation
Selection of beneficiaries: From the applications received to date and
applying the selection criteria established in support of vulnerable communities affected by the armed conflict.
Identification and selection of families and / or groups for emergency
food support along with complementary rations. This activity will be
carried out depending on the dynamics of the conflict and the displacement
and arrival of families to the intervention areas, as well as information
from the field for the selection of new beneficiaries of vegetable
gardens. The food relief is the “local basket” made up according to
traditional diet and the individual needs of families.
Delivery of farming materials: the package will include seeds, organic
fertiliser, materials for enclosure and protection. Farming production
will be in close co-ordination with the beneficiaries and communities.
Technical training - Installation of vegetable gardens and small
subsistence crops: workshop activities will deal with the use and
management of soil; the installation and protection of the vegetable
gardens; management of irrigation and drainage; construction and use of
nurseries; continuous sowing; preparation of organic fertiliser;
integrated control of plagues and diseases; harvesting; seed production
and preparation of foods with vegetables.
Training promoters: required in certain zones where the permanent access
of professional personnel would be risky. Furthermore, it is the local
promoters who can guarantee the continuity of production and the
sustainability of the proposal.
Technical accompaniment for the establishment of the vegetable gardens and
small subsistence crops as well as continuity of those already
established. This is also a mechanism for monitoring the efficacy of
implementation and community involvement. On this point the promoters
play a very important role, as they will provide most of the assistance to
the productive units.
Farming professionals (5 in Caquetá and 3 in Cauca) will guide the
installation of the small plots of land and vegetable gardens, each one
being responsible for a group of families that lives in the same sector.
They will organise training and will accompany the productive process
through field visits. Parallel to this, they will train local promoters
to gradually take on more tasks related to the monitoring and installation
of the vegetable gardens. They will monitor the productive and social
development of the project. The work in the municipality of Belén de los
Andaquies is in the hands of two farming technicians employed by the local
NGO Tierra Viva. These technicians have theoretical training though not
to the standard of the other field professionals. However, they do have
several years experience qualifying them for assuming the same tasks
detailed above.
The team of field professionals in the department of Caquetá will be
complemented with a social worker, who will be responsible for
organisational elements, mutual help and the strengthening of the
neighbourhood and community organisation. The social worker will be
responsible for the training of promoters, especially on the reactivation
of the network of promoters in Remolinos. The social worker will lead
educational activities directly with the beneficiaries, as well as working
with the field professionals and ensuring the strengthening of
relationships between and among the beneficiaries and communities.
Most of the promoters have participated in previous projects and have been
selected because of their interest, motivation and knowledge of the
families in the different sectors. The information and the contacts that
they have are also key elements for the security of the team because it
permits an in-depth analysis of the conflict situation in the highly
volatile areas such as Remolinos, San Vicente and Cartagena del Chairá.
In these areas they will be responsible for all the training as conditions
do not allow for a stable presence of professional teams.
Promoters will receive training and will be visited individually every
month. They will be responsible for the monitoring of the beneficiaries
that already have small plots of land and vegetable gardens from previous
projects. The main way of monitoring will be group or individual visits
and on-site discussion on the progress and of the problems of the
beneficiaries. In Florencia and Popayan the promoters will support the
professional in all logistical tasks: the selection of families, the
transportation and distribution of materials, the gathering of information
etc. They will not work full-time but will receive remuneration for the
days that they dedicate to the activities.
Both of the two agricultural teams will have a local co-ordinator who will
lead, co-ordinate and supervise the activities. The co-ordinator will be
responsible for and purchasing materials and controlling expenditure.
He/she will report directly to the DEA Co-ordinator in Bogotá, who will
be responsible for the overall project. In the case of Cauca, the local
co-ordinator will also assume the co-ordination of psychosocial
activities, given that the volume of work and the size of the team are
smaller than that in Caquetá.
PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Diakonie will use Gestalt therapy for the psycho-emotional recuperation of
the beneficiaries, such as expressive elements (painting, games, art,
guided journeys and writing) and relaxation directed at helping the
participant make contact with the inner child. The therapy will take
place in group sessions and will be aimed at the individual expression of
painful experiences. At the same time it will generate through this
sharing an element of collective identity that can be used to strengthen
the group ties and realise the potential of group work.
Implementation
Training of facilitators through two monthly training sessions, a monthly
planning session and a systematic accompaniment of their field activities.
The training will deal with participative teaching tools; human
development; group management; planning of community processes;
therapeutic group management and relaxation techniques.
Raising awareness of the group of mothers with respect to their history,
knowledge and role in the family, community and society. In this way
standards for the upbringing of children will be modified and collective
rules constructed to facilitate the resolving of conflicts. 4 groups will
be formed, each one will go through 12 sessions of reflection, including a
participatory talk on family life and home visits.
To create space for boys and girls to take stock of their lives, their
environment and their potential for the future. Four games circles will
be formed and rounds, stories, dynamics, narration, listening, painting
and reading will be used to strengthen their resilience and their
expressive capacity.
The families will participate in 200 sessions of family interchange in
order to reconstruct their life and to form self-help groups.
The groups of men will undertake 5 workshops in order to reflect on their
“inner child”, perception of social norms relating to their
masculinity, men and war and the construction of a more humane
masculinity.
Finally, the results will be systematised in order to measure the impact
of the activities, and the experiences and lessons learnt will be
summarised in a report.
The psychosocial activities in the department of Cauca will begin with a
diagnosis through awareness which seeks to facilitate in people a
perception of their current situation, their strengths and weaknesses.
The aim is that, after a series of workshops, the beneficiaries will be
able to decide on future plans of action making use of the techniques
mentioned above. The psychosocial diagnosis will also facilitate the
identification of future psychosocial and cultural facilitators. The
follow up activities will focus on the integration of the community, the
processes of recovery and the strengthening of memories and cultural
resistance.
The 4 professionals in Caquetá will work with the different groups of
beneficiaries: mothers, children and families. They will plan and
accompany the processes, prepare activities and constantly evaluate the
impact of the measures. They will receive occasional support from the
workshop leaders contracted in Bogotá, as for example in the case of the
new subject of work with masculinity. Parallel to this they will train
the promoters (facilitators), who are mainly young people from the
neighbourhoods and who were noted for their motivation and aptitude for
working with groups. They have received training in the past and have
experience with recreational and artistic materials. They have become
activists in all areas of social work in their sectors and guarantee the
continuity of group processes after the project has finished. They will
not work every day but will be remunerated for the days that they dedicate
to the activities.
The psychosocial team in Caquetá has a local co-ordinator whose
responsibilities include co-ordinating and supervising the activities as
well as controlling expenditure and purchasing of materials. He/she will
report directly to the DEA Co-ordinator in Bogotá, who will be
responsible for the overall project.
The psychosocial work in Cauca will begin with external workshop leaders
(from Bogotá) who will undertake the first diagnosis. Subsequently, two
local contracted professionals will plan and prepare activities, accompany
the groups and evaluate impacts. They will identify local promoters
(facilitators) and will train them to gradually assume more
responsibilities.
VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
The financial management of the project is in the hands of the Regional
DEA Office in Bogotá, which has an accounts department and includes
auxiliary staff in the working zones. The person directly responsible is
the Latin American Co-ordinator. There will be 3 co-ordinators in the
field (1 Caquetá – agricultural; 1 Caquetá – psychosocial; and 1
Cauca), whose duties will include the local acquisition of materials.
The final audit (on separate project accounts for each organisation) will
be carried out on a joint terms of reference and through the same auditing
firm.
Administration
Due to the critical security situation, the activities in the municipality
of Belén de los Andaquies will be carried out in co-operation with the
local NGO, Tierra Viva with whom a co-operation agreement will be signed.
However, the management of resources (acquisitions and payroll) will be
the responsibility of DEA in Florencia.
Reporting
DEA applies a system of evaluation and planning to its activities at the
level of the local teams. These will serve as the foundation for the
respective monthly reports. Intermediate and final evaluations will also
be provided.
The Regional Office will be responsible for providing monthly progress
reports to the main office in Germany, which will deliver quarterly
reports to the Co-ordinating Office of ACT in Geneva.
Reporting Schedule:
1st Interim Report - by 31 December 2003
2nd Interim Report - by 31 March 2004
3rd Interim Report - by 30 June 2004
Final Report - to be received at the ACT CO before 31 December 2004
VIII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE
One year
IX. CO-ORDINATION
The ACT Network Colombia will set up a co-ordinating group consisting of
four (4) institutions:
Diakonie - Emergency Aid of the Evangelical Church of Germany (DEA)
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia (IELCO)
Project Counselling Service (PCS)
The Lutheran World Federation, Department for World Service LWF/DWS
This group will co-ordinate a training exchange on Risk Management,
Psychosocial Assistance, human rights and enforcement of rights.
ACT Network Colombia, printed material (pamphlets) will be distributed to
make known the work undertaken by the ACT Network to other institutions,
competent authorities, churches and communities.
DEA will co-ordinate its activities with all the NGOs and local
authorities (Solidarity Network, Colombian Institute for Family Welfare)
present. In Caquetá, in particular with MSF, OIM, CICR, Vicaría del
Sur, Pastoral Social and local authorities. In Cauca with Movimondo,
Solidaridad Internacional, entities of the Catholic Church and local State
and regional institutions. The co-ordination includes the exchange of
information, agreement of criteria, participation of local networks and
occasional joint action.
X. BUDGET
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Category/Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Units units COL $ COL $ US$
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Food security
Food Aid basket 400 40,000.00 16,000,000 5,654
Seeds, fertilizers and tool inputs packet 650 207,193.44 134,675,736 47,589
Agricultural training material (booklets) booklet 2600 1,200.00 3,120,000 1,102
Educational inputs (radio programs) broadcast 5 350,000.00 1,750,000 618
Workshops (logistics, refreshments) workshop 72 137,500.00 9,900,000 3,498
Caqueta - local project coordinator month 8 5,582,000.00 44,656,000 15,780
Cauca - local project coordinator month 12 5,582,000.00 66,984,000 23,669
Cauca coordinator's assistant month 12 1,510,000.00 18,120,000 6,403
Social worker month 8 2,944,500.00 23,556,000 8,324
7 agricultural experts month 7.5 20,807,800.00 156,058,500 55,144
1 agricultural junior expert month 8 2,567,000.00 20,536,000 7,257
2 agricultural technicians month 8 2,400,000.00 19,200,000 6,784
30 Promoters month 8 4,050,000.00 32,400,000 11,449
Staff life insurance Lump sum 1 4,755,408.00 4,755,408 1,680
Staff training Lump sum 1 2,000,000.00 2,000,000 707
Local staff exposure visits Visit 27 420,000.00 11,340,000 4,007
Per Diems day 88 110,000.00 9,680,000 3,420
Subtotal 574,731,644 203,085
Psycosocial Assistance
Educational inputs Lump sum 1 9,839,667.00 9,839,667 3,477
Workshops (logistics, refreshments) Work shop 97 137,500.00 13,337,500 4,713
Psychosocial Coordinator month 6 2,755,750.00 16,534,500 5,843
3 Social workers month 6 8,833,500.00 53,001,000 18,728
2 Social workers month 7 5,889,000.00 41,223,000 14,566
1 Assistant social workers month 6 2,567,000.00 15,402,000 5,442
Assistant teacher (partial time) month 4 2,944,500.00 11,778,000 4,162
Facilitator workshops day 49 360,000.00 17,599,997 6,219
10 Promoters month 8 600,000.00 4,800,000 1,696
Volunteers month 5 400,000.00 1,980,000 700
Staff life insurance Lump sum 1 3,566,520.00 3,566,520 1,260
Staff training Lump sum 1 3,230,000.00 3,230,000 1,141
Local staff exposure visits Visit 20 420,000.00 8,400,000 2,968
Per Diems day 51 110,000.00 5,589,980 1,975
SUBTOTAL 206,282,164 72,891
TOTAL DIRECT ASSISTANCE 781,013,808 275,977
MATERIAL TRANSPORT
Truck rental and related costs trip 140 65,000.00 9,100,000 3,216
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
Office Equipment
Computers and peripherals equipment 5 3,546,750.00 17,733,750 6,266
Office Furnishings global 1 2,500,000.00 2,500,000 883
Equip (projector, camera, TV, video) equipment 4 1,178,500.00 4,714,000 1,666
Category/Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Units units COL $ COL $ US$
Communications Equipment 0
Telephone, mobiles, fax equipment 6 250,000.00 1,500,000 530
TOTAL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 26,447,750 9,345
PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS & SUPPORT
Auxiliary office staff
Accountant month 8 1,812,000.00 14,496,000 5,122
Administrative assistant month 8 1,510,000.00 12,080,000 4,269
Driver month 8 1,062,625.00 8,501,000 3,004
Logistics (Caquetá) month 8 962,625.00 7,701,000 2,721
Messenger and file clerk month 8 610,418.00 4,883,344 1,726
Office auxiliary (Cauca) month 8 557,945.00 4,463,560 1,577
Staff life insurance Lump sum 1 2,377,680.00 2,377,680 840
Staff training Lump sum 1 770,000.00 770,000 272
Regional staff travels 0
Assessment & co-ord visits Visit 12 420,000.00 5,040,000 1,781
Per Diems day 24 110,000.00 2,640,000 933
Office operations (Florencia and Popayán)
Office rental (Cauca only) month 12 363,000.00 4,356,000 1,539
Office utilities month 12 350,000.00 4,200,000 1,484
Stationery, essential items, cleaning month 12 1,000,000.00 12,000,000 4,240
Bank charges month 12 520,000.00 6,240,000 2,205
Repairs and maintenance expenses month 12 750,000.00 9,000,000 3,180
Equipment and Office insurance month 12 1,026,667.00 12,320,004 4,353
Telephone, mobiles, fax month 12 1,450,000.00 17,400,000 6,148
Fuel month 12 1,544,333.00 18,531,996 6,548
TOTAL PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS 147,000,584 51,944
Audit & Evaluation
Audit on ACT funds Lump sum 1,981,000 700
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 965,543,142 341,181
Exchange Rate: 1 US$ = 2830
The budget breakdown below reflects the area of the focus of DEA: both
areas of work deal with the transfer of knowledge and accompaniment to
individual and collective processes. For this reason the budget for staff
expenditure is high, forming 60% of the total, and that for materials to
the participants relatively low. The salaries are in line with income
levels for experienced, qualified professionals working in zones of
conflict in Colombia. They also include legal benefits which in Colombia
represent 55% of the salary, as well as life insurance for staff.
DEA is including the logistical support of the Regional Office, the rental
of its local office in Florencia, the vehicles and motorcycles of the
field teams and its management, supervising and administrative staff at
the disposal of the project.
I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Colombia (IELCO) and the Lutheran World
Federation/Department for World Service El Salvador Program (LWF/WS-ES)
II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia (IELCO) was founded in 1958
and joined the LWF in 1966. IELCO's Social Development Office was
established in 1982, with a mission to promote integral development
projects for families and marginalised communities to assist them in
becoming self-reliant.
The main objective of the Development Office is to promote, advise and
execute integral development projects in both rural and urban communities,
in order to improve their social, economic, cultural and spiritual level
as well as foster self-reliance and community commitment. IELCO has also
provided emergency assistance to victims of earthquakes (1983 - 1985 -
1999) floods (1985 - 1987 - 1994 - 2000).
IELCO has been working with internally displaced people since 1996. Its
work is limited as funds are not always available to target all displaced,
and co-operation agreements have been signed with both NGOs and other
Government agencies working with the displaced to complement activities.
The Department of World Service serves as an international Lutheran Agency
with the responsibility to conduct, administer, support and implement
relief, rehabilitation, resettlement and development programs with
particular reference to refugees, emergency situations and other areas of
endemic need, as well as to address the root causes of social and economic
injustice. Such services are global in scope and are rendered together
with or on behalf of local, national and/or international partners for the
benefit of people in need irrespective of race, sex, creed, nationality or
political conviction. The DWS program in El Salvador/Guatemala has
comprehensive experience in emergency, rehabilitation and reconstruction
activities. It has carried out emergency/rehabilitation/reconstruction
programs in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras over the last three years.
All activities and projects included elements of risk management, human
rights and community participation to lay the foundation for sustainable
development.
III. DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION
Apart from the existence of IDP's in dire need of aid, the criteria for
the selection of the areas to respond were:
The Lutheran Church has established presence in the zone in order to
provide institutional support and to complement the activities that will
be undertaken as well to ensure the transition.
Places where other international co-operation agencies have low presence
and response.
Given the impact of the armed conflict on the breakdown of the social
fabric ACT, and its strategic allies operating in the zones will work
towards organisational and community strengthening as a source of physical
and moral resistance.
Villa Hermosa Settlement in the city of Villavicencio, Department of Meta
Initially, on 22 July 2002, 18 displaced families arrived from several
municipalities neighbouring Villavicencio in search of safety. In their
efforts to find shelter and livelihood they opted to settle on four
hectares of unused land, felling trees and putting together shelters from
waste materials. The land is low-lying, humid and lacks any basic
services (water, energy, sewage and communications). The community lives
in overcrowded conditions and its only source of water are tanks
containing water that is sometimes filtered through the sewage of nearby
latrines. The risk of contracting illnesses due to these unhealthy
conditions is very high. At night candles are used for lighting,
consequently increasing the danger of fire. The large majority still cook
using wood. The possibility of work is limited - carrying sacks in a
nearby rice mill and gathering leftovers in the market to use or sell.
There are currently more than 300 families living in this area under
inhuman conditions and constant threat of eviction.
Municipality of Sogamoso, Department of Boyacá
During the last four years this Municipality has received people from
Casanare, Meta, Sur de Bolívar, Santander and the north of the Department
of Boyacá itself. The Social Solidarity Network has 250 families
registered who are dispersed and living in overcrowded conditions. These
people have not dared make themselves visible by occupying unused land and
setting up their own shelters. Consequently, they have not found the
means for economic reinsertion and are limited to hawking what they can
find and begging.
The Lutheran Church has had a presence in this zone since 1954 and has a
day centre for needy children. An office building is just being completed
and will be available for the project. Two unsanitary areas with no basic
services or infrastructure have been selected for assistance in the
neighbourhoods of El Durazno and Cartagena .
There is a general feeling of abandonment and defencelessness in their
difficult physical conditions and a desperate need to be at least self
sufficient in production of food.
Neighbourhood of Las Delicias in Ibagué, Department of Tolima
This neighbourhood, located in the city of Ibagué has an estimated
population of 8,700 people, 90% of which is of peasant origin. The
majority of the inhabitants scrape together a living either in the
building or security area for men and in the market place, domestic
service or dress making for women. The neighbourhood has an aqueduct but
there are no treatment plants, which means that the water is not fit for
human consumption. ACT Appeal LACO-21 provided funds for housing which
will be completed during the current year. The Lutheran Church is also
constructing a building that will be at the disposition of the project and
where a school for children outside the school system and a community
pharmacy will be established.
Nueva Colombia Settlement, Municipality of Piedecuesta, Department of
Santander
This Department has been both a place for receiving displaced from other
areas as well as a place of exodus of people fleeing violence that breaks
out frequently. Currently both civilians and armed groups are present.
There is also a high level of organised crime. According to the 2003 UNDP
report [El Conflicto, Callejón con salid], which uses the database of the
state Social Solidarity Network, the Department saw the exodus of a total
of 8,985 people fleeing the conflict in 2002. At the same time, it was a
receiver of other people coming from the interior of the same department
and from neighbouring departments who have taken refuge in the municipal
centres.
Data from the Episcopal Conference/Codhes in 1999 locates 856 families in
the municipality of Piedecuesta, where the present project will
concentrate its assistance to 100 families.
Nueva Colombia is on land taken by force and located on a mountain, which
complicates and aggravates the basic needs of the population, such as
access to education, food, health, means of income and public services.
The Lutheran Church has had a presence in the region for 17 years and now
has the premises necessary for continuing to provide support. Assistance
was also provided through LACO-21. Sectors of Divino Niño and Ducales in
the Municipality of Soacha, Department of Cundinamarca A recent census
shows that Soacha has a population of 364,625. The Office of the Human
Rights Ombudsman says that out of this population more than 5% are IDPs.
IV. GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal
To provide humanitarian assistance to IPDs through components that develop
communities, preserve dignity and prevent new displacements, in zones
located in the Departments of Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Santander, Tolima and
Meta.
Objectives
To provide nutritional assistance to 300 children from families displaced
by the violence and to 60 elderly people
To contribute to promoting the self reliance of 290 displaced families
through the implementation of small productive projects, the raising of
domestic animals and the generation of vegetable gardens
To provide basic medical assistance to 700 displaced families that do not
receive health care from the state
To promote the psycho-social recovery of approximately 310 families who
are the victims of the armed conflict
To provide training for five reference groups and extension workers in the
communities and the IELCO field team, in risk management and disaster
prevention.
To promote and disseminate information on human rights in order to empower
the displaced to be assertive in their demands to the authorities.
To make an impact on local state policies related to assistance to the
displaced population.
V. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
Benefiting Population Risk Management Psychosocial Recuperation Nutritional Recuperation Productive Capacities Community Health
Santander 1 extension worker for a community of 100 families 100 families 100 children and 20 old people 30 families 100 families
Soacha 1 extension worker for a community of 30 families 60 families 100 children and 40 adults 40 families --
Villavicencio 1 extension worker for a community of 40 families 40 children and 30 adults -- 100 families 200 families
Ibagué 1 extension worker for a community of 200 families 47 families 100 children 60 families 200 families
Sogamoso 1 extension worker for a community of 40 families 40 children and 30 adults 60 families 200 families
A total of approximately 786 families will benefit or approximately 3,900
IDPs. 60% of these will be women, in particular heads of households, and
consequently an important number of children will benefit that are
malnourished and have stopped attending school owing to the situation of
their families.
Criteria Utilised in Beneficiary Selection
IELCO and the DSM-LWF focus their work on the most vulnerable IDPs
according to the following criteria:
Communities included in the LACO21 proposal who require further
assistance.
Areas where the Lutheran Church is operational and where sustainability
can be ensured.
Populations willing to form communities to strengthen the social network
Populations willing to attend information and training sessions for
empowerment and assertion of rights.
Displaced people living in zones of high risk and/or affected by the armed
conflict
Displaced populations abandoned by the state and with little or no
assistance from other organisations
The selection of the participating families will be undertaken with the
active participation of the community. The co-ordinator, together with
the promoters in the area, will verify the situation of the families
proposed in accordance with the criteria laid down in the ACT code of
conduct. The committees for implementation and the facilitation of
community participation will be chosen jointly.
VI. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
NUTRITIONAL RECOVERY
This consists of providing the children with one balanced, nutritional and
hygienically prepared meal each day, during the period of studies. It will
provide a service in three school canteens, located in each community. The
canteens will work in co-ordination with the church and other local
non-governmental organisations that will provide the site and will
facilitate the operating of the canteen. Two displaced women will be
contracted and trained as Food handlers. They will be responsible for the
control and preparation of the food. An agreement will be reached with
the ICBF to provide part of the food on the checklist drawn up by
nutritionists. The community will participate in surveys, assessing the
weight and height of the children. It will determine the population that
to be assisted and will undertake supervision through the respective
committees. Additionally, workshops will be organised for the mothers of
those children receiving the meals to inform and train them on preparing
healthy and balanced meals.
In Villavicencio and Sogamoso nutritional recovery will be implemented
through the vegetable gardens and raising of domestic animals.
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Support will be given to the construction of one health centre and one
community centre. These buildings will be administered by the Community
Action Council and one member of the Congregational Council of the
Lutheran Church. The health services will be developed by a nurse who will
be supervised by the promoter and the project co-ordinator. When the
project ends, the administration of the centres will be the responsibility
of the community through the Council. A co-ordination with the Municipal
Health Secretariat is planned in order to ensure the provision of
specialised medical services. Similar agreements will be sought with
universities and laboratories present in each zone. The equipment and the
medicines will be handed over to the co-ordination Committee which,
together with the nurse, will supervise their correct use. In three zones,
the occasional services of nurses will be contracted. These will be
responsible for negotiating agreements on training in first aid, family
planning and talks on preventative medicine with nursing schools and
universities. They will also be responsible for vaccination and parasite
campaigns. They will administer the community pharmacy and will keep a
register of the clinical history of the patients. They will also hold
workshops on community health, prevention and environmental sanitation
PSYCHOSOCIAL RECOVERY
The work will be undertaken with IDPs who have suffered uprooting from
their physical and social environment. Many of them have been victims of
rape or have close family members who have been raped. The project aims
to assist the psychosocial recuperation of these families, giving special
emphasis to the reinsertion of the children into a new social and
environmental context. To do this, individual and group sessions will be
held and play activities encouraged. A recreational teacher will be
contracted who will undertake training activities and art with the
children as well as family reintegration guidance with the parents. The
professional in psychology will guide, assist and accompany the individual
and family in the process. The workshops will be directed towards
promoting reflection and dialogue on the past and present situation, for
the emotional and social recovery of the displaced families. An exchange
will take place with Church Aid of Sweden in order to enrich the
methodology in psychosocial assistance. This will include visits to the
area.
RISK MANAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY
The work will be undertaken with the most vulnerable population displaced
by the violence. The work will be developed taking into account the
physical conditions of the area that the IDPs now occupy and the
vulnerability that they confront in terms of social, organisational,
economic, technical, sanitation and environmental matters. It is planned
to strengthen the social network through full community participation in
the disaster preparedness activities. Training workshops will be arranged
for the Risk Committee, which will arrange drills and campaigns in
agreement with local emergency organisations and the national Red Cross.
Legal advice will be given to the communities that need it. Training and
education will be provided in the promotion, defence and enforcing of
fundamental rights. These actions will be carried out by a specialised
NGO “Humanidad Vigente Corporación Jurídica”. Mediation will be
provided and negotiations will be promoted with the authorities and bodies
responsible for ensuring the rights of the displaced population.
Co-ordinating groups will be formed at a local, national and international
level to bring the situation of the IDPs into the limelight. The
communities of each area will determine the training needs along with the
promoters.
RECOVERY OF HORTICULTURE
The families displaced by the violence have lost their livelihoods which
generally came from subsistence crops and small economic activities. The
project aims to help the IDPs recover their self reliance and regain their
dignity. The income generating activities will be determined
participatively. Those that have land will be encouraged to restart small
subsistence crop projects and the raising of domestic animals. Initial
assistance will be given, such as the necessary tools, seeds, food and
materials. A seed bank will be set up as working capital in order to
begin or strengthen income generating units. It will be administered
jointly with the committee representing the community. As a preparatory
step, technical and administrative workshops will be held in each zone in
collaboration with SENA (government training agency), non-governmental
organisations, universities and the Social Solidarity Network.
Implementation An area promoter and a social worker will accompany each
community in the execution and implementation of the different components,
with the support of the Development Office of IELCO and the permanent
co-ordination of LWF/DWS. Professionals with proven experience in working
with IPDs will be contracted according to need. The work of the different
components will not be undertaken in an isolated manner but will be
complementary to other work and seeking the recovery of the social
network, generation of income and dignity for the people.
Transition From Emergency
The experience and lessons already learnt in conjunction with the DSM-LWF
and IELCO in the course of the project LACO 21, combined with the
permanent and qualified work that IELCO undertakes through its Development
Department, means that the current proposal will form part of a long-term
plan. After the Appeal ends, it will be integrated into the IELCO
development plans, a process which is obligatory given that there is no
sign of a solution to the internal armed conflict.
VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration
The overall administration of the present project will be the
responsibility of the Department for World Service of the LWF, which will
make its regional team (technical and administrative) available in order
to guarantee the provision of reports, evaluations and audits. The
project will be executed in co-ordination with IELCO, which will make
available its management and field team in Colombia, its infrastructure
and institutional recognition.
Finance
The project will have its own qualified accountant and a firm of auditors
that will provide permanent advice. The DSM will provide prior training on
the initiation of the project under the ACT mandate and in ways of
providing reports, balance sheets and other documents pertinent to correct
and transparent financial management. An account will be opened in
Colombia solely for the management of resources. The purchase of materials
costing more than USD$ 200 will be subject to obtaining three previous
quotations. All the materials that are available locally will be
purchased in the field. At the end of the project the goods purchased will
be donated to the respective communities with the consequent
administration and accompaniment of IELCO.
Monitoring and reporting
Monitoring and accompaniment will be undertaken directly by the
professionals contracted by the DSM, in co-ordination with the Director of
the Development Department of IELCO and with the permanent support of the
two organisations. Monitoring visits by the DSM and IELCO co-ordinators
will take place every month to the 5 regions. Co-ordination meetings of
the promoters from each region will be held monthly. Due to security
reasons staff will have to use air craft for long distances. The amount
included in the budget for monitoring includes the fares and per diem of
the two co-ordinators and the promoters.
Quarterly reports will be provided; two participatory evaluations
(intermediate and final) will take place and a final audit will be
contracted. This audit will initially be carried out on each member
organisation and then will form part of a joint audit report for the three
organisations.
VIII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE
One year
IX. CO-ORDINATION
The ACT Network Colombia will set up a co-ordinating group consisting of
four (4) institutions:
Diakonie - Emergency Aid of the Evangelical Church of Germany
IELCO - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia
PCS - Project Counselling Service
Department for World Service of the Lutheran World Foundation
This co-ordinating group will include an interchange of training,
especially in the components on Risk Management, Psychosocial Assistance,
human rights and enforcement of rights.
An intermediate and final evaluation will also be shared on the progress
of each of the components.
The final audit of the Appeal will be carried out on joint terms of
reference and through the same auditing firm and, based on separate
project accounts for each organization, a joint final audit report will be
presented.
ACT Network Colombia, printed material (pamphlets) will be distribute
widely to other organisations, the authorities, churches and communities
for visibility purposes.
In addition to a close co-ordination between the ACT Network Colombia
there will be an internal co-ordination between the five zones, in such a
way that all are jointly responsible for the overall project. This will
be achieved via monthly co-ordinating meetings. The third level of
co-ordination will be external and will be formed with local and national
organisations such as various NGOs in development, human rights,
psychosocial assistance, disaster assistance, etc; the National Red
Cross; religious denominations; state entities such as the Social
Solidarity Network, the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare, the
respective mayor's offices and the administrative bodies responsible for
the welfare of the Colombian population, especially the population
displaced by the internal armed conflict.
The fourth level of co-ordination will be according to the zone with
international organisations such as the International Organisation for
Migration (IOM), the FAO and the Office of the United Nations High
Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR). A specific budget line has been
included to cover the travel expenses to such co-ordination meetings.
X. BUDGET
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units COL$ COL$ US$
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Nutritional recovery
Allowance 6 community women (cooks) Month 12 1,200,000 14,400,000 5,088
Food Month 12 6,975,200 83,702,400 29,577
Nutritional workshops Workshop 6 566,667 3,400,002 1,201
Training community women (as cooks) Women 6 100,000 600,000 212
Allowance Office-based promoter
(based on % of regular salary) Month 12 500,000 6,000,000 2,120
Community Promoter salary + social
benefits & statutory payments Month 12 750,000 9,000,000 3,180
Legal Emoluments at end of contract Number 2 1,200,000 2,400,000 848
Food transportation Month 12 291,667 3,500,004 1,237
Subtotal 123,002,406 43,464
Community Health and Environment
Equip pharmacy, doctor & dental surgery Lumpsum 9,772,000 3,453
Medicines pharmacy & dental surgery Lumpsum 27,200,000 9,611
Environmental health campaigns 5 560,000 2,800,000 989
Health Workshops 60 237,000 14,200,000 5,018
Support for medical treatment Family 100 53,800 5,380,000 1,901
Allowance 3 nurses Month 12 1,500,000 18,000,000 6,360
Allowance Office-based promoter
(based on % of regular salary) Month 12 500,000 6,000,000 2,120
Community Promoter salary + social
benefits & statutory payments Month 12 750,000 9,000,000 3,180
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units COL$ COL$ US$
Legal Emoluments at end of contract Number 2 1,200,000 2,400,000 848
Ambulance services Month 12 355,000 4,260,000 1,505
Subtotal 99,012,000 34,987
Psychosocial Recovery
Workshops and sessions with children Workshop 54 140,000 7,560,000 2,671
Workshops and sessions with adults Workshop 39 320,000 12,480,000 4,410
Materials & equipment for workshops Lumpsum 11,610,000 4,102
Equipment for therapy room Lumpsum 2,650,000 936
Audiovisual & communication equip Lumpsum 3,100,000 1,095
8 Psychologists Month 12 4,660,000 55,920,000 19,760
Exchange workshops (Update staff) Unit 1 10,000,000 10,000,000 3,534
Allowance Office-based promoter
(based on % of regular salary) Month 12 500,000 6,000,000 2,120
Community Promoter salary + social
benefits & statutory payments Month 12 750,000 9,000,000 3,180
Legal Emoluments at end of contract Number 2 1,200,000 2,400,000 848
Subtotal 120,720,000 42,657
Infrastructure
Construction medical units
(Villavicencio, Ibague, Bucaramanga) Unit 3 10,900,000 32,700,000 11,555
Water distribution system (Villavicencio) System 1 18,000,000 18,000,000 6,360
Improvement community center Lumpsum 8,000,000 2,827
Subtotal 58,700,000 20,742
Risk management and advocacy
Training w/shops community committees Workshop 10 830,000 8,300,000 2,933
First-aid kits for the communities Number 3 1,870,000 5,610,000 1,982
Materials and stationery Lumpsum 7,500,000 2,650
Training workshops and legal advice Workshop 30 1,000,000 30,000,000 10,601
Travel costs for facilitators Travel 30 477,000 14,310,000 5,057
Workshop refreshments Workshop 30 300,000 9,000,000 3,180
Participation in events Month 12 750,000 9,000,000 3,180
Allowance Church Coordinator
(based on % of regular salary) Month 12 600,000 7,200,000 2,544
Legal Emoluments at end of contract Number 1 1,500,000 1,500,000 530
Subtotal 92,420,000 32,657
Recovery of Productive Capacities
Small family businesses Areas 5 92,099,520 32,544
Micro-credit workshops Workshop 25 317,000 7,925,000 2,800
Materials and stationery Lumpsum 1,800,000 636
Allowance Office-based promoter
(based on % of regular salary) Month 12 500,000 6,000,000 2,120
Community Promoter salary + social
benefits & statutory payments Month 12 750,000 9,000,000 3,180
Legal emoluments at end of contract Number 2 1,200,000 2,400,000 848
Subtotal 119,224,520 42,129
Co-ordination of the project
Coordinator LWF-DWS salary + social
benefits & statutory payments Month 12 6,792,000 81,504,000 28,800
Local transport promoters within the zone Lumpsum 13,530,000 4,781
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units COL$ COL$ US$
Monitoring Lumpsum 59,879,970 21,159
Subtotal 154,913,970 54,740
TOTAL DIRECT ASSISTANCE 767,992,896 271,376
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT (over US$ 500)
Office Equipment and Furniture
Computer and extra monitor Unit 1 3,300,000 3,300,000 1,166
Office furniture Lumpsum 4,000,000 1,413
Office equipment on zones Lumpsum 4,245,000 1,500
Software Lumpsum 2,830,000 1,000
TOTAL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 14,375,000 5,080
PERSONNEL, ADMIN., OPERATIONS & OTHER SUPPORT COSTS
Staff Salaries & Benefits
Admin Assist (based on % regular salary) Month 12 500,000 6,000,000 2,120
Legal emoluments to Admin Assistant Unit 1 1,200,000 1,200,000 424
Accountant - 1 salary with social benefits Month 12 2,250,000 27,000,000 9,541
Shared LWF DWS Office Cost
Chargeable to project Lumpsum 17,220,550 6,085
International monitoring trips Lumpsum 22,640,000 8,000
Office Operations costs
Central Stationery and supplies Lumpsum 3,603,000 1,273
Regional Stationery and supplies Lumpsum 5,760,000 2,035
Office Mainteinance
Mantenance of equipment Lumpsum 2,500,000 883
Utilities Month 12 725,000 8,700,000 3,074
Communications costs
Tel, mobile phones, fax & e-mail
& central office Month 12 943,334 11,320,008 4,000
Other Adm. & Oper. Support costs
Translation of reports and materials Lumpsum 4,500,000 1,590
Visibility material (T-shirts, sweaters,
leaflets, etc) Lumpsum 5,300,000 1,873
Coordination meetings Month 12 566,000 6,792,000 2,400
Bank costs Lumpsum 2,830,000 1,000
TOTAL PERSONNEL, ADMIN, OPS & OTHER SUPPORT COSTS 125,365,558 44,299
Audit fees
Audit Unit 4,245,000 1,500
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 911,978,454 322,254
Exchange rate: 1US$ = 2,830
I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
Project Counselling Service (PCS)
II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
Description of ACT Member
The Project Counselling Service (PCS) is an international consortium of
European and Canadian agencies created in 1979 and composed of the Danish
Refugee Council (DRC), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the Aid of the
Evangelical Churches of Switzerland (HEKS), Joint Action by Dutch Churches
- ACT/NL and the Canadian agency Inter Pares (IP).
PCS in Colombia works with local counterparts, grassroots and church
organisations. The work is, carried out with the full participation of the
population affected. The work of PCS has focussed on three objectives:
humanitarian assistance and protection of the populations affected by
internal conflict;
development and strengthening of the capacities of people, local NGOs,
church and popular organisations aimed at achieving lasting solutions to
the problems of conflict resolution; and
policy impact at a national and international level.
PCS Colombia has programmes in the following regions: Urabá-Atrato (Bajo
Atrato, Urabá Antioqueño, Medio Atrato), North East (Catatumbo and
Magdalena Medio), Bogotá and the Border Areas (with Venezuela, Ecuador
and Panama).
Description of ACT Member's Implementing Partners
Mennonite Church: Programa Pastoral para Desplazados
This program seeks to instil hope in the people through assisting in the psychological, spiritual and social restoration of the displaced families and in the reconstruction of their social fabric.
The Mennonite Church, as an executing counterpart, will contribute
infrastructure: rooms and equipment for carrying out the workshops and
voluntary staff (some twenty people), in order to undertake the project.
III. DESCRIPTION of the SITUATION in the AREA of PROPOSED RESPONSE Bogotá
is a city that has over time received large migratory flows caused by the
political, economic and social violence that Colombia has been suffering
for over five decades.
Since 1985, and with growing momentum since 1995, Bogotá has seen a new
wave of immigration causing a negative socio-demographic impact and which
threatens to become one more detonator of social conflicts. Approximately
five hundred thousand displaced Colombians, between 18% and 20% of the
estimated national total have arrived in Bogotá since then. The national
trend in forced displacement shows that Bogotá continues to be the main
receiving municipality of the displaced population at a national level and
is second on a departmental level (see chart in the general description of
the emergency situation). Neither the Plans for Socio-Economic
Development and Infrastructure of Bogotá and the neighbouring
municipality of Soacha for the three-year period 2002-2004, nor the
mechanisms for citizen participation, such as the Local Planning Councils
and the district and municipal mayor’s offices, took the displaced
population into account. Consequently, there is no strategic planning to
confront the problems of displacement, which continues to become more
worrying and complex in these two municipalities. In a forum on forced
displacement held by the Bogotá cómo vamos project , the Unit for
Integrated Assistance to the Displaced Population of the Office of the
Mayor of Bogotá reported that between 1999 and 2002 it had assisted 8,362
families, equivalent to approximately 42,000 people, out of a total of
90,000 families, approximately 450,000 people, which is the estimated
displaced population in Bogotá. That is to say, they have assisted only
8.3% of the total displaced population, which has arrived, in Bogotá. The
assistance provided is only humanitarian and emergency aid and provides
practically no help in terms of socio-economic stabilisation.
For its part, the Territorial Unit of Soacha presented a series of
programmes and projects of which many have not been implemented. The few
that have been executed are those financed by the WFP and have a low
coverage.
The Social Solidarity Network mentioned the existence of the Action Plan
for prevention and assistance to forced displacement, but could only
present a very shaky performance in terms of Emergency Humanitarian
Assistance, without providing concrete figures. According to NGOs and the
IDP organisations this is of poor quality and has a low coverage.
The project will intervene in the city of Bogotá and in the municipality
of Soacha, as these are two centres that receive an important percentage
of IDPs in Colombia. It is currently calculated that approximately 20% of
the displaced population in Colombia is in Bogotá. The IDPs in Bogotá
and Soacha are considered to be very vulnerable and in highly precarious
living conditions.
The specific places where the project will intervene in Bogotá are: Usme,
Bosa, Soacha and Ciudad Bolívar.
The Colombian armed conflict has become more urbanized and Bogotá does
not escape from this reality, although the impact is less than in other
cities. In the localities of Usme, Bosa and Ciudad Bolívar in Bogotá, as
well as in the area of Altos de Cazuca, in the adjacent municipality of
Soacha, there is a presence of the different legal and illegal armed
groups, which could eventually be a risk for the project. However, up
until now the projects undertaken with the support of international
co-operation have not been affected and it is hoped that this situation
will be maintained.
IV. GOAL & OBJECTIVES
Goal
To facilitate the relocation, integration and social reconstruction of
women and children who are the victims of forced displacement due to
violence, and to help them overcome intra-family violence. This will be
done through psychosocial and nutritional support: financing; technical
and administrative training for the mounting of productive projects; and
advice and accompaniment in organisational processes and negotiation and
dialogue with the state.
Objectives
To reduce levels of inequality, intra-family violence, preventable
illnesses, child abuse, malnutrition and lack of affection currently
existing within the families that are victims of forced displacement,
through an educational, psychological and nutritional programme.
To generate income for a group of female headed families through the
setting up and implementation of four small enterprises in the localities
of Bosa, Ciudad Bolívar and Usme in Bogotá and in the area of Altos de
Cazuca in Soacha.
To begin a process of negotiation, dialogue and enforceability of the
rights of women beneficiaries of the project through training and
education in human rights, participation and leadership and the creation
of autonomous internally displaced women’s organisations.
Expected Outcomes
Implementation of 4 Child Teaching and Community Centres (CCTC) in Bosa,
Soacha, Ciudad Bolívar and Usme, for the execution of a
psycho-pedagogical rehabilitation programme for training, education and
improvement in the health of 120 displaced children.
Training of 20 women on the pedagogical proposal to be developed in the
CCTC
4 small enterprises created: one in Ciudad Bolívar and one in Soacha,
both for the manufacture and trade of crafts, one in Bosa for the
manufacture and trade of cleaning equipment and one in Usme for the
manufacture and trade of cleaning equipment.
Four autonomous organisations created for women victims of forced
displacement. These will negotiate, discuss and demand their rights from
the state and seek resources from private and official sources in order to
guarantee the continuity and sustainability of the 4 Child Teaching and
Community Centres.
V. TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
The beneficiaries will be the displaced population (women and children)
located in Ciudad Bolívar, Usme and Bosa in Bogotá and the area of Altos
de Cazuca in Soacha.
Total direct beneficiaries: 560
Total families benefiting directly: 120
Total indirect beneficiaries: 600
Direct beneficiaries
20 women, heads of households and victims of forced displacement, who
attend and manage the four Child Teaching Centres.
120 displaced and local women benefiting from employment generated through
the four small enterprises.
120 displaced children receiving education in the four Child Teaching
Centres.
240 displaced children receiving nutritional feeding in the four Child
Teaching Centres.
Indirect beneficiaries
80 members of the families of the twenty women managing the four Child
Teaching Centres (average of four members per family).
480 members of the families of 120 female heads of households who benefit
from the generation of employment provided by the project.
60 families corresponding to the 120 child beneficiaries of the Child
Teaching Centres.
60 families corresponding to the 120 child beneficiaries of the Children's
Restaurants.
Criteria used in Beneficiary Selection
Displaced women and children in great need of socio-economic help and who
have not received any type of help form the State.
Women and children belonging to displaced families that have been
accompanied by the Mennonite church: Programa Pastoral para Desplazados.
Displaced families that are grouped in common geographic sectors.
Female headed displaced families
Displaced families that do not wish to be involved in programmes of
return, because they consider that conditions of security and
sustainability do not exist.
Children from the receiving communities with nutritional problems.
VI. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION
NUTRITIONAL RECOVERY & PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
The project will benefit 120 children who are the victims of forced
displacement, providing them with teaching and psychological assistance
and health protection. 240 displaced children and children from the
receiving communities will also benefit from nutritional feeding.
Implementation
Selection of 20 responsible displaced mothers and the appointment of a
team of professionals to provide support.
Definition of the location of the Child Teaching and Community Centres.
Psycho-pedagogical teaching for the displaced mothers.
Definition of the criteria for the use, assistance and administration of
the CTCC.
Acquisition of equipment for the CTCC.
Inauguration and implementation of the CTCC.
The assistance will be provided in the Child Teaching and Community
Centres and will be the responsibility of 20 displaced mothers, one social
worker, one psychologist, one recreational teacher and one arts and crafts
teacher.
An operating team will be constituted, made up of representatives of the
displaced mothers and the support professionals. This will be responsible
for the production, orientation and monitoring of the implementation of an
Operational Plan, under the management of the overall project
co-ordination.
Periodic meetings will be held with the beneficiaries in order to evaluate
the progress of the project and to gather together elements for making the
corresponding adjustments.
INCOME GENERATION
120 displaced women and women from the receiving community will benefit
through the generation of employment.
Implementation
Selection of beneficiaries in accordance with the criteria of
participation, needs and rights of the associates.
Training: technical, administrative, accounts and productive.
Feasibility studies: marketing, sustainability and break-even point.
Mounting and implementation of the productive units
An operating team will be constituted for the design and mounting of the
productive units, made up of representatives of the small enterprises or
associative work enterprises, professional advisers and the overall
project co-ordination which will be responsible for the implementation and
monitoring of the productive units.
EMERGENCY FUND - RETURN & RELOCATIONS
A fund to help IDP's in the communities where the project is working and
that are not beneficiaries of the other activities. The support will be
directed to cover travel and legal expenses for returns to their places of
origin and to support relocation within the country or exodus due to
insecurity.
ORGANISATION & ADVOCACY
The displaced mothers responsible for the Child Teaching and Community
Centres, the associates of the small enterprises or associative work
enterprises and other women who are the indirect beneficiaries of the
Centres and productive projects (approximately 200 displaced women and
women from the receiving communities).
Implementation
Training in human rights, organisation and participation.
Production of the statutes of the organisations.
Meetings for the approval of the statutes, work plan and election of
directors.
Formalisation and legalisation of the organisations.
Accompaniment for negotiation and dialogue with the state.
A promoting team will be made up of those with the best leadership
qualities. The team will receive advice from professional volunteers of
the Mennonite Church and the accompaniment of the overall project
co-ordination.
Transition from the Emergency
The project will seek to foster conditions for the socio-economic
stabilisation of the beneficiaries and to start lobbying for the state to
take responsibility for humanitarian assistance and the socio-economic
reestablishment of the displaced families.
VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING
Administration
The project will be under the administration of the Mennonite Christian
Church of Colombia, through the Programa Pastoral para Desplazados.
Finance
The project will have a General Co-ordinator responsible for the control
of expenditure. It will also have an accountant, statutory auditor and an
external auditor. The Christian Mennonite Church of Colombia has
wide-ranging experience in the management of this type of project.
The final audit of the Appeal will be carried out on joint terms of
reference and through the same auditing firm, and based on separate
project accounts for each organisation we will present a joint final audit
report.
Monitoring
The Christian Mennonite Church of Colombia has a team of volunteers that
will be responsible for constant monitoring and evaluation of the projects
in order to guarantee total compliance with the outlined objectives and
goals. Likewise, the project has an internal work team that will deliver
weekly work reports to the project co-ordination. The beneficiaries will
have meetings where they will evaluate, from their perspective, the
execution of each one of the project components.
PCS will assign a project officer who will have the support of the
Administrative Team. The project officer will provide advice, monitoring
and follow-up to the project, promoting and encouraging its articulation
with the sub-programme that is carried out in Bogotá. He/she will also
encourage spaces for interchange, articulation and co-ordination with
other partners and projects, especially those with similar geographical
location, focus, objectives, actions and plans. Half-yearly and annual
narrative and financial reports and bi-monthly implementation reports will
be requested. Periodic visits to monitor the project will be undertaken
and meetings with the team responsible will be held in order to evaluate
the work and to make the necessary adjustments.
An intermediate and final evaluation will also be shared on the progress
of each one of the components that make up the Appeal.
VIII. IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE
One year
IX. CO-ORDINATION
The ACT Network Colombia will set up a co-ordinating group consisting of
four (4) institutions:
Diakonie- Emergency Aid of the Evangelical Church of Germany
IELCO- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia
PC- Project Counselling Service
Department for World Service of the Lutheran World Foundation
This co-ordinating group will include an interchange of training,
especially on Risk Management, Psychosocial Assistance, human rights and
enforcement of rights.
The ACT Network Colombia, printed material (pamphlets) will be distributed
to other institutions, competent authorities, churches and communities for
visibility purposes.
PCS and the Mennonite Church will co-ordinate with institutions such as:
the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF), the Administrative
Department for Social Welfare, (DABS), the National Service for Learning
(SENA), the Social Solidarity Network and the Personería of Bogotá.
At a non-government level: the Permanent Assembly of Civil Society for
Peace, the Interfranciscana Commission, the Assistance to Migrants
Foundation (Fundación Atención al Migrante), the Colombia Present
Foundation (Fundación Colombia Presente), The Soacha Dialogue Group (Mesa
Interlocución Soacha) and the Centro Salesiano Don Bosco del barrio el
Paraíso.
X. BUDGET
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
Description Type of No of Unit Cost Budget Budget
Unit Units COL$ COL$ US$
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Nutritional and psychosocial recovery
Organization Child Teaching &
Community Centres (CTCC) meeting 1 1,400,000 495
Rent and improvement CTCC local month 12 1,307,000 15,684,000 5,600
Local improvements to the CTCC offices Lump sum 1,400
Part-time social worker month 12 507,500 6,090,000 2,152
Part-time psychologist month 12 507,500 6,090,000 2,152
Fine Arts Teacher month 12 507,500 6,090,000 2,152
Recreational Worker month 12 507,500 6,090,000 2,152
Transportation & mobilization work team month 12 210,000 2,520,000 890
Blackboards LS 3,360,000 1,187
Chairs, tables, desks LS 4,760,000 1,682
Teaching material LS 3,920,000 1,385
Texts LS 3,640,000 1,286
Children's educational toys LS 3,360,000 1,187
Cooking and kitchen utensils material 4 430,000 1,720,000 608
Fridges material 4 800,000 3,200,000 1,131
Televisions material 4 500,000 2,000,000 707
VHS material 4 300,000 1,200,000 424
Mobilization expenditure for 20 women month 12 420,000 5,040,000 1,781
Training for 20 women
(psycho-emotional rehab & education) workshop 2 1,680,000 3,360,000 1,187
Formulation of psychological &
educational proposal workshop 2 420,000 840,000 297
Allowances for community mothers month 12 1,167,000 14,004,000 4,948
Healthcare campaigns for 120 children
and women campaigns 6 1,773,000 10,638,000 3,759
Subtotal 105,006,000 38,563
Productive activities
Training on admin, accounts & finances workshop 3 1,586,001 4,758,002 1,681
Training in manufacturing and sales course 1 12,600,000 4,452
Equipment & tools for small enterprises Lump sum 21,000,000 7,420
Industrial safety equipment Lump sum 5,600,000 1,979
Raw material for small business products Lump sum 10,360,000 3,661
Support of sale and exportation activities Lump sum 7,000,000 2,473
Subtotal 61,318,002 21,667
Emergency fund for returns, relocations or exits
Emergency fund for return, relocations
or departure from the area Lump sum 7,000,000 2,473
Advocacy and organization
Workshops & prof advice on
constitution of corporate entities workshop 4 1,330,000 5,320,000 1,880
Workshops on legal processes for
demanding rights workshop 4 1,400,000 5,600,000 1,979
Meetings for exchange of experiences
& evaluation meeting 2 2,100,000 4,200,000 1,484
Meetings summary of lessons learned meeting 3 1,120,000 3,360,000 1,187
Cultural meetings meeting 4 420,000 1,680,000 594
SUBTOTAL 20,160,000 7,124
Project coordination
Salary & social benefits coordinator month 12 1,633,333 19,599,996 6,926
ADMINISTRATION & MONITORING
External audit LS 2,800,000 989
Administrative support LS 5,600,000 1,979
Monitoring and Follow-up LS 5,600,000 1,979
Subtotal Administration & Monitoring 14,000,000 4,947
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 227,083,998 81,700
Exchange Rate: US$ = 2,830
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