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Somalia Crisis |
Islamic Relief Worldwide has
launched an urgent appeal for
1.5 million to assist 30,000
people in Puntland and 90,000
people in southern Somalia.
There is an urgent need for
plastic sheets, food, clean
water, utensils and health
services.
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Islamic Relief Sends $1.6 Million in Aid to Lebanon |
Continuing its humanitarian
efforts in the Middle East,
Islamic Relief sent $1.6 million
in urgently needed in-kind aid
to Lebanon. Working in
collaboration with The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, the groups dispatched 85
tons of essential aid items such
as medical supplies, hygiene
kits, powdered milk, baby
formula, and hand soap to assist
the needs of the civilian
population.
In addition to the $1.6 million
of in-kind aid, Islamic Relief
has allocated $1 million of
immediate aid for the
humanitarian crisis and has
launched an international appeal
to raise over $5 million.
With over 800,000 citizens
displaced and thousands of
others seeking shelter and aid
in schools and government
buildings, the need for
humanitarian aid in the Middle
East has never been greater.
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Kashmir Emergency Response |
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In response to the devastated
earthquake in October 2005,
Islamic Relief after the
successful relief operation
started Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction of the affected
areas in Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
Main areas that Islamic Relief
is focusing on are; Social
Mobilisation, Water &
Sanitation, Reconstruction and
Rehabilitation of Houses,
Sustainable livelihoods
development, Health and Disaster
preparedness in Districts of
Bagh, Poonch, Muzaffarabad and
Neelum Valley in AJK.
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KASHMIR EMERGENCY REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME
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1. WATER & SANITATION
Beneficiaries:
70,000 People
Objective:
Provision of clean drinking
water and sanitation facilities
to communities and
rehabilitation & reconstruction
of Water & sanitation schemes
damaged by the earthquake
Major Activities:
Damage assessment of the water
supply projects
Rehabilitation of damaged
water schemes
Construction of new water
supply schemes
Construction of latrines
Hygiene Promotion
Water quality testing
Hygiene kits
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2. HEALTH
Union Council (UC) Chillana and
Kahori in Dist. Muzaffarabad and
Bheri in Dist. Neelum Valley
Beneficiaries:
47,267 People
Objective:
The effect of building Basic
Health Units (BHUs) will be the
immediate access to primary
health facilities and equipment.
BHUs are health centers which
provide emergency assistance to
90-95% of cases (excluding
caesarean sections), outpatient
services, maternal and neonatal
health services, child care to
under 5s, health education,
mental health and TB. BHUs are
also the units that collect
biostatic data without which
health policies can not be
derived and in the long term the
health services can not be
developed. Identification and
referral of chronic and
communicable diseases are also
part of the same subject.
Major Activities:
Reconstruction of 3 Basic
Health Units (BHUs)
Furniture and Medical
equipment to 3 BHUs in AJK
Needs assessment
Spatial planning
Agreement and confirmation of
areas agreed
Identification of contractor -
Tender of contracts
Selection of contractor -
Closed bid contractors bids
are opened in public following
preset requirements.
Construction of BHUs and
Project initiation
Monitoring of BHUs
Purchase of Furniture/ fixture
and medical equipment
Handing over to Government
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3. EDUCATION
UCs Chatter Domail, Kahori,
Chattar Domail and Langarpura in
Muzaffarabad Dist. UCs Ashkot
and Barian in Neelum Valley UCs
Singola and Ali Sojal in Dist.
Poonch UCs Dharay, Swanj and
Sangal in Dist. Bagh
Objectives:
Immediate access to education
for marginalized earthquake
affected population. Currently
these schools are running under
temporary arrangements, tents
and shelters. These schools
would not merely benefit the
presently enrolled students but
it will affect to a whole
generation.
Beneficiaries
1200 Children
Major Activities:
Reconstruction of 10
Government Primary Schools and
one Girls Middle School
Needs assessment
Spatial planning
Agreement and confirmation of
areas agreed
Identification of contractor -
Tender of contracts
Selection of contractor -
Closed bid contractors bids
are opened in public following
preset requirements.
Construction initiation
Monitoring of Schools
construction
Handing over to Government
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4. REHABILITATION AND
RECONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES
Union Council Swanj, Nar Sher
Ali Khan, Sangal and Hill Surang
in District Bagh, AJK
Beneficiaries
86,800 People
Objectives:
damage assessment survey for
houses in 4 union councils of
Bagh district
release compensation payments
to eligible house owners as per
ERRA guidelines
provide training to skilled
persons and house owners (self
builders) in earthquake
resistant housing
Major Activities:
Damage assessment survey in 4
union councils
Releasing compensation grant
to eligible beneficiaries
Certification and supervision
of houses reconstruction work in
4 union councils
Training of skilled persons
and self builders in earthquake
resistant techniques
Rehabilitation and of 52
community physical
infrastructures
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5. SOCIAL MOBILISATION
Beneficiaries:
231,000 People
Objective:
To empower communities in
programme areas of Islamic
Relief in AJK through social
mobilisation in order to combat
dependency culture and they can
play role in rehabilitation and
development activities of their
area.
Major Activities:
Area opening meeting
Spa tial planning workshop
CO formation (as per the
methodology)
Strengthening of existing CCO/CCFs
Exposure visits of CO/CCO/CCF
managers
CO Managers conference on
quarterly basis.
Linkages development workshops
Review workshop of CCF
objectives
Training of community in
village development plans (VDP)
Facilitating the CCF members n
registration
Training CCF members in
proposal writing
Training needs assessment of
current and new staff
PLA Participatory Learning
and Action Mobilization
training for staff.
Evaluation of social
mobilization activities and
strategy
Monitoring evaluation training
for staff
Report writing training for
staff
Team building workshop for
staff
Project proposals writing
skills
Leadership, management and
communication skills.
Community liaison skills
Motivational skills
Set up library of training
materials
Staff exposure visits/study
tours national/ international
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6. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Beneficiaries:
149,775 People
Objective:
Building capacity of the local
communities to deal effectively
with emergencies/disasters in
the targeted areas of AJK.
Major Activities:
Development of Disaster
Management Action Plans with
stakeholders
Disaster Management trainings
First Aid Trainings for
communities
Survival trainings for
communities
Tent pitching training for
communities
Civil defense training for
communities
Mine Awareness Sessions
Awareness campaigns
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7. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
Beneficiaries:
149,775 People
Objective:
Generate income and employment
earning opportunities for
deprived sectors of the
population.
Improve the skills of poor
and/or marginalised sectors of
the population.
Improve agricultural and
livestock practices and
productivity and natural
resource management.
Major Activities:
Livelihoods trainings;
training on marketable products,
vocational training (male and
females)
Livelihoods awareness
campaigns
Teacher trainings on
environment awareness
Nature-club formation
Debate, essay, quiz and
drawing competitions on
environment
Forest and fruit plantation
Cash for work
Credit disbursement
De-worming and vaccination
campaigns
Pruning and grafting
Olive grafting and plantation
Table products training
Income Generation trainings
for female and male
Rehabilitation of
infrastructures
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8. CASH FOR WORK - EXTENDED
RESPONSE PROGRAMME
Rawlakot, Bagh, Muzaffarabad and
Neelum Valley, AJK
Beneficiaries:
61894 People
Objective:
The objectives for this project
are to provide immediate income
earning opportunities to 57652
poor and/ or marginalised
sectors of the earthquake
affected population through cash
for work related activities that
rebuild, strengthen and help to
mitigate future disasters for
the nine months of the project
programme.
Major Activities:
Reconstruction of Retaining
walls of cultivable land
Check damming to protect lands
from soil erosion
Link roads clearance
Irrigation channels clearance
Debris clearance/ land
levelling of agriculture lands
Dismantling un-safe houses in
Muzaffarabad city
Debris clearance and recycling
in Muzaffarabad city
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9. INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME FOR AJK AND
BALOCHISTAN
Neelum Valley in AJK, Districts
Chaghi and Kharan in Balochistan
Beneficiaries:
149,775 People
Objective:
Overall objective is to
rehabilitate and develop the
capacity of the targeted
communities of AJK and
Balochistan by providing them
with the means of improving
their livelihoods through an
integrated developmental
approach.
Major Activities:
Survey
COs Formation
Community Training and
Capacity Building
Stakeholder coordination
Health Services
Water and Sanitation
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10. BAGH INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME
District Bagh, AJK
Beneficiaries:
142,000 People
Objective:
The Programme supports the
community in Bagh in two sectors
through social mobilization:
Sustainable Livelihoods
Water and Sanitation
Major Activities:
To provide safe drinking water
to the community
Raising awareness among the
communities on hygiene
Motivating the community on
construction of latrines
Income generation through
skill enhancement for male &
female
Orchard establishment
Grafting
Pruning
De-worming and vaccination
campaigns
Forest plantation
Livestock and poultry
management training
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11. NEELUM VALLEY INTEGRATED
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
(Health, Water & Sanitation,
Sustainable Livelihoods and
Disaster Preparedness)
Beneficiaries:
70,737 People
Objective:
The objective of this programme
is to provide access to basic
health care, water & sanitation,
awareness about hygiene issues,
sustainable livelihoods and to
build the capacity through
disaster preparedness activities
of the local people to cope with
any natural or man-made
disaster(s) in the future.
Major Activities:
Establishing Antenatal and
maternity services at the
Community Health Centre
Establishing Diarrhoea clinic
for children under 5 <BR.
Establishing ARI clinic for
children under 5
Forming Community
Organisations and providing
first aid, management and skills
training
Establishing 8 Emergency
Response Units and developing
evacuation plans
Construction of 60 fully
functional community managed
water supply schemes.
Construction of 60
demonstrative sanitation
latrines.
Improved hygiene behavior in
60 COs.
Terms of Partnership signed
with communities.
Small-Scale Mitigation works
Local Capacity
Building/Training
Advocacy and Public Awareness
raising
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12. ONE TO ONE ORPHANS
SPONSORSHIP
Muzaffarabad
Beneficiaries:
406 Sponsored Orphan Children
Objective:
The programme targets the
poorest of the poor; families
are targeted and financially
helped to allow them to meet
their basic necessities. The
project aims to fulfill the
educational, food, health, and
other basic needs of the orphans
from earthquake areas of AJK so
that they can live a respectable
life like children living
happily along with their
parents.
Major Activities:
Identification of deserving
orphan children for Sponsorship
Disbursement of sponsorship
money
Medical Treatment of orphan
children and their families
House renovation of sponsored
orphans families
School bags and health &
hygiene kits distribution
Summer camps
Annual Progress reports of
orphans
Orphans database management |
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