Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 0

This appeal under the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) was first issued in September 2003 with the primary aim to assist over 11,700 people with relief food and another 1,953 families in food security through the provision of seeds and tools. By the end of January 2004 the government, working with the World Food Program, stepped up food relief assistance to cover the 300,000 food insecure people in the country. Also as the response to the appeal was very slow CCL decided to change their assistance strategy and instead focus on assisting 2,500 families in a more comprehensive food security program. Discussions on the shift of program focus took longer than expected due to various reasons including the clarifications on the unspent balance of funds under previous appeal AFLS 21 and the seeking of permission from donors for transfer of this balance to AFLS31. Apparently over US$100,000 was not utilised under the food crisis appeal issued in 2002 due to late receipt of funds. These funds are now to be used under the new proposal for food security in the AFLS-31 appeal. Implementation of the new proposal already started in February 2004 and will now continue until end of June 2005.

Please note that no funding is being requested as this revision is over-funded – this has been brought to the attention of CCL.

This Revision 2 supersedes the former revision (1) issued on 25 June 2004

Project Completion Date:

30 June 2005

US$

Total Appeal Target(s): 380,928

Less: Funds available: 446,862

Surplus available: 65,934

Jessie Kgoroeadira
Acting Director, ACT CO