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ACT Rapid Response
Fund Payment Notification
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With
this notification of the payment of Rapid Response Funds, the
ACT Coordinating Office requests contributions from donors to
replenish the Rapid Response Fund. This will enable a response
to future requests for these funds.
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Rapid Response
Payment No. 02/2005
Date of Emergency: 2 March 2005
Requesting Partner: Lutheran World Federation
Implementing Partner: Mission and Development of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia (IELCO)
Details
of the Emergency:
On 8 February, heavy rains that lasted 17 hours, had led to the
flooding and consequently to the overflowing of the Oro and Frío
Rivers in Colombia. According to the Santander rescue team, it has been
reported that 15 neighbourhoods in Bucaramanga and 50 in Girón
suffered severe damages due to the flooding. Girón is the city
that has been the most affected.
According to the press, the flooding has left 40 people dead, 90 injured, 45 missing and 30,000 others affected. This tragic event has caused landslides, blocked roads and damages to at least 5,000 homes in Bucaramanga, Girón and Piedecuesta, places where the Lutheran Church of Colombia carries out its mission and development projects. Girón reported 1,500 families that had to be relocated urgently.
Besides Girón, Convivir is another place that suffered severe damages because of the flooding. Covivir is made up of three neighbourhoods called Convivir, Altos de Convivir and the Isla. A total of 212 families suffered the impact of flooding there. They lost their houses and all their belongings. Brisas del Prado, a place where the Lutheran Church of Bucaramanga is present, was also severely affected. There, the raging waters destroyed bridges leaving 32 families totally isolated.
The weather forecast predicts more rain and this is causing people who are already affected by the flooding, to be in a precarious situation. Thousands of people have fled their homes because of the flooding.
The heavy rain has affected six departments on the east and north sides of the national territory. In northern Santander, for example, hundreds of homes were flooded. The flooding and overflowing of the Táchira and Pamplonita rivers left at least 11,000 victims and 20,000 isolated from both, the Venezuela and Colombia’s borders.
Proposed Assistance: The Mission and Development Department of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia (IELCO) will conduct distributions, ensuring that the most vulnerable families receive relief assistance such as food parcels, beds and blankets.
IELCO will conduct
assessment missions to affected areas, take a census and collect data
of affected zones, develop a full ACT appeal application, co-ordinate
with other ACT members in Colombia and with Mayor’s Office, Colombian
Red Cross, Defence Civil and the Colombian Military Forces. Implementation
period will be three months from the day funding is received
for the requested funds. Plastic
Sandals
Pair
500
8,000
4,000,000
1,739
Total Clothing
and Winter Clothes
13,000,000
5,651
Medicine
First Aid
Kits
Unit
4
500,000
2,000,000
869
Transportation
Lump sum
5,000,000
2,174
Support
Working Team
People
5
1,000,000
5,000,000
2,174
TOTAL ESTIMATED
EXPENDITURE
93,500,000
40,648
Exchange
Rate: US$ 1 = 2,300
ACTION The ACT Co-ordinating
Office has approved the use of US$ 40,648 towards the budget from
its Rapid Response Fund and would be grateful to receive contributions
to wholly or partially replenish this payment. As the situation is
so severe an appeal may be forthcoming shortly. BUDGET
Description
Type of
Unit
No of Units
Unit Cost
Local
Budget
Local
Budget
US$
Humanitarian
Aid
Emergency beds
Unit
Blankets
Sheet
Towels
Sheet
Mattresses
Unit
Groceries
Hygiene supplies
Unit
Small Cooking Stoves
Unit
Total Humanitarian Aid
Clothing and Winter clothes
T-Shirts
Piece
Sweat Pants
Pair
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