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JOINT OEOA/UNDRO APPEAL FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

1. FROM 4 TO 10 NOVEMBER 1985, OEOA/UNDRO LED MULTI-AGENCY MISSION INCLUDING HQS REPRESENTATION FROM UNICEF AND WFP VISITED MOZAMBIQUE TO:

A) REVIEW COUNTRY SITUATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNMENT (GOM) AND CONCERNED UN AGENCIES, NGOS, BILATERAL DONORS, AND

B) PREPARE UPDATED LIST EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFECTED POPULATION.

LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES UNDP, UNICEF, WFP, WHO, FAO, UNHCR GAVE FULL SUPPORT TO AND PARTICIPATED IN MISSION'S WORK AS REQUIRED. CARE DIRECTOR CONTRIBUTED NGO COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE AND PLAYED KEY NOTE PARTICULARLY IN REVIEW/ASSESSMENT GOM'S CURRENT EMERGENCY-RELATED LOGISTICS REQUIREMENTS.

2. MISSION'S MAJOR CONCLUSIONS AS FOLLOWS:

A) 1984/85 RAINY SEASON, WITH NORMAL PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF COUNTRY, EFFECTIVELY ENDED SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN SIX MOST AFFECTED PROVINCES (SEE LIST PARA C BELOW). DROUGHT POCKETS HOWEVER REMAIN NOTABLY IN GAZA PROVINCE. MOREOVER, GENERALIZED POOR SOIL CONDITIONS DUE PRECEDING 3-4 DROUGHT PERIOD, LACK SEEDS/TOOLS, DEBILITATED STATE POPULATION HAVE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT ALL PROVINCES. ADDITIONAL FOOD SHORTAGES MAY CONSEQUENTLY DEVELOP BEFORE AVAILABILITY APRIL 86 HARVEST.

B) SERIOUS, PERSISTING EMERGENCY CONDITIONS AFFECTING GREATER PART COUNTRY NOW DUE PRIMARILY TO EXTERNALLY SUPPORTED ARMED INSURGENCY. DISRUPTIVE ACTIONS CARRIED OUT RANDOM FASHION AND AIMED MAINLY AT COUNTRY'S PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION POTENTIAL, LOGISTICAL CAPABILITIES ARE HAVING INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD DESTABILIZING EFFECT THROUGHOUT COUNTRY ALTHOUGH FELT PRIMARLY AND ACUTELY BY VULNERABLE RURAL POPULATIONS.

C) DROUGHT AND INSURGENCY AFFECTED POPULATION DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS (BY PROVINCE):

TETE 324,800
MANICA 305,500
SOFALA 382,500
INHAMBANE 462,400
GAZA 436,100
MAPUTO 235,000
TOTAL: 2,146,300
(OR APPROXIMATELY 430,000 FAMILIES)

BECAUSE WIDESPREAD INSECURITY AND PURPOSEFULLY UNPREDICTABLE ATTACKS INSURGENTS, NUMBER AFFECTED/DISPLACED PEOPLE FLUCTUATING AND COULD EXTEND TO OTHER AREAS. UPDATED ESTIMATES TO BE PROVIDED BY GOM JANUARY 1986.

3. IN FULL RECOGNITION ABOVE CONSIDERATIONS AND BASED ON MISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS, DIRECTOR OEOA AND COORDINATOR UNDRO ARE APPEALING TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR URGENT PROVISION EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO GOM FOR PERIOD UPTO 30 APRIL 1986, AS OUTLINED SECTIONS II TO VII BELOW, TO HELP ALLEVIATE PLIGHT AFFECTED POPULATION.

II. FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS

A. CEREAL REQUIREMENTS

1. GOM'S CEREAL REQUIREMENT ESTIMATES FOR PERIOD 1 OCTOBER 1985 - 30 APRIL 1986 AS FOLLOWS:

NEEDS
MAIZE
WHEAT
RICE
TOTAL
NORMAL MARKET
124,209
56,458
45,168
225,835
RURAL AFFECT POP
159,945
-
-
159,945
STOCK 30/4/86
25,000
25,000
10,000
60,000
TOTAL:
309,154
81,458
35,168
445,780
SUPPLY
STOCK 30/9/85
28,839
45,521
20,836
95,196
EXPECTED MARKETED PRODUCTION
28,630
-
2,481
31,111
COMMERCIAL IMPORTS
20,000
20,000
20,000
60,000
WFP INPUTS
29,021
-
-
29,021
PLEDGED DONATIONS
37,837
9,500
19,900
67,237
TOTAL
144,327
75,021
63,217
282,565
DEFICIT
-164,827
-6,437
+8,049
-163,215

(ROUNDED OFF TO 163,000)

2. ABOVE TOTAL REPRESENTS A 157,000 MT MAIZE AMD 6,000 MT WHEAT DEFICIT (WITH 8,000 MT RICE SURPLUS TO BE USED URBAN AREAS TO OFFSET MAIZE SHORTFALL). DEFICIT SPREAD BETWEEN RURAL/URBAN AREAS AS FOLLOWS:

- RURAL AFFECTED POPULATION: 100,000 MT MAIZE

- URBAN POPULATION:
57,000 MT MAIZE
6,000 MT WHEAT

3. SINCE PRESENTATION ABOVE ESTIMATES, GOM HAS INITIATED DISCUSSION WITH SEVERAL DONORS IN RESPECT NUMBER ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT PLEDGES. WHEN FINALIZED, THESE WILL CONSIDERABLY REDUCE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS ALTHOUGH SUBSTANTIAL GAP TO REMAIN. ALSO POSSIBLE THAT CURRENTLY UNQUANTIFIED ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY DEVELOP EARLY 1986, DEPENDING ON RATE AT WHICH LAST HARVEST BEING CONSUMED.

4. UNDER MOST OPTIMISTIC ASSUMPTIONS, ALREADY APPARENT GOM TO FACE SERIOUS CEREAL SHORTAGES FROM JANUARY TO APRIL 1986. PRORATING MONTHLY REQUIREMENTS ON BASIS CURRENT CEREAL DEFICIT ESTIMATE FOR PERIOD 1 OCTOBER 1985 - 30 APRIL 1986 MINIMAL CEREAL REQUIREMENTS FOR JANUARY-MARCH 86 AS FOLLOWS:

MAIZE (MT)
WHEAT (MT)
COST (US DLRS)
JANUARY
22,300
1,000
3,282,000
FEBRUARY
22,500
1,500
3,390,000
MARCH
22,500
-
3,150,000
TOTAL:
67,300
2,500
9,822,000
TRANSPORT COSTS TO PORT OF ENTRY (30 PER CENT ABOVE TOTAL)
2,946,600
INTERNAL TRANSPORT/HANDLING COSTS IN MOZAMBIQUE (US DLRS 70/MT)
4,886,000
GRAND TOTAL:
17,654,600
  1. REQUIREMENTS FOR APRIL 1986 TO BE ASSESSED JANUARY 1986 WHEN ADDITIONAL DATA ON UNFORESEEN REQUIREMENTS AVAILABLE AND PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT APRIL HARVEST POSSIBLE.

B. SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING FOR VULNERABLE GROUPS

1. VULNERABLE GROUPS REQUIRING SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING (CHILDREN, PREGNANT AND LACTATING WOMEN, ELDERLY) CONSTITUTE 23 PER CENT OF TOTAL POPULATION - OR APPROXIMATELY 500,000 OF 2,146,300 AFFECTED PEOPLE. WHILE THESE GROUPS ALREADY UNDER GREAT PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS, THEIR CONDITION LIKELY WORSEN FURTHER AS RAINY SEASON PROGRESSES UNLESS MINIMAL SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD REQUIREMENTS MET.

2. ON BASIS GOM'S DAILY RATION REQUIREMENTS CONSISTING 150 GR MAIZE MEAL, 100 GR DRIED SKIM MILK, 50 GR VEGETABLE OIL, 25 GR SUGAR FOR PERIOD 120 DAYS (JAN-APR.85), FOLLOWING AMOUNTS SUPPLEMENTARY FOODS URGENTLY NEEDED.

QUANTITY (MT)
COST (US DLRS)
MAIZE MEAL
9,000
1,980,000
DRIED SKIM MILK
6,000
4,800,000
VEGETABLE OIL
3,120
3,276,000
SUGAR
1,560
468,000
TOTAL:
19,680
4,225,980
ESTIMATED TRANSPORT COSTS TO PORT OF ENTRY AND INTERNAL TRANSPORT/HANDLING COSTS IN MOZAMBIQUE
1,574,400
GRAND TOTAL:
5,800,380

III. LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES

1. SEA TRANSPORT

DISTRIBUTION FOOD AID AND OTHER RELIEF ITEMS TO AFFECTED POPULATION COASTAL AREAS SOFALA, GAZA, INHAMBANE PROVINCES CURRENTLY CARRIED BY WFP OPERATED FLAT BOTTOM VESSEL. PROSPECTS AND REQUIREMENTS TO KEEP THIS KEY OPERATION GOING AS FOLLOWS:

A) OPERATING COSTS FUNDED TO MID-JANUARY 1986,

B) FUNDING REQUIRED TO KEEP OPERATION GOING UNTIL END APRIL 1986: US DLRS 250,000, AND

C) SOME DONORS, CONCERNED WITH COST BUILD-UP HAVE INDICATED INTEREST IN ACQUISITION VESSEL ON PERMANENT BASIS (LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENT) BY END APRIL 1986. COST REQUIREMENT: US DLRS 800,000. NORAD HAS INDICATED ITS WILLINGNESS CONTINUE, IN PRINCIPLE, TO COVER OPERATING COSTS VESSEL DURING DURATION LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, UNDER ITS BILATERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME WITH GOM.

2. AIR TRANSPORT

A. CONTINUING SUPPORT TO EMERGENCY RELIEF AIRLIFT FOR HIGH VALUE/LOW VOLUME CARGO

1. AIRLIFT IN OPERATION SINCE JUNE 1985 IS MANAGED BY DEPARTMENT FOR PREVENTION, CONTROL AND COMBAT NATURAL CALAMITIES (DPCCN) AND ASSOCIATED CARE LOGISTIC SUPPORT UNIT. AIRLIFT SERVES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, UN AGENCIES, NGOS AND FACILITATES MOVEMENT HIGH VALUE/LOW VOLUME EMERGENCY CARGO FROM MAPUTO AND BEIRA TO PROVINCIAL CAPITALS AND INACESSIBLE DISTRICTS HEADQUARTERS/TOWNS.

2. UNICEF PROVIDING US DLRS 600,000 FOR CONTINUED AIRLIFT CAPACITY AT RATE 100 MT/MONTHS FROM DECEMBER 1985 ONWARDS. HOWEVER, IN RECOGNITION CONTINUED INCREASE EMERGENCY RELIEF MATERIAL ARRIVING MOZAMBIQUE AND LIMITATION LOCAL TRANSPORT CAPACITY DUE SECURITY AND CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS, ADDITIONAL MINIMUM INCREASE IN AIRLIFT OPERATIONAL CAPACITY OF 100 MT/MONTHS FOR 12 MONTHS URGENTLY REQUIRED. COST: US DLRS 600,000.

3. NGO MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERE HAS RESUMED ITS OPERATIONS AT REQUEST GOM AND PROVIDING CRITICAL BACK UP MEDICAL SUPPORT TO MINHEALTH. IN ORDER OPTIMIZE ITS ASSISTANCE, MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERE NEEDS ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP COVER COSTS HIRING SMALL AIRCRAFT TO CARRY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO REMOTE AREAS COUNTRY. COST: US DLRS 10,000/MONTH FOR SIX MONTHS: US DLRS 60,000.

3. ROAD TRANSPORT

1. DURING 1985, DPCCN ESTABLISHED A CENTRAL LOGISTICAL SUPPORT UNIT IN MAPUTO AND BRANCHES IN EACH OF AFFECTED PROVINCES. DPCCN NOW HAS MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR CO-ORDINATING RECEIPT, DESPATCH AND TRANSPORTATION OF ALL EMERGENCY RELIEF SUPPLIES TO DROUGHT AND INSURGENCY VICTIMS. AT PRESENT DPCCN MANAGES AND MAINTAINS 143 TRUCKS AND TRAILERS, 33 LIGHT TRANSPORT VEHICLES OPERATING IN ALL AFFECTED AREAS OF COUNTRY. AN ESTIMATED 40,000 MT CEREALS, 8,000 MT SUPPLEMENTARY FOODS, OVER 100 CONTAINERS NONFOOD MATERIALS COMMITTED OR EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH DPCCN ROAD TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE BETWEEN NOW AND END APRIL 86. MOREOVER, GIVEN PREVAILING CONDITIONS IN COUNTRY, DPCCN LIKELY EXPAND ITS ACTIVITIES INTO NEW AREAS DURING SAME PERIOD.

2. IN ORDER MEET EXPANDING TRANSPORT, MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS VEHICLE FLEET ATTRITION DUE DESTRUCTION BY INSURGENTS AND NORMAL WEAR/TEAR, DPCCN URGENTLY IN NEED FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTIONS:

A) TRUCK REQUIREMENTS (ALL DIESEL)

5 LONG-HAND-TRUCKS, 5 FUEL TANKERS (12,000-15,000 LITER CAPACITY, 25 MEDIUM (5-9T) TRUCKS:
US DLRS 1,830,000

B) LIGHT VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS

25 4/4 3/4T DIESEL PICKUP TRUCKS TO SUPPORT/TRANSPORT NATIONAL AND EXPATRIATE FIELD PERSONNEL WORKING IN AFFECTED PROVINCES AND TO EXPEDITE DELIVERY HIGH VALUE/LOW VOLUME RELIEF SUPPLIES TO AFFECTED POPULATION IN HARD TO REACH AREAS:
US DLRS 375,000

C) FUEL AND LUBRICANTS REQUIREMENTS

FOR DPCCN FLEET (INCLUDING 60 ABOVE REQUESTED VEHICLES) AND 262 VEHICLES OPERATED BY MINISTRY OF HEALTH:
US DLRS 405,000

D) TIRE REQUIREMENTS (ON/OFF ROAD TYPE)

660: 1100 X 20 X 16 PR US DLRS 109,000
600: 1000 X 20 X 14 R US DLRS 72,000
729: 900 X 20 X 14 PR US DLRS 79,000
132: 750 X 16 X 6 PR US DLRS 8,000
TOTAL: US DLRS 268,000

E) REVOLVING FUND FOR SPARE PARTS SUPPLY

TO RESUPPLY/REPLACE CONSUMABLE SPARE PARTS FOR OLDER TRUCKS AFTER DEPLETION INITIAL SPARE PART STOCK. FUND TO BE OPERATED BY DPCCN USERS THOUGH UNDP:
US DLRS 250,000

F) WORKSHOP TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

TO EQUIP 4 OUT OF 6 PROVINCIAL WORKSHOPS AT US DLRS 50,000 EACH (2 ALREADY EQUIPPED) IN SUPPORT OF UNICEF TA PROJECT WHICH FINANCING 18 WORKSHOP MANAGERS/SUPERVISORS AT 3 LOCATIONS IN 6 PROVINCES:
US DLRS 200,000

G) REPAIR OF DPCCN WAREHOUSES

WAREHOUSING CAPACITY GENERALLY AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT COUNTRY BUT IN PARTIAL OR TOTAL DISREPAIR. TO PROVIDE NECESSARY REPAIR MATERIALS (CEMENT, ROOFING, METAL DOORS, ETC.) FOR BASIC DPCCN STORAGE REQUIREMENTS IN 6 PROVINCES:
US DLRS 240,000

H) PROVISION COMPLEMENTARY WAREHOUSING EQUIPMENT

TWO 3.5 MT FORKLIFTS (BEIRA AND MAPUTO DPCCN WAREHOUSES):
US DLRS 60,000

5 MANUAL ROLLER CONVEYORS (3 FOR MAPUTO AND 2 FOR BEIRA DPCCN WAREHOUSES):
US DLRS 75,000

I) PROVISION TEMPORARY STORAGE FACILITIES

TENTS AND TARPAULINS TO BE USED IN 6 PROVINCES:
US DLRS 200,000

J) LOGISTICAL COMMUNICATION SUPPORT

WITH ITS EXPANDING OPERATIONS, DPCCN UR- GENTLY IN NEED EFFECTIVE FIELD RADIO NETWORK TO COORDINATE AND CONTROL DISPATCHING, RECEIPT EMERGENCY SUPPLIES. REQUIREMENTS: 3 BASE STATIONS AT US DLRS 5,000 EACH (FOR MAPUTO, BEIRA, TETE), 24 HANDSETS AT US DLRS 2,000 EACH (5 MAPUTO, 3 EACH BEIRA, TETE, INHAMBANE, GAZA MANICA, 4 RESERVE), CHARGING AND RELATED EQUIPMENT (US DLRS 2,000):
TOTAL US DLRS 65,000

BASIC OFFICE EQUIPMENT TO BACKSTOP, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY ALL OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN 6 PROVINCES:
US DLRS 35,000

GRAND TOTAL: US DLRS 4,003,000

IV. EMERGENCY HEALTH REQUIREMENTS

1. GOM'S EMERGENCY-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN HEALTH SECTOR GEARED TO FOUR FOLLOWING MAJOR OBJECTIVES: A) NUTRITIONAL REHABILITATION SEVERELY MALNOURISHED PEOPLE, INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENT MULTISECTORAL FOOD AND NUTRITION INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR FORECASTING FUTURE REQUIREMENTS, B) EFFECTIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION TO PERIPHERAL HEALTH UNITS IN MOST AFFECTED AREAS, C) STRENGHTHENING OF BASIC HEALTH SERVICES OFFERED AT PRIMARY AND OTHER LEVELS, D) INCREASED SUPPORT TO ORPHANS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN THROUGH PROTECTION AND FAMILY REINTEGRATION ACTIVITIES.

2. TO HELP MEET ABOVE OBJECTIVES FOLLOWING IMMEDIATE PRIORITY REQUIREMENTS DRAWN TO URGENT ATTENTION DONOR COMMUNITY:

A. THERAPEUTIC FEEDING

INITIAL TARGET GROUP OF CRITICALLY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN (1.2 PER CENT OF TOTAL AFFECTED POPULATION) HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, REQUIRING DAILY INDIVIDUAL SUPPLEMENTARY RATION OF 125 GR OF DSM, 60 GR OF VEGETABLE OIL AND 50 GR OF SUGAR. WITH AVERAGE TREATMENT PERIOD FOR THERAPEUTIC FEEDING 20 DAYS, TOTAL QUANTITIES OF FOOD REQUIRED ARE:

- DSM: 68.0 TONS
- VEGETABLE OIL: 33.0 TONS
- SUGAR: 28.0 TONS

PROPOSED PROGRAMME TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN PERIPHERAL HEALTH UNITS AS WELL AS CENTRAL, PROVINCIAL AND RURAL HOSPITALS, BY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO THESE UNITS, AND TRAINED IN ADMINISTRATION THERAPEUTIC FEEDING TECHNIQUES. AFTER 20 DAY PERIOD IN HEALTH UNITS, CHILDREN TO BE RETURNED THEIR FAMILIES AND COVERED THEREAFTER BY SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING PROGRAMME VULNERABLE GROUPS.

N.B.: FOR SIMPLIFICATION PURPOSES, ABOVE-MENTIONED QUANTITIES OF DSM, VEGETABLE OIL AND SUGAR (129.0 TONS) HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN 'FOOD AID' SECTION OF THIS APPEAL.

B. BASIC DRUGS

BASIC EMERGENCY DRUG REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW CALCULATED TO MEET NEEDS RURAL AFFECTED POPULATION. REQUESTED DRUGS TO BE UTILIZED AND DISPENSED PRIMARILY IN RURAL AND PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS TO TREAT PATIENTS REFERRED THEM BY BASIC HEALTH STRUCTURE IN PERIPHERAL AND RURAL AREAS. THREE GROUPS OF DRUGS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED:

GROUP 1

ITEM
DOSAGE
QUANTITIES
B-6 NALAZON INJECTION
0.4 MG/ML
1,700
F-2 NIFEDIN CAPSULES
10.0 MG
6,000
F-3 GLYCEROL TRINITRATE TABS
0.5 MG
50,000
F-4 DIHYDRALAZINE TABS
25 MG
200,000
F-5 DIHYDRALAZINE INJECTION
25 MG/5 ML
20,000
F-6 GUANETHIDIN TABS
25 MG
50,000
F-10 RESERPIN TABS
0.25 MG
1,300,000
F-11 DIGOXIN TABS
0.25 MG
1,000,000
F-13 DIGOXIN INJECTION
0.5 MG/2 ML
25,000
F-15 VERPAMIL TABS
40 MG
1,000

ESTIMATED COST ABOVE MEDICAL SUPPLIES: US DLRS 325,000

GROUP 2

ITEM
DOSAGE
QUANTITIES
0-7 MENTHOL AND METHYL SALICILATE OINTMENT
140,000
0-5 CARBENICILLIN INJECTION
2 G/4 ML
23,000
0-6 CEPHATOXIN OR CEPHALOSPORIN INJECTION
1 G/4 ML
3,000
0-11 COTRIMOZOZOL INJECTION
5 ML
50,000
0-12 ERYTHROMYCIN TABS
500 MG
155,000
0-13 ERYTHROMYCIN DROPS
1 G/10 ML
50,000
0-15 GENTAMYCIN INJECTION
80 MG/2 ML
20,000
0-17 ISOXOZOLIL PENICILLIN CAPS
250 MG
13,000
0-18 ISOXOZOLIL PENICILLIN INJECTION
500 MG/5 ML
10,000
0-19 KANAMYCIN INJECTION
1 G/3 ML
40,000
E-11 POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE TABS
200,000
L-15 HEPARINOID OINTMENT
100,000

ESTIMATED COST ABOVE MEDICAL SUPPLIES: US DLRS 1,200,000

GROUP 3

ITEM
DOSAGE
QUANTITIES
P-2 TESTOSTERON INJECTION
100 MG
20,000
P-6 BROMOCRIPTIN TABS
5 MG
10,000
S-5 SACCHARIN TABS
250,000
S-16 VITAMIN B COMPLEX TABS
1,000,000
T-58 PROMETHAZIN INJECTION
50 MG/2 ML
75,000
T-59 THIORIDAZIN TABS
25 MG
10,000
V-2 HYDRIXYCOBALAMIN INJECTION
1 MG/2 ML
300,000
Z-1 ACETYLSALICILIC LISIN SOL. INJECTION
100,000
Z-31 AMITRYPTILINE TABS
25 MG
50,000
Z-50 CHLORPROMAZIN TABS
100 MG
200,000
X-3 BUTYSCOPOLAMIN TABS
5 MG
50,000
Z-62 CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE TABS
10 MG
10,000

ESTIMATED COST ABOVE MEDICAL SUPPLIES: US DLRS 210,000

TOTAL COST GROUP 1, 2 AND 3 MEDICAL SUPPLIES: US DLRS 1,735,000

C. RURAL AND PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS IN SIX AFFECTED PROVINCES FACE ACUTE SHORTAGES OF BASIC COMMODITIES ESSENTIAL THEIR FUNCTIONING. THIS INCLUDES CLOTHING FOR PATIENTS WHO OFTEN ARRIVE CLOTHED IN SACKING OR BARK CLOTH. EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS AS FOLLOWS:

1. CLOTHING

A. ADULT

ITEM
QUANTITIES
OVERCOATS
2,000
JACKETS
1,400
SHIRTS
2,000
DRESSES (OR BLOUSE AND SKIRT)
700
'CAPULANAS' (SKIRTS)
800
SHOES, PAIRS
1,000

B. CHILDREN

ITEM
QUANTITIES
JACKETS OR SWEATERS
6,000
SHIRTS
6,000
DRESSES (OR BLOUSE AND SKIRT)
6,000
SHORTS
3,000
TROUSERS
3,000
NAPPIES
12,000
SAFETY PINS
12,000
DRESSES FOR BABIES
1,500
SHOES, PAIRS
6,000
FACE TOWELS
6,000
BATH TOWELS
12,000

C. HOSPITAL REQUIREMENTS

ITEM
QUANTITIES
WHITE SHEETS 2.5 X 1.5 M
66,000
PILLOW CASES
33,000
DRESSING GOWNS FOR MOTHERS
4,800
FACE CLOTHS/TOWELS
5,000
BATH TOWELS
45,000

D. MISCELLANEOUS

ITEM
QUANTITIES
ELECTRIC IRONS
400
CHARCOAL IRONS
200
SOAP 36 BARS/BOX
2,400 BOXES
DETERGENT POWDER
14,000 KG
CANDLES PKT OF 12
1,600 PKTS

N.B.: REQUIREMENTS LISTED ABOVE CONSTITUTE MINIMUM EMERGENCY NEEDS AFFECTED POPULATION. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF MEDICINES, COVERING OTHER EMERGENCY/REHABILITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 1986 AVAILABLE TO INTERESTED DONORS FROM OEOA/UNDRO UPON REQUEST.

V. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO HELP RESTORE AVAILABILITY ESSENTIAL WATER SUPPLY

1. WATER AVAILABILITY/QUALITY DETERIORATING STEADILY DURING LAST FOUR YEARS IN DROUGHT PRONE AND URBAN AREAS WHERE BOTH DROUGHT AND INSURGENCY AFFECTED POPULATION INCREASINGLY SEEKING REFUGE. FOUR PROPOSALS PRESENTED BELOW CONSIDERED MOST URGENT REQUESTS IN FIELD POTABLE WATER SUPPLY BUT DO NOT COVER TOTALITY NEEDS THIS SECTOR.

A) PROVISION CHEMICALS FOR WATER TREATMENT IN URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AREAS: US DLRS 994,100

RENEWED AND SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT WATER SUPPLY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR COUNTRY'S MAIN URBAN CENTERS WHERE CROWDING DUE NATURAL GROWTH PLUS INFLUX DISPLACED PERSONS ACCELERATING OVERALL DETERIORATION LIVING CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASE WATERBORNE DISEASES AFFECTING PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE GROUPS. REQUEST COVERS 1986 REQUIREMENTS FOR FOLLOWING TOWNS: MAPUTO, GAZA, INHAMBANE, SOFALA, MANICA, TETE, ZAMBEZIA, NAMPULA, CABO DELGADO, NIASSA. CHEMICALS REQUIRED: 2,860 TONS ALUMINUM SULPHATE, COST: US DLRS 529,100, 120 TONS HYPOCHLORIDE, COST: US DLRS 192,000, 210 TONS CHLORINE GAS, COST: US DLRS 273,000.

B) BOREHOLE RECOVERY AND EXPANSION IN MANICA AND SOFALA PROVINCES: US DLRS 2,100,000

BOTH NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS ABOVE PROVINCES ARID UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. DROUGHT SERIOUSLY AGGRAVATED SITUATION BY CAUSING LOWERING WATER TABLE WITH RESULTING DRYING UP SOME BOREHOLES AND MAJORITY SHALLOW/MEDIUM DEPTH WELLS. PROJECT TO MAKE AVAILABLE TWO DRILLING RIGS PLUS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP CLEAR SILTED BOREHOLES AND DRILL NEW ONES ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION (A) SPONTANEOUS REGROUPING FARMING COMMUNITIES DUE INSURGENT ACTIVITIES, (B) GOM'S EXTENSIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES NOW BEING PLANNED FOR GORONGOSA AND OTHER AREAS SOFALA/MANICA PROVINCES RECENTLY FREED FROM INSURGENT CONTROL.

C) REHABILITATION TETE WATER SYSTEM: US DLRS 485,500

SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER DROUGHT AFFECTED PEOPLE STILL RESIDING TETE RECENTLY SWOLLEN BY LARGE INFLUX RURAL POPULATION FLEEING DEPREDATIONS ARMED INSURGENTS RECENTLY DISLODGED GORONGOSA AREA.

AVAILABLE SURFACE WATER POLLUTED BY DETERIORATED TOWN SEWERS AND CROWDING. ASSISTANCE REQUIRED TO RESTORE/IMPROVE EXISTING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INCREASING ITS OUTREACH INTO PERI-URBAN AREAS WHERE DISPLACED POPULATION LOCATED.

D) REHABILITATION WATER SYSTEMS IN NINE CRITICALLY AFFECTED DISTRICT CENTERS AND TOWNS, MAPUTO PROVINCE: US DLRS 400,000

MAPUTO PROVINCE IS CURRENTLY MAIN TARGET ARMED INSURGENCY WHICH CAUSING GROWING INFLUX PEOPLE INTO RURAL TOWN CENTERS WHERE, AS IN CASE TETE, DETERIORATED AND OVERTAXED WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS CANNOT COPE ADDITIONAL DEMAND. PROPOSED PROJECT ACTIVITIES ESSENTIALLY TO HELP REHABILITATE/IMPROVE EXISTING SYSTEMS. PROJECT TO START INITIALLY BOANNE AND MARRACUENE WHERE CONDITIONS ADEQUATE AND WILL SUBSEQUENTLY EXTEND SEVEN OTHER TOWNS WITH GOM SUPPORT TO PROVIDE SECURITY.

(TOTAL WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS: US DLRS 3,952,000)

VI. RELIEF AND SURVIVAL ITEMS

1. HIGH PERCENTAGE RURAL AFFECTED POPULATION HAS LOST ALL POSSESSIONS, DUE DISPLACEMENT AND DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITIES INSURGENT GROUPS, AND FACES ACUTE BASIC COMMODITY SHORTAGES. FOLLOWING RELIEF AND SURVIVAL ITEMS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY DPCCN URGENTLY REQUESTED FOR 400,000 FAMILIES.

N.B.: REQUIREMENTS PRESENTED BELOW MINIMAL, EVEN FOR RURAL AFFECTED POPULATION (E.G. ONE BLANKET PER FAMILY) AND DOES NOT COVER TOTALITY NEEDS. MOST RURAL AREAS IN MOZAMBIQUE NOW FACING SEVERE BASIC COMMODITY SHORTAGES WITH VERY NEGATIVE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES RESULTING THEREFROM.

2. REQUIREMENTS

ITEM
QUANTITY
US DLRS
CLOTHES (USED)
4,300,000 UNITS
(DONATION IN KIND REQUESTED)
BLANKETS
300,000 UNITS+
300,000
SOAP (BARS)
640 TONS++
350,000
DOMESTIC SETS (FIVE PIECE COOKING UTENSILS)
200,000 SETS
600,000
CANDLES
31,500
MATCHES
7,900
TOTAL VALUE:
1,289,400
  • BLANKETS: 100,000 UNITS HAVING ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED, NET NEED NOW 300,000 UNITS.

++ SOAP: MONTHLY FAMILY RATION OF 0.5 KG, OVER THREE MONTH PERIOD (400,000 FAMILIES).

3. NEW REQUIREMENTS IN THIS SECTOR WILL BE UPDATED EARLY 1986.

4. SUMMARY: TOTAL REQUIREMENT US DLRS 1,289,400

VII. ESSENTIAL AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

1. WIDESPREAD SHORTAGES BASIC AGRICULTURAL HANDTOOLS THROUGHOUT COUNTRY ARE CRITICAL PROBLEM WHICH GOM HANDLING WITH IN FRAMEWORK ITS STRATEGY FOR REHABILITATION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.

2. PROBLEM PARTICULARLY ACUTE AMONG DESTITUTE FAMILIES RURAL AFFECTED POPULATION. PRESENT REQUEST THEREFORE ADDRESSES ONLY EMERGENCY HAND-TOOL REQUIREMENTS OF 320,000 FAMILIES LOCATED GAZA, INHAMBANE, SOFALA AND MANICA PROVINCES.

TYPE
REQUIREMENTS (UNITS)
APPROXIMATE COST (US DLRS)
HOES
226,000
271,200
MACHETTES
77,000
80,850
AXES
134,000
201,000
SICKLES
33,000
19,800
FILES
56,000
39,200
OTHER
108,000
216,000
TOTAL:
634,000
828,050
  1. STATE ENTERPRISE AGRICOM HAS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION HANDTOOLS THROUGH ITS NETWORK NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT WAREHOUSES. FOUR NINE-TON CAPACITY TRUCKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE/EXPEDITE DISTRIBUTION ABOVE HANDTOOLS TO AFFECTED POPULATION (ONE TRUCK PER AFFECTED PROVINCE): TOTAL REQUIREMENT US DLRS 160,000 (US DLRS 40,000 PER UNIT). IN ADDITION US DLRS 200,000 REQUIRED IN CASH FOR OPERATING COSTS FOUR VEHICLES AND TO OPERATE/SUPERVISE DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION SCHEMES.

4. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS:

HANDTOOLS US DLRS 828,050
FOUR TRUCKS US DLRS 160,000
CASH FOR OPERATING COSTS US DLRS 200,000
TOTAL: US DLRS 1,188,050

VIII. SUMMARY ALL REQUIREMENTS

1. CEREAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD AID US DLRS 23,454,980
2. LOGISTICAL SUPPORT
(SEA TRANSPORT) US DLRS 1,050,000
(AIR) US DLRS 660,000
(ROAD) US DLRS 4,003,000
TOTAL LOGISTICAL SUPPORT US DLRS 5,713,000
3. HEALTH US DLRS 1,735,000
4. WATER US DLRS 3,952,000
5. RELIEF AND SURVIVAL ITEMS US DLRS 1,289,400
6. AGRICULTURAL INPUTS US DLRS 1,188,050
TOTAL US DLRS 37,332,430

IX. CONCLUSION

1. FOLLOWING RECENT RECAPTURE BY GOVERNMENT TROOPS OF LARGE INSURGENT BASE AT GORONGOSA, SOFALA PROVINCE, GOM NOW PLANNING URGENT IMPLEMENTATION RELIEF/RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMME FOR AN ADDITIONAL 25,000 CRITICALLY AFFECTED PERSONS. INFORMATION CONCERNING ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR THIS GROUP -WILL HAS BEEN DEPRIVED MOST BASIC NECESSITIES - WILL BE PROVIDED TO DONORS IN NEAR FUTURE. THIS WILL INCLUDE NOT ONLY EMERGENCY RELIEF REQUIREMENTS BUT ALSO ACTION PROGRAMME FOR IMMEDIATE RECOVERY PHASE.

2. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION PERTAINING IMMEDIATE RELIEF REQUIREMENTS PRESENTED ABOVE IN THIS APPEAL IN SIX RELEVANT SECTORS OF REQUIRED ASSISTANCE (LOGISTICS, HEALTH, FOOD, WATER, RELIEF/SURVIVAL ITEMS AND AGRICULTURAL INPUTS) AVAILABLE TO DONORS UPON REQUEST FROM OEOA/NEW YORK AND UNDRO/GENEVA.

3. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO KEEP OEOA AND UNDRO INFORMED OF THEIR RESPONSE TO PRESENT APPEAL.

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