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Morocco: Floods in Agadir DREF operation n° MDRMA002 final report

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Summary: CHF 75,652 (USD 72,710 or EUR 56,750) was allocated from the IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 6 January 2010 to support the Moroccan Red Crescent Society (Moroccan RC) in delivering assistance to some 1,875 beneficiaries.

The Moroccan RC, with the support of the International Federation, responded to the floods that affected three of the 12 districts of the surrounding Agadir province in the end of December 2009. In close collaboration with the local authorities, 1,875 beneficiaries (375 families) were selected and assisted through distribution of food and hygiene items during the emergency phase and were provided with psycho-social support and awareness campaigns during the rehabilitation phase. This final report gives the complete details of the activities undertaken with the allocation received from DREF.

The small remaining balance of CHF 99 will be reimbursed to the DREF.

DG ECHO contributed EUR 30,000 (CHF 44,450) and Canadian government contributed CAD 15,000 (CHF 14,871) to the DREF in replenishment of the allocation made for this operation. The major donors to the DREF are the Irish, Italian, Netherlands and Norwegian governments and ECHO. Details of all donors can be found on http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/responding/drs/tools/dref/donors.asp

The situation

On 24 December 2009, heavy rains affected the region of Sous Massa Draa (Agadir) of Morocco, sweeping away homes, knocking out power lines and cutting roads. Torrential rains which caused flooding claimed five lives, left 20 injured and hundreds displaced in the provinces of Agadir, Ida Outanat and Inazgan. Bensargaou, Aghroud, Hay Mohammadi, Sharaf, Najah have also been severely affected. Residents of these neighborhoods have suffered to reach their workplace or schools.

The floods lead to important disruptions in the city. The municipal and provincial emergency services, and public and private services made dozens of interventions to restore power, to unclog drains and provide the Promotional events and entertainment for children were provide the necessary disaster relief assistance. The administrative services of the Agadir district were responsible to ensure the prevention measures like temporary closing of schools.

Following the floods, cold waves also affected several regions in Morocco with a drop in temperature due to the arrival of a mass polar air over Europe. The snowfall ranged between 14 and 35 cm in the town of Ait Haddou Youssef, 14 to 20 cm in Lalla Aziza, 10 cm at the joint Adassil and 12 cm at the joint Imindounit according to the statistics provided by the provincial authorities. The snowfall also caused damage to dozens of schools in several municipalities. The roofs collapsed and several roads were closed.

Many other regions have been affected, thus causing further disaster in the region of Ghrab particularly in the provinces of Sidi Slimane and Sidi Kacem. The number of homeless families identified in the region was nearly 1,500. Most of them had to be settled in temporary camps at public facilities such as schools and gyms.

The situation in the affected regions returned to normal after a few weeks. The drinking water distribution system, sanitary sewers, the power grid, the gas as well damaged roads were repaired by different services.

Red Cross and Red Crescent action

The Moroccan RC, through it branches and volunteers, assessed the needs and from the very first hours of the disaster was present on the sites and supported the people affected. The National Society mobilised resources and relief items for 500 families.

In Agadir and its provinces the Moroccan RC, in collaboration with the local authorities, health services, and armed forces, played a large role in disaster relief. The National Society was part of the crisis cell set up by the Ministry of Interior and coordinated all its activities with representatives of various stakeholders. The National Society teams were mainly involved in assessment, relief, delivery of food and non-food items (NFIs) and or psycho-social support.

Moroccan RC also conducted an operation in the region of Kenitra Ghrab through mobilising volunteers from several other regions and assessing the needs in close collaboration with the local authorities to increase coordination and effectiveness of aid delivery. In addition to the support provided by the authorities and the Moroccan RC in temporary shelters, health awareness campaigns were conducted in 11 districts that were threatened the most by the cold wave.

The North Africa regional representation was immediately informed and maintained continuous contact with the National Society through its secretary general and disaster management coordinator. The National Society and the regional representation agreed on the support needed and requested a DREF allocation of CHF 75,652 (USD 72,710 or EUR 56,750).

A monitoring visit was discussed and planned with the ECHO regional representative but did not materialise due to the heavy agenda of both parties. The mission was postponed to a later stage and aims to brief ECHO on the resources and capacities of the Moroccan RC as well as introduce other disaster management stakeholders and National Society partners to the ECHO representative.