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Palestine: Flash Floods DREF operation no. MDRPS004 Final report

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territoire Palestinien occupé
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IFRC
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Summary: CHF 68,271 was allocated from the IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 27 January 2010 to support the Palestine Red Crescent Society deliver assistance to some 1,500 beneficiaries and to replenish disaster preparedness stocks in sight of future heavy rains.

Thanks to the activities funded through this DREF allocation, the Palestine Red Crescent Society effectively assisted 1,437 persons affected by the floods by mobilizing its volunteers and its prepositioned stocks of non-food items. The DREF funds also allowed the Red Crescent to partially replenish its stocks and to intensify the training of it volunteers of the Gaza strip for future similar events as flash floods are frequent in Gaza.

The experience gained in terms of coordination with the local authorities (civil defense) and other actors has reinforced the presence of the Palestine Red Crescent at the different coordination mechanisms and has contributed to the revision of its Gaza contingency plan.

The European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) and the Canadian Red Cross contributed Euro 32,900 (approximately CHF 47,105) and CAD 20,000 (approximately CHF 20,945) to replenish the allocation from DREF 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.

At the end of the operation, abalance of Swiss francs 1,112 remained, which will be returned to DREF.