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Iraq: Floods Appeal No. MDRIQ001 Final Report

Pays
Irak
Sources
IFRC
Date de publication

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In Brief

Final Report ; Period covered: 08 February to 15 April, 2006; Final appeal coverage: 53%.

Appeal history:

- Launched on 08 February 2006 for CHF 1,802,139 (USD 1.3 million or EUR 1.1 million ) for two months to assist 5,000 families (25,000 beneficiaries).

- CHF 200,000 allocated from the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF). The initial amount allocated from DREF was CHF 400,000, however, CHF 200,000 has been refunded from the appeal and returned to the fund.

Related Emergency or Annual Appeals: Iraq: Humanitarian Emergency (Appeal no. 05EA026) launched on 10 November 2005 to assist 60,000 families (350,000 beneficiaries) for 12 months. The appeal seeks for CHF 16,750,000 in cash or kind. Appeal coverage to date is 31.6%.

This operation is aligned with the International Federation's Global Agenda, which sets out four broad goals to meet the Federation's mission to "improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity".

Global Agenda Goals:

- Reduce the numbers of deaths, injuries and impact from disasters.

- Reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from diseases and public health emergencies.

- Increase local community, civil society and Red Cross Red Crescent capacity to address the most urgent situations of vulnerability.

- Reduce intolerance, discrimination and social exclusion and promote respect for diversity and human dignity.

Background and Summary

In early February 2006, several governorates of Iraq (Erbil, Kerkuk and Salahedin in the north, Diyala in the east and Missan in the south) experienced severe flooding as a combined result of heavy rains and melting snows, which dramatically increased water levels in the Tigris and other rivers, caus ing widespread flooding. The topography of those parts of the country makes the population particularly vulnerable to the risks of floods and overflows from the nearby rivers.

Widespread damage was caused to property: houses were washed away, mud-built houses were destroyed and livestock perished. In addition, there were heavy losses to possessions and damage to land; roads became blocked due to water and mudflows, bridges were damaged and agricultural areas became swamps.

The rising water levels were initially reported to have forced more than 7,000 families - over 30,000 people, mainly rural villagers - to leave their homes, according to the information reaching Baghdad. Later figures supplied to the Red Crescent indicated almost 8,000 families had been affected; the IRCS - in conjunction with the government and others - worked on provision of support to 5,000 families. It became clearer later from the rapid assessment team (made up of IRCS staff and volunteers from the branches) that the major needs were shelter and emergency household kits and foodstuffs.

The continuous rainfall resulted in overflows of sewage onto streets, leading to cases of diarrhoea and vomiting, particularly amongst children. IRCS volunteers provided medical assistance with help from local doctors, and warned of the possible spread of water -borne diseases.

Responding to a request from the IRCS, the International Federation launched this Emergency Appeal to support the NS in delivering immediate assistance to families in acute need of relief, and to provide support to the IRCS response.

Red Cross and Red Crescent action - objectives, progress, impact

Emergency relief (shelter and non-food items)

Objective: To ensure that up to 5,000 families in the affected parts of the country are assisted through the distribution of shelter and non-food emergency kits, containing the most essential relief goods.

Achieved results

After initial assessments and in coordination with different Ministries, the IRCS undertook to support up to 5,000 target beneficiary families via the purchase and distribution of tents and emergency household kits. A large number of these kits had recently been put together for another relief operation, and several hundreds were diverted for immediate distribution to the flood victims while new supplies were being finalized. In addition, other regional donors reacted very quickly and moved non-food items into Iraq for the IRCS to distribute according to their priorities,while purchasing procedures were being initiated for buying a quantity of tents and additional kits from the local market.

Allocation and Distribution of Tents by Governorate

The original intention had been to procure 2,500 tents for immediate distribution to the affected families. Original planned distributions for mid-February were also amended as needs changed. A variety of other goods was received from other donors and these were distributed during the Federation's procurement period. The number of tents procured using funds from this appeal amounted to 1,460 only. Most (1,175) were distributed immediately but by the time the distributions were underway, in some cases the flooding had receded and tents were not required in certain locations, so 285 were not handed out and remain in store at branch level.

For further information specifically related to this operation please contact:

In Iraq: Mazin Salloum, Secretary General of the IRCS; email: mazinas2003@yahoo.com

Federation contact in Iraq: Gurgen Boshyan, Head of Delegation; email: gurgen.boshyan@ifrc.org, phone +962-79-661-7939

In Geneva: Evgeni Parfenov, Regional Officer, MENA Department; email: evgeni.parfenov@ifrc.org; phone +41 22 730-4325, fax: +41-22-733-0395

All International Federation assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO's) in Disaster Relief and is committed to the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response (Sphere) in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable.

For longer-term programmes in this or other countries or regions, please refer to the Federation's Annual Appeal. For support to or for further information concerning Federation program mes or operations in this or other countries, or for national society profiles, please also access the Federation's website at http://www.ifrc.org

For longer-term programmes, please refer to the Federation's Annual Appeal .

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