Period covered by this Final Report: 28 March 2012 to 23 March 2013
Appeal target (current): CHF 3,466,967.
Appeal coverage: 18%;
Appeal history:
· This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 28 March 2013, seeking CHF 3,466,967 for 12 months to assist 9,000 families (54,000 beneficiaries).
· CHF 250 000 was initially allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in responding by delivering assistance.
· An Operations Update n°1 was published on 11 July 2012, to extend the geographical coverage of the appeal by including the Sennar State as well as provide an update on the progress of the operation.
· This final report presents a comprehensive update on the implementation of the response operation since the launch of the appeal.
Summary: Population movement across the borders of Sudan and South Sudan started after the secession and formation of the new Republic of South Sudan. In view of this, an emergency appeal was launched to assist 9,000 families affected.
Through this appeal, the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) has reached 7,300 families (43,000 beneficiaries) with relief distribution(Non-Food Items) and shelter support to 2,800 families (16,800 beneficiaries) in White Nile and Sennar states and with bilateral support from Red Cross Red Crescent movement partners such as German RC, Swiss RC, Austrian RC and Qatar RCS as well as non-movement partners the SRCS was able to carry out water and sanitation, health care and livelihood activities.
The operational capacity of SRCS to respond to disasters in Sudan has been enhanced. During the needs assessment process, SRCS and IFRC headquarter staff trained a total of 55 volunteers in Kossti and Sennar Branches on basic assessment skills prior to their deployment on data collection as well as data analysis. An additional 40 volunteers, 20 in each of Sennar and White Nile Branches, were trained on the emergency shelter kit and in turn the volunteers assisted the returnees with technical guidance during the emergency shelter construction.
In May 2012, IFRC country office conducted a comprehensive external evaluation for two emergency appeals in Sudan, the 2011 complex Emergency Appeal (South Kordofan and Blue Nile) and the Population Movement appeal (White Nile and Sinnar). The evaluation team was headed by an international consultant and conducted the process in Blue Nile, White Nile and Sinner states.
The evaluation outlined SRCS contribution to mitigate the negative impacts of the resulting emergency situation and drew lessons as well as feedback from the target population and relevant stakeholders on the efficiency and effectiveness of the SRCS response to be used in future programming draw lessons learnt. The preliminary evaluation report that will be shared with relevant stakeholders has shown that the operation achieved the planned outcomes by reducing the vulnerability of the South-North returnees. The operation was found to be effective, efficient and relevant to the affected population needs and in line with SRCS and the local government policies and strategies during emergency.
Lessons learned and key recommendations included but were not limited to the following:
· There is need for SRCS to invest in warehousing and logistic hubs both at Khartoum level and field level for early prepositioning of emergency stocks at state and locality levels. This is mandatory in order to ensure a timely, cost-effective and appropriate emergency response.
· SRCS should strive to always use the DRR approach even during emergency responses and to apply the Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool to increase communities’ resilience and ownership of their priorities and also to assist them to better negotiate with government on resources that lay beyond the communities’ capacities.
· There is need for SRCS to s prioritise access to safe drinking water for most targeted communities by having emergency kits for rapid rehabilitation of water pumps ready for use at field level and a sufficient number of well-trained WatSan staff for rapid deployment.
At the close of the operation, there were higher expenditures than planned for shelter, which is attributed to inflated costs at local markets impacting on the price for the needed shelter items. There were forex gains as result of variations of the exchange rate and these have been recorded under financial charges and utilized for programme activities.
The major donors and partners linked to this appeal include the Netherland RC, Japanese RC and Red Cross of Monaco.IFRC, on behalf of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society, would like to extend thanks to Partner National Societies for their generous contributions.
The IFRC,on behalf of Sudan Red Crescent Society, would like to extend thanks to all partners for their generous contributions.
All operations-related appeals, reports, updates and information are available on the Appeals, plans and updates section of the web site: http://www.ifrc.org/en/publications-and-reports/appeals/