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NASSA-Caritas Philippines Landslide and Flooding December 2oo3

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SpeciafOperatians/rgryeaf $ackgrounfSummary The incessantmins that pouredfor morethan a weekcausedso much destluciionto properties,livestockandworst,claimedhundredsof livesin the differentareasof the country. About 4o,ooo families or more than 2oo,ooo people were displaced, uprootedand lcft homelessbecauseof the devastationsBillions of propertiesand livestockwerebelievedto costall the damages. with 29,753familieswereaffectedby In the Dioceseof Butuan,about197barangays the flood. This was due to the AgusanRiver (connectin8the Agusandel Sur and with Agusandel Norte)that overflowedcausingthe vastagiculturallandssubmerged andsand.Manyroadsandbridgesweredamagedandbiockedwith debris floodwaters because for almosttwo weeks.The peopleweresaddened that madethescimpassable majo ty of the cropsdestroyedare all readyfor harvest Most of the peopleaffected arefarmersand farmingis their only meansof lMng. Nothingand no oneto turn to, they fear that they might experience difficulB becauseit will take quite a long time thattiey haveexperienced. beforetheycouldrecoverfrom the ravages Meanwhile,the adjacentDioceseto Butuanwhichis Surigaoalsosufferedfrom floods induced by healy downpour of rain waters. The disasterleft 18 casualtiesand also thousandsof villagers. displaced Oneof the seriouslyaffectedareaswastie DioceseofMaasin.On Decemberzo, zoo3 at around to in the evening,avalanchesof mud and debris swirling witl water roared down the villages affecting three municipalities (Liloan, San Francisco and San

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Ricardo).More than zoo peoplewereburied alive,somewere luckily found but others werenot.Thisincidentdisplaced9o9familiesor almost5,oooindividuals' This incident is t}Ie most tragic and wolst disastertlat happenedin our country this year,

of rcedsdn[ Wsponses flssessmcnt While peopleare trying to survivetlrough their own little ways,Nature itself waslike a thief that ravagedall thef proPertiesMajorityof the damagesduringthe incidents involved their sourcesof livelihood Now that everrthing is all gone, people have nothingbuttheir preciouslife. During tragic events like this, peoples'generoushearts will always open no matter coming what we haveor how hard our way of living is. Emergencyrelief assistance floodedafterthe first few daysof the incident' from localand internationalagencies All weredirectedto the Dioceseandto the localSovemmentofMaasin.Variousefforts were werealsoconductedto raisefundsto augmenttheir resources.Reliefoperations conductedin everycorner aiming to reachout to all the families that were affected All lesourceshoweverdwindled so fast becauseof t}te extent of damagesand needs lf and when all thesewill havebeen depleted,peopleare afraid if they could still find a wayto havea decentliving and live normally Sinceall assistancewas directed only to the victims of landslides in Southem Lelte, other dioceseswere not assisted The resourcesof their respectivelocal governments wereexhaustedcausingmany families neglectedbecauseof very limited rcsources The diocesesof Maasin, Sudgao and Butuan are all members of our Social Acrtion Network. In times of disasterslike this, eachone of them helps one another tirough the own little but meaningfulways.But thesearc not enoughto sustaintlle long term needsofthe people.

Cdritasan[ I* Invoftternzntin DisdsterQgsponse founded for relief services, The National secletariat fol social Action is not origina\ who are hurt by disasters lts but it recognizedtlle needto empathizeand help those Luzon flood' when' in first attempt was on the occasion of the 1972 Centml promoted a Food-forpatnership with the Catholic Relief Servicesand USAID' it assumedthe nameof work RehabilitationProgramin 21diocesesEventually'NASSA to CadtasIntemationalis' a Ca tas Philippines,and becamethe official representative and mitigation confederationof r54 countriesdealingwith disasterresponse In the early years,NASSAs Relief and Rehabilitationwas

primarily welfare in thrusts

andopemtions.TheR&Rstadedoutasadeskwithsomelelief.orientedplograms a context'the disaster that were, for the most part, dole-outin nature ln such dependency' responseunderminedself-responsibilityof the peopleand fostered its environspushingthe Dramaticchangeshave sinceoccurredwithin NASSAand socialactionapostolatetoshiftthefocusofitsdisasterrcspolrseveeringawayfloma work focuseson purelywelfareorientation ln its prcsentform, disasterresponse partly th€ country's disaster developmentstrategies. The reasonsfor the shift are stale. To mention someof our achievementsin this field are asfollows: wasgivento the Dioceses ReliefAssistance 1999- Tlphoon Ising: Emergency Tarlac;Antipolo;and MarbelseNingalmost20' of SanFernando,Pampanga; of 127 ooo families. The Relief Program was followed by Rehabilitation and livelihood families in the Dioceseof Tarlac thrcugh provision of housing projects. goodswere given to zooo and zoor - Mt Mayon Eruptiou Emergencyrelief the victims sewing almost1o,ooofamilies than 20' zooo - Armed Conflictin Mindanao:Reliefassistalceservingmorc ooo families and a 2oo1 - T]?hoon Nanang: Relief assistanceserving 3'ooo families

housing project for 5o families in Camiguin Province in the Archdioceseof de Oro Cagayan 2oo2 - Tropical Cyclones:Relief and Rehabilitationassistanceto 4'ooo families reliefgoods 2oo3- ArmedConflictin Mindanao:Prcvisionofemergency From 1999up to present:asidefrom the basicreliefgoodsthat NASSAusually gives,medicinesare also prcvidedto partner diocesesfor their disaster-related medical missions and other outrcachprogmms Caritas Philippinesalso extendsfinancial assistanceto diocesesaffectedby disasters'

CaritasAi[Qrogram The reliefpackageincludesonesackof The programis comprisedof reliefassistance. rice for one month, suppliesof medicinesand shelteraid materials r,

ReliefPackage appealin view of the The NASSA-CaritasPhilippineslaunchedan emergency enormousdamageand resultingneedscausedby the Armed Conflict In this present progrcl.'/., it is requested oJ Co;ritd's l7ltternationo,lis the rice, dlrg goods' ftncrncing of one'tnonth urgent need's such as tnedicines and shelter aid mo,teric,ls, a.)

Dumtionof Assistance The rclief assistanceis in terrns of food, medicines and shelter aid materials.If after a monti, food rationing is still necessary,NASSAwill appealto CaritasInternationalisfor possibleextension'

b.)

Allocation and ProcurementProcedures .

RICE The diocesewill make a formal req!€g! to NASSAindicating their one-montl requirement including the administmtive and logistical costs.Onesackof rice will be givento eachaffectedfamily for onemonth.

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(Mongo,driedfish,cannedgoods,etc.) DRYGOODS

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MEDICINES

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SHELTER AID lvlrr.*IERIAI"S(blankets, mosquito nets, sleeping mates

DistributionProcedures .

Each parish will submit a request of allocation attached with an actualprofile of affectedfamilies

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The diocese will release a Commodity Allocation letter (CAL) indicating the total number of bags of rice, amount of medicines' blanket and other aid for the pa sh, Accompanyingthe CAL is a Requisitionand IssueVoucher(zu\7). This documentwill serveas the official document in the withdrawal of the goods allocated,It will record the total goodsallocated,the withdrawal for the period andthe balance.

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Prior to distribution,the parishesshouldmakesurethat they have the profileofthe affectedfamilies.

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Each parish will call for an odentationon the programfor the of OrientationPrcglam: recipients.Possible objectives ' OrprniTethp rF.inipntsinto clusters 2.

Identifypossiblecommunitysewicesto be rendered

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Discussscheduleof rice,medicinesand shelteraid materials release.

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Discussformat for reporting

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Mer tie receiptof goods,the headof tle family will sign underawardof dist butionsheet.

and Logistics d.) Personnel .

Personnel The relief operation staff will coordinate the procurement, distributionof goodsfrom the Dioceseto t}le Padsh.They will alsotake chargeof the monitoring ard rcporting. 5

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Ingistics a.) Trucking and hauling of tie rice sacls from the local NFA or localsourceto the parish; warehouse b.) Tructs will be rented to bring the rice from the local c.)

warenouseto eachpadsh, simultaneously Repacking of medicines and shelter aid matedals for distribution.

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Housingand Rehabilitation Thisprcjectis intendedfor onehundredfifty (15o)familieswhosehouseshave been totally deshoyed. Taryet beneficiarieswill be selectedfrom the three - Surigao,MaasinaIId Butuan Eachdiocesewill dioceses disaster-affected families accommodate 5o deserving

Table1.TargetBeneficiaesfor ReliefAssistance

Diocese

No. of families

Medicines $r8/family

Rice $19l family

Shelter AiiI gzo/family

of Maasin Diocese

174

3'r32

3,480

of Butuan Diocese

750

13,5OO

15,OOO

of Diocese Sudgao

150

2,7OO

3,ooo

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3,306 14,250

2,85o 20,406

Drygoods $r8/ family 3,132 13,500 2,7OO

16,2OO

Total Budget for ReliefAssistance $74,286.oo Table2. TargetB€neficiariesfor HousingProject

Description Housingunits including purchaseof land for selectedbeneficiariesfrom of Maasin,Surigaoand the Dioceses Butuan 1qounits=USg1,5oo.oO

A.Inount

225,OOO

Table3. BudgetRequtuements

Iterr r. Relief(Rice,Medicines& Shelteraid materials) 2. Housinqunits 3. Administrative Operations(5%) Personnel(transportation & food allowanceof Volunteer workers) Administrative Operations(travel & communications expenses, documentation) TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED

Amount 74,286.oo 225,OOO.OO

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