Rapid Response Payment No. 16/2007

Funds Sent To: Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU) - US$ 19,354 & Yayasan Tanggul Bencana Indonesia (YTBI) - US$ 24,366

Amount Sent: US$ 43,720

Date: 30 July 2007

Details of Payment

Emergency: Floods & Landslides in Morowali Province, Central Sulawesi

Date of Emergency: 22 July 2007

Implementing Partners: YEU and YTBI

Church World Service is also responding but is not requesting Rapid Response funding from ACT as they have received funds from another donor (UN-OCHA).

YTBI and YEU will work together in co-ordination with Church World Service (CWS) who will work in the same area. Co-ordination includes planning and a joint re-assessment through collection of data from local authorities and stakeholders.

Details of the Emergency: Continuous torrential rains have caused severe flooding in 14 villages in Morowali district, Central Sulawesi. According to news reports the days of heavy rain have triggered landslides and floods up to three metres high, submerging hundreds of homes in central Sulawesi.

The poor weather and lack of heavy equipment is hampering any efforts at assistance. Vehicles carrying relief supplies have had difficulties reaching the disaster areas as roads and bridges were either submerged or destroyed. In some instances helicopters have been used to distribute emergency supplies of medicines and food.

Six villages in Tomini sub-district, Parigi Moutong district, Central Sulawesi province are also severely affected. The Parigi Moutong District Administrator has mobilised heavy duty vehicles to set aside the mud brought by the flash floods. Meanwhile the local social services have been registering all the flood victims in the six villages. The communities have been moving their household belongings for fear of losing them in the floods.

According to reports on 27 July at least 45,000 people have been affected and the death toll stands at 107.

Proposed Assistance: To provide immediate relief in the form of food and non-food items as well as medical services.

ACT member YEU plans to respond in villages in North Bungku sub-district, Morowali district, Central Sulawesi, where, according to information from the local authorities in North Bungku, 16 of the 22 villages are flooded and two (Ueruru and Boba) are buried under landslides. YEU will focus on Ueruru and Boba villages where the people are seriously affected by both flooding and mudslides.

YEU is carrying out assessments in co-ordination with the Kolonodale hospital with the initial aim of deploying a medical team to North Bungku. There are nine referral patients in the hospital as of 26 July 2007, most of them suffering fractures.

The Kolonodale medical team, supported by YEU, is under the co-ordination of the local health centre. They have established a joint health post in Baturube village, North Bungku sub-district. YEU has reported that on the evening of 25 July 2007 as many as 30 badly injured people came to the health post. More than one hundred patients with medium and light injuries were also treated.

YTBI plans to work through the implementing partner, GKST (Christian Church of Central Sulawesi) with the following proposed locations and benefiaciaries:

Village / IDPs / HH / Babies / Children / Pregnant women / Males / Females

Taronggo / 474 / 86 / 42 / 166 / 10 / 130 / 126

Opo / 357 / 76 / 37 / 134 / 7 / 88 / 91

Mokoto / 319 / 68 / 34 / 129 / 7 / 75 / 74

Lemo / 334 / 74 / 31 / 122 / 7 / 89 / 85

Baturube / 273 / 57 / 25 / 135 / 5 / 57 / 51

TOTAL / 1757 / 361 / 169 / 686 / 36 / 439 / 427

Criteria for Selection

• Isolated locations where it is difficult to deliver relief (YTBI's implementing partner, GKST, has a network in each village).

• Those who have not received any assistance so far.

• Affected families who have lost their livelihood.

Relief materials and services will be delivered to the specified locations and distribution will be carried out with local churches.

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

Program duration is planned for 1 month (23 July - 24 August 2007).

YEU BUDGET: US$ 19,354

YTBI BUDGET: US$ 24,366

(For the detailed budgets, kindly visit the ACT site. Thank you.)

ACTION

The ACT Co-ordinating Office has approved the use of US$43,720 towards the budget from its Rapid Response Fund and would be grateful to receive contributions to wholly or partially replenish this payment.

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ACT is a global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and support communities in emergencies worldwide. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland.