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Integrated Resilience Programme BRCâ€™s IRP programme offers a strategic and â€œjoined-upâ€ approach to programming in Sierra Leone to fundamentally transform the unequal power structures that keep people vulnerable to shocks and stresses. Taking a holistic view, this approach to resilience building will strengthen SLRCS capacity to respond to disasters while widening the focus to include longer terms other shocks, stresses and threats such as poverty, epidemics, financial exclusion, gender inequality and governance, meaning the IRP will grow and evolve into a multi-year and multidimensional programme. The first component of the IRP, will be financial inclusion and FGM prevention, however it is expected that the programme will grow.
Movement contributions - International Finance A page for processing all of the team's movement contributions.  Â  Please note, the signed offÂ Context & Problem note and Initiation document should be saved in a new folder for each contribution.
OPT/Israel conflict escalation 2021 Since mid-April, tensions between Palestinians â€“ many of whom protested against the longstanding threats of eviction by Jewish settlers â€“ and Israelis in East Jerusalem resulted in street violence. Fighting escalated following the intervention of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, firing rockets into Israel, and airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces on Gaza. At least 119 people have died in Gaza, including around 30 children, and 800 have been wounded. Eight have been killed in Israel. Humanitarian needs in Gaza were already high across sectors prior to conflict escalation, with protection assistance and access to health services being a priority.
PRCS is the leading humanitarian organization providing emergency medical services (EMS) to victims of violence and conflict across all of occupied Palestine during this crisis, as it is during all of Palestineâ€™s crises. The EMS assistance is provided through different centres, and the emergency advanced medical posts, as well as at the PRCS hospitals.
On 10 May, PRCS activated its central operations room in Gaza, and all branches, centres, staff, and volunteers have been alerted and teams ready to respond as needed. The current capacity responding to the increasing cases of casualties includes 28 ambulances with 420 emergency medical personnel and volunteers, and currently, the Al-Quds hospital is being prepared to receive cases and to utilize its operation rooms and intensive care units, when required. As fighting and attacks across Gaza escalate, the scale and nature of impact are widening, affecting nearly all of Gazaâ€™s civilian population. As of 14 May, PRCS has dealt with a total of 572 injuries and 55 fatalities. On 14 May alone PRCS dealt with 107 cases, including 6 fatalities. This is 66 % of all people reported as injured by MOH.
DRC Complex emergency 2017- 2018 (Kasai) Throughout 2017, the humanitarian situation in DRC has deteriorated. The Kasai region has experienced high level of violence leading to massive population movements and displacement. The rest of the country, including the Easter regions of N and S Kivu have also witnessed renewed high levels of violence and security issues. Â  In 2017, BRC contributed GBP 200K to the ICRC country appeal for DRC to support the additional response work and office set up in the Kasai region. IFRC launched an emergency appeal in January 2018 to implement a complementary response primarily focusing on WASH in districts surrounding the areas where most of the violence was occurring. BRC has decided in April 2018, following a review of the Emergency Plan of Action, to support the appeal by pledging CHF 100K.
Eswatini - Civil Unrest 2022 In December 2020, the Prime Minister of Eswatini died and that position has been vacant until today (30 June 2021). In January 2021, the country also lost two Cabinet Ministers to COVID-19, and they are also not replaced, leaving a huge leadership vacuum in the Executive arm of Government. 
Some members of Parliament started the calling for democracy in the country, something which stimulated youth to submit petitions in the different constituencies (where MPs are elected), with lists of issues which Government should address. Government issued a statement banning the submission of the petitions. The statements from government were not well received by the masses and they continued with the submission of petitions on the 26 June 2021, resulting in an altercation with police who were stopping the people.Â  People responded by resorting to the protest. 
Since then protest have been sporadic, with targeted arson attacks have increase significantly.
Malawi Cholera Outbreak / Tropical Storm Freddy 2023 Malawi is currently experiencing the worst Cholera outbreak in two decades, the first case was registered in Machinga district in the Southern region of Malawi on 2nd March 2022 and the Ministry of Health declared the cholera outbreak on 3rd March 2022. The cholera outbreak has now spread to Malawiâ€™s northern and central regions, with the main risk factors being Wash Sanitation and Hygiene issues (WASH) such as unsafe water sources, open defecation, and poor food hygiene.Â 
There was a 95% increase in the number of cholera cases in November compared to October, and based on this the State President declared the 2022 cholera outbreak a â€˜Public Health Emergencyâ€™. On 23rd January the Ministry of Health reported the case fatality rate to be 3.30%, which is over 3 times the normal acceptable threshold set by WHO of less than 1%.Â 
With approximately 11 million people at risk of Cholera in Malawi, the IFRC launched an Emergency Appeal on 23rd January 2023 requesting CHF 5.2 million, targeting 2.2 million people.
This response will focus on Health Care and WASH activities to prevent and control the spread of the outbreak and reduce the mortality and morbidity rates through improved case management at the community level.Â 
The Swiss Red Cross will supply a Public Health for Cholera ERU. This ERU is fully staffed for the first wave, but the SRC may request support for second and third wave staffing, if this is necessary. 
IFRC has launched surge requests for several positions, for which the BRC surge team and register has appropriate profiles. Specifically, IFRC have requested a Regional Operations Coordinator, Public Health in Emergencies Coordinator, IM coordinator, and CEA Coordinator.Â  

A DF application has been submitted which will provide BRC with the funds to finance surge delegates to support this response with 3 deployments of 3 months each. Which profiles BRC will support is still under discussion.Â Â 

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Viet Nam Floods The moderate to strong La NiÃ±a weather event which has developed in the Pacific Ocean is resulting in increased seasonal rains, particularly in S.E. Asia, where current heavy rainfall and typhoons are expected to continue into November. 
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From the beginning of October, the Lower Mekong region has experienced prolonged, heavy rains that have caused severe and widespread flooding and landslides in several provinces of Vietnam and Cambodia and parts of Lao PDR and Thailand. 
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This widespread flooding as left millions of people feeling the impacts of a deadly double disaster as they are faced with the worst floods for decades as well as the compounding impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
WASH in Dhaka - Part of ECHO HIP Consortium Bangladesh is among the countries with the highest exposure to natural disasters. Rapid urbanization, lack of space and basic infrastructure exacerbates Dhakaâ€™s vulnerability to natural hazards and health events. Although the country has substantial capacity and experience in Disaster Risk Management (DRM), gaps in institutional preparedness and service provision remain.
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The Action will enhance coordination and effectiveness of disaster preparedness in the highly congested urban areas of Dhaka South City, focusing on connecting and strengthening capacities of the City Corporation and Ward structures. To address health emergencies, systems on Mass Casualty Management and overall preparedness of strategically located hospitals will be brought up to standard. In all these components, the position of people living with disabilities will receive ample attention as well as the mental well-being of the population and first responders. All efforts will align with government policies and mandated organizations. The population in the target areas will furthermore benefit from improved solid waste and faecal sludge management services. This reduces urban flooding and improves health and living conditions. To advance DRM in Bangladesh, the partners will re-energize multi-stakeholder advocacy with a specific focus on promoting Shock Sensitive Social Protection in the urban areas and Forecast based Actions (FbA).
Myanmar Northern Rakhine project The project will address the primary and secondary impact of Covid-19 in Maungdaw and Minbya township in Rakhine, supporting the implementation of preventative measures, increasing awareness and addressing basic needs of vulnerable communities in two townships in Rakhine. In addition, the project aims to enhance the capacity of MRCSâ€™ township branches and strengthen linkages between the branch and the network of community volunteers, which are critical to the success of the project. Â 
In the short term, 5 villages will be able to successfully form community volunteer groups which fosters sustained linkages with the Township branch. In the long term, it is expected that these linkages will be mobilised to support a community led resilience building, as discussed in the Lessons section above. This approach will be integrated into the Covid-19 recovery phase and addressing the secondary impacts of Covid-19.
The project includes: 1) COVID awareness sessions, through the approach of RCCE, MRCS will conduct COVID-19 awareness sessio in the targeted communities. 2) Community level cloth mask making, community level volunteers will be organised and trained to undertake community level cloth mask making activities in selected villages. Community level tailors will be enaged in the process pf producing mask under tehcnial supervision and guidance of MRCS. 3) Community level hand soap making, the village colunteer groups thorugh active participation of community members will undertake hand wash soap making acvities and the liquid soap will be distributed among village schools and other common community meeting places, including monastaries and community quarantie facilities within villages. 4) Community quarantine facility management support will focus on supporting community quarantine facilities managed by village admistration and committees prioritizing required materials based on the needs identified such as water storage, batteries for electricity and other basic supplies. 5) Cssh for basic needs to the most vulnerable people undergoing community quarantine in targeted communities with one-time cash transfer of MMK 35,000 meeting basic needs of people 6) Training and buioding capacity of MRCS branch and red cross volunteers to support the COVID response
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DRC Ebola outbreak 2018 9th Ebola epidemic outbreak in DRC in the Equateur region. BikoroÂ and Mbandaka city affected, this is the hub for regional exchanges, in proximity to CAR and Republic of Congo. A week after this was declared over, DRC were confronted with aÂ 10th outbreak in North Kivu Province. On 1 August 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo notified WHO of a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in North Kivu Province, in the eastern part of the country. The province of North Kivu is among the most populated provinces, with eight million inhabitants. It shares borders with four other provinces (Ituri, South Kivu, Maniema and Tshopo) as well as with Uganda and Rwanda. (There is a tangible risk of EVD transmission in Uganda and Rwanda).Â The sub-region has been experiencing intense insecurity and worsening humanitarian crisis, with over one million internally displaced people and a continuous efflux of refugees to the neighbouring countries, including Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania. The protracted conflict context makes the emergency response activities more difficult because of restrained access and security risks. The EVD outbreak is rapidly evolving, with more new confirmed cases and deaths occurring. WHO regional risk raised to HIGH. Category of emergency (IFRC): RED Â  Â  RC launched a One International Appeal in May '18 fundraising for all RC components involved in the response (including ICRC). Appeal has been expanded several times, incorporating the response in Equateur, Eastern DRC and in all neighboring Priority 1 countries (Rwanda, Burundi, S.Sudan and Uganda).Â  Â
NSD in Asia In line with the wider British Red Cross localisation agenda, our teamâ€™s vision is that by 2030, our Host National Societies in Asia will be better prepared and equipped to respond to emergencies, and be well-positioned with their governments, communities, and prospective donors to serve those most in need. It is for this reason that we have identified National Society Development (NSD) as a key strategic focus area for our region, and have dedicated regional resources to support this, in addition to the existing programmatic initiatives underway at a country level.
This project will allow us to make our NSD interventions greater than the sum of their parts, and to coordinate with IFRC and other PNS in ensuring our support to our HNS is as effective as it can be.
West Africa Ebola 2014 In March 2014, a rapidly evolving outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever started in forested areas of south eastern Guinea. As of 25 March 2014, 86 suspected cases including 60 deaths had been reported in Gueckedou, Macenta and Kissidougou districts including four health care workers. Thirteen cases tested positive for Ebola virus, confirming the first Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Guinea. The epicentre of Gueckedou borders Liberia and Sierra Leone, where there are usually high numbers of people crossing open borders into these neighbouring countries. In March 2014, Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases were confirmed in Liberia, and then in May 2014 in Sierra Leone. EVD cases were confirmed in urban and rural areas of these three countries of intense transmission. Smaller numbers of EVD cases were confirmed in Mali, Nigeria and Senegal in August and September 2014 but these countries have all since been declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Liberia was declared Ebola free in May 2015 but there were further cases in July 2015. In total there have been approximately 28,331 confirmed/probable cases and approximately 11,310 deaths worldwide â€“ with the majority of these cases being in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Approximately 881 healthcare workers have contracted Ebola and 513 healthcare workers have died (information as of 23Â September 2015).
Di Moody - Nakuruto WASH Project - Kenya Title:Â Di MoodyÂ NakurutoÂ WASH project, KenyaÂ Â 



Start and end dates:Â 01/01/2020 â€“ 31/12/2020 (12 months)Â Â 


Summary:Â The project is expected to increase access to clean and safe water and improved hygiene and sanitation among 11,000 women, men, girls and boys inÂ Nakuruto, through;Â 




Provision of water infrastructure; rehabilitation ofÂ NakurutoÂ borehole and pipeline extension to 20 villagesÂ Â 






Hygiene and sanitation promotion activitiesÂ at community level & in schoolsÂ Â 








Strengthened governance and management of water facilitiesÂ 




Location:Â TaitaÂ Taveta County, KenyaÂ Â 


Beneficiaries:Â 11,000Â 


Donor:Â Di Moody FoundationÂ & PPLÂ (RF)Â 


PNSs/Partners:Â KRCSÂ Â 



Budget:Â Â£362,250Â
Cyclone Mocha Bangladesh and Myanmar 2023 Cyclone Mocha (pronounced â€œMokhaâ€) formed in the southern Bay of Bengal on 11 May and started to move north-east toward western Myanmar. It is likely to continue intensifying as it moves north-eastwards on 12 and 13 May and is predicted to make landfall around noon on 14 May in the Rakhine State (west Myanmar) as a very severe cyclonic storm with maximum sustained wind speeds of up to 165 km/h. From 12-14 May southeast Bangladesh and northern Myanmar can expect heavy rainfall and strong winds. Storm surges with heights of about 2.0-2.5m are also predicted, which could inundate the low lying areas of north Myanmar and adjoining southeast Bangladesh coasts during the time of landfall.
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Africa Food Crisis Given the unprecedented level of food insecurity across the African continent (with over 65 million people currently experiencing acute food insecurity= IPC phase 3-5), the ESA team and WCA team have decided to adopt a holistic approach to the Hunger Crisis. This programme page will serve as a location to save documents and decisions relevant to the overall crisis, whereas information pertinent to specific geographic locations will be saved on the Emergency pages already created for those situations.
Projections show food insecurity numbers rapidly increasing with some countries facing a risk of famine (IPC phase 5) in 2022: Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudanâ€‹. Ever increasing levels of malnutrition: already over 11 million children acutely malnourished in the Sahel and Horn of Africa with about 30% cases of severe acute malnutritionâ€‹. The IFRC has launched emergency appeals for Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Nigeria.Â
CAR SGBV Prevention Main objective
Strengthen the capacities of the Central African Red Cross in the fight against SGBV in six branches, four in Bangui, Sibut, and Mbaiki.
Specific objectives
1. Strengthen the capacities of the Central African Red Cross Society to enable them to carry out actions to prevent SGBV:
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â  Objective 1 Result 1 â€“ The capacity of CRCA headquarters is strengthened to support its different branches in the implementation of sexual and gender-based violence prevention activities;
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â  Objective 1 Result 2 â€“ Six local committees are operational and functional in the fight against SGBV specific to their context.
2. Ensuring the appropriate implementation of the fight against SGBV:
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â  Objective 2 Result 1 â€“ Six branches are supported to plan activities to combat SGBV;
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â  Objective 2 Result 2 â€“ Six branches are supported to implement SGBV activities.
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Namibia Food Insecurity 2019/2020 Start and End dates: 20th June 2019 - TBC
Summary:Â  On May 6, 2019, Dr Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia declared a state of emergency due to poor rainfall and the prevalent drought within the country. To complement this, the Namibia Red Cross Society, Spanish Red Cross and British Red Cross collaborated to support 599 HHs over a period of four months. Cash assistance has not been used as a standard response modality in Namibia but for this project the Government of Namibia has agreed that the NRCS could trial the distribution of cash among affected HHs and farmers.In October 2019, the government of Namibia extended the state of emergency and national disaster period by six months to March 2020Â  stating that the number of people in need of aid had more than tripled to 900,000 (more than 30% of the population)
Location: Sibbinda Constituency, Zambezi Region, Namibia
Bens: Phase 1 = 599HHÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Phase 2 = additional 612HH = 1,211 HH
Donor: None â€“ However Â£75K for Phase 1 and Â£200K for Phase 2 came from DF 
PNSs: Spanish Red Cross and German RC
Budget: Phase 1 BRC sent Â£175K and Phase 2 BRC sent an additional 200KÂ  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Â 
Q4 2019:Â  In September 2019, additional funding provided by the German Red Cross and German Government expanded the intervention within the targeted communities registering an additional 612 households raising the total to 1,211 households. The intervention was later extended to March 2020 with additional cash distributions added in November, January, February and March.
April 2020: Â Funds for a PMEAL training that had to be cancelled due to COVID19 and some extra funds from a favourable exchange rate are going to be used for COVID 19 response. Spanish report cross have agreed for us to extend this emergency till April 2020 with a final report in May 2020.Â
Storm Anna & Cyclone Batsirai 2022 - Southern Africa Tropical Storm Ana made landfall in Madagascar on January 22nd 2022 - it then crossed the Mozambique Channel making landfall in Nampula Province, Mozambique on the 24th Jan, it continued westwards affecting the northern part of Zambezia province, through Central and Southern Malawi then and the southern part of Mozambique's Tete province.
Mozambique - 126,963 people affected (will increase), 7.5 million IFRC wide funding (some from Eloise)Â  required to support 50,000 people / 10,000 HH. Support - integrated assistance, health and care including WASH and Protection and Prevention
Malawi - 536,352 people affected, 6.5 million IFRC wide funding required to support 160,000 people/ 32,000HH, DREF 750,000. Support - integrated assistance, health and care including WASH and Protection and Prevention.Â 
Cyclone Batsirai made landfall in Madagascar on Saturday 5th February, going South along the country before entering the Mozambique channel and continuing South into the ocean.Â 
Madagascar - 736,600 people affected 3 million Preliminary Emergency Appeal to assist 50,000 people (10,000 HH) DREF 750,000. Support - integrated assistance, health and care including WASH and Protection and Prevention.
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Mongolia Social Care BRCÂ is supportingÂ MRCS to implement a Social Care Programme inÂ 8 branches (Nalaikh, Darkhan, Tuv, Sukhbaatar, Mandal, Uvurkhangai, Baganuur &Dundgobi)Â through home based care services.Â Â The aim of the project is to improve the lives of vulnerable peopleÂ and their familiesÂ through a network ofÂ volunteers. The beneficiary riskÂ groupsÂ are: elderly, single parent households and disabled.Â The volunteers areÂ trained to deliver services such as:  provision ofÂ food parcels and household goods including flour, vegetable oil and rice collecting drinking water and firewood providing psychological support improving health in the community by sharing health information and advice in the SC centreÂ  linking beneficiaries to relevant government services and benefits  TheÂ social care centres help reduceÂ isolationÂ and give people an opportunity to learn new skills. Â BRC will be scalling down the programme and exit in 2018, a gradual scale down of the programme will be implemented in 2017 and 2018,Â  1. Household visit to the most vulnerable 2.Lining with local government and social welfare in registering for state benefits 3.Strengthening the capacity of MRCS project staff and volunteer to deliver SC service based on MRCS minimum standard of SC delivery.
Somalia Food Crisis and Drought 2021 May 2021: The Government of Somalia declared a National Emergency due to the Drought situation and called for support in responding to the humanitarian crisis 3

FS situation still in process of deterioration.
Recent evolution of the Indian Ocean Dipole means outlook for less rain during October-December season across East Africa.
Thereâ€™s an Acute Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition Analyses workshops in mid-august (seems itâ€™ll be led by UN agencies) which will provide a more up to date analysis of the FS situation.