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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................................................................................1

Summary of Requirements by Sector and by Appealing Organisation...................................................2

2. CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES.................................................................3

2.1 Context.................................................................................................................................. 32.2 Humanitarian Consequences................................................................................................6

3. RESPONSE PLANS...................................................................................................................... 8

4. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES..............................................................................................15

TABLE II. LIST OF PROJECTS BY SECTOR....................................................................................16

TABLE III. LIST OF PROJECTS BY APPEALING ORGANISATION................................................18

ANNEX I. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS.................................................................................20

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GUINEA-BISSAU MAP

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GUINEA-BISSAU – FLASH APPEAL

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Summary of the crisisFrom 15 March to the end of April 2006, armed confrontations between a faction of the MFDC (Mouvement des forces démocratiques de la Casamance) led by Salif Sadjio and the Guinea-Bissau army unfolded near São Domingos on the western part of Guinea-Bissau’s border with Senegal. After 23 years of hostilities, Salif Sadjio is reportedly the last leader of MFDC not in favour of the signing of a peace accord in late December 2004 between the Senegalese Government and MFDC. According to the Guinea-Bissau Minister of Defence, the military action intended to expel the rebels from a base in Guinea-Bissau territory. Since the fall of the main rebel camp Barraca Mandioca in late April and the alleged departure of rebels to neighbouring countries, hostilities have come to an end. The fighting resulted in the destruction, burning or looting of 14 villages situated in the combat zone.

The immediate humanitarian consequences include some 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), 80% of whom are women and children, who fled São Domingos and villages in the border area to seek refuge in neighbouring locations and some 2,500 who crossed the border. According to the National Red Cross, most IDPs are residing with local communities and since the end of hostilities the IDPs who have returned to São Domingos are also being hosted by relatives. Further, the closure of the Bourgadier camp in Senegal has provoked the return of Bissau Guinean refugees to this area.

The use of mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by rebel forces has hindered access and the safe movement of inhabitants in the entire conflict area. Major routes and villages as well as homes and farming fields are suspected of being contaminated with explosive devices. There are reports of civilian casualties including the death of 13 people and several wounded along the main roads close to the border. IDPs with access to their villages are afraid of returning to their homes and fields, due to mine, and IED contamination. Under these circumstances, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Conference of Catholic Churches (CARITAS), and the United Nations have transported food aid and medicines across the river by canoe.

Priority needs and humanitarian response planSeveral inter-agency and specialised rapid assessments have revealed that the main concern for the affected population is the lack of safety and protection from anti-tank/anti-personnel landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), which threaten safe access to their homes and livelihoods. Other critical needs include food aid, safe water, and non-food items such as mosquito nets, cooking utensils, blankets and clothing as well as latrines. Most IDPs reside with host families who are using their own resources to assist them, including food stocks and seeds. For five weeks, an estimated 20,000 people were isolated within the landmine-contaminated area in Varela and Susana unable to use their main sources of supply and prevented from accessing basic services through normal routes. While traffic has gradually resumed, the affected population still lives under precarious conditions, facing serious problems related to poor shelter and sanitary conditions as well as limited food and water supplies.

This Flash Appeal outlines priority rapid response activities aimed at mitigating the humanitarian consequences of the crisis and the multi-sectoral relief operation to be undertaken over a six-month period as populations are not expected to be able to rebuild their homes and return to their landmine- contaminated farming areas before the end of the rainy season in October 2006. The response plan, formulated through the national coordination mechanisms tasked with ensuring coherence and complementarity, introduces the division of labour among humanitarian stakeholders to address the needs of some 20,000 vulnerable persons, including host families, IDPs, and returnees. This Flash Appeal seeks to mobilise US$1 3,640,000 to sustain efforts jump-started with contingency stocks.2

1 All dollar figures in this document are United States dollars. Funding for this appeal should be reported to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS, [email protected]), which will display its requirements and funding on the CAP 2006 page.2 Towards this target, the UN Resident Coordinator has requested $1,362,000 from the Central Emergency Response Fund, which is likely to approve the request very soon. See pages 11-13 for a project-by-project breakdown of the planned allocation of CERF funds. CERF funding and other funding for this appeal can be seen, continuously updated, on the Financial Tracking Service (www.reliefweb.int/fts).

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Summary of Requirements by Sector and by Appealing Organisation

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2. CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES

2.1 ContextFor the past seven years, Guinea-Bissau has been fraught with civil war, political, civic, and military unrest, and economic deterioration. In 1998, civil war broke out leading to the death of several thousand people and an estimated 350-400,000 displaced. Then President João Bernardo (Nino) Vieira tried to fend off an army rebellion led by Commander Ansumane Mané and in 1999, Nino Vieira was exiled to Portugal. An election in 2000 brought Kumba Yalá to power but after several failed attempts he was overthrown in 2003 through a bloodless military coup. A transitional government, which survived an army mutiny in October 2004, was in place until the presidential elections of June 2005, which brought Nino Vieira back to power, restoring constitutional order.

Guinea-Bissau is classified as a least developed, low-income food-deficit country (LDC/LIFDC) of 1.4 million people (1991 census); the country ranks 172nd out of 177 countries in the 2005 UNDP Human Development Index (HDI); the per capita gross domestic product is $159 and socio-economic indicators are below most other sub-Saharan African and Least Developed Countries (LDC). According to the 2004 National Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Report, approximately 80% of the population lives on less than $2 per day with 16% existing in extreme poverty on less than $1 per day.

There is high food insecurity in rural and urban areas with only 36% of the total available arable land being cultivated due to lack of agricultural inputs and expertise, and insufficient or damaged drainage and irrigation systems. A recent vulnerability assessment and mapping (VAM) study carried out by the World Food Programme (WFP) revealed that 34% of households were very vulnerable to food insecurity and an additional 28% were vulnerable to food insecurity. The nutritional situation is worrisome: acute malnutrition and child mortality rates are particularly high in rural areas, especially during the May to September lean season. As much as 32% of children under-five are chronically malnourished and 5.4% suffer from acute malnutrition that indicates both serious structural and immediate/cyclical nutrition problems. Poor households do not have access to a balanced food basket and the coverage of basic health services is very low. The authorities have launched an alert about a looming food crisis in the south-eastern region of Tombali and Quinará. Farmers who prioritised cultivating cashew nuts (the national cash crop) neglected other food crops and the maintenance of irrigation dikes, resulting in the contamination of their rice fields with salty water.

Access to social services, including health, education, water and electricity supply, is extremely limited and the social and transport infrastructure are in very poor condition unable to meet the demand. Approximately 44% of the population has no access to safe drinking water. In 2005, Guinea-Bissau was plagued for nine months by a cholera epidemic, which affected over 20,000 persons and killed around 400 persons (see West Africa Regional Flash appeal for Cholera 2005).

The low level of internal revenue renders the country dependent on external aid for approximately 80% of its budget while over 60% of the population, mainly youth, is unemployed. The country’s economic and fiscal policies, coupled with the absence of a credible governing system, have alienated a good number of prospective donors.

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Basic indicators on Guinea-Bissau (Source: West Africa CAP 2006)

HDI rank

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Adult literacy

(%)

Infant mortality(per 1000 live births)

Under 5 mortality

(per 1,000)

Maternal mortality

(per 100,000)

GDP per

capita ($)

Life expectancy

(years)

Fertility rate

HIV/AIDS (% 2001)

Population (Millions)

172 27.2% 130 240 840 159.5 46 7.1 4% 1.4

When this crisis started the rural population was about to harvest the cashew nuts. This explains why IDPs are mainly women and children: men stayed behind so as not to lose the seasonal crop, as un-harvested cashew nuts were expected to soon begin to germinate and would lose their value if not picked. This cash crop represents the main source of income for Bissau Guinean farmers. In 2006, the price proposed by Indian traders seemed below the expected average, (about 100 FCFA per kg, instead of 200). Every year, Guinea-Bissau exports about 5,000 MTs of cashew nuts. This activity partly hinders the diversification of agriculture and, in bad years, may jeopardise food security.

Further the rainy season is expected to begin in June, complicating significantly movement and access; it is traditionally a period when peaks of malaria outbreaks are reported. It is unlikely that IDPs will return to their place of origin before the end of the rainy season.

What happened?

Since mid-March 2006, armed confrontations between a faction of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), a separatist group demanding independence or autonomy from Senegal, and the armed-forces of Guinea-Bissau led about 10,000 people to flee from the city of São Domingos and its surroundings in northern Guinea-Bissau. This included 7,500 who fled to other areas within the country, including the nearby cities of Ingoré and Cacheu, as well as 2,500 people who sought refuge across the border in Ziguinchor and other parts of Senegal. While the refugees recently returned to Guinea-Bissau, most IDPs are staying with host families, in some areas increasing the average family by adding 15 extra people per family.

A major concern is that significant explosives remnant of war (ERW) continue to contaminate the former conflict zones. As seen in the 1980s landmines and IEDs have allegedly been planted by the rebels to defend their positions.. On 16 March a civilian passenger vehicle travelling on the road between São Domingos and Varela was destroyed by an explosive device and 13 persons died while at least two other mine/IED accidents have taken place, involving military vehicles on access roads in the area.

With the announcement of the end of the military operation, IDPs started to return toward their communities of origin. However, the conditions in their villages are not conducive to their definite return, mainly due to the fact that houses are destroyed, property has been sacked, and fear of land mines are hindering the population from returning to the farmlands. The issue of land mines is also a grave threat to the economic sustainability of the country, as the cashew season is well underway and many areas in the northern regions are not being harvested due to the mine/IED contamination.

Where?

Proposed interventions will target populations in the São Domingos and Cacheu regions located along Guinea-Bissau’s northern border with Senegal. IDPs and affected communities are located in the north of Guinea-Bissau, in the sectors of Cacheu, Ingoré, Bula, Canchungo, Bissorã, Susana, Varela, and São Domingos. The region of São Domingos has 87,651 inhabitants distributed in seven health districts, covered by seven health centres. São Domingos is located approximately 126 km north of the capital Bissau and 30 km South of Ziguinchor in Senegal (see map). This zone, bordered in the south by the Cacheu River, is at sea level with some areas experiencing flooding during the rainy season starting in June until October, which may impede road access to many villages. A ferry, which is currently running, provides the only possibility to access this area.

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What has happened since the crisis?

On 24 March, the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) expressed grave concern for the plight of civilians who had fled clashes between Senegalese separatists and the national armed forces in northern Guinea-Bissau, calling upon all parties to cease their hostilities which had endangered the lives of thousands and to respect the protection of civilians in accordance with humanitarian principles. ECOWAS sent a mission from Abuja to assess the situation while the Ministry of Health suspended the implementation of the Bamako initiative in the affected areas for both the IDPs and the local population.

The Susana region was cut off from major supply and travel routes due to fear of mines and military operations over a two-month period. Although the road is being used by civilians, its conditions do not yet meet UN security requirements. A joint UN mission on 3 April (WFP, UNICEF, WHO, UNDP and OCHA) to Ingoré identified emergency needs in water and sanitation and food aid. on 27 April partners also assessed conditions in Cacheu, Canchungo and Bula, and on 5 May assessed the situation in São Domingos jointly with UNHCR.

So far, the assistance provided by UN agencies and outlined below emanated from contingency stocks and included the distribution of 103 MTs of food aid and non-food items by WFP; the provision of non-food items and water by UNICEF as well as the distribution by UNFPA of essential medicines used for 100 deliveries in Sao Domingos. These stocks are rapidly being exhausted and some agencies are already using resources from regular development programmes to respond to the humanitarian needs. Access to resources for emergency interventions has become urgent and critical.

ADRA and the National Red Cross Society have conducted first the registration of IDPs and are updating the lists on a regular basis. The inter-ministerial Crisis Management Committee has also done a joint assessment with ADRA and the National Red Cross Society to further consolidate the lists of IDPs. The Catholic Missions and the National Red Cross, with a large geographical coverage, are important partners for the assistance of IDPs.

In Cacheu, the Catholic mission is taking care of 169 children and is responsible for managing stocks of essential drugs. In Bula and Susana, the Catholic mission is managing stocks and distributes food and non-food items in cooperation with the National Red Cross. In Ingoré, Bula and Cacheu, the Catholic missions assist displaced and vulnerable members of the local population through three nutritional feeding centres. Plan International, Enterprise Works, and the UN staff association supplied fuel. The Portuguese Cooperation provided food to Caritas in Susana, while the Cuban Cooperation sent five doctors to Cacheu while OXFAM-America (based in Dakar) approved a grant of $50,000 to cover non-food items, medical supplies and transportation fees.

The ICRC has implemented life-saving activities in the affected zones, including food assistance and the provision of supplies of medicine to isolated populations in Susana and Varela and to health posts in Cacheu and São Domingos. In Susana, the ICRC also restored the water supply system in the health centre. The ICRC intends to expand its operation, consisting of food, non-food assistance and seeds distribution in the affected area, in coordination with other partners. A Mine Risk Education campaign initiated by CAAMI (targeted principally at IDPs and the overall population) educated individuals about the dangers of landmines and ERW. An initial inter-agency evaluation in the aftermath of the conflict was also completed to locate and identify contaminated zones.

Authorities in Guinea-Bissau are now calling for international assistance and cooperation to assist its efforts to address the basis needs of those affected in the following areas: (a) essential food and drinking/potable water; (b) basic shelter and housing; (c) appropriate clothing; and (d) essential medical services and sanitation. The Government of Guinea-Bissau is also trying to secure 50 MTs of rice to assist the displaced.

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2.2 Humanitarian consequencesWho is most affected?

These developments resulted in some 10,000 IDPs within Guinea-Bissau. Since the end of the hostilities, some have those displaced in Ingoré and Cacheu have returned to São Domingos. Further, about 2,500 persons who sought refuge in Casamance in Mid-March have also returned recently. These returnees do not plan to resettle as long as insecurity and fear of landmines are affecting their region. They can be found in host families in Djegué, some kilometres away from São Domingos at the border post. IDPs and returnees constitute a substantial burden for these impoverished hosts with some families accommodating up to 30 extra persons. These IDPs usually sleep under the veranda outside the house of their hosts and help some host families to harvest the cashew nuts in their plantations.

The National Red Cross is advocating for the case of IDPs from the villages along the border who have sought refuge on several islands and remain without any assistance to address their most basic needs.

Number of IDPs as of 6/5/2006 – Source IASC Country team

Cacheu 1,250Canchungo 198Bissau 1,800Bissorã 103Bula 500São Domingos 3,512Ingoré 671Susana/Varela/Colagere 800Djegué 305Total 9,139

Breakdown of beneficiaries (WFP projection based on demographic profile)20,000 persons including IDPs, mostly women and children, host families and the most vulnerable among isolated communities whose available resources have been depleted

Group Children AdultsTotalAge 0-5 5-18 +18

Sex Male Female Male Female Male FemaleNumber 2,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 5,000 5,000 20,000

What are the needs as a direct and immediate result of this crisis?Assessment missions have identified eight sectors in which humanitarian initiatives are required, namely security/mine action, protection of civilians, water & sanitation, shelter & non-food items, food aid, agriculture, health, and education.

The free movement of already vulnerable populations is being hindered by the fear of landmines and unexploded ordnance. These populations have been put further at risk by the contamination of the land they use for subsistence agriculture and cash crops. This contamination also affects the ability of relief workers to safely deliver much needed humanitarian aid. All affected populations, including IDPs live with the fear of incurring severe injuries or death due to mines and ERW. It is imperative to proceed quickly with emergency Mine Risk Education, Mine Marking, and clearance operations.

Psychosocial support for children traumatised by the crisis, both displaced and in host communities, is critical. Displacement has caused the separation of families, exposed IDPs (especially women and children) to abuse, and increased the vulnerabilities of host families. IDPs are dwelling with host families in precarious conditions, with reduced access to safe water and latrines. Further, overcrowding in host families needs to be tackled through the distribution of plastic sheeting as emergency shelter in light of the decision by humanitarian stakeholders not to establish camps for the displaced. Additional support will also have to be provided to displaced children as well as children from host communities as IDP children continue to be integrated into schools in host-communities.

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An additional concern is the fact that IDPs and host families are using their food supply reserves—eating their seeds—and will consequently not have access to resources before the end of the cashew season and the rainy season. The only way to improve their food security would to enable them to safely harvest cashew nuts and cultivate food crops during the months of June and July 2006. It is equally important that returnees be supported in cultivating land that could be available, to reduce their dependency on food aid as soon as possible and to promote a durable return.

Purchase and distribution of 928.8 MTs of food commodities (next 3 months after CERF)

CommoditiesQt/Pers/Day

(adult/children)

Feeding days

Children

(under 5)

Adolescent/AdultsTotal

quantities in MT

CERF Total requirement

Rice 400/200 90 72,000 576,000 648 410 1,058Vegetable Oil 30/20 90 7,200 43,200 50,4

3181.4

CSB 100 90 36,000 144,000 180 99 279Sugar 30/20 90 7,200 43,200 50,4 27 77.4Total 928,8 567 1,495.8

As IDPs attempt to relocate and/or resettle, there have been reports of overcrowding, increasing the risk of epidemic disease including HIV/AIDS and already high maternal and infant mortality levels. The lack of essential medicines and supplies, supervision, and logistics at all levels means that the local health care system cannot adequately provide the necessary services required by the current situation. The coming rainy season further increases the health risks among the various communities. Efforts are also required to ensure access to reproductive health services and therapeutic feeding for under-nourished children.

What are the priority sectors for response?

Humanitarian partners have identified the following sectors as main priorities of their intervention: Security, Mine education awareness and mine action; Protection; Water & sanitation; Shelter; Food and non-food items; Agriculture; Health / Reproductive health / Therapeutic feeding; Education; Coordination; and Logistics.

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3. RESPONSE PLANS

Goal

Save lives and address the basic needs of the populations most affected by the armed conflict and strengthen the local capacity to respond to the emergency situation.

Objectives

Sectors / clusters ObjectivesEmergency mine action Enhance awareness on the threat of mines and ERW;

Initiate activities to locate mined areas to reduce number of mine/ERW-related injuries in the post-conflict zone;Permit the provision of humanitarian assistance and the return of displaced persons and refugees to their communities;

Protection Provide support for the care and protection of women and children.Water & sanitation Ensure a proper access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitary facilities to all

affected population.Shelter Assist the displaced population with materials for construction of 350 shelter units.Health Provide basic preventative and curative health services to IDPs in São Domingos

and Cacheu regions; Strengthen central, regional and district level health capacity to detect and respond to outbreaks of communicable diseases;

Reproductive health Prevent sexual violence; Reinforce universal precautions against the transmission of HIV & prevent HIV through condom distribution; Reinforce access to health care;

Therapeutic feeding Provide adequate feeding for malnourished children through therapeutic feeding programmes

Food & non-food items Provide IDPs with basic food and non-food items until their return to their areas of residence with an emphasis on malnourished pregnant and lactating women;

Agriculture Provide seeds and tools to IDPs and host families to support food crop productionEducation Set up temporary learning space with minimum infrastructure and support the

reintegration of children in schools, particularly girlsCoordination Reinforce existing coordination mechanisms for the implementation of principled

humanitarian assistanceLogistics Provide Government and inter-agency coordination with logistics expertise and

services to assist IDPs.

Proposed humanitarian action

Emergency mine action- Coordinate mine risk education, survey, mapping, marking and clearance assets- Conduct Mine Risk Education among vulnerable displaced/refugee populations and all

populations at risk ensuring collaboration with teachers in schools- Survey and clearance of primary and secondary routes- Survey communities to determine the threat in affected zones- Collection of data on victims of mines and ERW as a result of the recent conflict.- Rapid clearance of emergency access points and vital infrastructure (such as wells or schools)- Marking of non-vital areas in communities, for clearance within normal humanitarian demining

programme

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Protection- Provision of basic emergency protection items - Establish a Child Protection Network, a coordination mechanism and provide training to

partners in community mobilisation to raise awareness on the prevention of and response to Child Rights Violations

- Provide psychosocial support to affected children- Contribute to family tracing and reunification activities

Water Hygiene and Sanitation- Provision of safe drinking water through construction/rehabilitation of water supply systems

and the installation of water bladders, the provision of jerry cans, water containers and purification tablets for approximately 3,000 families

- Provision of hygiene materials and dissemination of key hygiene related messages on the dangers of Cholera and other water and excreta related diseases

- Facilitate safe excreta and solid waste disposal- Conduct sensitisation sessions on hygiene practices

Shelter and Non-food items- Provision of plastic sheeting and blankets to host families, IDPs and refugees before the start

of rainy season- Distribution of non-food items packages including soap, jerry cans, kitchen sets, clothes,

mosquito net and plastic sheet to 20,000 persons (4,000 families)

Health- WHO will provide technical, logistical and financial support to Ministry of Health and local

partners for the following activities in the regions of São Domingos and Cacheu- Support to outreach activities at health centre level so that personnel may provide services to

populations living > 5 km from fixed health posts- Support to regional and central level teams including the supervision of health centres during

the crisis- Health promotion and education campaigns to change behaviour relating to basic sanitation,

hygiene and the prevention of communicable diseases- Strengthening the communications infrastructure to permit rapid detection and response to

epidemics, prevent stock breaks of essential medicines and share other important information about the movements of IDPs

- Purchase, deliver and maintain sufficient stocks of essential medications for health care centres

- Ensure a functioning cold chain at regional and centre level to ensure that basic vaccines are available in sufficient quantity and quality. Equipment will be repaired or replaced as necessary

- Support planning, implementation and monitoring of vaccination campaigns (Supplementary Immunisation Activities, or SIAs) as required

- Complete training of health care personnel (2 per health centre) in Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (limited to the two affected regions)

- Organise a national immunisation campaign from 15 to 29 of May against measles (6 months – 14 years) with distribution of vitamin A capsules and mebendazole (under five years). This support is not included in the Flash appeal.

Reproductive HealthUNFPA and implementing partners will:

- Organise the public awareness campaigns on RH including sexual violence and HIV/AIDS- Supply and distribution kits and condoms Kits (sexual violence, post exposure HIV, STI

treatment, clean deliveries, deliveries with complications) - Regular monitoring and supervision of activities undertaken by health centres and NGOs - Organise data collections and analyse findings

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Nutrition/Therapeutic feeding- Monitor the nutrition status of under-five children and refer severely malnourished children- Provide training to partners on the management of severe and moderate acute malnutrition in

children, particularly to those involved in the implementation of therapeutic and supplementary feeding programmes for children

- Provide micronutrient supplements, rehydration salts, essential drugs, as well as monitoring and counseling tools for the management of severe and moderate malnutrition

- Coordinate overall nutrition and feeding response and ensure compliance with interagency agreements and sphere standards

Food SecurityWFP will undertake general food distributions over a period of six months to address the food insecurity of vulnerable groups particularly IDPs. Five distributions have already been completed with existing food stocks but due to an imminent foreseen pipeline break it is vital that food procurement begin as soon as possible to sustain this intervention in the affected regions. Distribution will take place at organised distribution points previously selected by partner NGOs and communicated to the IDPs to facilitate logistics and monitoring. In addition, seeds and agricultural tools will be provided to approximately 15,000 affected persons over the period of May to October.

Education- Provision of basic school materials for teachers and children- Assist in the organisation of temporary learning system- Psychological support: training and psychological sessions

Coordination and Logistics – Common Services- Support coordination mechanisms at national and local levels to enhance strategic and

technical planning and response- Monitor and evaluate needs, gaps and assistance provided- Consolidate situation reports and key information for partners, decision-makers and donors- Maintain an effective flow of information and analysis of the humanitarian situation including

the status of IDPs, the protection of civilians, the adequacy of the humanitarian response and advocacy, for dissemination to partners in the country and within the sub region.

- Identify issues requiring humanitarian advocacy.- Develop in collaboration with concerned partners, preparedness strategies, contingency plans

and monitoring/early warning mechanisms for crisis including natural disasters.- Coordinate the process leading to a Common Humanitarian Action Plan to address serious

vulnerability pockets and dissemination through the regional CAP. - Promote, under the leadership of the RC and in close consultation with the OCHA regional

office resource mobilisation and sub-regional coordination.- Through OCHA regional office, coordinate the provision of guidance on Inter-Agency issues

and surge capacity in support of humanitarian stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau as appropriate.- Provision of expertise and logistics services

Expected impact of the humanitarian response

Mine education awareness and mine action:- Reduce the risk of death or being wounded for civilians through clearance and marking of

hazard areas;- Reduce the toll of those requiring health services;- Re-establishment of normal life, and reduction of stress on families and communities hosting

displaced persons and refugees;- Resumption of income-generating activities in areas previously contaminated by mines/ERW

or isolated due to the conflict.

The response outlined in this appeal will enable humanitarian actors to encourage relevant parties to maintain an environment in which the basic level of protection can be assured for civilians particularly some 3,000 affected women and 8,000 children and that some 3,000 families are given access to sufficient safe drinking water and sanitary facilities. These programmes will also ensure that 350 families have improved shelter conditions and that at least 8,000 pupils are reintegrated into primary schools and provided with basic learning materials.

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Further, internally displaced persons will have full access to preventative and curative health care in the São Domingos and Cacheu regions including free pre- and peri-natal consultations, the safe delivery of children, proper case management of common childhood illnesses, access to quality immunisation and free access to general health care and essential medications. Central, regional and health centre capacity to detect and respond to outbreaks of communicable disease will be strengthened and behavioural change favouring improved hygiene, sanitation and health will become evident at community level and around 120 severely malnourished children benefited of therapeutic feeding cares.

Another expected impact is increased access to food for highly food-insecure IDPs in conflict areas; prevent and reduce the prevalence of acute malnutrition/crude mortality among beneficiaries (especially children) as well as help affected communities to replace their lost utensils and improve the food security levels for some 15,000 persons through the production of food crops. Humanitarian stakeholders will be provided with expert support on logistics and other common services to improve access the most vulnerable.

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PROJECT TABLES

Mine Awareness and Mine action $ 727,000

United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)

GBS-06/MA01

Project Title: Emergency mines action response

727,000

(incl. 310,000

requested from CERF)

Objective:

Reduce the number of mine/ERW-related injuries in the post-conflict zonePermit the return of displaced persons and refugees to their communitiesInform population of mine risk

Beneficiaries:

All users of access roadsPopulations of São Domingos, Bigene, and individuals using road between Varela and São Domingos for transport.Roughly 10,000 displaced persons and refugees and their extended families currently hosting them

Partners: CAAMI, UNDSS, UNICEF, UNMAS, LUTCAM, HUMAID, HI

Protection $ 250,000United Nations Children’s Funds(UNICEF)

GBS-06/P/HR/RL01

Project Title: Protection 250,000

(incl. 145,890


Objective: Provide support for the care and protection of women and children.

Beneficiaries: 5,000 women and 10,000 children from IDP and host families

Partners: REJE, AMIC, CAAMI, National Red Cross, Alternag

Water Hygiene and Sanitation $ 496,000United Nations Children’s Funds(UNICEF)

GBS-06/WS01

Project Title: Water Hygiene and Sanitation 496,000

(incl. 289,445


Objective: Ensure proper access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitary facilities to affected population

Beneficiaries: 3,000 displaced and host families

Partners: ADRA, National Red Cross, AD

Shelter $ 80,000United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) and United Nations Children’s Funds(UNICEF)

GBS-06/S/NF01A & B

Project Title: Shelter and NFI support to the IDPs and Refugees UNHCR:

24,0003

UNICEF: 56,000

(incl. 32,679 requested from CERF for UNICEF)

Objective: Assist the displaced population with materials for construction of 350 shelter units and blankets

Beneficiaries: IDPs and refugees

Partner: ADRA

3 The UNHCR portion amounts to $24,000 which is subject to approval of its Operational Review Board

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Health $ 87,000

World Health Organisation(WHO)

GBS-06/H01

Project Title: Preventive and health care

87,000

Objective: Provide basic preventative and curative health services to IDPs in Sao Domingos and Cacheu regionsStrengthen the regional capacity to detect and respond to epidemic diseases

Beneficiaries: 10,000 persons receiving care through 10 health care units

Partners: (Government, UN, Red Cross, NGO)

Reproductive health $ 80,000

UNFPA (United Nations Fund of Population)

GBS-06/H02

Project Title: Provision of basic RH services including the prevention of HIVAIDS, and sexual violence, to IDPs in the Sao Domingos region

80,000Objective: To reduce the prevalence of STI/HIV and sexual

violence in the zones affected by the conflict100 % of displaced pregnant women have access to clean delivery kits and emergency obstetric care

Beneficiaries: Men and Women of reproductive health age, pregnant women and young people will be reached with RH activities. Target: 20,000 people including women of reproductive age and adult males

Partners: Ministry of Health, World Health Organization, Catholic church, Community radios, Community Associations

Geographical Coverage

The project will be implemented in the northern region of the country affected by the armed conflict with priority, in places with higher concentrations of IDP's mostly in the region of São Domingos

Food and Non-Food Items, Logistics $ 1,054,000

World Food Programme

(WFP)

GBS-06/F01

Project Title Food assistance to IDPs and affected populations in Guinea-Bissau

1,054,000

(incl. 399,000


Objectives

1. Save lives of IDPs/affected population by providing basic food and NFIs until their return to their areas of residence2. Provide Government, NGOs and Inter-agency coordination with logistics expertise and services to assist IDPs.

BeneficiariesTotal Women Children/

Adolescents (~18) Man

20,000 5,000 10,000 5,000

PartnersLocal authorities, National Red Cross, ADRA, UNICEF, Plan International, Catholic Mission, UNDP, CAAMI, UNFPA, FAO, AMA, VSO, Enterprise Works.

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Nutrition (Therapeutic) $ 140,000United Nations Children’s Funds(UNICEF)

GBS-06/H03

Project Title: Nutrition (Therapeutic) 140,000

(incl. 81,698 requested

from CERF)

Objective: Treat malnourished children by supporting therapeutic feeding programmes

Beneficiaries: 3% of the under-five population, approximately 120 children

Partners: Catholic missions, caritas, MSF

Agriculture $ 561,000Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO)

GBS-06/A01

Project Title: Food crops & farming

561,000

Objective: Provide seeds and tools to families who lost their livelihoods

Beneficiaries: 15,000 affected persons

Partners: Governmental entities, UN, Red Cross, NGOs

Education $ 165,000

United Nations Children’s Funds(UNICEF)

GBS-06/E01

Project Title: Education165,000

(incl. 96,288 requested

from CERF)

Objective: Set up temporary learning space with minimum infrastructure and support the reintegration of children in schools.

Beneficiaries: 8,000 children from displaced familiesPartners: Catholic missions, REJE, Regional direction of

Education

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4. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

CoordinationThe Ministry of Solidarity has been asked by the Prime Minister to be the Governmental focal point to coordinate and provide assistance to the affected persons and chair the recently established Inter-Ministerial Crisis Management Committee.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator (RC) and the IASC Country Team are coordinating inter-agency processes like assessments, contingency and strategic planning, resource mobilisation and assistance. They have established technical working groups such as Health, Water and Sanitation, Food / Logistics / Non-Food items, Protection, Coordination / Information Management, and Shelter, with all relevant stakeholders including national authorities, UN agencies, national and international NGOs, as well as the Red Cross Movement. A national officer is ensuring OCHA’s support to the humanitarian coordination mechanisms.

The major partners are the National Red Cross which supported the registration and distribution process and implemented UNICEF sanitation activities in Ingoré and Cacheu; and ADRA which supported UNICEF Water and Sanitation activities in Cacheu town. AMIC will support UNICEF in addressing several protection issues. In education, the key counterparts are the Ministry of Education’s branches at the regional level, Caritas and REJE.

Humanitarian organisations with a Regional presence in Dakar (UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, UNFPA, OCHA, ICRC, OXFAM, CRS) are also involved in the response by providing technical support and supplies when needed. UNICEF, UNHCR and OCHA deployed emergency officers while WFP delivered supplies from Dakar.

The following table indicates the major humanitarian stakeholders (government, UN, Red Cross, NGOs) that are responding to the crisis by sector.

Humanitarian Assistance Working Group membersHealth Protection- WHO – lead- UNICEF- UNFPA- Médicos do Mundo – Portugal- Inter-ministerial Crisis management

Commission representative

- UNICEF – lead- OIM- ICRC – observer - National Commission for the Refugees- UNFPA- UNOGBIS- LGDH- Inter-ministerial Crisis management Commission

representativeWater and Sanitation Coordination/ Information management - UNICEF – lead- ICRC – observer- ADRA/HCR- National Red Cross- Inter-ministerial Crisis management


- OCHA- UN Coordination- UNFPA- CAAMI- ADRA- National Red Cross- Inter-ministerial Crisis management Commission

representativeFood /Logistics/ Non-Food items Shelter- WFP – lead- National Red Cross and ICRC – observer- ADRA- AMA- UNICEF- PLAN- Enterprise Works- Catholic Mission- UNDP - CAAMI- UNFPA - FAO- Inter-ministerial Crisis management


- ADRA/HCR – lead- UNICEF- National Red Cross- ICRC – observer for coordination purposes- UNFPA- Inter-ministerial Crisis management Commission

representative

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TABLE II. LIST OF PROJECTS BY SECTOR

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TABLE III. LIST OF PROJECTS BY APPEALING ORGANISATION

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ANNEX I. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

BCPR Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery (United Nations Development Programme)

CONAGUA National Commission for WaterCONRED National Council for Disaster ReductionCOPREDEH Presidential Commission on Human Rights

DEMI Defenders of Indigenous Women

FAO Food and Agriculture OrganizationFIS Service Investment FundFONAPZ One of the main social investment funds (the others FIS and FSDC)FSDC Fondo de Solidaridad para el Desarrollo Comunitario

GBV Gender-based Violence

IGSS Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad SocialINFOM National Institute for Municipal DevelopmentIOM International Organization for Migration

MAGA Ministry of AgricultureMARN Ministry of Natural ResourcesMoH Ministry of Health

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation

OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsOHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

PAHO Pan-American Health OrganizationPGN Procuradoria General de la NacionPNC National Civilian Police

SEGEPLAN Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la PresidenciaSEPREM The Presidential Secretariat for WomenSESAN Presidential Secretariat for Nutritional Food SecuritySMZ SulfamethoxazoleSOSEP Sociales de la Esposa del PresidenteSPHERE A Project on Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in

Disaster Response

TMP Trimethoprim

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDSUNDAC United Nations Disaster Assessment and CoordinationUNDAF United Nations Development Assistance FrameworkUNDMT United Nations Disaster Management TeamUNDP United Nations Development ProgrammeUNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural OrganizationUNFPA United Nations Population FundUN HABITAT United Nations Centre for Human SettlementsUNICEF United Nations Children’s FundUNICEF United Nations Children’s FundUNV United Nations Volunteers

WFP World Food ProgrammeWHO World Health Organization

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