Appeal
China
Sichuan Earthquake - ASCN82 Revision 1
Appeal Target: US$ 7,081,473
Balance Requested: US$ 0
Geneva, 30 July 2009
This revised appeal replaces the ACT Preliminary Appeal issued May 13, 2008 and the full version appeal issued on 11 June 2008 with target of US $4,354,372 for ACT member Amity Foundation's response to the Sichuan earthquake emergency which struck Central China at 14:28 (Beijing Time) on 12 May 2008.
Public facilities including schools, hospitals, and roads were severely damaged, particularly in the following eight counties or cities: Wenchuan, Lixian, Beichuan, Maoxian, Dujiangyan and Mianzhu in Sichuang Province, Longnan City in Gansu Province as well as Hanzhong City in Shaanxi Province. According to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to September 2008 the death toll from the 12 May earthquake reached 69,229, with 17,923 and 374,643 reported as missing and injured respectively.
Local ACT International member Amity Foundation immediately began providing relief assistance to survivors in coordination with their local partners. Implementation of their continued rehabilitation assistance to the earthquake-affected population is on-going since July 2008. This revised appeal takes into consideration assistance provided to date and re-assessment of needs, capacity and targeting, as well as the significant scaling up of assistance in line with the availability and absorption of significant funding received by Amity above the previously stated appeal target. 125,000 affected families (500,000 persons) are now targeted for assistance, increased from 20,000 families (75,000 persons).
The current appeal programme includes relief phase assistance already completed, as well as ongoing recovery and rehabilitation assistance including: psychosocial support, permanent housing, schooling, agricultural livelihoods recovery, water/irrigation systems, rehabilitation support to injured and disabled persons and community capacity building. In addition, provision is made for ACT Coordination support and an external ACT evaluation, as is required for all appeals over US $5 million.
Project Completion Date: 31 March 2010
Please note the change in completion date (previously 31 October 2009) and consequently the change in the reporting schedule due to a five-month extension to allow Amity to complete their planned activities.
Reporting Schedule:
Interim Reports (narrative & financial)- due by:
1) 30 November 2008 (reporting period to 28 October 2008) - Received
2) 31 May 2009 (reporting period to 30 April 2009) received - being reviewed
3) 30 September 2009 (reporting period to 31 August 2009)
Final Report (narrative & financial)-due by:
31 May 2010 (period to 31 March 2009)
Final Audit: 30 June 2010
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FOR THE FULL TEXT AND BUDGET OF THE APPEAL (PDF FILE), KINDLY VISIT THE ACT SITE. THANK YOU.
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Please kindly send your contributions to either of the following ACT bank accounts:
US dollar
Account Number - 240-432629.60A
IBAN No: CH46 0024 0240 4326 2960A
Euro
Euro Bank Account Number - 240-432629.50Z
IBAN No: CH84 0024 0240 4326 2950Z
Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together
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P.O. Box 2600
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Swift address: UBSWCHZH80A
Please also inform the Finance Officer Jessie Kgoroeadira (jkg@act-intl.org) and the Programme Officer, Michelle Yonetani (myo@act-intl.org) of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers, now that the Pledge Form is no longer attached to the Appeal.
We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor (institutional) funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.
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