ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 34/2015.
ACT India Forum members, UELCI and CASA are currently monitoring the situation in their operational areas. The field staff are assessing the needs and should an intervention be necessary, will request an RRF or a Preliminary Appeal.
Currently, the needs are food (rice, dhal, cooking oil, salt, chilly powder, turmeric powder etc.) and non-food items such as clothes and daily household items.
ACT Alliance Alert Reference Nr 33/2015.
The ACT Forum-South Sudan is planning to respond through an overall objective of enhancing the living conditions of the most vulnerable people impacted by the protracted crisis through access to basic needs of life & resilience of their livelihoods. To achieve this, there is need to provide people affected with multi sector assistance in the following priority areas: Food Security and Livelihoods, Shelter & NFIs, Education in Emergency (EiE), WASH, Health & Nutrition, and Psychosocial support.
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ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 32/2015.
ACT Pakistan Forum, comprising Christian Aid, Church of Sweden, Community World Service Asia, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, ICCO Cooperation and Norwegian Church Aid, is currently gathering information through different sources including local staff and partner organizations and a response will be planned based on the needs identified in the affected communities.
In Afghanistan, members are currently conducting assessments either directly or through partners on the ground. Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) is geared to provide an immediate small-scale emergency response (food, water, blankets). Community World Service Asia is currently reviewing plans and potential gaps and is considering food, non-food items, winterization kits, WASH and health.
The situation is currently very fluid and can change drastically at any moment. Members are closely monitoring the situation and will plan a response based on the needs and gaps identified.
ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 31/2015.
ACT members in Central America are permanently monitoring the situation and are making plans to send a rapid response team to visit the area. A detailed analysis of the humanitarian situation will be done in coordination with the Mexican Government and organizations on the ground, based on the needs assessment, geographic prioritization, and the potential proposal made by partner organizations for a humanitarian intervention.
ACT Alliance Alert Reference Nr.: 30/2015.
ACT Philippines Forum members ICCO Cooperation, Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Christian Aid (CA) and the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) are currently collecting information from their local partners or networks within the affected areas. After gathering sufficient information, it will be determined if a response is needed.
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ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 29/2015.
It is still unclear whether an ACT response would be required, but if the conflict continues, it is expected that massive displacements will occur and those internally displaced will definitely require humanitarian assistance.
The situation at the moment is very fluid and can change drastically at any moment. Members are closely monitoring the situation and will plan a response based on the needs and gaps identified.
Due to the volatile situation in Kunduz City, it is very difficult to acquire detailed information at the moment.
The members of ACT Afghanistan Forum include Christian Aid, Community World Service Asia, Hungarian Interchuch Aid and Norwegian Church Aid.
ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 28/2015.
Planned activities for ACT Member Christian Aid in the Federal Iraq region include: hygiene kits; food items (raw items & ready-made/processed food); chronic diseases medications; clothes and underwear items; Bedding (Mattresses, pillows, sheets, blankets). Planned intervention in the Iraqi Kurdistan region by Christian Aid includes: food items; winterisation Items; cash assistance and cash for work livelihood activities; and vocational training courses and small grants.
ACT Member The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) plans to respond in the following sectors: food security; WASH; NFI; psychosocial support; and school facility improvement.
ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 26/2015.
The ACT Malawi Forum, after a detailed assessment of the food situation, is planning to respond with the provision of food items inputs and activities on early recovery program activities.
Burkina Faso has been struck by heavy rains and strong winds since the beginning of the raining season. Significant damage has been registered. As of 28 August 2015, 8 of the 13 regions of Burkina Faso have been affected. Homes, personal property and livestock have been destroyed and hectares of fields flooded. The current situation is 8 dead, 54 injured, 26’885 victims and more than 3’699 people homeless.
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ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 25/2015. Based on initial rapid emergency assessment, EECMY-DASSC plans to respond by the provision of feed (hay/straw, and concentrates) in order to help livestock keep their body weight and productivity in terms of milk and meat. Drugs (antibiotics and anthelmintics) will also be provided to livestock in order to maintain their health.
