Appeals

This area includes all open Appeals and Rapid Response Fund payments.

Sri Lanka: Assistance to flood affected - LKA131

Preliminary Appeal Target: US$ 163,204. ACT member, the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka, along with its implementing partners, proposes to assist 250 severely affected, resource poor families who remain without basic household utensils to regain self sufficiency. This will be done through provision of non-food items (cooking utensils, bedding, education packs for students); livelihood recovery through provision of seeds, livestock and training as well as facilitating awareness of the environment and its importance in disaster risk reduction.
Published Feb 13, 2013. File size: 791.6 kB

Global: Rapid Response Fund (RRF): Appeal for 2013 - GRRF13

Appeal Target: US$ 1,300,000. The purpose of the RRF is to provide one-time financial resources to a member or members of the ACT Alliance, normally in the first days following a small-scale emergency, to facilitate the member(s)’ immediate small-scale emergency response in saving lives, over a time period not to exceed three months.
Published Jan 30, 2013. File size: 617.0 kB

Somalia: Humanitarian support for Somali refugees, IDPs and drought affected households - SOM121

Appeal Target: US$ 5,570,557. This full appeal replaces the Preliminary Appeal issued on 9th November 2012. ACT Somalia Forum members will assist 166,512 people in Awdal and Sahil region (Somaliland), Karan & Yaqshid districts, Nugaal (Puntland), Dayniile (Mogadishu) and Gedo region, Dadaab refugee camp (Kenya). Activities planned include: Water, Sanitation & hygiene, Food, Early Recovery and Livelihoods restoration, Cash for work, Cash relief, Water, Sanitation & hygiene, NFIs, Emergency Education, and Protection.
Published Jan 22, 2013. File size: 1.4 MB

Democratic Republic of Congo: Assistance to Internally Displaced People in Eastern DRC - COD121

Appeal Target: US$ 2,187,145. ACT members are undertaking a coordinated response to over 68 000 beneficiaries through short-term food assistance, food security and livelihoods support, child nutrition, psychosocial support to survivors of SGBV and war-related abuses, provision of essential non-food items and emergency school support.
Published Jan 09, 2013. File size: 1.5 MB

Sudan: ACT/CARITAS Darfur Appeal 2013 - SDN131 / EA 41/2012

Appeal Target: US$ 9,697,078. The 2013 appeal should enable the Programme to adapt to significant changes and challenges in the context while continuing to provide vital services to more than 500,000 beneficiaries in the states of South, Central and East Darfur. The two key priorities within the Appeal are: 1) to place Livelihoods at the centre of the Programme so as to create a more integrated approach that strengthens community resilience, and 2) to prepare the Programme for the likelihood of a ruling by the Government of Sudan (GoS) that will require a move to ‘no direct implementation by international non-governmental organisations (INGOs)’. The following documents are available upon request to the ACT Secretariat: the detailed budgets, and Annex 4 "Performance Management Frameworks".
Published Jan 02, 2013. File size: 2.8 MB

Syria: Assistance to the affected in Syrian conflict, REVISION 3 - SYR121

Appeal Target: US$ 9,822,485. A third revision of the appeal, SYR121, is now needed to i) include a component for ACT member the Department of Services to Palestinian Refugees/Middle East Council of Churches (DSPR/MECC), ii) extend the project implementation deadline for IOCC until 31 August 2013, and iii) revise the budgets to reflect the increased needs and numbers of Syrian refugees.
Published Dec 20, 2012. File size: 3.2 MB

Cuba: Strengthening communities affected by Hurricane Sandy - CUB121

Appeal Target: US$ 499,031. The main priority need identified by CCC, communities and RST is shelter: housing rehabilitation and construction. Other priority needs are food security, water and sanitation, psychosocial support and non food items.
Published Dec 04, 2012. File size: 943.3 kB

Haiti: Assistance to population affected by Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Sandy - HTI121

Appeal Target: US$ 2,416,270. The ACT Haiti Forum has decided to issue an appeal, where MISSEH, LWF, DKH and FCA, as requesting members, incorporated the response to Sandy emergency with the assistance to population affected by tropical storm Isaac. Priority needs are early recovery & livelihood restoration; WASH; health (cholera prevention); psychosocial support; shelter & settlement (rehabilitation of roofs and repairing or rebuilding houses); education (reconstructing and furnishing schools); emergency preparedness.
Published Nov 27, 2012. File size: 1.5 MB

Dominican Republic: Humanitarian assistance to Isaac storm victims - DOM121

Appeal Target: US$ 119,176. ACT member Social Service of Dominican Churches (SSID) plans assistance in humanitarian aid with hygiene kits, mattresses, blankets, mosquito nets; primary health care and basic medication; seeds for planting; water and sanitation.
Published Oct 15, 2012. File size: 927.4 kB

Philippines: Assistance to flood affected - PHL121

Appeal Target: US$ 680,226. ACT members Christian Aid and the National Council of Churches in the Philippines decided to jointly issue the appeal in response to the needs identified during the rapid assessments done by both organizations through their own respective partners. Response will be in food security, non-food items, water/sanitation/hygiene, livelihoods, risks assessment and emergency preparedness, capacity building.
Published Sep 21, 2012. File size: 1.2 MB