Appeal history:
- On 27 October 2012, a Preliminary Emergency Appeal was issued seeking 5,453,221 Swiss francs to support the Cuban Red Cross (CRC) to assist 15,000 families (75,000 beneficiaries) for nine months.
- 550,000 Swiss francs were allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support this operation.
- On 5 November 2012, an Emergency Appeal in the amount of 12,223,402 Swiss francs was issued as a result of the extent of needs reflected in assessments.
- As of 15 February, the Emergency Appeal was handed over from the Pan-American Disaster Response Unit to the Country Office for Cuba and Santo Domingo to ensure better integration of long-term objectives.
- On April, the emergency appeal budget was revised to 4,860,041 Swiss francs (click here for the revised emergency appeal) to accommodate for lower distribution costs related to efficient beneficiary targeting. The budget will be revised again in the coming months to reflect in-kind donations for the shelter component of this appeal
Summary: Since the beginning of the emergency response, the Cuban Red Cross staff and volunteers worked in coordination with authorities, reaching more than 10,000 families with non-food items such as hygiene kits, mosquito nets, jerry cans, buckets, tarpaulins, and tool kits. In addition, volunteers at the community level visited 10,537 families to provide information on water treatment as household level as well as on the adequate manipulation of food, forestalling any major outbreaks of water related diseases.
During the period covered by the report the National Society distributed a total of 6,000 tarpaulins and 2,500 shelter tool kits to allow families to complete basic and temporarily repairs to their damage homes. On last months the efforts in the repair of damage roofs with the use of hurricane straps to reduce risks on the next hurricane season have been a challenge. A member of the IFRC Regional Intervention Team (RIT) with focus in logistics was deployed to support with the coordination and implementation of the plan of action, with special attention to repairing of roof activities and capacity building in shelter in the communities.