Asia Pacific Update WASH Advisors Meeting Geneva March 22 –23, 2017 Sarah Davies WASH Coordinator Asia Pacific Regional Office
APRO – The big news
APRO Operational Plan - 2017 Regional Planning: 38 National Societies of which 28 have WASH activities with IFRC support in their operational plans Further 4 National Societies have WASH or WASH related projects funded by others
Wendy Neoh (Emergency WASH Officer) WASH HR based in AP SOLOMON ISLANDS Arnaud Pfeil (FRC) TIMOR LESTE Celeste Swain (ARC) MYANMAR Ana Zarkovic Malar Win AUSTRALIA Stuart Jordan (ARC) NEPAL Kaustubh Kukde Amar Mani Poudel CAMBODIA Narendra Pal Singh INDONESIA Agung Lestyawan Taufik Jeremias ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE Sarah Davies (WASH Coordinator) Wendy Neoh (Emergency WASH Officer) Jessie Lucien (WASH/Health Support) LAO PDR Ludovic Arnout (FRC) BANGLADESH Biplob Kanti Mondal Tanoy Dewan Nazmul Azam Khan PHILIPPINES Brian Kae Enriquez TONGA Peter Scott (NZRC) FIJI Isara Iose ASIA PACIFIC IFRC Staff 12 PNS Staff 5 Key NS Staff 6 Current: Dec 2016 DPRK Henk Schipper Kang Chang Hyok Kim Song Il
APRO Recent Activities 2016 - 2017 Development and knowledge sharing opportunities: 2 PMI trainers assisted with National/District level emergency WASH training in Laos Nepal RC staff currently in Myanmar as part of GWSI project mid-term review team Bangladesh Red Crescent staff currently deployed through RDRT mechanism to support Malaysian Red Crescent flood operation CVTL staff deployed to Fiji to train Fiji Red Cross on construction of spring-box protection
AP DREF/EA Jul 2016 – Mar 2017 . 11 7 DREF operations Country Appeal Code Event Launched Bangladesh MDRBD017 Floods 29 Jul 2016 India MDRIN017 Assam Floods 31 Jul 2016 Myanmar MDRMM007 18 Aug 2016 Laos MDRLA004 26 Aug 2016 DPRK MDRKP008 Nth Hamgyong Floods 2 Sep 2016 Philippines MDRPH021 Typhoon Sarika 19 Oct 2016 MDRPH022 Typhoon Haima Solomon Islands MDRSB005 Dengue Outbreak 1 Nov 2016 Vietnam MDRVN014 Floods and landslide 27 Oct 2016 Indonesia MDRID011 Aceh EQ 7 Dec 2016 MDRSB006 Eathquake 9 Dec 2016 MDRBD018 Population Movement 28 Dec 2016 MDRPH023 Typhoon Nock Ten 29 Dec 2016 Mongolia MDRMN006 Extreme Winter Condition 2 Jan 2017 MDRMM008 Complex Emergency 19 Jan 2017 Vanuatu MDRVU003 26 Jan 2017 Malaysia MDRMY003 8 Feb 2017 MDRPH024 Surigao EQ 16 Feb 2017 . DREF operations Emergency appeals Since Jul 2016 11 7
APRO Recent Activities 2016 - 2017 WASH in Emergencies: In 2016/2017 equipment and training support to Cambodia, Laos, DPRK, Bangladesh and Pacific, local adaptation of HP box/materials; Review of JRCS capacity building support close to finalisation
Pacific Emergency WASH Training
APRO Plans for 2017 Regional Emergency WASH Webinar Series and Training (Bandung); Bio-digester pilots in Nepal, Bangladesh and Philippines; Third Urban Sanitation Workshop/RANAS Training; AP MHM Workshop Continued National Emergency WASH Training with selected NS, including more localisation of materials Proposal development GWSI/Integrated long-term programming