TRIAMS Workshop, Bangkok 3-5 May 2006 Government of Sri Lanka Tsunami Response Progress and Challenges TRIAMS Workshop, Bangkok 3-5 May 2006 Rachel Perera, Director, Donor Coordination Reconstruction and Development Agency

Content Introduction TAFREN ►►► RADA Thematic areas Cross-cutting Housing Livelihood Social sectors Infrastructure Cross-cutting

Housing Programme Housing Requirements Year Location Housing Programmes Requirement (Total of 98,000) 2005 Inside 100-200m Buffer Zone Outside the Buffer Zone Donor Assisted Home Owner Driven 45,000 (45%) 53,000 (55%) 2006 Within reservation Zones Outside reservation Zones Donor Assisted* 30,000 (30%) 68,000 (70%) Zone 1 – Within CCD set-back (CCD 1997 Coastal Zone Management Plan) Zone 2 – between 1997 Set-back & former Buffer Zones (100m in SW & 200m in NE) Zone 3 – Outside former Buffer Zones (100m in SW & 200m in NE) CCD Set back

Projected shortfall of approx. 10,000 houses by end of 2006 Housing Programme Progress Owner-Driven Programme (requirement 68,000) No of units completed 28,000 41% No of units under construction : 40,000 59% 68,000 100% Donor Driven program (requirement 30,000) No of units completed 5,979 20% No of units under construction : 9,316 31% 15,295 51% Well Wishers Scheme Estimated no. of units completed 4,500 More than 1/3 of the total houses damaged have been completed, mainly under the home-owner driven scheme Projected shortfall of approx. 10,000 houses by end of 2006

Permanent housing and Transitional Shelters Source: WHO and IOM Sri Lanka

Care and Maintenance of Shelters Source: RADA and IOM Sri Lanka

Source: RADA and IOM Sri Lanka

Housing Challenges Transitional Shelters Upgrade, Care & Maintenance Performance of Donor-Assisted Programme Revision of the former Buffer Zone Construction process bottlenecks Transparency and Equity issues On & off-site Infrastructure delays

Restoring livelihoods 150.000 lost their main source of income 70-85% of the families have regained their main source of income, but livelihoods requires a more sustained effort Cash grants to 250,000 families (2 installments) and 165,000 (third installments) 13,000 subsidized loans - 3.8 billion rupies disbursed 90% of boats destroyed have been repaired or replaced 41 out of 52 hotels are back in business Risk Reduction and Insurance for Communities

Livelihoods: Challenges Better balance between demand and supply (e.g. fisheries) Better information Better targeting of beneficiaries Consultation with affected communities Good decision making mechanism Improved local planning NGOs – Short-term vs Long-term Government Framework

Health , Education and Protection 95% of school-age children have returned to school Primary health facilities established and 500 community support officers (mental health) trained-deployed. Mental Health Act, Nutrition Policy, Code of Breastfeeding Practices expedited by tsunami Nutritional surveys (3) – MOH/UNICEF/WFP Funds allocated to 97 health damaged institutions and 180 damages schools Emergency Preparedness Plan for Health Child friendly school design and standard adopted More than 6,538 children orphaned or without one parent assessed HRC received and acted upon more than 19.000 complaints Recovery of lost documentation (120.000 documents issued) Facilities Completed Under Construction Yet to commence Education 07 32 143 Health 22 66 134

Mental Health Response- Community Support Officers Over 500 trained and deployed to address MH needs

Community Support Officer training (Mental Health) Source: Ministry of Health/WHO Sri Lanka

Kattunkudy Maternity Ward and First Baby Born Source: MOH and Merlin

Health and Education: Challenges Social services restored, but only a low percentage of health and school facilities have been fully repaired or rebuilt The traditional problem of human resource shortages and equitable distribution of health staff exists and requires a long term response Improve coordination, land identification and acquisition for education and health facilities Improve psychological support and school attendance Monitoring IDPs health and quality of life in shelters-process begun Security Issues

Upgrading national infrastructure All basic infrastructure have been restored. Government carried out urgent repairs major pipelines, and water sources, roads, bridges, electricity, and telephone lines The complex preparatory work has been completed Kalutara-Matara road started Foreign assistance for 350 US $ million has been negotiated

Infrastructure: Challenges National construction industry does not have the number of contractors, equipment, skilled workforce, modern management practices and access to finance needed to maintain the required speed of tsunami reconstruction work Spiraling cost of construction materials (for all sectors) Government capacity building Security considerations

Cross cutting issues Capacity building to central and local government is underway (250 additional staff are already posted in districts). Capacity Building required at all levels, not only the government Environment: Where sand dunes, mangroves and coral were intact, the impact of Tsunami was lower. A more effective environmental protection strategy in the recovery process is needed. Gender sensitivity. Protection issues have been addressed. Gender issues such as ownership on housing, protection of IDPs and participation will require attention Good initiatives on HIV-AIDS prevention

Women's centres for tsunami affected population in Sri Lanka 27 women’s centers are being set up in close proximity to Transitional Site Centers will be facilitated by 4 national NGOs – women in Need, Muslim Women’s Research and Action Forum and Sarvodaya. Centers are conceptualized as safe havens for women and girls to promote women’s solidarity networks and strengthen local coping mechanisms. Centers are expected to mobilize communities to respond to gender and Gender Based Violence issues through community-based self help groups, women’s communities and other development activities. The centers will be a source of data collection on gender and GBV issues. Data source: UNFPA Map production: Public Health Mapping and GIS, WHO