1. Asia Pacific Update WASH Advisors Meeting Geneva March 22 –23, 2017
Sarah Davies WASH Coordinator Asia Pacific Regional Office

2. APRO – The big news

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. Pacific Emergency WASH Training

9. 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