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Mongolia: Severe winter Emergency appeal n° MDRMN004 - Final Report

Attachments

GLIDE n° CW-2010-00010-MNG

Period covered by this Final Report: 29

March to 31 October 2010

Appeal target (current): CHF 1,312,670

Final Appeal coverage: 100%;

Appeal history:

- This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 29 March 2010 seeking CHF 1,062,295 (USD 991,697 or EUR 744,243) in cash, kind, or services to support the Mongolian Red Cross' initiative to extend relief operation to eight more provinces reaching 13,600 beneficiaries as well as to facilitate early recovery efforts of dzudaffected herders in five provinces.

- CHF 100,000 was initially allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the national society in its initial response.

- The appeal was revised on 27 September 2010 to reflect plan of action developed for additional funding which became available late in September.

Summary: The severe 2009/2010 winter resulted in what is locally known as dzud, a slow-on-set disaster which devastated the livelihood of thousands of herding families due to its severity and extended period over almost six months, leaving herders desperate and exhausted, and left thousands of subsistence herder families with no means to live. The Red Cross response with a focus on relief and livelihoods was targeted at families who lost everything due to the disaster only.

This emergency appeal was successfully completed, accomplishing all objectives aimed. Target funding was fully covered thanks to all partners who provided their generous support for the Mongolian Red Cross Society (MRCS)/ International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) initiatives to be materialized and delivered in a most effective way to the disaster affected population.

Within this operation, MRCS was able to assist 1,800 herding families (approximately 7,200 individuals) in maintaining minimum level of subsistence through basic food supply and provision of essential non-food items.