Summary: This operations update extends the operation timeframe by an additional 2 months with an additional budget allocation of CHF 128,832 to; Reinforce public outreach / awareness-raising activities in the six localities in an effort to improve the populations’ sanitation and hygiene practices and thus combat the cholera epidemic in 12 districts (six additional districts) of the North Region of Cameroon Extend these activities into the six localities where new cases have been reported (Garoua I The DREF budget revision will cover the training (on Epidemic Control for Volunteers (ECV) manual); and deployment of an additional 50 volunteers and five supervisors (additional 10 volunteers and one supervisor per locality) in five existing localities (Figuil and Touboro); as well as an additional 130 volunteers and 13 supervisors in the six localities where new cases have been reported (Garoua I It will cover additional insurance costs; the CRC cholera focal point which will be needed in the field until the end of the DREF operation The Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) member which has been deployed will also been required for one extra month (three months in total) to ensure the effective implementation of activities The RDRT will provide support to both the MDRCM018 and MDRCM020 operations which are being implemented concurrently in the Far North and North regions of Cameroon 2 months are budgeted against MDRCM018 and 3 months are budgeted against MDRCM020 since this operation closes a month later it is expected therefore that the DREF operation will have assisted an additional 26,000 people increasing the target population to 52,380 across the 12 localities The DREF operation will end on 5 February 2015 and a final report will be made available by 5 April 2015 (Three months after the end of the operation) Bibemi district located 64 km from the town of Garoua (capital of the North Region of Cameroon) experienced heavy rainfall (about 180 mm of precipitation),leading to widespread flooding Cameroon Red Cross (CRC) volunteers carried out an assessment and identified 77 cases of cholera and 8 deaths in the 6 districts affected by the epidemic the IFRC allocated CHF 179,304 from the Disaster Relief & Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the CRC response to the needs of the flood affected population as well as those affected by the Cholera epidemic over a period of three months The DREF operation was intended to support about 10 per cent (26,380 persons) of the affected population of 255,214 inhabitants in the six affected localities of Bibemi over 75 per cent of the activities planned have been implemented located some 64 km from the town of Garoua (capital of the North Region of Cameroon) experienced heavy rainfall (about 180 mm of precipitation) Cameroon Red Cross (CRC) volunteers carried out an assessment and identified 77 cases and eight deaths in the six districts affected by the epidemic the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) allocated CHF 179,304 from the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the CRC respond to the needs of the floodaffected population and the epidemic The DREF operation was initially intended to support 26,380 people in six districts (Bibémi sanitation and hygiene promotion activities over a period of three months an additional allocation of CHF 128,832 was released and an extension of the timeframe made (to five months) in order to expand the activities planned in the following sectors: Mobilization/training of an additional 50 volunteers; and five supervisors to reinforce community outreach / awareness-raising activities in the existing areas (Bibémi due to the fact that the population was opposed to improved sanitation/hygiene practices Mobilization/training of an additional 130 volunteers and 13 supervisors to extend activities planned into six areas where new cases had been reported (Garoua I Please refer to “Need analysis and scenario planning” for information Extension of the mission (by one month) of an IFRC Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) member to ensure the effective implementation of the DREF operation Following the expansion of the DREF operation, it was expected therefore that the DREF operation would support an additional 26,000 people, increasing the target population 52,380 across the twelve areas. Please refer to Operations Update n°1 for information on the revisions made to the DREF operation The Canadian Red Cross / Government have contributed to the replenishment of the allocation made for this DREF operation The major donors and partners of DREF include the Australian the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) would like to extend thanks to all partners for their continued support You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed.