Project: WESS for SLR
(Water Environment Sanitation & Shelter for the Sri Lankan Refugees)
Location: Tamil Nadu, 67 Camps in 19 districts
Start: 1st July 2008
Finish: 30th June 2009
Donors: ECHO, ADRA Germany
Budget: €500,000EUR

Beneficiaries: 47,612 people

Objectives: The beneficiaries will have improved water, sanitation, waste management and shelter facilities and practices.

Outcomes:
   WATSAN

• At least 14033 target refugee families have increased access to improved water and hygienic sanitation facilities in the target refugee camps.

• At least 1,700 target refugee families have increased access to improved waste management and drainage/sewage facilities in the target refugee camps.

• At least 67 target Water, Environment and Sanitation Management Committees and the concerned local authorities from the target districts have improved capacity in water, sanitation, and waste management.

• At least 12,000 target refugee families have improved knowledge, attitudes, and practice in personal hygiene, safe domestic water usage, and improved waste management.

• At least 300 target refugee families who live in the regulated market committee building have improved shelters and living conditions are enhanced in at least 3 target refugee camps.

Project: Goat Bank Pilot for Sri Lankan Refugees
Location: Tamil Nadu
Start: 1st August 2007
Finish: Undetermined
Donors: ADRA Norway
Budget: $ 16,002 USD

Beneficiaries: 80 families, 2 Refugee Camps

Objectives: Creating mechanisms for the development and support of sustainable income generation through women in Sri Lankan refugee camps, improving capacity of communities to manage their own development; and identifying bankable model for the Sri Lankan refugees in camps.

Activities: Formation and strengthening of livelihood committees, distribution of goats among beneficiaries, providing care and support to the beneficiaries for goat management and identifying a bankable model of goal rearing for Sri Lankan refugees in camps.

Expected Outcomes: Two livelihood committees exist and are trained in livestock management (goat) and eighty families received goats, INR 200 has been collected by the livelihood committee from each beneficiary @ INR 100/goat, a common identified place is being treated for fodder development with the support of the beneficiaries. Aluminum mesh fencing was provided in order to protect the fodders from other animals. A volunteer is being appointed by the livelihood committee in order to take care of the fodder development initiatives in the camps with the financial support from the livelihood committee account. Beneficiaries and livelihood committees have built rapport with the local veterinary doctors. Doctors come to the camps to treat the goats whenever it's required. First aid kit is available in each camp with the prescription of local veterinary doctor. Individual goat health card are available with the beneficiaries to keep a track of the details of treatment given to the goats.

Project: WATSAN for Sri Lankan Refugees Phase 1 & 2
Location: Tamil Nadu
Phase 1: 1st November 2006 – 30th April 2007
Phase 2: 1st July 2007 - 30th June 2008
Donors: ADRA Germany, ECHO
Phase 1: € 300,000 EURO

Phase 2: € 500,000 EURO

Beneficiaries: Phase 1 – 30,832 Phase 2 – 32,400

Objectives: To ensure that there is the necessary WATSAN and Solid Waste management capacities within the target refugee camps. To prevent the incidence of water and sanitation related diseases amongst Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu, India.

Activities:

1. The project will facilitate the involvement of WES Management Committees and selected members of refugee camps to identify the existing water and sanitation, Solid waste management and drainage facilities within each target 48 refugee camps.

2. Deep Well Hand Pumps or Motor Pumps: An approximate total of 23 hand or motor pumps will be installed to deep wells in target refugee camps.

3. Pour Flush Latrines cum Bathrooms: The project will construct 435 pour flush latrines with septic tank / one or two leach pits (i.e., Honey Comb-, Brick, or RCC Rings) depending on the conditions of local refugee camps.

4. Solid Waste Management Systems: A two colored (Red and Green) house hold bins will supplied to 1500 houses in the selected camps based on the priority needs. The Red bin will be collected with Non Degradable waste and the Green will be collected with Degradable wastes.

5. Establishing Drainage systems: It has been observed that most of the camps have highest need of disposing the waste water or the rain water which causes the increase of mosquitoes and flies.

6. Strengthening/formation of Water, Environment, and Sanitation Management Committees: The committees will be facilitated to make decisions regarding the site selection of new latrines, hand pumps, and/or community water distribution points; they will also be facilitated to maintain the facilities once established, and will involve in conflict resolutions with camp members.

Outcomes: The project will help build a safe environment and also a better living condition for the 32,400 beneficiaries Sri Lankan Refugees who have fled their own country to avoid the civil war conflict, and have crossed the border to seek asylum in India.

Project: Shelter for Sri Lankan Refugees
Location: Tamil Nadu
Start: 15th July 2007
Finish: 15th March 2008
Donors: ADRA New Zealand, Private Donors
Budget: $ 83,487 NZD
Beneficiaries: 1,800

Objectives: To improve shelter conditions of at least 300 refugee families living in a most vulnerable refugee camp within Tamil Nadu, India.

Activities:

1. Repair of roofs

2. Repair of walls

3. Repair of floors

4. Replacing electric wires

5. Formation and training of Shelter Committees

6. Construction of common washing areas

7. Construction of common kitchens

8. Training on first-aid for fire and electric accidents

Outcomes: The project will help build a safe environment and also a better living condition for the 1,800 (300 families) Sri Lankan Refugees who have fled their own country to avoid the civil war conflict, and have crossed the boarder to seek asylum in India.

Project: Ambulance for Sri Lankan Refugees
Location: Tamil Nadu
Start: December 2006
Finish: n/a
Donors: ADRA Netherlands, ADRA Germany
Budget: € 14,815 EURO
Beneficiaries: 8,055

Objectives: To ensure improved access to emergency transportation facilities within the target refugee camps for Sri Lankan refugees.

Activities:

1. Provision of Emergency Transportation - The project will support essential transfers that are needed to transport medical emergency cases from Mandapam camp to the district hospital in Ramanathapuram which is 47 km away from the camp. This will be done by donating an emergency vehicle to the Mandapam Camp authority.

2. ADRA India will make necessary arrangements with the government so that emergency patients are transported to the hospital free of cost. The emergency transportation will be arranged only for refugees living at Mandapam camp, and with a proper referral made by medical personnel on duty at the camp clinic.

3. As far as possible, advance approval will be provided by camp assistants who are hired by the project for making emergency transportation arrangements. Detailed transportation records (e.g., date, time, name of patients, reasons for referral, kilometers used, name of driver, etc.) will be maintained by both the government camp authorities under the supervision of the camp assistants. Emergency patients thus transported will be requested to submit the evidence of being admitted at the hospital upon discharge from the hospital (e.g., doctor’s prescription).

4. Picking up the Refugees reaching Arichalmunai - Apart from that the refugees reaching the Indian coast in Arrichal munai will also be transported to the police quarantine camp in Dhanuskodi and then to Mandapam Camp. This will enable tired and some sick refugees to be transported to Mandapam camp under much better condition.

5. Governments Role - The government has assured to the responsibility of maintaining the donated emergency vehicle by appointing a driver, paying for the fuel, and talking care of maintenance. All refugee families at Mandapam camp thus will have free emergency transport to the tertiary care facilities in case of emergencies.

Outcomes:

1. At least 1,611 refugee families at Mandapam entry camp has emergency access to the tertiary care medical facilities.

2. All the refugees who will be arriving to India will have ensured transportation facilities from the arrival point till the camps which is 35 km away.