This revised Emergency Appeal seeks a total of some CHF 2.7m (increased from CHF 926,372) to enable the IFRC to support the Red Cross Society of Guinea to deliver assistance and support to some 11.1m people, with a focus on information and communication, education, awareness raising, and social mobilization, surveillance, case identification and contact management, case management (including management of dead bodies), psychosocial support, and regional preparedness and response. With the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) component valued at some CHF 180,000, the total amount sought amounts to CHF 2.6m. The revised plan reflects an increased number of people to be reached, a scale-up of activities and the number of volunteers, and an enlarged geographic scope (see map). The planned response reflects the current situation and information available at this point of the evolving operation, and will be adjusted based on further developments and more detailed assessments.
The disaster and the response
March 2014: Ebola outbreak occurred in Gueckedou
March and April 2014: CHF 250,000 DREF allocated
April 2014: Field Assessment and Coordination team (FACT), Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) and ERUs deployed (logistics and health). Emergency Appeal launched for total of CHF 1.2m (including ERU bilateral component of CHF 366,000) for 3m people)
28 May 2014: confirmation of cases in Sierra Leone
1 June 2014: second wave of cases in Liberia
20 July 2014: some 1,093 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are thought to have been infected
29 July: revised appeal for CHF 2.7m