UNDP of China Response to Wenchuan Earthquake

UNITED NATIONS UN DP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME CHINA DISASTER MANAGEMENT Building back greener & better Empowered lives. Resilient nations. 2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE Over 45 million people were affected by this earthquake. approximately approximately over 70,000 18,000 374,643 LIVES CLAIMED MISSING INJURED 6,500,000 OVER 2,000,000 JOBS LOST homes were destroyed. Over half of these were in the agricultural sector. 30,000,000 people lost most of their assets. 2,000,000,000 USD ECONOMIC LOSS UNDP IMMEDIATELY MOBILISED & DELIVERED more than 2,000,000 USD worth of relief and assistance With funding from the Central Emergency Relief Fund, UNDP delivered: 3,200 TENTS 62,000 QUILTS 10,016 EMERGENCY 65,000 BLANKETS LIGHTS 40,000 PEOPLE IN AFFECTED AREAS. An additional TO 70,000 USD of relief items were distributed through other programmes in affected areas. UNDP With support from Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP China also spent: 100,000 USD ON Emergency coordination, rapid field assessments & facilitation of international experience sharing as per the government's request. Early Recovery & Disaster Risk Management Programme Developed together by UNDP & Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development AIMED TO Meet pressing needs of poor & vulnerable communities by integrating the following areas of work: Rural Shelter Rebuilding Programme Livelihood Assistance Legal and Psycho-Social Support Energy and Environmental Planning BENEFITING 27 Disaster Risk Reduction Best Practice and Knowledge Technical Support VILLAGES 5,380,000 USD has been spent on integrated early recovery support Results & Impact Over 32,000 Poor villages directly assisted 2,000,000 Poor villages indirectly benefitted Beneficiaries I Children Total Women 25,201 Mass-Participation Recovery Work 10,704 5,098 Livelihoods 32,517 Restoration 13,919 6,438 Rural Environment 25,529 Rehabilitation 10,857 5,098 EXPENDITURE BY OUTPUTS (2008-2010) Legal & Psycho-Social Support 10,236 3,820 • Rural house reconstruction 13 4,157 16% • Mass-Participation Recovery Work Rural House 7,941 6% • Livelihoods restoration Reconstruction 1,210 27% O Rural environmental rehabilitation 12% 1,127 • Community-based DDR • Legal & Psycho-social support 9% 17% • Knowledge & capacity building 12 sets of guidelines, standards, & technology Rural Rebuilding regulations on rural housing reconstruction were formed and issued under the programme. 1,500,000 RMB 500 households received cash awards for the use of safer technologies in their home. used to support local communities in rebuilding. 1,000m? 1,000 BROCHURES & 2,000 DVDS DISTRIBUTED TO GUIDE REBUILDING charitable home was rebuilt for the elderly and disabled. 40 training sessions were given on rural housing reconstruction 6,191 2,017 1,200 individuals were accredited with rural housing construction certificates." local quality inspectors in Sichuan Province received training on safe building standards. people benefitted 6,087 households received cash subsidies for their work. Through Cash-For-Work Scheme 200 of the most affected & vulnerable women (single mothers, disabled, above 50) were 336 houses & 32 km roads were rebuilt or repaired trained on various livelihood skills and provided with resources for planting and breeding livestock. Over 1,100 villages 5% reservoirs rebuilt received trainings and one-to-one technical support on planting and breeding livestock. LED TO increase of household income. 8.5 Km ditches rebuilt 423 women-led poor 25 sets households received an of drinking water facilities rebuilt average of 1,972 RMB INCREASED INCOME. LED TO per household used to BENEFITED support plantation and livestock breeding. 21,531 PEOPLE BENEFITTED 6 villages 7,981 people Energy & Environmental Planning By leveraging on private sector support, Environmental initiatives were implemented such as: SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SEWAGE TREATMENT WATER SUPPLYING FACILITIES 973 households had bio-gas facilities rebuilt or newly constructed, reducing demand for wood in cooking and living, enhanced household and community sanitary conditions, and adopted biogas conversion technology. by Kalyn Smith, an online volunteer mobilised through www.onlinevolunteering.org This infographie was designed