The overall objective is to contribute to the reduction of mortality and morbidity related to the Ebola virus disease in Senegal through awareness messaging and social mobilization, epidemic control measures and tracing and provision of psychosocial support to those affected.

1. Emergency Appeal n° MDRSN010 2.2 million people to be assisted DREF allocated CHF 253,505 Appeal timeframe: 6 months Revised Appeal budget CHF 1.3M Glide n° EP-2014-000039-SEN End date: February 2015 Launched: 29 September 2014
This Emergency Appeal for a total of CHF 1.3m enables the IFRC to support the Senegalese Red Cross Society (SRC) to respond to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak by delivering assistance and support to 2.2m 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 collaboration. While the outbreak in Senegal is currently considered contained, risk analyses define Senegal as a high-risk country and continued strengthening of response capacity and preparedness is vital for an early and effective response to potential new cases.
Details are available in the Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) <click here>
The disaster and the response
March 2014: Ebola outbreak occurred in Guinea
April 2014: DREF allocation for Ebola preparedness activities in Senegal
29 August: first confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease in Senegal. National Crisis Committee activated.
30 August: SRC engage in tracing and
community surveillance.
8 September: IFRC allocated CHF 253,505 from
the DREF to support SRC Ebola response
activities
19 September: Ebola patient discharged and last contact tracing completed
24 September: Emergency Appeal launched for CHF 1.3m for imminent risk and the need for further scale-up
The operational strategy
The overall objective is to contribute to the reduction of mortality and morbidity related to the Ebola virus disease in Senegal through awareness messaging and social mobilization, epidemic control measures and tracing and provision of psychosocial support to those affected.
Emergency Appeal
Senegal: Ebola Virus Disease outbreak

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Learning from the last six months of response to the EVD outbreak in West Africa has shown that an effective response to the outbreak must build on all five pillars of the IFRC Ebola response strategy. These five pillars are:
 Beneficiary communication and Social mobilization
 Contact tracing and surveillance
 Dead body management and disinfection
 Psychosocial support
 Clinical case management
In line with mandated responsibility through the national crisis committee and SRC capacity, the operational strategy includes the first four pillars and no engagement in clinical case management is planned at this stage. To fill the mandated role effectively and efficiently, the operational strategy includes a component strengthening the SRC's capacity to respond to EVD outbreaks and is linked to the IFRC regional strategy and supported by the IFRC Ebola Management Unit in Guinea.
Needs Assessment
This is the first time Senegal has coped with Ebola, the population has limited knowledge of the virus, including mode of transmission and proper behaviour to avoid risks. Due to the highly-infectious nature of the disease, it is important to reduce rumours and misconceptions related to contracting the virus, as well as to control the transmission of the virus in order to avoid new infections. Effective communication and social mobilization activities are key in order to increase community sensitisation. As per Senegal’s statistics data, 1 household comprises 7-8 persons. For this reason, the Senegalese Red Cross has planned to reach 2,200,000 beneficiaries, translating to approximately 285,000 households.
Risk Assessment
The porous borders between Senegal and Guinea, trade flows through the regular weekly markets and the poor state of roads including terrestrial communication constitute a serious risk to the spread of EVD in Senegal. Even if there is no new cases, Senegal remains a high-risk country. Many affected countries resident of Guinea, Sierra-Leone and Liberia seek to cross the border for treatment; before the Ebola outbreak, Senegal is one of the clandestine migration preferred country in West Africa. Also WHO is insisting that alert system, community active research and social mobilization must be reinforced right now and remain active in order to avoid minimize risks.
The SRC in support of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, is committed to intervening in targeted areas including the most remote locations where volunteers have set up community committees to reduce stigma and denial. The SRC will use a cadre of volunteers already trained as part of early warning systems, who will alert the health authorities in case of a suspected case of EVD.
Proposed sector of intervention: Health and care
Outcome 1: The immediate risks to the health of affected populations are reduced
Output 1: The capacity of Senegalese Red Cross Society to manage Ebola virus disease outbreak response has been strengthened. Activities planned Week/ Month 1 2 3 4 5 6
Establish a National Society task force at headquarter level to coordinate with internal and external partners.
Appointment and recruitment of dedicated Ebola management staff, including IFRC operations manager, SRCS Ebola coordinator.
Deployment of Regional and National Disaster Response Teams (RDRT and NDRT)
Orientation of 1,200 volunteers on Ebola signs and symptoms, prevention, social mobilization and awareness raising.
Train 200 volunteers on health education, hygiene promotion and epidemic control techniques as well as Dead Body Management (DBM)

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Conduct debriefing sessions on weekly basis to staff, volunteers and emergency hospital medics.
Establish staff and volunteer safety protocols and ebola insurance packages.
Establish systems for volunteer care and stress management and recreational activities for all personnel involved in the operation. Output 2: Community-based disease prevention and health promotion is provided to targeted population Activities planned Week/ Month 1 2 3 4 5 6
Develop, adapt and share key messages with branches
Produce and disseminate information, education and communication materials related to Ebola virus
Engage the media: National dailies, radio, chats, live broadcast on TV stations, call in programmes
Carry out community meetings and sensitizations at markets, churches, mosques, schools and other meeting points.
Distribution of flyers on the streets, churches, mosques, markets, barracks, schools etc.
Output 3: Contribution to epidemiological investigation and epidemic control Activities planned Week/ Month 1 2 3 4 5 6
Conduct contact tracing, disease prevention and health promotion campaign.
Procure, transport and store of 1,000 PPEs and hand sanitizer gel and Dettol and lease 4 vehicles for the operation
Support HR, logistical and management capacities to implement the operation for the Branch and National HQ
Support burials together with local authorities though Dead Body Management (DBM) Output 4: Psychosocial1 support is provided to affected population Activities planned Week/ Month 1 2 3 4 5 6
Identification of volunteers to be trained
Orientation of 80 volunteers on PSP
Engage with affected communities to develop and implement psychosocial support interventions at community level including stigma
Outcome 2: The management of the operation is informed by a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system Output 1: A process of monitoring and evaluation maintained and reported on throughout the program Activities planned Month 1 2 3 4 5 6
Carry out needs and gaps assessments
Participate in coordination meetings with stakeholders at National and State levels
Undertake continuous risk and capacity assessments
Establish and maintain regular monitoring system to map cases and National Society field capacity and ensure regular reporting of the SRCS operation
Coordination and Partnerships
The SRC participates in the national crisis committee lead by the government and attended by partners such as Ministry of Health, WHO, MSF, Institut Pasteur and UNICEF. The SRC established increased engagement in the Ebola preparedness mechanisms established following the outbreak in Guinea and has an agreed mandate to contribute to Ebola response and prevention through the pillars of IFRC support to NS Ebola response.
The overall IFRC response is coordinated from the IFRC Ebola Management Unit in Conakry where the IFRC head of Ebola emergency operations leads a team of programme support functions in order to maintain a coordinated response in multiple countries following the same response strategy but adapted to specific contexts and National Society capacity, role and mandate.
1 Psychosocial support will complement livelihood support interventions planned by other humanitarian actors including WFP and UNICEF

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Budget
Click here to see the attached IFRC Secretariat budget for details.
Walter Cotte Elhadj As Sy
Under Secretary General Secretary General
Programme Services Division
_______________________________________________________________________________________ Reference documents  Click here for:  Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA)
Contact Information
For further information specifically related to this operation please contact:
 Senegalese Red Cross Society: Mamadou Sonko, Secretary General; phone: +221 33 823 39 92; email: sonkomala@yahoo.fr
 IFRC Senegal: Dr. Aissa Fall, IFRC Regional Health Manager, aissa.fall@ifrc.org
 IFRC Ebola Coordination: Birte Hald, Head of Emergency Operations, IFRC Ebola response, phone: +224 620100615 / +41 79 7084588, email: birte.hald@ifrc.org
 IFRC DMU: Sune Bulow, Disaster Management Delegate for Africa; Phone: +254 731 990038; email: sune.bulow@ifrc.org
 IFRC Geneva: Cristina Estrada, Senior Officer, Operations Quality Assurance; Phone: +41 22 730 42 60; Email: cristina.estrada@ifrc.org
 IFRC Zonal Logistics Unit: Rishi Ramrakha, Nairobi; Phone +254 20 283 5142; Email: rishi.ramrakkha@ifrc.org
For Resource Mobilization and Pledges:
 In IFRC Zone: Martine Zoethouthmaar, Resource Mobilization Coordinator; Phone: +251 93-003 6073; email: martine.zoethoutmaar@ifrc.org
For Performance and Accountability (planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting):
 IFRC Zone: Robert Ondrusek, PMER Coordinator; Phone: +254 731 067277; email: robert.ondrusek@ifrc.org
How we work
All IFRC assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief and the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response (Sphere) in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable. The IFRC’s vision is to inspire, encourage, facilitate and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies, with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering, and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.

5. EMERGENCY APPEAL EVD SENEGAL
29/09/2014
Budget Group
Shelter - Relief
0
0
Shelter - Transitional
0
0
Construction - Housing
0
0
Construction - Facilities
0
0
Construction - Materials
0
0
Clothing & Textiles
0
0
Food
0
0
Seeds & Plants
0
0
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
36,792
36,792
Medical & First Aid
259,148
259,148
Teaching Materials
7,171
7,171
Utensils & Tools
0
0
Other Supplies & Services
0
0
Emergency Response Units
0
0
Cash Disbursments
0
0
Total RELIEF ITEMS, CONSTRUCTION AND SUPPLIES
303,112
0
0
303,112
Land & Buildings
0
0
Vehicles Purchase
0
0
Computer & Telecom Equipment
0
0
Office/Household Furniture & Equipment
0
0
Medical Equipment
0
0
Other Machinery & Equipment
0
0
Total LAND, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
0
0
0
0
Storage, Warehousing
0
0
Distribution & Monitoring
0
0
Transport & Vehicle Costs
53,298
53,298
Logistics Services
0
0
Total LOGISTICS, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE
53,298
0
0
53,298
International Staff
128,660
128,660
National Staff
0
0
National Society Staff
185,877
185,877
Volunteers
437,768
437,768
Total PERSONNEL
752,305
0
0
752,305
Consultants
0
0
Professional Fees
0
0
Total CONSULTANTS & PROFESSIONAL FEES
0
0
0
0
Workshops & Training
27,849
27,849
Total WORKSHOP & TRAINING
27,849
0
0
27,849
Travel
30,000
30,000
Information & Public Relations
82,660
82,660
Office Costs
0
0
Communications
18,453
18,453
Financial Charges
12,500
12,500
Other General Expenses
0
0
Shared Support Services
16,500
16,500
Total GENERAL EXPENDITURES
160,113
0
0
160,113
Programme and Supplementary Services Recovery
84,284
0
0
84,284
Total INDIRECT COSTS
84,284
0
0
84,284
TOTAL BUDGET
1,380,962
0
0
1,380,962
Pledge Fees
Available Resources
Multilateral Contributions
0
Bilateral Contributions
0
TOTAL AVAILABLE RESOURCES
0
0
0
0
Provisions
DREF
NET EMERGENCY APPEAL NEEDS
1,380,962
0
0
1,380,962
Multilateral Response
Inter-Agency Shelter Coord.
Bilateral Response
Appeal Budget CHF