Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)/Conflict-Affected Communities

Current Activities

• ICMC: Addressing barriers to return for IDPs in Ambon City Phase II (1 May 2004-30 June 2005): US$227,855.
  
  To promote community recovery and reconciliation within the Salahutu Sub-district on Ambon island via support to multiple community-based Joint Interest Groups.



• SCF-UK: Basic Primary Education in Maluku Phase II (June 2004-August 2005): A$384,844.
  
  Support the continuity of school attendance of over 5,000 IDPs and local children in 15 local elementary schools in Maluku in each Phase. Also to support teachers to provide quality and relevant education to large numbers of IDPs and local children.



• IMC: Integrated Maluku Program Assistance for Community Training and Health Recovery (June 2004-30 June 2005): A$556,687.
  
  Improve access to, and utilization of, community-based primary and reproductive health care services for IDPs, returnees, and vulnerable women and children in conflict-affected communities in Seram islands, Maluku. Also to build the capacity of the health centre staff and the community to promote behavior change as a means of improving health status.



• IMC: Integrated Mechanisms for Community Based Health Recovery in Poso, Central Sulawesi (June 2004-June 2005): US$430,180.
  
  Improve access to, and quality of minimum essential post-conflict recovery health services and to develop the capacity of a maximum of 30 conflict-affected communities in Poso district and sub-districts in integrated health recovery planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Refugees - West Timor

Since late 1999, Australia has committed more than A$14 million in relief assistance to support refugees and host communities in West Timor through UN agencies, International NGOs as well as local NGOs as the implementing partners.

In June 2004, Australia approved a package of A$10 million to support the 2004 UN Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for Indonesia. Within the package the following projects are being supported :

• SCF-UK: Engaging Children and Youth in Building New Communities Phase II (June 2004 - August 2005): A$331,675.
To build respectful relationships between the refugees and host children/ young people; support development of safe communities for children and young people in conflict areas; reduce discriminatory practices affecting children.


• SCF-UK: Outreach Schools Emergency Primary School Education Phase II for refugees children (June 2004 - August 2005): A$435,403.
  
  To promote access to a continuous basic education in primary school for children in Belu and TTU Districts, especially former refugee children whose education is disrupted by community conflict, tension and violence and children in isolated remote communities, through the provision of teacher training workshops, basic teaching resources and development of capacity within local schools.



• CARE Australia: Provision of Emergency Nutritional and Agricultural (PENA) Assistance Project Phase I (May 2004-2005): A$1,117,961.
  
  To improve the nutritional status of vulnerable groups of both the local and the refugee population by implementing Therapeutic Feeding Center (TFC) to treat severely malnourished children; Community Feeding Center (CFCs) to strengthen the ability of mothers to treat malnourished children in their own community; Agricultural activities by supporting community with seed fairs to allow mostly women to access locally available nutritious seeds and expose farmers to improve agricultural technologies; and Centres for Mother Education (COME) to promote better understanding of pregnant and lactating women on nutrition and childbirth.



• WFP: Nutrition Rehabilitation & Program Support in West Timor (2004-2006): A$1,000,000.
  
  To reduce micronutrient deficiencies among vulnerable groups including primary school children, pregnant and lactating women and children under 5, in areas most affected by poverty and malnutrition. WFP will collaborate with the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to augment its activities in West Timor through the establishment of a provincial office in Kupang and managed by a Program Manager funded by AusAID.



• In 2005, Australia has made further commitments to continuing support the host community as well as the ex-Timorese people in addressing the malnutrition and chronic food insecurity in NTT through CARE Australia PENA II (September 2005-2006) : A$1,200,000.
  
  The objectives of this Phase II are to strengthening Government of Indonesia capacity to take over management of Therapeutic Feeding Centres and Posyandu established and/or developed in the initial phase.



• To extend Australia's contribution through WFP PRRO in 2004, another A$5 million has been approved to support specific activities contained in WFP's three year program such as i) Nutritional Rehabilitation; ii) Baseline Study in Support of the Nutritional Rehabilitation Proogram; iii) Nutrition Education Campaign for NTT and NTB; and iv) Forage Legumes Project in NTT.

This page was last updated on 2 September 2005

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