TROPICAL CYCLONE PAM RESPONSE(13 March – 13 June 2015)

Red Cross distribution of relief supplies on Emae Island, Vanuatu. Photo: Madeline Wilson/IFRC

COUNTRIES IMPACTED: VANUATU, TUVALU, KIRIBATI, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS

APPROXIMATELY

PEOPLE AFFECTED200,000

STRENGTH CYCLONE SLAMS VANUATU; THE HIGHEST LEVEL RATING FOR A SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE

PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY RED CROSS

RAINWATER HARVESTING STRUCTURES DESTROYED68%

OF HEALTH FACILITIES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED

VA

NU

AT

U

TIMEFRAME FOR IFRC OPERATION

FAMILIES RECONNECTED THROUGH THE RESTORING FAMILY LINKS (RFL) PROGRAMME

RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS RESPONDED IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES

REACHED BY RED CROSS USING TRUCKS, PLANES, BOATS AND HELICOPTERS

PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY RED CROSS IN KIRIBATI, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SOLOMON ISLANDS AND TUVALU

“Disaster risk reduction must be central to our recovery efforts. Our focus in on building the resilience

of communities so that people can cope better if such disasters happen again in the future.” JACQUELINE DE GAILLANDE, Secretary General of Vanuatu Red Cross

RAISED BY IFRC APPEAL

CHF

5.9MCOUNTRY BREAKDOWNVANUATU (60,000), TUVALU (2530), KIRIBATI (1046), PAPUA NEW GUINEA (2230 SOLOMON ISLANDS (3415)

PEOPLE TO BE REACHED THROUGH IFRC APPEAL

69,221 24MONTHS

24

5

ISLANDS REACHED IN KIRIBATI4ISLANDS REACHED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA2

ISLANDS REACHED IN TUVALU9ISLANDS REACHED IN SOLOMON ISLANDS24

6,000

300

OF WELLS CONTAMINATED

70% 70%30,000

16ISLANDS

CATEGORY 5

TROPICAL CYCLONE PAM RESPONSE TIMELINE

10 MARImpact felt across several

Pacific island nations with widespread coastal

flooding and wind damage

11 MARPam likely to hit Vanuatu as a category 5 cyclone.

Vanuatu Red Cross completes inventory of

its relief stocks and alerts emergency response

volunteers

14 MARVanuatu Red Cross teams begin relief assessments in affected communities

15 MARVanuatu Head of State

appeals for international assistance. Global

Red Cross emergency assessment teams are

activated

24 MARIFRC launches

international appeal for five Pacific Nations -

Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and

Papua New Guinea

6 MARCyclone Pam forms east of Solomon Islands, gaining

strength as it moves south towards Vanuatu

12 MARVanuatu Red Cross teams work with the authorities

to give information on preparedness and

evacuations

13 MARMakes landfall in Vanuatu with winds of more than

250 km/ph

16 MAR – 20 MARIFRC releases over 400,000 CHF of emergency funds

to support operations in affected countries as

relief efforts scale up

20 MAR – 10 APROngoing distribution of relief supplies and early recovery assessments across all 5 affected

countries

13 APROne Red Cross Recovery Plan for five countries

developed

MAR 2015

APR 2015

“Red Cross reached 36,000 men, women and children

with emergency support. Now we are focusing

on helping people recover by improving access to

water and sanitation and providing communities

with the materials and training they need to

rebuild their homes and restore livelihoods. ”AURELIA BALPE, head of the IFRC’s regional office for the Pacific in Suva.

“Now we have received tools from the

Red Cross, we can start to rebuild.”

Red Cross water rehabilitation work on Tanna, Vanuatu. Photo: Becky Webb/IFRC

Families in Rosaline’s community in Tanna, Vanuatu, received shelter kits and relief items from the Red Cross. Photo: Becky Webb/IFRC