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The International Federation and its member National Societies have received a total of CHF 2,854 million for tsunami operations. As at 30 September 2006, CHF 1,135 million or 40 per cent has been spent across all tsunami-affected countries. According to data received from International Federation members on expenditure forecast for the fourth quarter of 2006, the total spending for the first two years of tsunami operations is expected to be approximately 50 per cent of funds received.

The tsunami was unique in that almost two-thirds of the funds donated, as shown in Figure 2.1, came from members of the public rather than from traditional donors such as government agencies. Almost all of the CHF 2,854 million donated to the International Federation came in the form of cash designated for tsunami relief and recovery in general. However, some funds were earmarked for specific countries, and these have been allocated accordingly, as can be seen in Figure 2.2.

Figure 3 reflects spending through 30 September 2006 by programme area4 and location of operations. The largest amounts spent have been on emergency relief (CHF 320 million) and shelter and community construction (CHF 370 million). Programme support and coordination includes expenditure in “crosscutting” areas such as gender, the environment, beneficiary participation, monitoring and evaluation, and auditing and financial services. It also includes fundraising costs incurred in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and staff costs at headquarter and field levels. Figure 3.2 shows that the largest amounts have been spent in Indonesia (CHF 595 million) and Sri Lanka (CHF 230 million). The regional and headquarters category represents expenditure on initiatives which are either not specific to one country, such as regional disaster preparedness activities and early warning systems, or those that are attributable to headquarters.

Financial reporting has been restricted to seven categories. Each National Society has its own, unique financial accounting and coding structures. Therefore, for the purposes of consolidating financial figures, the data supplied by the National Societies were simplified into the seven categories shown in Figure 3.1.

Table 1 details expenditure by country abd by programme

Note: East Africa covers Somalia, Seychelles, Madagascar, Kenya and Tanzania.

The International Federation tsunami recovery programming will continue at least through the year 2010 for many partners. Estimated spending projections are shown in Figure 5.

A major focus of the International Federation’s recovery work is on infrastructure activities and capacity building, which require careful consideration of sustainability issues. The reconstruction of whole communities and the work related to ensuring that those communities remain resilient for future generations require years of commitment. The volume of reconstruction under way necessitates proceeding at a measured pace to ensure the highest level of accountability to the people served and to be certain to needs are met efficiently.

Some examples of tsunami operations carried out in partnership with non-Federation members include: contributing funds to the World Food Programme, already present in Nanggröe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) when the tsunami happened, in order to increase the availability of food for displaced populations; and funding the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), via the United Nations Foundation to conduct large-scale vaccination programmes throughout the affected region.