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Operations
Humanitarian Assistance
The TaiwanICDF endeavors to
provide emergency relief and post-
disaster recovery in partner countries
in the wake of natural disasters,
conflict, epidemics or ethnic
unrest, aiming to assist returnees
in recovering from such crises and
returning to normal life as safely and
quickly as possible.
In 2014, the TaiwanICDF managed
six humanitarian assistance projects:
Haiti New Hope Village Residents
Resettlement Project—Phase II:
After the major earthquake which
struck Haiti’s capital in 2010, the
Taiwanese government built New
Hope Village, as part of which the
TaiwanICDF was commissioned
to provide residents with a range
of training. The TaiwanICDF has
continued to cooperate with the
Haitian government since January
2012, helping residents in resolving
water supply issues and providing
substantial assistance toward their
means of livelihood. Specifically, we
provided residents with agricultural
assistance and vocational training,
and cooperated with the Red Cross
Society of the Republic of China
(Taiwan) in providing assistance for
the construction of a water supply
system. The project, completed in
April 2014, has greatly improved the
lives of New Hope Village residents
by improving livelihoods and
providing a stable water supply.
Food Secu r i t y Ass i s t ance
for IDPs, Returnees and Host
Communities in the Abyei Area:
After the independence of South
Sudan in 2011, significant numbers
of refugees entered the Abyei
area, putting pressure on the area’s
already limited resources. The
TaiwanICDF cooperated with Mercy
Corps in implementing this project
from October 2013 to May 2014,
providing the agricultural materials
needed to produce food alongside
agricultural training, and also
dispatching two volunteers to train
local government officials. The project
built basic capacity in food production
while reducing dependence on
international food aid.
Assisting the Recovery of Typhoon
Haiyan-affected Health Centers,
Leyte Province, Philippines: Leyte
Province in the Philippines was one
of the areas most affected when
Typhoon Haiyan hit the country
in 2013. The majority of basic
health centers there were severely
damaged, and the shortage of health
care-related human resources and
supplies of medicine resulted in a
shortfall in health care services for
local residents, causing outbreaks
of infectious diseases. In June 2014,
the TaiwanICDF cooperated with
World Vision Taiwan in enhancing
the capacity of community health
care personnel in Leyte, providing
medical support such as equipment
and medicine, and dispatching a
volunteer to manage and supervise
the project, so that the province’s
basic health centers could be
rehabilitated and thus fit to provide
the community with improved access
to health services.
Addressing Health and Hygiene
Needs o f Those Aff ec t ed by
the Solomon Islands Flooding
in Weathercoast, Guadalcanal,
Solomon Islands: The most serious
flooding in the histor y of the
Solomon Islands took place in April
2014. Countless public facilities
in Guadalcanal Province were
damaged, having a severe impact
upon public health, and particularly
upon water supplies, resulting in
several outbreaks of conditions
such as diarrhea. The TaiwanICDF is
cooperating with World Vision Taiwan
to address the health and hygiene
needs of those in affected areas by
raising awareness of public health,
restoring water supply systems,
and providing the pens and corrals
needed to raise livestock. The
project is improving public health
and hygiene conditions in affected
areas, restoring living conditions and
improving communities’ knowledge
of health and hygiene.
Tuvalu Post Drought Recovery
Project: To resolve a water shortage
crisis caused by drought in Tuvalu,
the TaiwanICDF is assisting the local
government in installing catch basins
and water collection pipes that will
improve local water storage issues.
Well Rehabilitation in Host
Communities, Jordan: The outbreak
of civil war in Syria in 2011 has forced
more than 3 million Syrian refugees
to migrate, with Jordan accepting
more than 600,000 such exiles.
The influx of these refugees has
exacerbated problems with already
poor water supply and sewage
treatment systems, and in Irbid and
Mafraq provinces in northern Jordan,
water shortages have worsened.
The Ta iwan ICDF i s t here f ore
cooperating with Mercy Corps to
restore two existing wells, also making
improvements to water supply
capacity, and will dispatch a water
resource expert to the site Jordan to
provide technical assistance. The
project will improve the water supply
rate of each well, benefitting some
15,000 people per day.
In the future, the TaiwanICDF
will continue to build partnerships
with international NGOs, working
together on international humanitarian
assistance projects, hoping to integrate
resources and to enhance aid
effectiveness, and providing parther
countries with timely humanitarian
assistance, maximizing the effects of
international cooperation.