Agencia Adventista de Desarrollo y Recursos Asistenciales, A.C.
Carretera Nacional Km. 205
Montemorelos, N.L. ? c.p. 67500 - MEXICO
Telefono: 52 (826) 263 46 25 Ext. 124
Fax: 52 (826) 263 49 41

Situation Report No. 2 - Tabasco Flooding - November 12, 2007.

Contact Person: Rafael Garcia
Office phone number: 52 826 263 46 25 Ext. 124
Cell phone: 52 826 105 21 89
Email: rafaelgv@msn.com; adramex@prodigy.net.mx

1. Description of the General Situation
   • Whether your government has declared it an emergency and requested international assistance
     • Mexican Government has declared that the borders are open to receive international support for the flooding emergency in Tabasco.
   • Impact of the event
     • Approximately 100,000 people are stranded on their roofs waiting to be rescued
     • Over 1 million people affected
     • No deaths reported yet since flooding was gradual
     • Impossible to estimate damages now
     • People has no food, no home, no jobs, no income
     • Sanitation risks, lots of health problems once water is gone, and epidemic threats
     • Families that are returning to their homes for rehabilitation.
   • Projected/anticipated changes in situation over the coming weeks
     • People still in shelters until they flooded area has recovered
     • People returning to their homes to rehabilitate their homes
     • Skin and stomach Infectious diseases threatens in the environment
2. Summary of response coordination:
   • Who is providing overall coordination (e.g. Government, UN agency, etc.)
     • State Civil Protection and Municipality has been leading the assistance
   • What cluster meetings are set up
     • We met with ECHO in Mexico City last Thursday, Nov. 8
   • Which coordination and/or cluster meetings ADRA will participate in
     • The one above.
   • How ADRA is coordinating with lead agency and other NGOs
     • We have been coordinating with Municipal Government all the way through the emergency.
     • ADRA has been coordinating hand in hand with ACFE, a local NGO with educational and philanthropic mission.
3. Current interventions
   • Current status of ADRA’s response
     • We have increased the number of shelters from 16 to 25. Mainly SDA churches and to storage buildings.
     • We are providing 3 meals a day to 2100 people located in 26 shelters.
4. Plan of action
   • Outline what ADRA plans to do
     • We will concentrate in outside communities located in Villahermosa. We will continue providing medical assistance, hot meals, hygiene kits and table stoves to families returning to their homes. Families still in shelters in need for prepared meals since they have nowhere to go.
     • We will continue to assess the situation to determine what gaps of assistance exist and how ADRA can partner to expand our response to meet these gaps.
   • Identify critical milestones
   • To be determined.
5. Resources
   • What resources you are currently using (personnel, equipment, supplies)
     • Relief resources sent by SDA Conferences and private donations
     • About 500 volunteers helping in serving meals, supporting shelters, shipping and delivering resources.
     • 26 ADRA leaders managing the assistance
     • Local medical team providing health support in coordination with Government Health Department.
   • What additional resources you require (with timeframes)
   • What embassies and donor agencies you are in contact with
   • I have a cluster meeting with ECHO in Mexico City at 5:30 p.m.
6. Other comments
   • Still lots of work and slow recovery.
7. Identify when the next report will be completed
   • Next SitRep will be submitted on November 14, 2007.
8. Name of person who completed / signs off the report
   • Report completed by: Rafael Garcia
   • ADRA Mexico Country Director

Mexico Distributing Food Baskets		ADRA Volunteers Making Food Baskets