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Tropical Cyclone Idai and Tropical Storm disasters; and Standard Operating
Chalane. Tropical Cyclone Eloise disrupted the Procedures for the SADC Emergency
recovery efforts from the previous storms and and Humanitarian Operations Centre
left more than 260,000 people in urgent need (SHOC) to be based in Nacala,
of humanitarian assistance. Mozambique to coordinate regional
The floods resulting from the Cyclone activities in supporting Member States
damaged schools and health centres, as well as affected by disasters. The SHOC will
property and also affected large areas of coordinate regional efforts, including the
agricultural land, with implications for food deployment of regional support teams.
security. These storms also affected other • A Disaster Information Management
inland countries that experienced torrential System (DRR-IMS) and its operating
rains and flooding, including Botswana, procedures and manuals. The System will
Eswatini, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. facilitate the archiving and exchange of
Due to the high rainfall received around DRR information among Member States
Central and East Africa in December 2020 and and other regional stakeholders. During
January 2021, floods affected the Lake the roll out of the IMS, the Secretariat
Tanganyika region that led to the overflow of conducted training of Member States’
Lake Tanganyika and floods around the lake. officials in the use and update of the
The floods caused the loss of human lives and system.
animals, destruction of crops, and significant The Secretariat has also developed the
damage to infrastructure such as roads, which following:
had a serious impact on the movement of • Programme and guidelines for the
people from rural areas to urban centres to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Peer
obtain basic needs in DRC and Tanzania, and Review that will enable Member States to
other countries in the region. share best practice;
• Training modules and simulation
Regional Response guidelines to facilitate the training of
In response to these recurrent disasters, and in Member States in Disaster Risk
line with the decision of the SADC Council of Management; 93
Ministers meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in • Roadmap for the transit of Humanitarian
August 2019 mandating the Secretariat to Resources to facilitate the smooth and
expeditiously finalize the operationalization of the timely cross-border movement of
SADC Disaster Preparedness and Response humanitarian goods during disasters;
Mechanism by August 2020, the Secretariat has and
developed a number of regional instruments as • A set of six guidelines for including a
part of the Preparedness Mechanism. These generic DRR mainstreaming guideline,
regional instruments are intended to facilitate the and guidelines for Mainstreaming
coordinated regional approaches to preparedness, Disaster Risk Management in the
response and recovery from disasters in the Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition
region. These instruments include: Sector, Education, Gender, Infrastructure
• A Concept and Governance Structure for (covering Water, Energy and Transport
the Disaster Preparedness and Response Infrastructure), and Water, Sanitation
Fund, including its Resource and Health to facilitate mainstreaming of
Mobilisation Strategy and a Sustainability DRR across the various development
Plan. The Fund will help to support sectors.
Member States affected by disasters. This It is expected that the full implementation
includes a Sustainability Plan and a of these instruments will facilitate an effective
Resource Mobilisation Strategy for the and well-coordinated disaster preparedness,
Fund. It is expected that the fund will response and recovery across the SADC region.
strengthen the response efforts of
Member States in supporting the
communities that are impacted by
disasters.
• A Contingency Plan and Standard
Operating Procedures to facilitate the
involvement of the SADC Standby Force
and Emergency Response Teams in
helping Member States impacted by