IOM #SouthSudan humanitarian report (4 - 10 September 2014)

REPORTING PERIOD 4 -10 SEPTEMBER

IOM SOUTH SUDAN

Since conflict broke out in December 2013, 1.7 million have fled their homes. Many have crossed into neighboring countries (estimated 449,000 people have fled to neighboring countries of Kenya 42,200 individuals, Uganda 123,100 individuals, Ethiopia 189,900 individuals and Sudan 93,400 individuals). However, 1.3 million individuals remain internally displaced and most seeking shelter in remote

rural areas across the country. Displacement patterns remain fluid, driven by violence, access to emergency assistance and floods. There are currently 100,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltering in nine UN bases across South Sudan. Approximately 186,999 people displaced early during the conflict have since returned to their homes having in many cases lost all their belongings.

The general security situation for the reporting period has been tenuous and unpredictable with reports of explosions and attacks taking place in Renk, Upper Nile State. Cattle raiding and tension were also reported in Rumbek. Additionally, UNMISS continues to investigate the shooting down of their helicopter on August 26th. This incident has led to inquiries into aviation safety in Unity State and security is being enhanced at the Rubkona airfield.

The current health situation is challenging as cholera remains an issue and incidents of malaria are on the rise. The flooding and prevention of water borne illnesses in the Bentiu and Malakal PoCs is a high priority.

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A family in Tongping prepares to relocate to UN House PoC 3

H I G H L I G HT S

Biometric registration is ongoing in the Bor PoC

CCCM State Focal Point Training in Juba

Rapid Response team deploys multi sector assessment teams in Pajok and Makog

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CAMP COORDINATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT (CCCM)

The Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster facilitates the delivery of life-saving services to IDPs in displacement sites and collective centres throughout South Sudan. The CCCM Cluster ensures that basic humanitarian living conditions are provided, while also building the foundations for voluntary return and recovery interventions where it is possible and safe to do so. IOM and UNHCR co-lead the CCCM Cluster, in coordination with ACTED. IOM continues to act as CCCM state focal point in Upper Nile, Jonglei, Western Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap.

State Focal Point Meeting in Juba, 8-9 September

The CCCM Cluser held a state focal point meeting this week in Juba bringing together all CCCM representatives from the state level. The meeting was aimed at improving CCCM activities and to share information, tools and documents. Challenges and best practices of the cluster were discussed as well as strategies for improved coordination in the future.

Site Development, Expansion and Improvement (CCCM and Shelter/NFI shared responsibilities)

Efforts to increase capacity and improve living conditions continue at PoC sites in Malakal, Bor, Bentiu and UN House in Juba; and IDP sites in Mingkaman. IOM leads efforts to expand the PoC areas in Malakal and Bor and provides assistance at the UN House and Mingkaman sites.

Malakal PoC

The relocation of IDPs from the old Malakal PoC to the new sectors 1, 2 and 3 is ongoing. As of 06 September, 1,636 tents have been pitched, which accommodate 13,088 individuals. Plans for expansion of the PoC are ongoing. IOM, UNMISS and donors are partnering to develop additional space to place tents, create common spaces and enhance both access and security.

Juba, UN House PoC 3

Relocation of Tongping PoC residents to UN House PoC 3 continues. As of 8 September 9,067 IDPs have been relocated.

Bor PoC

The relocation of IDPs from the existing PoC to the new site has been further postponed as the fencing of the new PoC has yet to be finalized. Humanitarian partners have developed a clear work plan for the relocation including plotting of new household sites, mobilization of the community and the organized movement of IDPs from the old to the new site.

Bentiu PoC

Drainage of the Bentiu PoC is the priority of the humanitarian community. Please reference the water and santitaion section of this update for details of IOM involvement in the drainage efforts in Bentiu..

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Biometric registration is ongoing at the Bor PoC site, as of 9 September 2,311 individuals have been registered. Data collection for round five of the Displacement Tracking Matrix has been completed. Data is being analyzed and the Round V report will be distributed in mid September. IOM mobilized a registration team to update registration figures for the Mingkaman spontaneous settlement. However, the operation could not be completed due to disagreements between community members and the CCCM team with regards to community incentives. The exercise will be postponed until an agreement can be made.

The CCCM Cluster has established humanitarian hubs, a common office and accommodation space accessible by aid workers, at key displacement locations throughout the country. IOM, in collaboration with UNMISS, established and manage the hubs within the UNMISS compound in Bentiu, Malakal, and Bor.

Bor – The new hub accommodates over 50 humanitarian staff and has the capacity to hold 100.

Malakal – Currently, 221 humanitarian staff are accommodated. The capacity for the Malakal Hub is 200 and a program criticality review is needed to establish the allocation of space.

Bentiu – The hub has opened and hosts 169 humanitarian staff. The Bentiu Hub can accommodated 200 staff.

Longochuk, Upper Nile

Set up of this mobile hub, located in Mathiang, has been

completed.and staff moved into rooms and office space

on 7 September. The hub has a capacity for 25 people

including office space and will be managed by Relief

International.

As lead of the Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI) Cluster in South Sudan, IOM provides essential household items and emergency shelter materials to conflict and disaster-affected populations. IOM also manages the Shelter and NFI Core Pipeline, a mechanism to ensure that key NFIs and emergency shelter materials are prepositioned in strategic locations and ready to be deployed rapidly.

Plans for the launch of the relocation in the Bor PoC have been finalized and should begin next week.

As of 8 September, 4, 406 metric tons of Shelter and NFI stick has been moved throught the pipeline to 48 locations with 148 requests served. It is important to note that 93% of the metric tonnage moved was transported by IOM.

IOM frontline response Since the start of the crisis, IOM's frontline response

team has distributed NFI items to over 47,700

households, 703 if these households have also been

provided with additional shelter material. A total of 38

distribution operations have been carried out across the

country. The team has also participated in

201assessments and rapid response monitoring

exercises.

DISPLACEMENT TRACKING

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HUMANITARIAN HUBS

As of 4 September, Crisis Response Plan (CRP) partners have served 142,714 households with non-food items (NFI) and 49,112 households with shelter to date. This represents 71% of the CRP target for NFI, and 55% of the CRP target for shelter response.

SHELTER AND NON FOOD ITEMS (NFI)

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WASH Cluster State Focal Point

IOM is the WASH Cluster State Focal Point in Upper Nile State. As WASH state focal point, IOM continues to lead the co-ordination of WASH response and, in coordination with the health cluster, cholera response in the state. IOM is also the main WASH actor in Malakal and Melut PoC and collaborates with partners to ensure that IDPs at PoCs have access to potable water and sanitation facilities to improve and maintain good hygiene practices.

IOM WASH Emergency Operations

Malakal PoC

11.2 litres safe water available per person per day

31 persons per latrine

504 persons per hygiene promoter

Hygiene awareness activities were carried out throughout the week and visits to beneficiary homes was prioritized.

Improvement of the drainage network in both the new and old PoC is ongoing. Internal drainage in PoC 1 and 2. New culverts in the old PoC were opened successfully linking this system to the main drainage to the river.

Bentiu PoC

The recent flooding of Bentiu PoC has impacted many regular WASH activities as IOM has focused on draining standing

water and decommissioning and replacing collapsed latrines. IOM also focused on home visits and focus group discus-

sions on good hygiene practices in hopes to prevent the spreading of water borne illnesses.

A total of 2,995 meters of drainage has been excavated to date, of which approximately 985m was IOM’s contribution.

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)

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Melut PoC

30 litres safe water available per

person per day

20 persons per latrine

110 persons per hygiene promoter

IOM staff and IDPs build new latrines. 22 new latrines were competed, and fortified, this week in the Bentiu PoC.

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IOM is the Primary Health Care actor in Malakal and Bentiu PoCs providing clinical assistance to IDPs, returnees and host communities. IOM operates mobile health services to the South Sudan-Sudan border area of Wonthou.

IOM clinics provide curative consultations, health education sessions, routine immunization for children under five and maternal health care. Top morbidities for all sites continue to be upper respiratory tract infections, malaria and diarrheal diseases.

HEALTH

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Bentiu PoC

Construction of the IOM maternity unit in Bentiu is underway and will be operational in the coming week. The maternity unit will be accessible 24 hours a day and will encourage expectant mothers to deliver their children in an appropriate setting.

Despite continuing flooding in the PoC, IOM Health services have continued uninterrupted.

Malakal PoC

The IOM Health team in Malakal continued with their regular activities, including health promotion, reproductive health services, nutrition screening, vaccinations and testing.

The number of patients reporting to the clinic for malaria treatment are on the increase. Patients testing positively for the mosquito-borne infection accounted for nearly a quarter of the total number of consultations.

Community health promoters continue to visit families in their homes to deliver key health messages. These sessions focus on the prevention of diseases, water borne illnesses and malaria. In this reporting period over 533 households were visited benefiting approximately 2, 179 individuals.

336 Health Consultations

Top Morbidities

Respiratory Track Infections

Skin Diseases

Watery Diarrhea

619 Health Consultations

432 Children Vaccinated

Top Morbidities:

Respiratory Track Infections

Malaria

Accidental Trauma

Health counseling in the Bentiu PoC

Vaccinations in the Bentiu PoC

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RAPID RESPONSE FUND

REFUGEE RESPONSE

As the lead provider of WASH at Doro refugee camp, IOM continues to meet the needs of the refugee population. All key water, hygiene and sanitation indicators are above the minimum standards. The need remains to maintain these standards to prevent the outbreak and spread of waterborne diseases amongst the refugee population and surrounding host communities during the course of the rainy season.

22.82 litres safe water available per person per day

14 persons per latrine

22 person per shower block

341 refugees for every health promoter

0n 4 September a UNHCR WASH Officer visited Doro on a

joint IOM-UNHCR post crisis field visit. The assessment was

positive and highlighted the adequate quantity and supply

of clean water, the smooth facilitation of hygiene

promotion campaigns and the cooperation between

agencies.

60 new household latrines were constructed in Doro.

Community members dug the pits and IOM assisted with

the technical construction.

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The Rapid Response (RRF) is a flexible funding mechanism allowing for swift disbursement of grants through NGO/Community-Based Organization (CBO) partners in response to onset emergencies. Presently, eight grants are active under the RRF programme benefitting water and sanitation in Juba UN House POC 1, Nutrition support in Fangak county, Jonglei State, Cholera response in Upper Nile State and Eastern Equatoria, Camp Management in Bentiu and the provision of health care in the Juba Tongping Poc .

A jerry can cleaning campaign is ongoing in Doro. Proper cleaning and

disinfecting of jerry cans reduce the risk of water contamination in stor-

age vessels

Mercy Corps’ community hygiene promoters hard at work in Bentiu, Unity State

Nutrition Screening in Fangak, Jongeli is

supported thrugh an RRF grant to Nile

Hope, a national NGO.

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The IOM operated Common Transport Service (CTS), a free service for transporting humanitarian supplies in South Sudan, is helping partners to deliver aid across the country. CTS trucks remain strategically positioned across the country to provide transport assistance to humanitarian partners. This week, the distribution took place as follows

COMMON TRANSPORT SERVICE

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Funding for IOM South Sudan’s emergency operation is provided by

RAPID RESPONSE TEAM (RRT)

IOM South Sudan’s Rapid Response Teams are a multi-sector initiative created to support the humanitarian response to the emergency in South Sudan by providing swift assistance in the sectors of WASH, Health and Shelters/NFI. IOM RRTs will be deployed throughout South Sudan based on the priorities identified by the humanitarian community.

Melut 12.83 metric tons

Malakal 13.4 metric tons

Rumbeck 58.6 metric tons

Juba 19.22 metric tons

M a b a n 8 4 . 3 m e t r i c t o n s

Following the Shelter NFI assessment in Gorwai, Ayod county, Jonglei last week, a delivery of 3,000 light NFI kits is ongoing.

On 2 August the first IOM RRT was deployed to Torit in Eastern Equatoria to support WASH efforts in Lopa Lafon, Ikotos and Magwi counties. The team is working to rehabilitate 12 boreholes in order to improve access to safe water.

A multi-sectoral team (Shelter/NFI, WASH and DTM) team has been deployed to Makog, Ayod County, Jonglei to carry out a needs assessment in the area.