IOM #SouthSudan Humanitarian Update (1 - 20 March 2015)

March 1-20, 2015

IOM SOUTH SUDAN

Following the December 2013 outbreak of violence, 2 million South Sudanese have fled their homes and over 500,000 have left the country and crossed into Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. 1.5 million people remain internally displaced and are seeking shelter in remote rural areas. Of the 1.5 million internally displaced, 112,200 are sheltering in UN bases across South Sudan. With no end to the conflict in sight, displacement patterns remain fluid; driven by violence, access to emergency assistance and seasonality.

The current security climate in South Sudan remains unpredictable with armed incidents reported in various locations throughout the country though more frequently witnessed in Upper Nile and Unity state. Insecurity has complicated humanitarian response in the three most conflict affected states of Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei. Despite these challenges IOM teams remain on the ground and engaged.

Currently 2.5 million people are food insecure, the peace process has been disrupted and value of the South Sudanese Pound continues to drop. The continued tension coupled with economic insecurity could trigger an increase in criminality and conflict. IOM logistics, CCCM, Shelter and WASH teams are working hard to preposition supplies and complete drainage and site development projects prior to the rainy season. In order to avoid the flooding which took place during the 2014 rainy season, IOM continues site extension and improvement activities in Bentiu and Malakal PoC sites to ensure that IDPs are not underwater in 2015. IOM’s Rapid Response teams continue to provide mobile response in challenging operating environments. To date the mechanism has reached over 182,000 displaced persons in remote areas throughout the country.

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The IOM team in Bentiu

continues to expand and

develop the PoC site. This

extension project will decongest

the current PoC and provide

appropriate drainage to mitigate

against floods in the upcoming

rainy season.

IOM hosts muiti-donor visit to

the Malakal PoC site in Upper

Nile State

IOM Rapid Response Health

assessment team is in Kandak,

Jonglei state

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IOM Immigration and Border Management

team members provide passports and

temporary stay permits to foreign nationals

residing in the Juba UN House PoC II site. IOM

IBM Program Manager, Sara Basha and

Program Officer Yoko Mizutani verify

beneficiaries before distributing the

appropriate documentation.

HIGHLIGHTS

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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 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.

DURABLE SOLUTIONS for IDPs

The CCCM Cluster and IOM continue to analyze the situation in PoC and IDP sites throughout the country. Through assessments and the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), the IOM team and the humanitarian community continue to explore potential safe return options for IDPs .

POC DEVELOPMENT, EXPANSION + IMPROVEMENT

Efforts to increase capacity and improve living conditions continue at PoC sites in Malakal, Bor, Bentiu and UN House in Juba. Please see the map below for site specific information.

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Mission in the Republic of South Sudan

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In the Malakal PoC IOM leads the expansion of the site through the development of additional space and the provision of security fencing and drainage. The expansion, which began in 2014 is nearly completed and IDP families will be moved into the enhanced sight in the coming month. PoC population — 21,368

At the end of 2014, IOM completed the relocation of all IDPs from the Tongping PoC to the UN House PoC III site in Juba. PoCs I,II and III are congested and IOM is working with UNMISS and partners to create space to provide appropriate living conditions for the 34,674 IDPs sheltering within.

The CCCM cluster has sent capacity building experts to the Bor PoC to help humanitarian partners and IDP leaders to establish community organizational structures, engage with leadership committees and create a system for conflict resolution/reporting. PoC population—2,649

An extensive site expansion and improvement is underway for the Bentiu PoC . IOM, UNMISS and partners are developing, securing and providing drainage to the million square meter extension as well as improving the existing PoC space. PoC population — 52,908

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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.

5,794 metric tons of Shelter and NFI stock has been moved through the pipeline (approximately 93% transported by IOM).

IOM FRONTLINE RESPONSE

Since the start of the crisis, IOM's frontline response team has distributed NFI items to over 67,474 households.

IOM shelter team members are currently on the ground in Duk, Waat, Waljak and the Bor PoC site. The team in Juba is preparing for upcoming responses in Northern Unity state.




SHELTER AND NON FOOD ITEMS (NFI)

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. To date, all hubs have dedicated hub managers in place to oversee day to day activities at each location. Work continues to improve conditions of the hub including the construction of common facilities (e.g. common kitchens and foot pathways) and replace temporary structures with more durable structures.

HUMANITARIAN HUBS

IOM staff continue to improve the hubs in Bor, Bentiu and Malakal. In the photo to the left,

IOM logistics team member reinforces the bunker in the Bentiu PoC.

DISPLACEMENT TRACKING MATRIX In order

to gather better information on displaced individuals residing in UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites, the International Organization for Migration began biometric registration of IDPs in May of 2014. Biometric registration entails the fingerprinting of all household members and photographing young children and babies. Biometric registration reduces duplication errors commonly found in a normal registration and provide a baseline of information for which humanitarian actors can use for planning and service provision.

IOM is deploying a biometric registration team to Bentiu to register new arrivals that continue to seek shelter within the PoC site. Thus far in 2015, the DTM team has conducted biometric registration/verification exercises in Bentiu, Juba UN House, Bor, Mingkaman and the Malakal PoC. The IOM DTM team also led and participated in several trainings on the mechanism as well as the techniques to properly identify, address and report GBV. IOM staff verify identification before distributing NFIs.

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WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE




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 coordination of WASH response for the state. IOM is leading the development of prepositioning and contingency plans for WASH response in Upper Nile for the dry season. The state focal point is also working with WASH and CCCM partners on the set up of WASH services in the Malakal PoC extension area.

IOM continues to provide WASH services to IDPs residing in PoC 4.

IOM has provided UNICEF with five submersible pumps through the core pipeline. These replacement pumps will help provide enhance water services.

The WASH team in Bentiu is actively involved in the PoC site extension. Through the network design and recommendations to partners as to placement and access to drainage and boreholes.

The WASH team in the Malakal PoC continue to monitor water quality and consumption rates.

IOM utilizes tractors to truck water to Block B of the PoC site.

IOM continues to build latrines for the PoC extension. During this reporting period, 24 latrines were lined and 16 latrines were backfilled.

School children in Malakal town benefitted from water trucked in by IOM. This water will support them during their school exams.

12 Liters of safe

water available

per person per

day

47 persons per latrine

Melut Bentiu PoC 13.9 Liters of safe

water available per

person per day


Malakal PoC


10.1 Liters of safe

water available per

person per day

Hygiene and Sanitation training sessions were conducted in two schools and an additional two child friendly spaces. Children were taught their importance of cutting their fingernails, teeth brushing, face washing, bathing and hair combing. 541 pupils were in attendance.

A jerry can cleaning exercise was completed. 2,180 water containers were cleaned.

I O M WA S H E M E RG E N C Y O P E R AT I O N S

536 people per

hygiene promoter

447 people per

hygiene promoter 422 people per

hygiene promoter

Proper hand washing techniques is taught to school children

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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 (Joda).

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 and malaria.

HEALTH




The IOM Bentiu health team continue with their regular activities which include vaccinating children against childhood diseases and antenatal care consultations.

883* health consultations

1,565 individuals

reached through health

promotion campaigns

13 babies delivered

649* health consultations

Top Morbidities:

Malaria

Respiratory Track

Infections

139 children

vaccinated

4 babies

delivered

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

Community health promoters continue to visit IDPs in their shelters to deliver key health messages. 2,818 individuals benefitted from visits. These sessions focus on the prevention of diseases, water borne illnesses and malaria.

IOM South Sudan has launched a psychosocial project to enhance the mental health and wellbeing of conflict affected populations in UNMISS PoC sites.

In the Bor PoC site groups started under this project continue to thrive. Each group is thematic and provides a platform for cooperation and sharing amongst the population. Currently Cultural, Counselling, Interfaith, Educators, Women's, Mediation and Sports groups are meeting weekly to plan and implement activities for IDPs living in the Bor PoC site.

In Malakal, Psychological First Aid (PFA) training was conducted. Three sessions of PFA training was provided to 49 humanitarian staff.

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IOM Community mobilizers at the

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*Statistics reflect only the period March 11-15.

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REFUGEE RESPONSE

As the lead provider of WASH in 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.

IOM WASH teams in Doro continue with their Good Morning Children hygiene and sanitation programing targeting school age children. The program was conducted in five primary schools and reached 3,638 students; 1,997 boys and 1,641 girls .




22.1 liters of

safe water

available per

person daily

22 people per

shower block

350 individuals

for every hygiene

promoter


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.

COMMON TRANSPORT SERVICE

Juba

67 MT

Rumbek

63 MT

Last week

over 130

metric

tons of

cargo were

delivered .

Refugees clean water containers at the Mayak water point.

IOM South Sudan Chief of Mission, David

Derthick, visited Washington DC to present to

key partners and donors about the situation in

South Sudan’s Protection of Civilian sites.

91% of latrines and

washing washing stations

monitored are functioning

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

RAPID RESPONSE TEAM (RRT)

IOM’s rapid response team is part of the humanitarian communities’ efforts to establish a response mechanism to improve the delivery of

humanitarian assistance in hard to reach areas. IOM’s RRT is multi-sectoral, composed of experts in the sectors of Health, Shelter/NFI and WASH.

Rapid Response teams can be deployed to respond in several locations simultaneously based on the needs identified on through assessments and

prioritization through the Operations Working Group (OWG).

IOM #SouthSudan Humanitarian Update (1 - 20 March 2015)

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