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Nepal Situation Report #3 4 May 2015 Nepal: Earthquake In numbers More than 7,240 people perished 14,122 people injured 8 million people affected 39 districts affected (15 districts heavily affected) Funding Update Flash Appeal: US$415 million Corporate Response EMOP: US$116.6 million Special Operation Logistics Augmentation and Emergency Telecommunication Cluster: US$25.6 million Special Operation UNHAS: US$8.5 million WFP/Zoie Jones Situation Update Families urgently need tarpaulins and shelter repair tools, food and medicine, as they continue to stay in the open. According to the government and humanitarian partners, most stone and mud houses across earthquake-hit districts have been damaged or destroyed. Up to 90 per cent of the houses in Gorkha and Sindupalchowk districts have been destroyed. Across large parts of Dhading, Dolakha, Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, more than 80 percent of houses have been flattened. The coming monsoon season is putting pressure on the urgent need to provide assistance to the victims of the earthquake. As a provider of common services, WFP is scaling up its air and land assets in order to urgently reach more people, with both food and shelter, in the coming days. Security has become an issue due to a perceived slowness of humanitarian response. There have been incidents of hijacked trucks, stolen relief items and assaults on drivers. Highlights WFP’s Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin, visited Nepal from 1 to 3 May 2015, where she held meetings with Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, and the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, who were also in-country. The Executive Director met government authorities and WFP staff and humanitarians involved in relief efforts. She also flew across the affected areas to witness first-hand the extent of the earthquake’s impact on the more remote locations. During her visit, she appealed to the international donor community to fund critical relief efforts, including WFP’s US$116.6 million Emergency Operation and US$34 million Special Operations which provide a common services platform for the humanitarian community. Just over a week after the earthquake, WFP has distributed rice and high-energy biscuits to more than 196,000 people and has positioned supplies to feed about half a million people in the worst-affected areas. Food distributions are being combined with the delivery of much-needed medical supplies and tarpaulins for shelter as well as hospital equipment and other urgent relief items to reach remote districts, in collaboration with humanitarian partners. WFP’s Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) assessment has identified three priority areas across highly-affected districts. WFP estimates that 1.4 million people are in need of immediate food assistance (see map on page 3). As of 3 May, WFP has handled more than 2,500 cubic meters of humanitarian cargo for over 30 organizations at the Humanitarian Staging Area (HSA), funded by the United Kingdom. WFP/Zoie Jones WFP food distributions in the remote Ghorkha District.
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More than 7,240 people perished

14,122 people injured

8 million people affected

39 districts affected (15 districts heavily affected)

Funding Update Flash Appeal: US$415 million Corporate Response EMOP: US$116.6 million Special Operation Logistics Augmentation and Emergency Telecommunication Cluster: US$25.6 million Special Operation UNHAS: US$8.5 million

WFP/Zoie  Jones

Situation Update

Families urgently need tarpaulins and shelter repair tools, food and medicine, as they continue to stay in the open.

According to the government and humanitarian partners, most stone and mud houses across earthquake-hit districts have been damaged or destroyed. Up to 90 per cent of the houses in Gorkha and Sindupalchowk districts have been destroyed. Across large parts of Dhading, Dolakha, Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, more than 80 percent of houses have been flattened.

The coming monsoon season is putting pressure on the urgent need to provide assistance to the victims of the earthquake. As a provider of common services, WFP is scaling up its air and land assets in order to urgently reach more people, with both food and shelter, in the coming days.

Security has become an issue due to a perceived slowness of humanitarian response. There have been incidents of hijacked trucks, stolen relief items and assaults on drivers.

Highlights WFP’s  Executive  Director,  Ertharin  Cousin,  visited  Nepal  from  1  to  3  May  2015,  where  she held

meetings with Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, and the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, who were also in-country. The Executive Director met government authorities and WFP staff and humanitarians involved in relief efforts. She also flew across the affected areas to witness first-hand the extent of the earthquake’s  impact  on  the  more  remote  locations.  During  her  visit,  she  appealed  to  the   international  donor  community  to  fund  critical  relief  efforts,  including  WFP’s  US$116.6  million  Emergency Operation and US$34 million Special Operations which provide a common services platform for the humanitarian community.

Just over a week after the earthquake, WFP has distributed rice and high-energy biscuits to more than 196,000 people and has positioned supplies to feed about half a million people in the worst-affected areas.

Food distributions are being combined with the delivery of much-needed medical supplies and tarpaulins for shelter as well as hospital equipment and other urgent relief items to reach remote districts, in collaboration with humanitarian partners.

WFP’s  Vulnerability  Analysis  and  Mapping  (VAM)  assessment  has  identified  three  priority   areas across highly-affected districts. WFP estimates that 1.4 million people are in need of immediate food assistance (see map on page 3).

As of 3 May, WFP has handled more than 2,500 cubic meters of humanitarian cargo for over 30 organizations at the Humanitarian Staging Area (HSA), funded by the United Kingdom.

WFP/Zoie  Jones

WFP food distributions in the remote Ghorkha District.

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For the first time since the earthquake struck, the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has remained open for 24 hours. However, limited landing slots and wear and tear on the tarmac continue to slow the arrival of relief goods from abroad.

WFP Response

At the request of the government and as agreed within the Food Security Cluster, WFP is focusing on the people living in the most inaccessible, mountainous locations while others address needs within the Kathmandand u Valley.

WFP is conducting food distributions of rice and high-energy biscuits (HEB) to meet the most immediate needs of the families living in seven heavily-affected districts. Along with the five districts where WFP is already distributing food—Dhading, Nuwakot, Gorkha, Sindhupolchok and Rasuwa. Food will be sent today to Kabhre while Dolakha will be reached in the next days.

The blanket supplementary feeding programme (BSFP)  will  be  linked  with  WFP’s  general  food   distribution (GFD).

An independent third party will be mobilized to monitor  WFP’s  response  under  the  Emergency  Operation.

WFP staff are on the ground in some of the most remote places to ensure the delivery and distributions of life-saving food and relief supplies and the assessment teams are working continuously to get a more precise picture of the most urgent food needs.

Cash: Whilst focusing on in-kind distributions in the worst hit areas, WFP is looking to transition to cash in areas of market functionality as soon as markets recover. WFP is engaging with the government to begin initial cash interventions in Makawanpur and scale up to additional districts as markets recover.

Logistics

WFP is working with Medicins san Frontiers (MSF), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the National Red Cross to dispatch rice and HEB to very remote, mountainous areas. Today, WFP is dispatching an additional 170 box-es for immediate distribution along with medical supplies and shelter materials.

WFP has secured a dedicated fleet of 25 trucks with the capacity of 10-12 mt each that are reaching remote areas accessible by road. An additional 25 trucks are being contracted.

Discussions are ongoing with the Indian government to provide an alternative entry point into Nepal in order to alleviate congestion at the Tribhuvan Airport.

WFP logisticians are working closely with various national and foreign military teams taking part in this very complex relief effort.

Clusters

Food Security Cluster (FSC)

The FSC is reporting that follow up assessments indicate that commodity prices are reducing, indicating that markets are bouncing back in the urban areas.

The FSC is collecting communication messages on behalf of cluster members to share with the communications working group to deliver lifesaving messages to affected populations.

On 3 May, the Government removed Lamjung from the list of priority districts and added Sindhuli and Okhaldhunga. There are now 14 priority districts outside Kathmandu valley.

Logistics Cluster

WFP, as lead of the Logistics Cluster, has contracted an inter-agency fleet of trucks for use by the humanitarian community as well as two helicopters for areas that are inaccessible by road. More helicopters are being contracted. Low cloud and rain, as well as the rough terrain with few landing zones, continue to challenge the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance by air.

The HSA is being fully utilized to help avoid congestion and ease the flow of life-saving commodities, where large-scale relief activities are being undertaken.

Six mobile storage units (MSU) are fully operational at the HSA. The facilities are available for temporary storage only.

UNHAS: Since 29 April UNHAS has transported 14.7 mt of WFP food and shelter for MSF and IOM on the MI8 helicopter. Eight passengers flew for assessment missions on the AS 350 helicopter to Dhunche, Deurali, Gumda and Lahprak.

Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC)

The ETC has coordinated with Ncell in Gorkha for humanitarians to access internet from the Ncell office at no charge.

The ETC continues to coordinate with humanitarian organizations, local internet and mobile companies, and government authorities for provision of vital communications services to support response efforts.

Staff Deployments There are currently 53 staff deployed and 18 due

to arrive for the earthquake response in addition to the 136 WFP pre-emergency staff.

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WFP urgently needs around US$151 million to meet critical needs. A number of donors, including US and Canada, have pledged support to the overall response effort and more resources are required. The Emergency Operation requires US$116.6 million to meet the immediate food requirements of up  to  1.4  million  people.  WFP’s  Special  Operations,  which provide a common services platform to the wider humanitarian community, require a further US$34 million. Corporate Response EMOP (US$116.6 million) SO Logistics Augmentation and ETC (US$25.6

million) SO UNHAS (US$8.5 million)

Contacts

Robin Landis, Regional Reports Office (Kathmandu) [email protected]

Julie Martinez, Reports Officer (Kathmandu) [email protected]

Rathi Palakrishnan, Regional Donor Relations Officer [email protected] (Bangkok)

Jin Iwata, Donor Relations Officer (Kathmandu) [email protected]

Map of priority areas for immediate food assistance. WFP will aim to feed 1.4 million people in immediate need of food assistance over the next three months in seven districts: Dhading, Gorkha, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Sindhupolchok, Kabhre, and Dolakha. (WFP/VAM assessment, 1 May 2015)

Many buildings and other infrastructure have been destroyed in

Bhaktapur ancient area. WFP/Marco  Fra ni