HUMANITARIAN UPDATE 19 March 2013

IOM South Sudan

GENERAL OVERVIEW IOM is responding to humanitarian needs in Jonglei State fol-lowing continued fighting between the Murle and Lou Nuer tribes. An estimated 23,350 individuals were affected and are in need of humanitarian assistance in Akobo East and Akobo West in Jonglei State, and Ulang in Upper Nile State, accord-ing to the latest reporting from OCHA. At present, IOM is fo-cused on delivering non-food items (NFIs) and water, sanita-tion and hygiene (WASH) support.

There are still an estimated 250,000 South Sudanese stranded in Sudan, including 40,000 living in ‘open areas’ in Khartoum and 3,500 at Kosti railway station in White Nile State desperately waiting for transport assistance. In South Sudan, the border town of Renk is still temporarily accommo-dating close to 20,000 stranded returnees. Resources to ex-tend return/onward transport support into 2013 are limited, and IOM has appealed for USD $25 million in order to provide emergency assistance to stranded South Sudanese and re-turnees in both Sudan and South Sudan. In Maban County, Upper Nile State, needs in the four refugee camps continue to be impacted by the spread of hepatitis E, with 7,850 suspected cases as of 3 March according to the latest WHO/Ministry of Health report. As the primary provid-

er of WASH assistance to the 45,000 refugees living in Do-

ro camp, IOM continues to provide access to safe water, and facilitate good practices in sanitation and hygiene in the camp.

SHELTER AND NFI

IOM is the cluster lead and pipeline manager of the Shelter

and NFI Cluster. 15,200 NFI kits (benefitting 91,200 indi-viduals) moved through the pipeline in February. 24 vulnerable households in Abyei Town received emergency shelters on 26 February. IOM will continue to manage the response to vulnerable cases such as these referred by pro-

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HIGHLIGHTS

IOM is delivering NFI kits to the over 23,000 people recently dis-placed by violence in Jonglei

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791 additional latrines have been constructed in Doro camp since the onset of hepatitis E

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The Tracking and Monitoring Unit published an updated Abyei Area of Return Tracking Report on 20 February

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Doro camp residents fill jerry cans at an IOM water point Photo by IOM

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tection partners. Jonglei Shelter and NFI Response

While the cluster is coordinating prepositioning efforts country-wide in preparation for the rainy season, efforts in Jonglei state have been increased in light of rising tensions and ongoing conflict within the state.

400 conflict-affected households in Boma Payam, Pibor County, Jonglei State received NFI kits between 20-27 Feb-ruary. The kits included plastic sheets, mosquito nets, blan-kets, cooking sets, collapsible jerry cans and soap.

In response to the severe violence in Akobo County, Jonglei State that affected 23,350 individuals according to OCHA, IOM coordinated the transport of 2,500 NFI kits by boat at the end of February. The kits were distributed in Ulang, Upper Nile State, where a large population of individuals from Akobo took refuge.

Prepositioning is underway for a total of 10,700 NFI kits (64,200 individuals) within Jonglei State. The movement is expected to be completed by mid-March.

In Juba, a store of 10,000 kits remains following the move-ments, sufficient for an additional 60,000 people, with addi-tional stock currently arriving. A new rub hall dedicated to the stockpiling of essential NFIs and shelter materials will be erected in Bor by 31 March, significantly expanding Bor prepositioning capacity. NFI prepositioning locations for Jonglei response:

Bor (approx 2,000 kits)

Akobo Town (2,700 kits)

Waat (2,800 kits)

Yuai, Lankien, Walgak, Ayod (400 kits each, with 40ft containers being moved to Yuai and Ayod by IOM for secure weatherproof storage)

Pibor (1,000 kits)

Boma (600 kits, common store)

Rapid Response Fund Support for Jonglei Flood– and Conflict-Affected IOM works with local partners through the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)-funded Rapid Response Fund (RRF) in order to address urgent needs in South Sudan’s most vulnerable communities.

Ulang (Upper Nile State) – South Sudan Development Agency (SSUDA) – WASH support for 13,422 IDPs and returnees affected by flooding and conflict;

Uror and Nyirol – Cush Community Relief International (CCRI) – WASH support for 11,500 conflict/flood-affected IDPs;

Pibor – Community Aid and Development (CAD) – Rehabilitation of boreholes and latrines in schools, to benefit at least 1,883 schoolchildren and 50 teachers, and at least 1,600 IDPs and host community members;

Fangak – Nile Hope Development Forum (NHDF) – health/nutrition assistance benefitting 4,200 IDPs and host commu-nity members in Pakaan and Wangchuoat bomas, 240 children and pregnant mothers access improved health services;

Fangak, Pakaan and Pho el Zaraf – Hold the Child (HTC) – emergency feeding services to at least 140 severely and 400 moderately malnourished children.

IOM NFI kits are offloaded from boats and barges at Malakal port in Upper Nile State

MabanIOMNFI: 232

ETHIOPIA

CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC

DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC

OF CONGO KENYA

UGANDA

SUDAN

AbyeiIOM

NFI: 895

AyodPAH, NPA, COSVI

NFI: 671

RenkIOMNFI: 2979

MelutWVSS

NFI: 250

MalakalIOM, WVINFI: 6947ES : 2806

NasserSCINFI: 1250

AkoboSCINFI: 2733

WalgakPAH

NFI: 500

WaatSCI

NFI: 2846

YuaiPAHNFI: 500

LankienPAH

NFI: 500

PiborIntersos

NFI: 1000

BomaWFP

NFI: 602

ToritNCA

NFI: 693

JubaIOM

NFI: 20000ES : 4250

MundriLCED

NFI: 350YambioIntersos

NFI: 1023

RumbekSCINFI: 1000ES : 500

ThietWVI

NFI: 100

RajaActed

NFI: 400

MalualkonIOM

NFI: 1100

TuraleiIOMNFI: 540

KuajokNCANFI: 1069

BentiuWVI, IntersosNFI: 1237ES : 155

LeerSCI

NFI: 1640WarrabWVINFI: 300

WauIOM

NFI: 7234ES : 2000

AweilNRC, DRCNFI: 1068

BorIntersosNFI: 3083

Lakes

CentralEquatoria

EasternEquatoria

UpperNileWestern

Bahr elGhazal UnityNorthern

Bahr elGhazal

Jonglei

Warrap

WesternEquatoria

µNFI Cluster Supported Stocks in South Sudan (March 18 th, 2013)

Abyei refers to Abyei Administrative Area 0 100 200 30050Kilometers*Figures represent equivalent number of kits, which do not take into consideration the loose items

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ONWARD TRANSPORT ASSISTANCE

Since the beginning of 2013, 1,127 individuals have been provided with transportation assistance to reach their final destination in South Sudan. 19,598 returnees are currently registered across the four transit sites in Renk, Upper Nile State. IOM expects to assist approximately 5,000 returnees with OTA from Renk in the first half of 2013, prioritizing movements before the onset of the rainy season and its logistical challenges. Multi-Sector Interventions in Renk, February 2013

100 latrines constructed in Abayok

30 hand-washing facilities currently functioning in Abayok, with an additional 20 under construction

40 hygiene promoters trained by REDRA for Abayok, Payuer, Mina and Agany

On 4 February, an MoU was signed with the South Suda-nese NGO Renk Development and Relief Agency (REDRA) to promote hygiene awareness messages in the four Renk re-turnee settlements, the NGO is also working in partnership with IOM to build a further 100 latrines in the same area. IOM provides primary healthcare services to the Renk returnee population at three clinic sites. Since the beginning of the year, 13,397 medical consultations and 3,649 vaccinations have been carried out in Renk.

DORO CAMP REFUGEE RESPONSE

Hepatitis E Response An outbreak of hepatitis E continues to affect refugee populations in Maban County, Upper Nile State. As of 3 March, South Sudan’s Min-istry of Health and WHO have reported 7,850 suspected hepatitis E cases across Maban’s four refugee camps, with 135 related deaths. Doro camp has reported 94 cases of hepatitis E and four deaths as of 3 March. IOM is continuing its efforts to ad-dress the needs of the population in Doro and stem any

potential further spread of the virus. Since the first sus-pected cases of hepatitis E in Doro in September 2012, 791 additional latrines have been constructed, and equipped with hand washing stations. The coming rainy season will present even greater challeng-es to maintaining acceptable hygiene and sanitation stand-ards at Doro camp, as facilities will need to be adequately prepared and humanitarian access will be significantly di-

minished. IOM is seeking urgent funding support in order to maintain its response at current levels. As part of its hu-manitarian funding requirements for 2013, IOM appealed for USD 13.9 million to maintain its provision of WASH and transport assistance to refugees in both Maban and Unity states.

TRACKING & MONITORING

Since the beginning of 2013, an estimated 7,863 re-turnees have been registered at their final destina-tion. The majority of returns have been to Lakes State (2,161) and Central Equatoria State (1,480). From 2007 to date, IOM has registered over 1.86 million individuals returning to South Sudan.

Population: 45,458 (as of 10 March) Camp sectors covered: 28 villages

31 functional water points as of 1 March (14 hand pumps, 17 boreholes)

25.1 liters drinking water : 1 person as of 1 March

3,251 functional latrines as of 28 February (1 latrine : 14 persons)

948 community care takers trained to maintain communal latrines

2,548 functioning hand washing stations with soap

62 hygiene promotion staff, together with 100 vol-

unteers

WASH Interventions in Doro Camp

Residents of Doro camp discuss proper latrine maintenance with IOM Hygiene Promoters

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The Tracking and Monitoring team visited Bor from 18-24 February to meet with the South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Com-mission (RRC) counterparts and provide training that will expand local capacity to monitor population movements to six coun-ties that were previously inaccessible. A training session on computer skills was held for 23 state and central-level RRC rep-resentatives from 5-10 March at Juba Uni-versity. The trainings form part of a Govern-ment of Italy-supported initiative to build the capacity of the RRC and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Manage-ment (MHADM) to respond to humanitarian crisis by enhancing communication capabili-ties and information sharing at both the state and central levels. Abyei Report The IOM Tracking and Monitoring Unit published an updat-ed Abyei Area of Return Tracking Report on 20 February. Initial findings from verification exercises that culminated in January 2013 shows that about 56% of the registered popu-lation that have returned to Abyei have remained there while others remain fluid, moving within Abyei as well as into other states in order to access basic services or for se-curity reasons. Report findings also show a high degree of households splitting: leaving elderly and children behind in areas of former displacement where schooling and food rations are more accessible. Women made up about 52% of the caseload returning to Abyei and report being engaged in re-building shelters, while males are engaged in livelihood activities. Overall, the findings of the report indi-cate security and access to basic services as the main drivers of movement for the Abyei dis-placed population.

COMMON TRANSPORT SERVICE

In anticipation of the coming rainy season, the

CTS, a free service for humanitarian partners, is

working to augment the transport capacity of

humanitarian actors throughout South Sudan.

From January to March 2013, over 2,000

metric tonnes of cargo for humanitarian partners

have been moved through the CTS. IOM currently dedi-

cates 13 of its fleet of trucks to CTS operations.

CTS Highlights:

20 different humanitarian organizations utilized the

CTS between 5 and 13 March, moving over 300 met-

ric tonnes of supplies by water and road.

IOM Support from Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) IOM received approximately USD 8 million from the CHF in February to support WASH, Health, Shelter/NFI, Logistics and Multi-Sector activities across South Sudan

Training participants from the RRC learn how to send email at the University of Juba

IOM South Sudan Humanitarian Update

g 732 returnee individuals

received onward transport

assistance

f 15,708 consultations at

6 semi-static clinics in Upper

Nile and Western Bahr el Ghazal

A 5,870 households received

IOM shelter/NFI assistance (data as of 28 Feb)

W 100 latrines provided in Renk

IOM in South Sudan

p Emergency Return Sector Co-lead

j Shelter and Non-Food Items Cluster Lead

G Reintegration Theme Group Co-chair

Active in

g Logistics k WASH i Protection f Health

8 offices in 6 states

> 270 national staff

53 international staff

Y 65 heavy trucks

Y 67 light vehicles

1 Warehouses at 8 locations

20,046 stranded returnees

8.061 returns in 2013

In 2013, IOM assistance has reached:

92,900 individuals

- 20,800 returnees

- 27,100 IDPs

- 45,000 refugees

2 8,061 returnees tracked

F 8,469 IDPs registered

G 21,667 Abyei returns

registered

4 6 displacement registrations

Emergency assistance to displaced persons

Displacement Tracking and Monitoring

+ 28 humanitarian org. served

Y 2,100 MT cargo delivered

Common Transport Service (CTS)

Refugee response (Doro Camp, Maban)

k 25.1 litres per person per day

(on average)

W 14 persons per latrine

(on average)

R Hygiene promotion reaching

45,000 individuals

2013 Facts and Figures as of 15 March 2013