White Nile State

Interagency Assessment Report for Guli Locality

Date of assessment: - 16th August 2020

Mission participants: Humanitarian Aid Commision (HAC), State Ministry of health (SMOH), UNHCR, WFP, Plan international Sudan, ADRA, ISLAMIC RELEIF WORLD WIDE ,SRC ,Almasar and Takafol.

Introduction

Upon reports of heavy rains destroied numbers of HHs in different communities in Guli locality

On 16th August, the second task of the interagency flood assessment mission headed to Tamakanat and Baghdad villages , among the reported affected communities, they are about 14 km to the North West of Kosti town.

Report summary

The assessment team had reached one village (Tamakanat), the accessibility to the villages are likely difficult by vehicles, the villages are completely surrounded by water , the only access to the villages is on food through crossing about 1.5km of watered and mudy surface , the team has only maganged to reach Tamakanat village through crossing the distance on food., but did not managed to reach Baghdad and other villages for inaccessibilty and potentiality of rainfall Synchronised with the time of the visit, the approximtely HHs of Tamakanat as reported by community committee are about 314 HHs.

The team was come out and observed that the most HHs are surrounding by water and communities are vulnerable to lifesaving services indicated as following: Lack of shelter & NFIs, un-functioning health facility, lack access to safe drinking water, deterioration of health status and hygiene’s, difficult access to the food and market and poor protection services.

Table below indicate the Partial and totally HHs damage in Guli locality as reported:

No

Village

Totally damaged

Partially damaged

Total

Verified

1

Tamakanat

144

52

196

Y

2

Banat

52

81

133

N

3

Wad Sakak

40

67

107

N

4

Baghdad

41

44

85

N

5

Um Bewisa

26

60

86

N

6

kirig

160

49

209

N

Total

463

353

816 

Mission Objectives:

· To assess the flood impacts/effects, capacities, and immediate emergency needs of affected communities.

· To assess current situation and level of services including NFIES, education, FSL, WASH, Health nutrition and protection for affected population during the emergency period.

· To advocate for enhancing communities’ resilience during and post-emergency.

Methodology

· The assessment team used participatory approaches in data collection which based on the simple designed format for assessing and verification of damaged HHs and infrastructures.

· Focus group discussion used for open end questions to collect the reliable information of approximately 5 community members.

· COVID-19 prevention measures were considered by all assessment team members including observance of distance, putting on face masks, use of sanitizers.

Findings and recommendations per sectors:

Education:

Findings

· There is one learning space (primary school) in the village. (No damage to the classrooms or the offices). The primary school enrolment is 350 pupils 60% are females and 40% are males.

· the school been occupied by affected people.

· There are 6 latrines in the school.

Recommendations:

· No urgent intervention needed for education.

· Make a bridge around the school.

WASH

Findings

· The source of water supply is non-existent, as the people use rainwater, which is unfit for human use. There were 5 wells (EIAD) (before flood) now all of them have been destroyed. SMoH distributed chlorine to purify water.

· Shortage of water storage containers and the fact that the jerry cans found are too small for water storage, depriving many families of the ability to save water.

· Almost half of people have household latrines, now all people defecated in open space.

· No soap available after the flood.

· Lack of awareness of health promotion.

Recommendations

· Distribute the chlorine periodically and explain the methods of use.

· construct temporary trench latrines.

· Providing jerry cans for every household.

· awareness-raising and home visits by hygiene promoters on personal hygiene and other WASH concerns.

· Providing soap for every household.

Health:

Findings

· tracking the health situation of the affected area and checked up the situation and availability of medicines.

· Investigating the safety of potable water through taking sample to be analysed and distributing 2 Carton of chlorine, sensitizing the community about the ways of use.

· Conducting house to house visit to raise the awareness about diarrheal diseases, washing hands with water and soap

· Poster distribution

· Awareness session about how safely disposal of human waste and the purity of drinking water and prevention of diarrheal diseases.

· Decontamination OF 23 latrines. 7 latrines are totally damaged.

Recommendations: 

· Recruit additional health care workers to provide reproductive, nutritional & health education sessions 

·  Support joint supervision to monitor Health & WASH activities   

NFI/ES:

Findings

· 144 HHs are totally damaged and in real need for shelters and NFIs.

· At least 15 HHs got displaced / relocated into the only school in the community.

· Only 4 HHs are still dwelling in the school.

Recommendations;

· To avoid duplication in distribution process of NFIs for HHs.

· Urgent provision of NFIs mainly (Mosquito nets, plastic sheets, kitchen sets, blankets, sleeping mats).

Rendered services:

· Distribution of 144 tokens for the totally damaged HHs.

· Distribution of 2 Cartons of chlorine.

· Distributed of NFIs (8 Soaps, 1 jerry can, 1 plastic bucket, cotton wool and ( 1Mosquito net for pregnant women only ) for 140 HHs in Tamakanat and 110 HHs in Baghdad.(Islamic Relief)

Protection:

Findings

· The assessed village has no police station, however, for disputes/cases that need such services people usually go to Kosti town, fourteen Kilometres faraway.

· Community leaders and committees usually are the main actors for resolving disputes and conflicts at their level.

· Persons with disability are around 10 persons including two children.

· Women & Girls confronted with discriminations and/or violations such as: forced child marriage and FGM. 

· There is lack of Community Child Protection network, women groups, elderly support groups, People with disabilities Community mechanism as well as Community Based Protection Committee. 

· No safe play corners for children.

Recommendations:

· Establishment of child clubs and recreation activities for children

· Establishment of Child Protection Community Based Network, youth and women groups.

· Train communities in disaster risk reduction and establish protection committees.

·  Provision of dignity kits.

·  Selection of safe play place/corner with play materials.

·  Raising awareness among the community on child marriage and FGM.

FOOD SECURITY AND LIVLIHOOD

Findings

· The number of the affected families as estimated by the village leaders about 314 HHs

· Number of the complete destruction estimated by 144 houses.

· Crops destruction estimated by 50%

·

Baghdad village:

· The village is completely inaccessible and it submerged by water from all sides, the team didn’t manage to get in even by foot.

Recommendations:

· Food assistant and nutrition should be provided urgently to Tamakanat and Baghdad

Gaps:

1. Food and Nutrition

2. NFIs (Mosquito nets, plastic sheets, kitchen sets, blankets, sleeping mats, soaps, jerrycans)

3. Health (Victor Control, water treatment and Essential drugs)

Challenges:

· Inaccessibility for effected villages.

General Recommendations:

· Because of inaccessibility to effected villages, interagency forum agreed the agencies have response urgently depend on information which is provided by the flood’s response task force team

· Interagency assessment mission should be announced at least before 48 hours, in order to make proper preparation and arrangement.

· Sector lead coordinators should be part of any upcoming assessment.

List of assessment team:

No

Focal person Name

Agency

Address

2

Alsadig daood

UNHCR

0918117046

3

Hani Maki

WFP

0911234575

4

Atif Mohamed

WFP

0912135020

6

Sohair

SMOH

0916952456

Abdallah Malous

SMOH

0918235335

7

Najat

HAC

0914735307

8

Fatima

HAC

8

Elwaleed Ibrahim

PLAN Int.

0961900742

9

Yasamin Adam

PLAN Int.

0906159750

10

Muaz

Almasar

0911262047

11

Zulfa

Almasar

12

Elham Abubaker

Takatof

0914661159

13

Ahmed

Islamic Relief

0122011943

14

Sharaf

SRC

0122354928

15

Ahmed Almaki

ADRA

0962569779