IOM SOUTH SUDAN REPORTING PERIOD 28 AUGUST– 3 SEPTEMBER
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Children carry water through flooded areas of the Bentiu PoC The new IOM Medical Clinic in Bentiu
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 continued fighting reported in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile states. Due to the security situation, the number of IOM staff in Bentiu has been reduced with only essential staff remaining. As a result of the rainy season, malaria incidences have
HIGHLIGHTS
The Bentiu Wash Team continues to create drainage and remove standing water from the PoC The Shelter Cluster has reached over 50 percent of the CRP target for 2014 increased representing over 26 per cent of deaths recorded in health centres and displacement sites between 18 and 24 August. THE IOM RESPONSE IOM is implementing a multi-sector response to provide assistance to the displaced in PoC sites, collective centers and spontaneous settlements throughout the country. IOM teams are active in the Health, Water and Sanitation and Health (WASH), Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), Logistics and Shelter/Non Food Items (NFI) Clusters as well as implementing refugee assistance and managing the Rapid Response Fund.
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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.
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 27 August, 1,599 tents have been pitched, which accommodate 12,800 individuals. A tracking and monitoring team has been re-established in the PoC to capture population movements. Juba, UN House PoC 3 Relocation of Tongping PoC residents to UN House PoC 3 continues. As of August 30th, 7,697 IDPs have been relocated. Bor PoC The relocation of IDPs from the existing PoC to the new site has been postponed to 7 September as the fencing of the new PoC has yet to be finalized. The mobilization and sensitization on relocation for communities continues. A lack of cooking fuel continues to be problematic as PoC residents have been seeking alternatives to provide themselves with heat for cooking; recently this has led to the burning of plastic. Site Management is distributing firewood but a longer term solution needs to be identified.
Bentiu PoC The PoC continues to be flooded and recent rains have further complicated the situation. Most sectors of the PoC are continuously flooded with water levels reaching over a meter in some areas. A senior drainage expert of the Dutch Embassy had a mission to Bentiu to assess the flooding situation and supported the partners in outlining short and longer term strategies for mitigating the effects of the flooding. This was a joint CCCM and WASH Cluster initiative. Please reference page 4 which outlines IOM ‘s WASH response in the Bentiu PoC.
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DISPLACEMENT TRACKING
Biometric registration in the UN House PoC sites was completed with 20,978 individuals having been registered. A DTM team is currently on the ground in Mingkaman and they intend to register over 75,000 IDPs that are residing in the spontaneous settlement.
SHELTER AND NON FOOD ITEMS (NFI) 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 disasteraffected 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.
Biometric registration has begun at the Bor PoC site where over 4,000 individuals are residing. 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.
As of 29 August, Crisis Response Plan (CRP) partners have served 140,799 households with non-food items (NFI) and 48,947 households with shelter to date. This represents 70% of the CRP target for NFI, and 53% of the CRP target for shelter response.
HUMANITARIAN HUBS 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.
The Shelter Cluster team will participate in a postdistribution monitoring exercise in Katigiri next week. This mission will provide guidance to the cluster as well as gather information about response practices.
Bor – The new hub accommodates over 50 humanitarian staff and has the capacity to hold 100.
IOM frontline response Since the start of the crisis, IOM's frontline response team has distributed NFI items to over 47,000 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 20 assessments and rapid response monitoring exercises.
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 Setting up of the mobile humanitarian hub in Mathiang is ongoing. The hub has a capacity for 25 people including office space and will be managed by Relief International. Shelters being constructed
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WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)
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 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
Melut PoC
Malakal PoC
25 litres safe water available per person per day
14.5 litres safe water available per person per day 35 persons per latrine
32 persons per latrine
462 persons per hygiene promoter
200 persons per hygiene promoter
IDPs All sectors in the new PoC are receiving clean treated water through the network supply system. Eleven staff have been trained on water quality monitoring. Home visit hygiene awareness activities were carried out throughout the week. Improvement of the drainage network in both the new and old PoC is ongoing.
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. A total of 2,995 meters of drainage has been excavated to date, of which approximately 985m was IOM’s contribution.
Drainage is
Drainage work for Bentiu PoC, the new canals have been essential to evacuate stagnant water from the PoC
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The construction of 100 new latrines in the Bentiu PoC 4 is ongoing
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HEALTH
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.
Bentiu PoC The new IOM clinic has been opened and is fully operational. The new clinic has been constructed on higher ground to avoid flooding. Construction began on the IOM Maternity Unit in Bentiu and is targeted for completion in late September.
445 Health Consultations
A newborn baby at the IOM Malakal maternity unit.
Top Morbitities Respiratory Track Infections Skin Diseases Watery Diarrhia
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 IOM Malakal Health team worked outside of the PoC to to vaccinate members of the host community against measles and polio, conduct a deworming campaign as well as to screen individuals for nutritional deficiency.
Capturing weight at the old IOM Bentiu clinic
809 Health Consultations Top Morbitities Respiratory Track Infections Malaria Accidental Trauma Drug distribution at the IOM Bentiu Clinic
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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.
22.4 litres safe water available per person per day 14 persons per
latrine
341 refugees for every health promoter
Children use tap stands installed by the IOM WASH team in Doro.
A total of 2,889 latrines and hand washing facilities were visited during the reporting period, of which 2,604 or 90% were functional. During the visits, the sanitation monitors reinforced hygiene and sanitation promotion messages provided by hygiene promoters during their house visits and open sessions which are currently on diarrhea and cholera. Water tanks installed on raised platforms allow for enhanced water flow.
RAPID RESPONSE FUND 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, nine grants are active under the RRF programme. The RRF funded Health Link South Sudan, a local NGO, to take over operations of the MSF-Belgium clinic in Tongping PoC (UNMISS Tongping in Juba) as MSF-B moved their international medical team to the ebola crisis in West Africa. The two month grant will assure 11,000 IDPs in Tongping will continue to receive critical health care services. RRF also funded the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) to enable the INGO to continue to assume the vital role of Camp manager of the UNMISS Bentiu PoC. The RRF team continues to meet with national and local NGOs to identify potential A woman collects water in Tongping PoC partnerships for the RRF. International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in the Republic of South Sudan
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COMMON TRANSPORT SERVICE
Malakal 72.8 metric tons
Juba 85.7 metric tons
Rumbeck 12.5 metric tons Maban 5.9 metric tons
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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.
Over 7,000 metric tons of humanitarian cargo have been transported this year.
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. 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. An additional RRT for Shetler and Household items distribution has been deployed to assess the needs of IDPs settled in Gorwai, Ayod County, Jonglei State. Vulnerable Households were identified and registered in 9 bomas by the IOM team; a total of 2,970 households of 18,665 individuals will receive NFI Kits, through a RRT intervention.
Funding for IOM South Sudan’s emergency operation is provided by
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