Sudan: Floods [DHA-03: 02-Sep-96]
Sudan: Floods [DHA-03: 02-Sep-96]
SUDAN - FLOODS
DHA GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO.3
2 SEPTEMBER 1996
1. FURTHER TO GOVT'S APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE, UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN
KHARTOUM ADVISES THAT 18,500 PERSONS REQUIRE URGENT ASSISTANCE IN POCHALLA
IN SOUTHERN SUDAN, WHILE THERE IS INCREASING CONCERN OVER POSSIBLE FLOODING
IN KHARTOUM.
SITUATION
JONGLEI STATE - SOUTHERN SUDAN
2. IN POCHALLA AREA ON SOUTHERN SUDAN'S EASTERN BORDER WITH
ETHIOPIA, WFP ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS CONFIRMED 18,500 PERSONS IN NEED
OF IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE. 85-100 PERCENT OF ALL CROPS AND 30
PERCENT OF HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. MOST AFFECTED WERE VILLAGES
SOUTH OF POCHALLA. A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE REPORTEDLY FLED
TO ETHIOPIA IN SEARCH OF GRAIN AND SEEDS.
3. ALSO IN JONGLEI STATE, FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG
PIBOR RIVER IN NYANDIT, 30 KM SOUTH OF AKOBO, WHERE OLS (UN'S
OPERATION LIFELINE SUDAN) IS PLANNING FLY-OVER ASSESSMENT. AKOBO
ITSELF, HOWEVER, HAD NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY HIGH WATERS, AS OBSERVED
DURING FLY-OVER ASSESSMENT BY UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR.
WHITE NILE STATE - CENTRAL SUDAN
4. IN CENTRAL SUDAN, ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED BY GOVT, WITH
PARTICIPATION BY UN AGENCIES AND NGO'S, CONFIRMED 450 HOUSES
DESTROYED OR DAMAGED IN 9 VILLAGES IN GETINA PROVINCE, LEAVING
ESTIMATED 2,250 PEOPLE WITHOUT SHELTER.
5. NGO'S AND UN AGENCIES HAVE PROVIDED PLASTIC SHEETING,
BLANKETS, MEDICINES, AND FOOD ASSISTANCE. WITHIN DAYS OF INITIAL
ASSESSMENT, IT APPEARED GOVT AUTHORITIES WERE COPING ADEQUATELY
WITH SITUATION.
RENK-MALAKAL CORRIDOR - UPPER NILE STATE
6. OLS SOUTHERN SECTOR RECEIVED REPORTS ON FLOODING IN FOUR
TOWNS ALONG RENK-MALAKAL CORRIDOR IN UPPER NILE STATE (YIGRIRR,
PADHIANG, LEMO, AND KODOK). WFP IS PLANNING ASSESSMENT MISSION TO
ASCERTAIN ASSISTANCE NEEDS. BLANKETS AND MOSQUITO NETS WERE FLOWN
INTO AREA ON 22 AUGUST.
KHARTOUM
7. ACCORDING TO DATA COLLECTED BY DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF
GOVT'S HUMANITARIAN AID COMMISSION (HAC), LEVEL OF NILE WATERS HAS
REACHED SAME HEIGHT AS 1994 WHEN LIMITED FLOODING OCCURRED. IN A
FEW LOCATIONS ON OUTSKIRTS OF KHARTOUM, WATERS HAVE REACHED 1988
MARK WHEN WIDESPREAD FLOODING MADE THOUSANDS HOMELESS. IF RAINS
CONTINUE, FLOODING IN KHARTOUM IS FEARED LIKELY.
8. HIGH WATERS HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN TWO KHARTOUM
DISPLACED CAMPS, MAYO FARMS AND JEBEL AULIA. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE
REPAIRS ARE NEEDED IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
RESPONSE
9. DHA HAS RELEASED USD 30,000 EMERGENCY GRANT AND IS
CHANNELLING USD 20,000 CONTRIBUTION FROM NIPPON FOUNDATION OF
JAPAN.
10. IN POCHALLA AREA, OLS SOUTHERN SECTOR HAS BEEN PROVIDING
RELIEF GOODS SINCE 13 AUGUST. BY 27 AUGUST, WFP HAD AIRDROPPED 124
MT OF RELIEF FOOD AS 40-DAY RATIONS FOR 15,000 BENEFICIARIES. ON
15 AUGUST, 8 MT OF RELIEF ITEMS SUPPLIED BY UNICEF AND MSF WERE
ALSO DELIVERED, WHICH INCLUDED BLANKETS, WATER BLADDERS, MEDICINES,
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE KITS, AND ORAL REHYDRATION SALTS.
11. WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE 2,000
RELIEF KITS, CONTAINING BLANKETS, A MOSQUITO NET, COOKING POTS,
FISHING HOOKS, AND OTHER BASIC RELIEF ITEMS.
12. RELIEF OPERATIONS ARE MONITORED AND SUPPORTED ON THE GROUND
BY STAFF FROM WFP, NEW SUDAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, SAVE THE
CHILDREN/UK, AND MSF.
ASSISTANCE NEEDS
13. SERIOUS NEEDS EXIST FOR 18,500 PERSONS IN POCHALLA AREA.
ACCORDING TO WFP ASSESSMENT, FOOD AID WILL BE REQUIRED FOR FLOOD
AFFECTED COMMUNITIES UNTIL RESULTS OF JANUARY 1997 HARVEST ARE
KNOWN. CURRENT NEEDS INCLUDE FOOD, BLANKETS, CLOTHES, AND
MEDICINES, AS WELL AS FISHING EQUIPMENT, SEEDS, AND TOOLS FOR
CULTIVATION.
14. DHA IS PREPARED TO SERVE AS A CHANNEL FOR CASH CONTRIBUTIONS
TO BE USED DURING IMMEDIATE RELIEF PHASE. FUNDS ARE SPENT IN
COORDINATION WITH RELEVANT ORGANIZATION OF THE UN SYSTEM. DHA
PROVIDES DONOR GOVTS WITH WRITTEN CONFIRMATION OF UTILIZATION OF
FUNDS CONTRIBUTED.
15. TRANSFERS OF FUNDS TO DHA SHOULD BE MADE TO DHA ACCOUNT
NUMBER CO-590.160.1 AT SWISS BANK CORPORATION, CASE POSTALE 2770,
CH-1211 GENEVA 2, WITH FOLLOWING REFERENCE: SUDAN - FLOODS,
DHA-GENEVA.
16. FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM
DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF BILATERAL RELIEF
MISSION/PLEDGES/ CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BY
ITEM.
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