Sudan: Floods [DHA-04: 17-Sep-96]
Sudan: Floods [DHA-04: 17-Sep-96]
SUDAN - FLOODS
DHA GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO.4
17 SEPTEMBER 1996
SITUATION
KHARTOUM AREA
1. KHARTOUM URBAN AREAS CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SERIOUS
FLOODING, RESULTING IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO HOUSING AND LARGE
AREAS OF STANDING WATER, PARTICULARLY IN SQUATTER AREAS AND
CAMPS FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) AROUND CITY.
ON 2 SEPTEMBER, FLASH FLOODS OCCURRED IN AL GAYLI, 40 KM
NORTH OF KHARTOUM.
2. ACCORDING TO GOVT'S HUMANITARIAN AID COMMISSION
(HAC), AREAS PARTICULARLY SEVERELY AFFECTED ARE AL GAYLI IN
KHARTOUM NORTH, AND UMBADDA, MARZOUB, AND ABU SAIID IN
OMDURMAN PROVINCE.
3. ON 2 SEPTEMBER, EMERGENCY SITUATION WAS ANNOUNCED IN
CAMPS AND IDP AREAS, BY GOVT'S DEPARTMENT OF DISPLACEMENT
(DOD), AND ON 3-4 SEPTEMBER JOINT DOD/NGO TEAMS WERE SENT
TO ASSESS SITUATION. UN/NGO'S, JOINTLY WITH GOVT, HAVE
ALSO CONDUCTED RAPID AERIAL ASSESSMENT OVER AL GAYLI.
DETAILED INFORMATION ON DAMAGE AND NEEDS IS NOW BEING PUT
TOGETHER, AND WILL BE COMMUNICATED IN LATER REPORTS.
4. JOINT DOD/NGO ASSESSMENT IN FOUR AFFECTED IDP CAMPS
SHOWED SERIOUS DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND COLLAPSE OF
LATRINES. AS STANDING WATER MIXES WITH OPEN SEWAGE,
POSSIBLE SPREAD OF DIARRHOEA DISEASES IS FEARED.
5. FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY DATA ON DAMAGE IN FOUR CAMPS
HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED SO FAR:
- WAD AL BACHIR (40,000 PERSONS) - 637 HOUSES
DAMAGED/DESTROYED, 21 LATRINES COLLAPSED, 163
DIARRHOEA
CASES (MOSTLY UNDER FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN), AND 8
DEATHS
(ATTRIBUTABLE TO DIARRHOEA).
- AS SALAAM CAMP/OMDURMAN (125,000 PERSONS) - 3,000
HOUSES
DAMAGED/DESTROYED, 32 LATRINES COLLAPSED,
AND 20 DEATHS. WORST AFFECTED IS A SITE SET ASIDE
FOR
NEW ARRIVALS, WHERE IT IS FEARED THAT ACUTE FOOD
SHORTAGE IS REDUCING RESISTANCE TO DISEASES OF SOME
2,400 PEOPLE.
- MAYO CAMPS (60-70,000 PERSONS) - 800 HOUSES
DAMAGED/DESTROYED AND 16 DEATHS.
- JEBEL AULIA (65,000 PERSONS) - 1,200 HOUSES
DAMAGED/DESTROYED,
122 LATRINES COLLAPSED, AND 4 DEATHS.
JONGLEI STATE - SOUTHERN SUDAN
6. REPORT OF OLS (UN'S OPERATIONS LIFELINE SUDAN)
SOUTHERN SECTOR STRESSES 18,500 PERSONS IN POCHALLA AREA
STILL IN NEED OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. THEIR PRECARIOUS
NUTRITIONAL/HEALTH STATUS CONTINUES TO BE OF MAJOR CONCERN.
7. OLS HAS REQUESTED LIFTING OF SEPTEMBER FLIGHT BAN ON
POCHALLA TO COMPLETE DELIVERY OF RELIEF ITEMS AND CONTINUE
MONITORING EMERGENCY INPUTS OF RELIEF ITEMS.
WHITE NILE STATE - CENTRAL SUDAN
8. ACCORDING TO UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN KHARTOUM,
EMERGENCY NEEDS OF IDENTIFIED FLOODS VICTIMS IN WHITE NILE
STATE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN MET BY GOVT AND LOCAL UN/NGO
COMMUNITY.
UPPER NILE STATE
9. IN UPPER NILE STATE, CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAINS CAUSED
DAMAGE IN MALAKAL TOWN.
10. ACCORDING TO OLS/UNICEF REPORT, FINDINGS SO FAR
INDICATE 1,915 FAMILIES AFFECTED IN TOWN'S MOST SEVERELY
HIT SOUTHERN ZONE, INCLUDING 503 WITH DESTROYED HOUSES, 325
LEFT DISPLACED, AND 1,087 SUFFERING TOTAL CROP FAILURE. IN
NORTHERN ZONE, 1,474 FAMILIES WERE AFFECTED, INCLUDING 352
HAVING LEFT THEIR HOMES TO MOVE IN WITH RELATIVES, 317 WITH
SEVERELY DAMAGED HOUSES, AND 805 FACING CROP FAILURE. IN
CENTRAL ZONE, 1,724 FAMILIES WERE AFFECTED, INCLUDING 301
DISPLACED, 284 WITH HOUSES SEVERELY DAMAGED, AND 1,139
FACING TOTAL CROP FAILURE.
11. UNICEF IS TO SUPPLY 6.1 MT OF SORGHUM SEEDS FOR
3,031 FAMILIES WHO HAD THEIR CROP RUINED AND 2,208 FAMILIES
WHOSE HOUSES WERE DAMAGED.
12. ANOTHER AREA, SOBAT BASIN, IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE
AFFECTED BY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. OLS HAS OFFERED TO
CONDUCT AERIAL SURVEY.
ASSISTANCE NEEDS
13. BASED ON RECENT ASSESSMENTS IN FOUR IDP CAMPS NEAR
KHARTOUM, FOLLOWING URGENT RELIEF REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY OF FLOODS-AFFECTED POPULATION IN
CAMPS. THERE MAY, HOWEVER, BE OTHER URGENT NEEDS IN
KHARTOUM AREA, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNDER ASSESSMENT.
SHELTER NEEDS:
14. ESTIMATED NEEDS INCLUDE 5,700 PLASTIC SHEETS (1,000
FOR MAYO, 1,200 FOR JEBEL AULIA, 500 IN WAD AL BASHIR, AND
3,000 IN AS SALAAM), 240 FAMILY TENTS, AND SOME 5,000
BLANKETS (TO BE DONATED BY GOAL AND IRC) . THESE ITEMS ARE
LOCALLY AVAILABLE, IN COOPERATION WITH UN AGENCIES AND
NGO'S.
EMERGENCY DRAINAGE AND SANITATION:
15. ASSISTANCE WOULD INCLUDE COLLECTION OF STANDING
WATER BY SEPTIC TANK TRUCKS, DIGGING OF LARGE CHANNELS FOR
DRAINAGE, AND FOOD-FOR-WORK PROGRAMS TO DIG DITCHES IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THEY CAN BE ARRANGED LOCALLY, IN
COOPERATION WITH LOCALLY-BASED NGO'S.
INSECTICIDE:
16. IN LIGHT OF LARGE SURFACE AREAS OF STANDING WATER,
INSECTICIDE NEEDS TO BE SPRAYED IN MAYO CAMP, AS WELL AS IN
JEBEL AULIA CAMP (ALREADY COMPLETED BY DAWA ISLAMIA).
FOOD:
17. DUE TO WEAKENED COPING MECHANISM IN CAMPS,
INSUFFICIENT FOOD STOCK FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION IN ALL
FOUR CAMPS IS INCREASINGLY A MAJOR CONCERN. FOOD STOCK OF
LOCALLY-BASED NGO'S IS TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH
ABOVE-MENTIONED FOOD-FOR-WORK PROGRAMS. DISTRIBUTION
ARRANGEMENTS ARE NOW BEING WORKED OUT.
HEALTH:
18. TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR, OR EXTENDED-HOUR, CLINICS HAVE
BEEN OPENED IN ALL FOUR CAMPS - MAYO (BY DAWA AND MSF
FRANCE), AS SALAAM (BY MSF HOLLAND AND DAWA), JEBEL AULIA
(BY DAWA), AND WAD AL BACHIR (BY FAR AND MSF FRANCE) - TO
COPE WITH DETERIORATING HEALTH SITUATION, INCLUDING
POSSIBLE INCREASE OF DIARRHOEA DISEASES.
RESPONSE
19. FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DHA SO
FAR:
UN SYSTEM:
DHA EMERGENCY GRANT OF USD 30,000
WFP 124 MT OF FOOD ITEMS TO
POCHALLA
FOOD ITEMS TO NORTHERN WHITE
NILE
STATE
UNICEF RELIEF GOODS (BLANKETS, WATER
BLADDERS, MEDICINES, PRIMARY
HEALTH
CARE KITS, AND ORS) TO POCHALLA
GOVERNMENT:
GOVT OF NORWAY USD 50,000 (THROUGH DHA)
NGO'S:
NIPPON FOUNDATION USD 20,000 (THROUGH DHA)
MSF RELIEF GOODS (BLANKETS, WATER
BLADDERS, MEDICINES, PRIMARY
HEALTH
CARE KITS, AND ORS) TO POCHALLA
WORLD VISION 2,000 RELIEF KITS (BLANKETS,
MOSQUITO
NETS, COOKING POTS, FISHING
HOOKS,
AND OTHER BASIC RELIEF ITEMS)
OXFAM RELIEF GOODS TO NORTHERN WHITE NILE
SUDAN AID STATE
MSF/HOLLAND - 673 PIECES OF
SHELTER/PLASTIC
SHEETS
ADRA - 619 BLANKETS
SUDANESE RED CRESCENT - MEDICAL/ESSENTIAL DRUGS
AL DAWA AL-ISLAMIYA - FOOD (150 CARTONS OF
BISCUITS, 90 KG
NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID OF SORGHUM, 100 CARTONS OF
MILK, 21
MT DURA, ONE-MONTH FOOD
RATION
PER FAMILY)
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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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