SUDAN - FLOODS
DHA GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 5
9 OCTOBER 1996
1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN KHARTOUM PROVIDES FOLLOWING
UPDATES ON FLOODS AFFECTING SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SUDAN.
SITUATION
JONGLEI STATE - SOUTHERN SUDAN
2. PIBOR - ON 24 SEPTEMBER, UNICEF SOUTHERN SECTOR
CARRIED OUT
BRIEF ASSESSMENT. JOINT MISSION OF WFP AND GOVERNMENTAL
HUMANITARIAN AID COMMISSION (HAC) ALSO VISITED PIBOR ON 7
OCTOBER.
3. AERIAL SURVEY BY UNICEF SHOWED SUBMERGED VILLAGES
CLOSE TO
PIBOR RIVER AND TOWN OF PIBOR WHICH REMAINS HALF SURROUNDED
BY WATER. CROP DAMAGE IS EXTENSIVE, AND FOOD SHORTAGE IS
ANTICIPATED.
CATTLE DEATHS FROM RINDERPEST AND OTHER DISEASES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN SURROUNDING VILLAGES.
4. ACCORDING TO LOCAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, OVER 4,000 PEOPLE
HAD
MOVED INTO PIBOR FROM SURROUNDING VILLAGES, DOUBLING TOWN'S
POPULATION. COMMITTEE ALSO REPORTED HIGH INCIDENCE OF
MALARIA,
DIARRHOEA, SKIN DISEASES, GUINEA-WORM INFECTIONS, AND
MEASLES.
THOUGH FISH IS AVAILABLE, THERE IS SHORTAGE OF FISHING
EQUIPMENT.
5. ON 1 OCTOBER, UNICEF STARTED DELIVERY OF RELIEF
SUPPLIES,
INCLUDING BLANKETS, MOSQUITO NETS, JERRYCANS, FISHING
EQUIPMENT,
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DRUG KITS, AND ORS. UNICEF STAFF
REMAINED IN
PIBOR TO MONITOR DISTRIBUTION. IMMUNIZATION AND CATTLE
VACCINATION ACTIVITIES HAVE ALSO RE-STARTED.
6. POCHALLA - OLS (UN'S OPERATION LIFELINE SUDAN) RELIEF
FLIGHTS
INTO POCHALLA WERE RESUMED THIS WEEK, AND 2,000 RELIEF KITS
DONATED
BY WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL ARE BEING DELIVERED. THREE
ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS ARE SCHEDULED LATER IN THE WEEK.
SOBAT BASIN AREA/UPPER NILE STATE - SOUTHERN SUDAN
7. NASIR - ON 7 OCTOBER, JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION OF
UNICEF/WFP
AND HAC WAS SENT FROM KHARTOUM.
8. ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM LOCAL RELIEF COMMITTEE,
NASIR TOWN
HAS BEEN SEVERELY HIT BY RAINS/FLOODS, AFFECTING SOME
46,000 PERSONS,
INCLUDING 21 DEATHS, AND DAMAGING SOME 120 HOUSES.
9. UNICEF, THROUGH ITS OFFICE IN MALAKAL, IS ALREADY
ARRANGING
TO MEET SOME OF RELIEF NEEDS REPORTED BY LOCAL RELIEF
COMMITTEE.
THIS INCLUDES PROVISION OF MEDICINES, AND, SUBJECT TO
AVAILABILITY OF
TRANSPORTATION, BLANKETS AND PLASTIC SHEETING.
10. TONJA - ON 3 OCTOBER, JOINT UN/GOVT/NGO ASSESSMENT
TEAM WAS
SENT. WHILE LOCAL COMMISSIONER HAD REPORTED 52 DEATHS AND
180
HOUSES DESTROYED, TEAM WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM THIS
INFORMATION.
ACCORDING TO TEAM, THERE WAS LITTLE STANDING WATER IN TONJA
TOWN,
THOUGH RIVER LEVELS WERE HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. A NUMBER
OF
DISEASES (MALARIA, ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION, EYE
INFECTIOUS, AND
WOUNDS) WERE FOUND TO BE PREVALENT, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE
FLOOD-
RELATED.
11. NEW FANJAK - SAME TEAM ALSO VISITED NEW FANJAK, WHERE
MORE
THAN 300 HUTS WERE DAMAGED BY FLOODS. GOVT AUTHORITIES
REPORTED
THREE DEATHS, AS WELL AS DEPLETION OF FISH RESOURCES.
KHARTOUM AREA
12. IN IDP CAMPS AROUND KHARTOUM, MOST IMMEDIATE FOOD AND
NON-
FOOD RELIEF ITEMS REQUIRED, AS LISTED IN SITREP 4, HAVE
BEEN
DISTRIBUTED BY NGO'S WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH UNICEF AND
UNDP/DHA. SPRAYING AND DRAINAGE PROGRAMS ARE STILL
ON-GOING.
13. WHILE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING WERE REPORTED IN OTHER
PARTS
OF KHARTOUM, CONFIRMED INFORMATION IS YET TO BE OBTAINED.
NGO'S,
ASSISTED BY UNDP/DHA, ARE PROVIDING RELIEF ON HAPHAZARD
BASIS.
ASSISTANCE NEEDS
14. PIBOR/JONGLEI STATE - UNICEF'S ASSESSMENT INDICATED
FOLLOWING
NON-FOOD REQUIREMENTS. FOOD NEEDS ARE YET TO BE ASSESSED.
- BLANKETS
- MOSQUITO NETS
- AXES AND SICKLES FOR REPAIRS
- USED CLOTHING
- PRIMARY HEALTH CARE KITS
- RESUMPTION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TEMPORARILY
SUSPENDED (IMMUNIZATION SERVICES AND CATTLE
VACCINATION)
- JERRYCANS AND BUCKETS
- FUEL FOR WATER PUMPS
RESPONSE
15. FURTHER TO SITREP 4, FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED TO DHA:
UNICEF EMERGENCY RELIEF ITEMS, DELIVERED TO PIBOR
GOVT OF ITALY USD 67,000 (THROUGH WHO)
IFRC CHF 90,000 (USD 75,000) FROM DISASTER
RELIEF
EMERGENCY FUND
CHRISTIAN 15 BUNDLES OF USED CLOTHING TO PIBOR
MISSION AID
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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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