OCHA Situation Report No. 43
Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis
31 July 2008


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

SITUATION OVERVIEW

1. After nearly three months since the cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, 
continuous support is still required to meet relief and early recovery 
needs as presented in the Revised Appeal. The Appeal requested US$ 481.8 
million to meet these urgent priorities in the coming months until April 
2009. The recently released Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) also 
confirms these needs.

2. The Government of the Union of Myanmar organized a major field visit to 
the affected areas in the Ayeyarwady delta on 29 July. About 150 
representatives of foreign missions, UN agencies, INGOs and the media 
joined the trip. The trip aimed at providing first-hand information to 
encourage the international community to support the relief and early 
recovery efforts in the affected areas.

INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

The following information is provided by the clusters, which meet 
regularly to coordinate the humanitarian response of national and 
international NGOs, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement and United Nations 
agencies. More detailed information on cluster coordination, maps, events, 
meeting schedules, contact lists and press releases are available at: 
http://myanmar.humanitarianinfo.org.

3. EDUCATION

Overall Achievements

- 904 schools have benefited from repairs, using over 96,000 roofing 
sheets.

- 999 temporary safe learning spaces are being supported to ensure 
schooling for at least 50,000 children.

- 138,771 children have been provided with essential learning supplies. 
Funding

- The Education cluster is 32% funded in the Revised Appeal, according to 
the OCHA Financial Tracking Service (FTS).

4. EARLY RECOVERY

Needs Assessment and Analysis:

Data from the Cluster Integrated Monitoring Matrix shows that:

- The total number of targeted beneficiary for non-agricultural 
livelihoods is 2,180 persons.

- 136 community facilities (e.g. schools, health facilities, footpaths, 
short link roads, etc.) have been restored, which benefit 11,949 
households.

- 196 early recovery projects, which cover 2,923 households, have been 
screened to ensure that environmental consequences are considered.

Overall Achievements

- Phase 1 of UNDP's Basic Services Package (BSP) has reached 250 most 
vulnerable villages, covering over 27,000 households and a population of 
more than 114,000.

- UNDP has distributed a total of 592 power tillers (446 two-wheel and 146 
one-wheel power tillers) to farmers in Labutta, Bogale, Mawlamyinegyun, 
Kyaiklat, and Ngapudaw, to help them cultivating up to 20,000 acres, 
giving food security to over 6,500 households for one year. The delivery 
of 220 water pumps is also on-going. About 27,500 paddy seed packages have 
been distributed so far.

Funding

- The Early Recovery cluster is 16% funded in the Revised Appeal, 
according to the OCHA Financial Tracking Service (FTS).

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