OCHA Situation Report No. 30
Pakistan - Earthquake
3 January 2006


SUMMARY UPDATE ON RECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS (01-02 Jan. 2006)

1. Overall Conditions:

Since 31 December 2005, heavy rains and snowfall have hit most areas 
affected by the October earthquake. Forecast indicates continuing 
conditions for the next few days.

No casualties have been reported.

Accessibility remains a serious concern in most areas.

Landslides are reported in some roads (details below).

Helicopter flights would only resume as weather conditions allow.

A comprehensive inventory of additional requirements is to be provided.

In a meeting of the Humanitarian Coordinator with Heads of Clusters in 
Islamabad, critical gaps were identified and contingency measures 
decided. The Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator focused his action on 
Battagram where he is currently on mission.

2. Muzaffarabad:

Landslides are reported in Neelum and Jeelum valleys. The landslides are 
still active and will not be cleared until they are settled.

Muzaffarabad -- Neelum Valley road and Muzaffarabad -- Jeelum Valley 
road are closed. The Muzaffarabad -- Gahri Habbibula road is open.

Due to the deteriorated weather situation, representatives living in the 
camps have contacted UN agencies to get their tents winterized. IOM, 
UNICEF and UNHCR started distribution wherever accessible.

3. Batagram:

Heavy rain continues. According to the Pakistan army there are 6-8 
inches of snow in Bana town (Allai valley), and 4 feet of snow in higher 
elevations.

According to OCHA Batagram, all major roads (Batagram-Mansehra, 
Batagram-Besham and Thakot-Bana) are closed. However, there are 
contradictory reports on road access.

There have been no helicopters flights today.

Batagram Maidan Camp:

An inter-agency assessment is being carried out to determine state of 
the tents and the intention of people to be relocated. In Phase I 
conditions are satisfactory. In 6 blocks of Phase II (combined 
population of 1700) there is a need for urgent attention.

Warm clothes, tarpaulins, and food were distributed already.

There have been no serious medical incidents, although the medical units 
have been busy and WHO warned of a potential public health problem.

Overall there is no intention to relocate. Male representatives 
requested food and heating. Agencies expressed concern over vulnerable 
cases and the lack of consultation of women and children' in regards to 
relocation.

Agencies have identified a nearby college with 50 rooms as the most 
suitable option for relocation. UNICEF and IOM will meet with the 
Ministry of Education to secure the building and obtain a certificate of 
safety. 50 most affected families could be relocated. It is expected 
that the college may be used for up to 3 months. Although the people 
have presently stated that they do not wish to move, it was decided that 
the offer of a complete package will motivate the move.

The Pakistan military requested large 200 litre barrels of (available in 
the market), diesel and cooking oil. They would provide hot water. The 
military also requested waterproof clothing and umbrellas, as well as 
porridge and milk for 1-3 yr olds. Rice, sugar, milk and tea are also 
requested.

Maira Camp:

The largest camp in the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan (15,000 
people). Not directly affected by the weather conditions.

100 new families have arrived in the camp today (mostly from Allai), and 
increase of 50 from yesterday ( see Bana ).

Water and sanitation are being addressed by agencies involved.

Banian camp

The camp (558 people), is flooded in some areas.

No tents have collapsed and the condition

There are 100 unoccupied tents.

Bana (reports from CARE International and Pakistan Army):

Tents in the vicinity of Bana town have collapsed and efforts are being 
made to provide assistance to the people. The town is orderly and there 
is no large population movement.

Nevertheless, 23 trucks with people left Bana today to lower altitudes 
because of the harsh weather.

The Pakistan Military is assessing contingency stocks in the event of 
further deterioration of weather.

4. Bagh (UN Base Camp):

DSS arranged a meeting at 12.00 hrs with the Head of Police who 
confirmed that the road Bagh - Arja - Dal Kot - Rawalpindi is accessible 
for UN staff only. NGOs are permitted to use only the road via Murree. 
This road is blocked.

NGOs are coming to the UN compound asking for information on road 
clearance and how to bring relief goods into Bagh. In a short meeting we 
identified an immediate need for the following relief items (no 
quantities provided):

    plastic sheets, rain gear for people living in improvised camps (23
    camps), rubber boots - in particular for children, waterproof cloths
    and gloves for children, and most importantly tools to dig drains
    around tents, e.g. shovels and also brooms to clear tent roofs.


Reports indicate that spontaneous camps all around Bagh are badly 
affected. Tents have collapsed. IOM is out distributing plastic sheets. 
The top priority right now is keeping people dry and keeping their tents 
dry.

A WHO team from Rawalakot arrived at 15.00 hrs and briefed OCHA on 
collapsing houses, minor landslides and rocks tumbling down in their 
region. Rawalakot is a negelected area, being located south of Bagh. 
They have 50 cm of snow and the weight of snow causes buildings to 
collapse that survived the earthquake. Rawalakot is only accessible by 4 
x 4 cars and local cars stuck in the snow create a problem.

It is reported that the only window of opportunity to bring in relief 
goods and staff is on Wednesday, 4/1 and Thursday 5/1. The road to 
Islamabad is expected to be blocked again by snow on Friday, 06/1.

Bagh is cut off from electricity and the camp generator is not always 
working. Agencies Heads are preparing a contingency plan.

4. Mansehra: (Pending Report on the effect of weather conditions).

SITUATION OVERVIEW (Up to 31 December 2005)

Two security incidents were reported in Kokliot town, Muzaffarabad 
district. Preliminary reports indicate that UN staff was threatened 
while in the process of transporting goods to a warehouse. The hub 
reports that a warehouse was destroyed and WFP's food looted. UNDSS has 
decided that Kokliot and a 5 km radius are off limits to UN operation.

Considering that the initial emergency phase concluded, the Federal 
Relief Commission (FRC) is now advising all individuals and foreign NGOs 
to obtain a proper visa before entering the country, according to the 
Logistics Bulletin. Aid workers who are already in the country will 
probably continue to benefit from the former regime.

The issue of police escorts continues to cause concern amongst NGOs and 
the UN. The NWFP Authorities have offered two solutions. UN staff can 
either ride with a pool of armed police officers in their mission 
vehicles (which raises problems with the general UN policy) or the staff 
can share their movement information with the AIG's office 48 hours in 
advance. Clusters members were not very comfortable with the options and 
there was a suggestion to have more check-posts in order to improve the 
security conditions. In Bagh and Batagram the logistics cluster reports 
that there may be a possible two-week grace period for police escorts, 
but no official written confirmation has been obtained as yet.

DSS have recommended a relocation of the Battagram camp. Although local 
agencies recognise disadvantages of the current site, they have raised 
concerns about the consequences of a move on the existing relief 
operations. IHP said they do not have the capacity to initiate such a 
relocation. At the heads of clusters meeting in Islamabad, the logistics 
lead underlined the fact that moving office would halt all operations at 
the hub for at least 10 days.

The pipeline for shelter-related non-food items is experiencing a surge 
as orders made in November begin to arrive. This is likely to stretch 
non-governmental and governmental distribution capacities through the 
end of January 2006, especially since access by road is expected to 
become more difficult during this period. In Muzaffarabad many of the 
orders are now arriving which may overload the current distribution 
capacity at all levels. The distribution of 45,000 winterised kits 
provided by DFID and 50,000 CGI by UNDP will start this week.

According to the Emergency Shelter Cluster indicates that over 3.3 
million corrugated galvanized iron (CGI) sheets and 4.8 million blankets 
have been distributed. Over 1 million blankets are still required.

After Bagh (see SITREP 29), a decline in the availability of commercial 
trucking has also been noticed in Muzaffarabad. However, WFP reports 
that this has not yet affected its operation.

Under the current funding situation, UNHAS will be operational until the 
end of March. An office has been set up in Bagh that will assist in 
passenger and cargo movements.

The first phase of Winter Race was completed. The Pakistan Army and the 
international community will increasingly re-focus their emergency and 
transitional shelter programmes to lower altitudes in advance of an 
encroaching snow-line. Delivery gaps will continue to be met above the 
snow line wherever needs become evident. A second phase of Winter Race 
will be required in the period until the end of January 2006, for which 
procurement is now underway.

Population movements: Battagram There has been a decrease in the ongoing 
migration of people from higher elevations into camps.

In Islamabad and Rawalpindi, movement of heavy vehicles (approximately > 
7 MT) is restricted. Agencies can apply for a formal exemption from 
these restrictions.

The logistics cluster reports that there is currently no local 
coordination system in Poonch, which is significantly distant from the 
next humanitarian hub in Bagh.

98,605 shelter kits delivered (= 730,000 beneficiaries) of which 64,529 
delivered >5000ft (= 478,000 beneficiaries) = total coverage of 90%.

WFP plans to do blanket supplementary feeding in WFP demarcated areas 
for 150,000 children, from January to April 2006. Food has been 
propositioned for a period of three months for the high altitude areas, 
about 40% beneficiaries that have not yet received food. Food 
distribution was reportedly finalized during the last week of December.

Two therapeutic feeding centers (TFC) for children with acute 
malnutrition have been established, one each in NWFP and P.A.K. A 4-day 
training on therapeutic feeding was completed on 22 December 2005 and 
the second training reportedly started on 28 December 2005 in Peshawar.

According to the UNJLC bottleneck report- NATO operations in Pakistan 
will cease on February 1st. The withdrawal period will necessitate large 
numbers of airplanes coming from Europe to ship back equipment and 
personnel. As these planes will be flying in empty and leaving Pakistan 
full, there is an opportunity for agencies to send in relief and 
reconstruction supplies.

The distributions of compensation cheques have not been completed in 
Battagram as initially planned. According to DCO, they are now due to be 
finished in the next couple of weeks.

According to the Watsan cluster, there are areas that remain unserved 
such as the Havelli District. NGOs are encouraged to work in this 
district, where water availability is a real concern.

In Battagram, negotiation for access to the northern part of Kala Dhaka 
has commenced in conjunction with IOM and SCF who are currently 
providing assistance to this tribal area which is considered neglected 
in terms of the response. The local tribal leader has verbally welcomed 
agencies to work there and given security assurances. OCHA attended a 
Loya Jirga of tribal leaders from Kala Dhaka, organised by the Shelter 
Cluster in Mansehra. A coordinated response will be developed using a 
similar assessment methodology and ensuring a delineation of the 
geographical areas with the northern part of Kala Dhaka assisted from 
the Batagram humanitarian hub.

The issue of inadequate spacing in the UN hubs is still a problem. In 
Battagram, there has been a delay in moving into the new UN office 
because of a faulty electrical system. The Bagh Hub is also facing major 
space constraints and has reported that facilities are stretched to 
their limit and NO additional UN staff can be accommodated.

The Mansehra hub reports that Shelter and food remain one of the major 
concerns. OCHA Mansehra held a meeting with the INGO and IO response 
community to listen to their key concerns and to stress the importance 
of re-engaging in the cluster approach in Mansehra. Participation has 
increased significantly as a result with between 80 -- 150 persons 
attending the General Coordination Meeting on a weekly basis, and around 
30 agencies attending each cluster meeting.

In Bagh, emergency shelter materials, food and non-food items continue 
to be provided with focus on high-altitude, remote locations and camps. 
However, access to high altitude locations remains a problem.

Funding: As of 29 December some $240.7 million have been 
contributed/committed. Hence, 43.6% of the UN flash appeal has been 
financed. Apart from this, approximately $19.3 million have been 
pledged. If this amount were fulfilled then 47% of the flash appeal 
would be materialized.

CLUSTER UPDATES

EMERGENCY SHELTER CLUSTER

1. The focus is now on vulnerable groups in lower-lying areas. 
Priorities include supplying emergency self-help shelter kits for 
affected communities below 5000ft; identifying and meeting un-met needs 
above 5000ft; supplying personal insulation materials (blankets/quilts, 
clothes) to all affected areas and the winterization of non-winterised 
tent stock already distributed (plastic sheets, tarpaulins, stoves) from 
valley floors upwards

2. The cluster has organized a 'Transitional Shelter and Return' 
workshop that will be held on the 13th of January for Development NGOs 
that are interested in remaining engaged after relief operations have 
ended.

3. A household-based registration shall begin on January 1st and shall 
cover both planned and spontaneous camps. Camp management government 
representatives from both P.A.K and NWFP shall meet on December 23rd to 
decide the formalities of this registration process.

4. Capacity building and training are the main issues for the new camp 
management organization, in which they will be assisted by UNHCR.

5. According to the FRC, some NGOs are assisting people to move back to 
their areas of origin by providing them with the necessary incentives, 
such as shelter materials, repair kits, and food. There is a daily 
trickle down effect of about 50 to 60 people going back from Islamabad 
to their areas of origin.

6. Individual organizations are sensitising communities with regards to 
fire hazards. Guidelines dealing with fire safety have been translated 
into two languages, which provide explanations with the help of 
diagrams.

7. FRC will clarify the position with regard to use and distribution of 
stoves to planned and spontaneous camps as soon as possible.

8. The Emergency Shelter Cluster is working with the Early Recovery and 
Camp Management Cluster on the relief-recovery (LRRD Linking Relief, 
Rehabilitation and Development.) transition plan, including 
capacity-building of local authorities, awareness-raising of appropriate 
transitional shelter best practices, and return.

9. The Cluster exit strategy will focus on supporting community 
sensitization measures by local authorities with the aim of creating 
seismic-resistant shelter using much of the material already provided.

10. The Emergency Shelter Cluster planning assumption is that 20% of the 
affected population are actually displaced from their area of origin, 
with 1.7 million of the 3.25 million affected currently living in tents. 
All such numerators will be assessed by OCHA in the Muzaffarabad Tehsil 
by 15th January.

11. There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that such displaced 
families will return even during the winter once they are re-assured 
that 'emergency shelter repair kits' (which include 10 CGI sheets each) 
and food are available. More and more NGOs are now engaged in activities 
connected with promotion of return.

12. GOP already has eleven forward distribution sites from which PakMil 
distribute CGI sheets for their own transitional shelter construction 
programme. Some 133,000 such shelters have been constructed to date and 
use ten sheets per structure. The 'Winter Race' programme, of which this 
activity is a part, was targeted above 5000ft until 15th December and 
started in mid-November. It can therefore be assumed to have met the 
majority of needs for the 400,000 people estimated to be remaining above 
this elevation. It should be pointed out, however, that anecdotal 
evidence suggests this is not the case, and gaps in relief provision at 
altitudes above this remain. That is why the international humanitarian 
community is working with local volunteers and national NGO counterparts 
to provide over 20 'Mountain Rapid Assessment Teams' above the snow-line 
through the Winter.

13. FRC has ordered 15,000 CGI sheets per day from the 'Pakistan Steel 
Mill Company'. Of these 1,000 per day are now being directed to 'utility 
stores' throughout the affected area where individuals can purchase 
using their compensation grant at a fixed price controlled by GOP. Total 
manufacturing output capacity is estimated to be 24,000 per day.

14. By the end of December there will be over 25 assessment teams from 
five agencies (IOM, WFP, UNOPS, UNJLC, NRC -- excluding NATO who have 
alpine engineers active in their Bagh TAOR) active in high altitude 
areas conducting village by village needs assessments, and calling 
forward relief supplies as needed. There is a need now to consolidate 
coordination mechanisms for these teams, and set up systems to ensure 
that sufficient systems are in place to support their operations through 
the winter.

15. Over 1.9 million people are estimated to be living in 300,000 tents 
in earthquake-affected areas. Two thirds of such families have 
constructed home-build stoves within the tent for cooking and heating. 
The remainder use open fires. These fires are increasingly to be found 
inside tents as temperatures drop below freezing. All vulnerable groups 
use candles. Naked flame poses a considerable fire hazard. Already, some 
fifty tent fires have been recorded with consequent loss of life and 
destruction of all family assets.

16. The Emergency Shelter Cluster has formulated a risk reduction 
strategy with the objectives of: (i) Raising awareness of fire hazard 
risk among all affected families; (ii) Informing all family members 
about risk mitigation measures; (iii) Informing all family members of 
what actions to take in response to fire outbreak. Activities currently 
underway include educational and capacity-building components.

17. By the end of December there will be over 25 assessment teams from 
five agencies (IOM, WFP, UNOPS, UNJLC, NRC -- excluding NATO who have 
alpine engineers active in their Bagh TAOR) active in high altitude 
areas conducting village by village needs assessments, and calling 
forward relief supplies as needed. There is a need now to consolidate 
coordination mechanisms for these teams, and set up systems to ensure 
that sufficient systems are in place to support their operations through 
the winter.

18. Some key issues include Incorporation of GOP's (FRC and PakMil) 
distribution data, especially blankets and Price control, especially of 
CGI sheets; Fire hazard and risk mitigation measures, including 
awareness-raising (on-going); Support systems for high-altitude 
assessment teams (on-going).

19. In Battagram, the DfID-funded winterization of shelters is being 
implemented locally with an initial 10,000 CGI sheets arriving in a few 
days and targeted to underserved Union Councils through implementing 
NGOs. A second batch of an additional 10.000 is expected afterwards.

20. In Battagram, IOM remote assessment teams have partnered with the 
WFP quake jumpers to identify shelter and NFI needs in remote areas of 
Kohistan, with the aim to have a 3-day turn around for distribution.

21. In Bagh the distribution of shelter materials, winterization kits 
for tents and quilts continues in Bagh district. Post-distribution 
monitoring is also ongoing. ADRA, for example, distributes 6,000 quilts 
a day on the basis of a consolidated Pakistan army list. IOM translated 
the winterization leaflet into Urdu. Information on fire safety is 
included in the leaflet. Problems are encountered with regard to the 
number of distributed CGI sheets and reported piling of sheets in some 
locations. Organizations are advised to distribute the agreed number of 
10 CGI sheets per household and comply with the coordinated distribution 
plan. GOAL further reported customs problems at Karachi port, delaying 
the delivery of CGI sheets.

LOGISTICS CLUSTER

22. The overall utilisation of UNHAS-tasked assets is 80 to 90%. This 
number takes into consideration that passenger flights do not use the 
full loading capacity of the helicopters. This indicates that enough 
cargo capacity is available. Furthermore, with the use of sling nets and 
US Military helicopter operations expected to stay stable for at least 
another month, no capacity problems are anticipated for now. According 
to the Logistics Bulletin, camps for aid workers continue to fill up. 
NGOs are trying to rent local housing, but there is little availability

23. The relief operation's air capacity has declined slightly over the 
last week with the repatriation of one of the German CH-53s due to 
maintenance requirements. However, UNHAS has brought in an additional 
MI-8 which is based in Abbottabad and has started rotation.

24. The fuel farm in Abbottabad provided by the French is expected to 
stay in country on a bilateral agreement. As reported earlier, two 
German helicopters will be available on a bilateral agreement past the 
1st of February.

25. One of the four German helicopters has left the country already due 
to maintenance requirements. As reported earlier, all helicopters will 
have to leave the country for maintenance, but two replacements will be 
brought in. The German Minister of Defence has confirmed this.

26. The Government of Pakistan and the Pakistani Military will try to 
keep important roads open where possible. It might be possible to keep 
roads leading to the Neelum Valley open throughout the winter

27. The focus of U.S. Military activities is conducting helicopter 
operations using sling-loads out of Muzaffarabad. Furthermore, 
assessments will be carried out.

28. No formal system is in place yet for the clearance of reconstruction 
goods. UNJLC is liasing with the government to get a tax exemption in 
place

29. According to the logs bottleneck reports ICRC is expecting 15,000 
tents to arrive before the 1st of January. They will be distributed by 
road.

30. According to the logistics report, UNJLC staff is currently in the 
field to establish information structures at the hub-level, which enable 
information collection at that level.

31. WFP has gone back to the Norwegian Government to request that they 
allocate the funds directly to the service providers, as per the 
proposals that have been submitted (ATLAS, UNOPS, IOM, UNHAS, WFP). 
Norway did not approve this request and will allocate all funds to WFP. 
WFP will work on a mechanism to allocate these funds to the respective 
agencies. If WFP will be responsible for reporting back to the donor on 
this contribution, there might be some indirect support costs that have 
to be charged.

32. It was informed that food has been propositioned for a period of 
three months for the high altitude areas, about 40% beneficiaries that 
have not yet received food. Food distribution will be finalized during 
the last week of December.

33. Cooperating partners were requested to prepare and submit one 
month's distribution plan, so that WFP can prepare food release notes in 
advance.

34. In Mansehra Logistics is planning to establish a system of pre-paid 
fuel vouchers for all humanitarian agencies interested in participating. 
Logistics shelter reiterated the need for planning and 48 hours of 
notice when scheduling helicopter service for high altitude

HEALTH CLUSTER

35. In Battagram, WHO are currently assessing their planned support of 
BHU rehabilitation in Shangla and Kohistan.

36. In Battagram, the Malaysian Field hospital is planned to be closed 
on 15th January and the issue of handover has been raised.

37. In Muzaffarabad, UNICEF and WHO are currently carrying out an 
assessment of health facilities and services available in all the camps 
to address any gaps. There is still no major threat of epidemics in the 
camps although cases of measles and diarrhoea have been reported.

38. In Bagh, a WHO survey shows that urgent action is required to 
provide short term grief counselling, followed by long term community 
based training, to the earthquake affected population. The symptoms are 
severe and range from depression and anxiety to PTSD and behaviour 
change. Capacities to cope with the problem are hardly existent in Bagh 
district. The mental health situation of earthquake affected populations 
in Bagh district appears to be serious and requires urgent attention. A 
local WHO survey and reports of hospitals and mobile clinics show that 
children, women, men, and elderly people suffer to varying degrees from 
depression, anxiety and PTSD. The main reasons are accumulated loss and 
grief. Children, for example, are reported to demonstrate unusual 
behaviours in schools and at home, ranging from listlessness to 
disobedience and learning problems. Similarly affected are social 
workers and hospital staff. Bagh district neither has the resources nor 
the means to cope with the problem. WHO mental health experts recommend 
grief counselling, followed by a district wide community-based training 
programme for social workers. UNICEF has already trained 36 outreach 
community workers. Assistance in grief counselling and the development 
of a comprehensive training programme is urgently needed.

39. In Bagh, the NATO field hospital will close down in January. 
Consequently the MSF/B hospital will face increased numbers of OPD 
patients. The health cluster reports that NATO will be leaving and will 
be replaced by Agha Khan University team in Bagh.

40. WHO confirmed that no more cases of jaundice are reported and that 
full investigation samples were taken and sent to Islamabad. The health 
cluster meeting takes a two-week break and resumes its activities in 
January.

41. In Mansehra, UNICEF--Phase 3 routine immunization campaign commenced 
on 20 December 2005 targeting both established and spontaneous camps. It 
includes measles vaccination for those children not covered in previous 
campaigns from 6-months to 15yrs. Other antigens are OPV, DPT, BCG, 
HepB, Meningitis as per National Policy. Monitoring ongoing through 
UNICEF and WHO.

42. MoH has distributed camp management guidelines especially for the 
spontaneous camps.

WATER AND SANITATION CLUSTER

43. According to the Watsan cluster the government in Muzaffarabad 
announced that the sites that had been identified for new camps to 
decongest overcrowded camps would be held for contingency. UNHCR needs 
these camps now, and is trying to sort the matter out with the 
government. UNHCR will likely wait until Friday and if there are no 
newcomers arriving, go ahead with moving people from the overcrowded 
camps to the new sites. The new sites are ready with latrines and water 
supplies.

44. In Battagram the IFRC is working to complete 8 washrooms units in 
Shangla and are beginning to do training of hygiene promotion in Besham 
and Allai valleys.

45. WES Communication Plan: Last week Norway donated $3 million worth of 
water filtration and storage supplies to UNICEF. A press conference was 
held to draw attention not only to the donation, but also the continuing 
importance of and need for safe drinking water in the affected districts 
in terms of disease prevention.

46. In Bagh the current Watsan activities focus on latrine construction 
and hygiene promotion. Repair of water tanks and reservoirs are a second 
priority right now. A first draft of the HIC produced WatSan sector map 
for Bagh district is used to coordinate activities. Information gaps 
occur in a number of spontaneous camps, kind of district water systems 
and topographical map details.

47. According to the cluster, in Muzaffarabad 3,309 jerry cans, 3,585 
buckets, 463 rolls of cloth, 4,841 slabs for latrines and 5,747 hygiene 
kits have been distributed to 51 villages.

48. With UNICEF support, Muzaffarabad Municipality extensively used 
resources to collect and dispose solid waste. Muzaffarabad Development 
Authority initiated repair work of the damaged reservoir which will be 
used for water supply to big camp

49. In Bagh, 24% of affected population in the camps are receiving safe 
drinking water. Restoration work of 5 water schemes is ongoing to cover 
the needs of 35,000 people. 150 additional latrines (3000 people) and 35 
new washrooms were constructed.

50. In Mansehra -- 50,000 people have access to safe drinking water, 
10,000 people have access to sanitary facilities, 21,000 people have 
been sensitised to risk associated with poor hygiene

EDUCATION CLUSTER

51. 470,000 copies of the Meena Booklet on Earthquake Trauma have been 
translated into Urdu and printed. Teachers will be provided with a 
Teacher's Guide and a short training for the effective use of these 
booklets.

52. Islamabad Education Cluster Meeting is planned to take place in 
Peshawar on January 3, to discuss policy issues that are pertaining to 
the provincial government.

53. In PAK, Rapid Assessment of affected schools is ongoing.

54. National Education Foundation has signed a PCA with UNICEF to 
support 42 community schools in Muzaffarabad and Bagh. UNICEF will 
provide school tents and School-in-a-Box for 4,500 children in the 
schools.

55. In Bagh, 3 tents have been installed for 1 girls' school, and 2 
boys' schools.

56. In Mansehra, BEST, Dosti Welfare Organization, Taraqee Foundation 
and NCHD received and delivered 335 School-in-a-Box and 680 
supplementary reading materials from UNICEF.

57. In Batagram, 30 School-in-a-Box from UNICEF were delivered by Save 
the Children US, BEST, and Care International.

58. School damage assessment in 57 schools has been initiated in Shangla 
to prepare for the installation of tents to be delivered by January.

59. In Battagram, The cluster group is working on a mapping exercise to 
have a tool to monitor the education coverage in terms of actions by 
agencies and organization, taking in to account the extent of the 
damaged.

60. In Mansehra Government Education department has decided all tent 
villages schools will remain open through the winter season except for 
holidays during the period 25 December 2005 to 1st January 2006. All 
Government middle and high schools will also remain open through out the 
winter.

FOOD AND NUTRITION.

61. GoP and NGOs are using their own ration cards, in order to avoid 
duplication. Cooperating partners were requested to meet and agree on 
the format ration cards to be used. Each ration card will be used for 1 
family (6 persons).

62. Cooperating partners were requested to prepare and submit one 
month's distribution plan, so that WFP can prepare food release notes in 
advance

63. In Battagram, the Government of Pakistan and WFP have revised their 
caseload figures for the area leading to an increased distribution. In 
particular, the number of people that will receive food in Allai has 
increased from 61,000 to 97,000. The total caseload is now 340,000.

64. In Muzaffarabad, WFP had shortages of wheat and oil due to a 
pipeline break. This is no longer the case and WFP is anticipating a 
100% delivery in planned food distribution for December of around 
290,000 MT.

65. In Bagh, WFP managed to distribute food to 78% of the target 
population in 9 Union Councils, providing food for 2 - 3 months. Out of 
194,000 persons, 163,000 are covered by WFP's general food distribution. 
In addition, 9,000 persons in 23 tented villages are provided with food. 
WFP reported an excess of 9,000 persons in the Thob Union Council list. 
WFP is also preparing for the food distribution in the two planned 
camps.

66. In Bagh, Civil Military Coordination Officer facilitated the meeting 
of UNHAS and WFP representatives with PAKMIL 19th Division Operations 
for the use of the PAKMIL helipad on Jan 6-10 and Jan 14-19 for 
airlifting of 45MT of food daily from Bagh to Motanwali, Behdi Valley.

67. Mansehra hub reports 27 days into the NWFP Government -- WFP food 
agreement for North West Frontier Province, no food has been delivered 
by the NWFP government.

68. WFP Ghari Habib Ullah Sub-office after the closure of the WFP 
Mansehra office is acting as main hub of activity. The GHB office covers 
general food distribution in seven Union Councils of Balakot Tehsil and 
covers a caseload of 60,000 beneficiaries. WFP is currently providing 
food to schools in collaboration with UNICEF as well as to Government 
recognized camps in Mansehra and Balakot.

PROTECTION CLUSTER

69. The Battagram hub reports that the issue of vulnerable groups not 
receiving compensation cheques has been raised but no group is working 
on this.

70. Battagram hub is also concerned about the initial reports of forced 
displacement from the Allai valley -- which have not been substantiated.

71. In Bagh, the protection and assistance needs of vulnerable 
populations are being assessed and training programmes implemented.

72. In Bagh, UNICEF further reported the shipment of winter cloths for 
75,000 people from Malaysia to Bagh district. The donor has been 
informed that there are no warehouse facilities in Bagh district and 
that cloths need to be re-packed, taking into account gender and age 
specifications.

73. In Bagh, the local government and UNICEF are conducting a survey 
that identifies and registers vulnerable groups in spontaneous camps. 
The survey, so far, has been completed in 6 Union Councils. The results 
show that approximately 16,000 children are considered to be vulnerable, 
followed by 2,000 widows. A strong protection unit will therefore be 
established in the two planned camps

74. In Mansehra, compensation distribution was discussed with DCO this 
week following concerns that the most vulnerable (including women, 
children and the elderly) may have missed out on Phase 1 of the 
compensation round which saw the distribution of 6.5 billion rupee.

CAMP MANAGEMENT CLUSTER

75. In Battagram, UNHCR have launched a supplementary winterization 
strategy in the camps, with the supplement of 3 blankets per person, 4 
matrices per tent and 2 plastic sheets, in Batagram I, Pak-China, 
Batera, Kund and Mera camps. In Mansehra the distribution aims at 
ensuring that all tents have two plastic sheets/tent, three 
blankets/person and four mattresses/tent.

76. Mansehra reports RRC capacity to meet needs in spontaneous camps is 
still weak. UNHCR will be working closely with newly appointed 140 RRC 
personnel. The idea is to build and monitor capacity to meet needs 
(ongoing). Spontaneous Camp data will be shared with other cluster for 
information sharing.

General Information

77. All detailed cluster information (meeting minutes, assessments, 
contact information etc.) is being posted on www.un.org.pk .

78. The latest information on projects and funding for the Flash Appeal, 
and for the emergency overall, can be found on the Financial Tracking 
Service 
(http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/reports/reportlist.asp?section=CE&record_ID=688). 
Further information on earthquake appeals and funding is available on 
ReliefWeb 
(http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc105?OpenForm&rc=3&emid=EQ-2005-000174-PAK).

79. Contact details of focal points for information on in-kind and cash 
contributions can be found at http://www.un.org.pk/earthquake05/ .

80. OCHA will revert with further information as it becomes available. 
This situation report, together with further information on ongoing 
emergencies, is also available on the OCHA Internet Website at 
http://www.reliefweb.int.

Tel.:  +41-22-917 12 34
Fax: +41-22-917 00 23
E-mail: ochagva@un.org

In case of emergency only: Tel. +41-22-917 20 10

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  Mr. Guido Galli, direct Tel. +41-22-9173171

Press contact:
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