OCHA Situation Report No. 15
Sudan: Darfur
15 November 2007


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Headlines

- Governor of South Darfur expels OCHA Nyala Head of Office.

- From January 2007 to date, more than 130,000 IDPs received free
hospital services through the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency
Unit.

- Construction of 23 classrooms in 12 schools in El Fasher rural areas
(North Darfur) will benefit over 1,265 children.

- Education supplies to provided to 37 nomadic and resident schools in
Nyertiti and Jabal Marra will benefit approximately 9,050 students

Key overall developments

- The Government of Ireland will provide =80500,000 to support the Darfur
peace talks due to resume in Libya in early December.

Population movements

On the 03 November, 2007 the International Organization for Migration
(IOM) issued a determination on the case of a relocation of Kalma IDPs
from Otash IDP Camp to El Serief IDP Camp and other unknown
destinations, conducted by Government of Sudan (GoS) forces on 28
October 2007. As explained in the determination, this movement was
assessed by IOM as forced. As per the terms of the MOU signed between
GoS, IOM and the United Nations in August 2004, a meeting has been
called to discuss the issue.

Needs and response by sector

Education

North Darfur

Financial assistance was provided by UNICEF to El Fasher Rural
Development Network (RDN) to complete the construction of 23 classrooms
in 12 schools in El Fasher rural areas, benefiting over 1,265 children -
half of whom are girls.

UNICEF supported the 'Child Friendly Community Initiative Coordination
Unit' to train a first group of 60 parent-teachers committee (PTC)
members on planning, management, monitoring and evaluation of projects
and activities.

A workshop facilitated by UNICEF and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) brought together 33 participants from the Ministry of
Education, the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Youth, Ministry of
Social Welfare, the State Council for Child Welfare, local
parliamentarians, religious leaders, lawyers and judges to review
policies on corporal punishment in schools. As a result, participants
agreed to a ban on all kinds of corporal punishment in schools and
proposed several alternative methods to be implemented in classrooms.

West Darfur

In support of education activities in Mornei, Umshalaya, Krenik,
Furbarnga, Habila and El Geneina localities, UNICEF provided Save the
Children-US with 304 student material kits, 304 classroom kits and 152
recreation kits.

Education supplies have been provided by UNICEF to the NGO Solidarite to
provide support to 37 nomadic and resident schools in the area of
Nyertiti and Jabal Marra, benefiting approximately 9,050 students.

Health and Nutrition

WHO's emergency unit with the support from ECHO regularly monitors the
flow of free hospital services for IDPs. In the three Darfur regions,
monitoring and assessment visits are regularly carried out in hospitals
and health facilities to ensure free services to IDPs. From January 2007
to date, more than 130,000 IDPs availed of free services from the
hospitals in Darfur. There are 14 hospitals in Darfur which Key overall
developments

The Government of Ireland will provide =80500,000 to support the Darfur
peace talks due to resume in Libya in early December.

WHO and ECHO assist to enhance services and become more accessible to
the displaced people. WHO continues to provide technical support to the
SMoH through supervision and guidance for hospitals, and various
training for its staff on standard treatment protocols, patient care
practices, and health systems management, among others.

North Darfur

In collaboration with the State Ministry of Health (SMoH), the World
Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF successfully immunized around
10,000 children under 5 years old in the gap areas in North Darfur
(namely Dabatoga, Abu Gamra and Tina). These areas were not covered
during the Polio National Immunization Days in October due to security
reasons.

WHO and its health partners completed the spraying campaign in Abu Shouk
IDP Camp first week of November. The campaign which started on 26
October targeted flies, mosquitoes and other insects. The vector
spraying campaign covered 28,218 shelters, 2,663 latrines, 2,504 baths
and 2 markets in the camp.

To help improve the primary health services, WHO has continuously worked
with the SMoH in the rehabilitation of health facilities around North
Darfur. WHO with SMoH worked on the completion of the physical
rehabilitation of the Um Kadoya health clinic. Due to security reasons
and limited ground movements, the monitoring of the rehabilitation
progress is being done through the community committee on ground. The
rehabilitation work has now reached 80% and will be completed in two
weeks.

South Darfur

The effective and coordinated response to the outbreak of Hepatitis E in
Otash and As Salam IDP Camps has led to the decrease in incidence of
Acute Jaundice Syndrome (AJS) cases and to date, only sporadic cases are
being reported.

West Darfur

UNICEF has provided anti-malaria medicines to the NGO Tear Fund, which
will cover their needs for one month in the area of Beida.

Non-Food Items (NFIs)

This week, the United Nations Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC) replenished
non-food items (NFIs) to 18,500 households in Mornei IDP Camp (West
Darfur) and to 14,345 households in Abu Shouk IDP Camp (NorthDarfur).

In South Darfur, Common Pipeline distributions are resuming slowly.
UNJLC worked with Humedica to support 22 newly-displaced households with
NFIs and with Oxfam to support 3,206 newly-displaced households in Um
Dukhun.

In South Darfur, two schools run by national NGOs in Mosi and Dereg IDP
Camps were provided with plastic sheeting for their roofs and sleeping
mats for the children to sit on.

Water and Sanitation

West Darfur

After the postponement of activities due to insecurity earlier this
year, UNICEF has restarted the drilling of boreholes in the Jebel Moon
area. Working with the organization International Aid Services (IAS),
the drilling of 20 boreholes started in Seleia and non-government
controlled areas. In addition, UNICEF supported the State Water
Corporation to drill two boreholes in Mornei IDP Camp, which will be
followed by the installation of motorised pumps and an additional
elevated steel tank

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