OCHA Situation Report No. 4
Sudan: Darfur
21 February 2008


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Needs and response by sector

Education

South Darfur

The construction of 13 new classrooms in Sekalie has been completed by the 
NGO Solidarities, supported by UNICEF, in addition to a further 41 
classrooms in different locations in Shaeria locality.

Food Security and Livelihoods

West Darfur

Save the Children USA (SCUS) has delivered 956.1 metric tons (MT) of food 
to 59,565 beneficiaries in the locations of Dorti, Abuzar, Ardamata and 
Sultan House.

Health and Nutrition

North Darfur

UNICEF provided 90 kits of medicines and medical supplies, five solar 
refrigerators, and six freezers to 18 health facilities in Mellit, Malha, 
Kutum rural and Kabkabiya localities.

South Darfur

UNICEF supported the training of 15 nutritionists and nutrition assistants 
from the State Ministry of Health (SMoH) on Community Therapeutic Care 
(CTC). The agency also provided 23 cartons of nutritional paste to Action 
Against Hunger (ACF) for use in Kalma IDP Camp, and provided the SMoH with 
equipment for supplementary feeding programmes including 700 iodised oil 
capsules and other materials for nutrition programmes run by the SMoH and 
NGO partners.

West Darfur

A total of 3,549 patients visited SCUS's six clinics in West Darfur for 
non-reproductive health related illnesses and injuries;

- 564 patients visited the clinic in Mornei;
- 561 patients visited the clinic in Habila;
- 1,118 patients visited the clinic in Krenik;
- 267patients visited the clinic in Gimeiza Babiker;
- 460 visited the clinic in Hagar Bagar;
- 575 patients visited the clinic in Ruhal Bokhat.

UNICEF provided the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) with 42 primary 
health centre kits to serve the routes of two mobile clinics in the 
nomadic areas around Mukjar.

The Sudanese National AIDS Programme, supported by UNICEF, conducted four 
sessions on HIV/AIDS awareness and basic information reaching 374 school 
students.

A recent vitamin A distribution campaign across West Darfur, led by the 
SMoH and supported by UNICEF, reached more than 290,000 people.

Following recent insecurity in the north and north-west of West Darfur, 
UNICEF has supported a multi-agency response, including:

- Sirba - five primary health care kits of essential drugs and medical 
supplies (each sufficient for up to 10,000 people for one month), one 
carton of oral rehydration salts, one carton of ringer lactate solution 
(for replacing fluid loss) have been provided directly to local health 
workers.

- Abu Suroj - three primary health care kits of essential drugs and 
medical supplies have been provided to the NGO Medair. UNICEF is also 
assisting Medair with the provision of spare parts to repair 13 damaged 
handpumps, as only four are currently operational.

- Armankul - two primary health care kits of essential drugs and 
medicines, one carton of oral rehydration salts, and one carton of ringer 
lactate solution have been provided to health workers displaced from Saraf 
Jedad, who will establish a new health point in Armankul. Also, 6,000 
sachets of water purification powder (for 120,000 litres of water) have 
been provided as the only available water sources are from contaminated 
dug wells.

- Tandalti - UNICEF's partner Medical Aid Committee (CAM) is providing 
primary health care kits for the local health centre. Since the water 
supply is limited to one functioning handpump, two NGOs and the State 
Water Corporation (SWC), supported by UNICEF, are working to repair 11 
other handpumps.

- Selea/Kulbus - two primary health care kits have been provided to Kulbus 
hospital to cater for populations displaced from Selea. Water provision in 
Selea is considered adequate for current needs.

Non-Food Items (NFIs)

South Darfur

The United Nations Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC) worked with Humedica to 
provide Common Pipeline non-food items (NFIs) to 1,446 newly-displaced 
households in Al Salam IDP Camp. Also this week, International Aid Hand 
supported 200 households of handicapped persons.

West Darfur

Windows of opportunity arose in West Darfur enabling the delivery of NFIs 
to areas previously inaccessible this year. UNJLC, CARE and Catholic 
Relief Services (CRS) worked together to ensure NFI distribution to 1,300 
households in Sirba and Abu Suruj and 2,365 households in Arman Kul. 
Furthermore, additional stocks were pre-positioned in El Geneina for 
anticipated future needs.

Protection and Human Rights

South Darfur

Save the Children Sweden (supported by the State Council for Child Welfare 
and UNICEF) undertook a three day training programme for 38 officers in 
the Sudanese Armed Forces on issues related to child rights, child 
protection and HIV/AIDS.

UNICEF supported training sessions on child rights and child protection 
issues organised by the Sudanese police and African Union/United Nations 
Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) forces in charge of organised 
voluntary returns of IDPs from South Darfur to Northern Bahr el Ghazal. 
UNICEF staff and social workers from the Ministry of Social Welfare also 
conducted follow up work to prevent and respond to cases related to 
separated children and unaccompanied children during the return operation.

West Darfur

Ninety children from Abuzar School completed a four-day training programme 
on school sanitation and hygiene as part of capacity-building for school 
health committees (supported by UNICEF). The children will be involved in 
water, sanitation and school cleanliness, and will prepare hygiene 
messages and disseminate good practices through drama, songs and poems 
within the school.

UNICEF is working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 
and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 
(UNHCR) to monitor the situation of unaccompanied or missing children - so 
as to provide support families in tracing and reunification should this 
become necessary. At present, spontaneous reunification of families seems 
to be occurring without the need for formal tracing systems.

In Abu Zar IDP Camp (El Geneina) where new arrivals are being relocated, 
UNICEF is working with Terre des Hommes, Save the Children and UNHCR to 
run an information campaign aimed at preventing separation of families, 
while efforts are also being made to establish a child-friendly space in 
the camp to provide psychosocial and recreational activities for children.

Water and Sanitation

North Darfur

Significant steps were taken to improve sanitation facilities for IDPs in 
several camps across North Darfur. In Abu Shouk, UNICEF, SWC and Oxfam 
rehabilitated 18 permanent communal latrines, and replaced four household 
latrines. Three school latrines are currently under construction in the 
camp, while 65 showers were competed this week. Meanwhile in Zam Zam IDP 
Camp SWC and UNICEF supported community members and hygiene promoters to 
clean and maintain 1,500 communal latrines, benefiting some 30,000 camp 
residents. In Kassab IDP Camp SWC and UNICEF rehabilitated four communal 
latrines and decontaminated 1,222 jerry cans, while 230 household visits 
were made by hygiene promoters, reaching 360 community members.

The SWC (supported by UNICEF and Plan Sudan), mobilised community hygiene 
promoters to undertake a five day environmental clean up campaign 
(including garbage collection and disposal) in Abu Shouk IDP Camp 
benefiting 55,000 camp residents. In As Salaam IDP Camp, UNICEF supported 
Oxfam to distribute 51,650 bars of soap to households.

South Darfur

In Al Neem IDP Camp 300 metres of pipe line was rehabilitated by SWC, 
supported by UNICEF, in addition to the construction of 400 metres of new 
piping, linked to three water points of 6 taps each. This development has 
ensured safe water provision for 1,000 people. In Al Ferdous IDP Camp, a 
new steel water tank was connected to two water points, ensuring access to 
2,000 people. In Al Salam IDP Camp, a sanitation cleaning campaign was 
undertaken by SWC, also supported by UNICEF, benefiting 11,000 people. In 
El Neem, Khor Omer and Al Ferdous UNICEF provided 13,515 residents with 
soap, in conjunction with hygiene promotion activities. In Al Salam and 
Otash IDP Camps, 60 school children were also given basic training in 
hygiene and sanitation practices.

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