Afghanistan – Badakhshan Province Operational Coordination Team (OCT) UNAMA Faizabad meeting hall 2303016@09;00am Draft Minutes Participants; Concern WW. AKDN, UNHCR, GIZ, AKDN, FOCUS, IOM, CHA,UNHCR, Afghan-Aid, SCI, NAC, Mission East, NPO, JH, ARCs, AKDN, WFP, WAW,FAO,CAF, DoR&R, AKHS, WHO # Agenda Discussions Action points 1 Welcome and introduction OCHA warmly welcomed the team and the team introduced themselves to each other.
2 AKDN and WHO will raise the Kasdi AKDN; issue in PHCC meeting, through Clusters updates ( WASH, PHCC meeting Badakhshan PH can Health, Nutrition, FSAC, and AKDN provides health and nutrition services through its projects in Shiwa, Dawlat- request to ARCs. Shelter) Shahi, Arghanchkhow, and Warduj districts of Badakhshan province. AKDN has 39 health centres in its working areas, the AKDN nutrition project is funded by SIDA, OCHA will meet the Badakhshan Nutrition, five OTP and, 23 IPT centres. Shiwa, Dawlatshahi, Arkhanjkhow nutrition provincial governor for finding the not supplied. Warduj and kasdeh not supplied. solution ways for supplying the Kasdi AKDN trained midwives and nurses in its nursing school. clinic. Capacity building for health staff in Baharak, Nosay, and Shighnan districts of Badakhshan.
WHO asked AKDN to give information about medical supply; medical supply in
Yamgan and Warduj update for Warduj.
AKDN; we have supplied the Non-medical materials somehow but for Medical supply there is forbidden by government authorities and therefore AKDN couldn’t supply its clinics in Warduj AKDN has already discussed this issue with Provincial Governor about the constraints in Kasdi area’s clinic and PG did not pay attention on it, the Kasdi Clinic medical staff have resigned.
ARCS
ARCs has two mobile clinics which works in close coordination with Badakhshan Public Health Directorate in case the PH requests for covering the Kasdi areas ARCs will provide medical services for the mentioned village. Currently ARCs mobile clinics are deployed Darayem, Argo, Yaftali-Payan districts of Badakhshan province.
ACTED;
ACTE actively participates in natural disaster and conflict IDP assessment in
Badakhshan project, ACECT currently implements the WASH and Shelter projects
in Badakhshan province.
Shelter project ; Constructing 120 shelters in Yaftali-Bala 1- 72 shelter for landslide
affected families in Safid Khak village of Yaftal Bala, which is completed and not
handoverred and 48 Shelters in Ebri Dara village of Yaftali Bala 48 80%
construction works are progressed.
GIZ BNDP updated activities:
Exposures visit for a number of GIZ’s project partners comprising 13persons from a number of Badakhshan governmental line departments and targeted districts visited Dushanbe and kolyab on disaster risk management and prevention measures for about one week. In shar-e-Buzurg four Infrastructure project like Check Dam , protection wall , irrigation canal and RCC Intake projects in Jogani, Khasar,Sangdar and Khurdakan villages 100% completed and handover to Distract governor and communities . Work process on reforestation project is ongoing in 4 villages of Koofab and 4 villages of Shukai districts, Four infrastructure project (protection wall) is completed in Khwahan district and will be handover soon.
FOCUS;
FOCUS working in Natural disaster, Disaster Risk Reductions, FOCUS actively participates in natural assessment and conflict IDP survey in Faizabad and its working areas.
Most areas of the border districts do not have access to network communications, in order to keep good communication in emergencies FOCUS has installed;
1- Codons in Shighnan, Shukai, Eshkamsih, Maimai, Zebak, Wakhan, Nosay and in Faizabad. The base of installed Codons are Faizabad FOCUS is in contact with the mentioned Codon points. 2- 83 VSM installed in Wakhan, Shukai, Shighnan, Maimai , Eshkamish and Zebak districts (15 in wakhan, 4 in shukai, 12 in shighann, 13 in maimai, 9in Eshkashim and 9 in Zebak districts).
FOCUS has established Disaster team in the mentioned grounds, the communication lead by voluntary team leaders.
IOM;
IOM is natural disaster lead agency, IOM participates and leads the assessment and provide NFI, Winterization and Blankets as relief for natural disaster affected families.
IOM has stated that the assessment format has been changed and IOM will share the new format to OCHA and OCHA will share to all humanitarian partners. CHA; is a local NGO implement the UNHCR protection projects in Badakhshan province.
WHO; is supporting health sector in Badakhshan province, it activities are mainly focused on polio elimination in Afghanistan, Providing training for polio.
In first quarter of 2016 WHO has provided training for 2000 valentines, the vaccination implemented in close coordination with PH polio which 10000 children. The 9 cold districts’ vaccination postponed to May2016.
WHO has sufficient medicine and emergency kits in case of necessity PHCC meeting which leads by PH can request the required medicine and WHO will supply based on PHCC meeting request. .
UNHCR; UNHCR will share list of conflict The conflict displaced families’ children who have been displaced from Warduj to Baharak displaced families’ children who are they need to continue to their education, UNHCR asked the team to coordinating with the Baharak education department for arranging the IDP’s children in Baharak schools. going to attend their classes in Baharak. OCHA; while UNICEF is absent for this OCT, this issue will be shared with UNICEF colleagues in Faizabad. IOM ;
IOM distributed computer and printer for Badakhshan DoR&R , and established a database for entering the conflict IDPs IOM has 500 NIF in its stock and is in the process of providing 500 more NFI.
ARCS; has good preparedness for responding the natural disasters. ARCs will implement one ICRC’s project conflict IDPs assessment and responses, still it’s under discussion.
Concern Worldwide ; Concern is always committed to take part and response in any emergency in the provinces that Concern works. Please kindly see below plan and information for BDK.
We have 111 NFI Kits (including tents) in Yawan office, which will be used for emergency response during the year. For now we don’t have any NFI kits in our Kohistan office however we are currently procuring NFI kits for Kohistan which will be delivered within the next few weeks.
Under our emergency funds we have the following intervention Yawan and Kohistan for now. 1. A footbridge have been designed in Zo village of Yawan district with estimated amount of 28,000 USD. which will connect 7 villages 2. A projection wall has been designed in Pas pol village of Kohistan with 80 meter with estimated amount of 27,000 USD which will protect school, houses and other communities assets 3. We re-assessed 7 villages of Argo earthquake affected people during this month with coordination of ANDMA which we will hopefully response winterization and hygiene kits for 40 most affected families in Argu?? Development programme. We have NRM, WASH, education, and resilience projects within the 3 districts.
Challenges: we have so many expectation from local official and even from ANDMA referring all single emergency cases to Concern to response.
NAC;
Works in health, education Natural disaster. NRM , and HID, Natural disaster; implemented the GIZ funded project in DRR, Environment natural disaster. Rehabilitated the established committees. The stocks supplies and still ongoing. NAS plans to provide camera and GPs for ANDMA Badakhshan.
DRR project update:
Feasibility study on land reclamation for Argu and Darayem rivers have been conducted, the purupose of this study is to see the possibilite of river stabilization and reclamation of eroded lands along the Argu and Darayem River. A training on GIS, Landslide and slope risk assessment is ongoing. The training started today and will be continued by end of next week (6 day training) The NAC is plan to provide some equipment for the disaster response center where NAC was constructed in Yawan, Kohistan, Raghistan and Arghanjkhwa district center. 1 GPS, 1 Camera, 20 office chair, Stabilizer will be provided to governor’s advisory on disaster and environment office
Food and Work Project Update:
Almost 40000 fruit and non-fruit saplings distributed for community, schools, and government line department. The saplings were distributed from Kishem and Kalafgan farm, community nurseries in Yawan, Argu, Yaftal-e-Payan, Darayem district. A training for 15 CDCs member in Kishem district (2/community) on Law of forestry, how to grow nutritious vegetable and how to manage establish a community nursery.
Mission East;
Post-Earthquake Response: After the emergency response by Mission East (ME) through the distribution of Hygiene kits, Mission east is also in the process of doing some post-earthquake recovery activities by repairing Water Supply Systems (WSS) and Irrigation Canals in some of the earthquake affected districts. It is assessing to repair 6 WSSs and 3 Irrigation Canal in Kash and Shuhada districts. The WSSs were primarily built by Mission East in previous projects.
BDF: Badakhshan Development Forum (BDF) a network of 7 INGOs (AKF, Afghan Aid, Concern, Oxfam, NAC, Mission East, Acted) was decided to close after some bilateral meetings held between Mission East and some of the member INGOs during the end of 2015. Mission East also agreed with the group decision. One of Mission East’s project objectives is Civic Society Capacity building. Mission East intends to achieve this through an informal network of few local CSOs, NGOs and SHGs like the same model of BDF, primarily increasing their capacities to respond to local needs and to participate more actively in the development process.
ME Projects: Mission East’s primary working areas are in the field of WASH, Food Security, Livelihood, NRM, Infrastructure, and Civic Society Capacity Building etc. Currently internal assessment activities are going on. This year’s project also includes follow up activities for projects completed in 2014 and 2015 also.
WFP FZBD and Takhar Projects are under the process of approval. CAF supplied Voucher. Poor and widows and child head of family. Light work. Planting youg trees. New projects; voucher 1677 beneficiaries all beneficiaries are female.
CAF; CAF Is a local NGO implements health project in 16 districts in Badakhshan province, CAF actively implements the health projects in 16 districts of Badakhshan provinces, responds the outbreaks in its working areas. , Challenge; while CAF is the one agency which has access in impassable districts of the Badakhshan , supplying the clinics during winter is imposable for the CAF, CAF do not has sufficient medical supply for exposing medical services for the needed people.
Challenges; However in reports said that all parts of Badakhshan covered by health services , but still there are some remote villages in Raghistan and Wakhan district they do not have fully access to health services.
The team had long discussion on the areas where do not have fully access to health services.
WHO; PH will list the areas where are not accessible to health services. Action points; CAF and WHO will provide more information about the areas where do not have access to medical services.
Required to established mobile health clinics in;
1- Jerow bala and Payan villages of Wakhan district , where live more than 2000 individuals. 2- Baragh village of Ragh district where live more than 5613 families.
WFP updates;
For the current year WFP Faizabad sub office has totally 8313.51 MT and 38,336,370 AFN as cash and voucher, WFP FSO has signed or in the process of signing partnership with international CPs ( AFghanaid,ACTED,Oxfam, RF) and local NGO, the office has the activities:FFA ,ESRP,FFT,FFE,EMG C&V TSFP. the project duration designed to end of Sep 2016 and the detail of food allocation for each activities are as below:
FFA (food for asset): 2630.90 MT and 5,940,000 AFN. ESRP (food for work): 794.51 and 9,405,06.00 AFN EMG (NDP and CAP-IDPs): 448.68 MT TSFP (targeted supplementary): 4026.23 MT FFE (School feeding prgoramm): 413.19 MT FFT (Vocational training-Cash based transfer):22,991,670 AFN
3 Updates on AHF projects by CHF implementers. Afghan Aid; CHF-I Emergency Life-saving food assistance to natural disaster and conflict affected families in Badakhshan province.
A total of 1267 out of 2568 Natural and Conflict IDPs received three months food basket and voucher as per contract in the last three months in Shuhada, Argo and Tishkan district, the remaining 1301 affected families of Warduj due to access problem was cancelled.
CHF-II- Life-saving action: Multipurpose lifesaving cash assistance for earthquake victims in Badakhshan province of Afghanistan
A total of 1460 category ( B ) earthquake affected household received the equivalent of 150 dollars as onetime payment in 5 districts of Badakhshan like Baharak, Shuhada, Jurm,Tishkan and Darayim.
A total of 566 category ( A ) earthquake affected household received 5 months cash assistance each months equivalent of 60 $ for rent.
JHT; the health clinics works normally, we do not have access, not mentored, not supervised, the clinics supplied for six months. Access challenges for supervision.
NAC;
1. All affected Category A (644) families will receive US$60 per month multi-purpose unconditional cash assistance for maximum 5 months paid out in 2 installments 60% paid in December and the remaining 40% in February, access and security situation permitting, and an estimated 10% (64) of Category A families who are without winterized shelter options will receive a once payment of US$150. A total of 301 families (100% of families in Kohistan and Yawan, plus 25% of families in other districts) will receive a once off payment of US$80 to cover for NFIs, assessment results indicate that at least 25% of the affected communities are unlikely to receive NFIs through the IOM/Unicef common pipelines. A total of 532 category B families will receive a once off payment US$150 to cover costs for repairing their houses to make them livable during the winter months. The rates are in accordance with standardized rates set for this emergency response. 2. The verification process was conducted in close coordination and support of the office of the district governor, ANDMA and PDMC. 3. The total eligible household under category (A) is 140 household and under category (B) is 605 household in all five targeted districts. 4. Under category (A), 36 out of 140 house hold are eligible for NFI and 46 out of 140 household are eligible for winterization kits 5. Under category (B), 141 out of 605 household are eligible for NFI. 6. Cash distribution for Yawan, Kohistan, and Argu district completed all beneficiaries under category (A) and (B) received all allocated cash. No more cash distribution 7. Cash distribution (first installment) for Arghanjkhwa and Kishem district completed (Kishme 90% and Arghanjkhwa 100%) 8. Post distribution monitoring for all district completed the report will be shared by soonest time. SCI; WASH activity Water supply Project finished in six villages four water scheme in Shahr-E-Buzurg district and two water scheme in Teshkan district. Third follow up finished in six villages. Internal verification is ongoing and external verification will completed in April. Sixth school (Arghandakan school) selected in Teshkan district WASH Activity will implemented in this school. Tootack village latrine is ongoing and 50% of construction work completed.
4 Updates on conflict IDP DoR&R Badakhshan submits the assessments and relief UNHCR updates ; assessment documents and distributions by the team. computerized the beneficiaries list to Introduction of IPs (WAW, CHA and NPO) to all participants and its activities OCHA for following up the response o CHA is working on PSN (Person in Specific Needs) Project for IDPs and process returnees, they can participate in IDP assessment in Badakhshan and Takhar. o WAW is working in protection section for IDP and Returnees (Protection monitoring for IDP and Returnees), they can participate in IDP assessment in Badakhshan and Takhar. o NPO is working on distribution of UNHCR NFI to IDPs. Updates on IDPs and Response: o UNHCR recently distributed NFI and WFP food to 31 IDP families who were assessed on 2015 but didn’t response by any agency. UNHCR requested Food from WFP and UNHCR IP-NPO distributed the assistance on 17th of March 2016 to the mentioned families. o IDP assessment has been completed in (Baharak, Kisham, Jurm, Faizabad) districts on 17th of March 2016 and 905 families out of 1524 families were identified as genuine and real IDPs in mentioned districts, the assessment teams were composed by ARCS, WAW, Mission East, Afghan Aid, Focus, DoRR and representative of each districts). The detail of selected 905 families are as below on district wise . Baharak District: The assessment team has visited 435 families and selected 311 families as a genuine IDPs. . Jurm District: The assessment team has visited 442 families and selected 272 families as a real IDPs. . Kisham/Tagab District: The assessment team visited 329 families and selected 91 families as a real IDPs. . Faizabad city: The assessment team has visited 298 families and selected 231 families as a real IDPs. Mentioned families have been displaced from Yamgan, Warduj, Koran wa Munjan, Argu, Kohistan Ragh and Jurm districts due to armed conflicts. 31 IDP families has been identified by joint assessment team but still they are not assisted, UNHCR requested OCHA to request food from WFP and there is no other agency to provide NFI then UNHCR will provide NFI for them. UNHCR requested from OCHA to get daily assessment updates from assessment team and circulate the IDP updates with relevant bodies on daily base and at the end the each team will bring the hard copy of assessment and selected IDPs to OCHA to have the scan copy for filing. UNHCR updated the OCT members that they have NFI for 469 families and will request 500 more to be stocked in Badakhshan.
330 Warduj IDP families in Baharak has received one month WFP ration and these people requested to be distributed one month more ration as they are still living in the place of displacement. The displacement of them has been exceed from six month. Discussion ; The joint assessment team who are conducting survey for identifying conflict IDP must report to the team leader and team leader compiles the findings and share to OCHA. Computerizing the beneficiaries list and original assessment format can be sent to OCHA, OCHA will follow with WFP and UNHCR for providing responses based on needs. The IOM team do not have printers, computer and electricity for computerizing the lists.
5 Any other business INGOs request the UNHAS flight ; INGOs has request to use HNHAST flights for the mean of humanitarian access in border districts of Badakhshan province, OCHA briefed the team by recent assessment flight which took place on 21 March 2016 and the team encountered to a problem which established by Shighnan district governor; FOCUS said based on received reports there is recruited a new district governor in Shighnan districts, in the future the UNHAS flight will not face to the same challenge.