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Save the Children Pakistan Earthquake Response Situation Report # 12 December 6, 2005 Hidayatullah – aged 52 lives in Village Nogram, which has a population of 267 households. W hen asked what he would have done without the materials distributed by Save the Children, he replied: ‘I would have used whatever earnings available from my salary to buy the items I received, though these items are expensive and it would have taken a number of months to purchase them. I really appreciate how Save the Children approached the community and visited each house to determine their needs, and feel fortunate that in our time of bad luck there are agencies that can assist us. W e trust Save the Children, and thank them for the assistance they have provided which helps us to restart our lives’ I. Overview/Highlights • During the past week, Save the Children added Hilkot and surrounding villages to its Community Based Child Protection Program in NW FP. • The road to Bana has reopened. The distributions in Bana were delayed due to the poor road conditions. This issue has been resolved and trucks are again regularly traveling up to Bana. • The road to Panjkot has been open for the most part, with the road being closed off occasionally. The road is currently passable with motorcars of approximately 2 tonnes. • 80 percent of the equipment for the 15-bed tent hospital, donated by AmeriCares, has reached Bana, Allai. The rest of the equipment will reach Bana on W ednesday. • So far two community kitchens have been built in Meira Camp. They are covered and screened using CGI sheeting and bamboo. Four more community kitchens are under construction in the camp. • Four containers are being sent to Batagram today. Two will be used as living quarters and can accommodate 32 people. The other two will be used for office space for 16 people. • The weather worsened with a stint of bad weather and heavy rains last week, creating some logistical problems for many organizations doing distributions. • There is a major issue of non-winterized tents in the high, snow falling areas. W interization of shelter is a priority of the UN shelter cluster. This will include the winterization of non-winterized tents, the provision of stoves, and insulation items such as blankets, mattresses, plastic sheeting, and tarpaulins. Save the Children continue to provide shelter kits for supporting the construction of a warm room in Alai and temporary shelters in Pakistani administered Kashmir. II. Response Protection During this week, Save the Children established 6 additional safe play spaces in Bagh. The total number of safe play areas in NW FP and Pakistani administered Kashmir is 42. Save the Children has trained young facilitators to support the safe play spaces. 1 In Muzaffarabad Save the Children conducted training for four new play area supervisors in their roles and responsibilities was conducted. A safe play area supervision form was developed and six areas were visited for supervision meetings. A statistical analysis tool was developed to look at numbers of children attending safe play areas by age, gender and vulnerability. In Bagh a total of 11 Safe Play areas have been established this month. All Safe Play areas have been set up with plastic sheeting, fencing, carpets and cushions. Education NW FP In Batagram tehsil, 6 Temporary Learning Spaces have been established, 5 were established during the last week. In Mansehra a coordination meeting was held with the District Education Department and it is agreed that Save the Children will provide the EDD capacity building support in inclusive quality education, CRP based management of education system in the district, and child protection with special focus on physical and psychological punishment and sexual abuse. In Muzaffarabad, activities focused on further distribution of clearance kits along with the first payments made for this activity as part of a livelihoods program. In Sachcha Kalan and Jabbar (NW FP) two semi-permanent model structures for schools with integrated child development centers were constructed through the community initiatives. Save the Children provided the CGI sheets and the community erected the wooden structure on a self help basis. Health Eighty percent of the equipment for the 15-bed tent hospital, donated by AmeriCares, in Bana has reached Bana. The rest of the equipment will reach on W ednesday. The CEO of AmeriCares will visit Bana today to see the hospital. A formal opening will be held when the availability of the senior GoP officials is confirmed. Save the Children will work with the staff from the collapsed Rural Health Center in Bana, at the Bana field hospital. Three of those staff members, all doctors, started working there today. The Government of Pakistan and Save the Children will extend rural health center and hospital services to the people of Allai from the tent field hospital until the permanent rural health center is built. A health team comprising five doctors was sent to target areas in NW FP to assess the health risks to the children. The team examined more than 600 children in all the target villages. About 50% of the children examined were suffering from the Respiratory Tract Infections. Other major diseases children were suffering scabies, eye infections and water borne diseases. All the children examined were provided the necessary medication. As per the assessment team findings such high percentage of children suffering from RTIs is alarming The findings will be discussed at the protection and health cluster meetings. Shelter, NFIs and Food Update 2 ,atagram Distribution monitoring in Batagram continued in Batagram tehsil. Save the Children visited 33 households during the last week in 12 villages where Save the Children shelter and NFI distribution has taken place. The monitoring confirmed the beneficiary selection process, indicating that the households selected were vulnerable and that the relief goods provided were utilized and appreciated by the beneficiaries. In the remote valley of Pashto union council in Allai valley, Save the Children plans to distribute food, shelter and household kits this week. Road access to Pashto valley is blocked and all the relief goods are scheduled to be sent by helicopters. The distribution will be carried out over 10 days, benefiting 1,155 households with a 3-month ration of food and 2,000 households with both shelter and household kits. Save the Children distributed 45 day food rations to 172 families in Banian union council (UC) and 573 families in Gajbori UC of Batagram tehsil. Allai Tehsil This week 528 families in the upper Allai valley received a second 45 day food ration. This will help keep food stocks high through the difficult winter months when access to this area will be difficult. 18 families received shelter kits and 1,946 received household kits. To date 904 families (528 of these have received a second 45 day ration) in Allai valley have received a 45 day food ration from Save the Children, along with 3,216 families receiving shelter kits and 2,663 receiving household kits. Abbottabad district Save the Children distributed 45 day food rations to 200 families in Nawansher UC and 600 families in Dalola UC of NE Abbottabad district. Oghi tehsil Save the Children distributed 45 day food rations to 200 families in Sher Garh UC, 100 families in Kathai, 100 families in Belian UC of Oghi tehsil M uzzaffarabad The distributions started on 24 Nov 2005 and to date 636 by SUNGI and 1048 by Save the Children totalling 1684 beneficiaries. This is well into the 1000 beneficiaries November targets. In Panjkot, tents, supplies and set up kits arrived and the team went across to Nossary to begin base set up. Continued registration but had to return to base in the further heavy storm. Continue to secure stores and set up distribution field in Nossary. Registration of W ard 4 and W ard 3 completed. Bagh The distribution team has been able to reach more families this week with household necessities and updated registrations for the distribution of CGI sheets in UC Thub and UC Topi. 3 M ansehra Shelter materials were provided to 180 families in the target areas. W arm clothes to more than 2000 children were supplied during the week. Supply of children shoes, socks and woolen shawls for girls and women has been received in Mansehra. Livelihoods 5 people are benefiting from cash for work activities to maintain animals and the community barn structure in Maira camp. More people are being paid daily wages to construct two additional barns in the camp. Adult supervisors continued to support safe play activities and receive a weekly stipend. In some target villages of NW FP community run Village Development Funds have been established through the community contribution. Each family receiving the shelter support contributed between Rs. 2000-5000 (depending on their economic status and as per the community decision) to the fund. The Village Development Fund will be utilized for livelihood and other community based development initiatives. III. Save the Children Distribution Tables: NW FP and AJK Cumulative Distribution for NW FP: Date: 5 December 2005 Shangla M ansehra/ Batagram Grand Total Location: Balakot Type of assistance W eek Cum. W eek Cum. W eek Cum. W eek Cum. FOOD and NFI Family Packs* 250 500 110 3738 110 4,488 Packs Milk 13,506 Cartons W ater 194 Jerry Cans 4,602 7,602 Blankets 1,250 3,603 10280 33717 10280 35070 Cartons Clothes 106 Sleeping bags 2,848 2,848 Household kits 2056 3106 2056 3106 Containers in Batagram 4 6 4 6 HEALTH Hospital Tents 150 15 - 165 Field hospital 1 1 1 1 Generators 1 3 1 3 Mattresses/Pillows 385 - 385 Cartons/Boxes Medical Supplies 1 Misc.

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