IRNA Report Twic IDPs from State 3 Jan 2014

Initial Rapid Needs Assessment Report Internally Displaced Persons in Twic County from Unity State 3 January 2014

Important:

- IRNA Report should include secondary data collected by all stakeholders and jointly analyzed - IRNA Report should also include community level assessment analysis by clusters and then jointly analyzed by all stakeholders - Report should adequately cover the de-briefing analysis of assessment team leaders - This report should be produced within two days after the IRNA taking place

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IRNA Report Twic IDPs from Unity State 3 Jan 2014

Situation Overview (use the secondary information as well as the information gathered under the ‘Generalist’ section of the IRNA questionnaire. Map Drivers of Crisis and underlying factors Place map of affected area if available Conflict has spread across South following an alleged coup attempt three weeks ago in . Among the states directly affected by the crisis is Unity State which neighbours Warrap State to the East. An influx of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) into Warrap’s Twic County has steadily increased since the last week of December Affected population: 2013. Most of those IDPs have been directly attacked or been caught (appox. Male/female and boys/girls) up in the cross fire during the fighting that has ensued in Unity State, while some have run out of seer fear. Displaced population: (appox. Male/female and boys/girls) Scope of crisis and humanitarian profile

Most of the displaced are from in Unity State, while 3,215 individuals some have been displaced from as far as town the Unity State with possible increase in coming days capital itself, in Rubkona County. The specific areas from where Key Priorities these people have fled include Mayom, , Galjak, Kaikang and Booth. They moved from Bentiu and Mayom through Immediate provision of food, water, Abiemnhom in Unity State and arrived in Ajakuac, Molbang in Twic sanitation and NFIs assistance County in Warrap State. On the advice of local authorities they including shelter and cooking utensils moved further inwards in Warrap. The IDPs are now mainly located as well as other basic needs, to the in three places, Aweng, and Man-Angui, in Twic County of affected IDPs as their situation is seen Warrap State. The IDPs consist of a number of tribes that fled to be dire following attacks on their homes. Many witnessed their relatives and friends shot and killed during the attacks. Most of them fled with none or very few belongings. Different groups left Unity State at different times from 19 December 2013, to present. Most of them walked all the way while a few were transported on passing by military trucks.

Having left with a few or no belongings the IDPs are completely destitute currently relying on the host community. It is evident and clear that the population are in need of immediate humanitarian assistance in all basic aspects.

The local authorities have designated a Man-Angui, in Wunrok Payam, as the location where the IDPs will be taken for security reasons and to provide adequate space. They have gone ahead to transfer over 1,000 of the IDPs from Aweng to Man-Angui. The team members, including the State Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) Director, have assessed this location as unsuitable to settle the IDPs, because there is neither shelter nor clean drinking water. The location is just in the bush far from any borehole or source of clean water. The market and host community are so far away to provide assistance. The team agreed for RRC Director and County RRC Secretary to make more consultation with County Commissioner to change the location in order to avoid another hazard on the IDPs.

At the time of the assessment no formal registration of the IDPs had been undertaken. Estimates of the total number of IDPs in the three mentioned locations in Twic are summarised in the table below:

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IRNA Report Twic IDPs from Unity State 3 Jan 2014

Location Payam County Est. No. of IDPs Aweng Aweng Twic 1,212 Turalei Turalei Twic 165 Man-Angui Wunrok Twic 1,838 Total 3,215

Trends and Scenarios With the on-going military offensives against the rebel groups it is likely that there will be a continued influx of displaced people into Warrap Twic County from Unity State. It is reported that there are groups of people who are crossing the river at the border between the two States and are expected to continue arriving in the coming days. Similar groups have also been reported to be crossing into Area’s Rumammer County.

Further it is expected that the IDPs will remain displaced in the medium term unless the war situation is resolved. Due to the fragile economic and food security situation of the host community in Twic County, that is largely just emerging from the effects of floods in 2013 agricultural season, the newly arrived IDPs will require external humanitarian support to survive at least for the coming few months.

Humanitarian Access

For now there are no access limitations, security or otherwise, in all the three locations where the IDPs are located. Areas close to the State border with Unity State near the Kiir may be insecure. Local Authorities have been encouraging the IDPs to move further inwards into Warrap State. Military trucks have been used to ferry some of the IDPs to Warrap.

Findings (use the information gathered under the cluster specific sections of the IRNA questionnaire)

FSL Photos The IDPs virtually came with no food stocks at all as they left their homes in disarray. They have been surviving on food hand-outs from Insert photos from the community the host community. The limited available food was being shared by level assessment that provides in- hundreds of people including children. Some of the other coping depth view of situation. strategies include eating wild fruits and leaves and begging. Some families were seen cooking leaves without any additional food. It was Photos clear that the most of the IDPs were hungry and in dire need of food. In the proposed settlement location of the Man-Angui there is no Insert photos from the community clean water and firewood in the vicinity and this has definitely and level assessment that provides in- will continue to cause challenges of utilization of food by the IDPs. depth view of situation.

Health The risk of outbreak of disease is very high due to the poor living conditions of the IDPs. With lack of hygiene and water and sanitation facilities the IDPs are very exposed. Further most of the families are living out in the open are a vulnerable to mosquitoes and malaria. The water source at Man-Agui bound to cause disease outbreak.

Further there are wounded people who require urgent medical Cooking at Awenge attention. Agencies to provide such services such as MSF, to be contacted or alternatively affected people transported to the nearest hospitals in Turalei and Alek. 3

IRNA Report Twic IDPs from Unity State 3 Jan 2014

NFI & ES The IDPs have no shelter at all apart from the few classrooms at two of the location. Otherwise the majority if the population are sleeping out in the open on the bare ground. There are very limited cooking utensils.

Nutrition Meal at Awenge Although there were no signs of severe malnutrition among the children, the situation could deteriorate rapidly if no immediate action is taken.

WASH The IDPs in Turalei and Aweng are located in school compounds. Although there is a clean water sources at these each of these locations they are limited considering that these water points are also used by the host communities and also the possibility of additional IDPs. In Mana-Agui the nearest watering point is so far away – an estimated walking distance of 45minutes -1 hour. A river is close by Malnourished child Turalei but the water levels are so low and water is also used by livestock. Other WASH concerns include: - open defecation as there are no latrines - there are no water containers for drawing water - most of the IDPs have not taken bath for over one week - there is no soap or hygiene facilities - all the IDPS are poor hygienic condition and the risk of diseases out break due to congestion is high

Protection Tree shelter On arrival in Warrap the IDPs were provided with security and the local population has been sensitized and warned by the local authorities against carrying out reprisal attacks. At the time of the assessment South Sudanese Police was observed to be providing security.

In Man-Agui it was reported that there were 17 separated children aged between 1-13 years. Further the Man-Agui location is isolated with complete lack of basic services in the vicinity.

Other protection issues of concern include:

- there are handfuls of women without their husbands or close Only borehole at Awenge relatives and thus highly vulnerable; - A number of women lost their husbands and do not know their whereabouts and thus require psycho-social support. - Hygiene conditions are poor because people are overcrowded in the limited accommodation space in the school classrooms, where they exist, putting women and girls at risk. Under most cases people are sleeping in the open.

Other At the time of the assessment there was no formal registration, Water at Man-Agui shared with cows/ other tracking and referral of IDPs for humanitarian assistance. uses

Next steps Agreed initial response: Who will do what and by when?

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IRNA Report Twic IDPs from Unity State 3 Jan 2014

 The RRC State Director and RRC County Secretary to pursue and finalize the change of location of the IDP settlement location from Man-Angui as soon as possible and advise all partners, to ensure that response is in a more reasonable and acceptable location.  IOM, UNHCR and RRC Twic to immediately start verification and registration in the presence of other partners. The registration will be the basis of response and has to be completed in no more than two days to ensure that the IDPs are assisted in a timely manner. A mechanism to continually register and refer genuine new arrivals will be established by these agencies.  Each organization immediately starts response mechanism in their area of focus, in liaison with OCHA and RRC Office for coordination.  Specific priority areas for each cluster are as follows: Cluster Priority actions Human and Responsible Entity By when material resources required Food - Immediate full food ration Organisation FAO, ICRC, WFP Immediate Security & assistance for at least 15-days resources and Livelihoods - Provision of fishing gear staff

Health - Treatment of wounded Staff and medical WHO, SMoH Immediate displaced people supplies

NFIs & ES - Provision of emergency shelter Organisation IOM Immediate - Cooking utensils, water resources and containers, mosquito nets, … staff

Logistics - Individual organizations’ to Organisation Individual Immediate cater for their logistics of resources and agencies delivery as soon as possible. staff - Combined needs to be reviewed at later stage. Nutrition - Nutrition assessment and Staff from cluster ACF, UNICEF Immediate monitoring WASH - Provision of Hygiene kits to the Organization UNICEF, GOAL households resources and - Water tuarbin/water bags staff - Provisions of Buckets - Temporary latrines - Temporary bathing shelters - Hygiene awareness - Increasing water points - provision of soaps and water disinfectants tablets Protection - Relocation of Man-Agui IDP RRC & Twic center Commissioner’s - UNICEF is to keep TCPD Office, UNHCR monitoring the situation of the separated children while FTR is being carried out. - psycho-social support Cluster specific assessments recommended. Who will do what by when? ACF – Wunrok to conduct an emergency nutrition assessment as soon as is possible. Assessment information

Assessment Teams details attached below

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IRNA Report Twic IDPs from Unity State 3 Jan 2014

Geographical area visited (incl. GPS) include: 1) Aweng 2) Turalei 3) Man-Angui Type of key informants interviewed (male/female, boys/girls):  Meeting with Twic County authorities to find to discuss actions so far taken and gaps  Discussions with IDPs leaders in the IDP temporary settlements  Focus Group Discussion for different sectors/clusters  Key informant individual interviews with selected IDPs  Coordination meeting of the assessment team members

Participants

Name Organisation Tel. Number E-mail address 1 Benjamin Bida Wol RRC 911625640 Shadrach Maper

2 Adong UNICEF [email protected]

3 Bona Bak UNHCR [email protected] 4 Rehan Cyier Goal

5 Micheal Ngang WHO [email protected]

6 Mawien FAO 911591310 [email protected] 7 Kerbino Garang IOM

8 Karlo Kuot WFP 913871978 [email protected]

9 Ageth Cyier JAM 913338813 [email protected]

10 Yor Abraham RRC [email protected] 11 Arkangelo RRP

12 Deng Deng Goc RRC 913517275 [email protected] 13 Mayot Juac Chol Hery.SS 91418940

14 Anthony Sabiti WFP 912239092 [email protected] 15 William Deng ACF 911157004

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