UNITED NATIONS OFFICE for the COORDINATION of HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Pathein Hub Update No. 1 28 November 2

UNITED NATIONS

OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Pathein Hub Update No. 1

28 November 2008 (Reporting period ~ 25 November 2008)

OVERVIEW & KEY DEVELOPMENTS

• OCHA has established the sixth hub office in Pathein, to support coordination among the humanitarian partners and local authorities that are covering areas such as Ngapudaw and southern Middle Island. With the coordination team now in place full time in Pathein, OCHA hopes to strengthen humanitarian coordination including MIMU data collection and dissemination serving the area. OCHA will continue convening monthly General Coordination Meetings and facilitate inter-cluster coordination on issues such as overlapping areas done by MRCS and Save the Children.

• There are five clusters active in the Pathein hub: Child Protection (chair UNICEF); Education (UNICEF); Health (WHO); Livelihoods (UNDP); and WASH (UNICEF).

• The areas of coverage have a continuing need for water. Access to some parts of Ngapudaw and Middle Island has been challenging, as the regular commercial boat services take at least 3 hours from Pathein and there is no regular air access. Due to this difficult access, some agencies such as Save the Children, MRCS, Pyi Gyi Khin, World Vision even UNDP have established sub- offices in the various locations across the Middle Island.

• The western part of Ngapudaw township is lacking coverage by humanitarian partners, including Kwin Bet, Pan Hmaw, Za Bar Gyi, Nat Hmaw, Gwe Gyaing, Nant Thar Pu, Nga Yoke Kaung, Moe Tain Byin, Thit Youn, and The Byu. Some reports on no assistance in some areas still need verification. MRCS will be doing a distribution in the western Ngapudaw and will try to get any relevant data from the government offices covering that area.

• The head of Divisional Health Department (DHD) in Pathein Division is the Officer-in-Charge for the health activities while various Township Medical Officers (TMOs) are responsible for the respective areas as well and Township Education Officers (TEO) for education activities. The eastern part of Middle Island has been moved to Labutta township administration from Ngapudaw. The Government’s cyclone response is still assumed by authorities in Ngapudaw. Only child protection is covered by Labutta authority as the chair of child protection committee is the chairman of Labutta Township Peace and Development Council as well as head of the township General Administration Department.

SECTORAL UPDATE

CHILD PROTECTION • In Middle Island, 27 Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) have been set up by Save the Children (15), Yadana Myitta (6) and MRCS (6). The 15 CFSs under the Save the Children will phase out at the end of December and will be transformed into libraries. • The child protection cluster has reported that in Phinkhayaing area, there are: o 115 separated children o 1 unaccompanied child o 2,512 vulnerable children o 43 missing children • The volunteers of Yadana Myitta will help the Save the Children in registering for the Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) activity. In 70 villages that Save the Children covers, 42 still need to do the registration. • There is no agency covering child protection in Haingyikyun.

EDUCATION • Malteser will build an affiliated Middle School in Ka Nyin Ngu village within a month. The school will be fully furnished. Malteser also plans to build a primary school in Chaung Gyi village in Thin Gan Kone village tract.UNICEF has so far distributed 400 gallon capacity water barrels, 55 units not only for rain water collection but also for storage water in dry season among the 53 schools but it is not enough. More barrels, estimated 75 units are in pipeline. • UNICEF reported that most damaged primary schools have been renovated and stationary materials were provided among 83 schools have been covered out of the 157 damaged schools. Metta Foundation and Save the Children provide schools outside of UNICEF coverage with roofing sheets, tarpaulins, student and teacher kits and necessary renovation.

HEALTH • Nutrition status is becoming of concern for some areas and 820 cartoons of BP5 nutrition bars have been delivered to TMO in Ngapudaw in the first week of November. TMO has not been able to deliver them to RHCs due to lack of transportation. All cluster partners have been requested to help in transportation. It was agreed that the supply should be sent to Pathein UNICEF, which can arrange smooth and easy transportation from Pathein to sub-offices rather than from Ngapudaw. • IRC will provide 3 motorised boats to the RHC of Me Gyi Pin, sub centers of Hgnet pauk and Kyar Kan villages, in order to support referral transportation. IRC’s renovation work for the Ma Gyi Pin hospital (16 beds) is 90% finished. • World Vision has distributed bed nets in San Gyi village tract (one net per two persons). • Malteser is in the process of closing three of its four mobile clinics. Chaung Wa clinic has already been closed. The Ah Htet Pyun clinic will close at the end of November and Thet Kei Thaung at the end of December. The clinic in Thingangone will remain open. Malteser will establish sub rural health centres in Ah Htet Pyun, Kyar Kan, War Kone, Kan Chaung and 2 RHCs in Thin Gan Kone and Thet Kei Thaung.

LIVELIHOODS • UNDP is conducting cash-for-work (CFW) in 20 villages in Middle Island. UNDP will soon add 21 more villages and hopes to cover in total 60 villages. In each target village, Village Early Recovery Committee is formed to implement the scheme, targeting most poor households, landless farmers and the farmers with rice fields less than 3 acres. CFW will entail latrine contraction. • Save the Children is carrying out CFW involving basic infrastructure. The project will cover 116 villages under the 22 village tracts, out of which 28 villages have already been covered. The scheme is targeted for the poorest families with lowest income. • Pyi Gyi Khin (PGK) is focusing on fishery recovery in Oke Twin village tract, consisting of 10 villages (1,300 households). • MRCS will implement CFW in 28 villages under 4 village tracts (Kyauk Chaung, Kan Chaing, War Kone and Dee Du Gone). The project has started in Kyauk Chaung and Kan Chaing VTs to repair bridges and roads. The daily wages per one unskilled labourer is 2,000 Kyats per day; and per carpenter as skilled labour is 4,000. In addition to infrastructure, CFW will involve garden farming, fishing and micro credit project until the end of December.

• IRC plans to implement the Community-Driven Reconstruction (CDR) project in 15 villages, (Kyar Kan, Ah Htet Pyun, Yae Paw Gyi, Ye Paw Lay, Daunt Gyi, Poke Ta, Kone Tan, Ta Zin Kyun, Dut Taw Kone, Kyar Bo Kone, Ka Nyin Ngu, Ta Khun Taing, Koe Htaung, Inn Ga Day and Htaw Pone Nar). IRC will provide them with necessary training to undertake CFW in pond protection, school renovation, income generation, fishing and garden farming.

WASH • Pyi Gyi Khin (PGK) confirmed that, for Kyauk Chaung and Kyonku villages in Haigyikyun sub- township, there is a water source 14 miles away and that the villagers need the water storage for dry season. PGK will look in to ways and means of fetching the water from 14 miles away and any other difficulties faced by the community, and report back UNICEF Pathein. • Ngapudaw upper areas have about 70 drinking water hand dug wells. Malteser targeted 100 ponds and hand dug wells. Malteser has been able to meet 80% of the initial target. • Malteser has 2 Mobile Water Treatment Units that it plans to move around the villages to treat water from ponds and dug wells and distribute to 58 villages as part of its dry season strategy. The Water Treatment unit’s capacities are ranging from 3000 to 6000 l/hr. Malteser requested UNICEF to provide communal water storage tanks so that communities can have enough water storage when Malteser distributing the safe water. • Metta Foundation and UNICEF reported that the quality of water from the pond in Thet Ke Thou is not good and that there is very little in the pond right now. If other areas have a similar situation, then collection of water or source of water will be a big issue during summer. The hand pumps yield very little water and are expected to dry up in summer too. In some areas, ponds have more water but it remains salty even after cleaning it for four -five times.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Event Frequency and Time Venue Health Cluster meeting Bi weekly 27 Nov. 0800Hr TMO Office, Ngapudaw Township Informal meeting of Data collecting & 27 Nov. 0800Hr Dee Du Kone, Middle Island Info sharing Field Cluster Coordination Training 5 Dec. 08, 0900 ~ 1700Hr OCHA office, Pathein Health Cluster meeting 18 Dec. 08, 0900 ~ 1030Hr DHD office, Pathein WASH Cluster Meeting 18 Dec. 08, 1030 ~ 1200Hr DHD office, Pathein Education Cluster Meeting 18 Dec. 08, 1400 ~ 1530Hr OCHA office, Pathein Livelihood, Child Protection Clusters 19 Dec. 08, 0900 ~ 1100Hr OCHA office, Pathein General Coordination Meetings 19 Dec. 08, 1400 ~ 1600Hr OCHA office, Pathein

OCHA PATHEIN HUB CONTACTS

Address (if relevant): No. 52, Da Gaung Pagoda Street, Kathedan, Pathein. Tel: 09 860 28 41 Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] Area coverage: Pathein township, Ngapudaw township, Haigyikyun township

OCHA Pathein Hub Office Officer-in-Charge: OCHA Pathein Hub Office Reporting: Ms. Suziena Htun Mr. San Maung Myint OCHA Pathein Hub Office Information OCHA Yangon Field Coordination: Management: Mr. Antonio Massella Mr. Ye Min Htwe Tel: 0095 1 544500 ext 808 Mob: +95 95179912 Email: [email protected] Myanmar Cyclone Nargis OCHA Hub Update is issued on 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month. All issues are available in Myanmar and English languages in OCHA offices in the Delta and Yangon and on Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) web site: http://myanmar.humanitarianinfo.org.