Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) Weekly Summary Report

“On New Responses to Natural Disasters and Follow-up”

Reporting Period: 4 April 2013 – 10 April 2013 Donor: OFDA/USAID Submission Date: 10 April 2013

Incidents Update:

During the reporting period four natural disaster incidents were reported.

Central Region:

Kabul Province: As per initial information from ANDMA and CDC, approximately 35 families were reportedly affected as a result of flood in , Tapa Khan Village. The joint assessment team (IOM, ANDMA, WFP/AREA) initiated an assessment on the 10th of April.

Logar Province: As per initial information from IRC, 30 families were reportedly affected by flooding in Baraki Barak (Shah Mazar Now Abad village) and Pule Alam (Altemor) on the 24th of March. IOM, ANDMA and IRC conducted the assessment on the 27th of March and verified 31 families in need of NFIs. IOM and IRC assisted the families with the provision of household and latrine kits on the 6th of April. Logar, Pule Alam, distribution of NFIs, IOM, 6 April 2013 In separate incident as per initial information received through different sources, due to flooding in seven villages of Kharwar district, on the 31st of March, 130 families were reported affected. IOM, IRC, WFP/AREA and ANDMA met with local representatives and village elders of Kharwar district on the 8th of April to verify received information. After discussions the representative and village elders of the reported affected villages confirmed flooding in different villages of Kharwar district but as per the information from the village elders there were no damages to their houses, only 3 Jerib of agricultural land were affected. The information from village elders indicated that the initial report of 130 families being affected by flood was inaccurate, thus the caseload was closed.

East Region

Nuristan Province: On the 23rd of March ARCS and IMC reported 17 families affected by an avalanche in , Waygal and Wama districts of Nooristan. 30 livestock were also lost in the incident. IMC staff in the field confirmed that the houses of the affected families in Parun were only moderately damaged and there were no needs for humanitarian intervention. In an assessment conducted by IMC and WFP/AREA in Waygal (Want village), 23 families were verified in need of NFIs, emergency shelter and food items. IOM provided 23 emergency shelter and four solar modules on the 6th of April, IMC and WFP will cover the needs for NFIs and food items.

Kunar Province: On the 23rd of March, as reported by Kunar ANDMA, 89 families were affected by flash flood in Asadabad, Dangam, Asmar, Shegal, Wata Pur, and Dare-I-Pech districts. IOM, IMC, WFP and ANDMA initiated the assessments of the affected districts on the 24th of March. The assessments conducted in Markaz, Sarkano, Shegal, and Narang identified in total 116 families eligible for food assistance and 44 families for NFIs. IMC will provide NFIs to all 116 families.

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South Region

Hilmand Province: As per initial information from IOM field staff in Helmand, approximately 250 families were affected as a result of floods in two districts of Hilmand province, Nad Ali and Marja on the 9th of April. The same day, PDMC meeting was held and a join assessment team (WFP, IOM, IRC, HAPA, UNHCR and government line departments) was mobilised to the affected areas. The assessment is still ongoing in both districts and as of now, 18 families whose houses were fully damaged were verified. The assessment is expected to finish by today, however, there possibilities of delays due to security concerns in Marja.

Himand, Nad Ali, Said Abad village, Assessment of flood affected families, IOM, 10 April 2013

Himand, Marja, Sistani Kalay village, Assessment of flood affected families, IOM, 10 April 2013

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