Needs Assesment Report Patani Idp Camp

NEEDS ASSESMENT REPORT PATANI IDP CAMP

OCTOBER, 2018

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Acknowledgment

We would like to thank the women and girls in Patani IDP camp, and Chairman of the camp, Laiden Omiebi Promise. We also appreciate the members of the GRID women’s group and the camp volunteers for their support and participation throughout this assessment

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Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary...... 4

2. Methodology ...... 5

3. Key Findings ...... 5

4. Recommendation ...... 6

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Make shift Shelter at the Camp. © GRID Photo /Isi Elebhose

1. Executive Summary

Delta state, encompassed by rain forest in the southern part of Nigeria has been lately besieged by torrential rainfall and some communities in the state have never fared well at such times. In 2012, the great Nigeria flood as it was called killed 363 people and rendered over 2 million homeless, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). In Delta state, 11 communities were submerged, leaving 53,000 people homeless, most of whom were women and children. Again in 2018, there has been another flood situation which affected no fewer than sixteen(16) Local Government Areas in Delta State; Aniocha South, Burutu, Bomadi, Patani, Isoko south, Warri south, Warri south west, Warri north, Ndokwa west, Ndokwa east, Oshimilli south, Okpe, Ndokwa West, Isoko North. Udu, Ughelli South.

NEMA on 18 September declared a state of Emergency in Delta State and other affected by the flood disaster. On 27 September, reported the nationwide flood impact to be 106 submerged communities, 176,299 displaced persons (including 10 pregnant women), 1,036 injured, 17,816 houses, 150,285 hectares of farmlands, 321 road and bridges destroyed. It has also warned that the situation would not abate any time soon as more torrential rainfalls are to be expected.

The Government so far has only been able to provide a limited number of 12 IDP camps which are supposed to care for over 100, 000 displaced persons including women and children. This does not serve much as a great number of these displaced persons are unable to find shelter particularly because their communities are located at long distances from government IDP camps.

This assessment was conducted to ascertain the shelter, food, Menstrual Health Management (MHM/ Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Security needs for women and girls in Patani community IDP camp, Delta State, Nigeria.

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1. Methodology

This needs assessment was conducted through the interviewing of key informants, including residents in the camps, and direct observation in the IDP camps. 75% of respondents were female and 15% male.

2. Key Findings

Shelter: Over 1500 persons (women, girls, including Persons with Disabilities) have been left displaced by the floods in Patani Local Government Area and an estimated 1000 persons are domiciled in the Patani IDP camp.

With the growing number of displaced persons, there has been an influx of persons into the camps. 80% of respondents indicated currently there’s an overcrowding in the camps. Some have met this growing need of shelter by building temporary sheds from plastic bags by the road.

Food: 85% of respondents indicated food as an urgent need. The Delta state Government continues to call for collaboration and aid from the Federal Government, private and other development partners as the inflow of displaced persons into the camp outmatch food support from the Government. They currently endure a rationed meal pattern with women and girls in the camp cooking for other displaced persons, and there are fears of another influx of displaced persons into the camp

MHM/WASH: Prior to the flooding disaster and subsequent displacement of persons, menstrual health practices faced many barriers, and one of such is access to sanitary towels. This is now exacerbated by the displacement of women and girls faced with many other needs and challenges. Promise, one of the girls at the camps spoke to the GRID team on the resort to traditional unsanitary methods of using pieces of cloth, for sanitary pads. This is a health risk in an already volatile situation which ultimately affects the menstrual hygiene health of the women and girls.

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65% of respondents indicated bad WASH and MSH practices as open defecation and lack of access to safe sanitary materials are one of the many issues at the camp. Women and girls are forced to choose between two options of unsanitary makeshift toilets and open defecation, which ultimately affect their overall health, especially their sexual and reproductive health.

The swamp surrounding the camps which has also become an open defecation site increases health risks like diarrhoea, cholera and malaria. © GRID Photo/Isi Elebhose

Security: There were no Government security agents at the displacement camp. While some of the women placed their security expectations on the male, others expressed they would feel safer with the presence of Government security agents or/and personal means of protection. 86.7% of female respondents expressed fears of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation particularly in the form of sex for food, a situation reported in 2016 by the Human Rights Watch to have occurred in IDP camps in some parts of Nigeria.

3. Recommendations  Increased coordinated Government - Humanitarian response in water, sanitation, food, protection from sexual exploitation and abuse for women and girls in Patani IDP camp.  Run health promotion for infection prevention and increase capacity of health workers for infection and disease control.

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