: Humanitarian Dashboard (May - August 2016)

SITUATION OVERVIEW The humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate. Ongoing military operations are forcing people into displacement at great personal risk with over 400,000 people newly displaced this year, including 85,000 from in May and June and over 120,000 people currently displaced along the corridor. Critical needs continue to grow across all sectors. To date, the US$861 million Humanitarian Response Plan has received 54 per cent of the funding. The impact of this underfunding has been significant. Of the 226 projects in the Humanitarian Response Plan, over half have closed or could not start due to insufficient funding. An additional 67 programmes will close within the next three months, if no additional funding arrives. A boost in funding is urgently required to restart core activities forced to shut, to activate those that need to start and to prevent further closures of front-line programmes.

Despite a difficult and volatile operating environment, humanitarian organizations have reached about 3.2 million people with some form of humanitarian assistance across Iraq. Health partners have been able to support over 3 million people this year and in addition vaccinated over 10 million children against polio. Food Security partners have provided help to more than 1 million people with food assistance and cash-based transfers. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) partners have ensured more than 900,000 people in at-risk communities have received safe, sustained, equitable access to a sufficient quantity of water through water trucking, maintenance of water and sanitation systems and facilities, solid waste collection, distribution of hygiene and dignity kits and other WASH services.

Camp coordination and camp management partners have provided support to over 850,000 people by providing specialised assistance to people in camps and highly vulnerable temporary settlements. Over 700,000 people have received kits with household or shelter items, or have benefitted from replenish- ment and upgrades to their current dwellings through work carried out by shelter and non-food-items partners. Education partners have reached more than 550,000 people with some form of emergency education assistance this year, including in hot spot locations, and 140,000 people have been reached by protection partners through community-level and household assessments, awareness-raising sessions, and referral for cash assistance. Underpinning efforts by humanitarian organizations, the Logistics Cluster works to handle and store humanitarian commodities in and Baghdad to ensure coordina- tion and to organize the dispatch of supplies to recipient agencies. Telecommunications partners also work to support and address needs in telecommunica- tions among humanitarian stakeholders. Needs

Population in need1 People displaced2 People targeted1

10 million 3.3 million 7.3 million includes displaced people, host communities displaced population people targeted and non-host in opposition armed group areas million Health 7.1 million 3.3 3.1 WASH 2.9 2.5 100% 1.8 Protection 2.1 1.2 increase since Food Security 1.5 January 2015 Education 1.3

Jun 14 Aug 14 Feb 15 Jun 15 Sep 16 Shelter/NFI 1.1 Total population Iraq: 36 million (2014 estimate) CCCM 0.4

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN 2016 861million 56% 484 million

REQUESTED (US$) FUNDED RECEIVED (US$)

Requirements by cluster (million $)1 Per cent funded by cluster4 funded unmet Contributions (million $)4 million $ million $

Camp Coordination and 3.1 11.5 14.5 21% United States of Camp Management 133.1 America Coordination and 11.0 8.5 19.5 56% Common Services European 100.8 Commission 36.4 46.3 Education 82.7 44% WFP Carryover 96.4 Funds Emergency Livelihoods and Social Cohesion 26.5 17% 4.3 22.1 Germany 34.2 Emergency Telecommunications 1.5 41% 0.6 0.9 United Kingdom 32.3

Food Security 238.9 44% 106.2 132.7 Japan 17.1 43.9 39.8 Health 83.7 52% IHPF 15.0

2.4 100% Logistics 2.4 0.0 Canada 12.6 Multi-Purpose Cash 38.5 60% Assistance 23.3 15.2 CERF 8.1

70.2 43% Protection 30.5 39.7 Sweden 6.8

Rapid Response 21.8 8% Mechanism 1.8 19.9 Others 27.8

Shelter/NFI 179.6 37% 66.1 113.5

Water, Sanitation and 80.7 54% 4.4 37.2 Hygiene

Creation date: 4 October 2016 unocha.org reliefweb.int iraq.humanitarianresponse.info Sources: 1. Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan 2016 2. IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix, August 2016 3. Clusters 4. fts.unocha.org - 4 October 2016 1 IRAQ: Humanitarian Dashboard (May - August 2016)

PROTECTION The Protection Cluster continued to face challenges with underfunding (only 43% of the HRP 2016 requirement received) and limited access due to security reasons. 8.2 million people in need Needs Response 2% 26% Across Iraq, IDPs fleeing conflict continue to face Protection partners conducted 563 community-level and 22,950 reached / in need targeted / in need obstacles in accessing safety and restrictions on their household-level protection assessments (displaced people and freedom of movement. Safety options for GBV survivors returnees) across Iraq, and Rapid Protection Assessments in and across the country remain extremely limited. around Fallujah, district, , Southern Ninewa and Salah Ongoing military operations in the country continue to al-Din. pose severe challenges to child protection actors to More than 11,000 vulnerable families were referred for cash provide a timely and effectively response to the most assistance: legal teams provided legal assistance for 730 cases and critical needs of women and children affected by the legal counselling for 749 individuals. conflict. Protection partners continued to carry out awareness-raising 144,416 2.1 m Across all areas of implementation, there is an urgent sessions and distributed information material to provide information people reached people targeted need for mine action, which is expected to grow more on displacement movements and protection concerns. pressing as IDPs return to their areas of origin. Protection partners in Baghdad continued to advocate for mobile teams to carry out the registration of displaced people and returnees. For more information, contact [email protected] or [email protected]

CHILD PROTECTION, MINE ACTION AND HLP SUB-CLUSTERS

Needs Response Children and their parents who have fled Fallujah have shown great signs of psychosocial Child protection partners provided psychosocial support services to more than 18,230 distress, requiring urgent need for psychosocial support (PSS) and specialized child children, specialized child protection services to 4,603 children, and support to 243 protection services at screening and reception centres, and for children living in IDP camps. unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), alongside regular child protection services An increased number of children and adult women involved in labour and street begging including family tracing and reunification or alternative care services where family could not be among the returnees was noted throughout the country; although the number of child traced. workers and beggars is small, more focused child protection interventions are required. Inter-agency guidelines for child protection mobile team have been developed. Access to safe areas and protection from the risk of unexploded ordnance, IEDs, etc. The sub-clusters continued to provide training on case management SOPs, monitoring and remain a major concern in Fallujah and surrounding areas. Major risks of exposure to IEDs reporting mechanisms, UASC case management, collaborative dispute resolution and and explosive remnants of war affects people fleeing fighting areas to safety in Erbil and representatives. Kirkuk governorates. Coordinated risk awareness information needs to be delivered to newly displaced people.

For more information, contact Child Protection - bpfi[email protected] or [email protected] MineAction - [email protected] or [email protected] HLP [email protected], [email protected]

GBV SUB-CLUSTER

Needs Response There is a significant lack of GBV response services in the newly government-controlled GBV partners continue to provide emergency response and psychosocial support to GBV areas. Safety options for GBV survivors across the country remain extremely limited. An cases through mobile teams and house-to-house visits, including case management for acute shortage of general PSS and mental health care among new arrivals, especially men identified GBV survivors in these areas and the distribution of dignity kits to vulnerable and boys, is due to a lack of partners specialized in dealing with these services as well as a displaced women. lack of private spaces to provide these services. 14,386 women and girls have received GBV services through women’s community centres Survivors of GBV face a significant threat of further violence at the hands of their families across Iraq: more than 3,500 women received psychosocial support in Anbar and 2,224 in and perpetrators, as well as rejection by their family and communities post-incident. Where Governorate. safe houses/shelters do exist, they are in poor condition, do not meet the basic needs of Trainings of trainers have been held for cluster partners, doctors, and social workers on the survivors, and are highly stigmatized. adolescent girls’ programming toolkit, the GBV information management system, working with GBV survivors, referral pathways and the clinical management of rape, and protection sensitization sessions have been held for police officers operating in camps.

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FOOD SECURITY Despite the progress of resource mobilization, the Food Security Cluster continued to face challenges due to underfunding (only 44% of the HRP 2016 received), and security-related access issues. 2.4 million people in need 60% 63% Needs Response reached / in need targeted / in need The Food Security Cluster continued to coordinate with The Food Security Cluster and its partners were active in every partners to ensure consistent food assistance among governorate in Iraq, providing dry food rations, ready to eat vulnerable families, particularly those in Anbar and Salah food/meals, cash and vouchers to more than 1,436,139 people each al-Din Governorates. month between May and August 2016. According to the most recent WFP Vulnerability Analysis In response to over 85,000 people being displaced from Fallujah to and Mapping (VAM) bulletin, as displacement has the surrounding areas following the retaking of the city, Food Security increased in Salah al-Din and Kirkuk, food consumption Cluster partners continue to provide emergency food assistance as has deteriorated and the use of negative coping the affected population suffers aftershocks and reports food 1,436,139 1.5 m strategies is on the rise, especially among IDPs in Tikrit. shortages and high food prices, according to WFP VAM data. people reached people targeted Data show the average cost of a standard food basket Over 30,000 people have been assisted by the FSC and its partners remained stable in July, but food markets are highly with ready-to-eat food and dry food rations following the military volatile in conflict-affected governorates. Food prices in operation to retake Qayyarah on 27 August. Anbar continue to rise, reaching a new peak in al-Qa’im FSC partners reached 250 households in Ninewa with agricultural where fighting is ongoing to secure the Syrian border. livelihood assistance and supported a total of 23 greenhouses in Darashakran, Gawilan, and Arbat refugee camps.

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2 Creation date: 4 October 2016 iraq.humanitarianresponse.info Sources: 1. Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan 2016 2. IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix, August 2016 3. Clusters 4. fts.unocha.org 5. Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment III IRAQ: Humanitarian Dashboard (May - August 2016)

HEALTH Strengthening primary and secondary health care services and increasing the availability of essential pharmaceutical supplies, particularly in Anbar. 8.5 million people in need

Needs Response 19% 84% The provision of secondary health care services and Health Cluster partners administered 5,631,949 vaccinations and reached / in need targeted / in need medical supplies remain critical needs particularly in carried out 1,096,657 health consultations and provided medical care Anbar Governorate. to patients from displaced and host communities in Anbar, Baghdad, There is a continued need for mental health and Dahuk, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa, Salah al-Din, and psychosocial support services linked to primary health Sulaymaniyah Governorates, and conducted health education care, as well as assistance and increased access to sessions for 237,401 displaced people. life-saving medications for those suffering from chronic 40,238 packets of high energy biscuits, 80,280 sachets of diseases. ready-to-use supplementary food and 837 packets of supercereal Vaccination campaigns and routine EPI have been have been distributed by sector partners. 1,581,325 7.1 m undertaken for newly-displaced populations from Ninewa, Health partners continue to provide primary health care and people reached people targeted as well as vector control and training for the case reproductive health services across the country, and to promote identification and treatment of leishmaniasis in Anbar coordination mechanisms for health services in camp health care Governorate. centres. Health partners supported the Ministry of Health with 60 tons of medical supplies, including medicines, interagency health emergency kits, trauma kits and surgical supplies to respond to the urgent health needs of civilians moving out of Fallujah to IDP camps. Health assessments have been carried out in Ameriyat al Falluja (Anbar) and Hasiyah village in Hajj Ali town (). For more information please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE

Funding shortfalls continued to affect the continuation of critical WASH services, filling of critical gaps and meeting new needs for IDPs in and off camp. This was compounded by the financial crisis which continued to significantly affect 6.6 million people in need Government capacity to sustain WASH services for IDPs. Limited information on locations, needs and vulnerabilities and limited access to affected populations, particularly in areas affected by ongoing military operations, also posed challenges. 14% 44% Needs Response reached / in need targeted / in need Responding to the WASH needs of the population Across the country, partners continued with efforts to sustain WASH displaced from Fallujah remained a priority. In addition to services for displaced populations. Service provision continued with scaling up water supply (through installation of water water trucking, operation and maintenance of water and sanitation tanks and water trucking, construction of wells and systems and facilities, solid waste collection, distribution of hygiene installation of reverse osmosis units and water networks), items, hygiene promotion activities, rehabilitation of WASH facilities improving access to sanitation and assuring routine in schools and communities, construction of boreholes, water quality cleaning and maintenance of latrines remained key areas monitoring, and technical needs assessments. of concern. In Anbar, partners worked to scale up more durable solutions and As the influx of IDPs into Makhmur district continued, the transition from reliance on water trucking to water supply through 916,970 2.9 m need to scale up efforts to assure water supply continued. reverse osmosis units, pipelines and networks. Partners also people reached people targeted Several WASH partners were identified to provide continued efforts to ensure a full package of water, sanitation and additional assistance. hygiene services, in response to the steady influx of IDPs into With the height of summer, there remained a critical need Debaga in Makhmur district. to ensure and sustain sufficient, safe drinking water for In response to displacements within Salah al-Din, life-saving WASH IDP communities. This included efforts to improve or services were delivered to displaced people at checkpoints and in increase water supply. The widespread distribution of air reception centres, while first-line WASH services in IDP settlements coolers, with no consideration for additional water were scaled-up. requirements, put considerable pressure on domestic and A major focus of WASH Cluster partners was the development of drinking water being provided by the WASH Cluster. operational response strategies and plans for the anticipated Reports of continued shortage of water purification displacements from Mosul City. materials remained a concerning issue, especially in the run up to the cooler season, with the associated risk of diarrhoeal disease outbreak and in preparation of the humanitarian response for military operations in Mosul. Particular concerns were noted for Erbil, Dahuk and Ninewa Governorates.

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SHELTER and NON-FOOD ITEMS Shelter and NFI Cluster continued to face challenges with underfunding (3% of the HRP 2016 received) and limited access due to security reasons. 2.1 million people in need Needs Response 35% 57% Significant gaps continued in shelter and NFI provision for During the reporting period, shelter/NFI partners continued to provide reached / in need targeted / in need new arrivals from Fallujah in the camps in Anbar, and also NFI kits including summer items, reaching 29,639 beneficiaries in Debaga camp in , related to the new countrywide. arrivals from Makhmur. However, partners have Several shelter interventions were undertaken to support both significantly scaled up their response in recent weeks in displaced people and returnees - such as constructing new camps, both of these locations. tent replenishment and upgrades, and rehabilitation of houses - Significant gaps continued in shelter and NFI support to reaching 20,874 beneficiaries countrywide. meet recent displacement in Salah al-Din. The cluster interventions focused on Baghdad, Anbar, Babylon, In the camps in Anbar there were particular unfilled gaps Kirkuk, Salah al-Din, Diyala, Qadissiya and Governorates. 738,168 1.2 m relating to cooking stoves and solar lamps. Cluster partners started prepositioning 4,000 basic NFI kits in people reached people targeted In parts of the north the cluster continued to have Qayyarah and Shirqat for the anticipated influx of displaced people as significant gaps in second line response. a result of the upcoming operation in Mosul.

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3 Creation date: 4 October 2016 unocha.org reliefweb.int iraq.humanitarianresponse.info Sources: 1. Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan 2016 2. IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix, August 2016 3. Clusters 4. fts.unocha.org 5. Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment III IRAQ: Humanitarian Dashboard (May - August 2016)

CAMP COORDINATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT Despite progress, the cluster continued to face funding challenges which may have affected some of the cluster planned activities. 1.7 million people in need 52% 30% Needs Response reached / in need targeted / in need Needs were particularly acute in remote camp areas in CCCM partners continued to provide assistance in assessing Anbar Governorate. IDP families and returnees have proposed camp locations and unfinished and public buildings, been heading to Bzebiez and Khalidiyah camps seeking establishing new camps and providing services and inputs (including shelter, and facing gaps in electricity, fuel, tents, WASH tents, caravan shelters, CRI kits, generators, fuel, electrical works, and food assistance. etc) to displaced people across Iraq. Existing camp facilities continued to be overwhelmed, During the reporting period, CCCM partners provided 879,466 maintenance and supplies needed to be increased, and people with daily services in camps managed by cluster partners. safety and fire hazards remained widespread in camps Support has been provided to camp management to ensure the and camp-like settings throughout Iraq. provision of services and distribution of core relief items to IDPs, the 879,466 510,000 There is a need to provide CCCM training and support to registration of newly displaced people, assistance in voluntary people reached people targeted camp managers and administrators. relocation, camp surveys, and the coordinated mapping of locations of displaced people. In order to strengthen camp management and improve living conditions of displaced people, CCCM partners have conducted trainings and capacity-building activities for camp management staff on coordination, camp administration procedures, the participation of displaced people, information management and camp management standards. For more information, contact [email protected] or [email protected]

EDUCATION Insufficient learning spaces continued to be a challenge for displaced and host community school-aged children in accessing education. 3.4 million people in need Needs Response 18% 39% Long outstanding issues such as: a shortage of teachers, Education partners continued to conduct trainings for teachers and reached / in need targeted / in need lack of transportation for children and teachers, lack of social workers, and to provide incentives for lecturers in camps and incentives for informal IDP teachers in camp schools, non-camp schools across Iraq. A total of 143 education personnel overcrowding of classrooms, shortage of education have been trained on EIE and/or PSS, and 442 displaced teachers supplies and a shortage of water and electricity in camps have been supported with transportation incentives. and in camp-like situations, have been leading to low “Back to School” campaigns are underway across Iraq with school enrolment and learning achievements amongst education partners supporting the Ministry of Education (MoE) and children, especially amongst the displaced people. Directorates of Education (DoEs). There is a need for accurate and reliable service mapping Recreational and educational activities have been conducted during 589,146 1.3 m covering Dahuk Governorate and Northern Ninewa. the summer vacation, including catch-up classes, recreation people reached people targeted The educational needs of IDPs and refugees remained activities, non-formal education and training of teachers. unmet in the remote urban areas, in particular in Amedi Renovation works on nine unfinished school buildings have been and district, and interventions aimed at completed in , while cluster partners are out-of-school students, especially in urban settings, are undertaking the reparation of school furnishings in various locations lacking. in Dahuk and Ninewa, and of 51 school buildings and child-friendly spaces across the country. An education assessment was conducted in with over 2,000 households assessed, and 38 temporary learning spaces have been established. Education materials have been provided to 25,876 displaced children, together with 23,000 uniforms, 2,500 water flasks, 500 student desks, 60 student kits, 250 white boards, stationary for 7,000 students, computers, printers, and projectors.

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Rapid Response Mechanism

Displacement has increased due to fighting in Anbar, around , Heet, , and Fallujah, which has increased needs accordingly. 2.1 million people in need SHELTER and NON-FOOD ITEMS 39% 95% Needs Response RRM partners continued responding to the immediate The RRM is responding to the immediate needs of all newly reached / in need targeted / in need needs of all newly displaced individuals on the move and displaced people on the move and upon arrival in displacement upon arrival in displacement sites, providing life-saving sites, providing life-saving support including dry food rations, water, support including dry food rations, water, hygiene kits and hygiene kits and dignity kits. dignity kits. The RRM is activated within 72 hours from receiving and verifying information of new displacements, and is distributed upon arrival at more established displacement sites/camps. RRM distributions have taken place in all areas affected by military operations, including Fallujah in Anbar governorate, and Tikrit in 820,628 2,000,000 Salah al-Din, and transit areas and IDP camps in Kirkuk and Erbil. people reached people targeted

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4 Creation date: 4 October 2016 unocha.org reliefweb.int iraq.humanitarianresponse.info Sources: 1. Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan 2016 2. IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix, August 2016 3. Clusters 4. fts.unocha.org 5. Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment III IRAQ: Humanitarian Dashboard (May - August 2016)

MULTI-PURPOSE CASH ASSISTANCE A common framework for determining vulnerability needs to be established across all implementers delivering multi-purpose cash, to scale up the response and avoid potential social tensions with local authorities. 2.5 million people in need 1% 12% reached / in need targeted / in need Needs Response In the second half of August, IQD 4.346.400 have been received by 19,380 people.

19,380 300,000 people reached people targeted

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LOGISTICS

The Logistics Cluster provided logistics support to receive, handle and store humanitarian commodities in Erbil, Dahuk and Baghdad warehouses, while ensuring coordination with recipient agencies and organizing timely dispatches according to priorities and needs. Mobile Storage Units are in stock to be quickly deployed and/or loaned to partner organizations that need to scale up storage capacity.

Needs Response The volatile security and operational environment continue to limit access and cause The Logistics Cluster continued updating the Logistics Capacity Assessment (including entry restriction of movement to humanitarian cargo and personnel in key operational areas. points, ports, airports capacity and infrastructures, border crossings, and market surveys for Stronger coordination among international and national actors aims to ensure the most transporters and warehousing services), and a logistics-related preparedness plan for a efficient and timely humanitarian interventions and the best use of increasingly scarce potential Mosul Dam failure. resources. Over the reporting period, more than 1,400 cubic metres of relief commodities have been received, handled, and stored in the logistics cluster warehouses in Erbil and Baghdad in support of humanitarian activities across the country. GIS capacity has been maintained through number of regular coordination meetings in the different hubs to facilitate the exchange of relevant information between humanitarian actors. The Logistics Cluster continued to support partners’ requests for up-to-date information regarding logistics bottlenecks, including tax regulation, cargo clearances and access constraints. The Logistics Cluster has started securing common storage facilities in in Salah al-Din, and is finalizing an agreement with partners for a common storage space in Zummar area in Ninewa to fill the gaps identified by the humanitarian community during the Mosul planning process. The Logistics Cluster has deployed specialized logistics officers to work with the Government of Iraq (GoI) and the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI) for a simplified ‘fast track’ procedure for customs and clearance of humanitarian items; assess the handling capacity and equipment available at Erbil airport and identify potential gaps in case of a significant increase of humanitarian activities.

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EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS

As a support cluster, the ETC Cluster continued working with different stakeholders to address needs in accessing telecommunications.

Needs Response Over 180 humanitarian organizations operate in Iraq, and most are in need of The ETC continues to liaise closely with UNAMI to ensure upgraded telecommunications telecommunications support in some form (radio, internet, etc.). The support provided by infrastructures, security telecommunications, coverage for Mosul Dam and partial coverage ETC addresses the critical emergency telecommunications needs of the entire response of Mosul city as part of the preparedness plan, management of communications centres community. (COMCEN) and provision of ETC services for humanitarian operations. Over 100 humanitarians from 39 response organisations have registered to access ETC More than 100 humanitarian workers from 39 organizations have registered to access ETC internet connectivity in 2016. internet connectivity services. people reached The ETC is finalizing agreements to launch a pilot project to extend internet services to the communities in Domiz camp (Dahuk). A total of 150 vouchers providing 3-5 hours of internet usage daily have been distributed to more than 100 users accessing the ETC internet service.

For more information, contact [email protected] or [email protected]

5 Creation date: 4 October 2016 unocha.org reliefweb.int iraq.humanitarianresponse.info Sources: 1. Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan 2016 2. IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix, August 2016 3. Clusters 4. fts.unocha.org 5. Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment III