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Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in

Situation Report No. 9 Madagascar Cyclones / Floods

Wednesday, 06 June 2007

This inter agency report has been prepared by the Office of the Resident Coordinator in Madagascar, It is based on information provided by the National Office of Disasters and Risks Management (BNGRC) of the Government of Madagascar, UN Agencies, IFRC, NGOs, the Red Cross and media reports.

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Phase I of emergency response is over in the North West ( and district) and in the North East.

2. In Sofia region, the Malagasy Red Cross supported by IFRC, UNICEF and WFP have finished the distribution of NFI’s and FI's further to the agreed joint operations started in April.

3. Internal evaluation of how the phase I Emergencies were managed will take place in the next weeks to establish lessons learned and Emergency Preparedness Response Plan 2008.

4. Phase 2 action plans on rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in UNICEF and WFP programs are now being implemented.

5. An ECHO monitoring mission will take place from the 13th to the 27th June in the areas where ECHO funds are implemented.

6. A USAID / OFDA monitoring mission will take place from the 9th to the 17th june. The expert will meet with partners and Map: Sofia Region and : monitor flood and drought affected areas. The WFP Emergency Food Security Assessment (“EFSA”) targets 82 villages in Sofia Region and Ambanja district: 7. WFP's emergency food security • Village with difficult access. assessment (EFSA) has finished field • Village with easy access by road data collection and analysis of results has commenced.

SECTORAL RESPONSE

Health

8. In Maroantsetra, MDM (Doctors of the World) are ending their operations in the 18th of June. The primary health care support program provided 12 000 medical consultations, enhanced the quality and capacity of 8 primary health care centres. 5 000 impregnated mosquito nets, 5 mt of soap and 3 500 blanquets were also distributed to pregnant women and children under 5 years old. MDM will maintain an epidemiological and nutritionnal monitoring from June to September 07, in the Maroantsetra district by establishing a contract with the local health district who will provide 2 medical doctors.

9. In Sofia and Ambanja, further to the distribution of 18 (Sofia) + 11 Ambanja) basic medical kits, covering the needs of 29 000 people during 1 month, monitoring databases have been set up in the 11 Ambanja health centers for nutritional, epidemiology and vaccination follow up. UNICEF also did competency reinforcement amongst 30 health centers directors and 12 District management teams for data management and monitoring.

10. Joint “health teams” have been created with the District Health Services (SSD), School district authorities and UNICEF. These teams are now starting visits in the municipalities to mobilize the communities on risks of diarrhoea and need for vaccinations. Technical and strategic assistance to four heath centers in municipalities of Ambanja, Ambodimanga , and for the vaccination of 289 children < 12 months and 294 pregnant women. Further more, sensitizing meeting are held with 130 health agents, 26 school directors and 11 directors of health centres on “water, sanitation and hygiene”.

Nutrition

South:

11. The SIRSA bulletin No 8 explains that findings from monitoring conducted between December 06 and March 07 are allowing a prevision of "difficulté alimentaire" / food access difficulty (FAD) in 16 communes of the Ambovombe districts (Androy) and Amboasary South as rains have not been sufficient. This should be contextualized as, from February onwards the situation was at 40 communes in FAD -- now down to only 16. In the other 28 communes the rains were fine with harvests expected. WFP is continuing food for work interventions in these zones.

12. Moreover, 86 communes of the Nosi Varika, Mananjary, Vohipeno, Farafangana and Vangaindrano coastal areas, are in the risk of an earlier and harder lean season and have to be closely monitored.

13. Three SMART (Standard Monitoring Assessment Relief Transition) surveys will be conducted by the National Nutrition Office (ONN) and Ministry Of Health with technical and financial support from UNICEF in the 28 municipalities of Androy, Anosy and the South West, where food and nutrition interventions were conducted since about 5 months, as a result of acute food insecurity. The surveys will provide an updated picture of the nutrition situation in the areas of concern and the estimated coverage of the current feeding program while the findings will assist in planning the future of the current nutrition interventions. In addiition, it will provide an indirect evaluation of the large scale general food distribution program launched by WFP to stablize the overall nutritional situation of the zone. Survey preparation is currently underway and data collection is due at the end of May. Preliminary results are expected towards mid-June.

South-East: Region of Vatovavy Fitovinany :

14. WFP in collaboration with German Agro Action has opened 11 supplementary feeding centres in the 11 most severely impacted municipalities in Nosy Varika and Manajary to treat an expected 4 800 moderately malnourished children and People with Low Weight in the coming 5-6 months.

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Food Security – Agricultural recovery:

15. North West: The WFP Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) data collection targeting 820 families in 82 villages in cyclone affected areas ended on the 6th of June. Analysis of results has commenced and the results will be available end of June.

16. North West and North East: WFP has started food for work interventions to 53 000 beneficiaries in collaboration with local NGOs in the North West. Interventions in the North East will be limited to a two month duration, at which point food security assessments will indicate whether further activities are required in this relatively food secure zone. In total, 543 tons are expected to be distributed.

17. North East: Food For Work interventions will be limited to a 2 month duration, at which point food security assessments will indicate whether further activities are required in this relatively food secure zone. In total, 543 mt of food are expected to be distributed.

18. North East: In Marontsetra and Antalaha districts, which were directly hit by Indlala, WFP is working with CARE International to provide food for work activities to over 40 000 people distributing nearly 1 000 mt of food in the coming months. WFP food for work activities will include repairing irrigation structures, re- establishing market access, and rehabilitation of agricultural fields and rice perimeters to improve the population’s capacity to resist future shocks.

19. North East: ECHO and CARE have signed a 700 000 Euros agreement for a food security / agricultural restart in Maroantsetra and Antalaha districts.

20. South East : Region of Vatovavy Fitovinany - districts of Nosy Varika and Mananjary: The FAO Emergency Coordination Unit, in cooperation with implementing partner Agro Action Allemande, will assist 30,000 rural households in the through distribution of 38 tons of beans seeds and 35 tons of rice seed.

21. WFP in collaboration with German Agro Action have commenced food for work activities since the first week of May. Currently 30 400 beneficiaries are being targeted. This figure will increase to over 100 000 beneficiaries in the coming 5 months with nearly 1 800 mt of food to be distributed.

22. FAO is also planning to distribute seeds of rice, beans and maize in the districts of Mahanoro, Atsinanana region, also affected by cyclones. According to a recent CARE’s assessment households vulnerability is rapidly increasing and farmers are in urgent need of seeds to restart agricultural activities.

23. North West and South East: WFP has, through the NGO Lalana, done a road assessment of secondary roads in the areas affected by the cyclones. They have suggested that 238 km of roads should be rehabilitated through future Food for Work activities. In addition WFP assessment recommends additional 44 km of roads to be rehabilitated.

24. North-East: District of Maroantsetra and Sambava: FAO will provide 63 tons of seeds: 30 tons of rice, 10 tons of maize, 15 tons of beans and 8 tons of groundnuts to approximately 16.000 affected farmers families, to be distributed by the implementing partner CARE.

25. With a 66 000 USD support from the Conseil General de La Reunion (La Reunion Island General Council), MDM will distribute 5 000 liters of cooking oil and 13 mt of sugar in complement of CARE food distribution, benefiting 1 000 identified vulnerable families in 6 communes.

Water and Sanitation

Sofia Region

26. district: A successful WASHE sensitizing information day was given on May 23rd. 143 mayors, police force (gendarmerie) and health agents attended.

27. district: In Ambendrana, the borehole drilled (15.65m) and hand pump installed is operational and benefits 300 people.

3 28. The cleaning and disinfection of 107 wells in collaboration with local authorities of the Ministry of Energy (Direction de l’Eau) in the following municipalities is completed: , Ambodimadiro, Pont Sofia , Antsohihy , Morafeno, Antsohihy and Ambatoria. Beneficiaries: 12 722 affected people.

29. In Ambanja, cleaning and disinfection of wells and school sanitation/latrines has started on May 17th with a team from the Ministry of Energy (Direction de l’Eau), School district authorities Heath authorities. So far on the 225 wells identified within 5 municipalities, 64 have been cleaned and disinfected in three municipalities (Bemanevika HS, Ambodimanga Ramena and Maevatanana). Rehabilitation work of 47 additional wells has begun: 6 wells taken care of in 2 municipalities last week (paving stone, pumps, sanitation site).

30. In 5 municipalities, recent water quality tests done on treated water show that there is no further health risk for consumption. Results of turbidity tests done on 104 treated wells are basically less than 30 ntu. Residual chloral rates also have been measured and preliminary results give a range from 0.4 mg per liter to 2.4 mg per liter.

31. For the monitoring of water quality, each base was provided with of a pool tester and a Del Agua Kit. An in- depth monitoring will be put into place in both bases starting May 25th.

Non-Food Items

32. In the Sofia region, a total of 49 500 people (9899 families) have benefited from UNICEF and the Malagasy Red Cross NFI distributions in 7 districts.

Education

Maroanstetra

33. The Ministry of Education has decided to hold remedial classes this summer for schools within the affected regions. This decision comes just at the right moment as additional school supplies ( notebooks, pens, pencils, chalk) and WASHE supplies for 17 200 pupils are currently being distributed to 137 primary schools in the Maroanstetra district. Another 20 heavily damaged schools will receive school-in-a box kits. Total beneficiaries of this operation: 18 800 children.

Access and Logisitcs

34. UN agencies logistics unit continues talks with the national authorities to find a definite solution to the problems related to shipments being delayed by custom in the port. The Malagasy Government has implemented a Cargo Tracking System (Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons) for imports and exports through Malagasy ports, and the CO is seeking clarification on whether this new regulation applies to UN relief cargoes and non food items imported or not.

COORDINATION

35. The newly appointed FAO representative for Madagascar, Comores and Mauritius, M. Amadou Moustapha Camara has now entered into function.

36. Four WASHE Cluster meeting were held to date since April 23rd. The minimum WASHE relief set/pack for emergencies was defined and approved by all partners. A specific WASHE emergency evaluation sheet has been elaborated and is currently being pre-tested: achieved in Tana region, underway in the North East and West. The next Cluster meeting will deal with finalizing inventory sheets/databases on June 5th.

37. Further more a WASHE Cluster Coordinator was identified to support UNICEF in the implementation of the cluster approach. The coordinator will visit all main partners in order to map interventions and set the requirements for the transition between the 1st and 2nd phase (recovery of small water adduction systems,

4 community sanitation facilities and promotion of hygiene.)

38. The Nutrition cluster was launched on May 11th with the first inter-agency meeting where the cluster objectives and Terms of Reference of the cluster were shared with the partners. Further to the second nutrition cluster meeting held on June 1st, under the leadership of the ONN (National Office of Nutrition), the Terms of Reference were endorsed by the cluster members, an update on the nutrition interventions was given by the partners and discussions on the identification of a minimum package for nutrition emergencies were initiated. The next meeting is scheduled for June 15th .

39. The Agriculture/food security cluster was launched on the 23rd of May under the leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture. The purpose of the first meeting was to coordinate activities related to the support of the coming harvesting season in the cyclone affected areas. It was noted that there was a lack of consolidated information in terms of needs for agricultural inputs, the current program coverage and the existing gaps and hence consolidation of this information was identified as a priority area for the agriculture/FS cluster. Agencies were requested by the MoA to fill a standard matrix on their ongoing and planned activities.

40. In the Education sector, the process of verifying and quantifying needs for reconstruction of new classrooms continues with teams from the Ministry of Education, CISCO (Education District Authorities), UNICEF on West and East Coast. To date, according to the information gathered by the Ministry of Education and UNICEF, 659 classrooms have been reported destroyed as a result of the cyclones. With the funds currently available, UNICEF can contribute to rebuild between 180-200 of these classrooms -- including 90 Aluronda anti-cyclonic classrooms-- for about 10 000 pupils. A detailed plan for the reconstruction is currently being negotiated and developed in close collaboration between UNICEF and the Ministry, including specific sites, costing and equipment needed, to ensure that the new classrooms are built and equipped in time for the 2007/2008 school year.

41. The Health cluster continues its process of quantifying needs for health system reinforcement in the areas affected by cyclones, floods and drought.

42. An IOM assessment mission evaluating the possibility of relocating communities at risk in the Boeny, Sofia, Diana and Sava regions was conducted in the last weeks. Results of the assessment are presently being analysed.

43. FTS reported donor Contributions to all humanitarian assistance in 2006 and 2007, including the Madagascar Flash Appeal (as of 4th June 2007):

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Donor Country / Organization Amount USD Organisations Supported committed / contributed Allocation of unearmarked funds by OCHA 50 000 WFP, UNICEF, UNFPA

Allocation of unearmarked funds by UNDP 75 000 Government of Madagascar.

Allocation of unearmarked funds by WFP 697 000 WFP

Allocation of unearmarked funds by WHO 17 500 WHO

Austria 356 015 WFP

British Red Cross Society 29 385 IFRC

Canada 922 414 WFP, IFRC

CERF 3 431 533 WFP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO, FAO

ECHO 2 599 859 WFP, GAA, MDM, UNICEF, Red Cross,

France 1 902 533 Government of Madagascar, WFP

Germany 428 343 Government of Madagascar

Italy 266 666 WHO

National Movements of Red Crosses and Red Crescents 105 990 IFRC, Red Cross (Japan, Monaco, Finland, Canada, United Arab Emirates)

Norway 835 719 WFP, UNICEF

Sweden 275 797 Swedish Rescue Service Agency

Switzerland 419 918 Sentinelles, WFP

Turkey 39 934 Red Cross

UNICEF National Committees (France, Japan, UK, USA) 986 464 UNICEF

United Kingdom / DFID 1 373 334 UNICEF, IFRC

United States of America 1 895 822 CARE, CRS, WFP, USAID

Total: 16 709 226

Complete information about funding to the Madagascar Flash Appeal may be accessed directly at: http://ocha.unog.ch/fts2/pageloader.aspx?page=search- reporting_display&CQ=cq060607145642Uim4TVgsmK&orderby=Decision_Date&showDetails=1. The amounts reported in this table are the reflection of the information reported to the Financial Tracking Service( FTS) by organisations and donors. Please ask your HQ to contact FTS directly to resolve any discrepancies.

The Resident Coordinator’s Office is in close contact with the humanitarian community in Madagascar and will revert with further information as it becomes available. This situation report, together with further information on ongoing emergencies, is also available on at: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc104?OpenForm&rc=1&cc=mdg

Contact details: • Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et Catastrophes - BNGRC: E-mail : [email protected] – [email protected] – [email protected] • Dr. Leonard Tapsoba, WHO Representative and RC, a.i.: + 261 32 03 30 300

6 • Ms. Krystyna Bednarska, WFP Representative and Chair of the UN Theme Group on Disaster Prevention and Management: +261 20 22 315 72 • Mr. Bruno Maes, UNICEF Representative : + 261 33 11 399 36 • M. Amadou Kamara, FAO representative: + 261 20 22 621 51, + 261 32 07 109 72 • M. Corneille Agossou: UNDP Representative a.i.: + 261 20 23 366 50 • Mr. Benoit Kalasa, UNFPA Representative: + 261 22 226 57 • Mr. Jérémie Toussaint, Support to coordination, Office of the Resident Coordinator : + 261 32 074 66 68

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