Ayod County, Jonglei State] [7- 17 August 2020]

IRNA Report: [Ayod County, Jonglei State] [7- 17 August 2020]

This IRNA Report is a product of Inter-Agency Assessment mission conducted and information compiled based on the inputs provided by partners on the ground including; government authorities, affected communities/IDPs and agencies.

SITUATION OVERVIEW.

Late July 2020, heavy rains severely hit Greater Ayod County of Jonglei State, leading to expansive heavy flooding and a colossal displacement of many residents in different parts of Ayod County. From 7th to 17th August 2020, an Inter-Agency Assessment Mission led by Christian Mission for Development (CMD) was jointly conducted by agencies present in the area that includes (CMD, CRS, HRSS, MEDAIR, EDA, SAADO, PASS, ALSI, UNCDR, INTERSOS and ROSS representing the authorities. CMD is an UNOCHA appointed site focal point for Ayod County. The information collected was based on direct interviews with affected community members, IDPs, local Chiefs, observations, local authority representatives, and key informants’ interviews in Ayod County’s 8 Payams (Pajiek, Korwai, Kuachdeng, Ayod Town, Padek, Wau, Mogok and Pagil) through Focused Group Discussion (FGD). Based on observations of assessment team most of the displaced persons (IDPs) have moved to the higher grounds while some settled in Eastern Canal (Ayod Town and surroundings). With the prolonged heavy rains and Nile River burst its banks sweeping away thousands of homes and leaving many already severely vulnerable communities displaced. In addition, the population is exposed waterborne diseases, hunger, food shortages and many cases of snake bikes (so far 27 snake bikes recorded) since the onset of flooding. And Livestock are dying in big numbers. The situation requires immediate need for humanitarian action to provide lifesaving assistance to the mentioned affected persons: e.g Emergency NFIs and Livelihoods kits (i.e. blankets, mosquito nets, sleeping mats, cooking sets, plastic sheets, Fishing, animals’ drugs, farming implements and fishing gears). WASH to provide (i.e. clean water, hygiene and sanitation services), protection assistance to the IDPs population with specific needs; targeting the most vulnerable women, children and elderly groups. GBV service is essential in Ayod, women, girls, young boys and elderly are exposed to many forms of violations including sexual exploitation and abuse, domestic violence, and illegal and exploitative tasks (As men force harsh labor on women, girls and young children, once there’s a situation of displacement). Health and Nutrition needs have increased and there’s needs for scale up and replenishing stock. Forced and early marriages coupled with related consequences of unwanted pregnancies and maternal mortality is rife in the area. In the FGDs with the displaced persons representatives, it emerged that there is fear over security as possible attacks could be motivated by the bushy areas around where they are settled, creating hideout places for offenders.

Aims for conducting joint assessment The main objectives of this assessment was to assess the level of flood damage in Ayod County of Jonglei State, and to provide recommendations on possible humanitarian response as per clusters’ capacity.

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Specific objectives of the assessment; To assist the team identify the damage caused by the floods in terms of property loss, destruction of homes, Health, Nutrition, WASH, food security, shelter/ NFIs and Protection concerns of the affected families • For the team to know the exact number of HHs affected. • For the team to identify the kind of humanitarian response needed Site overview

Location map

Part of crops covered under water with the heavy rain ongoing. Most small villagers/ farmers have been displaced by the heavy rains with most crops destroyed. (Inset). A family preparing to move to safer grounds as water swells and fills their compound, displacing them .

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Drivers and underlying factors

The most recent floods in Ayod County from the start was caused by fluvial floods but now heavy rains and River Nile breaking its bank is the most cause of the current surge of water. The continuation of the rains is actually the threat for more displacements of the population. Continued destruction of livelihoods, health, nutrition, education and WASH infrastructure is of great concern. Scope of crisis and humanitarian profile. The flooding occurrences is not only happening in Ayod County alone but Greater Jonglei State, leaving several villages devastated due to continuous heavy rainfalls and the pluvial and fluvial of River Nile water; some of the villages that are reported to be badly hit by the floods include; (Buot, Mhaar, Gorwai, Nyanepal, Wai, Padek, Kharmun, Jiech, Kandak, Mogok, Ayod Town, Kuachdeng, Kotdalok, Wechdeng, Wechdieng, Pagil, Normanyang, Haat, Wan-Machar, Menime, Keer and Nyawit) and the surrounding villages. The situation has worsened as the long rain intensely increased from the month of July and worsened in august and still ongoing. It is early known the flooding events in Ayod County in this are profoundly influenced by heavy rains.

Displaced population: Most of the population has been left without shelters, no access to safe drinking water and health service in the new settlement areas with concentrated (Ayod town, Gorwai, Buot, Mhaar, Padek, Nyanapal, Wai, Kharmun, Jiech, Kandak, Haat, Menime, Mogok Centre, Pagil, Wechdeng, Kuachdeng Centre, Wanmachar and Normanyang) and exposed to ground dangerous animals such as snake and mosquito bites and exposed to threat of insecurity as the River Nile that historically provide hideout grounds to breeding criminal groups. Estimated 9,588 HHs totaling to 57,529 individuals are the current most affected with females’ population comprising of over 65% (children and women are badly affected). The table below summarizes statistics of estimated displaced populations with most moving to relatives’ higher grounds perceived to be safer and exerting pressure in sharing basic services with the hosts communities.

Geographical areas visited Pajiek Payam: N08’450’37.104 E31’36;12.096 Kuachdeng Payam: N08’04’50’14 E031’11’4679 Ayod Payam: N-08007’57” E-031024’20’’ Padek Payam: N-08048’34.38” E-031008’25.88’’ Wau Payam: N-08015’18.64” E-031008’17.02’’ Mogok Payam: N31’450’37’104 E31’36’12’096 Pagil Payam: N008’424289 E031’16118

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Below are the most affected IDPs population figures in greater Ayod County

Payam Location Host population IDPs Source Notes Ayod Town Ayod Town and Canal 7,160 5,740 NGOs, ROSS & community

Pajiek Gorwai, Buot and Mhaar 28,780 10,340 NGOs, ROSS & community Kuachdeng Kuachdeng Centre, 4,792 4,515 NGOs, ROSS & community Kotdalok & Dor Padek Padek Centre, Wan, 7,617 8,925 NGOs, ROSS & community Duadeng & Bajack Wau Jiech, Wai, Nyanepal & 24,368 9,052 NGOs, ROSS & community Kharmun Mogok Mogok centre, Kandak 8,125 7,187 NGOs, ROSS & community and Panyang Korwai Haat, Gaar and Riang 4,200 3,000 NGOs, ROSS & community Pagil centre, Wechdeng, 14,180 8,770 NGOs, ROSS & community Menime, Normanyang & Pagil Wechdieng

Sector covered during the 10 days (7th to 17th August 2020) assessment across Ayod County. • Education • CCCM • FSL • Health • NFIs and Emergency shelter • Nutrition • Protection • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Key response priorities

Education • Key findings • Schools are currently closed since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. • Some schools are damaged by water and children for example Padek and other school’s structures collapsed, and this will force some learners to be learning under tree after water subsided later and communities return to their residential areas. • Latrines in most schools have been destroyed and covered under flood water. • Coping mechanism are likely to be very dangerous in this season of flooding as the option is narrowed to move to Jonglei canal where there’s no infrastructure for health facility, and population

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are exposed to a lot of disease outbreaks.

Food Security and Livelihoods Key findings • Low yield expected since crops at differing levels have been destroyed. • Communities in Ayod largely dependent on sorghum crop for subsistence and sale of surplus harvest; food shortage will change the trends with minimal or no harvest expected. • Grounds for herding have been occupied making cattle herding difficult with the high waters and wasted pasture. • The portion of displaced community is currently faced with hunger due to lack of food items and badly exposed to harsh weather events such as heavy rainfalls, cold, sunlight and wind due to lack of shelters in the new settlements. • The flood continues to worsen the already deteriorating livestock situation characterized by death and distress of cattle from diseases outbreaks. Previous interventions to provide services related to emergency livestock vaccination and treatment have been limited in coverage furthered by the floods and new outbreaks. • The migrating livestock will be vulnerable to impacts of cold, heavy rainfalls, disease and attack by wild animals because cattle in this community are traditionally used to be kept inside warm shelters such as huts in the rainy seasons.

Health Key findings • As flooding keeps rising, health situations keep deteriorating putting the lives of both the host and IDPs at risk. • High risk of contraction of both communicable and non-communicable diseases with limited shelters, insecticides treated mosquito nets at the IDP sites. • Cut off of most people by flooding since many people are displaced from their original homes to far IDP sites far from the health facilities. • Pregnant women and children are cut off from accessing ANC and EPI services respectively. Outreach teams supporting but limited in capacity. • Crowding of the populations at settlement points may expose populations to COVID-19 and otehr communicable diseases infections. • Unfavorable conditions may expose especially children to malaria and pneumonia since the floors are cold and unbearable. • As the risk of infections increase drugs supply that are at the mean in medical stores will not reach the estimated time of stock out date, because the consumption rate will be high. • Inadequate supply of drugs at the facilities, worsened by the current IDPs who have stretched existing stock. • 27 snake bikes reported across the health facilities since the onset of the flooding.

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NFIs and Emergency Shelter Key findings • Most houses have been swept by the flood waters and rendered occupants homeless. • The displaced population is vulnerable to harsh weather conditions such as rains, cold, sunlight and wind in the new displaced camps due to lack of sheltering materials. • The displaced population lack adequate cooking utensils since the families are divided in a way that young men, boys and girls left homes with cattle leaving others at home. • The displaced community lack mosquito nets, blankets, tents and sleeping materials

Nutrition Key findings ▪ Most of the nutrition sites have been affected by the floods water, with some nutrition sites having to be relocated to higher grounds. ▪ Beneficiaries’ mobility to the nutrition sites is affected: Mothers/caregivers and PLW’s are not able to access nutrition facilities carrying a malnourished child walking in flooded water. ▪ Mortality rate of SAM children is likely to increase since the plantation produces have been completely destroyed by floods. ▪ Possibilities of Malaria, diarrhea and cholera outbreak which will affect vulnerable children under 5, pregnant and lactating mothers with low immunity. ▪ Flooding has put Nutrition supplies at high risks of damage with the team having to shift supplies to higher grounds e.g Bajack totally under water submersion, Yian and Kuachdeng, Nyanepal and among other Nutrition sites. Some stores entered by water. ▪ Low yield is expected with most crops damaged. Malnutrition prevalence is likely to rise in the coming months. ▪ Nutrition staffs being affected by floods. ▪ High risk of infection from malaria that coincide with malnutrition.

Protection: Key findings • As a result of flood, there is risk associated with movement and travel outside of the residential areas like of firewood collection, fishing, hunting and more, exposing them to risks of snake bites, communal attacks, GVB, and possible drowning for children. • According to the respondents, every outdoor activities put them at further risks associated with the floods. • Collapsed latrines at the community and institutions expose communities to possibility of accidents in the manholes and GBV incidences. • Lack of Protection-based NFIs (sleeping materials- mosquito nets, blankets, mats, cooking sets, and more) exposing women and children to risks of potential disease. • Some shelters are overcrowded, and this is resulting to lack of privacy for women and girls. • Trauma among the community members is evident especially those who have lost their livelihoods since the onset of the floods.

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• Collapsed HH and institutional latrines exposing children and women to risks of accidents such as falling into the open pits and possible disease outbreaks. • Lack of dignity kits and sanitary pads for women and girls of reproductive age respectively. • Limited knowledge on COVID-19 in the areas assessed. • Child exploitation during dyke construction

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Key findings Water: • With only a few boreholes present where the displaced persons are currently settled, the nearest ones within distances of 3-5 hours walk, borehole capacities have been stretched, working around the clock 24/7 with constant break down common due to high population and heavily flooded roads. • Some households, settled where no boreholes exist, have resorted to drinking water from stagnant open unsafe pools as observed during the assessment. • It was also revealed and observed that most households get their drinking water from the surface water which is unsafe given the lack of water purification tabs.

Water Quality Analysis • Due to most borehole platforms and drainage broken, the water was observed to be slightly colored and had odor sign of contamination which can possibly cause water-borne diseases. • No household had water purification tablets. • There were no filters or chlorine to treat water drawn from water pond or surface water.

Water Containers ▪ There were no water containers (buckets and Jeri-cans) seen during the assessment. ▪ Most households are using source-pans for drawing water and cooking.

Sanitation ▪ There are no latrines for IDPs to use and open defecation is the practice at IDPs settlement since existing latrines collapsed, exposing the population to possible risks including cholera and other waterborne diseases. ▪ No hand washing facilities at the IDPs sites. ▪ Affected households have no access to soap. ▪ No disposal waste pits observed. Most areas are dirty; no waste pits observed in the IDP Settlements. ▪ Community expressed little knowledge on hygiene especially on hand washing and safe water chain which is very risky given this situation of Covid-19.

COVID 19 Perceptions ▪ The IDP settlements in Ayod County are exposed to COVID 19, because of population density and limited knowledge on COVID-19 preventive knowledge. ▪ Lack of Hand washing facilities, soap and chlorine in running water for the prevention of COVID 19. ▪ Influence of cultural practices impacting adherence to COVID-19 prevention measures.

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Humanitarian access

Physical access Access to Ayod County remains to be by Helicopters through the following airstrips (Gorwai, Jiech, Padek, Ayod Town, Mogok, Kharmun, Wai, Nyanepal, Mhaar, Kandak, Pagil, Wechdeng, Normanyang, Menime and Haat)

Key findings

EDUCATION • Key findings • Schools are currently closed since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. • Some schools are damaged by water and children for example Padek and other school’s structures collapsed, and this will force some learners to be learning under tree after water subsided later and communities return to their residential areas. • Latrines in most schools have been destroyed and covered under flood water. • Coping mechanism are likely to be very dangerous in this season of flooding as the option is narrowed to move to Jonglei canal where there’s no infrastructure for health facility, and population are exposed to a lot of disease outbreaks. Key priorities for Immediate Humanitarian response

• Supply of TLS construction materials to affected school structures • Plan alternative learning, home-based learning • Provide dignity kits to the adolescent school aged girls at the settlement places. • Monitor opening guidelines in line with MOH and MoEST COVID-19 guidelines

FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS Key findings • Low yield expected since crops at differing levels have been destroyed. • Communities in Ayod largely dependent on sorghum crop for subsistence and sale of surplus harvest; food shortage will change the trends with minimal or no harvest expected. • Grounds for herding have been occupied making cattle herding difficult with the high waters and wasted pasture. • The portion of displaced community is currently faced with hunger due to lack of food items and badly exposed to harsh weather events such as heavy rainfalls, cold, sunlight and wind due to lack of shelters in the new settlements. • The flood continues to worsen the already deteriorating livestock situation characterized by death and distress of cattle from diseases outbreaks. Previous interventions to provide services related

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to emergency livestock vaccination and treatment have been limited in coverage furthered by the floods and new outbreaks. • The migrating livestock will be vulnerable to impacts of cold, heavy rainfalls, disease and attack by wild animals because cattle in this community are traditionally used to be kept inside warm shelters such as huts in the rainy seasons.

Key priorities for Immediate Humanitarian response • There is a high need for WFP to scale up emergency food distribution to reach both the affected host and displaced communities respectively. • Dire need for immediate provision of assorted livelihood kits with much attention to fishing kits due to availability of fish and vegetable seeds for planting in the displaced areas where there are raised grounds or highlands both far and nearby displaced settlements • Immediate provision of tools especially malodas to help the community in dyke construction for their homesteads • Provision of livestock vaccines and treatment kits for clinical cases and other veterinary services.

HEALTH Key findings

• As flooding keeps rising, health situations keep deteriorating putting the lives of both the host and IDPs at risk. • High risk of contraction of both communicable and non-communicable diseases with limited shelters, insecticides treated mosquito nets at the IDP sites. • Cut off of most people by flooding since many people are displaced from their original homes to far IDP sites far from the health facilities. • Pregnant women and children are cut off from accessing ANC and EPI services respectively. Outreach teams supporting but limited in capacity. • Crowding of the populations at settlement points may expose populations to COVID-19 and otehr communicable diseases infections. • Unfavorable conditions may expose especially children to malaria and pneumonia since the floors are cold and unbearable. • As the risk of infections increase drugs supply that are at the mean in medical stores will not reach the estimated time of stock out date, because the consumption rate will be high. • Inadequate supply of drugs at the facilities, worsened by the current IDPs who have stretched existing stock. • 27 snake bikes reported across the health facilities since the onset of the flooding.

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Key priorities for Immediate Humanitarian response • Scale up and plan drugs consignments to avert possible stock out during this rainy season. • Set up separate mobile teams that can be base at the new resettled sites, to respond to their needs on daily basis. • Community sensitization for COVID-19; provision of precaution measure messages, provision of IEC material, translated into local languages, and provision of handwashing soaps. • Compose health mobile team, to comprise of EPI vaccinators, reproductive health officer, Nutrition’s team to support in screening of malnourished children and send them to OPT sites. • Supply of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to be distributed to the affected populations; especially pregnant women and children to avert possibilities of malaria infections. • Provision of additional medical supply to cover the additional emergency cases that are currently increasing resulting from the floods.

Key priorities for Immediate Humanitarian response Immediate distribution of basic lifesavings NFIs to the flood affected population

• Blankets • Mosquito Nets • Sleeping Mats and tarpaulins • Cooking sets • Plastic sheets for construction of temporary shelters in the new settlements • Nylon Ropes

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NUTRITION Key findings

▪ Most of the nutrition sites have been affected by the floods water, with some nutrition sites having to be relocated to higher grounds. ▪ Beneficiaries’ mobility to the nutrition sites is affected: Mothers/caregivers and PLW’s are not able to access nutrition facilities carrying a malnourished child walking in flooded water. ▪ Mortality rate of SAM children is likely to increase since the plantation produces have been completely destroyed by floods. ▪ Possibilities of Malaria, diarrhea and cholera outbreak which will affect vulnerable children under 5, pregnant and lactating mothers with low immunity. ▪ Flooding has put Nutrition supplies at high risks of damage with the team having to shift supplies to higher grounds e.g Bajack totally under water submersion, Yian and Kuachdeng, Nyanepal and among other Nutrition sites. Some stores entered by water. ▪ Low yield is expected with most crops damaged. Malnutrition prevalence is likely to rise in the coming months. ▪ Nutrition staffs being affected by floods. ▪ High risk of infection from malaria that coincide with malnutrition.

Key priorities for immediate Humanitarian response

▪ Needs for supply of insecticides treated mosquitoes’ nets. ▪ Integrated screening, family screening of 0-23-month children and children that did not complete their immunization scheduled, once they are identified, they can be referred to nutrition sites as well as healthcare centers and unit for further management. ▪ There is need for nutrition mobile team that can station at the IDP settlements and render nutrition services to women and children who are need assistance. ▪ Scale up relay of COVID-19 prevention messages; including issuance of hands sanitizers, soaps and IEC materials.

PROTECTION (CHILD PROTECTION, GBV AND GENERAL PROTECTION) Key findings

• As a result of flood, there is risk associated with movement and travel outside of the residential areas like of firewood collection, fishing, hunting and more, exposing them to risks of snake bites, communal attacks, GVB, and possible drowning for children.

• According to the respondents, every outdoor activities put them at further risks associated with the floods.

• Collapsed latrines at the community and institutions expose communities to possibility of accidents

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in the manholes and GBV incidences.

• Lack of Protection-based NFIs (sleeping materials- mosquito nets, blankets, mats, cooking sets, and more) exposing women and children to risks of potential disease.

• Some shelters are overcrowded, and this is resulting to lack of privacy for women and girls.

• Trauma among the community members is evident especially those who have lost their livelihoods since the onset of the floods.

• Collapsed HH and institutional latrines exposing children and women to risks of accidents such as falling into the open pits and possible disease outbreaks.

• Lack of dignity kits and sanitary pads for women and girls of reproductive age respectively.

• Limited knowledge on COVID-19 in the areas assessed.

• Child exploitation during dyke construction

Key priorities for Immediate Humanitarian response Child protection; • Comprehensive case Management including identification, documentation and provision of family tracing and reunification services for Unaccompanied and separated Children. • Provision of age and gender appropriate community based psychosocial support services for children and their caregivers and CP coordination. • Need for CP Supplies; Recreational Kits, Tent, CFS Kits; Plastic sheets/Mats; Dignity Kits; and Reintegration Kits for UASC. GBV; • Community awareness raising on protection to prevent protection incidents from happening in such flooding affected areas. • GBV case management and psychosocial support for individual GBV survivors in flood affected areas. • Support of CMR kits provision to health centers in Ayod County. • Need for dignity kits and sanitary pads for women and girls of reproductive age. • Community awareness raising on protection to prevent GBV incidents from happening in such flood affected areas.

General protection; • Provide protection based NFIs to the vulnerable (sleeping mats, mosquito nets, blankets, solar laps, cooking utensils, buckets, soaps & dignity kits. • Protection mainstreaming in the sectorial project by all partners in the county. • Community awareness raising on protection to prevent protection incidents from happening in

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such flooding affected areas. • Protection monitoring, assessments, risks mitigation and community complain feedback mechanism in displaced locations.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Key findings Water: Source of water and accessibility • With only a few boreholes present where the displaced persons are currently settled, the nearest ones within distances of 3-5 hours walk, borehole capacities have been stretched, working around the clock 24/7 with constant break down common due to high population and heavily flooded roads. • Some households, settled where no boreholes exist, have resorted to drinking water from stagnant open unsafe pools as observed during the assessment. • It was also revealed and observed that most households get their drinking water from the surface water which is unsafe given the lack of water purification tabs.

Water Containers ▪ There were no water containers (buckets and Jeri-cans) seen during the assessment. ▪ Most households are using source-pans for drawing water and cooking.

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Key priorities for immediate Humanitarian response

• Provision of water containers (Buckets/ Jerry cans).

▪ Immediate drilling of boreholes in the current settlement areas to serve IDPs.

▪ Conducting and monitoring water quality especially bacteriological and physical test.

▪ Establishment of an integrated water management committees to minimize conflict between IDP and Host communities.

▪ Excavation of waste pits at the IDP sites.

▪ Hygiene promotion and COVID-19 messaging at the IDP sites.

▪ Display of WASH & COVID-19 IEC materials, at the IDP sites

▪ Distribution of Soap to the IDP including people with special needs.

▪ Construction of emergency latrines at the IDP sites.

▪ Rehabilitation of broken-down boreholes and the drainage for the boreholes around the IDP sites

▪ Immediate distribution of hygiene kits to the affected populations

▪ Provision of water purification tabs ▪ Reduction of prevalence of WASH-related diseases, including trachoma, Guinea worm, and diarrheal diseases, through hygiene promotion ensuring good hygiene practices.

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Next steps

Indicate ICWG-endorsed cluster commitments based on the findings

Cluster Priority actions Human and material Responsible By when resources needed entity - Dignity kits CMD and Immediately EDUCATION - Supply of TLS construction Radios INTERSOS materials to affected school - Volunteer teachers’ structures - incentives. - Plan alternative learning, home- Establish / set-up of TLS based learning - - Canoes - Provide dignity kits to the

adolescent school aged girls at the settlement places. - Monitor opening guidelines - in line with MOH and MoEST COVID-19 guidelines - Provision of canoes for coordination and referral of patients with medical complications

FSL - Provision of assorted livelihoods; - Fishing kits ALSI, CMD and Immediately fishing tools and vegetable seeds - Vegetable kits PASS - Provision of tools kits especially - Livestock vaccines malodas - Canoes - Provision of livestock vaccines and treatment kits for clinical diseases and other veterinary services - Provision of canoes for fishermen

- COVID-19 CMD, EDA and Immediately HEALTH - Scale up and plan drugs communication posters MEDAIR ERT consignments to avert possible

stock out during this rainy season. - Emergency Drugs - Set up separate mobile teams that Mosquito Nets can be base at the new resettled - Canoes sites, to respond to their needs on -

daily basis and integration of COVID-19 awareness. - Supply of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to be distributed to the affected populations; especially pregnant women and children to avert possibilities of malaria infections. - Provision of canoes for coordination and referral of patients

- Mosquito nets CMD, MEDAIR Immediately NUTRITION - Supply insecticides treated MUAC tapes ERT mosquitoes net. - - COVID-19 IEC - Family MUAC screening and Additional supply referrals of malnourished cases of - U5s, PLW - Canoes - Scaled up relay of COVID-19 prevention messages; including issuance of hands sanitizers, soaps and IEC material. - Follow up of identified cases by CNVs

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- Conduct health and nutrition education sessions on disease prevention. - Provision of canoes for coordination and referral of patients with medical complications

NFIs/ ES - Conduct registration and - Shelter and NFIs ALSI, PASS and Immediately verification of displaced including blankets, MEDAIR households tents, mosquito nets, - Distribution of lifesaving NFIs sleeping mats, cooking - Decongestion of IDPS sets

PROTECTION - Provide protection based NFIs to - Protection based NFIs UNCDR, PASS, Immediately the vulnerable (sleeping mats, to the vulnerable SAADO, mosquito nets, blankets, solar (Sleeping mats, INTERSOS laps, cooking utensils, buckets, mosquito nets, soaps & dignity kits. blankets, solar lamps, - Comprehensive case cooking utensils, Management buckets, soap and - PSS: Provision of age and gender dignity kits. appropriate community based - CRM Kits psychosocial support services for children and their caregivers and CP coordination - Provide Critical CP Supplies to facilitate the above activities. Key supplies include Recreational Kits, Tent 72M, CFS Kits; Plastic sheets/Mats; Dignity Kits; and Reintegration Kits for UASC. - Support of CMR kits provision to health centers in Ayod County. - Provide dignity kits and sanitary pads for women and girls of reproductive age.

WASH - Provision of NFI/shelters - Borehole spare parts CMD, PASS Immediately materials (i.e. blankets, mosquito - Incentive to pump and MEDAIR nets, sleeping mats, cooking sets mechanics. and plastic sheets) - Construction materials - provision of health service and tools - Disinfection of boreholes. - Training materials - Rehabilitation of broken pumps - Incentives to hygiene including platforms to reduce promoters. contamination - Latrine construction - Disinfection of boreholes. materials - Rehabilitation of broken pumps - Canoes including platforms to reduce - Incentives to hygiene contamination of boreholes water promoters - Refresher training to hygiene - Latrines constructions promoters to carry out hygiene materials promotion. - canoes - Rehabilitation/ establishment of latrines for immediate use by the community. - Provision of canoes for coordination

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Assessment information IRNA stands for “Initial Rapid Needs Assessment”.

Cluster Name Organiza Email Phone tion Health Philip Kueth Nuot CMD [email protected] +211929 774 355 [email protected] Health Gatmai Machar EDA [email protected] +211927 558 845 Education Jacob Teny Yuot CMD [email protected] +211929 999 179 Health Molpiny Tolgok EDA [email protected] +211927 558 845 ROSS James Chuol ROSS [email protected] Chany Protection Buony Kun INTERSO [email protected] +211925 474263 S Protection Thomas Toang SAADO [email protected] +211922 063511 Nutrition Edema Benard MEDAIR [email protected] WASH Gabriel Gatluak PASS [email protected] +211925 827399 Protection Chop Tut PASS [email protected] +211916 641573 Health Maker Mathot CHD [email protected] N/A FSL James Maker G ALSI [email protected] +2119264 11118 FSL Elijah Mayiel ALSI [email protected] +211929 777779 NFI / ES Nhiot Thor Tuol ALSI [email protected] +211929 777779 Protection Riek Kuol UNCDR [email protected] +211925340505 Protection Wieh Bol Lual UNCDR [email protected] +211911553388 CCCM Tayien Kulang HRSS [email protected] N/A CCCM Bhakita Nyajuok HRSS [email protected] N/A

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Inter-agencies Assessment Team moving from village to villages in Ayod County

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Photos Gallery of Ayod County’s IRNA Assessment Report 7th – 17th August 2020

Bajack nutrition site warehouse flooded Evacuation of Nutrition supplies from Bajack site commenced

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IRNA Report: [Jonglei State – Ayod County], [7-17/08/2020] |20

Evacuation of nutrition supplies continues using canoes at Bajack nutrition site

Inter-Agency Rapid Needs Assessment 20 http://southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info/

IRNA Report: [Jonglei State – Ayod County], [7-17/08/2020] |21

Gorwai and surrounded villages cattle evacuated to Ayod Town. Household fully flooded in Buot and family displaced to Canal (Ayod)

Inter-Agency Rapid Needs Assessment 21 http://southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info/

IRNA Report: [Jonglei State – Ayod County], [7-17/08/2020] |22

Local dykes made and scooping out water of the household becomes daily work for the family who tends to be resilience to floods in Menime and Haat

Inter-Agency Rapid Needs Assessment 22 http://southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info/

IRNA Report: [Jonglei State – Ayod County], [7-17/08/2020] |23

CMD staffs evacuating drugs from Padek PHCC using local canoes

Inter-Agency Rapid Needs Assessment 23 http://southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info/

IRNA Report: [Jonglei State – Ayod County], [7-17/08/2020] |24

Above pictures shows Buot and Mhaar village fully under flood water

Inter-Agency Rapid Needs Assessment 24 http://southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info/

IRNA Report: [Jonglei State – Ayod County], [7-17/08/2020] |25

Padek Primary School’s under flood water and TLS collapsed, (many schools’ temporary learning spaces got damaged by the floods)

Inter-Agency Rapid Needs Assessment 25 http://southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info/

IRNA Report: [Jonglei State – Ayod County], [7-17/08/2020] |26

Above pictures are snake bites recoded at CMD managed health facilities (27 snakes recorded so far between 7th to 17th August 2020)

Inter-Agency Rapid Needs Assessment 26 http://southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info/

IRNA Report: [Jonglei State – Ayod County], [7-17/08/2020] |27

Snake bites picture continues

Inter-Agency Rapid Needs Assessment 27 http://southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info/