United Nations Office for the Coordination Of

UNITED NATIONS

OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Pyapon Hub Update No. 3

28 November 2008 (Reporting period 14 November – 27 November 2008)

OVERVIEW & KEY DEVELOPMENTS

• On 24 November, the TCG delegation visited Tha Leik Kyi Village Tract to assess the possibilities to establish a TCG Pilot Project. They visited the rural health centre (RHC), Government-run school, as well as a child-friendly space (CFS) run by World Vision. They divided into sub groups and discussed with the families, hand tractor committee members and the teachers and students and enquired about their needs and the situation. The villagers mentioned the need for fertilizer and diesel for summer paddy, additional power tillers, infrastructure like small bridges and roads.

• On 18 November, WHO conducted an Early Warning Alert Response System (EWARS) Training in cooperation with the Public Health Team and District Health Department, at the District Health Department. Participants included staff from INGOs providing health services, Health Assistants and Lady Health Visitors from RHCs and Sub Centres.

• A regular General Coordination Meeting took place on 13 November. Accountability is now discussed as one of the agenda items. The next General Coordination Meeting was postponed from 27 to 28 November, as there is a Sphere Training taking place on 26-27 November.

• A second Field Coordination Training was organized for staff of humanitarian organizations based in Pyapon, Kyaiklat and Maubin. The training, conducted and facilitated through inter-agency cooperation, was attended by a total of 26 participants from 16 different agencies.

• A second Sphere training was organized for Pyapon Kyaiklat and Maubin staff on 26 and 27 November. This training was slightly different from the previous, as it included a practical exercise for the WASH cluster, as well as a field visit to a pond in Ward No. 18 in Pyapon Town. The training was attended by 20 participants from 14 different agencies including 2 WatSan Engineers from the District Department of Development Affairs.

• Although agencies are implementing various projects in the affected areas, some gaps keep being discovered in certain villages. For example, it was reported during one cluster meeting that in Ta Maw Wa Village, 164 students are still using the monastery as a school, and there is a need for a school to be built.

SECTORAL UPDATE

In the Pyapon hub, 8 clusters currently have active coordination mechanisms. In total, 28 agencies (5 UN agencies, 10 INGOs, 13 LNGOs) are present in the Pyapon hub.

FOOD • The General Food Distribution Programme (November Cycle) is ongoing with a caseload of 130,000 (reduced from 170,000 in September). • Supplementary Feeding has commenced – the provision of CSB (fortified blended food enriched with vitamins and minerals) targeted at pregnant and lactating women as well as children under the age of 5 (with caseload 21,800) will remain constant throughout 6 months. • A Food For Work (FFW) training is scheduled for late November for Cooperating Partners (CPs). The FFW Programme will be implemented after the harvest i.e. January 2009 in order to not

compete with the labour needed for farming. Any partners thinking of introducing FFW can still submit their expression of interest soonest.

HEALTH • MSI provides general medical services and sexual and reproductive health services in the villages in Pyapon Township. They conducted an Integrated Psychosocial Support and Sexual Reproductive Health Training; and distributed household kits (including nails, thread, hair clips, longyi etc) in Hmaw Bi village especially to women, children or elderly leading families. They also distributed Clean Delivery Kits (CDKs) to midwives and pregnant mothers and dignity kits (including female amenities such as tampons, longyi, soaps, tooth brush etc.). • MRCS conducted health education activities on the topics of dengue, personal hygiene and diarrhoeal diseases to school children (67 students from Htain Ta Bin primary school and 193 students from Tha Mein Htaw primary school).

LIVELIHOODS • MRCS has been implementing a Cash For Work Pilot project for the renovation of roads in Hmaw Bi, Chaung Twin, Htein Ta Bin and Ah Char Ka Lay villages. • Nargis Action Group (NAG) distributed fertilizer, diesel, fishing boats and nets, farming tools in Day Da Lu, Myo Kone, Daw Nyein, Tei Pin Seik and Seik Ma Village Tracts in Pyapon Township.

LOGISTICS • One Mobile Storage Unit (MSU) is available. Any interested partner should contact U Aung Kyaw Oo, WFP Logistic Cluster or Ms. Dorte Jessen for further information.

NUTRITION • Save the Children conducted health education sessions on Exclusive Breast Feeding on 26 November in San Pya, Auk Kwin Gyi village tract.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN • Save the Children (Kyaiklat) held a Universal Children Day Ceremony at Nga Pi Chaung and Aung Ba La Villages in Kyaiklat Township on 20 November. 2,000 people including children from CFS centres attended. • According to World Vision, 12 CFSs in Pyapon township are currently running well and an additional 4 CFSs will start soon in Chaung Twin Village Tract, Ward No. 12, 15 and 18 in Pyapon town.

SHELTER • World Vision is planning to construct 4 Sub Rural Health Centres in Ta Nyi, Tone Hle Ah Hta Ni, Kyon Tone Ta Man and Ah Su Gyi villages in Kyaiklat Township.

WASH • Samaritan’s Purse has cleaned 73 ponds and has completed the fencing of 76 ponds in Pyapon Township. One Water Purifying Unit was set up in Kha Naung Shan Kwin village. • Mingalar Myanmar distributed tarpaulin to 138 schools in Pyapon Township.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Event Frequency and Time Venue General Coordination Meeting (Bi-Weekly) Friday 5 December UNDP/ICDP Kyaiklat Kyaiklat (15:00) Health Cluster Meeting Kyaiklat (Weekly) Tuesday (11:00) Protection of Children and Women (Bi-Weekly) Tuesday 9 December World Vision Office Cluster Meeting (15:00) Shelter Cluster Meeting (Bi-Weekly) Tuesday 2 December World Vision Office (17:00) Logistics Cluster Meeting (Bi-Weekly) Tuesday 9 December WFP Office (16:00) WASH Cluster Meeting (Bi-Weekly) Tuesday 9 December UNICEF Office (13:00)

Livelihoods Meeting (Bi-Weekly) Wednesday 3 UNOCHA December (15:00) General Coordination Meeting & (Bi-Weekly) Thursday 11 UNOCHA Office Accountability Meeting December (09:00) Food Cluster Meeting (Weekly) Thursday (15:00) WFP Office Health & Nutrition Cluster Meeting (Weekly) Friday (15:00) UNICEF & DMO Office alternatively

Workshops / Trainings: Event Timing Venue Communication Skills Training 29 November UNICEF

Food For Work Training 27-28 November WFP

OCHA PYAPON HUB CONTACTS

Address: No. 4, Anawrahta Street, Ward (6), Pyapon Mobile: + 95 9 8610020 Tel: + 95 45 40648 Email: [email protected] Area coverage: Pyapon Township, Kyaiklat Township and Maubin Township

OCHA Pyapon Hub Office Officer-in-Charge: OCHA Pyapon Hub Office Reporting: Mr Edmore Tondhlana Ms. Thida Aung [email protected] [email protected] OCHA Pyapon Hub Office Information OCHA Yangon Field Coordination: Management: Mr. Antonio Massella Ms. Moe Thinza Hline Tel: 0095 1 544500 ext 8808 [email protected] Mob: 0095 95179912 Email: [email protected]

Myanmar Cyclone Nargis OCHA Hub Update is issued on 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month. All issues are available in Myanmar and English languages in OCHA offices in the Delta and Yangon and on Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) web site: http://myanmar.humanitarianinfo.org.