Bannu DRC Rapid Needs Assessment II November 2014
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Rapid Needs Assessment II Summary of Findings - November 2014 Displaced Populations of North Waziristan Agency in District Bannu Union Councils: Koti Sadat, Fatma Khel, Bazar Ahmad Khan, Ghoriwala, Amandi, Kausar Fateh Khel, Bharat, Nar Jaffer & Khaujari Monitoring & Evaluation Unit, Danish Refugee Council, Pakistan 0 | 14 For further details please contact: [email protected] ; [email protected] DRC| DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL Acronyms CoRe Community Restoration cluster DRC Danish Refugee Council FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas FDMA FATA Disaster Management Authority GoP Government of Pakistan IVAP IDP Vulnerability Assessment & Profiling KII Key Informant Interviews KP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MIRA Multi-sector Initial Rapid Assessment NADRA National Database & Registration Authority NWA North Waziristan Agency PDMA Provincial Disaster Management Authority PKR Pakistan Rupee RRS Return and Rehabilitation Strategy TDPs Temporarily Dislocated Persons UC Union Council UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund UNOCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Monitoring & Evaluation Unit, Danish Refugee Council, Pakistan 1|14 For further details please contact: [email protected] ; [email protected] DRC| DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL Introduction The present report provides a snapshot of some of the most pressing needs as of the 24th of November 2014 among the Temporarily Dislocated Persons1 (TDPs) from North Waziristan Agency (NWA) in nine union councils (UCs) of District Bannu: Koti Sadat, Fatma Khel, Bazar Ahmad Khan, Ghoriwala, Amandi, Kausar Fateh Khel, Bharat, Nar Jaffar & Khaujari. This report is based on the second2 Bannu rapid needs assessment conducted by Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in late November 2014, which focused specifically on needs within winterization, shelter and livelihoods – both in place of displacement and origin. Methodology & Scope From the 20th to 23rd of November 2014, DRC sent out a team to District Bannu to gather primary data from the TDPs and host community elders in nine designated Union Councils. The following qualitative and quantitative data collection tools were designed and utilized: key informant interviews (KIIs), individual interviews/questionnaires and group discussions. Where applicable, broadly recognized standards (e.g. Sphere and IVAP) were incorporated in the design of tools. The data was collected from 37 villages spread across the aforementioned nine UCs in District Bannu, targeting the most TDP populous villages in each UC. 143 individual questionnaires were obtained from TDPs (72 males and 71 females). In addition, 22 KIIs were conducted with host community and TDP elders and 12 group discussions were carried out (7 male and 5 female). Reliable secondary sources such as from FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA), Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) provided additional data to this report. The secondary data has been combined with updates from primary sources to corroborate findings and provide further details. The findings presented in the needs assessment below are primarily based on data collected from the 143 individual questionnaires. However, all data provided in this report has been corroborated with information from the KIIs, group discussions, enumerators’ own observations, and available secondary sources, which has ensured a strong degree of triangulation. This report is intended to inform the planning of DRC’s emergency response in Bannu. In addition, DRC has chosen to make this data freely available so that they can be used for triangulation and/or programming purposes by other humanitarian actors in Bannu. The information contained in this report may hence be used by other organisations and actors as long as DRC Pakistan is appropriately referenced as the source and the content not used in a misguiding manner. 1 The Government of Pakistan has officially termed the displaced population of North Waziristan as “Temporarily Dislocated Persons”. The abbreviation “TDPs” will be used in this report in accordance with this terminology. 2 The findings from DRC’s first rapid needs assessment in Bannu were similarly summarized in a report: “Bannu Rapid Needs Assessment – summary of findings”, September 2014. Monitoring & Evaluation Unit, Danish Refugee Council, Pakistan 2|14 For further details please contact: [email protected] ; [email protected] DRC| DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL Key Limitations of Assessment . Due to the emergency context and short time available for the assessment, data was collected through purposive sampling. Assessment fatigue was detected. A number of TDPs declined to participate in the data collection and/or expressed frustration that many assessments were being carried out but not followed up by humanitarian assistance. TDPs were closely intermingled with host communities, which occasionally made it difficult to single out TDPs when collecting data. Coordination Coordination was carried out in relevant clusters (e.g. for community restoration) and through bilateral meetings with interested parties (e.g. with IVAP, UNHCR and PDMA). This has refined the scope and focus of the rapid needs assessment and highlighted a number of important aspects to be taken into account, such as an ongoing comprehensive distribution of winterization kits facilitated by the UN as well as ongoing efforts to develop a Return and Rehabilitation Strategy (RRS) for the NWA TDPs. Situation Update Displaced Population from NWA The Pakistani military offensive in North Waziristan Agency that started on 15th of June 2014 has so far resulted in more than one million TDPs3. As of 19th of November 2014, FDMA reported that 102,047 registered families have fled to other parts of the country. Most of the TDPs have found shelter in Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Peshawar, Lakki Marwat and other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. TDPs in Bannu District Bannu has received an estimated 829,000 TDPs according to PDMA-MIS. With an average household size of 10.43, the total number of displaced families is thus estimated at 79,482 (Annex I.a). This means that 77% of the total registered TDPs are residing in District Bannu, which is slightly less than the 81% previously reported by DRC. These updated figures reflect a new influx of TDPs from NWA. NADRA has now verified 79% of the registered TDPs (previously 56%). For various reasons an unknown number of TDPs remain unregistered with NADRA. The figures used in this report all relate to TDPs registered by Government of Pakistan (GoP)4. According to local government sources, 35 out of 48 UCs are hosting more than 1,000 TDP families and the most TDP populous UC is Benzi/Bizan Khel, which hosts 4,822 families. Annex I.b shows from highest to lowest the concentration of TDPs in the 48 UCs of District Bannu. 3 http://fdma.gov.pk/index.php/component/content/article/4-news-a-events/151-tdps-statistics 4 The Government of Pakistan, United Nations and the humanitarian community have agreed to use figures, which are based upon the total registered number of families at Saidgai-Baka Khel check post. Monitoring & Evaluation Unit, Danish Refugee Council, Pakistan 3|14 For further details please contact: [email protected] ; [email protected] DRC| DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL Host Communities in District Bannu According to district government sources, the estimated host population of District Bannu is 971,932 persons comprised of 502,197 males and 469,735 females. The area of Bannu is 1,227 km2 and the population density used to be 792 per km2 but the influx of TDPs has almost doubled the total population of District Bannu. A comparison between the host and TDP populations at UC level is given in Annex II. Target Population of Danish Refugee Council DRC Pakistan has been allowed to conduct needs assessments and provide humanitarian assistance5 to TDPs in nine UCs6. 18% of all the TDPs in Bannu are residing in these nine UCs, which corresponds to a population size of 147,783 persons (14,169 families) consisting of 66,502 children, 42,857 women and 38,428 men. Breakdown of TDP population in the nine UCs targeted by DRC is illustrated in the graph below: 16 18 16 12 14 10 12 9 9 10 Thousands 85% 15% 8 7 6 8 6 5 6 5 5 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 0 Bazar Nar Koti Barat Fatima Khojari Amandi Ghori Fateh Ahmad Jafar Sadat Khel Wala Khel Khan Qusar Men … Women … Children … Rest of TDPs Targeted TDPs in 9 UCs 5 Contingent upon funding and continued access to the UCs in District Bannu. 6 Amandi, Bazar Ahmad Khan, Bharat, Fatma Khel, Ghoriwala, Kausar, Kanjuri, Fateh Khel, Koti Sadat and Nar Jaffar. Monitoring & Evaluation Unit, Danish Refugee Council, Pakistan 4|14 For further details please contact: [email protected] ; [email protected] DRC| DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL Winterization Situation Managing with the Uncatered . When asked about preparations for the upcoming Winterization Needs winter, 70% of the TDPs responded that they had not 80% 63% made any preparations, 14% were relying on winterization assistance from the government, UN 40% and/or NGOs, 8% purchased items from the junk 17% 6% 6% 6% 2% market while the remaining 8% were seeking 0% assistance from the host community and/or relatives. In terms of coping strategies, 63% intended to go Rely on Loans Loans on Rely through the winter with their current means, 17% were Market hoping for winterization assistance from the Relatives and NGO assistance NGO and without any Solution any without Waiting for Government Government for Waiting government, UN and/or NGOs, 12% intended to seek the Junk from Purchases Bearing the Harsh Weather the Harsh Bearing Host Community Assistance Community Host assistance from the host community and/or relatives, the from Assistance Seeking 6% would purchase on a need basis from the junk market and 2% expected to rely on savings or loans.