Country: Vanuatu Highlights Situation Update WFP Response ` in Numbers
Vanuatu Situation Report #10 30 April 2015 USD2.28 million)quired SO: USD5.2 million)required EMOP: Funding Update: EMOP andEMOP. total has beenprocured for the IR Approximately EMOP. and food under children)receive the people Approximately In numbers `
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authorities, while helpingalso gather information Governments,between NGO partners and the local distributions. cooperationstrengthened visits The Tanna and observe Islands to the monitor WFP the Efate staff visited offshore islands and the WFP to noodles, approximately people 33,000 on 13 of suchcommodities rice, cannedfish,as and partners cooperating have over 200mt distributed reaching the affected 23 islands. To WFPdate, and emergency distributionsfood underway,is well the second wave of GovernmentWFP and CycloneMore than Pam a hit, Tropical month after reduced their meals from meals their reduced three two times to per supply,food beneficiaries some them for repair harvest; 3) and Due insufficient to Cyclone Pam, takes will it conceding months to damage reported traditionalto gardens by Tropical partners; cooperating 2) A number of beneficiaries Committees,Disaster area councils, and withcoordination the Provincial/Community and smooth organizedwell due WFP’sto close The findings main were: distributions 1) Food were monitoring in the Efate andoffshore Islands. Tanna This distribution food week WFP conducted date. approximatelyassist to 24,000 beneficiaries to severely affected islands in the south, are ongoing distributions Food in Tanna, one of the most Tongariki, Makira,and Aneityum. Mataso) and Emau), IslandsShepherd Emae, (Tongoa, Buninga, offshore Moso, Pele, Ngunaislands (Lelepa, and peopleapproximately 9,000 affected in the Efate Vision) completed distributions food to Samaritan’s Purse, SaveChildren World andthe This partners (ADRA,week, WFP cooperating and is expected endorse to the HAP by 30th. April emergency the recoveryto phase. GovernmentThe months 3 months to transition in to from order Plan, will from the reduced be HAP 6 timeline withkeeping the Government’sAction Strategic continues with the feedback Government.from In onProgress the Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) for learned upcoming distributions. from The beneficiaries. garnered keyvisits lessons - supported islands. supported
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day. generators will be donated to the Government. Preparatory work for EMOP food distribution was Due to funding shortage, operations have been completed in all 16 WFP-supported islands, scaled down and plans are in place for the including updating beneficiary data and finalizing demobilization of British Telecom satellite distribution plans. To ensure that the plans were equipment in Ambae (due to be completed on culturally appropriate to each community, the May 1st) and Malekula (due to be completed the work was closely coordinated with local third week of May). Unless ETC’s budget is government officials, communities and NGO confirmed, there is a risk of further operational partners. delays resulting in additional expenses in the long term. Two satellite dishes remain on Tanna Island in Logistics order to continue the provision of voice and data connectivity to the Government and other aid 460mt of food was delivered to 26 extended agencies. This is vital for the efficient and timely delivery points during the second wave of management of operations. Currently , there are distribution. 234 registered users (Government, NGOs, and This week, 328mt of mixed commodities arrived UN agencies) on WIDER, an ETC tool which in Port Vila through regional procurement. distributes and manages internet connectivity on the island. Users have attested to the invaluable access the service has given them. Clusters Other/Miscellaneous
Situation Report #10 30 April 2015 April 30 #10 Report Situation Food Security Cluster There are 20 WFP staff presently deployed in Vanuatu. Parallel to the EMOP, the second wave of Government emergency food distributions have been completed in Mere Lava, assisting around Resourcing Update 580 beneficiaries. The Government food distribution is ongoing in rural Efate for an A USD29.9 million United Nations Flash Appeal Vanuatu Vanuatu estimated 7,300 people. was launched on 24 March. Based on the Flash Fishing gear has been provided to households on Appeal, the CERF proposal allocated WFP USD1.2 the Shepherd Islands (Tongoa, Emae, Tongariki, million towards food operation, USD480,000 to Mataso, Makira and Buninga). Additional gear will the Logistics Cluster, and USD150,000 to the be provided to households on Aneityum, Aniwa, Emergency Telecommunications Cluster. Futuna, and Tanna next week. Seed packages have been distributed to households on the Efate offshore islands and the Shepherd Islands, and distribution is planned for Contacts Epi and Efate rural this week. Louis Imbleau, Emergency Coordinator
Logistics Cluster Thi Van Hoang, Reports Officer The Logistics Cluster will continue to rely on the [email protected] (Vanuatu) Solomon Islands’ police patrol boats when other
military assets will cease to be available starting May 1st. The national police patrol boats have a storage capacity of 5mt. On Tanna, the common mobile storage unit of the Provincial Disaster Committees is filled up to 30 percent with Ministry of Education tents, NDMO tents and tarps, and shelter boxes from CARE. The remaining space is available for common storage.
Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) ETC continues to provide critical support to operations in Vanuatu, particularly on Tanna Island, one of the most severely affected areas. To date, ETC has donated the following items to the Government: 10 iridium satellite phones, 10 pre-paid iridium SIM cards, 10 flexible solar panels, and 5 generators. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency has also donated 10 solar panels. It is expected that an additional 3 Country: Vanuatu