ImPart
NORTH – EAST AFGHANISTAN
TAKHAR PROVINCE
MONTHLY REPORT - MARCH 2002
ImPart (Implementing Partners) : - CADA: Central Asian Development Agency - FHI : Food for the Hungry International - NWMTI: North-West Medical Teams International - WCDO: World Concern Development Organization
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Abbreviations 2. Executive Summary 3. Operational report 4. Logistics 5. Offices & Staff 6. Annexes
1. ABREVIATIONS
ACTED: Agence d'Aide a la Cooperation Technique Et au Developpement CADA: Central Asian Development Agency CCF: Children Crisis Fund FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization IP: Implementing Partner JLC: Joint Logistics Center LoU: Letter of Understanding MERLIN: Medical Emergency Relief International NFI: Non Food Item NGO: Non Governmental Organization OM: Operation Mercy SCA: Swedish Committee Afghanistan SFL: Shelter For Life TdH: Terre des Hommes UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund UNOCHA: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance WFP: World Food Program
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2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2.1. Overall Situation
Food distributions covered all of the 55 villages of Chah Ab District, supporting 7,455 families / 44,730 people. The wheat distributed has been purchased with CADA private funds.
Wheat from WFP (received from Concern) has also been distributed into 43 of the 171 villages of Rustaq District, covering 3,423 families / 20,538 people.
For April distributions, ImPart purchased 25,000 liters of oil with private funds, covering one month support for 5,000 families. Beans and sugar could not be ordered due to cash flow constraints.
All food is distributed under FoodAC scheme. For the time being, all population are working on their roads. 69 km of Chah Ab District roads and 26 km of Rustaq ones are already completed.
Major NFIs distributions were done in March, providing blankets and clothes to SFL for 2,000 families of Keshem District (Badakhshan) affected by the earthquake on March 3 and the same items to Concern for 150 families of Rustaq District. 113 families from 4 villages of Rustaq also received quilts same time as their food distribution.
ImPart kept most of its pre-positioned NFIs on stand-by for Nahrin area following the earthquake. As soon as informed of the gravity of the earthquake, ImPart contacted CONCERN and ACTED, the 2 NGOs having bases in Nahrin, to inform them that 6,600 blankets and 4,300 family bags of clothes were ready for immediate shipment. When ImPart Operation Manager reached Nahrin, IOM, who was coordinating NFIs distributions, stated that there was probably more than enough NFIs. ImPart remained in contact to follow-up any new need that might arise.
ImPart distributed UNICEF “Back To School” kits to all of Chah Ab 19 schools and Rustaq 31 schools. 20,027 children (15,545 boys and 4,482 girls) from grade 1 to 6 did personally receive a kit. Distributions in Rustaq have been delayed for a few days due to some difficulties encountered with the District Education Director and then because most schools have been closed for one week due to local celebrations.
During the distributions, detailed data has been collected from each school, looking at quick impact repairs such as doors, plastic sheeting for the windows, floor covering and latrines. This information will be put together in April in order to seek funding for these Quick Impact Repairs.
ImPart also distributed SAMARITAN’S PURSE gift boxes to 12,343 children (6,729 boys and 5,614 girls) in both Districts, mainly to children attending school.
ImPart still has been very much involved into all coordination meetings both in Taloqan - Afghanistan and Dushanbe – Tajikistan. Numerous meetings were also held with numerous humanitarian NGOs and UN bodies.
All bases, except Dashti Qala, and all vehicles have been quipped with HF radios.
2.2. Visas
Afghan visas were secured within 24 hours in Dushanbe Embassy (3 months, multiple entry). Tajik visas were generally issued within 4 days.
2.3. Security
No security incident to be reported in ImPart’s areas of operations.
2.4. Agriculture
As for the previous months, March included several days of rain and snow. The overall prospect for the current agricultural season is still quite satisfactory for the time being.
Page 3 of 9 3. OPERATIONAL REPORT
3.1. Coordination and Partnership
3.1.1. General ImPart seeks close collaboration with the Humanitarian Community operating in its areas of activities. ImPart commits itself to try avoiding duplication wherever partnership and coordination could be taking place with other humanitarian actors. Sharing of information and data is also considered a key element of its programs implementation.
3.1.2. Afghanistan • Rustaq and Chah Ab Districts Eight Afghan surveyors have been meeting with traditional leaders and inhabitants of about 100 villages throughout both operational Districts. Meetings were also held with District authorities.
ImPart worked in close partnership with numerous NGOs: - CONCERN (WFP IP): WFP food and NFIs distributions - CCF (UNICEF IP): UNICEF “Back To School” kits - TdH: UNICEF “Back To School” kits - SFL: NFIs, SAMARITAN’S PURSE children boxes and food distributions.
ImPart is WFP IP for Chah Ab District. The LoU still has to be signed with WFP.
• Taloqan ImPart participated to the bi-weekly NGO Coordination Meetings taking place in Taloqan and individuals meetings were also held with quite some NGOs based there.
• Dashti Qala Good relations are established with RI in Dashti Qala.
• Faizabad Operational reports and data are regularly transmitted to UNOCHA for dissemination amongst the humanitarian community.
3.1.3. Tajikistan • Dushanbe ImPart attended UNOCHA weekly coordination meetings and also transmitted regular operational information and data to them.
3.2. Rustaq District
3.2.1. Food ImPart distributed WFP wheat into 43 villages, serving 3,423 families / 20,538 people. Beans (16.7 kg/fam), oil (5 l/fam)and sugar (3.3 kg/fam) were distributed to 910 families of 16 villages (See “Annex 6.1.1.”).
In total, 193.8 MT of food were distributed in Rustaq District in March.
All food is distributed under FoodAC scheme. For the time being, all populations are working on roads’ rehabilitation, ImPart is collecting information in order to preprare proposals for other community projects such as irrigation, wells and protected springs. By the end of March, 26 km of roads were completed.
3.2.2. Non-Food Items Quilts (2 per family) were distributed to 113 families into 4 villages. 150 quilts and 150 family bags of clothes were provided to CONCERN for distribution to families of the District affected by the earthquake on March 3 (See “Annex 6.2.1.”).
3.2.3. Education ImPart distributed UNICEF “Back To School” kits into all of Rustaq 31 schools. In total, 12,382 children (10,322 boys and 2,060 girls) from Grade 1 to 6 personally received a kit.
Some difficulties were first encountered with the Director of Education who stated that he was not authorizing ImPart to be present during the distributions. The problem was solved following the visit of both his counterpart from Chah Ab and a UNICEF representative from Mazar-e-Sharif. Further delays occurred due to District celebrations which lasted for a week. Each day, two representatives of the District Education Office and one representative from UNICEF accompanied the two separate ImPart teams into the schools. On some days, a third team, from TdH, was distributing with a representative from ImPart. (See “Annex 6.3.1.”)
Page 4 of 9 6,289 children (3,097 boys and 3,192 girls) also received gift boxes donated to ImPart by SAMARITAN’S PURSE. Each box was identified by gender and age and contained toys and stationary items (See “Annex 6.3.2.”).
ImPart took the opportunity of these distributions to collect detailed information regarding quick impact minor repairs such as doors, plastic sheeting for windows, floor covering and latrines.
3.3. Chah Ab District
3.3.1. Food ImPart distributed wheat, purchased with private funds, to 7,455 families / 44,730 people (See ”Annex 6.1.2.”).
A contract should be signed early April with an Institutional Donor in order to secure Chah Ab food needs for 6 months.
25,000 l. of oil, covering one month ration for 5,000 families, were purchased on private funds for April distribution.
ImPart is WFP IP for Chah Ab District. The LoU has not been received yet for signature, but 155 MT of wheat already have been received.
In total, 372.8 MT of food were distributed in Chah Ab District in March.
All food is distributed under FoodAC scheme. For the time being, all populations are working on roads’ rehabilitation, ImPart is collecting information in order to preprare proposals for other community projects such as irrigation, wells and protected springs. By the end of March, 69 km of roads were completed.
3.3.2. Non-Food Items 30 vulnerable women of Chah Ab city have been producing 180 quilts per week. The quality is quite good and the price almost competitive with quilts produced and shipped from Dushanbe. 2 wives of ImPart local staff are supervising the work, checking the quality of each quilt, paying the women on delivery and looking at other vulnerable families who could be supported through this work.
3.3.3. Education ImPart distributed UNICEF “Back To School” kits into all of Chah Ab 19 schools. In total, 7,645 children (5,223 boys and 2,422 girls) from Grade 1 to 6 personally received a kit. Each day, two representatives of the District Education Office and one representative from UNICEF accompanied the two separate ImPart teams into the schools. (See “Annex 6.3.1.”)
6,054 children (3,632 boys and 2,422 girls) also received gift boxes donated to ImPart by SAMARITAN’S PURSE. Each box was identified by gender and age and contained toys and stationary items. . (See “Annex 6.3.2.”)
ImPart took the opportunity of these distributions to collect detailed information regarding quick impact minor repairs such as doors, plastic sheeting for windows, floor covering and latrines.
3.3.4. Seeds CONCERN provided wheat seeds for 795 farmers of 14 villages within ImPart distribution area. Each farmer received 50 kg on loan and CONCERN will be responsible of the follow-up with these families. In total, 39,75 MT of seeds were distributed.
3.4. Other Districts & Provinces
3.4.1. Keshem District, Badakhshan Province On March 3, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, hit widespread areas of Central Asia; it was the strongest one since 1983. Following a request from SFL, ImPart provided 2,800 blankets and 2,000 family bags of clothes for affected families of Keshem District in Badakhshan Province.
3.4.2. Nahrin District, Baghlan Province ImPart kept most of its NFIs on stand-by for potential shipment to Nahrin area following the earthquake. As soon as informed of the gravity of the earthquake, ImPart contacted CONCERN and ACTED as both NGOs have offices in Nahrin District. They were informed that 6,600 blankets and 4,300 family bags of clothes, pre-positioned in Afghanistan, were ready for immediate shipment, but both NGOs were already concerned that two many NFIs were on their way. When ImPart Operation Manager reached Nahrin, 3 days after the earthquake, IOM, coordinating NFIs distributions, confirmed that there was probably more than enough NFIs. ImPart still remained in contact to follow-up any new need that might arise.
Page 5 of 9 3.5. Dushanbe
3.5.1. Food A contract has been signed for the purchase and transport of 25,000 l. of oil, for an April distribution to 5,000 families of Chah Ab District. 3.5.2. Non-Food Items Five 20 ft. containers, mainly containing clothing, were received in Dushanbe. 11 trucks’ loads were shipped into Afghanistan, including 2,000 quilts which had been manufactured in Dushanbe.
4. LOGISTICS
4.1. Border Crossing
Kokul (Fakhor – Dashti Qala) border crossing is used for both the passengers and the goods coming from Dushanbe.
No problem occurred on the Afghan side of the border, but various difficulties continued to be encountered on the Tajik side. UNJLC has been up-dated but no action has been taken yet by them.
4.2. Access
Access remained good to all of ImPart locations, except for some hours following heavy rains.
4.3. Vehicles
4.3.1. 4X4 Vehicles - Rustaq: 1 Russian Jeep, 1 Niva - Chah Ab: 1 Russian Jeep - Dushanbe: 1 Toyota Land Cruiser
4.3.2. Cars - Dushanbe: 1 Lada
4.3.3. Pipeline Two 4WD Toyota Hylux Double Cab, one Toyota Land-cruiser and two 6WD Kamaz trucks have been ordered and are on their way to Dushanbe. These 5 vehicles should be operational by the end of April.
4.4. Storage
4.4.1. Rustaq ImPart compound in Rustaq city includes a store and in both distributions points, houses are provided for free by local commanders.
4.4.2. Chah Ab Chah Ab authorities provide ImPart with a 1,000 m2 corrugated and concrete warehouse. In each of the 5 distribution points, one house is provided for free by the local community to be used as storage when stock-piling the food.
4.4.3. Dashti Qala A small storage capacity exists within office compound.
4.4.4. Dushanbe has 3 large warehouses (concrete and corrugated sheeting) in Dushanbe.
5. OFFICES AND STAFF
5.1. Offices
5.1.1. Tajikistan - Dushanbe
5.1.2. Afghanistan - Rustaq - Chah Ab - Dashti Qala. A new office has been rented in a better location and for half the price of the previous one. Page 6 of 9
5.2. Communications
5.2.1. Satphones - Rustaq: 1
5 Thuraya satphones have been ordered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and should be received early April.
5.2.2. HF Radios - Dushanbe: 1 base station, 1 mobile unit - Rustaq: 1 base station, 2 mobile units - Chah Ab: 1 base station, 1 mobile unit - Dashti Qala: None
5.2.3. VHF radios - Dushanbe: 3 hand-sets, 2 base units - Rustaq: 1 handset (for trans-border communications) - Chah Ab: 2 hand-sets - Dashti Qala: 1 handset (for trans-border communications)
5.3. Staff
5.3.1. National staff - Dushanbe: (5) 1 Finance Manager, 1 Logistician, 1 Driver, 2 Guards - Rustaq: (14) 1 Coordinator, 6 Supervisors, 2 Drivers, 1 Base Support Officer, 1 Cook, 3 Guards - Chah Ab: (12) 1 Coordinator, 1 Supervisor, 1 Office Administrator, 1 Store Keeper, 1 Driver, 1 Cook, 1 Helper, 5 Guards - Dashti Qala: (1) 1 Base Officer - Yakatoti: (2) 1 Store Keeper, 1 Guard - Total: 34 staff
5.3.2. Expatriates - Dushanbe: (2) 1 Relief Director, 1 Coordinator - Rustaq: (4) 1 Operation Manager, 1 District Coordinator, 1 Base Officer, 1 Administrator - Chah Ab: (1) 1 District Coordinator - Dashti Qala: --- - Total: 7 staff
Rustaq, April 18, 2002
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6.1. Food Distributions
6.1.1. Rustaq District
Date Villages No of families Wheat (kg) Beans (kg) Oil (kg) Sugar (kg) Total (kg) 16.03 9 1,167 58,350 0 0 0 58,350 18.03 12 797 39,850 13,310 3,985 2,630 59,775 22.03 18 1,333 66,650 0 0 0 66,650 23.03 4 113 5,650 1,887 452 373 8,362 25.03 1 13 650 0 0 0 650 Total 44 3,423 171,150 15,197 4,437 3,003 193,787
6.1.2. Chah Ab District
Date Villages No of families Wheat (kg) Beans (kg) Oil (kg) Sugar (kg) Total (kg) 05.03 10 816 40,800 0 0 0 40,800 06.03 1 138 6,900 0 0 0 6,900 07.03 1 41 2,050 0 0 0 2,050 11.03 3 182 9,100 0 0 0 9,100 12.03 14 1,256 62,800 0 0 0 62,800 13.03 8 1,262 63,100 0 0 0 63,100 14.03 4 947 47,350 0 0 0 47,350 15.03 11 1,195 59,750 0 0 0 59,750 16.03 2 1,350 67,500 0 0 0 67,500 20.03 1 268 13,400 0 0 0 13,400 Total 55 7,455 372,750 0 0 0 372,750
6.1.3. Cumulative Food Report January – March 2002
Month District No of families Wheat (kg) Beans (kg) Oil (kg) Sugar (kg) Total (kg) Feb. Rustaq 2,202 110,100 0 0 0 110,100 Chah Ab 1,523 76,150 0 0 0 76,150 March Rustaq 3,423 171,150 15,197 4,437 3,003 193,787 Chah Ab 7,455 372,750 0 0 0 372,750 Total 730,150 15,197 4,437 3,003 752,787
6.2. Non Food Distributions
6.2.1. Rustaq District
Date Villages No of families Quilts Blankets Clothes’ bags Shoes’ bags Remarks 05.03 --- 150 150 0 150 0 CONCERN 23.03 4 113 226 0 0 0 Total 263 376 0 150 0
6.2.2. Chah Ab District
Date Villages No of families Quilts Blankets Clothes’ bags Shoes’ bags Remarks 11.03 3 199 0 0 0 199 12.03 5 591 0 0 0 591 13.03 4 600 0 1,200 0 0 15.03 6 422 0 752 0 46 Total 18 1,812 0 1,952 0 836
6.2.3. Other Districts
Date Villages No of families Quilts Blankets Clothes’ bags Shoes’ bags Remarks 05.03 --- 2,000 0 2,800 2,000 0 to SFL Total 2,000 0 2,800 2,000 0
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Month District No of families Quilts Blankets Clothes’ bags Shoes’ bags Remarks Dec. Rustaq 0 0 0 0 0 Chah Ab 2,600 0 0 2,600 0 Jan. Rustaq 0 0 0 0 0 Chah Ab 2,587 0 1,808 1,517 0 Feb. Rustaq 1,226 0 0 0 1,226 pairs, not bags Chah Ab 549 0 0 0 549 Taloqan 300 0 0 300 0 Children bags, to MERLIN March Rustaq 263 376 0 150 0 150 fam. to CONCERN Chah Ab 1,812 0 1,952 0 836 Keshem 2,000 0 2,800 2,000 0 to SFL Total 11,337 376 6,560 6,567 2,611
6.3. Education
6.3.1. UNICEF “Back To School” Kits
District Boys Girls Total Rustaq 10,322 2,060 12,382 Chah Ab 5,223 2,422 7,645 Total 15,545 4,482 20,027
6.3.2. SAMARITAN’S PURSE Boxes
District Boys Girls Total Rustaq 3,097 3,192 6,289 Chah Ab 3,632 2,422 6,054 Total 6,729 5,614 12,343
6.4. Agriculture
6.4.1. Rustaq District
Date Villages No of families Wheat Seeds (kg) Remarks 11.03 14 795 39,750 From CONCERN Total 14 795 39,750
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