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1St Situation Analysis Survey - Tharparkar st 1 1 Situation Analysis Survey Tharparkar Calamity – 2014 1st Situation Analysis Survey - Tharparkar March –2014 Conducted by HANDS &Technically Facilitated by UN-OCHA st 2 1 Situation Analysis Survey Tharparkar Calamity – 2014 Table of Contents Title 1. Acknowledgement: .....................................................................................................................3 2. Introduction: ..............................................................................................................................3 3. .... Research Methodology and Sample design: ……………………………………………………………………………….3 4. Demographic Information: ..........................................................................................................4 Areas with greatest needs ........................................................................................................................ 5 Number of Key Informants ....................................................................................................................... 5 5. Key Findings ...............................................................................................................................5 5.1.1 Food security ............................................................................................................................. 7 Main Livelihood Sources ........................................................................................................................... 7 5.1.2 Livelihood source losses ............................................................................................................ 7 51.3 Walking Distance to reach nearest Market (in KMs) .................................................................. 7 5.1.4 Families Food Buying Power ..................................................................................................... 7 5.1.5 House Holds Food Stock ............................................................................................................ 8 5.6 Food Availability in Markets (Percent of villages) ......................................................................... 8 5.2 Livestock & Fodder .....................................................................................................................8 5.2.1 Livestock Losses ........................................................................................................................ 8 5.2.2 Villages affected by Diseases .................................................................................................... 9 5.2.3 Fodder Stock Availability ........................................................................................................... 9 5.3 Nutrition ....................................................................................................................................9 5.3.1 Exclusive Breast Feeding ........................................................................................................... 9 5.3.3 Number of Lactating and Pregnant women ............................................................................ 10 5.3.4 Food fed to Infants (Common) ................................................................................................ 10 5.4 Health ...................................................................................................................................... 10 5.4.1 Nearest Health Facilities in the Area ....................................................................................... 10 5.4.2 Villages with Nearest Health Facility and Functional status ................................................... 10 5.4.4 Prevalence of Diseases ............................................................................................................ 11 5.5 Protection ................................................................................................................................ 11 5.6 Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) .................................................................................... 12 5.7 Primary Source of Communication: ........................................................................................... 12 6. RECOMMENDATIONS: .............................................................................................................. 12 st 3 1 Situation Analysis Survey Tharparkar Calamity – 2014 1. Acknowledgement: This report is prepared by HANDS – Pakistan with technical support of UN-OCHA.Special thanks for the valuable inputs from representatives of WHO, Unicef, WFP, FAO and Other Humanitarian Partners 2. Introduction: Tharparkar District , is one of the districts of Sindh province in Pakistan. It is headquartered at Mithi. It Tharparkar: Population (estimated) has the lowest Human Development Index of all 1,251,455. districts in Sindh. The total area of the district is 19,638 square kilometers. Dhatki also known as Thari, which is a Number of Taluka /Tehsil 04 Rajasthani language, is common language, Number of union councils 44 which is also the majority language of Number of Villages 2,188 Number of Health Facilities: 37 neighboring Umerkot district. 1 - DHQ, 03 – THQ, 02RHC, 31 BHUs However Sindhi and Urdu are also spoken. The largest tribe in Tharparkar district is Meghwar Scheduled Castes. The population can be divided into three main classes, Rajputs, which include Muslim and Hindu tribes and aboriginal tribes. The large number of aboriginal Bhils are also settled in a huge population in Tharparkar district. Many nomadic Sindhi tribe inhabit the region. Thakurs mostly left Tharparkar and migrated in India after independence of Pakistan. Traditionaly the economy of the district (Fig 1) population depend on livestocks and agriculture. If a family requires cash for essential commodities or services, they trade-in or sell their animals to fulfil their requirements. The current Veternary epidemic has wiped out most of their livestock and ability to sustain. 3. Research Methodology and Sample design: It’s a multi cluster initial assessment using Key Informants Interview technique. Questionnaire adopted from Multi Cluster Initial Rapid Assessment Tool (MIRA) The randomize sample size of 330 villages calculated from the 4 Taluka, to give results within certain reliability limits (5-10% margin of error and 95% confidence interval). As per calculated sample at district level assessment covered 322villages. The data collected through 637 (322 Female & 315 Male) Key Informant Interviews (KIIs). st 4 1 Situation Analysis Survey Tharparkar Calamity – 2014 During the assessment, data is collected from all 44 UCs of 4 Taluka of Tharparkar district. (Fig 2) The rapid assessment conducted from 11 to 15 March 2014 in four Taluka of district Tharparkar indicates that 100percent population has been affected by the recent drought to some extent. During the assessment, numerators collected information from 637 key informants (322 males & 315 females) in 322 villages. Primary data collection was undertaken using representative sampling. (Fig 3) The sample comprised 61villages of Mithi Taluka, 120 villages of Diplo Taluka, 58 villages of Sample calculation of District Tharparkar Nagarparkar Taluka and 83 villages of Chachro Taluka Total Villages Sample Villages Taluka to achieve results within acceptable reliability Chachro 586 83 limits (5percent margin of error and 95percent confidence interval). The KIs were identified through Diplo 763 120 consultations with local community representatives. Mithi 499 61 Assessment teams were made up of four male Nagarparkar 340 58 enumerators, four female enumerators and one Total supervisor. However, male and female enumerators were involved in data collection from male & female 2188 322 KIs. The attached table illustrate the taluka viz sample distribuition. 4. Demographic Information: (Fig 4) The total number of affected population in the four tehsils of Tharparkar districts is 306,686. The largest numbers of affected population is in Chachro (105,898) followed by Mithi and Diplo. Smallest numbers of affected populations are in Nangarparkar. Population distribution is depicted in Fig.1 st 5 1 Situation Analysis Survey Tharparkar Calamity – 2014 Areas with greatest needs Assessment indicate that the highest number of affected populations were in Chachro. This is large arid and barren area and the population is widely disbursed. Therefore there is greater need for provision of assistance. Number of Key Informants Total number of Key informants for the Rapid Assessment was 637 (322 Females and 315 Males), Village and Gender wise they were distributed as follows (Figs.2a, 2b, 2c, 2d). General Observations: This document provides findings of a rapid assessment based on interviews with key informants (KIs) conducted by HANDS, from 11-14 March 2014, across 322 villages in Tharparkar districts. The metoffice stated the reason of calamity is untimely and low rainfall, have caused domestic crop failure, coupled with outbreak of sheep pox epidemic in small livestock is associated with food insecurity and high number of deaths including children in Tharparkar. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority reports since 1st Dec 2013 259,947 families are affected. The authority also reported, out of total 167 deathsfrom 06 health facilities of the district, 99 are children, 68 Adults. The survey identided the average household size found is 07, the male female ratio is 49:51. The survey villages found are 100% effected. Findings of the rapid assessment
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