INTER-AGENCY ASSESSMENT REPORT OF THE LRA AFFECTED POPULATION IN MARIDI, IBBA & COUNTIES

W. State

26 - 30 September 2006

Background:

West Equatoria state particularly the southern counties of Yambio, Maridi and Ibba have been seriously affected by the LRA activities for a prolonged period. Attacks have been intensified towards the end of last year and the first five months of 2006. The LRA has attacked the same locations repeatedly victimizing ordinary citizens. The LRA fighters have even reached the state capital Yambio town and its periphery. Widespread looting, damaging and destroying belongings and assets, torturing people both physically and psychologically, killing and abducting were the form of violence the LRA committed to local residents of these counties. The LRA activities deprived the population from accessing basic services i.e. health, education, water and the key means of livelihood. The assessment team has recorded some of the violent LRA attacks that occurred during January – May 2006. In Birishi, the first attack was in April and the repeated attack was in May 2006. The state capital Yambio was attacked twice in March 2006. Agriculture is the main livelihood activities of the farming community which has been seriously disrupted. In February there was an attack in James Dikko boma, while Niaka and Bangasu bomas were attacked in April 2006.

The first wave of insecurity incidents were in November 2005, and subsequent ethnic tension between Zande and Dinka constitute another protection concern. The November’05 violent ethnic confrontation had displaced some people into town centres. For instance, Moroko population are currently displaced in Ibba and some Ibba residents are displaced in Bangasu. People remain in displacement and are afraid to return to their respective places of origin as law enforcement capacity is either at a bare minimum or does not exist.

Western Equatoria is also destination for refugee and IDP returns. Recent estimate indicates that some 12,000 refugee returns in the W. Equatori State (8,000 from Central African Republic and 4 000 from DRC) while expected number of returnees from Uganda is yet to be confirmed. Reportedly, 380,000 IDPs from Western Equatoria are registered in Khartoum. It is predicted that they will return though the time-frame is unknown. In June 2006, a “go and see visit” to Tambura was organized for a possible return of IDPs from Khartoum.

Major Concerns: Intense and repeated LRA attacks on civilian population had caused serious insecurity problem in three counties of Maridi, Ibba and Yambio of Western Equatoria state. Belongings were looted, properties were destroyed, men, women and children were tortured, abducted and killed. People’s livelihood has been severely disrupted and caused displacement.

Mission Objectives: To assess the immediate, recovery and development needs of the LRA affected communities in Maridi, Ibba and Yambio counties of West Equatoria State, and potential needs at the assembly area in Nabanga.

Area Covered The assessment team has covered three LRA affected areas Maridi, Ibba and Yambio Counties. The locations visited were the following; Maridi County - Maridi Centre, Mboroko, and Embeand Kuwanga Ibba County – Ibba Centre, Bamani, Nabanga (assembly area), Egge, Madebe, and Manikakara Yambio County – Yambio Centre, Birishi, Gangura, and Nabiapai

Key Findings

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Protection: LRA armed fighters have indiscriminately assaulted the population, killed villagers, looted their belongings and intentionally destroyed items that could not be carried away such as food, grains and household goods. Communal properties were not spared i.e. drugs, medical supplies. Other assets at the health centres, learning materials in schools were looted and or damaged. During the attacks, women and children were particularly targeted. Women and children were raped, tortured and abducted. The LRA fighters released the abductees within a few days but in some instances the victims remained under captivity for a longer period or were never released. For instance, in Nabanga, 5 young girls between ages 12-18 years are still missing presumably remain under LRA captivity since March 2006. In Birishi, 18 abducted people were later released except for a 14 year old girl who remains missing. A delegation of community leaders from Nabanga unsuccessfully persuaded the LRA for the release of 5 abductees. Family members of the abductees are worried about the whereabouts of their children. There are many similar stories of LRA atrocities in these affected locations.

The LRA had forced people to carry the looted items to far distance places of LRA hideouts. The loads were often heavy, sometimes, beyond carrying capacity. The routes the LRA chose were through the jungles and were several days of walk. The interviewed abductees reported that the LRA members were beating them when they fell down accidentally or from exhaustion.

Farmers complained that due to insecurity, farming activities were limited to backyards or porches around their houses. Those who have taken the risks to plant in the vicinity were unable to harvest as the LRA soldiers collected most of the sweet potatoes, ground nuts, maize, etc. On their travel routes, the LRA not only collected the harvest but also intentionally destroyed immature crops. In some places the LRA demarcated the plantation and threatened farmers that they would return to claim the harvest. During the raid, LRAs also took away livestock and poultry from the villagers.

There is a strong feeling among villagers particularly in remote locations that the LRA may resume its activities if the peace talks fail. The team noticed the presence of unarmed JIU soldiers who were confined to the town centres while fully armed LRA soldiers were walking freely amongst the communities. The villagers also expressed concern that the law enforcement apparatus is very weak and in rural was non-existed. In the event of renewed attacks, protection of the civilian population is at high risk. Some people are aware of the ongoing peace talks while others are unaware. Last attack in the W. Equatoria State was in May 2006; some victims are still traumatised. An abducted woman was interviewed who showed signs of trauma, depression and was unable to express her feelings. There are reports of similar cases appear to need counselling.

Due to the LRA activities the level of insecurity inside DRC particularly in locations where Sudanese refugees are living has deteriorated the refugees are compelled/forced to return to Sudan without any support or assistance. It has not been established that whether these returnees included some Congolese people from location along the Sudanese border. In Maridi, the authorities informed, that due to the LRA attacks, there were large numbers of displaced population along the DRC – Sudan border. Some people, especially young women and girls have fled their homes to evade abduction, torture and other forms of violence.

Food Aid and Food Security: The land patterns and favourable rains for seven/eight months of the year promote the entire state to be known as the grain basket of the region. Agriculture is the main livelihood of the local residents, and there are two cropping seasons every year (Apr-Jul and Aug-Nov). During the first four months of the year, LRAs repeated attacks have destabilize the security

3 of the region and to a large extent damaged the livelihood of the farming communities along the DRC bordering areas of W. Equatoria state. The attackers even reached the state capital Yambio. When the LRA attacked village(s), they looted, damaged or destroyed people’s grains stocks including the seeds and other household items.

The timing of the LRA attacks overlapped with the period of land preparation and plantation. This restricted the farmers to cultivate for both the seasons. Due to fear of further LRA attacks, farmers were confined to planting in smaller land areas around their dwellings. During the LRA attacks, farmers also lost seeds and farming tools therefore as a consequence they were able to plant a very small area with the available seeds. Harvested grains had already been consumed the next harvest is expected in late December/ January. Displaced people and the recent returnees were not able to plant, will continue to rely on the host families thus widen food security gap at the host household level. Food supplement is essential to these groups including the LRA affected population who are totally reliant on agriculture. The LRA fighters have also taken away the animals and poultry further depriving the families from essential sources of protein. Other coping mechanism such as collecting firewood, seeking wild yams, making charcoal, honey collection, working as casual labour and petty trading were seriously hampered by the insecurity problem.

Furthermore, farmers are lacking agricultural tools to clear plots and prepare their land. Marginalised farmers are having few tools as they were either looted or damaged by the LRA fighters. Communities require agricultural support particularly seeds and tools by January, before the beginning of the next season.

Education: In Maridi County, there are 51 functioning primary schools and 4 senior secondary schools. Of the 4 senior schools, 3 schools are managed and run by the community while the government manages one school. In all three visited counties, the challenges of education sectors are mostly identical. These are as follows; - Lack of teacher in many schools. Where there are available teachers, a large majority of them are not trained. Trained teachers are often abandoning their post in remotely located schools due to lack of services and incentives. Instead they prefer to work in other professions in large town and cities. - State Ministry of Education (MoE) has planned to train 50 teachers. On completion of the training these teachers will be deployed according to the needs of the schools. However, the number of teachers trained is relatively negligible compared to high demand in all the schools. - The statistics provided by the Rapid Assessment of Learning Space (RALS), Unicef & MoEST indicated that of the 127 schools in four Payams of Yambio only 15 (12%) are having permanent structure, 49(39%) are semi-permanent structure and 55 (43%) under open air. For 18,654 students only 246 teachers, an average 76 student for each teacher in both primary and secondary schools. 68 (54%) schools without teachers where 14,152 (76%) students were recorded although it was not known how children are getting their lessons. - This year, children education has been disrupted severely and in some locations schools remain closed for consecutive months due to insecurity problems. For instance, in Ibba County, Bamani and Mboroko schools remained closed since the first LRA attack in January 2006. - Under the trees or open air school is a common scenario outside the town/growth centres. Children are often attending classes in locally built small tukuls, without proper sitting arrangement. In addition, some schools were damaged by the LRA attacks. Due to poor structure, classes are disrupted during the rains. Pupils either miss their lessons or are compelled to take shelter in nearby places. - Scholastic materials were looted and or damaged, leading to shortage of text books and other learning materials. UNICEF distributed learning materials to some schools

4 after the LRA attacks. UNICEF Yambio informed that there are five containers of learning materials available that could be distributed this year where necessary or should be delivered to schools for the next academic year. - Despite claims by the authorities that education is provided free of charges since June 2006, when registered teachers were brought under GoSS payroll. In most locations however, the old practice of requiring fees continues. The applicable fee is one of the factors affecting the enrolment of school age returnee/displaced children’s access to education. - There are high dropout rates particularly among girls student due to traditional practices and cultural factors i.e. child motherhood, early marriages, girls are assuming family responsibilities, preference of boy’s education to girl’s is also linked to school fees, etc. - There are limited number of schools unable to adequately accommodate eligible school age children. Class rooms are over-crowded and the situation has been further aggravated by the returnees and IDPs. - Few senior primary/ secondary schools are located in the town/growth centres. It is therefore, difficult for most parents to afford to send their children to senior/ high schools.

Health and Nutrition: Most health facilities in Maridi and Ibba counties including the Maridi Hospital are supported by the Action Africa Help (AAH) being funded through UNHCR. Support to Maridi hospital includes, renovation, equipment supplies and maintenance, staffing (2 medical doctors), logistics, training and refresher courses to nurses. The hospital also receives referral cases from different PHCCs/Us around and outside Maridi County. Of the 25 PHCU/Cs in Maridi, 3 PHCC are not functioning while in Ibba County, 6 of the 10 PHCC/Us are operational. Lack of trained health personnel, irregular supplies of drugs, and insecurity caused by the LRA are the main reasons for the non-functioning of health facilities. AAH provides quarterly drug supplies to PHCU/Cs based on the requirement of the facilities in Ibba and Maridi counties, while Yambio County is supported by IMC. Since the beginning of the year, due to security situation, there was serious interruption in the delivery of drugs, disease surveillance and supervision.

In Maridi, Africa Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) provides residential training courses for clinical officer. After 19 months training, graduates from AMRF are qualified to run the health centres. AAH provides a range of training to Community Health Worker (CHW), Maternal and Child Health (MCH) workers, Nurses and sponsor clinical officer for training. Trained health personnel particularly those trained clinical officer are reluctant to work at payam level. Instead they prefer to work in town due to access to services and better opportunities. CHWs or Nurses are running the health facilities due to lack of trained/qualified health personnel. A number of NGOs who are providing health services suspect that there may be high mortality rates and spread of diseases. The issue of availability of health personnel is a serious concern.

AAH recently completed the construction of Kozi PHCC, while the construction of Nabanga PHCC was abandoned since one of the construction workers was killed by LRA fighters. AAH is short of funding to complete the construction of Nabanga PHCC and the section of Maridi Hospital. ICRC team has visited Nabanga on 13 July and provided a quantity of essential drugs and medical supplies (one time intervention). ICRC supplies are expected to last for at least three months meaning that the centre would require replenishment by mid- ctober. In rural areas the PHCCs are mostly thatched roof and mud wall are in need of yearly maintenance to the structure. Mobilization of communities and their involvement is essential for the management of the health centre. Food for Work is suggested as an incentive for labourers to repair and maintain the health facility. Very few health centres have a secure source of water supply. Often the boreholes are not in reachable distance from the centre.

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Irregular supplies of medicine were reported from all visited locations, i.e. in Bangasu payam of Yambio County, 3 community managed PHCC received their last supply in January 2006. The supplied quantities were not adequate. Recent returnees, mainly from DRC made the supplies last less than expected. Some returnees have complained that the standard of healthcare services and facilities in the refugee settlement in Northern Uganda are far better than that found in these counties.

The immunization coverage is very poor in most locations. Some places have experienced no immunization campaign. This is the case for example, Nabiapai and Gangura Payam of Yambio County. AAH complained that gas operated fridges are used for the cold chain and preservation of drugs. Currently none of the fridges are operational since gas cylinders have to be brought in from Kampala. UNICEF is maintaining secure power supplies to the cold chain in Yambio. There were occasional malnourished cases recorded (2-3 cases in three months) in the Maridi Hospital. Due to insecurity, information on the nutritional status was not known to health NGOs. IMC has plan to begin its outreach operation in a number of payams in Yambio. In Birishi, people are using harmful traditional methods and local medicine. Few TBAs are trained to serve large population widely scattered and often TBAs do not have access to safe delivery kits, instead use unhygienic tools and objects. Risky practices of delivery at home are being used putting maternal health of mother at high risk.

ACROSS, who run voluntary HIV/AIDS testing and counselling centre has been closed due to logistic difficulties and funding. ZOA continue with an awareness raising programme in Maridi. MSF-S is embarking on control and prevention of sleeping sickness, and Malteser (an NGO, implementing partner of UNHCR, Yei) will be establishing offices in Yambio to offer health support and services.

Water and Sanitation: Rivers and streams are the major sources of water during the rainy season. However, these river dry up during the dry season. The boreholes provide a clean water supply but only in the central locations of the town or villages. Easy access to clean water for the widely scattered population remained one of the key concerns. There are instances where people have to walk quite a distance and wait in the queue for long hours to fetch water. For example, in Moroko people wait 6 hours (2-8am) for water, in Nabanga, only one borehole is barely adequate for the entire village. Hand dug wells are used as an alternate sources of water. In Maridi, hand pumps were seen to have been locked for hours to enable ground water to recharge. The arrival of recent returnees and the presence of displaced population have increased the pressure on water points. Overuse has led to frequent breakdown of the hand pumps. Pump mechanics are few to meet the large demand for repair and maintenance. UNICEF provided spare parts and repair tools, but the lack of transport to reach water points and to bring the spare parts has been difficult.

Information collected from the visited counties indicates that Yambio has 195 boreholes of which only 12 are non-functioning. In Ibba, of the 16 borehole 9 are functioning. In Maridi, there are 177 boreholes but the status of functioning details is not available. During the visit to Ibba, with the help of the technician and available spare parts, UNICEF initiated repair of two of the non-functioning boreholes in the county, while three are not repairable as they need to be replaced.

Water borne diseases were reported in the area i.e. diarrhoea, bloody diarrhoea, skin diseases, river blindness, OV etc. The use of the latrine widely varies from place to place, particularly at the rural locations people practice open air defecation. At the household level latrines are available in Gangura and Nabiapai of Yambio. However, training support is needed in the use and maintenance of the latrine. There are no public/ communal latrines, neither at the public places (markets, people’s gathering spots) nor at the institutions (health

6 centres, schools). People have complained that digging a pit is a tedious job where they need tools and an incentive to work. Knowledge of personal hygiene is very poor and people do not use basic common hygiene practices.

Shelter and NFIs: During the LRA attacks, some villagers complained that their houses were damaged particularly doors and thatched roof and mud walls. They have requested for plastic sheets, however the team feels that plastic sheeting would be a temporary measure for shelter as the area receives quite heavy rains all year round. Most returnees left behind their houses decades ago when they fled were completely destroyed. Locally available building materials will not be ready until the dry months of December/ January. People displaced by the LRA attacks are hosted with friend and relatives sharing the small tukuls.

The LRA has largely damaged, destroyed or taken away the household items i.e. cooking pots and pans, clothing, bed and nets, etc. In Gangura and Nabiapai for example, few NFI’s that returnees borrowed from host families and neighbours were taken away by the LRA members. Both the host communities and returnees require NFI support. UNHCR organized returnees were provided with food and NFIs however, often they sold their NFI before leaving or on the return routes in exchange for food and other goods. When they arrive they rely on the host communities. In Birishi, the villagers stated that their priority needs were specifically cooking pots, blankets, jerry cans, clothes, and mosquito nets.

LRA Assembly Point: The assembly point for the LRA was identified by the Nabanga Payam chief and community leaders in the neighbourhood within Nabanga. Local residents expressed concern that the assembly area is too close to the population. If the peace talks fail they are afraid that the LRA will resume attacks. The villagers are also angry to learn that the LRA members are being assisted with food while the local population was not provided with any assistance. Local residents are still traumatized with the presence of armed LRA members and their ability to move freely within the community. Ibba County and state authorities are also considering temporary sites for non-essential members of the LRA combatant.

The assembly area in Nabanga does not have basic facilities as yet. The water sources are far away and the prospect of drilling boreholes would take time. Due to extremely poor road links with the nearest towns, Ibba (2 hours by 4WD) or Yambio (3-4 hours drive with similar means), setting up of the services for the assembly area would be logistically difficult. UNICEF has made arrangement with the Ibba County officials, for the use of former MSF camp in Ibba centre as a base in the event of delivering assistance to the assembly area and the local population. The assessment team was accommodated in the UNICEF temporary set up in Ibba.

Seven fully armed LRA fighters were seen on the day of Nabanga visit. The local JIU commander informed the team that there is a mutual understanding between JIU and the LRA, and LRA’s are committed not to attack. The JIU commander declined to comment or was unaware of the number of LRA fighters present in the area. It is worth noting, that JIU soldiers are unarmed and there was no police presence in Nabanga location.

Security and Mines: The security situation has remained calm over the past several months in the locations visited. However, potential threats could cause a serious breakdown in the security situation and adversely affect the communities. Such key destabilization factors are a) Reoccurrence of the November 2005 inter tribal clashes, b) Changes in the political leadership at state level (governors and other key appointments) that are not welcomed by the population and c) Failure of the LRA peace talks leading to violent LRA activities.

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There have been no incidents of mines in recent months. Although is not a major concern in three visited counties, there are reportedly mined areas in Maridi. UNMAS conducted a survey of the Mines and UXO survey for the Maridi – Yambio road and was classified as low risk.

Recommendations

Protection: • SSRRC should collect and verify data and information on Congolese and Sudanese refugees, returnee and other groups of displaced people by the LRA activities. • UNHCR and its partner organizations to conduct at least two SGBV workshops in Ibba county (Ibba and Nabanga) drawing participants from various levels of the community. • Psychological support should be provided to abductees and other victims of violence. • UNICEF in collaboration with “Change Agency Association” (a Yambio based CBO) to begin working with 32 youth groups for the psycho-social support projects for Nabiapai/ Gangura payam from October 2006. Items required for the project are indoor and outdoor games materials i.e. football, volleyball, nets etc. • All stakeholders should encourage community participating projects and Forum of expression for women and particularly prepare the communities to receive and reintegrate abductees in to the society. Operational agencies should encourage and involve community participation in the protection activities • Work should be carried out for the identification, documentation and reunification of separated children and other family members. • The State and County authorities should deploy law enforcement/ security personnel for the protection of civilians particularly around the LRA assembly area. The SSRRC should liaise with state and county authorities on the deployment of 600 police officers currently being trained. • The State and local authorities in collaboration with community and religious leaders follow-up on the declaration from the “Yambio Peace Conference” held in early 2006. • UNHCR, UNMIS, UNICEF and NGO’s will launch the Protection Working Group and organise a protection monitoring and referral system, to start in October 2006.

Food Aid and Food Security: • Food assistance should be provided for three months among the vulnerable individuals (IDPs, returnees and LRA victims) before next harvest in January. The SSRRC and the community leaders should identify the number of affected population by the LRA activities. • Mobilization of communities to construct feeder roads to schools, health centres, markets and main roads including health centres and school construction through Food for work projects. WFP to circulate project guidelines through UNICEF for Yambio based NGOs and other interested organizations. • The SSRRC should take proactive steps to disseminate information related to WFP projects for Food for Work, Food for Training, Food for Peace etc. • Institutional/ School feeding programme should be introduced to encourage more children enrolment and improve the attendance rate, particularly among girl students. • Seeds and tools to be distributed to identified LRA victims, returnees and refugees, with a special attention to the quality of seeds and tools. FAO and other stakeholders to determine types, quantities and varities of seeds and tools for farmers by October 2006 enabling agencies to deliver assistance. • Provision of food aid for the spontaneous returnees from neighbouring countries and states, Congolese refugees in West Equatoria state. Information of registration of

8 returnees in Sudan and de-registration in the country of asylum should be shared between the offices of UNHCR and implementing partners across the borders.

Health and Nutrition: • Immunization programme under five children and pregnant women should resume soon. WHO/UNICEF/NGOs should make necessary preparation for the mass immunization campaign programme for the entire state particularly remote locations. • The Ibba authorities agreed to identify potential personnel for health training and liaise with the MoH within next 4-6 weeks. • AAH should provide UNICEF with quantitative data and information on the requirement of the health kits and delivery to the PHCUs. AAH to liaise with UNHCR in Yei for the completion of the PHCC in Nabanga. • The Ibba authorities to ensure security of the NGOs staff for monitoring and safety of the construction workers in Nabanga (when started) • IMC planned health assessment results are expected in October 2006, accordingly plan should be drawn to address the key issues. IMC expected to expand its activities outside Yambio town. • HIV/AIDS awareness campaign should resume immediately in Maridi and Yambio. • Health NGOs in collaboration with the state/county health department should train more TBAs and provide delivery kits where possible. • UN agencies and other donors should be requested for the allocation of funds which is essential for key health activities, i.e. Immunization, HIV/AIDS, Training of Health Personnel, supplies of drugs and equipment for those NGOs willing to involve and or expand activities.

Water and Sanitation: • The county authorities/ department of water should identify non-functioning boreholes and arrange for the rehabilitation according to priority. • More mechanics needs to be trained at the rural locations and ensure supplies of spare parts • Distribution of bucket with filters. UNICEF and Medair have agreed to explore possible intervention in this particular project. • Supply 5 sets of latrine construction/digging tools for every boma of three counties. Tools set should contain digging bar, spades, metallic bucket, hoes and 4-6 meters of nylone rope. • To encourage construction of more latrines, food for work should be introduced as incentive for labour. NGOs and CBOs should liaise with WFP for project support. • Special campaign should be carried out for hygiene promotion. At least one group of 20 hygiene promoters should be trained by NGOs and UNICEF in each county.

Shelter and NFIs:

• UNHCR / World Vision International (WVI) should consider providing plastic sheeting and other NFI to identified spontaneous returnees and refugees in three visited counties. • Provision of NFIs for the LRA affected population in these counties. The NFI package should contain cooking utensils, water Jerrycan, blanket, mosquito net, hygiene products, soap etc.

Education: • Department of Education at the county level should determine the requirements for learning material and request UNICEF for supplies prior to the beginning of the next academic year.

9 • State and county authorities should identify eligible teachers, arrange training, assign them where needed, include them in the payroll for salaries/incentives. Teachers trained from private institutions should be recognized by the authorities and preference should be given to those trained teachers. • Teachers engaged in community/ NGOs/Church run schools should be included in the MoE payroll – Counties and State authorities to follow. • The MoE at all level, community and religious leaders should continue encouraging / promoting girl’s education. • CBOs and community leaders should be encouraged to maintain and or to build more schools particularly in potential returnee areas, using locally available materials. Community initiatives should be encourage through food for work as part of incentive for constructing/ maintaining schools. • The MoE/ Department of Education should make efforts to reopen LRA affected non- functioning schools at least for the next academic year (Bamani and Mboroko in Ibba and Maridi counties respectively). • The MoE/ Department of Education should ensure regular teacher’s salary that will waved the school fees and expected to raise the attendance level. • Introduction of vocational training for skills development for the younger population (Carpentry, blacksmith, tailoring, brick laying etc). GTZ has shown interest however required funding support. • Provision of school facilities at the assembly area for the children of LRA families should their duration of stay prolonged.

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ANNEX-I AFFECTED POPULATION

YAMBIO COUNTY PLACE OF ORIGIN CURRENT NUMBER OF STATUS LOCATION HOUSEHOLDS Nadiangere Nadiangere 246 IDPs Nadiangere Saura 905 IDPs Nadiangere Saura 1201 New IDPs Saura Saura 402 Affected Host Community Nadiangere Li Rangu 360 IDPs Nadiangere Li Rangu 585 IDPs Li Rangu Li Rangu 180 Affected Host Communities Nadiangere Ndavuro 184 IDPs Ndavuro Ndavuro 134 Affected Host Communities Bangasu Bangasu 864 IDPs Drc Bangasu1 780 Returnees Bangasu Bangasu 1550 LRA Victims /Khartoum Yambio2 225 IDPs Car/Drc/Uganda Yambio 3700 Returnees Yambio Yambio3 79 LRA Victims Gangura Gangura4 322 LRA Victims

POPULATION FIGURES COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES DURING THE ASSESSMENT

MARIDI: COMMISSIONER / SSRRC TO PROVIDE FIGURES TO UNICEF / UNHCR PLACE OF ORIGIN CURRENT NO. OF HHs / STATUS LOCATION PERSONS Nabanga Ibba 122 Households LRA IDPs Moruko Madebe / Entire Population of Ethnic Clashes IDPs Manikakara Moruko Drc Ibba 1600 Persons Returnees Nabanga Nabanga 52 Households LRA Victims Nabanga Nabanga / 25 Persons / Kidnapped by LRA Unknown 6 Missing Bangasu Bangasu 25 Persons Kidnapped Bangasu Payam Bangasu Town 60 Persons LRA IDPs Drc Bangasu 305 Persons Returnees Drc Birishi 213 Persons Returnees Birishi Birishi 511 Households LRA Victims Birishi Birishi 18 Persons/1 Missing LRA Kidnapped Drc Birishi 50 Households Congolese Refugees

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SPONTANEOUS RETURNEE FIGURES FROM SSRRC SINCE MARCH 2006

COUNTRY OF CURRENT NUMBER OF No. of HHs ASYLUM LOCATION PERSONS Drc Bangasu Payam 912 240 Drc Li Rangu Payam 20 7 Drc Nzara County 525 103 Car Nzara County 134 24 Unknown Nzara County 393 89 Drc Yambio Payam 465 101 Car Yambio Payam 382 85 Uganda Yambio Payam 74 18

ORGANIZED RETURNEE FIGURES FROM UNHCR (1 SEPTEMBER 2006)

COUNTRY OF CURRENT LOCATION NUMBER OF PERSONS ASYLUM Car Tambura 2114 Drc Yambio 43 Drc Maridi 267

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NGOs PRESENCE AND SECTOR COVERAGE

Organizations Sector/ Issues coverage Protection Food Health & WatSan Shelter Education Others Security Nutrition & NFIs UNICEF √ √ √ √ √ UNHCR √ √ √ WHO √ FAO √ UNMIS √ CARE √ √ DOTY ADEO √ √ CRS AAH WVI √ √ IMC √ MSF –Spain √ GTZ √ Christian √ √ Brothers NPA √ ADRA √ Cordaid √ ACROSS √ √ CHF √ Comboni √ √ Sisters ZOA √

**A number of CBOs working in the area with programmes in different sectors and also spread widely throughout the state.

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ASSESSMENT TEAM MEMBERS WESTERN EQUATORIA STATE – ASESSMENT OF LRA AFFECTED AREAS 26-30 September 2006

Name Organization Title/function expertise Golam Mahmud UNOCHA EP&R Field Officer Coordination Lexon Wari SSRRC State Director Coordination Stefano Pizzi UNICEF RPO West. Eq. Coordination Delphine Drapeau UNHCR OIC Field Office Protection Gabriel Gai UNICEF Watsan Consultant Water & Sanitation Amos Cassell UNICEF Child Prot. Consultant Protection Samuel Basare UNICEF Chil Prot. Consut. Protection Mary Lero WFP Field Monitor Food Security Peter Erminio FAO Field Officer Agric/Food Sec. Rhoda M. Enosa WHO Polio Supervisor Health Peter Lokoruka Medair Watsan Engineer Water Sanitation Phoebe Samia Medair Capacity Builder Water Sanitation Denis Reardon Christ. Broth. Social Worker HIV - Comm. Dev. Bill Colford Christ. Broth. Teachers Trainers Education David Miamanga DOTY Peace Builders Protection Fr. Thomas Bagbjowil DOTY Protection Joseph Towongo AAH Field Officer Health Amos Omanyo ADEO Admin Health Joice Apollo ADEO PHC Nurse Health Ryan Bostick IMC Programme Manager Health Martha Niabel IMC PHC Nurse Health Aleu Anyang UNMIS Civil Affairs Protection/ Civil Aff. Michael Sekalala GTZ Livelihood Jeremiah Kibanya WVI Livelihood Kutiyote Steward WVI Livelihood Francis

Travel Itinerary 25 Sept – Team members travelled by road from Yambio & other locations to Maridi 26 Sept – Juba Team joined the other members in Maridi, assessment in Maridi 26 Sept - Maridi assessment – transfer to Ibba 27 Sept - Assessment in Ibba County, Nabanga, Egge, Bamane, Madebe, and Manikakara 28 Sept – Travelled to Yambio, assessment Bangasu on the way to Yambio 29 Sept – Travelled to Nabiapai, Gangura, Birishi and Affected location in Yambio Town 30 Sept – Discussion and Wrap up