Pablo Region Humanitarian Cluster Profile

Update 10 June 2013

Cluster Response Activities

Inter-Cl. Coordination (OCHA) Inter-cluster coordination meetings on 22 Jan and 5 Feb 2013 by Caraga Regional Government; Cluster co-leads meetings on 27 Feb and 19 Mar 2013; Endorsement of cluster approach through executive order by PGO AdS with appointment of cluster focal points; Selection of PGO SdS focal points; Joint cluster coordination meetings for food security-livelihood-agriculture and shelter-CCCM at the Provincial level (AdS); Support to coordination between Government (Regional, Provincial and Municipal levels), co-lead agencies, international NGOs, local NGOs, PRC-IFRC; Updated IM products incl. cluster leads and co- leads contact list, Caraga humanitarian profile with geographic and cluster coverage, consolidated Caraga 3W reports and maps at the level as of 22 Jan 2013, Caraga humanitarian directory and local NGO/CSO directory; Orientations on cluster approach at the Regional, Provincial and Municipal Government level; Orientations on humanitarian principles for international and local NGOs; OCD-OCHA Lessons Learned/After Action Review (16 Apr 2013); OCD-OCHA Community Consultations (26 Apr 2013)

Protection (UNHCR) Distribution of protection kits; Protection monitoring; Support to Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on housing, land and property issues; Distribution of solar lamps; Mapping of Caraga underserved communities and vulnerable IP communities as of 26 Feb 2013; Municipality Protection Profiles (MPP) for , La Paz, Loreto, Sta. Josefa. (AdS) and Lingig (SdS)

SGBV (UNFPA) Coordination, Resource Mobilization & Monitoring: Strengthening of existing LGU structures and Local Committees Against Trafficking- Violence Against Women and Children (LCAT-VAWCs) on prevention and response to GBV-CP in emergencies; Mobilization of resources to strengthen GBV-CP responses (e.g. CERF and DFID); Facilitation of first Provincial GBV-CP case conference in AdS; Monitoring of GBV-CP concerns in barangays with tents; Joint Mission of national Inter-

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Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), UNICEF and UNFPA to AdS (and DvO) (3-5 Apr 2013); Community-based Protection: CP/GBV orientation of LCAT-VAWCs, barangay councils and women organizations, NGOs, youth leaders, PNP WCPDs and day care workers; Dissemination of localized IEC materials including referral pathway; PSS to women and children; Information Management: Joint CP-GBV Mid-Term Review (Region Caraga and XI, 2 Apr 2013, Davao City); Development of Joint CP-GBV Strategy Paper for TY Pablo; Development of national guidelines for implementation of women- friendly spaces (CFS); On-going development of Provincial Strategic Action Plan for GBV/TIP 2014-2016; Monitoring of GBV prevention concerns of barangays with tents in Veruela and Lingig

CPWG (UNICEF) Technical assistance to DSWD CARAGA on CPiE and strengthening of Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) in Region XIII in collaboration with CSOs; Child protection rapid assessment (CPRA) with DSWD Caraga and SIKAP Inc; Establishment of child-friendly spaces (CFS) with trainings of CFS volunteers on 6-8 and 12-14 Mar 2013; Activities within a CFS in four barangays of and Trento (AdS) for 2,000 children; Development of CFS mapping matrix with CPWG partners; DSWD distribution of 24 CFS Kits, 72 Youth Focal Point kits and 120 CFSV kits in 6 Municipalities through MSWDOs, 3 institutional care centers and 1 NGO by 21 Mar 2013; Emotional recovery seminaries for children by local NGOs; CFS orientations during the LDRRMC meetings; Development of national guidelines of implementing CFS and pilot testing in Caraga and Region XI

Logistics (WFP) Storage of goods (with establishment of mobile storage unit (MSU)) from DSWD (86%) and cluster co-leads (IOM, UNICEF-SCI, UNFPA); Transport for Gov’t departments (through CFSI)

Food (Security( (WFP) General food distribution, elementary school feeding, supplementary feeding program: Coordination of food packs delivery between DSWD-XIII, WFP, CFSI, Provincial and Municipal Governments; Distribution of relief goods to affected educational personnel; Distribution of food and NFIs by PRC-IFRC-GRC and local NGOs; Food security-livelihood-agriculture program with ‘food for work’ and ‘cash for work’ components by WFP, DSWD-XIII and DA, incl. Agri/fisheries based projects with 4,248 farmers in AdS (Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento) and 300 farmers in SdS (Lingig), and shelter projects with 1575 families in SdS (Lingig)

Nutrition (UNICEF) Supplementary feeding program completed with support of WFP and CFSI covering 74 schools and over 80,000 children; Vitamin A capsule supplementation; Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) training and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) refresher course in San Francisco (AdS) to 62 nutrition action officers of the

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province, the 3 affected municipalities Loreto, Veruela and Sta Josefa, and selected Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) and Barangay Health Workers (BHWs); Rapid nutrition screening simultaneously to Loreto- Veruela-Sta Josefa with distribution of Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food (RUSF); Community-based treatment of SAM at home and MAM at the health centre level; Building of local capacity for nutrition cluster coordination; Detection of acute malnutrition; Nutrition assessments; Establishment of two referral centres for SAM-affected people with medical complications for AdS province in Loreto and Sta. Josefa; Strengthening of Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), specifically on exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months old, through CMAM day once per week in each barangay; Improvement of preventive measures like vitamin A and deworming through Garantisadong Pambata (GP) program, with sufficient supply of vitamin A capsules and Albendazole by Regional DoH; Access to remote communities (e.g. Veruela and Loreto) for additional assessment of nutrition situation

Shelter (IOM) Distribution of family emergency shelter kits with home repair tools; Distribution of tents for settlement as additional transitional shelters by JICA; Alternative classrooms/tents for damaged classrooms; Move of shelter coordination to Provincial Government level (AdS) and Municipal level (Veruela-Sta-Josefa, AdS; Lingig, SdS); Development of matrix on shelter support and assessments; Distribution of housing materials including galvanized iron (GI) sheets and nails by GPH, PRC- IFRC-GRC, international organizations and local NGOs; Provision of 140,000 GI Sheets (> 31,000 families) in Veruela, Trento, Bunawan and Sta. Josefa by PGO AdS and additional 7,000 GI sheets for Loreto; PRC provision of (200) transitional shelters for totally damaged houses (Veruela, Trento and Sta. Josefa); Materials for housing rehabilitation with cash for work, e.g. DSWD shelter cash for work program for Loreto, Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento and Bunawan, and ‘Debri to shelter’ project (IOM, 250 AdS and 50 Lingig) with livelihood component including additional 50 shelters in Loreto; Food security- livelihood-agriculture program with ‘food for work’ and ‘cash for work’ components by WFP, DSWD-XIII and DA, incl. shelter projects with 1575 families in SdS (Lingig) (Partner: IOM with 75 families); Cash grants for housing rehabilitation and permanent houses, e.g. DSWD emergency shelter assistance (ESA) and permanent core shelter assistance; Identification of relocation site in Loreto (AdS); Construction of permanent shelter (30 units) by Gawad Kalinga (GK) in Veruela;

CCCM (IOM) Support to tent village in Lingig (brgy , SdS: 48 families), and spontaneous road based IDP settlements in Lingig (brgy Palo-Alto, SdS) and Veruela (brgy Sta Emelia, AdS: 88 families)

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WaSH (UNICEF) Provision of 20,563 hygiene kits (68% coverage) and 41,681 water kits (138% coverage) across the provinces of and (30,300 families targeted for WASH); Rehabilitation of different water sources, water trucking to affected communities, installation of water bladders and tanks, hygiene promotion and water source chlorination in 51 Barangays; On-going: Level I water system construction and level III rehabilitation supported with regular water quality monitoring, training for RSIs on water quality testing, school latrines rehabilitation/construction, continuous hygiene promotion in 26 barangays.

Health ( - ) Distribution of medicine to affected educational personnel; Medical missions by organizations; medicine support to rural health units (RHUs); Post disaster assessment of damages and needs (down to barangay level) and consolidated rehabilitation plan during Regional Response-Rehabilitation Planning Workshop and Consultative Meeting on 23-24 Jan 2013 (with Provincial/Municipal health officers, rural sanitary inspectors, reps from P/CDRRMOs, UNFPA, SCI, PRC; Veruela medical staff support with IOM doctor and nurse; SPEED monitoring

MHPSS ( - ) Psycho-social support by local and international NGO partners in barangays, incl. Child Rights Project (CRP) with psycho-social component by SCI in Veruela (AdS); Emotional recovery seminaries for children by local NGOs; Provision of psychosocial support services (PSS) for 378 teachers and 996 learners

Education (UNICEF) Component 1: Learning spaces (access to education services): 217 classrooms in 94 schools repaired, supported by local LGUs, DepED, Parent-Teachers’ Association and PhilSAGA (AdS: 165; SdS: 51); 52 temporary learning spaces set up for 44 schools and accessed by 2,800 students (AdS: 46; SdS: 4; City: 2); Component 2: Provision of psychosocial support services (PSS) and supplementary feeding assistance: 378 teachers trained on PSS from 74 schools (AdS: 364; SdS: 14), facilitated by UNICEF, Ateneo de Davao University, Red Cross, Balay Rehabilitation and Basak Foundation); 119 schools included in WFP emergency school feeding (ESF) program reaching 22,000 students (AdS: 75; SdS: 42; Bislig City: 2); Component 3: Distribution of Learners’ and Teachers’ Kits: 12,449 students in 109 school beneficiaries by DepED Central Office, Jollibee Foundation, GMA Kapuso, UNICEF, and local LGUs; 1,075 teachers in 158 schools by UNICEF-Balay Rehabilitation, Minda and PLGU; Component 4: Development of Cluster System: At Regional level (Dec 2012) and Agusan del Sur Division (Mar 2013); organization of 29 District/Municipal-level Education Coordinating Teams (Apr 2013) as part of preparedness plan; TORs clusters and response task groups for Regional, Division and District-level

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Livelihood ( - ) Cash for work and food for work programs of GPH, international and local organizations: Shelter cash for work program for Loreto, Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento and Bunawan (DSWD); Materials for housing rehabilitation with cash for work/livelihood component of ‘Debri to Shelter’ project (IOM); Cash for work related to Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) activity (SCI), and cash for work (GRC); Food security- livelihood-agriculture program with ‘food for work’ and ‘cash for work’ components by WFP, DSWD-XIII and DA, incl. Agri/fisheries based projects with 4,248 farmers in AdS (Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento:) and 300 farmers in SdS (Lingig) (All barangays; partner: Plan International), and shelter projects with 1575 families in SdS (Lingig) (Partner: IOM with 75 families); Cash grants for housing rehabilitation; Skills development by TESDA for out of school youth through reconstruction of permanent shelter (2/municipality)

Agriculture ( - ) DSWD-DA-WFP program on food security and agricultural production with ‘food for work’ and ‘cash for work’ components, incl. Agri/fisheries based projects with 4,248 farmers in AdS (Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento) and 300 farmers in SdS (Lingig) (Partner: Plan International)

Early Recovery ( - ) Mainstreaming of early recovery across activated clusters; DRR planning seminaries by PRC and local NGOs; DRR training for teachers and students (SCI); distribution of DRR kits for teachers and students (SCI)

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Cluster Needs/Gaps

Inter-Cl. Coordination Regularity of (joint-)cluster coordination meetings; Cluster coordination and meetings in the areas of health-MHPSS, early recovery, livelihood and agriculture; Absence of some co-leads in Caraga region; Strengthening of cluster coordination and meeting system under PGO SdS and in Lingig; Coordination support between Caraga Regional, Provincial and Municipal Government Departments/Offices; Linkage and coordination of clusters and local NGOs/CSOs with RDRRMC/PDRRMCs/MDRRMCs; Caraga region IM/3W of government at the 3 levels to facilitate complementarity by humanitarian community; Orientations on cluster approach for RDRRMC, PDRRMC and MDRRMC members, at the municipal level in Lingig (SdS) and Loreto (AdS), and for remote IP communities; Mapping of road conditions and inaccessibility due to typhoon Pablo; Lack of disaggregated data and cluster information at the barangay level; Delay of PDNA and results as the basis for further cluster interventions and planning; Continuous restricted access for co-lead agencies to Loreto (AdS) due to security situation since 4 March 2013; Geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) in mainly Loreto, Veruela and Sta. Josefa

Protection Access to remote communities; Equitable distribution in hard to reach, vulnerable indigenous people (IP) communities and both conflict-natural disaster affected communities; Housing, land and property issues; Accurate info to affected communities on the various elements of assistance

SGBV Multi-sectoral referral services for GBV survivors: (a) Attention for trafficking cases; (b) heightened campaign on GBV targeting GIDA areas; (c) GBV incidents (sexual violence) increase of three times in AdS after TY Pablo; (d) Psycho-social sessions in affected barangays of AdS; (e) Capacity of social workers and PNP WCPDs to deliver appropriate GBV referral services; (f) Functional BCPCs and VAW Desks; (g) Temporary shelter or VAW Center in the province; (h) PSS to social workers and police officers; (i) Strengthening of inter-local health zone for improved referral of GBV cases for medico-legal support

CPWG Identification, prevention and response to CP and GBV issues, including trafficking and worst forms of child labour in Agusan Del Sur and Surigao Del Sur; CP and GBV protection-related information management in LGUs

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Logistics Limited storage capacity at the LGU level, resulting in requests for transportation of small quantities within limited time, and therefore limited use of WFP transport service and truck capacity (25 metric tanks) based in Davao; Limited use of WFP Trento MSU storage and transport capacity by other cluster members (INGOs, local NGO, etc.); Security threat against WFP hub affecting storage and transport (4 Mar-5 Apr 2013)

Food (Security) Food insecurity due to affected livelihood and agricultural activities; Access to interior barangays for project specific assessments and orientations; Delay of PDNA results as the basis for further interventions; Coordination with LGUs based on early recovery and rehabilitation plan for complementation; Underserved communities at the barangays San Mariano, San Isidro, Binukayan (Loreto) identified by PRC

Nutrition Agusan del Sur total consolidated: 1027 admitted general acute malnutrition (GAM) cases (Sta. Josefa 92, Veruela 344, Loreto 591), incl. 147 admitted cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) of children under 5 years (Sta. Josefa 31, Veruela 91, Loreto 25) (As of early April 2013: 124 incl Sta Josefa 63, Veruela 45, Loreto 16); 880 admitted cases of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) (Sta. Josefa 61, Veruela 253, Loreto 566) (As of early April 2013: 475 incl. Sta Josefa 149; Veruela 202; Loreto 124); Loreto barangays with highest GAM rate: Magaud 60, Binucayan 49, San Vicente 46, Sta. Theresa 45, Sabud 41, Kauswagan 40, of which SAM Sabud 4, San Vicente 3, Kauswagan 2; Follow up, transport and treatment of SAM cases in remote hard to reach barangays

Shelter Harmonization between National Housing Authority (NHA) and DSWD to identify shelter gaps; Distribution of housing materials for rehabilitation, including galvanized iron (GI) sheets and nails: Additional 7,000 GI sheets for underserved barangays of Loreto by PGO AdS; Need for shelter assistance in remote barangays; LGU complementarity to PGO AdS GI sheets for full construction of houses; PRC provision of (300) Shelter Repair Kits (SRK) amounting Php 10,000.00 for partially damaged houses (Sta. Josefa and Trento); Cash for work programs and cash grants for housing rehabilitation; Resolution of land property issues: acquisition and preparation of land for relocation sites in Veruela (671 families), Sta Josefa (1,700 families) and Trento (48 families); Permanent core shelter and grants for permanent houses

CCCM CCCM support at tent village or planned Lingig transitory site for IDP families in Lingig (brgy Poblacion), SdS; Need for remaining support to 30 families in tents/makeshift houses in Sta Josefa (brgy Sayon, AdS)

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WASH SdS gaps in water (testing, treatment and disinfection in addition to well and pump house construction), sanitation (construction of toilets), and hygiene (training and promotion); GIDA areas in Loreto, Veruela and Sta. Josefa; Access to remote areas; Coordination and meetings at the Regional/Provincial levels

Health GIDA areas in Loreto, Veruela and Sta. Josefa related to WaSH gaps; Medical missions/consultations to affected areas in Lingig and Bislig City, SdS; Medicine, instruments and supplies in Veruela, AdS; Consolidated information on humanitarian health needs, response and gaps for Caraga region; Health cluster coordination at the Regional/Provincial level; Presence of cluster co-lead in Caraga region

MHPSS Capacity building/trainings for education personnel to conduct PSS sessions; MHPSS missions and debriefings for families, RHU staff and volunteer health workers; MHPSS training for health staff; Consolidated information on humanitarian MHPSS needs, response and gaps for Caraga region; Health/MHPSS cluster coordination at the Regional/Provincial level; Presence of cluster co-lead in Caraga region

Education Component 1: Learning Spaces: Repair of 453 damaged classrooms in 94 schools (AdS: 413/75; SdS: 34/17; Bislig City: 6/2); Repair of 47 totally damaged and 81 partially damaged day care centers in 7 AdS municipalities (Sta. Josefa, Trento, Veruela, Bunawan, Loreto, La Paz and San Luis); Component 2: Provision of psychosocial support services (PSS): Continuous capability trainings for educational personnel; Implementation of plans of re-echoing PSS trainings to other education personnel; Component 4: Development Cluster System: Sustainability of cluster in relation to RDRRMC and PDRRMC leadership; Roll out of cluster approach in other divisions/provinces as part of preparedness plans

Livelihood-Agriculture Consolidated information on needs, response and gaps for Caraga region; Cluster coordination at the Regional/Provincial level; Presence of cluster co-lead in Caraga region

Early recovery Consolidated information on needs, response and gaps for Caraga region; Cluster coordination at the Regional/Provincial level; Presence of cluster co-lead in Caraga region

(OCHA Caraga with cluster co-lead, member and meeting inputs until 10 June 2013)

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