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PakistanHumanitarian Humanitarian Update Update 16 October 2009 / Issue 1

Issue 1 - 16 October 2009

TheevolvingsituationinPakistanhasledtoachangeintheformatandtimingoftheweeklyPakistanSituationReport.AsagreedtobytheHumanitarian CountryTeam,thenewHumanitarianUpdatewillbepublishedeverysecondFriday.Thisfirstreportcoverstheperiodbetween30Septemberand13 October.ThenextUpdatewillbepublishedonoraround30October.

Highlights/Key Priorities

x The 5 October suicide bombing in the Islamabad Headquarters of WFP marks the first time that UN Offices have been directly targeted in Pakistan.

x There are new displacements from Bajaur Agency as a result of military operations around Mohmund and Salarzai.

x About 500 people are being displaced every day from South Waziristan due to military operations in the area.

Over500humanitarianworkers,governmentofficialsanddiplomatspay Eight more camps were closed in Upper and Lower tributetothefiveWFPemployeeswhodiedon5October.Aslideshowon x thememorialcanbefoundathttp://unportal.un.org.pk Dir Districts as IDPs return home.

I.SituationOverview Displacement in Waziristan: Registration of new IDPs from Waziristan has re-started and some Displacement in Bajaur: Recent military op- 60-70 families (420-490 people) are reaching D.I. erations in the Bajaur Agency (around Mohmund and Khan and Tank Districts daily. This is a slight in- Salarzai) have caused new displacements into crease from the 40-50 families (280-350 individuals) Lower Dir District. At this stage, the total number of reported in the last situation report. For planning pur- Internally Displaced People (IDPs) is not yet known poses, the estimate for a likely displacement from but the Provincial Disaster Management Authority South Waziristan in the event of further military op- (PDMA) estimates it to be around 80 to 100 families erations has been increased from 160,000 to (560 to 700 people). The initial plans were to accom- 220,000 people. This includes the over 77,000 peo- modate the newly displaced at Jalozai Camp in Now- ple already displaced, registered and verified in D.I. shera District, however those displaced from Bajaur Khan and Tank Districts. NGOs working in these Agency preferred to stay in the region. They are districts have been asked by District authorities to now being housed in the recently vacated Wali Kan- resume their humanitarian assistance; aid had been dow Camp in Lower Dir District. halted based on security advice from the authorities. The government is planning to provide a cash grant The Commissionerate of Afghan Refugees (CAR) to displaced families in the near future. It is still un- will soon start registering those displaced from Ba- certain when this cash grant will replace the food aid jaur Agency. Meanwhile, UN agencies and imple- currently being provided. menting partners are in the process of restarting Wali Kandow Camp. UNHCR and ICRC are providing Re-screening: Implementing partners have tents and food respectively and WHO has already completed the physical verification of IDPs residing sent two mini emergency health kits to the District in the Katcha Garhi 1 and 2 Camps in Peshawar, as Officer in Lower Dir District to treat up to 12,000 peo- well as in Jalozai, Familio and Benazir Camps in ple for one month. UNHCR and PDMA will continue Nowshera District. Verification continues in remain- to monitor the situation. The option to accommodate ing camps and in host communities. more IDPs from Bajaur Agency at Jalozai Camp re- mains. Continued on page 3

II.Facts,StatsandTrends

QUICKSTATS ConflictͲAffectedAreasasDefinedbyNWFPandFATA ThisReport LastReport Trend Authoritiesasof15October2009(Map:OCHA)

IDPs: 146,408fam. 146,505fam. Source:NADRA 1.02millionind. 1.02millionind. Returnees: 236,782fam. 236,685fam. Source:PDMA/PaRRSA 1.65millionind 1.65millionind Camps: 12 19 Source:CAR 117,411fam. 24,278fam. 21,041ind. 134,764ind. Funding: 60%of(revised) 60%of(revised) Source:FTS PHRP PHRP

Sources:NADRA:NationalDatabaseandRegistrationAuthority/PDMA:ProvincialDisasterManageͲ mentAuthority/PaRRSA:ProvincialReliefRehabilitationandSettlementAuthority/CAR:CommisͲ sionerateofAfghanRefugees/FTS:FinancialTrackingService

DISPLACEMENTSANDRETURNS DisplacementTrendofIDPsinNWFPasof15October2009 (Source:PRC/NADRA)

NUTRITION

NutritionInterventionsinIDPHostingandConflictͲAffectedAreas (Source:NutritionCluster)

HEALTH

AverageNumberofPatientsSeenperOperationalHealthUnitinNWFP (Source:DiseasesEarlyWarningSystem,WHO)

IDPPupilEnrolmentinSchoolsinCampsandHostingDistricts(Source:EducationCluster) RehabilitationofConflictͲAffectedSchools (Source:EducationCluster)

Security: During the first half of October, a x Health facilities in D.I. Khan and Tank Districts wave of attacks against civil and military installations require more support to cope with the influx of IDPs resulted in over 100 deaths in the NWFP and Is- from South Waziristan and more capacity is needed lamabad. On 5 October, five UN employees lost their for female health workers and government staff to lives and five were injured after a suicide attack on identify and treat cases of malnutrition. the WFP premises in Islamabad. Following this and subsequent security incidents in Peshawar, Rawal- x The possibility that military operations in South pindi and in Shangla District, security continues to be Waziristan will result in further outflows of IDPs to a major concern and potential impediment to hu- Tank and D.I. Khan Districts must be monitored manitarian assistance activities. closely to ensure timely and effective response.

Mission to Bhakkar: A multi-Cluster assess- Gaps ment in Bhakkar and D.I. Khan Districts took place x Insecurity and unmet funding needs are con- from 13-15 October. The mission assessed the cerns shared by all Clusters. Security has restricted situation on the ground and the support needed in the mobility and field presence of humanitarian case of an increase of IDPs from South Waziristan agencies. Additionally, eight of the 11 Clusters are as a result of intensified military operations. funded at less than 50 percent of their requirements in the Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan III.HumanitarianNeedsandGaps (PHRP). Early Recovery is the least funded Cluster at only three percent followed by Agriculture at 16 Needs percent. Some Clusters are finding it hard to sustain the momentum of their current activities while others x The need for coordination mechanisms in all cannot expand their programmes to assist people in areas of return is becoming more critical as the num- areas of return. ber of aid organisations working in these areas increase. This is particularly apparent in Swat District. x Secondary schooling has not yet begun in new parts of Jalozai Camp (Phases 4 through 7) in Now- x Small farmers who have returned to their areas shera District. of origin and those who stayed behind in conflict- affected areas need assistance with livestock sup- x The Food Cluster is facing shortfalls of vegetable port, horticulture, seeds and fertiliser to revive their oil and wheat for November. If further contributions livelihoods and reduce dependence on external food are not confirmed, oil and wheat rations will be cut aid. by half to maintain adequate stocks. x There is also a need for tents and transitional shelters to be used as classrooms for damaged schools in conflict-affected districts, along with a need for office supplies for District Education Offices. Vulnerability criteria for families needing temporary shelter in areas of return also need to be developed.

IV.HumanitarianResponse winterisation package is due to begin in the camps at the end of October. The package will include all- Protection: weather tents, blankets and quilts, plastic sheets and warm clothes. x A newly-formed task force has started re- screening the remaining displaced population living x The Pakistan Community Development Pro- in camps and with host families. The exercise will gramme (Pak-CDP) completed pitching 200 tents for show how many registered and unregistered vulner- Khyber Agency IDPs in Jalozai Camp. In the report- able individuals displaced from the conflict areas of ing period, UN-HABITAT distributed over 4,840 tents North West Frontier Province (NWFP) are now resid- in Mardan District, 3,500 tents in Swabi District and ing in the five host districts of Peshawar, Mardan, 713 tents in Charsadda District. A total of 2,300 Swabi, Nowshera and Charsadda. The task force house repair kits were distributed in Mardan and includes the Special Support Group, the provincial Swabi Districts. Social Welfare Department, NADRA, WFP and UNHCR. Food Security

During this week, WFP completed food distribu- Camp Coordination and Camp Management x tion at Katcha Garhi and Jalozai Camps and food x Since the last situation report, eight camps were distribution has restarted at two humanitarian hubs in closed in Upper and Lower Dir Districts in NWFP: Peshawar for off-camp IDPs. Food distribution in Munda, Commerce College, and Technical College Swat District and in IDP hosting districts (Charsadda, Camps in Lower Dir District and GDC Wari, RHC Swabi, Mardan and Nowshera) is expected to start Barawal, Gandigar, Sheringal and GTC Wari Camps on 17 October after security measures are en- in Upper Dir District. Wali Kandow Camp in Lower hanced. Dir was re-opened to meet the recent influx of IDPs During the reporting period, ICRC continued from Bajaur Agency. x food distributions for a total of 11,120 households in x According to CAR, there are currently 12 camps Khyber Agency, Swat and Lower and Upper Dir Dis- located in IDP hosting areas as well as in areas of tricts. return with a total IDP population of approximately 117,400 individuals (21,000 families). Jalala Camp in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Mardan District and Jalozai Camp in Nowshera Dis- trict remain contingency camps for new arrivals and x The initial coordination mechanism for WASH for relocations from other camps. As of 12 October, interventions has been established in Swat and UNHCR partner International Rescue Committee Buner Districts. In Swat District, the Deputy District (IRC) registered 92 families (403 individuals), who Officer for Public Health Engineering of the Works & were displaced from Khyber Agency, in Jalozai Services Department has been designated as the Camp. WASH focal point. This office is being supported by the Water and Sanitation Unit of the Local Govern- x In the reporting period, a grievance desk was set ment and Rural Development Department (LGRDD). up in Jalala Camp to help address problems and reservations that have prevented IDPs from return- Health ing home. UNHCR is conducting a return intentions survey for the IDPs from Bajaur in Jalozai and x The Health Cluster delivered five mini emer- Katcha Garhi Camps. The survey is expected to be gency health kits (MEHK) and one inter-agency completed by 20 October. IOM will start a mass pub- health kit (IEHK) to the Department of Health in D.I. lic information campaign informing IDPs about their Khan District, and five MEHKs each to the Depart- rights and services available upon their return. ments of Health in Buner and Lower Dir Districts. These initiatives will ensure the IDPs return home The Department of Health in Bajaur Agency received voluntarily, based on informed decisions. five IEHK kits, five diarrhea kits and surgical supplies. A MEHK kit consists of essential health medi- Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items cine for 6,000 patients for one month whereas an IEHK kit is sufficient for 10,000 patients for three x In the reporting period, UNHCR, CAR, the Com- months. munity for Excellence in Rural Development (CERD) and camp authorities completed a winterisation needs assessment. Distribution of the recommended

The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. - 4 - Humanitarian Update 16 October 2009 / Issue 1 Nutrition Recovery Cluster to ‘Community Restoration Clus- ter’. This should separate those Early Recovery pro- x In the reporting period, nutrition services contin- jects found in each of the Clusters from the projects ued in six IDP hosting districts, two IDP return dis- that are not covered in the other Clusters, namely tricts (Buner and Swat) as well as in the following governance, non-farm livelihoods, environment, camps: Katcha Garhi in Peshawar, Jalozai and community infrastructure and social cohesion. Benazir Complex in Nowshera District, Palosa in Charsadda District and Jalala Camp in Mardan Dis- x Last week UNDP signed an agreement with trict. PaRRSA to fund heavy machinery and jointly clear rubble from the destroyed town of Sultanwas in Education Buner District. x UNICEF delivered 12,000 school bags to the x UNDP has also provided four support staff to Tank and D.I. Khan District Education Offices for PaRRSA for three months to reinforce its capacity students displaced from Waziristan. for planning and executing early recovery projects in conflict-affected areas. x One primary school for girls with 166 pupils enrolled has re-opened in Katcha Garhi Camp in Pe- V.Funding shawar. Following the closure of Technical College Wari, Rural Health Center Barawal, Gandigar and In the last two weeks, there was no change in the Sheringal IDP Camps in Upper Dir District four camp funding for the Pakistan Humanitarian Response -based primary schools were closed. Plan (PHRP) while pledged funding increased by 0.2 percent, from US$ 153 million to $154 million. x The District Education Officer in Peshawar reported that the number of Khyber Agency IDP chil- Last week, a high-level United Nations mission, rep- dren enrolled in Peshawar schools has increased resenting the humanitarian community in Pakistan, from 50 to 148. had preliminary discussions in Saudi Arabia on the allocation of the Kingdom’s $100 million pledge to the PHRP. The humanitarian community is expected Agriculture to receive the first funding tranche of $67 million by x During the last two weeks, ACTED, Relief Inter- November 2009. national, and Community Awareness Raising and To date, 60 percent of the $680 million revised re- Advocacy Ventures Around Needs (CARAVAN) dis- quirements for the PHRP has been funded by more tributed wheat, lentil and vegetable seeds with fertil- than 20 countries, private individuals and organisa- isers to almost 24,450 households in Buner, Lower tions. Dir, Shangla and Swabi Districts. Over 192,000 resi- dents belonging to vulnerable groups have benefit- Contact Information: ted from this assistance, which will help restore agriculture-based livelihoods and improve food security. xOCHA, Islamabad: Manuel Bessler, OCHA Head of Office FAO, with a financial contribution from the Spanish Pakistan, [email protected] / Judith Szabo, Humanitarian Re- Agency for International Development Cooperation ports Officer, [email protected] Cell: +92 300 850 2289 (AECID), is due to provide 3,000 households with vegetable and lentil seeds in Lower Dir, Shangla and xOCHA, New York: Carlos Monteiro-Pereira, monteiro- [email protected] +1-212-317-5931 Buner Districts. Ben Negus, [email protected] Cell: +1-646-785-9642 x Oxfam GB distributed agriculture tools, seeds xOCHA, Geneva: Randa Hassan, [email protected] and fertilisers to 3,000 households in Swat and Cell: +41-79-602-35982289 Buner Districts in preparation for the winter sowing season, which began on 15 October. Over 21,000 For Reference: people will benefit from this distribution. xOCHA’s Pakistan humanitarian website: x IOM distributed small agriculture tools such as http://unportal.un.org.pk or www.un.org.pk shovels and chisels to 13,500 households in Buner District during the last two weeks. xReliefweb: http://www.reliefweb.int

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