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Emergency Response to Floods Myanmar    Situation Update    WFP Response

Government, are conducting multi with Thethe coordination in U.N. organizations, remain urgentthe most humanitarian priorities. sanitation andadequate emergency health services of Provision food, safe water, shelter temporary Rakhine,, Shan, Yangon.Tanintharyi and Chin, Kachin, Kayin, , Magway, Mon, of states/regions Myanmar: Ayeyarwady,Bago, affected and by in severe floods 13 landslides havethan more people 1.7 nowmillion been agency WFPneeds and assessments, individual the GovernmentAccording to as well inter temporary, only for of the August. month remain unchanged. will children This is reduction rationsblended food Fortified for malnourished and without salt. of pulses, full oil ration rice reduced receive assistance, food Rakhinei.e. will a populations Displaced in Shan,northern and Kachin with suspended.be HIV living andwill TB clients mothers, as well food feeding, forassistance pregnant women nursing and To this effect,assets creation, community school WFP or rationsreducing food benefiting for from people victims by suspending vulnerable flood temporarily ever food time delivery the currentlyto most month first to of prioritise August, obliged WFP is funding,in the just country in the insufficient and food stocksInavailable view of immediately limited Chin, Rakhine Sagaing. and on distributions are still of percent 90 the target beneficiaries. Food and than Sagaing,more reaching already Bago, Magway,Chin, Kachin, Mon, Rakhine Kayin, mt of 2,506 life on response 2 August, has distributed already WFP the country. 442,000 nowflood affected people targeting across and With extended the early recovery phase andassistance education during interventions other for requirements livelihood support, health and identify to Bago the term of Regions scale longer assessments (MIRA)rapid in Sagaing, Magway and ’ scaled up emergency food assistance, up WFPscaled emergency food is s other regular activities in s the country.regular activities other

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coping mechanism adopted by the population and their degree of vulnerability; iii) Estimate the Food Assistance extent of disruption of local markets; and iv)  WFP floods response consists of food assistance Develop scenarios for the next three, six and with a one-month food basket (13.5 kg of rice, twelve months in order to come up with specific 1.8 kg of pulses, 0.9 l of cooking oil and 150 g of short, medium and long-term response salt) and/or a one-week ration of High Energy interventions. Biscuits (three packs per day per person) for 442,000 flood affected people.  In Bago Region, food distributions for 29,801 Partnerships flood affected people were successfully completed in Bago and Moenyo townships.  On August 12, the U.N. Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator, Deputy Director General of the  In Chin State, WFP has reached 21,237 people in Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief & Resettlement, the townships of Falam, Hakha, Matupi, Paletwa, Australian and Indian Ambassadors, accompanied Tedim, Thantlang and Tonzang. Distributions are by WFP Country Director, Deputy Head of OCHA on-going. and representatives from other humanitarian  In Kachin State, food was distributed to all the organizations visited the flood affected township 9,100 target people in Moegaung, the only flood of , . affected township.  On August 18 -19, a mission consisting of  In Kayin State, 7,235 target people have been Australian and Canadian Ambassadors, reached in Hlaingbwe and Hpa An townships. Norwegian Deputy Head of Mission and WFP  In Magway Region, food distributions were Country Director visited flood affected areas in completed for 105,386 people in Pwintphyu, Mrauk U township, Rakhine State. Sayatoketayar, Yenangyaung and Yesagyo  On August 18 -19, Australia’s Department of SituationReport 24 August 2015 townships. Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) mission,  In Mon State, WFP successfully completed facilitated by WFP, visited flood affected areas distributions of to all 4,444 flood affected people and observed WFP’s response in Yesagyo in the townships of Biilin and Kyaikto. township, Magway Region.  In Rakhine State, 152,293 people received food  Needs assessments and/or food distributions are assistance in Ann, Buthidaung, Gwa, Kyauktaw, carried out through valued partnerships with Maungdaw, Minbya, Mrauk Oo, Myebon, Pauktaw, other U.N. agencies as well as local and Myanmar Myanmar Ponnagyun, Rathedaung, Thandwe and Toungup international NGOs, namely ACF, ACRD, AYO, townships. Distribtions are ongoing. CARD, GREEN, KMSS, NCV, Plan International,  In Sagaing Region, WFP distributed food for Save the Children, OISCA, PACT and TdH - Italy. 74,191 people in , , Kaw Lin, Kalay, , and Yey Oo townships. Distributions are on-going. Resourcing Update

 Floods Appeal: WFP received generous US$3 million assistance from the United States. Japan Logistics extended the Emergency Grant Aid of US$1.3  WFP has now gained access to all the target million to WFP. Contributions of DKK7 million flood affected areas across the country. (US$1 million) and NOK1.9 million (US$232,000) Distributions for 3,541 people in the only were bestowed by Denmark and Norway remaining townships of Kanpetlet and Mindat respectively. Another contribution of NZ$200,000 in Chin State will immediately be carried out (US$132,000) was received from New Zealand. upon delivery of food currently in transit.  WFP appeals to funding partners for additional  As part of its emergency contingency plan, US$12.3 million to respond to the immediate WFP has prepositioned 14 mt of High Energy food needs deriving from the floods emergency. Biscuits in Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region. This is in addition to the US$17 million required to continue the regular activities in the country,  To facilitate the emergency response logistics resulting in an overall project funding shortfall of for the humanitarian community, WFP has US$29.3 million until the end of 2015. commenced the coordination of logistical assets activities and provision of common logistics  The floods emergency response has been made services to partners. Weekly logistics inter- possible so far thanks to the previous and recent agency coordination meetings are organised with contributions from Australia, Canada, Czech some 15 participating humanitarian partners. Republic, Denmark, EU, Japan, Japan Association for WFP, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom, as well as the Food Security Sector logistical support from the Government of Myanmar, Air Bagan, Air KBZ, Golden Myanmar  FAO and WFP are leading a joint-assessment on Airlines and Myanmar National Airlines. damages, losses and livelihoods country-wide

with the following objectives: i) Assess the major damage and losses caused by the flood on the agricultural sector and its sub-sectors including Contacts crop production, livestock, forestry, fisheries &  Arsen Sahakyan aquaculture as well as irrigation; ii) Assess the Partnerships Officer food security and nutrition situation including the [email protected]

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