LOGISTICS CLUSTER PAKISTAN – IDP OPERATION Monthly Bulletin N. 01
February 2009
Additional Information on the Pakistan IDP Highlights operation is available on the Logistics o Seven Logistics Hubs have been established for this operation. WFP warehouses for inter- Cluster website: agency use are located in 1) Peshawar, 6,000 mt available, 2) Charsadda (240m²), 3)
Nowshera (240m²), 4) Mardan (450m²), 5) Swabi (175 m²) and, as of this week, 6) Kohat and http://www.logcluster .org/pak09a 7) Malakand.
o Three inter-agency convoys with altogether 57 trucks moved towards the conflict affected
Latest updates Swat district this month. Participating agencies were WFP (32 trucks), UNHCR (15 trucks), Save the Children (6 trucks) and UNICEF (4 trucks). Approximately 4500 displaced families Pakistan news Upcoming events have been provided with food (wheat, salt, pulses and oil) and NFIs (plastic sheeting, Info Sheet blankets, kitchen utensils, hygiene kits, buckets, jerry cans and soap). Snapshots Standard Operating In addition, a first WFP convoy went southwards and arrived safely in Kohat. Eleven trucks Procedures (SOPs) Cargo Storage carried 152 mt of food for approx. 1600 displaced families. Request Form Pipeline template o Logistics Cluster meetings take place on a weekly basis in Peshawar and every second Meeting minutes week in Islamabad. Participants, in addition to WFP who is chairing these meetings, include Map Centre Diakonie, FAO, Hayat Foundation, IMC, Muslim-Aid, Relief International, Save the Children, Contacts UN-HABITAT, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNORC and USAID.
o High-level WFP-UNHCR Joint Mission to Pakistan: Ramiro Lopes da Silva, WFP’s Director of Operations, and Judy Cheng-Hopkins, UNHCR’s AHC Operations, visited Pakistan 20-28 February 2009. The purpose of the mission was to review the ongoing IDP operation, which included travels to the main logistics hub in Peshawar.
Background
Fighting between the Government and militant groups in several districts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and in Swat District in North Western Frontier Province (NWFP)
has prompted the displacement of many families already in summer 2008. The conflict continues to cause significant internal displacement and the number of displaced people is now 310,000. In Swat district an estimated 50% of the total 1.8 million inhabitants is severely affected by the Log hub in Charsadda Photo: A. Cook, 17 Feb09 conflict and a large number of individuals displaced within the district. Approximately 20% of the total population (est. 850,000) of Bajaur District in FATA has been displaced to safer districts in NWFP. Only a little over 41,000 people have registered in camps; the big majority stays with host-families (more than 270,000).
Logistics Cluster activation
With the humanitarian operation in NWFP and FATA, there is an increased need for a coordinated and efficient logistics response from the international community to avoid bottlenecks and possible overlaps and as a consequence, the Humanitarian Coordinator on behalf of the IASC Country Team has requested the activation of the Logistics Cluster (30th
Log hub in Mardan December 2008). In the first week of February, two Logistics Cluster cells have been established Photo: A. Cook, 17 Feb09 in country: in Peshawar and in Islamabad.
Security
o The declaration of peace (temporary ceasefire) was agreed on Monday, 16th Feb 2009 and negotiations between the GoP and militant groups remain ongoing.
o The Swat District Coordination Officer (DOC) was kidnapped on Sunday 22nd Feb 2009 and later released when also several militants held by the government forces were released.
o On Tuesday 24th Feb 2009 an indefinite ceasefire was announced for the Swat valley. Log hub in Nowshera o International staff is still not authorized by UNDSS to access Swat district; however, National Photo: A. Cook, 17 Feb09 staff are authorized to travel up to Malakand. o NWFP and FATA provinces, as well as Islamabad remain in UN Security Phase III.
Funding The SO document (10826.0) has been revised and the amount decreased from USD 1,5 million to USD 900,000. So far, USAID has communicated their assistance (USD 250,000). Operational Overview
a) Logistics hubs and warehouse space
WFP has initially established five logistics hubs: in Peshawar, Charsadda, Mardan, o Nowshera and Swabi. The need for additional hubs was soon evident and later his
month hubs were established also in Kohat and Bat Khela/Malakand. o Free storage space is offered to the humanitarian community. o The “Standard Operating Procedures” (SOPs), as well as the “Storage Request form”, were distributed on 17th Feb 2009; the “Pipeline reporting template” two days later. o A first snapshot covering four of the Logistics hubs, in Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan and Swabi, was produced and shared on 20th Feb 2009. The remaining hubs will be covered shortly. o All documents are available on the Logistics Cluster website Log hub in Swabi http://www.logcluster.org/pak09a Photo: A. Cook, 17 Feb09 b) Convoy movements o Second week of Feb09, the first inter-agency convoy moved from Peshawar to Mingora, the capital of the Swat district. This convoy consisted out of 12 trucks (4 WFP, 5 UNHCR, 3 UNICEF) carrying relief items for approx. 500 displaced families. o On 21st Feb09 the second inter-agency convoy moved from Peshawar to Malakand, consisting out of 23 trucks (14 WFP, 6 UNHCR, 2 Save the Children, 1 UNICEF) to provide Swat district with items for approx. 2000 families. o On 24th February a third convoy moved from Peshawar to Malakand, consisting out of 22 trucks (14 WFP, 4 UNHCR, 4 Save the Children) carrying items for again 2000 families. o On 20th February, a first WFP convoy of 11 trucks carrying 152 mt of food for approx. 1,600 families reached Kohat safely. o Cluster participants are welcome to join convoys. Information on the next convoy movement will not be made public, but will be distributed internally via e-mail (Convoy
Log hub in Kohat movement focal point: Mr Tariq Aziz, WFP Peshawar, phone: 0300 590 1955). Photo: A. Cook, 23 Feb09 c) Logistics Cluster meetings o Logistics Cluster meetings take place on a weekly basis in Peshawar. o And every second week in Islamabad. o Participants, in addition to WFP who is chairing these meetings, include Diakonie, FAO, Hayat Foundation, IMC, Muslim-Aid, Relief International, Save the Children, UNHABITAT, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNORC and USAID. o All meeting minutes are available on the Logistics Cluster website http://www.logcluster.org/pak09a
Logistics Cluster Mapping contact details and addresses: The Logistics Cluster Information Management activities comprise not only the provision of inter-
agency reports and relevant logistics information in form of e.g. “Snapshots”, but also free Logistics Cluster mapping. Altogether five maps have been produced by the Logistics Cluster within the past Peshawar: WFP Sub-Office four weeks: 10, Sahibzada Abdul 001: Pakistan – General Logistics and Planning Map (A1 format) Qayym Road 002: NWFP & FATA – Area of conflict and displacement (A1 format) University Town 003: NWFP & FATA – Established and planned Logistics hubs (A3 format) U.P.O Box 841 004: NWFP & FATA – Logistics hubs and Camp locations (A3 format) Peshawar Contact: 005: Swat district – Overview (A3 format) Mr Alastair Cook, Logistics Cluster Coord. In addition, WFP’s VAM unit in Islamabad also produced a map covering Swat district with E-mail: focus on the villages, which was shared with the humanitarian community. WFP’s Emergency [email protected] Phone: +92 300 500 Preparedness Branch located in HQ kindly offered their “NWFP & FATA crisis overview” map to 4959 the Logistics Cluster, which has been published on the website.
Another recent product is a sketch showing transport routes, distances and estimated travel Logistics Cluster times in between established logistics hubs. Islamabad: WFP Country Office 3, street No2 All map products are available at http://www.logcluster.org/pak09a 44000 Islamabad Contact: Ms Katja Hildebrand Logistics Cluster IM Officer E-mail: katja.hildebrand@wfp. org Phone: +92 300 856 0198
Source: Logistics Cluster, WFP (Map 004: NWFP & FATA – Log hubs & camps) (Map 005: Swat district) (Sketch: Routes, distances, travel times)