Vanuatu: Tropical Cyclone Pam - Humanitarian Snapshot (as of 25 March 2015)
KEY FIGURES Vanuatu Tropical Cyclone Pam Appeal 2015 (US$ millions) 166,000 people US$29.9m affected on 22 islands Hiu Tegua 110,000 people Toga Ureparapara Mota Lava in need of clean drinking water Vanua Lava
Kwetenwul TORBA PENAMA 75,000 people Gaua Number of activities per cluster in need of emergency shelter MERE LAVA HEALTH 38 FOOD 12 Source: Vanuatu NDMO, Vanuatu Humanitarian Team WASH 7 SANMA PROTECTION 6 MAÉWO NFI 1 BACKGROUND Ambae
Santo Severe Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam struck Vanuatu PENTECOST (population 270,000), affecting the capital of Malo Port Vila, as an extremely destructive category MALAMPA AMBRYM 5 cyclone on the evening of 13 March at around Number of activities per cluster PAAMA 11p.m. local time. HEALTH 12 WASH 9 Malakula SHEFA FOOD 7 ÉPI Number of activities per cluster SHELTER 2 WASH 57 NFI 1 HEALTH 54 FOOD SECURITY Source: Food Cluster SHEPHERD ISLANDS PROTECTION 1 (10 ISLANDS AND ISLETS) FOOD 44 To complement food packages, high SHELTER 43 ÉFATÉ NFI 20 37,000 energy biscuits for 37,000 people in PROTECTION 11 locations with water shortages (Tongoa, Emae, Buninga, PORT VILA EDUCATION 4 Tongariki, Makira, Mataso, Erromango, Tanna & Aniwa islands) are being distributed. ERROMANGO TAFEA Number of activities per cluster WASH 42 SHELTER Source: Shelter Cluster Capital HEALTH 39 FOOD 30 International airport ANIWA Current estimates suggest that SHELTER 25 15,000 approximately 15,000 homes were Domestic or remote NFI 11 FUTUNA PROTECTION 4 TANNA destroyed or damaged. Road Cyclone path ANEITYUM
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Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the dsignations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Data Sources: UNISYS, SRTM, Vanuatu National Statistics Office, Vanuatu Land Department, Mapaction HEALTH & NUTRITION Source: Health Cluster
Five international emergency health 20,000 kits (IEHKs) & three international EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS (ETC) Source: ETC Cluster diarrhoeal disease kits (IDDK) arrived in country on 24 March. Two kits have been dispatched to Tanna on The ETC & its partners are providing connectivity at seven sites across Vanuatu 25 March to provide 20,000 people with primary 7 for use by the government & the humanitarian community (2 in Espiritu Santo, & secondary health needs for three months. 4 on Efate island, 1 on Tanna island).
WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (WASH) LOGISTICS Source: Logistics Cluster UNICEF supplied 372 water containers & The two mobile storage units at Port Vila airport received 10 metric 372 1,330 supplies of soap to 286 households 10MT tonnes (MT) of cargo. The HMAS Tobruk will return to Port Vila on (including 615 children & 415 women) in Whitesands in approx. 28 March & can be tasked to go north or south dependent on need. It has a Tanna island. capacity of more than 100 metric tonnes. Source: WASH Cluster
EDUCATION Source: Education Cluster PROTECTION Source: Protection Cluster Of the 400 schools affected, 250 suffered Two Red Cross boats departed on 25 March for the islands of Emao, Pele, & 400 damage to infrastructure, facilities & 2 Nguna (Shefa Province). In addition to delivering goods, they will also offer resources. Approximately 30,000 school-aged children Restoring Family Links (RFL) services (phone access for individuals who have still are affected. not been able to contact family elsewhere).
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