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Situation Report #9 22 April 2015 million) forecasts) high 2.28probability of (11% required SO: lion) probability forecasts (54% 3.52 mil- of required EMOP: Funding Update: been procured for the EMOP. Approximately foodto under receive the EMOP. people Approximately In numbers `

USD1.28 million confirmed; USD1.28 million USD250,000

USD2.22million confirmed; USD1.9 highUSD2.22million (58% womenand(58% children) 950 mt mt 950 targeted 70,000

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  Highlights   FoodAssistance WFP Response  Situation Update  Vanuatu Country:

islands. beneficiaries in live the WFP under the IR Following the 70,000. first wave of distribution food the beneficiary figures to from upwards 57,300 revise EMOP Budget to Revision is under process the EMOP. 57,300 approximately beneficiaries targeted under of mt (rice, cannedto food noodles) and fish Partnersdistributing and started 460 Cooperating Children andVision) on signed April, WFP15 World Partners (ADRA, Samaritan’s Purse, Save the Government of Vanuatu,WFP Cooperating and Following the tripartite agreements among the close coordination close with the andnational local Government PartnersWFP Cooperating and the are supporting April. PartnersWFP Cooperating and were on signed 15 among the Agreements Government of Vanuatu, severely affected islands. Field TheLevel tripartite Distribution General Food in of 16 the most are planning70,000 through support people to Under the EMOP, Cooperating Partnersand WFP structures. access safe to water supply andsanitation restoring health addressing risks immediately providing by outlinedislands. Key priorities include in the report figure of from the 166,000 initial people in 22 in people islands 23 are affected by the cyclone, up Government Revised figures that 188,000 estimate Cyclonefor Tropical Pam wason April. 17 released TheAssessment Report Second Phase Harmonised in Tanna byis due start the to end of this week. 5 days weather.distributiondue inclement to Food south, had after been the suspended shipment for one of severely affected the islands inmost the mt April, 116 20 of Tanna,wasfood to dispatched , Makira,under Mataso) the and EMOP. On (, ,, (Lelepa, Moso, Pele, and Emau) and food started distributions in off This Partners week, WFP have Cooperating and

- - led detailed plansled of inoperations EMOP, it was identified that more that EMOP,more was identified it

- supported affected supported

- shore shore islands

governments, area councils and other the Shepherd islands (Mataso, Tongariki, stakeholders. Puninga) remains challenging. The areas are  The Food Security and Agriculture Cluster temporarily covered by supply of water- (FSAC) and WFP conducted a series of briefing/ purification tablets. training sessions for the Government-appointed Island Managers and Cooperating Partners in the area plan of operations, standard guidelines for rations and sensitization, and required Emergency Telecommunications documents (eg., registration forms, food release Cluster (ETC) notes, waybills and M&E forms).  The ETC partners, Emergency.lu and Ericsson Response continue to provide internet connectivity for the humanitarian community on Logistics with over 170 registered users on  The Government, WFP and Cooperating Partners WIDER; an ETC tool which distributes and are closely working to address logistics manages internet connectivity. The number of challenges. On-island logistics is one of the key connections continues to grow each day. challenges as roads have limited access during  The ETC has demobilized its equipment (WIDER) the rainy season. The appropriate modes of on- at the airport in following the closure of island transport has been identified by adding the logistics hub in the same location. extended delivery points (EDPs) and trans- shipment by boats from EDPs to final distribution

points (FDPs). Other/Miscellaneous Situation Report #7 15 April 2015 April 15 #7 Report Situation  126 mt of rice, 70 mt of canned fish and 21.9 mt  There are currently 24 WFP staff deployed in of noodles arrived in Port Vila from Fiji. Additional Vanuatu. 47 mt of canned fish were procured locally.  WFP has been augmenting and formalizing the shipping capacities to ensure timely deliver of

food and NFIs through tendering local shipping Resourcing Update Vanuatu Vanuatu companies.  A USD 29.9 million United Nations Flash Appeal was launched on 24 March. Based on the Flash Appeal, the CERF proposal allocated WFP USD 1.2 Clusters million for its food operation, USD 480,000 for the Logistics Cluster and USD 150,000 for the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster. Food Security Cluster  FSAC is currently in the process of drafting the FSAC Medium and Long Term Recovery and Contacts Rehabilitation Strategy outlining how the strategy will have, by 2017, a fully recovered, Silke Buhr, Regional Communications Officer rehabilitated, well coordinated and more resilient [email protected] (Bangkok) productive sector than before . The document will be issued shortly. Robin Landis, Regional Reports Officer  The second round of food distributions in the [email protected] (Bangkok) Government-supported areas started this week on the islands of , Futuna, Aniwa and Thi Van Hoang Sinclair, Reports Officer Mere Lava. [email protected] (Vanuatu)

Logistics Cluster  The limited funds for distribution of the

Government-managed NFIs and food from EDPs to FDPs in areas that are not supported by WFP was raised as a potential constraint. A project to cover this funding gap was submitted on 21 April by the Logistics Cluster to the Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP).  WFP moved one Mobile Storage Unit from the Port Vila airport to the National Disaster Management Office premise to augment the Government NFI storage capacities.  WFP printed waybills and storage release forms for the Government and conducted training to island managers and the national government logistics staff. The Government and FSAC start using the waybills.  Regular fresh water supply in North Tanna and

Country: Vanuatu