LHO Rapid Assessment Report North Waziristan Agency (NWA) IDPs th 20 June 2014 1. 2. 3. 4. Assessment Report on Displacement of North Waziristan Agency IDPs Page 1 www.lawari.org [email protected] 1. Executive Summary: Lawari Humanitarian Organization (LHO) is a civil society organization working for the last ten years focusing on the outreach assistance and support to the vulnerable and disaster stricken communities. LHO is keen to exert spirit of volunteerism in its operations and has placed distinctive endeavors in 2005 Earthquake, 2010 Floods and the Conflict IDPs interventions. The organization executed variety of tasks with particular reference to IDPs and Flood emergency responses under Rapid Assessments/studies, Food Security, Shelter, protection, livelihood and rehaBilitation projects. LHO carried out rapid and multi cluster assessments, analysis and profiling, baseline studies and Surveys for each of these interventions and further implemented donor Based projects accordingly to needs prioritized. LHO has majorly implemented relief and recovery food distriBution projects of UN- World Food Programme since 2009. The projects focused extending UN-WFP food assistance to Swat non IDPs/ Stayees, Bajaur returnee IDPs and specifically in present the General Food DistriBution to South Waziristan Agency (SWA) IDPs living in off camps area of Tank and DI Khan region. In the wake of present military operation Zarb-e-AzB in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of FATA, the government of Pakistan has formally announced for vacating the places from North Waziristan Agency to settled districts. The Pakistan Army has extended relaxation in curfew to enaBle the local dwellers of the NWA tehsils to flee safely to the settled adjacent districts. The highest concentration of displaced persons is found to Be at Bannu District Being closest, convenient and gateway from the agency to settle/peace areas. The war is at the end gate of the district Bannu and it is of keen importance for the government and humanitarian community to assess and strengthen the capacity of Bannu and native district for tackling huge plights of IDPs efficiently and manageaBle. LHO comprehended aBout expected military operation in North Waziristan Agency and deployed the teams for Rapid needs Assessment, vulneraBility analysis and mapping of the NWA-IDPs in adjacent District of Bannu right of the government announcement of displacement. The Rapid assessment was carried out for three days (i.e. 18th June to 20th June 2014) covering twenty-three IDPs hosting Union Councils of District Bannu. The moBility of LHO team was restricted to certain areas for instance, Bakka Khel, Mamash Khel, Maamad Khel, Daud shah and Nurar etc UCs of District Bannu But accomplished to accumulate the study through community activists and LHO representative from the said areas. The assessment study findings revealed that more than 30,000 families (240,000 people) are displaced and entered through gateway district till 20th June 2014. The study findings concludes that approximately 70 percent of the total IDPs are settled in the scattered UCs of District Bannu, 20 percent moved to native Districts of DI Khan, Tank, Lakki Marwat, Karak and Kohat whereas 10 percent of the IDPs are probably displaced to Karachi, Peshawar, Rawalpindi Outskirts, Mian Wali and Bhakkar. The assessment also shows that NWA IDPs has not received relief food during registration and needs food relief support immediately, Bears very nominal NFIs and Shelters and have no adequate medical facilities availaBle in convenient except 2 www.lawari.org [email protected] government hospitals and BHUs.1 Immediate initiatives and responses are required from government and humanitarian agencies to overcome the Basic needs of IDPs for mitigating the affects of disaster somehow. The report in Below illustrates methodology, criteria and findings of the assessment categorically till recording some suggestions and recommendations to relevant stakeholders. Figure 1Map of Southern KP and FATA 1 See LHO Rapid Assessment Report, NWA-IDPs Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) attached as annex. 3 www.lawari.org [email protected] 5. DISTRICT BANNU Bannu District is approximately 192 km south of Peshawar. It is flanked on all sides by the hard and dried mountain ranges of Koh-e-Safed and Koh-e-Suleiman. The District is located in the heart of the southern region, Bordering the districts of Karak in East- North and Lakki Marwat in East-South and the North Waziristan Agency. The main triBes are the Bannuchi, Wazir, Bhittani, Mehsud, DaWar, MarWat, Khattak, Bangash and Minority Hindus. According to the 1998 census, the district has a population of 677,346 spread over an area of 1,227 sq.km. District Bannu has a total numBer of 1350 Educational Institutions. Out of these 1291 are located in urBan areas and the remaining 59 are in rural areas. The total numBer of teachers is 4688, of these 491 are teaching in urBan area Institutions and 4197 are teaching in rural areas. Union Area District Tehsils Population-98 Population Density Councils (sq.km) Bannu 02 49 1,227 6,77,346 971,932 551 Figure 2 District Bannu Map 4 www.lawari.org [email protected] Population Wise breakup of Union Councils in Bannu District S# UC Name Population of Locals 1 Amandi 18,164 2 Aral Hathi Khel 23,910 3 Asperka Waziran 29,765 4 Baharat 25,422 5 Baka Khel Wazir 18,274 6 Bazar Ahmad Khan 18,382 7 Bizen Khel 27,903 8 City-I (urBan) 20,848 9 City-II (urBan) 22,342 10 Daud Shah 19,434 11 Domel 19,605 12 Fateh Khel Kausar 15,339 13 Fatima Khel Kalan 26,198 14 Garhi Sher Ahmad 21,080 15 Ghoriwala 20,596 16 Hassani 16,822 17 Haved Landidak 25,969 18 Hindi Khel Wazir 19,951 19 Hinjal 16,995 20 Ismail Khel 15,021 21 Jani Khel 17,827 22 Jhando Khel 15,936 23 Kakki-1 24,631 24 Kakki-11 14,169 25 Kala Khel Masti Khan 23,761 26 Khandar Khan Khel 26,143 27 Khawajmad 14,462 28 Khujari 15,238 29 Kot Qalandar 21,517 30 Koti Sadat 16,580 31 Lalozai 23,257 32 Mama Khel 17,054 33 Mamash Khel 22,134 34 Mandan 18,427 35 Mandev 14,522 36 Mira Khel 18,500 37 Mita Khel 20,148 38 Muhammad Khel Wazir 19,268 39 Mumbati Barakzai 17,986 40 Nar Jaffar Khan 22,817 41 Nezam Dherma Khel 16,743 42 Nurar 17,176 43 Salaima Sikandar Khel 15,203 44 ShahBaz Azmat Khel 15,430 45 Shamshi Khel 23,506 46 Sikandar Khel Bala 15,692 47 Sokari 16,420 48 Takhti Khel Wazir 22,801 49 Zeraki PirBa khel 22,564 Total Population at District 971,932 5 www.lawari.org [email protected] 6. LHO Rapid Assessment for the North Waziristan IDPs LHO conducted Rapid need assessment through IDPs vulnerability analysis and mapping criteria to sketch the magnitude of NWA-IDPs needs and mapping of IDPs locations in off camp areas of district Bannu. The activity owes the purpose of further dissemination of study findings/ reporting to the government, humanitarian and civil society actors for immediate responses and initiatives. The details and findings of the assessment are descriBed in below narrative report. The Rapid assessment analysis/ NWA-IDPs VAM is annexed as excel sheet with the narrative report for statistical understanding: 7. OBJECTIVES OF THE RAPID ASSESSMENT The key objective of the assessment was to get first hand and on the ground information of the IDPs displaced from NWA to District Bannu. Specific objectives of the assessment are given in Below; o To identify UCs and Villages with higher concentration of displacement. o To attain statistical analysis and confirmation of the IDPs displaced to hosting communities. o To assess the immediate and basic needs including shelter, food, NFIs, WASH and Health. o To plan assistance for the IDPs in emergency response. o To disseminate information of the IDPs to the humanitarians actors. o To provide recommendation to government and humanitarian agencies as per findings. 8. METHODOLOGY LHO deployed its team comprising of 05 memBers at Bannu District from 17th June 2014 for the preliminary rapid assessments. A rapid Assessment is carried out By LHO in close coordination with the Chief Commissionerate of Afghan Refugees and focal person of the government at Bannu District. The main sources of information are the key informants, humanitarian activist and transit walks, observations, Focused Group Discussions, Media reports and interaction with the IDPs Families in Bannu. LHO has interviewed 68 male-headed households in 14 union councils of Bannu. Moreover LHO has conducted 25 Focused Group Discussions at Bannu with the hosting and displaced population. A total of 14 Union councils in Town 1 district Bannu are assessed physically. The remaining Union Councils, majority from that of Town 2 are left out due to the restricted movement and curfews. However LHO significantly moBilized the local civil society activists and gathered information concerning these Union Councils. Moreover media reports are also taken as a secondary source of data for referencing and validating the areas of intervention. 9. Humanitarian Response The Government of Pakistan is responding to the assistance of the IDPs through Ministry of SAFRON, FDMA, PDMA and The District Government. No visiBle humanitarian Response from the national and international agency exists for the assistance of the IDPs. 6 www.lawari.org [email protected] 10. Findings The Findings of the Rapid Assessment Exercise of LHO are given in the Below suB heads: 10.1. Displacement from NWA into Off Camp Areas As per LHO findings, approximately 62,500 persons (i.e. 7,800 families) were displaced from NWA Before the 16th June 2014. Consequent huge influxes of IDPs moved to neighboring areas of Bannu, Tank, DI Khan, Lakki Marwat, Karak and Kohat.