Issue No: 08 Situation Report August 2019 Relief and Development Peer Foundation (RDP) Relief and Development Peer Foundation (RDP) | Monthly Situation Report (August 2019) AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS: Treating More Than 1,300 Cases of the Life-threatening Disease (Cholera) in Ibb and As Sayyani districts of IBB Governorate. Outreach Activities to Support Most Affected IDPs with Life-saving Medical Services in Ibb district of IBB Governorate. Launching a Huge Number of Awareness-raising Campaigns for People in Rural Areas in Ibb and As Sayyani districts of IBB Governorate. HEALTH Rehabilitation of Three Health Facilities Are Entirely Done in Al-Qafr district of IBB Governorate. Through 236 FDPs, RDP Supports 104,517 Children and PLW with BSFP Services Far Al Udayn, Al Udayn district, Hazm Al Udayn, Mudhaikhera, Al Qafr, Same, As Silw districts of IBB and Taizz Governorates. A Word Could Improve Lives out of the Dangers of Threatening Disease Far Al Udayn, Al Udayn district, Hazm Al Udayn, Mudhaikhera, Al Qafr, Same, As NUTRITION Silw districts of IBB and Taizz Governorates. Despite the Huge Gap of Food Insecurity, RDP Provides 53,405 Individuals with Food Rations Wald Rabi, Al Malagim, and As Sawadiya districts of Al- Bayda Governorate. Closure of the Emergency Food Assistance for the Most Vulnerable Households in Ash Shamayatayn district of Taizz Governorate. & LIVELIHOODS FOOD SECURITY SECURITY FOOD An Induction Workshop on Assessing WASH Services in Health Facilities in RDP Main Office, Sana’a Governorate. Two Health Facilities Were Assessed in Hareeb District of Marib Governorate. Mapping 307 HFs in Amanat Al Asimah – Sana’a - Amran – Dhamar – Marib – WASH Al Bayda Governorates. Relief and Development Peer Foundation (RDP) | Monthly Situation Report (August 2019) CRISIS FIGURES 2019: People in need of health care: 19.7 Million People in need People in need of of nutrition: food assistance: 7.4 Million 20.1 Million People in need of humanitarian aid: 24.1 Million People in need of People in need of protection: WaSH assistance: 14.4 Million 17.8 Million Relief and Development Peer Foundation (RDP) | Monthly Situation Report (August 2019) RDP ACTIVE GRANTS IN PARTNERSHIP RDP PRESENCE IN 10 GOVERNORATES WITH UNICEF 10 Districts 1 District WFP 21 Districts 12 Districts YHF 1 District Sa’ada Al Maharah Al Jawf Hadramaut Hajjah Amran Amanat Al Asimah 16 Districts Al Mahwit Marib Sana’a Shabwah Raymah Dhamar 7 Districts Al Bayda IBB Al Dhale’e Abyan Taizz 3 Districts Lahj 19 Districts Aden Socotra Island 12 Districts Relief and Development Peer Foundation (RDP) | Monthly Situation Report (August 2019) HEALTH Treating More Than 1,300 Cases of the Life- threatening Disease (Cholera): lthough much has been done in order to A fight cholera outbreak and reduce its transmission, the number of its cases has sharply increased in Yemen especially in Ibb and As Sayyani districts which are considered as the most two affected districts in IBB Governorate. During August, our health workers have treated more than 553 suspected cholera cases in both targeted Diarrhea Treatment Centers (DTCs) and also treated over 754 cases of mild and moderate dehydration in our four Oral Rehydration Corners (ORCs) in Ibb and As Sayyani districts of IBB Governorate. Outreach Activities to Support Most Figure 1: Treating More Than 1,300 Cases of the Life- threatening Disease (Cholera) in Ibb and As Sayyani Affected IDPs with Life-saving Medical districts of IBB Governorate. Services: eing forced to leave their homes, but B sustaining within the same country's borders, those are the internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are in acute need of humanitarian assistance. Out of work duty, our DTC staff members arranged for outreach campaigns in further reaches to support IDPs with essential health assistance including the needed drugs for diarrheal, communicable, non- communicable, chronic diseases, and IMCI. With great satisfaction, RDP health members have treated a total number of 297 cases in Maytam, Figure 2: Outreach Activities to Support Most Affected IDPs with Life-saving Medical Services. Jabal Moawad, Al Matameet, Al Sahool, and Al Manjama villages of Reef Ibb district, IBB Governorate. Relief and Development Peer Foundation (RDP) | Monthly Situation Report (August 2019) Launching a Huge Number of Awareness- raising Campaigns for People in Rural Areas: inning over cholera and other W communicable diseases requires much more efforts to launch a huge number of awareness-raising campaigns for people in rural areas. Thereby, RDP Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) have been working around the clock to spread awareness on key health messages such as cholera signs & symptoms, personal hygiene, hand washing, water chlorination. They have conducted more than 470 awareness Figure 3: Launching a Huge Number of Awareness-raising sessions to benefit a total of 7,075 individuals Campaigns for People in Rural Areas. disaggregated (1,033 Men, 2,835 Women, 1,458 Boys, 1,749 Girls) in Ibb and As Sayyani districts of IBB Governorate. Rehabilitation of Three Health Facilities Are Entirely Done: s we support 3 health facilities A (Mudahajayn, Al-Mabda, Al-Karaba) with emergency and general health services, essential equipment, operational support, minimum and initial reproductive health services, our WaSH field team have completed all rehabilitation works for the three health facilities in Al-Qafr district of IBB Governorate. Figure 4: Rehabilitation of Three Health Facilities Are Entirely Done. Relief and Development Peer Foundation (RDP) | Monthly Situation Report (August 2019) NUTRITION Through 236 FDPs, RDP Supports 104,517 Children and PLW with BSFP Services: ver 7 districts, RDP is supporting 47,336 O children under 2 disaggregated (24,147 boys, 23,198 girls) and 54,172 pregnant and lactating women (PLW) who are suffering from acute malnutrition through our 708 Community Health Volunteers (CNVs), distributing Plumpy Doz and WSB+ commodities in 236 Food Distribution Points (FDPs). Blanket Supplementary Feeding Program (BSFP) is targeting (Far Al Udayn, Al Udayn district, Hazm Al Udayn, Mudhaikhera, Al Figure 5: Through 236 FDPs, RDP Supports 104,517 Children Qafr, Same, As Silw) districts of IBB and Taizz and PLW with BSFP Services. Governorates, aiming to contribute to the prevention of malnutrition. A Word Could Improve Lives out of the Dangers of Threatening Diseases: aising awareness on the prevention of R infectious diseases is one of the most effective means to improve lives of those inflicted populations. Such sessions aim to achieve long- term lasting behavioral changes. For that, our 708 Community Nutrition Volunteers (CNVs) conducted more than 1,400 awareness sessions on exclusive breastfeeding, hands washing in addition to other communicable diseases as Cholera, Diphtheria and Tetanus, reaching a total number of 20,000 individuals in 7 districts (Far Al Udayn, Al Udayn, Hazm Al Udayn, Mudhaikhera, Al Figure 6: Raising Awareness on the Prevention of Infectious Qafr, Same, As Silw) of IBB and Taizz Diseases. Governorates. Relief and Development Peer Foundation (RDP) | Monthly Situation Report (August 2019) FOOD SECURITY & LIVELIHOOODS Despite the Huge Gap of Food Insecurity, RDP Provides 53,410 Individuals with Food Rations: aking ends meet has become one of the M biggest difficulties and challenges that Yemeni people are facing, and surviving has become an aim they try to achieve. Through fifty new food distribution points FDPs, our FSL field team launched August distribution cycle of the general food assistance project, reaching a total number of 53,410 individuals disaggregated Figure 5: Despite the Huge Gap of Food Insecurity, RDP Provides (10,468 men, 10,896 women, 15,703 boys, 16,343 53,410 Individuals with Food Rations. girls) in the targeted districts (Wald Rabi, Al Malagim, and As Sawadiya) of Al-Bayda Governorate. Closure of the Emergency Food Assistance for the Most Vulnerable Households: DP in partnership with BCFHD has R completed the implementation of the emergency food assistance for the most vulnerable households project in Ash Shamayatayn district of Taizz Governorate. The project was meant to alleviate the suffering of the most affected and vulnerable HHs for 10 months starting on October 10th, 2018 to August 9th, 2019, targeting 2,800 HHs (14,728 Individuals). It has adopted the cash transfer modality, providing the targeted HHs with 6 consecutive rounds of Figure 6: Closure of the Emergency Food Assistance for the Most Vulnerable Households. cash assistance adhering to the FSAC guidelines. Relief and Development Peer Foundation (RDP) | Monthly Situation Report (August 2019) WaSH An Induction Workshop on Assessing WASH Services in Health Facilities: ithin the project of Cholera Response W and WASH Services in Health Facilities (Assessment of 307 Health Facilities & Rehabilitation of 40 Health Facilities, RDP WaSH Team have conducted the induction workshop for 39 members of the assessment team on assessing and rehabilitating WaSH services in health facilities, environmental and social impact, tools, gender aspects, and hygiene promotion messages. The workshop has taken place in RDP Figure 7: An Induction Workshop on Assessing WASH Services in main office, Sana’a Governorate. Health Facilities. Two Health Facilities Were Assessed in Hareeb District of Marib Governorate: s we are working on the assessment of A WASH services in 307 health facilities in Amanat Al Asimah – Sana’a - Amran – Dhamar – Marib – Al Bayda Governorates, targeting an estimated total number of 2,889,764 individuals (1,288,426 men, 1,335,146 women, 127,552 boys, 138,640 girls) of the catchment population, RDP WaSH team have assessed two health facilities (Alhad HU and Jratha HU) in Hareeb district of Marib Governorate. Figure 8: One of the Health Facilities That Was Assessed in Hareeb District of Marib Governorate. Mapping 307 HFs in 6 Governorates: ur WASH team have completed the O mapping for 307 health facilities in Amanat Al Asimah – Sana’a - Amran – Dhamar – Marib – Al Bayda Governorates, indicating the coordinates in the governorates’ maps which will reflect positively on the health facilities division.