AID WORKERS ARE NOT A TARGET In memory of Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, aid worker, killed September 2018 & Hauwa Mohammed Liman, aid worker, killed October 2018 NORTH-EAST NIGERIA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE Progress on key activities from the 2019-2021 Humanitarian Response Strategy JUNE 2019 EDITION (covering 1 - 31 May 2019) Photo: OCHA/Leni Kinzli Photo: NORTH-EAST NIGERIA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE | 1-31 May 2019 North-East Nigeria Humanitarian Situation Update, June 2019 Edition – Update on key activities from the 2019-2021 Humanitarian Response Strategy. Reporting period: 1 to 31 May 2019. Publication date: 1 July 2019. Cover Photo: OCHA/Leni Kinzli Caption: An internally displaced man living in International School Camp in Ngala LGA, Borno State sits atop the roof of his shelter, after patching it with straw in preparation for the rainy season. The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to coordinate the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises. We advocate for effective and principled humanitarian action by all, for all. OCHA produces these reports in collaboration with humanitarian partners. This report covers mainly activities that are part of the 2019-2021 Humanitarian Response Strategy (HRP) for Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states in north-east Nigeria. Please note that humanitarian partners monitor their activities through dozens of key performance indicators (KPIs) in addition to those presented here. The KPIs tracked in this report were selected for their significance out of the overall 2019 HRS monitoring framework. For more information, please visit unocha.org/nigeria and reliefweb.int/country/nga. To sign up for our mailing list: bit.ly/NigeriaUpdates. Contacts: Edem Wosornu Head of Office, OCHA Nigeria, Abuja [email protected] +234 903 781 0140 Deputy Head of Office, OCHA Nigeria, Peter Ekayu [email protected] +234 903 781 0095 Maiduguri 2 NORTH-EAST NIGERIA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE | 1-31 May 2019 ACCESS BY INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS 3 NORTH-EAST NIGERIA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE | 1-31 May 2019 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 2.0 7.1 MILLION 6.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN NEED PEOPLE TARGETED MILLION PEOPLE REACHED BREAKDOWN OF PEOPLE REACHED AS OF MAY 2019 As of May, the United Nations and humanitarian partners have reached a total of 2 million people with humanitarian assistance. The month of May marked the onset of the rainy season, which already began impacting IDP communities who are particularly vulnerable when exposed to these harsh weather conditions. Some 18 camp sites in Gwoza, Dikwa, Bama, Ngala and Kaga LGAs have already registered 500 reports on damages to shelters and NFI kits, affecting more than 4,500 individuals, further emphasizing the need for a coordinated multi-sectoral response to mitigate the impact of the rainy season. As part of these efforts, the Inter-Sector Working Group finalized the Rainy Season and Extended Military Operations Contingency Plan to address and respond to the expected increase in vulnerabilities, targeting approximately 385,000 people across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states with key preparedness and response activities. In May, more than 33,000 new arrivals were registered in Borno and Adamawa states, with 80 per cent of these being registered in Borno State. Displacement trends point to ongoing insecurity and military operations as the driving force of population movements, which lead to overcrowding in existing camps, camp-like settings and reception centres. Lack of additional land to provide adequate shelter solutions continues to be a pressing challenge, with an estimated 81,385 internally displaced people sleeping out in the open or lacking proper shelter solutions. Humanitarian actors across sectors continue to advocate for the availability of additional land for the construction of shelters, especially as the rainy season progresses. Towards the latter half of May, humanitarians focused on urgently providing assistance to 9,693 new arrivals (as of 28 May) in Damboa town, Damboa LGA in Borno State, following military relocations on 21 May ahead of planned clearance operations in Sabon Gari community. The majority of new arrivals are staying out in the open at either GSSS Camp or Unity Camp in Damboa and in urgent need of shelter, WASH, NFI, and food assistance. This marks the second military relocation in recent months, posing particular concerns in terms of protection of civilians, freedom of movement, and respect for the rights of individuals. To respond to the ongoing measles outbreak in Borno State, humanitarians vaccinated more than 800,000 children between the ages of six months and six years as part of the second phase of the measles reactive vaccination campaign. That brings the total number of children vaccinated since February 2019 to over 1.2 million. In 2019, the United Nations and partners are appealing for $848 million for 183 projects to be implemented by 69 humanitarian organisations. It is the seventh largest single-country appeal globally. As of 31 May 2019, $215.8 million (25.5 per cent) of the funds have been received, according to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS). 4 NORTH-EAST NIGERIA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE | 1-31 May 2019 FEATURE PHOTOS More than 700 people in Maiduguri are employed through a cash-for-work program through the UNDP and EU Waste Management Project as part of early recovery and livelihoods initiatives (Credit: UNDP/Eno Jonathan). Christabelle, an ETS radio operator, working in the Security Operations Centre in Ngala LGA, Borno State. Female radio operators have been deployed across the humanitarian hubs in Borno State (Credit: WFP/Erika Iglesias). Falmatta Ibrahim received a small business grant as part of early recovery and livelihoods initiatives. She set up a small shop with the grant through which she is able to make a living and feed her children (Credit: UNDP/Eno Jonathan). Founding members of the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund – Private Sector Initiative came to Maiduguri on a first-ever joint visit to camps for internally displaced people on 14 May 2019 (Credit: OCHA/Leni Kinzli). 5 NORTH-EAST NIGERIA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE | 1-31 May 2019 FOOD SECURITY Behind the numbers: response and constraints and central parts of Borno, likely attributable to conflict, displacement and the influx of new arrivals. As of May 2019, around 1.3 million people have received food security assistance. Of those, 79 per cent received Looking ahead and bridging the gaps food assistance and the remainder agriculture and The Sector continues to advocate for the military’s urgent livelihood assistance. The Government of Nigeria, mainly support in allowing the movement of NPK fertilizer, through the National Emergency Management Agency including raising the issue in the meeting between (NEMA), also continued to conduct food distribution, humanitarians and the Theatre Commander on 27 May. including cereals and condiments, in selected camps and Sector partners are still facing serious bottlenecks in host communities across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) transporting and distributing fertilizers. In addition to states. direct seed distribution, partners will also organize seed Following a suspension of activities in Rann town, fairs in Yobe State to promote a community-based seed Kala/Balge LGA of Borno State in January 2019, partners production initiative and enable targeted households to began a one-month food distribution on 27 May, reaching choose their preferred seasonal inputs. 18,000 individuals by 30 May 2019, which represents 63 As part of the livestock restocking campaign, as of May percent of the planned figure. A risk framework was 2019, partners have distributed a bull each to 450 youth in developed to guide the engagement with the community Jere, Konduga, Mafa and Dikwa LGAs in Borno State. A total and modify the operation. of 2,000 bulls will be distributed to youth across Borno To accommodate the influx of an estimated 10,000 new State by the end of 2019. The youth will also receive cash arrivals in Damboa starting on 21 May, contingency stocks to meet their daily needs while they fatten the animals, to were initially distributed. Partners then shifted from wet discourage the premature sale of the bulls. It is envisaged feeding to providing 15-day dry food rations. Access that after six months of fattening, individuals can earn restrictions along the Maiduguri-Damboa road have between 150,000 and 200,000 Naira ($420 USD to $550 delayed commercial transport and the delivery of food USD) from the sale of each bull. Earnings can be re-invested assistance supplies. into another cycle of bull fattening or for strategic investments in petty trading, small shops, etc. As part of the rainy season agriculture campaign, partners have rolled out seed distribution in more than 27 LGAs Arising from the release of recently available important across the BAY states. The campaigns will target more than data, the National Cadre Harmonisé (CH) Cell and partners 140,000 households, with distributions starting at the end have resolved to conduct an update of the March 2019 of May. Among the targeted beneficiaries, at least 75,000 round of the CH analysis results in mid-June. The Food households will be assisted with synchronized food/seed Security and Nutrition Sectors have been mobilizing distributions. partners to get involved actively in this upcoming CH update by sharing available recent data to enrich the To provide a better understanding of the Emergency Food process. Security Assessment (EFSA), a joint analysis workshop was convened between the Government and Sector partners on 8 May 2019 to review the data and build a consensus to interpret the findings. The EFSA indicated that overall, 29 percent of households in the BAY states were food insecure, with three percent of these households severely food insecure. In IDP camps across nine LGAs in Borno State, 38 percent of households were food insecure.