N RSP National Rural Support Program Damage Assessment, Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Efforts August 16, 2011 National Rural Support Programme Regional Office: Near United Hotel, Hyderabad Road, Badin Tel:0297-862253, Fax: 0297-861353 Introduction: Recent monsoon rains has caused havoc and created a flood like situation in lower parts of Sindh. District Badin, Mirpurkhas and Tando Mohammad Khan are among the severely hit areas resulting in thousands of people stranded in flooded villages. Various breaches in canals and drains connected with giant Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) have left number of villages inundated. A large number of people, including women & children, have been displaced who have taken shelter on road side, canal embankments and other nearby government buildings. Huge losses to the crops, livestock, infrastructure, houses have been done. Communication systems have severely been disturbed hence restricting movement resulting in further fatalities. Disruption to communication networks has led to inaccurate reporting of the full scale of the disaster and the long-term implications for food security resulting from the losses in crops – yet to be determined. Proactive Role of NRSP – Rapid Assessment of the Disaster NRSP is present in almost all flood affected area of the Districts of Badin, Mirpurkhas and Tando Mohammad Khan. As such, NRSP has been able to conduct a rapid assessment of flood damages. To complete this assessment, the organisation has capitalised its network of Local Support Organization, Community Organisations update and activists to facilitate information collection providing a full and up to date overview of the scale of the disaster, and the location of those affected. In the 70 UCs surveyed, 174,061 households were found to be severely affected by the floods. The total estimated population of Badin, Mirpurkhas and Tando Mohammad Khan is 1.0 million, 1 million and 0.27 million respectively. Following is demographic information of the two districts. S.No District Tehsils Union Estimated Estimated councils Households Population 1 Badin 5 46 263,464 1,424,304 2 Mirpurkhas 6 41 2 01,031 1,186,083 Tando Mohammad 3 3 16 89,981 547,829 Khan Total 14 103 554,476 3,858,216 Scope & Extent of Damage According to the survey made by NRSP through its net work of grass roots level instituations immediately after the floods, it has been found that in District Badin; 8 UCs of Taluka Badin, 8 UCs of Taluka Shaheed FazilRahu,10 UCs Taluka Matli,3 Usc Taluka Talhar and 6 UCs of Taluka Tando Bago have been worst affected. While, 6 UCs of Taluka Digri, 5 UCs of Taluka Jhudo, 6 UCs of Kot Ghulam Muhammad, 4 UCs of Taluka Mirpurkhas, 3 UCs of Taluka Hussain Bux Mari and 3 UCs of Taluka Sindhri, and District Tando Mohammad Khan; 3 UCs of Taluka Tando Mohammad Khan, 2 UCs of Taluka Shah Karim, 3 UCs of Taluka Tando Ghulam Hyder have been worst affected. It is evident from the tables below that 48% of the population of worst affected union councils of District Badin, 36% population of worst Monitoring Evaluation & Research Section 2 affected union councils District Mirpurkhas and 31% of District Tando Mohammad Khan has been affected (see Annex-1 for detailed summary). District Badin Taluka Total Population Affected Population Affected Population (%) Badin 231,539 120,043 51% ShaheedFazilRahu 264,642 169,582 64% Talhar 109,204 36,171 33% Matli 294,328 99,757 33% TandoBago 198,183 111,057 56% Grand Total 1,097,896 536,610 48% District Mirpurkhas Taluka Total Population Affected Population Affected Population (%) Digri 188,322 59,187 31% HussainBux Mari 104,111 18507 18% Jhudo 162,191 71,362 44% Kot Ghulam 178,888 70,800 40% Muhammad Mirpurkhas 129,192 51,948 40% Sindhri 98,359 18,234 19% Grand Total 808,978 290,038 36% District Tando Mohammad Khan Taluka Total Population Affected Population Affected Population (%) Tando Mohammad 194,094 76498 39% Khan Shah Karim 204,433 45702 22% Tando Ghulam Hyder 149,302 49481 33% Grant Total 547,829 171,681 31% Detailed Summary at UC level is enclosed as annex-II Rain Floods have caused damage to the houses, Livestock, Crops and Businesses in the above said affected areas. Need Assessment Based on the rapid assessment following immediate needs were identified by the affected communities as immediate relief Immediate Relief: Figures are Number of HHs District Food Shelter WASH Health Others (NFI) Supplies Intervention Badin 29,886 17,932 113,567 23,909 35,863 Mirpurkhas 12,246 7,348 46,536 9,797 14,695 Tando Mohammad 7,091 4255 26,946 5,673 8,509 Khan Grand Total 49,223 29,535 187,049 39,379 59,067 Monitoring Evaluation & Research Section 3 NRSP activities - emergency relief The NRSP has existing office infrastructure in most of the affected districts alongside its network of grassroots level community organisations and activists. This has enabled the NRSP to respond in both central and more remote areas. Core initiatives are: Human resources and vehicles: all staff and vehicles have been reassigned to emergency relief and rapid assessment activities. Funding: the NRSP allocated Rs.1 Million in the first 24 hours of the floods enabling regional and District Offices to begin distributing emergency provisions. Local Support Network: the NRSP engaged community activists, community organisations and its Union Council level federations (Local Support Organizations) to strengthen emergency relief operations. Rapid Response Unit: this has been established at Regional Office to coordinate the relief work of its district offices and field units. The provision of shelter: through tents/ tarpaulin, the NRSP arranged and distributed 571 tents in affected districts. Cooperation: the NRSP’s Districts and Regional Office is closely coordinating with the district governments Facilitation: the NRSP is facilitating other national and international humanitarian aid agencies to access affected communities through its network of community organisations and LSOs. As of 16th August, through its emergency rescue and relief operations, the NRSP has assisted 27.047 households in the flood affected districts of Badin, Mirpurkhas and Tando Mohammad Khan Sindh. A summary of these activities is given in table 3. Monitoring Evaluation & Research Section 4 Table 3: NRSP relief operations to date: Tando Nature of Activity Badin Mirpur Khas Total Muhammad Khan A. Shelter and other infrastructure support Provision of Tents/Terpaulins 335 346 0 681 Floor Mat 0 300 0 300 Sub Total 335 646 0 981 B. Health OPD services provided in medical camps 596 215 0 811 Medicines Provided 596 215 0 811 Sub Total 1,192 430 0 1,622 C. Livestock Care Livestock Vaccination 481 692 792 1,965 Sub Total 481 692 792 1,965 D. WASH Aqua tab 1,668 19,197 0 20,865 Provision of Safe Drinking Water 0 555 0 555 Jerry Can 342 93 0 435 Bucket 0 50 0 50 Sanitary Pad 62 55 0 117 Hygiene Session 85 332 0 417 Construction of Pit latrine 0 40 0 40 Sub Total 19,976 2,503 0 22,479 Total 21,984 4,271 792 27,047 Monitoring Evaluation & Research Section 5 The NRSP’s countrywide network of LSOs has been highly proactive in emergency efforts. Of the total households cited in table 3; 27,047 have received supported from these organisations. The NRSP’s future strategy for emergency relief and rehabilitation The NRSP strategy is focused on three core areas: rescue & recovery, the provision of relief, and rehabilitation. To facilitate these operations, the organisation plans to set up a stockpile at its warehouses in Islamabad, Bahawalpur, AJK and Turbat. This stockpile will include Emergency Response Tool Kits and search and rescue equipment. Emergency Response Unit The NRSP has established an Emergency Response Unit to facilitate NRSP Emergency Relief operations countrywide. Contact details for all members of the ERU have been provided below for information sharing and networking purposes. Contact information for the Regional Emergency Units is also given. NRSP Head Office 465, Agha Khan Road, F-6/4, Islamabad T: +92 51 2822319 Fax: +92 51 2822779 Email: info@nrsp,org.pk Website: www.nrsp.org.pk NRSP Regional Office Sindh NRSP Regional Office,Near United Hotel Hyderabad Road, Badin, Tel: 0297 862253, Fax: 0297 861353 Mustafa Jamro, Regional General Manager, Tel: 0301 3623621; email: [email protected] NRSP Badin : NRSP District Office, NRSP Mirpurkhas : NRSP District NRSP Hyderabad /Tando near United Hotel, Hyderabad Road, Officfe Mirpur Khas Banglo # 6 Block Muhammad Khan Badin, Tel: 0297 862253, Fax: 0297 # 5 Street 3 Satellite Town Mirpur NRSP Office,Near Anwer Colony 861353 Khas ; Tel : 0233-861461 Edhi Center Abdul Gaffar Khokar Ms. Fozial Kalal: Cell No. 0307- 022-9240198 0332-2091391 3100482; Email: Mr. Shams Sehto [email protected] [email protected] Cell No. 0300- 3059212 [email protected] Monitoring Evaluation & Research Section 6 Snap Shots of the Flooded Areas Monitoring Evaluation & Research Section 7 Annex-I Rapid Assessment of the Damages caused by the Rains and Flood –August 2011 S. UC Name Taluka District Nature of Damage Total Affected No L/Stock Houses Crops HHs Population HHs Population Abdullah 1 Badin Badin √ √ √ 5036 27764 4029 16619 Shah Bhugra 2 Badin Badin √ √ √ 6315 34035 5684 20421 Memon 3 Kadhan Badin Badin √ √ √ 5631 27674 5068 24907 4 Kadi Kazia Badin Badin √ √ √ 5331 28571 3199 2857 Luari 5 Badin Badin √ √ √ 4380 24240 3504 14544 Sharif 6 Mithi Badin Badin √ √ √ 5009 27203 4508 16322 Nindo 7 Badin Badin √ √ √ 5301 28792 4241 14396 Shehar 8 Seerani Badin Badin √ √ √ 6174 33260 3704 9978 Ahmed Shaheed 9 Badin √ √ √