Rapid Need Assessment Report A rapid need assessment of temporarily dislocated persons (TDPs) of North Waziristan Agency living in District and Tehsil Bannu,Union Council Havid. May 2016 Prepared by: MOJAZ Foundation MOJAZ FOUNDATION 8-A, Street 32, F-8/1, Islamabad Rapid Need Assessment Report – UC Havid of District Bannu Page | 2 Rapid Need Assessment Report – UC Havid of District Bannu Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 KEY LIMITATIONS OF ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................ 5 BACKGROUND (CONFLICT PROFILE) ....................................................................................................................... 5 HOST COMMUNITIES IN DISTRICT BANNU ............................................................................................................. 6 OBJECTIVE, SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................ 7 ABOUT THE STUDY ................................................................................................................................................. 7 METHODOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS ............................................................................................................ 8 SAMPLES ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 TIMELINE ............................................................................................................................................................. 10 TARGET AREA SELECTION .................................................................................................................................... 10 TARGET AREA (UC HAVID) PROFILE ...................................................................................................................... 10 TDPS FAMILY COMPOSITION ............................................................................................................................... 11 ON-GOING ASSISTANCE (GOVERNMENT, UN AND I/NGO’S) ................................................................................ 11 SECTOR WISE SYNOPSIS ....................................................................................................................................... 12 SHELTER AND SETTLEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................... 12 WASH ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13 HEALTH ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14 FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS .................................................................................................................................. 15 FINDINGS OF KII ................................................................................................................................................... 16 RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 17 2. Page | 3 Rapid Need Assessment Report – UC Havid of District Bannu List of Abbreviations & Acronyms MF MOJAZ Foundation HHs Households UCs Union Councils TDPs Temporarily Dislocated Persons FGDs Focal Group Discussions KII Key Informant Information NFI Non Food Items NWA North Waziristan Agency PDMA Provincial disaster Management Authority NDMA National disaster Management Authority WFP World Food Program FR Frontier Region FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas ADF Alfalah Development Foundation CDP Pak Community Development Programme CSO Community Support Organization OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs BHU Basic Health Unit NADRA National Database Registration Authority Page | 4 Rapid Need Assessment Report – UC Havid of District Bannu Introduction This report provides a snapshot of the most pressing needs of TDPs settled in 7 villages of Union Council Havid, conducted in the beginning of April 2016 and was revalidated in May 2016 after Rapid Fund’ s recent call for proposals. The initial need assessment was carried out by filling up household survey forms, FDG, KIIs and transect walk. The findings were analyzed and the report was prepared. After RF announced call for proposals in April, MF again conducted meetings with AC office Bannu, PDMA, Shelter Cluster Bannu and carried out focus group discussions in three villages. The community confirmed that the repatriation in the proposed UC has not yet started and they are still in need of shelter as top priority. The villages identified are having large number of affected families. Key Limitations of Assessment Due to the emergency context and short time available for the assessment, data was collected through meetings and focus group discussions. A number of TDPs declined to participate in the data collection and/or expressed frustration that many assessments were being carried out but not followed up by humanitarian assistance. TDPs were closely intermingled with host communities, which occasionally made it difficult to single out TDPs when collecting data. Background (Conflict profile) The Pakistani military offensive in North Waziristan Agency that started on 15th of June 2014 has so far resulted in more than 0.5 million TDPs. As of 19th of November 2014, FDMA and UNHCR jointly reported that More than 0.5 million people had 161,081 registered families have fled to other parts of the been displaced, 74 % of them were country. Most of the TDPs have found shelter in Bannu, Dera children and women. Ismail Khan, Peshawar, Lakki Marwat and other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The armed conflict across FATA has widely affected the living conditions of its inhabitants. The terrorist attacks and aircraft bombings in North Waziristan have destroyed the houses in the area leaving the residents with no other choice than to migrate. As a result, in February 2014, a large number of people displaced in the nearby districts of Bannu, DI Khan, Tank, Lakki Marwat and Kohat. On 15 June 2014, the Pakistan government announced a full-fledged operation. On 18 June, 2014 people were allowed to leave North Waziristan (NWA) and as of 26 June, more than 0.5 million people had been displaced, 74 % of them Page | 5 Rapid Need Assessment Report – UC Havid of District Bannu were children and women. (Reference: NWA Rapid protection assessment by protection cluster, June 2014).In total 74% TDPs are registered families. Official Return started from April 2015 on slow pace. The Return included 131,245 registered return gradually picked more pace as Govt. is declaring areas families and 20% returning families safe for their return with complete clean sweep from the are women headed households and insurgents. Currently returns are ongoing to all five agencies at-least 28% of return families have of FATA. Six embarkation points have been established to at-least one pregnant women in their facilitate return process. Assistance hubs are active within household FATA for the distribution of Humanitarian assistance. Over -UN OCHA 131,245 TDPs have returned. However, 29,836 families are still dislocated/displaced. Govt. is providing return package which includes PKR. 400,000 for fully demolished houses, PKR. 160,000 for partially damaged houses, PKR. 10,000 for transportation cost and 25,000 return grant. As per the OCHA weekly return reports, still there is huge gap in anticipated return against actual return. In other report of OCHA regarding priority needs in displacement and returns; Food and shelter are among top rated needs. While WFP/VAM also assessed needs of the returning families and they have ranked WASH, livelihood, infrastructure and education are among top rated needs after their return to their homelands. (Reference: GOP and UNHCRTDP fact sheet (30-Apr-16) Host Communities in District Bannu The district Bannu is approximately 192 kilometers to the south of Peshawar and lies in a Sedimentary basin. Geographically, the modern day Bannu is located in the heart of the southern region with its boundaries touching the districts of Karak, Lakki Marwat and the North, South Waziristan Agencies. Total population of the district is estimated 677350 (1998 Census) with annual growth rate of 2.81 %. According to district government sources, the current estimated host population of District Bannu is 971,932 persons comprised of 502,197 males and 469,735 females. The area of Bannu is 1,227 km2 and the population density used to be 792 per km2 but the influx of TDPs has almost doubled the total population of District Bannu. The District of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has experienced a large influx of TDPs from the North Wazirstan Agency since the conflict escalated there in 2014. According to UNOCHA the District of Bannu hosts over 500,000 TDPs living with host communities, with 249,042 males, 281,829 female, 445,134 children