Issue # 5 19 June 2010 Humanitarian Highlights • • I. The latest version of the Data Tracking Matrix (DTM) references 1,191 displacement sites in Haiti, down from 1241 The Inter-Cluster Mitigation Task Force partners have completed assessments in 84 sites hosting over 219,000 people. Findings reveal that about 101,000 individuals are living in sites that are at risk. Situation Overview Haitian Interim Reconstruction Commission: The Haitian Interim Reconstruction Commission, jointly chaired by President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive will meet for the first time on 17 June in Port au Prince. The Interim Commission for the Recovery of Haiti is established for a period of 18 months and is comprised of Haitian officials and members of the international community. The main aim of the Commission is to ensure coordinated, effective planning and implementation of priorities, plans and projects in support of Haiti’s recovery and development following the 12 January earthquake. More information about the Commission can be found on their website http://www.cirh.ht Presidential Commission on Settlement: Meetings at the Presidential palace on the relocation process and resettlement strategy are ongoing. At the 14 June meeting, the President called on the international community to prioritise the return process from Champs de Mars to Fort National. He is requesting the diversion of funds to this effect and the acceleration of projects. He wants the return process to be completed within one month and to be used as a model for the rest of the country. Host Family/IDP Guidelines: The Host Family Working Group is finalizing guidelines for the provision of support to IDPs. Early assessments demonstrate that with the right support many displaced people would like to continue living in their respective host communities and the host families are also often receptive to this idea, again with an adequate support mechanism in place. This subgroup aims to evaluate hosting situations; offer guidance and coordination to organizations supporting displaced people that seek to remain in host communities and rebuild their lives outside the earthquake zone. The Host Family/IDP working group is supported by Cordaid Haiti and the Shelter Cluster, but feeds into the Early Recovery subgroup. The group coordinator is Kate Crawford on katecarehaiti@gmail.com. Humanitarian facts and figures INFORMATION EQ affected population Destroyed or partially damaged houses Assessed Buildings Displaced people in settlement sites People migrating from West Department Spontaneous settlement sites Camp management Camp assessment and mitigation Transitional shelter construction Damaged / destroyed schools Flash Appeal Funding FIGURES Over 2 Million people affected SOURCE GoH 188,383 houses GoH 118,470 Assessed by Ministry of Public Works 53,643 or 47% Green; 31,564 or 28% Yellow ; 27,911 or 25% Red UNOPS estimate 50% of Green Houses now occupied 1.5 Million people Ministry of Public Works (UNOPS) 09 June 2010 GoH 661,000 people (majority living in host families) GoH 1,191sites DTM Analysis as of 14 June 2010 IOM May 31st Sites registered: 150 Number of individuals: 540,000 (approx) Site locations: 99 in Port au Prince and surrounding areas, 25 sites in Leogane, 15 in Grand Goave, 5 in Petit Goave, and 6 in Jacmel. 84 sites in PaP out of 130 have now been assessed for vulnerability to storms, hurricanes and flooding. 42 have committed agencies to carry out mitigation, and work is ongoing in 36. Assessment equates to vulnerability of 219,000 people of whom 101,000 are at critical risk. Assessment work outside PaP will begin shortly starting with Leogane. 2,071 T-shelters constructed enough for 10,355 people. Shelter Cluster agencies are planning to complete 125,000 transitional shelters by Summer 2011. An additional 12,071 transitional shelters are already in country. A total of 4,992 schools were affected by the earthquake. 61 % funded IOM June 15th IFRC June 14 Ministry of Education Financial Tracking Service (FTS) Humanitarian Bulletin 10th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325: On 15 June, local women’s NGOs met with the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General, as part of the activities commemorating the 10th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325, which recognizes the empowerment of women and gender equity as core elements in the promotion of peace and security. The group submitted a document raising the following points (among others), regarding the implementation of the resolution in Haiti, which included: • Information should be structurally provided on the actions taken or being taken by the UN and implementing partners to improve the security situation of affected women living in camps. • The UN to help ensure an equitable representation of women at decision-making levels in the design, budgeting, implementation and evaluation of regional development plans for the reconstruction of the country. • The UN to advocate for the creation of an Observer for women’s affairs. • The UN to put in place a mechanism to monitor, evaulate and measure the impact of delivered assistance to ensure Haitians are kept informed of the planned and actual delivered assistance. II. Humanitarian Updates: regional Gonaives The humanitarian operation in Gonaive has been prioritizing preparedness work for the hurricane season, specifically rehabilitation work on water ways in the city as part of flood mitigation. These are mostly being carried out through Food for Work projects funded by ILO, WFP and UNDP and will employ 15 073 people for 75 days. Urgent priorities include the rehabilitation of drains of the city. The evacuation plan for the 50,000 people most at risk in the commune of Gonaives has been updated and WFP is planning pre-positioning over 500 metric tonnes of food in the most vulnerable communes. The large earthquake IDP population in Gonaive also continues to be a source of concern. According to local authorities, there are 142,000 IDPs in Artibonite, almost all of whom are living in camps. Most have no relationship with the local population so are not able to find host families. As per instructions from the government food distributions by WFP to those in camps have halted and some are lacking safe water. There is a lack of WASH partners to meet this need. An interagency needs assessment to update IDP figures and needs is urgently needed. Local authorities also report that public health remains poor and the availability of 19 June 2010 /Issue # 5 health services is significantly lower than the demand. The local health department has prepared a strategic plan to address short and long term issues which is now being finalized and will help donors and partners provide an adequate response to the heath sector. Leogane Following the visit of President Bill Clinton, OSE, to Leogane to observe the humanitarian response and look at preparedness ahead of the hurricane season, the OCHA Contingency Coordinator visited the area to support effective preparedness. In addition to hurricane preparedness, key issues in Leogane include rehabilitation of the urban water network to reduce the water trucking operation, relocation of IDPs still in camps and bureaucratic difficulties with the implementation of Food for Work programmes. Initiatives to support the relocation of IDPs include CCCM/MINUSTAH assessments of 10 relocation sites in Leogane and Gressier. Site preparation works will begin soon. Those with properties are being encouraged to return to their houses – LWF is currently preparing support 330 families who are returning to their homes. In Education, ongoing strikes by teachers in a dispute over lack of salary payment are resulting in the threat of school closure. The Education Cluster is supporting the Ministry of Education to disseminate information on one off compensation payments for private schools in affected areas. This initiative is currently being finalized. Petit Goave The humanitarian operation in Petit Goave continues to focus on supporting relocation of IDPs in camps, including exploring strategies for those in spontaneous sites moving back to their houses. Evaluations are underway to identify those able to move back and to assess the current state of their houses. The plan of intervention will include demolition and debris collection. For those unable to return, especially those currently living in swamp areas and in schools, relocation to La Hatte camp is being planned. The construction of La Hatte, however, is being hampered by a dispute between local truck drivers and operations involving personnel and machines brought in from the Dominican Republic. There is also considerable concern around preparedness for the hurricane season. During a workshop led by a DPC team from Port au Prince, the local DPC team highlighted that they are illequipped, insufficiently trained and have limited response capacity. OCHA has alerted the local humanitarian team to this situation and a second 2 Humanitarian Bulletin 19 June 2010 /Issue # 5 workshop is planned for June 28th to amend the existing communal response plan. III. Humanitarian Updates: by cluster SHELTER/NON FOOD ITEMS (NFI) As of 7 June, Shelter Cluster agencies have distributed 67,565 tents and 622,060 tarpaulins. At one tent or two tarpaulins per household, this is enough material to provide shelter for 378,595 households. Nevertheless, more emergency shelter material is needed since many tents and tarps have already deteriorated. This is partly due to heavy rains and quality issues. Tents in particular provide insufficient protection against heavy rain and in most cases have to be outfitted with additional tarpaulins. The Shelter Cluster as a whole is increasingly focusing on transitional shelters. These are temporary but solid structures resistant to the elements which can house families until they are able to move into - or return to - permanent homes. In total, Shelter Cluster Agencies are planning to build 125,000 transitional shelters by summer 2011. As of 7 June, 2,071 have been built and the vast majority being in rural areas. An additional 12,071 transitional shelters are already in country. Gaps Rubble removal continues to be a serious challenge to the construction of temporary shelter, and to reconstruction as a whole. Shelter materials will continue to deteriorate over the next couple of months. In addition, the risk of storms or heavy rains during the hurricane season makes it vitally important to fund and preposition additional emergency shelter materials. The biggest challenge to transitional shelter construction is a lack of available land on which to build, either because land ownership is unclear or because land is blocked by debris. CAMP COORDINATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT (CCCM) As of 14 June, the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) references 1,191 sites (including sub-sites for the largest settlement) in Haiti. Of the total identified sites, 54 are large sites (sites hosting over 1,000 households). These large sites host about 29% of the displaced population. DTM figures The Government of Haiti, with support from the CCCM Cluster, has registered 137,656 households (approximately 591,921 individuals based on an estimated size of 4.3 individuals per household) in 191 sites in Port-au-Prince and surrounding regions. Information on registration updates can be found on the CCCM website: http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti The inter-cluster mitigation task force partners have completed assessments in 84 sites hosting over 219,000 people. Of this, about 101,000 individuals have been identified as living in sites that are at risk. Meanwhile, out of the 84 assessed sites, 42 remain in need of agencies to implement mitigation activities in response to the identified gaps. Discussions are currently ongoing to address the situation. The most common identified risk is severe flooding that could cause further displacement; including the danger of landslides as a result of rains. Camp Management teams have been established for Delmas, Port-au-Prince, Petionville, Cite Soleil, Carrefour, Tabarre and Croix-des-Bouquets in the West Department. In addition to this, 3 mobile teams continue to provide support to various sites that are in need of Camp Management support. Reports from the Camp Management teams can be accessed through the following website: http://cmohaiti.wordpress.com Gaps More partners are required to provide mitigationspecific support to sites at risk. EDUCATION The Education Cluster continues to assess displaced children's access to education in areas not directly affected by the 12 January earthquake. An International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) target assessment of host families in Les Cayes has revealed that 44% of IDP children living in the host 3 Humanitarian Bulletin community do not attend school. The Cluster is also assessing classroom environments of host community schools, following indications of increases by as much as 10% in the numbers of students. Schools across the affected area continue to suffer from a lack of funds particularly to pay teacher’s salaries. In Jacmel, approximately 32 out of 35 private schools in the Coq Chante Commune of Jacmel have been closed since 7 June due to the lack of funds to pay teachers’ salaries. Parents have been unable to pay school fees since the earthquake struck. Meetings are being held to find sustainable solutions and to enable the re-opening of the closed schools. In Leogane, recent strikes by teachers have resulted in school closures. Here the Education Cluster is supporting the Ministry of Education in explaining a one-off compensatory payment to schools which will be disbursed in coming weeks. In the South East Department, weeks of negotiations between the Education Cluster, CCCM and local authorities have resulted in the relocation of the remaining IDP families occupying schools at Camp Wolf in Jacmel. Classes finally resumed this week after UNICEF provided 10 school tents, learning and teaching materials. 19 June 2010 /Issue # 5 Date of the reopening of schools in the South East 400 347 350 300 250 213 200 150 102 100 50 4 0 Jan 3 Feb Mar Apr May The Education Cluster partners are receiving increasing numbers of reports that schools which reopened after the earthquake will close in June unless the planned school compensation payments are urgently disbursed. This will fund running costs including notably the payment of teachers’ salaries. School inspectors are concerned about travel costs and lodging for upcoming national examinations which may prevent students from participating fully. Planning for school reconstruction efforts (of both semi-permanent and permanent buildings which are cyclone and earthquake-resistant) is underway across all affected areas. Cluster partners are supporting the Ministry of Education to finalise norms and standards, and to establish validation procedures to ensure that all new schools comply. Cluster partners are continuing to support temporary learning spaces established on sites of destroyed schools with the distribution of learning materials and furniture. Gaps The key constraint to reopening schools remains debris and rubble clearance from school sites. This is a challenge given that 80% of the affected 4,992 schools were damaged or destroyed. Identification of sites for debris clearance is ongoing. Although the capacity of partners remains limited, communities are contributing in accelerating debris clearance, with 107 of the initially identified 133 priority schools cleared. Wooden school structures replace destroyed schools in the South West Department. NUTRITION There are 2,371 children receiving Ready to use Infant Formula in earthquake affected areas according to strict criteria set by the Minsitry of Health and the Nutrition Cluster. The Points de Conseil de Nutrition Pour les Bebes (PCNBs) PCNB protocol document is in the final stages of validation after-which an advanced PCNB training will be conducted. Psychosocial support through PCNBs is also being developed. Furthermore, the Cluster continues to monitor PCNBs. Twenty eight stabilization centers for inpatient and outpatient management of severe acute malnutrition with medical complications continue to function throughout the country. The Nutrition Cluster is still discussing the finalization of a strategy with national 4 Humanitarian Bulletin 19 June 2010 /Issue # 5 counterparts to ensure optimal infant and young child feeding in creches.   Availability of adequate health services should be ensured, to meet potentially increased demands brought upon by the hurricane season. Gaps Some unconventional, clinic-based NGOs are not registering with the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) and are not adhering to national protocols for the management of malnutrition. The International Medical Corps (IMC) is no longer present at the General Hospital of Haiti (HUEH). Staffing, and medical support should be identified in order to avoid a decline of health care services and a decrease in quality of care. FOOD With the completion of the emergency relocation of displaced people from sites where they were at immediate danger of flooding or mudslide, health services should be available and provided at the new locations. The Food Cluster met with authorities of the National School Feeding Programme and agreed to support the drafting of a national school feeding decree to be signed by the President. The decree will establish the institutional framework for the programme within the Ministry of Education. In a separate meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture, WFP and the World Bank agreed to support the Ministry on the issue of local purchase for school feeding. A new unit will be set up within the Ministry that will collaborate with WFP in starting pilot activities to be implemented by Food Cluster partners within the next months. WFP is currently processing the first Cash payments for the Cash-For-Work participants. Workers will be paid next week. Pre-positioning of stock is ongoing throughout the country and WFP is currently evaluating storage space and infrastructure. Health During the health cluster meeting, NGOs and partners were informed of the mandatory registration of their organization with the MSPP. They were also reminded that registrations must be renewed every 6 months. Agencies can register on-line or in person. The Health Cluster in coordination with the MSPP, the Vector-Borne Disease Group will distribute approximately 800,000 mosquito nets, with priority given to areas known to be at high-risk for malaria. The Health Cluster meetings are now held at AOPS, rue 41 Borno, Petionville. The meetings are chaired by the MSPP and co-chaired by the Health Cluster Coordinator. No exceptional rise in communicable diseases has been identified. Gaps WATER AND SANITATION (WASH) The WASH Cluster is working with the CCCM Cluster to coordinate referral mechanisms for requesting emergency response. Fifteen referrals were made in the past two weeks, each of which was attended to through Municipal and NGO mechanisms within 24 hrs. Only one ‘referral’ required central intervention by the Cluster Coordinator. Minimum water supply needs are being met for 1.2 million people, with the Cluster having reached its Phase One target of distributing 5 litres of safe drinking water per person per day. The Cluster is focused on a “quick fix” emergency rehabilitation of water networks and the drilling of boreholes, especially in areas outside Port-au-Prince. The WASH Cluster is also actively coordinating with the Mitigation Task Force which has identified vulnerable sites needing immediate mitigation. The WASH Cluster has reached its Phase One target of providing enough latrines with access to about 200 people per latrine. With 16,500 more latrines either under construction or in the pipeline, this figure is projected to reduce to 100 per latrine by October. It should be noted that, construction rates are grossly under-reported and that use is overestimated. This implies that user ratio’s may have already reached acceptable bounds of 50 to 100 users per toilet. Meanwhile, regarding bathing facilities or functional handwashing stations, Cluster partners are being urged to maintain, repair and upgrade emergency facilities already installed to a hurricane-resistant design (CGI roofs, plyboard, tiedowns). Gaps Contingency stocks of personal hygiene items, including soap, are inadequate in the event of an 5 Humanitarian Bulletin 19 June 2010 /Issue # 5 outbreak of diarrheal disease, given the large number of displaced persons and host communities. While the number of community mobilisers has reached target, harmonization of communications materials (including posters among other items) and Government approval remains pending. Early Recovery The Early Recovery Cluster is engaged in laborintensive emergency public works in support of humanitarian operations through Cash for work (CFW) and Food for Work (FFW) activities. These activities have provided temporary jobs and a source of income to around 200,000 people (of which more than 30% are women), and have contributed to the demolishing of ruined buildings, debris clearing, garbage and refuse removal and cleaning and rehabilitation of drainage systems. COMMUNICATION CDAC has been actively involved in a coordinated campaign lead by the Haitian Government and MINUSTAH/CVR (Community Violence Reduction), and supported by FilmAid and several UN agencies, to bring the World Cup and educational messages to 23 screens placed in camps around Port-au-Prince and the provinces. CDAC is working with the humanitarians putting together educational key messages and information to be broadcast during the World Cup. Television National d’Haiti (TNH) has agreed to screen 6 spots of 30 seconds per match and announce the activities in the stadium: live concerts and performances that will take place during and after the matches. CDAC has expanded the series of off-the-record briefings by humanitarians for local journalists “Meet the press” events – across Haiti, hosting events in Jacmel, Léogane and Petit-Goâve. CDAC has also finalized a Haitian Media Directory, a Media/Communications services directory and the final report of CDAC retreat (May 21), which are now available on the new CDAC website also launched this week (www.cdac-haiti.org) CDAC has also launched a Media Assistance program for USD90k aim at supporting the recovery of media in Port-au-Prince, the provinces and to support media associations and Haitian journalists. IV. Coordination Contingency planning Early warning and contingency planning is led by the Department of Civil Protection within the Government of Haiti. Specific humanitarian planning includes: establishment of four logistics hubs around the country, prepositioning of 2 million emergency rations by WFP, stockpiling and pre-positioning of emergency shelter and other non-food items by the Shelter Cluster. The UN has also set aside up to 13 million USD as emergency funding in the event of a humanitarian crisis. V. Funding Financial Tracking Service (FTS) According to the FTS, the revised Humanitarian Appeal of US$ 1.5 billion is 61% funded at US$ 907 million, with another US$ 20 million in uncommitted pledges. There is a need to appeal for further funds. Emergency Relief Response Fund (ERRF) The ERRF received contributions of US 79,5 million since 12 January. 46 projects have been approved for USD 65,5 million; while 15 new projects have been submitted and are still being reviewed. Contact Information Acting Head of OCHA Haiti, Sarah Muscroft Email: muscroft@un.org, Tel: (509) 3491 7268 Public Information Officer, Imogen Wall Email: wall@un.org, Tel: (509) 3491 2244 Reporting Officer, Laura Fultang Email: fultangl@un.org, Tel: (509) 3490 0057 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, (OCHA Haiti), Boulevard Toussaint Louverture et Clercine 18, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. http://haiti.oneresponse.info 6