OCHA Situation Report No. 3
Labutta Hub Update
Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis
27 November 2008


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(Reporting period 13 - 27 November 2008)

OVERVIEW & KEY DEVELOPMENTS

- On 21 November, Labutta District Peace and Development Council convened 
a meeting of national staff from all organizations that are engaging in 
WASH activity. All agencies presented to authorities their current and 
future plan of action to address water shortage in summer. OCHA informed 
the District and Township authorities and officials from government line 
departments, Department of Health, Department of Irrigation, Township 
Development Committee (the Municipal) and Special Divisional Development 
Department, that WASH related comprehensive assessment, conducted in 
collaboration with DOH and DOE for the whole Township, was completed last 
week. An activity matrix and mapping of the findings have been developed 
and will be presented at the Special WASH Cluster Coordination Meeting on 
24 November.

- The special WASH meeting on 24 November was attended by the Chairman of 
DPDC, representatives of TPDC, TMO, Township Health Department, Department 
of Irrigation, Director of Special Divisional Development Department as 
well as the UN and L/INGOs. A total 41 persons were in attendance. OCHA 
presented the findings of area wide WASH assessment and 3W map, salinity 
map and village level WASH 3Ws matrix. All agencies presented their 
updates and summer season WASH strategy. The authorities and government 
line departments provided information on alternative water sources and 
actions taken by the government.

- Merlin inaugurated its Street Theatre on Psycho-social Support 
performance, titled "Let the Nightmare Go" in the evening of 22 November. 
District and Township level authorities and Heads of UN and NGO attended 
the show.

- OCHA, UNHCR and UNICEF are jointly following up on general situation of 
the two resettlement sites. On 23 November, these agencies sat together 
with the IDPs and village authority and enquired general situation of the 
sites.

- A team from Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), along with its Country 
Director, arrived at Labutta on 24 November. The organization plans to 
build 5,000-6,000 houses and 100 schools throughout Labutta Township.

- On 26 November, OCHA organized the Special Shelter Cluster Meeting in 
OCHA office. Director of Special Divisional Development Department, Deputy 
Director from the Department, GS of TPDC, Country Director of NRC, 
Director of Swe Tha Har, Shelter Coordinators of UN and L/INGOs which 
total 18 personals attended the meeting. TPDC present its updates on 
shelter construction and necessary procedure of implementation works. NRC 
provided the updates of Yangon Level Shelter Cluster. All partners 
presented their completed, ongoing and planned Shelter activities and area 
coverage. TPDC also presented the exact number of houses completed, 
ongoing and to be built in each village.

SECTORAL UPDATE

AGRICULTURE & LIVELIHOODS

- World Concern provided vegetable seeds and plans to provide small 
poultry in Yay Twin Seik.

- ACTED is working on Livestock and Fishery in coastal areas and according 
to the native villagers, land in these areas are saline and not good for 
cultivation. They already distributed 1,200 nets and have a plan to 
distribute 500 cows from FAO in eight village tracts.

- Merlin informed that they have the rice market chain project. They are 
trying to run kitchen garden program and provide fishery inputs (not a big 
amount) targeted to vulnerable people. Moreover, plan to cultivate winter 
crops and planting of mangrove as well as Agro forestry. They provided 69 
small boats (one boat per household) with their criteria in Da Ni Seik 
village tract

EDUCATION

- TEO informed the plan for opening five ECDs in Labutta Township through 
the assistance of Pyin Nya Ta Saung and UNICEF. Recently, Ward (4), Ward 
(9), Kyauk Hmaw, Myit Pauk and Laputa Loke (5) villages are selected for 
ECD schools. The plan for ECD opening is starting with the assessment 
carried out in December,

- STC approved their provision of salaries to volunteer teachers for the 
month of December.

- After the agreement with Ministry of Social Welfare, Save the Children 
is currently constructing semi-permanent temporary schools in six 
villages.

FOOD

- 700MT of rice and 62 tons of oil will arrive in Labutta this week.

- WFP handed over their direct distribution areas to ADRA.

- WFP will conduct Cooking Demonstration Training on 19, n 22, and and 23 
November.

- Food for Work Orientation Training will be held within next month. The 
second round of FFW training will be held on 2-3 December.

- KMSS informed that they distributed food in Bone Gyi Kone but left 
Hlaing Bone, the whole village tract. KMSS faced the difficulty in 
retargeting three villages under Yay Twin Kone village tract.

- UNDP is phasing out from food distribution and their coverage areas will 
be handed over to Pact or/and KMSS.

HEALTH

- Communicable and Non-communicable Surveillance and Control Training for 
DOH and WHO's health partners will be held for 30 participants at WFP 
Meeting Room on 27 November.

NUTRITION

- EPI + Program coverage is 85% in the whole Labutta Township. In that 
program, UNICEF provided transportation, and monitoring. UNICEF 
distributed 1,830 BP5, 2,000 bottles of B1 and four sets of Nutrition kits 
last month.

- Upon screening, there are 12,902 malnourished people in the whole 
Labutta Township. 2,414 out of 12,902 is at risk and 574 are suffering 
from the moderate malnutrition. According to the monthly monitoring, the 
trend of malnutrition rate is increasing and potential to have more 
malnutrition case and B1 deficiency in the dry reason.

CHILD PROTECTION

- EMDH referred 36 tracing cases to Save the Children.

- MRCS made the first visits to 16 out of 23 priority tracing cases and 
the rest will be traced soon.

- Agencies are facing difficulties in doing family tracing since the 
children and families at the villages are moving one place to another.

SHELTER

- Swe Tha Har plans to construct 600 durable houses in Thin Gun Gyi and Sa 
Lu Seik village tracts.

- ACTED finished roofing repair of 425 houses last week. It plans to 
construct five durable shelters in Oo Yin Kone village from 24 November.

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