Joint assessment team Typhoon Ketsana

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Joint assessment teamTyphoon Ketsana

• Kon Tum Province
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• Assessment teams arrived province town on 1st
  October,
• Many affected districts are isolated.
• Reached Tu Mo Rong district on 5th October due to
  landslides
• 5 hours walk to Ngok Yeu Dak Ro Ong and
  carrying assessment in 2 communes
• Today 6 Oct continue assessment
• 7-8 Oct go to Dakglei
• Final report expect by end this week 11 Oct. at
  vietvx_at_ohk.org.vn

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BACKGROUND DAMAGES

• DAMAGES
• Total death 48 ( highest)
• 6/9 districts severely damaged
• Worst affected districts Tu Mo Rong and Dak
  Glei. 17 communes of two districts isolated
• Agriculture 80 fully damaged
• Water sources and systems broken/ eroded,
  submerged water wells.
• Houses collapsed or need reallocated
• Markets in the commune are not functioning
• Transportation roads heavy mudded or blocked,
  only on foot
• Schools are/will not accessible/safe by children
• Sharp Increase POVERTY ? Draw back 4-5 years of
  development
• Eco. Loss at least 2,026 billion VND - approx
  US113 million

• BACKGROUND
• Poverty headcount (WB 2006) 58.7 - poorest
  amongst the affected provinces. Visited commune
  70 poor
• Ethnic groups home of majority of Xe Dang people
• Dependency on forestry (655,906ha 67
  coverage) and agriculture paddy rice (10,500ha),
  cassavas hill rice (51,000ha)
• Matriarchy culture, women are already working
  harder both in the fields and in houses but less
  voice in community

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Hygiene Mud and debris still everywhere in the
village
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The Road was destroyed due to landslide
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Government supports

• Huge responsive support by Militaries, Local
  Government, Youth Union
• Provided rice and noodles for two weeks.
• So far 90 tons of rice arrived at Kontum,
• 36 tons (15kg/per/hh are being delivered to
  affected households) ? ONLY ENOUGH AS MUCH AS FOR
  01 COMMUNE
• Provided chloramines B tablet, PuR sachets??
• Electricity recovered 8/9 districts Armed forces
  are cleaning roads
• Fatherland Front Kontum calling donation/support
• Will support most affected households as per Gov.
  policies (VND 5m/collapsed houses, VND 5m/hh
  whose people died, 15kg rice/per/hh, etc.)

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NEEDS Case in TuMoRong District

• 03 communes in the district not yet accessible -
  01 of these is worst affected
• Long-term food insecurity
• Lack of at least 4-5 months food relief (next
  crop Nov-Dec)
• Food insecurity for 6-12 months has one rice
  crop and one cassava crop per year and it has
  been largely destroyed, hence food insecurity
  will be an issue for the next 6-12 months
• Quick crop recovery Nov-Dec can start ? 1-3
  month to grow
• Many lands use traditional gravity irrigation was
  damaged ? possible 12 months no cultivation if no
  reconstruction
• Shelters/Housing
• 665 households need to be reallocated (at least
  15-20 of district)
• 1200 households need household kits (at least 30
  of district)
• ??? implication for other 6/9 severely affected
  districts in Kontum!!!!
• Increased public health risk
• Debris clearance is difficult also due to
  landslide
• Shortage of drinking water bamboo water supply
  systems washed away
• Women and children having to walk long distances
  collect water.
• Lack of safe water for at least 50 households
• 80 lack of household items for storage, hygiene,
  etc. in district
• No latrines and no custom of handwashing ? high
  diarrhea risk
• Many H1N1 cases reported before typhoon
• Market not functioning

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Houses need to reallocated due to new threat of
landslide
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Many residents of Tam Rin village of Tu Mo Rong
district, Kon Tum found flat open ground safer
than their house. At least six families including
babies and children have been sleeping on this
plot.
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Recommendations SHORT-TERM

• Provide food at least for 3-4 months
• Job creation for the poor and nearly poor
  families at least for 4 months until the next
  main crops are harvested
• Repair water sources and public health
  information
• Support non-food items (clothes, books/edu.kits
  for students, kitchen materials, hygiene kits for
  women)
• Repairing shelters

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Recommendations LONG-TERM

• Provide seeds, fertilizer and tools to
  rehabilitate agriculture
• Building and repairing house
• Building community roads

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Assessment Team in Kontum

• PACCOM (01),
• Oxfam International (15),
• Plan International (01),
• UNICEF (01),
• World Concern (01)
• Nhan Dan Newspaper (02)
• Contact
• Kontum Mr. Bui Duc Loi, Deputy Chairman of
  Kontum People Committee Mob [phone]
• Kontum Fatherland Front .
• Oxfam Steve Price-Thomas, Country Director
  email spricethomas_at_oxfam.org.uk - Mob [phone]
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• Plan Mark Pierce, CD, email mark.pierce_at_plan-int
  ernational.org, 0912 216 920

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