Transcript Joint assessment team Typhoon Ketsana

Joint assessment team
Typhoon Ketsana
Kon Tum Province
See more at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLK0hpxxRZY
• Assessment teams arrived province
town on 1st October, but reached
commune on 5th October due to
landslides
• Affected districts are isolated. Team
reached the commune after 5 hours
mountain walk yesterday + safely
arrived Ngoc Yeu & Dak Ro Ong and
stay in villages
DakGlei
District
TuMoRong
District
KON TUM PROVINCE
VIET NAM
BACKGROUND & DAMAGES
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
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
Hygiene: Mud and debris still everywhere in the village
The Road was destroyed due to landslide
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 FOR 01 COMMUNE
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Provided chloramines B tablet?
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.)
NEEDS: case in Tu Mo Rong District
Three communes in the district are not yet accessible - one of these is thought
to be the worst affected.
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Possibility of long-term food insecurity
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Shelters/Housing
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665 households need to be reallocated (15%)
1200 households need household kits (at least 30%)
Increased public health risk
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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
Many lands use gravity irrigation was damaged  12 months no cultivation possible if no
reconstruction
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
Lack of household items for storage, hygiene, etc.
No latrines and no custom of handwashing
Many H1N1 cases reported before typhoon
Market not functioning: The area does not have a market - instead mobile vendors
come only every1-2 weeks. There is a practice of labour exchange.
The house
need to
evacuate
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. Photo by
Do Ngoc Xiem/Oxfam
Recommendations – SHORT-TERM
• Provide food at least for three months
• Job creation for the poor and nearly poor
families at least for 4 months until the next 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
Recommendations – LONG-TERM
• Provide seeds, fertilizer and tools to
rehabilitate agriculture
• Building and repairing house
• Building community roads
Assessment Team in Kontum
PACCOM (01),
Oxfam International (15),
Plan International (01),
UNICEF (01),
World Concern (01)
Nhan Dan Newspaper (02)