irna report: [ayod county, jonglei state] [7- 17 august 2020]

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IRNA Report: [Ayod County, Jonglei State] [7- 17 August 2020]

This IRNA Report is a product of Inter-Agency Assessment mission conducted and information compiled based on the inputs provided by partners on the ground including; government authorities, affected communities/IDPs and agencies.

SITUATION OVERVIEW.

Late July 2020, heavy rains severely hit Greater Ayod County of Jonglei State, leading to expansive

heavy flooding and a colossal displacement of many residents in different parts of Ayod County. From

7th to 17th August 2020, an Inter-Agency Assessment Mission led by Christian Mission for

Development (CMD) was jointly conducted by agencies present in the area that includes (CMD, CRS,

HRSS, MEDAIR, EDA, SAADO, PASS, ALSI, UNCDR, INTERSOS and ROSS representing the

authorities. CMD is an UNOCHA appointed site focal point for Ayod County. The information collected

was based on direct interviews with affected community members, IDPs, local Chiefs, observations,

local authority representatives, and key informants’ interviews in Ayod County’s 8 Payams (Pajiek,

Korwai, Kuachdeng, Ayod Town, Padek, Wau, Mogok and Pagil) through Focused Group Discussion

(FGD).

Based on observations of assessment team most of the displaced persons (IDPs) have moved to the

higher grounds while some settled in Eastern Canal (Ayod Town and surroundings). With the

prolonged heavy rains and Nile River burst its banks sweeping away thousands of homes and leaving

many already severely vulnerable communities displaced. In addition, the population is exposed

waterborne diseases, hunger, food shortages and many cases of snake bikes (so far 27 snake bikes

recorded) since the onset of flooding. And Livestock are dying in big numbers. The situation requires

immediate need for humanitarian action to provide lifesaving assistance to the mentioned affected

persons: e.g Emergency NFIs and Livelihoods kits (i.e. blankets, mosquito nets, sleeping mats,

cooking sets, plastic sheets, Fishing, animals’ drugs, farming implements and fishing gears). WASH

to provide (i.e. clean water, hygiene and sanitation services), protection assistance to the IDPs

population with specific needs; targeting the most vulnerable women, children and elderly groups.

GBV service is essential in Ayod, women, girls, young boys and elderly are exposed to many forms

of violations including sexual exploitation and abuse, domestic violence, and illegal and exploitative

tasks (As men force harsh labor on women, girls and young children, once there’s a situation of

displacement). Health and Nutrition needs have increased and there’s needs for scale up and

replenishing stock. Forced and early marriages coupled with related consequences of unwanted

pregnancies and maternal mortality is rife in the area. In the FGDs with the displaced persons

representatives, it emerged that there is fear over security as possible attacks could be motivated by

the bushy areas around where they are settled, creating hideout places for offenders.

Aims for conducting joint assessment

The main objectives of this assessment was to assess the level of flood damage in Ayod County

of Jonglei State, and to provide recommendations on possible humanitarian response as per

clusters’ capacity.

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Specific objectives of the assessment;

To assist the team identify the damage caused by the floods in terms of property loss, destruction of homes, Health, Nutrition, WASH, food security, shelter/ NFIs and Protection concerns of the affected families

• For the team to know the exact number of HHs affected.

• For the team to identify the kind of humanitarian response needed

Site overview

Location map

Part of crops covered under water with the heavy rain ongoing. Most small villagers/ farmers have

been displaced by the heavy rains with most crops destroyed. (Inset). A family preparing to move

to safer grounds as water swells and fills their compound, displacing them .



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Drivers and underlying factors

The most recent floods in Ayod County from the start was caused by fluvial floods but now heavy

rains and River Nile breaking its bank is the most cause of the current surge of water. The

continuation of the rains is actually the threat for more displacements of the population.

Continued destruction of livelihoods, health, nutrition, education and WASH infrastructure is of

great concern.

Scope of crisis and humanitarian profile.

The flooding occurrences is not only happening in Ayod County alone but Greater Jonglei State,

leaving several villages devastated due to continuous heavy rainfalls and the pluvial and fluvial

of River Nile water; some of the villages that are reported to be badly hit by the floods include;

(Buot, Mhaar, Gorwai, Nyanepal, Wai, Padek, Kharmun, Jiech, Kandak, Mogok, Ayod Town,

Kuachdeng, Kotdalok, Wechdeng, Wechdieng, Pagil, Normanyang, Haat, Wan-Machar,

Menime, Keer and Nyawit) and the surrounding villages.

The situation has worsened as the long rain intensely increased from the month of July and

worsened in august and still ongoing. It is early known the flooding events in Ayod County in

this are profoundly influenced by heavy rains.

Displaced population:

Most of the population has been left without shelters, no access to safe drinking water and health

service in the new settlement areas with concentrated (Ayod town, Gorwai, Buot, Mhaar, Padek,

Nyanapal, Wai, Kharmun, Jiech, Kandak, Haat, Menime, Mogok Centre, Pagil, Wechdeng,

Kuachdeng Centre, Wanmachar and Normanyang) and exposed to ground dangerous animals

such as snake and mosquito bites and exposed to threat of insecurity as the River Nile that

historically provide hideout grounds to breeding criminal groups.

Estimated 9,588 HHs totaling to 57,529 individuals are the current most affected with females’

population comprising of over 65% (children and women are badly affected).

The table below summarizes statistics of estimated displaced populations with most moving to

relatives’ higher grounds perceived to be safer and exerting pressure in sharing basic services

with the hosts communities.

Geographical areas visited

Pajiek Payam: N08’450’37.104 E31’36;12.096

Kuachdeng Payam: N08’04’50’14 E031’11’4679

Ayod Payam: N-08007’57” E-031024’20’’

Padek Payam: N-08048’34.38” E-031008’25.88’’

Wau Payam: N-08015’18.64” E-031008’17.02’’

Mogok Payam: N31’450’37’104 E31’36’12’096

Pagil Payam: N008’424289 E031’16118



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Below are the most affected IDPs population figures in greater Ayod County

Payam Location Host population IDPs Source Notes

Ayod Town

Ayod Town and Canal 7,160 5,740 NGOs, ROSS & community

Pajiek Gorwai, Buot and Mhaar 28,780 10,340 NGOs, ROSS & community

Kuachdeng Kuachdeng Centre, Kotdalok & Dor

4,792 4,515 NGOs, ROSS & community

Padek Padek Centre, Wan, Duadeng & Bajack


Wau Jiech, Wai, Nyanepal & Kharmun


Mogok Mogok centre, Kandak and Panyang


Korwai Haat, Gaar and Riang 4,200 3,000 NGOs, ROSS & community

Pagil

Pagil centre, Wechdeng, Menime, Normanyang & Wechdieng


Sector covered during the 10 days (7th to 17th August 2020) assessment across Ayod County.

• Education

• CCCM

• FSL

• Health

• NFIs and Emergency shelter

• Nutrition

• Protection

• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Key response priorities

Education

• Key findings

• Schools are currently closed since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic.

• Some schools are damaged by water and children for example Padek and other school’s structures

collapsed, and this will force some learners to be learning under tree after water subsided later and

communities return to their residential areas.

• Latrines in most schools have been destroyed and covered under flood water.

• Coping mechanism are likely to be very dangerous in this season of flooding as the option is

narrowed to move to Jonglei canal where there’s no infrastructure for health facility, and population



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are exposed to a lot of disease outbreaks.

Food Security and Livelihoods

Key findings

• Low yield expected since crops at differing levels have been destroyed.

• Communities in Ayod largely dependent on sorghum crop for subsistence and sale of surplus

harvest; food shortage will change the trends with minimal or no harvest expected.

• Grounds for herding have been occupied making cattle herding difficult with the high waters and

wasted pasture.

• The portion of displaced community is currently faced with hunger due to lack of food items and

badly exposed to harsh weather events such as heavy rainfalls, cold, sunlight and wind due to lack

of shelters in the new settlements.

• The flood continues to worsen the already deteriorating livestock situation characterized by death

and distress of cattle from diseases outbreaks. Previous interventions to provide services related

to emergency livestock vaccination and treatment have been limited in coverage furthered by the

floods and new outbreaks.

• The migrating livestock will be vulnerable to impacts of cold, heavy rainfalls, disease and attack by

wild animals because cattle in this community are traditionally used to be kept inside warm shelters

such as huts in the rainy seasons.

Health

Key findings

• As flooding keeps rising, health situations keep deteriorating putting the lives of both the host and

IDPs at risk.

• High risk of contraction of both communicable and non-communicable diseases with limited

shelters, insecticides treated mosquito nets at the IDP sites.

• Cut off of most people by flooding since many people are displaced from their original homes to far

IDP sites far from the health facilities.

• Pregnant women and children are cut off from accessing ANC and EPI services respectively.

Outreach teams supporting but limited in capacity.

• Crowding of the populations at settlement points may expose populations to COVID-19 and otehr

communicable diseases infections.

• Unfavorable conditions may expose especially children to malaria and pneumonia since the floors

are cold and unbearable.

• As the risk of infections increase drugs supply that are at the mean in medical stores will not reach

the estimated time of stock out date, because the consumption rate will be high.

• Inadequate supply of drugs at the facilities, worsened by the current IDPs who have stretched

existing stock.

• 27 snake bikes reported across the health facilities since the onset of the flooding.



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NFIs and Emergency Shelter

Key findings

• Most houses have been swept by the flood waters and rendered occupants homeless.

• The displaced population is vulnerable to harsh weather conditions such as rains, cold, sunlight

and wind in the new displaced camps due to lack of sheltering materials.

• The displaced population lack adequate cooking utensils since the families are divided in a way

that young men, boys and girls left homes with cattle leaving others at home.

• The displaced community lack mosquito nets, blankets, tents and sleeping materials

Nutrition

Key findings

▪ Most of the nutrition sites have been affected by the floods water, with some nutrition sites having

to be relocated to higher grounds.

▪ Beneficiaries’ mobility to the nutrition sites is affected: Mothers/caregivers and PLW’s are not able

to access nutrition facilities carrying a malnourished child walking in flooded water.

▪ Mortality rate of SAM children is likely to increase since the plantation produces have been

completely destroyed by floods.

▪ Possibilities of Malaria, diarrhea and cholera outbreak which will affect vulnerable children under

5, pregnant and lactating mothers with low immunity.

▪ Flooding has put Nutrition supplies at high risks of damage with the team having to shift supplies

to higher grounds e.g Bajack totally under water submersion, Yian and Kuachdeng, Nyanepal and

among other Nutrition sites. Some stores entered by water.

▪ Low yield is expected with most crops damaged. Malnutrition prevalence is likely to rise in the

coming months.

▪ Nutrition staffs being affected by floods.

▪ High risk of infection from malaria that coincide with malnutrition.

Protection:

Key findings

• As a result of flood, there is risk associated with movement and travel outside of the residential

areas like of firewood collection, fishing, hunting and more, exposing them to risks of snake bites,

communal attacks, GVB, and possible drowning for children.

• According to the respondents, every outdoor activities put them at further risks associated with the

floods.

• Collapsed latrines at the community and institutions expose communities to possibility of accidents

in the manholes and GBV incidences.

• Lack of Protection-based NFIs (sleeping materials- mosquito nets, blankets, mats, cooking sets,

and more) exposing women and children to risks of potential disease.

• Some shelters are overcrowded, and this is resulting to lack of privacy for women and girls.

• Trauma among the community members is evident especially those who have lost their livelihoods

since the onset of the floods.



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• Collapsed HH and institutional latrines exposing children and women to risks of accidents such as

falling into the open pits and possible disease outbreaks.

• Lack of dignity kits and sanitary pads for women and girls of reproductive age respectively.

• Limited knowledge on COVID-19 in the areas assessed.

• Child exploitation during dyke construction

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Key findings

Water:

• With only a few boreholes present where the displaced persons are currently settled, the nearest

ones within distances of 3-5 hours walk, borehole capacities have been stretched, working around

the clock 24/7 with constant break down common due to high population and heavily flooded roads.

• Some households, settled where no boreholes exist, have resorted to drinking water from stagnant

open unsafe pools as observed during the assessment.

• It was also revealed and observed that most households get their drinking water from the surface

water which is unsafe given the lack of water purification tabs.

Water Quality Analysis

• Due to most borehole platforms and drainage broken, the water was observed to be slightly colored

and had odor sign of contamination which can possibly cause water-borne diseases.

• No household had water purification tablets.

• There were no filters or chlorine to treat water drawn from water pond or surface water.

Water Containers

▪ There were no water containers (buckets and Jeri-cans) seen during the assessment.

▪ Most households are using source-pans for drawing water and cooking.

Sanitation

▪ There are no latrines for IDPs to use and open defecation is the practice at IDPs settlement since

existing latrines collapsed, exposing the population to possible risks including cholera and other

waterborne diseases.

▪ No hand washing facilities at the IDPs sites.

▪ Affected households have no access to soap.

▪ No disposal waste pits observed. Most areas are dirty; no waste pits observed in the IDP

Settlements.

▪ Community expressed little knowledge on hygiene especially on hand washing and safe water

chain which is very risky given this situation of Covid-19.

COVID 19 Perceptions

▪ The IDP settlements in Ayod County are exposed to COVID 19, because of population density and

limited knowledge on COVID-19 preventive knowledge.

▪ Lack of Hand washing facilities, soap and chlorine in running water for the prevention of COVID

19.

▪ Influence of cultural practices impacting adherence to COVID-19 prevention measures.



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Humanitarian access

Physical access

Access to Ayod County remains to be by Helicopters through the following airstrips (Gorwai, Jiech, Padek, Ayod Town, Mogok, Kharmun, Wai, Nyanepal, Mhaar, Kandak, Pagil, Wechdeng, Normanyang, Menime and Haat)

Key findings

EDUCATION

• Key findings

• Schools are currently closed since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic.

• Some schools are damaged by water and children for example Padek and other school’s structures

collapsed, and this will force some learners to be learning under tree after water subsided later and

communities return to their residential areas.

• Latrines in most schools have been destroyed and covered under flood water.

• Coping mechanism are likely to be very dangerous in this season of flooding as the option is

narrowed to move to Jonglei canal where there’s no infrastructure for health facility, and population

are exposed to a lot of disease outbreaks.

Key priorities for Immediate Humanitarian response

• Supply of TLS construction materials to affected school structures

• Plan alternative learning, home-based learning

• Provide dignity kits to the adolescent school aged girls at the settlement places.

• Monitor opening guidelines in line with MOH and MoEST COVID-19 guidelines

FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS

Key findings

• Low yield expected since crops at differing levels have been destroyed.

• Communities in Ayod largely dependent on sorghum crop for subsistence and sale of surplus

harvest; food shortage will change the trends with minimal or no harvest expected.

• Grounds for herding have been occupied making cattle herding difficult with the high waters and

wasted pasture.

• The portion of displaced community is currently faced with hunger due to lack of food items and

badly exposed to harsh weather events such as heavy rainfalls, cold, sunlight and wind due to lack

of shelters in the new settlements.

• The flood continues to worsen the already deteriorating livestock situation characterized by death

and distress of cattle from diseases outbreaks. Previous interventions to provide services related



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to emergency livestock vaccination and treatment have been limited in coverage furthered by the

floods and new outbreaks.

• The migrating livestock will be vulnerable to impacts of cold, heavy rainfalls, disease and attack by

wild animals because cattle in this community are traditionally used to be kept inside warm shelters

such as huts in the rainy seasons.


• There is a high need for WFP to scale up emergency food distribution to reach both the affected

host and displaced communities respectively.

• Dire need for immediate provision of assorted livelihood kits with much attention to fishing kits due

to availability of fish and vegetable seeds for planting in the displaced areas where there are raised

grounds or highlands both far and nearby displaced settlements

• Immediate provision of tools especially malodas to help the community in dyke construction for

their homesteads

• Provision of livestock vaccines and treatment kits for clinical cases and other veterinary services.

HEALTH

Key findings

• As flooding keeps rising, health situations keep deteriorating putting the lives of both the host and

IDPs at risk.

• High risk of contraction of both communicable and non-communicable diseases with limited

shelters, insecticides treated mosquito nets at the IDP sites.

• Cut off of most people by flooding since many people are displaced from their original homes to far

IDP sites far from the health facilities.

• Pregnant women and children are cut off from accessing ANC and EPI services respectively.

Outreach teams supporting but limited in capacity.

• Crowding of the populations at settlement points may expose populations to COVID-19 and otehr

communicable diseases infections.

• Unfavorable conditions may expose especially children to malaria and pneumonia since the floors

are cold and unbearable.

• As the risk of infections increase drugs supply that are at the mean in medical stores will not reach

the estimated time of stock out date, because the consumption rate will be high.

• Inadequate supply of drugs at the facilities, worsened by the current IDPs who have stretched

existing stock.

• 27 snake bikes reported across the health facilities since the onset of the flooding.



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• Scale up and plan drugs consignments to avert possible stock out during this rainy season.

• Set up separate mobile teams that can be base at the new resettled sites, to respond to their needs

on daily basis.

• Community sensitization for COVID-19; provision of precaution measure messages, provision of

IEC material, translated into local languages, and provision of handwashing soaps.

• Compose health mobile team, to comprise of EPI vaccinators, reproductive health officer,

Nutrition’s team to support in screening of malnourished children and send them to OPT sites.

• Supply of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to be distributed to the affected populations; especially

pregnant women and children to avert possibilities of malaria infections.

• Provision of additional medical supply to cover the additional emergency cases that are currently

increasing resulting from the floods.

NFIs and Emergency Shelter

Key findings

• Most houses have been swept by the flood waters and rendered occupants homeless.

• The displaced population is vulnerable to harsh weather conditions such as rains, cold, sunlight and

wind in the new displaced camps due to lack of sheltering materials.

• The displaced population lack adequate cooking utensils since the families are divided in a way that

young men, boys and girls left homes with cattle leaving others at home.

• The displaced community lack mosquito nets, blankets, tents and sleeping materials


Immediate distribution of basic lifesavings NFIs to the flood affected population

• Blankets

• Mosquito Nets

• Sleeping Mats and tarpaulins

• Cooking sets

• Plastic sheets for construction of temporary shelters in the new settlements

• Nylon Ropes



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NUTRITION

Key findings

▪ Most of the nutrition sites have been affected by the floods water, with some nutrition sites having

to be relocated to higher grounds.

▪ Beneficiaries’ mobility to the nutrition sites is affected: Mothers/caregivers and PLW’s are not able

to access nutrition facilities carrying a malnourished child walking in flooded water.

▪ Mortality rate of SAM children is likely to increase since the plantation produces have been

completely destroyed by floods.

▪ Possibilities of Malaria, diarrhea and cholera outbreak which will affect vulnerable children under

5, pregnant and lactating mothers with low immunity.

▪ Flooding has put Nutrition supplies at high risks of damage with the team having to shift supplies

to higher grounds e.g Bajack totally under water submersion, Yian and Kuachdeng, Nyanepal and

among other Nutrition sites. Some stores entered by water.

▪ Low yield is expected with most crops damaged. Malnutrition prevalence is likely to rise in the

coming months.

▪ Nutrition staffs being affected by floods.

▪ High risk of infection from malaria that coincide with malnutrition.

Key priorities for immediate Humanitarian response

▪ Needs for supply of insecticides treated mosquitoes’ nets.

▪ Integrated screening, family screening of 0-23-month children and children that did not complete

their immunization scheduled, once they are identified, they can be referred to nutrition sites as

well as healthcare centers and unit for further management.

▪ There is need for nutrition mobile team that can station at the IDP settlements and render nutrition

services to women and children who are need assistance.

▪ Scale up relay of COVID-19 prevention messages; including issuance of hands sanitizers, soaps

and IEC materials.

PROTECTION (CHILD PROTECTION, GBV AND GENERAL PROTECTION)

Key findings

• As a result of flood, there is risk associated with movement and travel outside of the residential

areas like of firewood collection, fishing, hunting and more, exposing them to risks of snake bites,

communal attacks, GVB, and possible drowning for children.

• According to the respondents, every outdoor activities put them at further risks associated with the

floods.

• Collapsed latrines at the community and institutions expose communities to possibility of accidents



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in the manholes and GBV incidences.

• Lack of Protection-based NFIs (sleeping materials- mosquito nets, blankets, mats, cooking sets,

and more) exposing women and children to risks of potential disease.

• Some shelters are overcrowded, and this is resulting to lack of privacy for women and girls.

• Trauma among the community members is evident especially those who have lost their livelihoods

since the onset of the floods.

• Collapsed HH and institutional latrines exposing children and women to risks of accidents such as

falling into the open pits and possible disease outbreaks.

• Lack of dignity kits and sanitary pads for women and girls of reproductive age respectively.

• Limited knowledge on COVID-19 in the areas assessed.

• Child exploitation during dyke construction


Child protection;

• Comprehensive case Management including identification, documentation and provision of family

tracing and reunification services for Unaccompanied and separated Children.

• Provision of age and gender appropriate community based psychosocial support services for

children and their caregivers and CP coordination.

• Need for CP Supplies; Recreational Kits, Tent, CFS Kits; Plastic sheets/Mats; Dignity Kits; and

Reintegration Kits for UASC.

GBV;

• Community awareness raising on protection to prevent protection incidents from happening in

such flooding affected areas.

• GBV case management and psychosocial support for individual GBV survivors in flood affected

areas.

• Support of CMR kits provision to health centers in Ayod County.

• Need for dignity kits and sanitary pads for women and girls of reproductive age.

• Community awareness raising on protection to prevent GBV incidents from happening in such

flood affected areas.

General protection;

• Provide protection based NFIs to the vulnerable (sleeping mats, mosquito nets, blankets, solar

laps, cooking utensils, buckets, soaps & dignity kits.

• Protection mainstreaming in the sectorial project by all partners in the county.

• Community awareness raising on protection to prevent protection incidents from happening in



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such flooding affected areas.

• Protection monitoring, assessments, risks mitigation and community complain feedback

mechanism in displaced locations.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Key findings

Water:

Source of water and accessibility

• With only a few boreholes present where the displaced persons are currently settled, the nearest

ones within distances of 3-5 hours walk, borehole capacities have been stretched, working around

the clock 24/7 with constant break down common due to high population and heavily flooded roads.

• Some households, settled where no boreholes exist, have resorted to drinking water from stagnant

open unsafe pools as observed during the assessment.

• It was also revealed and observed that most households get their drinking water from the surface

water which is unsafe given the lack of water purification tabs.

Water Quality Analysis

• Due to most borehole platforms and drainage broken, the water was observed to be slightly colored

and had odor sign of contamination which can possibly cause water-borne diseases.

• No household had water purification tablets.

• There were no filters or chlorine to treat water drawn from water pond or surface water.

Water Containers

▪ There were no water containers (buckets and Jeri-cans) seen during the assessment.

▪ Most households are using source-pans for drawing water and cooking.

Sanitation

▪ There are no latrines for IDPs to use and open defecation is the practice at IDPs settlement since

existing latrines collapsed, exposing the population to possible risks including cholera and other

waterborne diseases.

▪ No hand washing facilities at the IDPs sites.

▪ Affected households have no access to soap.

▪ No disposal waste pits observed. Most areas are dirty; no waste pits observed in the IDP

Settlements.

▪ Community expressed little knowledge on hygiene especially on hand washing and safe water

chain which is very risky given this situation of Covid-19.



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COVID 19 Perceptions

▪ The IDP settlements in Ayod County are exposed to COVID 19, because of population density and

limited knowledge on COVID-19 preventive knowledge.

▪ Lack of Hand washing facilities, soap and chlorine in running water for the prevention of COVID

19.

▪ Influence of cultural practices impacting adherence to COVID-19 prevention measures.

Key priorities for immediate Humanitarian response

• Provision of water containers (Buckets/ Jerry cans).

▪ Immediate drilling of boreholes in the current settlement areas to serve IDPs.

▪ Conducting and monitoring water quality especially bacteriological and physical test.

▪ Establishment of an integrated water management committees to minimize conflict between IDP

and Host communities.

▪ Excavation of waste pits at the IDP sites.

▪ Hygiene promotion and COVID-19 messaging at the IDP sites.

▪ Display of WASH & COVID-19 IEC materials, at the IDP sites

▪ Distribution of Soap to the IDP including people with special needs.

▪ Construction of emergency latrines at the IDP sites.

▪ Rehabilitation of broken-down boreholes and the drainage for the boreholes around the IDP sites

▪ Immediate distribution of hygiene kits to the affected populations

▪ Provision of water purification tabs

▪ Reduction of prevalence of WASH-related diseases, including trachoma, Guinea worm, and

diarrheal diseases, through hygiene promotion ensuring good hygiene practices.



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Next steps

Indicate ICWG-endorsed cluster commitments based on the findings

Cluster Priority actions Human and material resources needed

Responsible entity

By when

EDUCATION

- Supply of TLS construction materials to affected school structures

- Plan alternative learning, home-based learning

- Provide dignity kits to the adolescent school aged girls at the settlement places.

- Monitor opening guidelines - in line with MOH and MoEST

COVID-19 guidelines

- Provision of canoes for coordination and referral of patients with medical complications

- Dignity kits - Radios - Volunteer teachers’

incentives. - Establish / set-up of TLS - Canoes

CMD and INTERSOS

Immediately

FSL - Provision of assorted livelihoods; fishing tools and vegetable seeds

- Provision of tools kits especially malodas

- Provision of livestock vaccines and treatment kits for clinical diseases and other veterinary services

- Provision of canoes for fishermen

- Fishing kits - Vegetable kits

- Livestock vaccines - Canoes

ALSI, CMD and PASS

Immediately

HEALTH - Scale up and plan drugs consignments to avert possible stock out during this rainy season.

- Set up separate mobile teams that can be base at the new resettled sites, to respond to their needs on daily basis and integration of COVID-19 awareness.

- Supply of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to be distributed to the affected populations; especially pregnant women and children to avert possibilities of malaria infections.

- Provision of canoes for coordination and referral of patients

- COVID-19 communication posters

- Emergency Drugs - Mosquito Nets - Canoes

CMD, EDA and MEDAIR ERT

Immediately

NUTRITION - Supply insecticides treated mosquitoes net.

- Family MUAC screening and referrals of malnourished cases of U5s, PLW

- Scaled up relay of COVID-19 prevention messages; including issuance of hands sanitizers, soaps and IEC material.

- Follow up of identified cases by CNVs

- Mosquito nets - MUAC tapes

- COVID-19 IEC - Additional supply - Canoes

CMD, MEDAIR ERT

Immediately



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- Conduct health and nutrition education sessions on disease prevention.

- Provision of canoes for coordination and referral of patients with medical complications

NFIs/ ES - Conduct registration and verification of displaced households

- Distribution of lifesaving NFIs

- Decongestion of IDPS

- Shelter and NFIs including blankets, tents, mosquito nets, sleeping mats, cooking sets

ALSI, PASS and MEDAIR

Immediately

PROTECTION - Provide protection based NFIs to the vulnerable (sleeping mats, mosquito nets, blankets, solar laps, cooking utensils, buckets, soaps & dignity kits.

- Comprehensive case Management

- PSS: Provision of age and gender appropriate community based psychosocial support services for children and their caregivers and CP coordination

- Provide Critical CP Supplies to facilitate the above activities. Key supplies include Recreational Kits, Tent 72M, CFS Kits; Plastic sheets/Mats; Dignity Kits; and Reintegration Kits for UASC.

- Support of CMR kits provision to health centers in Ayod County.

- Provide dignity kits and sanitary pads for women and girls of reproductive age.

- Protection based NFIs to the vulnerable (Sleeping mats, mosquito nets, blankets, solar lamps, cooking utensils, buckets, soap and dignity kits.

- CRM Kits

UNCDR, PASS, SAADO, INTERSOS

Immediately

WASH - Provision of NFI/shelters materials (i.e. blankets, mosquito nets, sleeping mats, cooking sets and plastic sheets)

- provision of health service - Disinfection of boreholes. - Rehabilitation of broken pumps

including platforms to reduce contamination

- Disinfection of boreholes. - Rehabilitation of broken pumps

including platforms to reduce contamination of boreholes water

- Refresher training to hygiene promoters to carry out hygiene promotion.

- Rehabilitation/ establishment of latrines for immediate use by the community.

- Provision of canoes for coordination

- Borehole spare parts - Incentive to pump

mechanics.

- Construction materials and tools

- Training materials - Incentives to hygiene

promoters. - Latrine construction

materials - Canoes

- Incentives to hygiene promoters

- Latrines constructions materials

- canoes

CMD, PASS and MEDAIR

Immediately



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Assessment information IRNA stands for “Initial Rapid Needs Assessment”.

Cluster Name Organization

Email Phone

Health Philip Kueth Nuot CMD [email protected]

[email protected]

+211929 774 355

Health Gatmai Machar EDA [email protected] +211927 558 845

Education Jacob Teny Yuot CMD [email protected] +211929 999 179

Health Molpiny Tolgok EDA [email protected] +211927 558 845

ROSS James Chuol Chany

ROSS [email protected]

Protection Buony Kun INTERSOS

[email protected] +211925 474263

Protection Thomas Toang SAADO [email protected] +211922 063511

Nutrition Edema Benard MEDAIR [email protected]

WASH Gabriel Gatluak PASS [email protected] +211925 827399

Protection Chop Tut PASS [email protected] +211916 641573

Health Maker Mathot CHD [email protected] N/A

FSL James Maker G ALSI [email protected] +2119264 11118

FSL Elijah Mayiel ALSI [email protected] +211929 777779

NFI / ES Nhiot Thor Tuol ALSI [email protected] +211929 777779

Protection Riek Kuol UNCDR [email protected] +211925340505

Protection Wieh Bol Lual UNCDR [email protected] +211911553388

CCCM Tayien Kulang HRSS [email protected] N/A

CCCM Bhakita Nyajuok HRSS [email protected] N/A

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Inter-agencies Assessment Team moving from village to villages in Ayod County



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Photos Gallery of Ayod County’s IRNA Assessment Report 7th – 17th August 2020

Bajack nutrition site warehouse flooded Evacuation of Nutrition supplies from Bajack site commenced



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Evacuation of nutrition supplies continues using canoes at Bajack nutrition site



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Gorwai and surrounded villages cattle evacuated to Ayod Town. Household fully flooded in Buot and family displaced to Canal (Ayod)



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Local dykes made and scooping out water of the household becomes daily work for the family who tends to be resilience to floods in Menime and Haat



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CMD staffs evacuating drugs from Padek PHCC using local canoes



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Above pictures shows Buot and Mhaar village fully under flood water



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Padek Primary School’s under flood water and TLS collapsed, (many schools’ temporary learning spaces got damaged by the floods)



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Above pictures are snake bites recoded at CMD managed health facilities (27 snakes recorded so far between 7th to 17th August 2020)



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Snake bites picture continues

irna report: [ayod county, jonglei state] [7- 17 august 2020]

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