oxfam india's response to assam floods
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ASSAM FLOOD RESPONSEPROGRAMME
Oxfam India Humanitarian
Programme Response Closure
Assam | 2012-13
Photo Credits: Oxfam: - Zubin Zaman, Bipul Borah,
Bhaswar Banerjee, Bulbul Moshahary, Sameera Ahmed,
Amit Sengupta, Chandrakant Deokar, Medini Tasha.
External staffs: Jane Alam, Rajakiran, P Patil
Sam Spickett/Red R
Sneha Krishnan/UCL
15 February 2013
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Oxfam Assam Flood Response Coverage
Infographics made by Amit Sengupta/Oxfam/2013
Flood Response Areas in
Assam:
Morigaon, Sonitpur, Nagaon
Supported by:
3,200 Households in Morigaon.
Mayang and Lahorighat Block
2,800 Households in Sonitpur.
Biswanath Block
Oxfam’s reach:
7480 households (48,620
individuals)
received Hygiene kits;
many more have benefited
from WASH facilities, PHP,
CfW and Shelter Assistance
Rights in Crisis: District-wise reach
7480 households includes coverage in Morigaon, Sonitpur and Nagaon.
Response Timeline – July’12 to Feb’2013
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Date Timeline17-19 June Breakout of floods in Assam / OI Sitrep 1 on 19 June
28 June - 8th July Assessment at Jorhat, Golaghat and Sibsagar; Sonitpur; Morigaon and Nagaon
6-Jul
Oxfam participated in the debrief meeting of ECHO assessment mission and Inter
Agency Group (IAG) members of Assam that was held in Guwahati.
9-Jul
OI SITREP 5 dated 9 July states that Oxfam India has decided to launch a 6 months
humanitarian response in Morigaon, Sonitpur and Nagaon districts
9-Jul Consortia approach for ECHO's 2 million Euro flood response appeal
9-Jul Procurement Starts
13-Jul Assam flood response strategy circulated
16-Jul First NFI kits (hygiene kits and tarpaulin) distribution starts in Morigaon
17-Jul Oxfam sets up field offices in Morigaon and Sonitpur
16 July to 18 Sept
First phase of flood response (with NFI kits), PHE - construction of temporary latrines,
bathing cubicles, hand pump repair and chlorination; PHP - village meetings, hygiene
promotion
Response Timeline…cont…
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18-21 Sept SLT, Board Members visit to Morigaon and interact with the community
19-Sep
Third spell of floods breakout (that affected 2.9 million population as per SDMA, Govt.
of Assam flood report) - Water submerges Oxfam flood project areas in Morigaon and
Sonitpur26-27 Sept ECHO start-up workshop at Guwahati1 Oct onwards Beneficiary selection for Cash for Work begins
11th Oct Distribution in Morigaon in response to third spell 30-Oct Shelter procurement starts from Hub/field office2-Nov Shelter material arrives in field
Cash for Work starts 28-Nov 1st Shelter prototype made in Sonitpur7 Jan - 11 Jan
ECHO monitoring mission by Davide Zappa and Elio De Bonis to Flood response
project areas; Morigaon and Sonitpur
12 Jan - 15 Jan
Vivien Walden, Global Humanitarian MEL Advisor, OGB and Elizabeth Ellen Fewtrell,
Business Support Administrator arrives at Morigaon for Evaluation of Flood response
programme; 12 jan and 13 jan - field visit to Morigaon; 14 jan - field visit to Sonitpur;
15 jan - staff interviews and travel to Guwahati
16-Jan Evaluation debrief at Guwahati
15 Feb Response programme closes
5 March
ECHO lesson learnt workshop for all ‘ECHO-Assam flood response’ partners at
Guwahati
Immediate Post flood situation – 2.4 million affected
in 1st phase; 2.9 million affected in 2nd phase;
543,088 displaced throughout Assam
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Initial Response: Hygiene kits distribution in
Morigaon
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Distribution of hygiene kits in Sonitpur – July’12
Oxfam Response – July’12 to Feb ‘13Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene – 7480 families (direct beneficiaries)• Oxfam’s WASH programme provided safe water, sanitation and hygiene
facilities; addressed public health risks targeting communities who have both been directly and indirectly affected by the floods. This meant immediate provisioning of safe water, community latrines, bathing cubicles, handpump repair and chlorination; and public health campaigns in the camp areas and affected villages.
• In addition, a large number of families have benefited from the WASH facilities (hand pump repair, water source chlorination, trainings), public health promotion campaigns.
Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihood – 625 households • We delivered emergency livelihood support though a well designed cash for
work component to ensure that immediate food and income needs are addressed among the worst affected.
Shelter assistance – 207 families • Construction of permanent shelters to 150 worst affected families to rebuild
their shelters though a cash for work programme. In addition, 57 families were given shelter kits (CGI sheets) to help them build their houses.
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Response Activities…cont…
• Oxfam has provided livelihood support through Cash for Work interventions to 625 households (175 HHs - unconditional cash support; 450 beneficiaries - cash for work and cash for training).
• As part of emergency hygiene kits, Oxfam has distributed 359,400 chlorine tablets ; water containers and hygiene kits to 5990 households in Morigaon, Sonitpur and Nagaon.
• Hand pumps chlorination done for 4195 hand pumps in Morigaon, Nagaon and Sonitpur since July in three phases. Out of which 1507 were done with ECHO support.
• Hygiene programme activities and campaigns in the project locations have now come to a close. A total of 42398 individuals have benefitted from the hygiene promotion activities.
• All program activities have now come to a close. Staffs would return to their substantial positions.
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Beneficiary Details – Result wise (under ECHO)
Results Sector No of
households
Populations
(Approx)
Result 1: Improved access to
cash and income-generating
opportunities through cash
transfers, skill training and
increased access to government
entitlements
Food Security and
Livelihood
625
(175 HH under
unconditional cash
transfer and 450 under
cash for work)
3,900
Result 2: Shelters of the most
vulnerable households in the target
communities are restored through
material and knowledge support,
incorporating DRR techniques
Shelter 207 1345
Result 3: Increased access to
safe drinking water, sanitation
facilities and increased awareness
on positive hygiene practices
Water, Sanitation
and Hygiene
(WaSH)
6,000 39,000
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Shelter construction – 50 such permanent shelter
units were constructed in Morigaon
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Images of Shelter beneficiaries in Morigaon
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Set of shelters constructed by Oxfam India in
Morigaon
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Shelter beneficiaries who received solar lamps in
Morigaon
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Some more group of shelter beneficiaries in
Morigaon
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Shelter assistance in Sonitpur – 100 permanent
shelters were provided by Oxfam
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Another set of permanent shelters in Sonitpur
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Shelter beneficiaries who received solar lamps in
Sonitpur
Unconditional Cash Transfer to 175 households
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Cash for Work provided to 450 families
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Morigaon
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Permanent Toilet cum Bathing Unit (with WASH
facilities) in Morigaon
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Another Toilet cum Bathing Unit (with WASH
facilities) in Morigaon
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Sonitpur
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Permanent Toilet cum Bathing Unit (with WASH
facilities) in Sonitpur
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Flood Response Team – Many others (not in the
photo) have spent weeks and months in the field to
deliver the program
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Funding Support
Funded by European Commission for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
Department (ECHO); Internal fundraising, Oxfam Canada and Oxfam
Australia
Corporate support: Mphasis,
Autodesk, HSBC, GATI
A Big Thank You To
Oxfam India Senior Leadership Team ECHO, Oxfam affiliates and donors
Head Office Humanitarian staffs from the Kolkata hub
and other regional offices especially staffs and volunteers who spent weeks and months in the field executing
and delivering the
‘Assam Flood ResponseProgramme 2012-13’
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