The World Bank approved a US$108 million grant to rehabilitate damaged water infrastructure and improve disaster-preparedness in the Far North Region.

Highlights

 The Health and Nutrition week (SASNIM) was organized in the 10 regions from 26 to 30 April; 1,152,045 children aged 6-59 months received vitamin A and 1,349,937 children aged 12-59 months were dewormed in the Far North and North region. 1,727,391 (101%) children under 5 received Polio drops (OPV), and 38,790 pregnant women received Intermittent Preventive treatment (IPT).

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• An EU and ECHO joint delegation undertook a 5 day mission to the Far North region and, along with UNICEF/French Red Cross, conducted a joint evaluation of the nutrition response to the Sahel crisis in 2012.

• Security concerns have been elevated after the reported kidnapping of Seven French Nationals from the Far North region.

• SMT has updated the security plans for North since the kidnappings, which has been raised to Level 2 low.

Appeal target (current): CHF 1,552,349

Appeal coverage: 61%.

Appeal history:

• This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 28 September 2012 for CHF 1,637,314 for 12 months to assist about 25,000 beneficiaries.

• Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): CHF 299,707 was initially allocated from the Federation’s DREF to support the national society to respond.

• Operations Update No 1 was issued on 19 November 2012 to highlight the achievements since the beginning of the operation.

Link: Regional Office for West and Central Africa Bulletin - Central Emergency Response Fund, January - December 2012 (EN/FR)

Highlights

• The number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) due to floods has now gone up to 88,640 (50,824 persons in the North and 37,816 in the Far North region). This is because of the newly flood affected Kousseri town and Blangoua areas along the northern border with Chad.

• More flooding has increased the number of flood affected schools to 168 (157 in Far-North and 11 in North) impacting 62,344 children. A rapid data collection effort has signalled significant gender disparities in school enrolments.

More than 10 million people have been affected by the recent flooding in West Africa. Rainfall has eased across much of the region and clean-up and reconstruction efforts are underway. Nigeria remains the most affected country with 2.3 million people still displaced. There is also renewed flooding in Niger following upstream rains in Guinea. Relief efforts have now shifted to medium and long-term prevention measures.

Response missions to Cameroon, Benin, Niger and Chad were recently completed and a Bank-led impact assessment scoping mission is currently underway in Nigeria.

POINTS SAILLANTS

• Hausse attendue de 5 pour cent à 17 pour cent de production céréalière; à confirmer en novembre

• Les dernières enquêtes révèlent des indicateurs nutritionnels bas chez les enfants en Mauritanie, au Niger et au Tchad.

• Le HCR et l’OIM confirment une baisse du nombre de déplacés maliens.

• Le plan régional humanitaire 2013 en cours d’élaboration.