UNDRO 87/0402
CHAD - INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
24 FEBRUARY 1987

SITUATION

1. END JANUARY 1987 THE CHADIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTED UNDRO ASSISTANCE IN EVALUATING EMERGENCY NEEDS OF PERSONS DISPLACED FROM NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. POPULATION CONCERNED DISTINCT FROM 70,000 RETURNEES FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES FOR WHOM UNHCR IS APPEALING FOR ASSISTANCE. BELOW FOLLOW CONCLUSIONS OF UNDRO ASSESSMENT MISSION WHICH VISITED CHAD FROM 10 TO 15 FEBRUARY 1987.

2. INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE ARE MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN BELONGING TO NOMADIC TRIBES. THEY EITHER JOINED RELATIVES LIVING IN ZONES TO WHICH THEY MIGRATED, CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND IN SMALL GROUPS, OR ARE LOCATED IN DIFFICULT ACCESS AREAS.

3. IN AGREEMENT WITH LOCALLY REPRESENTED UN AGENCIES, BILATERAL DONORS AND NGOS, MISSION EVALUATED 10,000 PEOPLE TO BE IN DESTITUTE SITUATION AND IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE FIRST PHASE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. DEPENDING ON DEVELOPMENTS, FIGURE MIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE IN MEDIUM TERM.

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED

4. FOLLOWING BILATERAL REQUESTS MADE BY THE CHADIAN GOVERNMENT DONATIONS OF BLANKETS, TENTS, MEDICAMENTS, AND FOOD MEANWHILE GRANTED BY FED. REP. OF GERMANY, UN AGENCIES (UNICEF, WFP) AND VARIOUS NGOS (LRCS, ICRC, MSF, SECADEV, GERMAN AGRO ACTION, FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY, CARE CHAD). AS A RESULT PRESENT NEEDS FOR BLANKETS AND MEDICAMENTS MET.

EMERGENCY NEEDS

5. MISSION IDENTIFIED, FOLLOWING NEEDS FOR ASSISTANCE:

EMERGENCY FOOD AID

6. DRY RATION DISTRIBUTION ALREADY STARTED THANKS DONATIONS MENTIONED ABOVE, WILL HAVE TO BE CONTINUED TO AVOID DETERIORATION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF TARGET POPULATION. ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR PERIOD OF AT LEAST 8 MONTHS, UNTIL NEXT HARVEST. FOLLOWING REQUEST BY UNDRO, WFP ROME INFORMS CEREAL FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS OF DISPLACED PERSONS WILL BE COVERED BY IN-COUNTRY STOCKS OF WFP COMMODITIES AND STOCKS OF CEREALS CHANELLED BY BILATERAL DONORS THROUGH WFP. FUNDS FOR THE INTERNAL TRANSPORT STORAGE AND HANDLING OF THE CEREALS REQUIRED WILL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH WFP.

7. BALANCE OF UNMET NEEDS REMAINING AFTER DONATIONS, PARAS. 4 AND 5:

A) 22 MT SUGAR. LOCALLY AVAILABLE AT FCFA 8,690,000 (FCFA 395/KG) - US DLRS 26,904.

B) 54 MT MILK POWDER. AS MILK POWDER NOT AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL PURCHASE, CONTRIBUTIONS IN KIND REQUESTED.

C) 6.72 MT TEA. LOCAL PURCHASE: FCFA 8,400,000 (FCFA 50,000/BOX OF 40 KG) - US DLRS 26,006.

SHELTER

8. MAJORITY OF VICTIMS LOST ALL POSSESSIONS AND ARE WITHOUT SHELTER. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY BE PROVIDED WITH STRAW MATS AND WOODEN POLES FOR BUILDING OF TRADITIONAL SHELTER. ALL MATERIAL AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE LOCALLY.

A) 3,000 STRAW MATS (2.50 M X 5 M), FCFA 9,000 000 (FCFA 3,000 PER UNIT) - US DLRS 27,863.

B) WOOD POLES FOR BUILDING SHELTER - FCFA 1,800,000 - US DLRS 5,572.

C) 100 ROLLS OF ROPE - FCFA 2,000,000 - US DLRS 6,191.

TRANSPORT

9. COST INTERNAL TRANSPORT HIGH AS ACCESS TO AFFECTED POPULATION IN DISTANT AREAS DIFFICULT. DEPENDING ON AREA, TARIFF FOR TRANSPORT VARIES BETWEEN FCFA 50 AND 80/MT/KM. TOTAL COST TRANSPORT ITEMS LISTED PARAS 7 A) TO C) AND 8 A) TO C) ESTIMATED AT FCFA 6,030,300 - US DLRS 18,669.

CONCLUSION

10. UNDRO ACCORDINGLY APPEALS TO DONORS FOR CASH CONTRIBUTIONS TOTALLING US DLRS 111,205 FOR LOCAL PURCHASE AND TRANSPORT RELIEF ITEMS AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTIONS IN KIND OF MILK POWDER. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME WILL BE LOCALLY COORDINATED BY UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE AND EXECUTED THROUGH WFP N'DJAMENA, MAJOR NGOS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

11. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT UNDRO GENEVA TEL 0041 22 34 60 11 EXT. 3515, MRS. METZNER-STRACK. DONORS WHO WISH TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD KINDLY TRANSFER FUNDS TO ACCOUNT NO 183 598-01-10 UNOG TRUST FUND, LLOYDS BANK INTERNATIONAL LTD, 1, PLACE BEL AIR, 1211 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, WITH MENTION 'UNDRO PROGRAMME CHAD'.

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