UNDRO 89/0314

ZAMBIA - HEAVY RAINS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
14 FEBRUARY 1989

1. UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAINS FROM 23 JANUARY TO 11 FEBRUARY HAVE
CAUSED EMERGENCY SITUATION. SUBURBS AROUND LUSAKA AND CAPITAL
LUSAKA MOST SERIOUSLY AFFECTED WITH 5,000 HOUSES COMPLETELY
COLLASPED AND NUMBER OF HOMELESS ESTIMATED OVER 20,000.

2. GOVERNMENT REQUESTS DONOR ASSISTANCE FOR TENTS, BLANKETS,
MEDICINES, FOOD STUFFS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL FOR HOMELESS.

3. UNDRO KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN LUSAKA
AND WILL ADVISE FURTHER DETAILS OF DAMAGE AND SPECIFIC RELIEF
REQUIREMENTS FOR DONORS.

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UNDRO 89/0455

ZAMBIA - HEAVY RAINS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
2 MARCH 1989

1. UNDRO DELEGATE ARRIVED IN LUSAKA 27 FEBRUARY AND SINCE VISITED
TOWNSHIPS AROUND LUSAKA, ONE OF THREE MAIN DISASTER AREAS.
ASSESSMENT OF CHAWAMA, CHILANGA, KANYAMA AND MAKENI TOWNSHIPS
REVEALED APPROX. 1,500 HOUSES DESTROYED AND 10,000 PEOPLE
AFFECTED. AS A RESULT OF CONTINUOUS RAINS, HOUSES BUILT FROM MUD
MELTED AND SANITARY CONDITIONS WORSENED IN AREA FACING HARDSHIP
EVEN IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. DRINKING WATER IS AVAILABLE AND
ELECTRICITY PROVIDED.

2. OTHER TWO MAIN DISASTER AREAS ARE SOUTERN AND WESTERN
PROVINCES, WHERE SITUATIONS ARE MORE SERIOUS AND ESTIMATED NUMBER
OF PEOPLE AFFECTED LARGER, SOME 200,000 TO 250,000. WITH MANY
FEEDER ROADS AND BRIDGES WASHED AWAY, FOOD TRANSPORTATION AND
DISTRIBUTION WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SEVERAL LOCALITIES. ONE CROP
WAS LOST. NEXT HARVEST IS SEVEN MONTHS AWAY IN OCTOBER.

3. THOUGH NOT AS INTENSE AS FIRST THREE WEEKS (23 JANUARY TO 11
FEBRUARY), RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL.

4. GOVERNMENT COMPLETED ASSESSMENT. UNDRO DELEGATE HELD MEETINGS
WITH DIRECTOR OF MINISTRY OF CONTINGENCY AND COORDINATOR OF
FLOOD, DROUGHT AND FAMINE RELIEF, TO DISCUSS DISASTER SITUATIONS
AND RELIEF WORK REQUIRED.

5. DANIDA (DENMARK) CONTRIBUTED 200,000 KWACHAS (US DLRS 20,346)
TO ANANDA MARGA MISSION FOR RELIEF WORK.

6. GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ASKED UNDRO TO LAUNCH APPEAL FOR
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

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UNDRO 89/0840

ZAMBIA - HEAVY RAINS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 3
25 APRIL 1989

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS MANY PARTS OF
COUNTRY STILL SUFFERING FROM CONSEQUENCES OF HEAVY RAINS EARLY
THIS YEAR (SEE UNDRO INFORMATION REPORTS NO.1, DATED 14/2 AND
NO.2, DATED 2/3). IN PARTICULAR, COMPLETELY OR BADLY DAMAGED
ROADS, NOT YET REPAIRED, SERIOUSLY DISRUPTING FLOW OF GOODS, ON
BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ROUTES.

2. AS WATER RETENTION DAMS FOR CATTLE ALSO WASHED AWAY, URGENT
NEED IDENTIFIED TO DIG BOREHOLES AND WATER WELLS.

3. AT GOVERNMENT REQUEST, UNDRO LAUNCHING APPEAL FOR
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, IN CASH, MOST NEEDED FOR LOCAL PURCHASE
OF RELIEF MATERIALS AND ROAD REPAIR.

4. WFP UNDERTAKING SURVEY IN WESTERN REGION AND ARRANGING TO
SUPPLY NON-CEREALS FROM WFP DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

5. CONTRIBUTIONS (SINCE INFORMATION REPORT NO.2, 3 MARCH) US DLRS

UN SYSTEM:	UNDRO: EMERGENCY GRANT	- 20,000
GOVERNMENT	- NORWAY: CASH GRANT NKR 600,000 THROUGH ZAMBIA RED CROSS, PENTECOSTAN PELLOWSHIP ASSOC., FOR FOOD, BLANKETS, MEDICINES, CLOTHES, RECONSTRUCTION HOUSES	89,820
NGO:	- WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: CASH GRANT	10,000

6. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY
TELEX (28148 UNDR CH) OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUES.

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UNDRO 89/1152

ZAMBIA - HEAVY RAINS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 4 - 30 MAY 1989

1. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT GOVT.
CONTINUES TO BE DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH CONDITIONS STILL PREVAILING
IN CERTAIN PARTS OF COUNTRY FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS
YEAR AND CALLED ONCE AGAIN UPON DONOR COMMUNITY FOR FUNDS NEEDED
FOR REPAIRING ROADS AND BRIDGES, AND FOR PROCURING FOURWHEEL-DRIVE
VEHICLES FOR ACCESSING HARD-TO-REACH AREAS. COST FOR
REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION WORK ESTIMATED AT US DLRS
200 MILLION.

2. GOVT. ESTIMATES 800,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED AND REQUIRING
ASSISTANCE IN FOUR PROVINCES (SOUTHERN, LUSAKA, EASTERN AND
WESTERN) WHERE ASSESSMENT UNDERTAKEN.

3. AS RECONSTRUCTION PHASE HAS BEGUN, THIS IS LAST UNDRO
SITUATION REPORT ON THIS DISASTER. FOR RECORD KEEPING PURPOSES,
DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO CONTINUE INFORMING UNDRO DIRECTLY,
PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH) OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND
VALUES.

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