Bangladesh CO SITUATION REPORT– August 2016

Bangladesh Humanitarian

Situation Report No.3

Indicators

UNICEF

Sector/Cluster

UNICEF Target Cumulative results (#)

Cluster Target

Cumulative results

(#)

WASH

Number of targeted households with access to safe drinking water

10,000 2,000 16,770 5,270

Number of targeted households with access to improved sanitation

10,000 668 16,770 1,668

Number of households sensitized on hygiene practices 10,000 1,985 16,770 3,000

Number of households having waste dumping and drainage facilities

10,000 0 16,770 0

Nutrition

Number of under five children screened for malnutrition 5,000 0 21,000 5,000

Number of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) reached with cash transfer to cover their referral and hospital costs

200 0 840 50

Number of targeted Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) who benefited from conditional cash transfer and counselling on Infant Young Child Feeding in emergency (IYCF-E) practices

10,000 0 20,000 2,000

Child Protection

Number of Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) set-up to support children during 4 months

4 0 32 4

Number of Children registered in Child Friendly Space (CFS) and received child protection services during 4 months

800 0 1,500 182

Number of psychosocial and recreational kits provided 80 80 80 80

Education

Number of targeted children who received education materials 10,000 0 41,925 0

Number of targeted schools to be built/repaired that will benefit at least 10,000 children

20 0 50 0

Number of temporary learning spaces that will benefit at least 10,000 children

20 0 100 0

SITUATION IN NUMBERS

Highlights 3.7 million people are directly affected by the monsoon flooding in

northern and central Bangladesh that claimed around 100 lives; of which 64 % is children

A Humanitarian Response Plan of US$ 13.6 million to assist 130,965 affected people has been released by the Humanitarian Country Team; UNICEF requires US$ 2.3 million and current funding gap is 98%.

50,000 people have benefited from UNICEF WASH support; 1,500 children are being reached with psychosocial support

17 August 2016

1,369,000 estimated # of children affected out of

3,700,000 # of people affected

UNICEF Requirements as part of the Humanitarian Response Plan

US$ 2.3 million

© UNICEF/ Bangladesh/ Islam

UNICEF’s Response with partners

Bangladesh CO SITUATION REPORT– August 2016

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs 2016 Monsoon season started on July 22nd. The impact of the monsoon increased gradually over the following weeks. An estimated 3.7 million people across 19 districts of Bangladesh are affected by monsoon-induced floods. 106 people died to date as a consequence of the floods.1 7,400 people sought refuge in 69 flood shelters and education institutions. The official estimates indicate at least 250,000 houses have been destroyed or damaged.2 Riverbank erosion has resulted in a large number of houses and homesteads being washed away. 16,770 houses and homesteads were reported completely lost with a further 65,156 partially damaged by erosion. The districts which have experienced the great impact of the floods are Jamalpur, Kurigram, Sirajgonj, Tangail and Gaibanda which account for more than 70% of the affected people. It is worth noting that all of these districts were also amongst the worst affected by the flooding in September 2014 affecting around 2 million people in North-Western Bangladesh.3

(Humanitarian Coordination Task Team Humanitarian Response Plan, the Government of Bangladesh, 16 August 2016)

1 National Health Management Center (NHCMC), 10.08.16 2 Shelter Cluster based on National Disaster Response Coordination Center (NDRCC) reporting, 03.08.16 3 Joint Needs Assessment, Humanitarian Coordination Task Team, 08.09.14

Bangladesh CO SITUATION REPORT– August 2016

Estimated Affected Population (Estimates calculated based on initial figures from HCTT Humanitarian Response Plan 16 August 2016)

Total Male Female

Total Affected Population

3,700,000 1,850,000 1,850,000

Children Affected (Under 18)

1,369,000 684,500 684,500

Children Under Five

388,500 194,250 194,250

Children 6 to 23 months

103,600 51,800 51,800

Pregnant women

81,400 n/a 81,400

Humanitarian leadership and coordination Considering the severe deterioration of the situation, an inter-cluster meeting was organised on August 1st as well as an ad-hoc Humanitarian Coordination Task Team (HCCT) on August 4th that decided to trigger a Rapid Needs Assessment. Based on the findings of the Assessment, the clusters revised their draft response plan and the HCTT Humanitarian Response Plan seeking US$ 13.6 million to assist 130,965 people was presented to the HCTT on August 11th and finalised on August 16th.

Humanitarian Strategy

The overall goal of the humanitarian country team is to ensure that people severely affected by the monsoon floods receive timely and appropriate humanitarian assistance. The team has three strategic objectives: (1) to meet protection and life-saving needs of the most vulnerable population; (2) to ensure immediate resumption of education activities; and, (3) to support urgent restoration of livelihood opportunities.

Summary Analysis of Programme response

For the immediate response, UNICEF in collaboration with the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) has provided water purification tablets, hygiene kits and bleaching powder to support approximately 50,000 people. UNICEF is providing emergency psychosocial and recreational support to 1,500 children. UNICEF Bogra and Mymensing Field Offices are closely monitoring the situation on the ground with the sub-national government authorities.

Communications for Development (C4D) UNICEF-supported Bangladesh Betar Regional Station, Rangpur has broadcasted key emergency messages focusing on women and children. The message has been developed with support from BBC Media Action and approved by the Government of Bangladesh. UNICEF is working with the cross-sectoral Communicating with Communities (CwC) – Multi Stakeholder Platform (CwC-MSP). The CwC-MSP platform has communicated with community radio stations, member agencies and reviewed news as well as articles to compile community voice regarding the recent flood. As a result, community radio stations, Radio Chilmari and Radio Sharabela have aired different programme on emergency preparedness and response. UNICEF Bogra Office has prepositioned booklets on disaster and emergency based on facts for life messages and disseminated them during communication sessions with affected population in Gaibandha, Kurigram and Bogra District.

Supply and Logistics UNICEF is transferring 80 emergency psychosocial and recreational kits to 4 most affected districts

which will benefit around 1,500 children. UNICEF has distributed 413,027 pieces of Water Purification Tablets benefiting 51,625 people and

hygiene kits to 9,925 people. 3 million Water Purification Tablets, 2,500 hygiene kits and 500 squatting plate are being procured.

Bangladesh CO SITUATION REPORT– August 2016

Funding Funding Requirements (as defined in the HCTT Humanitarian Response Plan of 16/082016)

Appeal Sector

Requirements

Funds received*

Funding gap

$ %

WASH 1,233,694 100,000 1,133,694 92

Education 643,918 Nil 643,918 100

Nutrition 234,900 Nil 234,900 100

Child Protection 177,500 Nil 177,500 100

Total 2,290,012 100,000 2,190,012 98

* ‘Funds received’ does not include pledges

To accelerate the immediate response to monsoon flooding, UNICEF Bangladesh has allocated from its Regular Resources US$ 100,000 to WASH.

Who to contact for further information:

Edouard Beigbeder Representative UNICEF Bangladesh Tel: +88 02 55668088 Ext: 7001 Fax: +8802 9335641-2 Email: ebeigbeder@unicef.org

Sara Bordas Eddy Chief Field Services UNICEF Bangladesh Tel: +88 02 55668088 Ext: 7130 Fax: +8802 9335641-2 Email: sbordaseddy@unicef.org

In Hye Sung Emergency Officer UNICEF Bangladesh Tel: +88 02 55668088 Ext: 7135 Fax: +8802 9335641-2 Email: ihsung@unicef.org