February-May 2016

LIBYA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT FEBRUARY - MAY 2016

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1,359,120

Children were vaccinated against polio (universal coverage)

7,500

Internally displaced people received hygiene kits

1,351

Children received specialized child protection services

8,221 Children participated in structured,

sustained child protection or psychosocial support programmes

UNICEF Appeal 2016 US$ 19.3 million

Funding Gap US$ 11.8 million (64%)

Highlights

UNICEF signed a tri-lateral Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC)

with the Libyan National Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) and

WHO. The MoC outlines a programme for cooperation on the

implementation of six strategic focus areas to assist the NCDC with

on-going health reform, policy and advocacy to ensure provision of

immunization and other child health services.

UNICEF provided 1.5 million doses of polio vaccines to NCDC to

support the five-day campaign that was completed countrywide in

Libya from 16th April to 21st April 2016 and covered 1.3 million

children below the age of 6.

On 20th of February, UNICEF agreed with the Municipality of Al-

Zintan to facilitate the release of children under 18 years of age

associated with the armed groups and to establish a rehabilitation

and reintegration center in the city. The center will provide services

to children as well as youth who were involved in the armed conflict

in the past.

Funds Received

13%

Carry Forwa

rd23%

Funding Gap64%

2016 AvailableFunds

February – May 2016 Situation in Numbers

Libya

Humanitarian

Situation Report

2016 funding requirement:

$19.3M

* Funds available includes funding received against current appeal as well as carry-forward from the previous year.

UNICEF’s Response with Partners Results reported until mid-May

UNICEF

Sector/Cluster

UNICEF Target

Cumulative results (#)

Cluster Target

Cumulative results (#)

# of people reached with hygiene items and information

250,000 7,500 250,000 12,000

# of teachers trained in conflict-affected areas

1,000 30 1,000 30

# of children under 5 years of age covered with appropriate vaccination

342,000 1,359,120

# children participating in structured, sustained child protection or psychosocial support programmes

20,000 8,221 20,000 8,221


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Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs

The humanitarian situation in Libya continues to deteriorate as a result of sporadic fighting across the country and

the expansion of the so called Islamic State (IS) and causing internal displacement of civilian population. The

disruption of health care services, shortages in life- saving medicines, vaccines, and serious protection concerns

affecting children are among key concerns affecting children. The lack of resources is another obstacle for the

humanitarian response where the Humanitarian Response Plan for Libya had a funding gap of 64 percent till May.

The deteriorating security situation in the city of Sirte as a result of IS expansion has resulted in civilians fleeing Sirte,

Abu Grain, Al Hesha and Abu Najeem. According to the reports from local partners and crisis committees, around

1,200 families have recently arrived in the city of Bani Walid, another 550 families in Tarhuna and over 700 families

have arrived in Tripoli.

In Benghazi, where some areas have been controlled by the Libyan National Army forces, it has been reported that

the number of schools occupied by IDPs has dropped from 61 to 39 schools. In Bani Walid however, the number of

schools occupied by IDPs have increased to 12 and the number is expected to continue increasing as a result of

displacement.

To the west of Tripoli, there has been a notable increase in sea departures to Europe. Since the beginning of 2016,

IOM estimates that over 27,000 migrants have departed from Libya towards Italy. IOM Libya’s Displacement Tracking

Matrix estimates the existence of 417,123 IDPs and 234,669 migrants in Libya at the end of the reporting period.

UNHCR has continued registration of refugees and asylum seekers: approximately 30,000 asylum seekers and 10,000

refugees have been registered up to mid-April 2016. According to IOM, in just three days during April almost 6,000

migrants and refugees have sailed from Libya to Italy which could be the start of a new massive wave of migration.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination

UNICEF continues to work in coordination with the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) and is leading the WASH and

Education sectors as well as the Child Protection sub-sector under Protection. In the Health sector, UNICEF works

closely and in coordination with WHO. UNICEF continues its efforts to diversify and expand partnerships with local

and International NGOs active in Libya with 12 new programme cooperation agreements signed till the end of May.

The Information Management Working Group (IMWG) was inaugurated in April tasked to build relevant information

system and provide support for the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) with

introduction of a data collection mechanism. The Kobo Toolbox for humanitarian use was introduced by OCHA,

optimised for the use of humanitarian actors in emergencies and difficult field environments, in support of needs

assessments, monitoring and other data collection activities. UNICEF WASH and Education sector leads are entering

humanitarian response data in their sectors data repository, while Child Protection enters response data through the

Protection sectors repository.

UNICEF continues to chair the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) for International Assistance to Libya. The JCC is

co-chaired by United Kingdom, United States and UNDP.

Humanitarian Strategy

UNICEF continues to deliver humanitarian assistance mostly through remote management from Tunisia, with its

national staff and national consultants based in Tripoli monitoring the programme implementation.

As part of the inter-agency Humanitarian Response Plan for Libya, UNICEF and its partners have prioritized its

emergency response activities to respond to the needs of conflict affected children and their families while taking

into account access, capacity to deliver the programmes, as well as geographic and demographic constraints.

UNICEF has prioritized the response to take place in the most affected parts of the country – Benghazi, Tripoli and

Sabha and is assisting both the IDP and the host communities, with particular attention on the most vulnerable

communities.


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Whenever possible, UNICEF continues to invest and build the capacity of national Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)

and local authorities to deliver and monitor its humanitarian programmes. This programme implementation strategy

will play an important role in maximizing the access of the response under the difficult access constraints in the

country.

To mitigate risks associated with remote programming, field monitoring activities were undertaken by a third party

monitoring partner to generate programme information to enable relevant and appropriate response to affected

communities and follow up on the reach of programme supplies.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

Reports of increased cases of scabies have

been reported in Abu Salim and Al-Gawa

detention centres in Tripoli, which are

hosting some 800 migrants/refugees. Under

the leadership of UNHCR and IOM an

interagency task force has been established

with the participation of International

Medical Corps (IMC), Save the Children

International and UNICEF.

As a response to the scabies outbreak,

multi-sectoral campaigns are scheduled to

take place in the affected centres. UNICEF

and implementing partner IMC are targeting

13 centres with hygiene awareness and

None Food Items which will benefit over

60,000 detainees over the next six months.

UNICEF third party monitoring partner CIR, conducted six monitoring visits in Libya for implementing NGOs. The

visits included four monitoring visits for Child Protection (Essafa and STACO), one for WASH (ACTED) and one for

Education (Boy Scouts and Girl Guides).

Education

In order to address the shortage of the number of functioning schools in Benghazi and to increase the number of

students, the Ministry of Education after consultations with UNICEF, introduced a shift program with three days for

grades 1 to 6 students and three days for grades 7 to 9 students.

In the conflict affected city of Benghazi, 1,200 children (700 girls and 500 boys) received mine risk awareness sessions.

The services were provided through agreements with two local partner NGOs in Benghazi- Ekraa Assembly for

Development and Education, and Organisation Breezes Libya for Sustainable Development.

The lack of pre-school teachers and weak access to pre-school education is addressed through capacity building of

master trainers for kindergartens (pre-school) and the development of a four-month training package for teachers

who will move from primary education to pre-school education. A workshop was held in Hammamet, Tunisa from

23rd to 28th of February 2016 and attended by 30 educational experts from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry

of Higher Education and Scientific Research on in-service and pre-service training provisions. The workshop focused

on the areas of child rights, inclusive education, life skills and child-centred teaching and learning.

Child Protection

UNICEF agreed with the municipality of Al-Zintan to establish a Centre for Release and Reintegration of Youth and

Children associated with armed groups. This initiative follows more than five years of conflict, and represents the first

programme in Libya for the release and reintegration of children. UNICEF organized two workshops at the end of


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March and in the beginning of April 2016 to build the capacity of 28 social workers and staff working at the center.

The workshops covered children’s rights, child protection, the national and international legal framework related to

the rights and protection of children affected by the armed conflicts and children Associated with Armed Forces or

Armed Groups CAAF/GS. The workshop concluded with a collective roadmap and plan of action for release and

reintegration of CAAF/GS and protection of the vulnerable children.

UNICEF’s partner Essafa Centre for Mental Health continues its specialized psychosocial services for child victims of

Gender-Based Violence and conflict related violence in Tripoli and has expanded its services to include the city of

Benghazi. By the end of April, 1,172 boys and 1,034 girls living in IDP camps received an initial screening. Amongst

these, 666 boys and 585 girls benefitted from specialized psychosocial services in the form of counselling, family

support and referrals to other social and health services. Additionally, 1,020 parents are now more aware of

protection related risks that children face and how their families and communities can better protect them.

Approximately, 7,200 school children from 36 schools in Az Zawiyah are now aware of the services provided by the

Family and Child Protection Unit (FCPU) thanks to a school based campaign conducted by the FCPU with the support

of UNICEF. The campaign included lectures, leaflets, posters, videos and theatre shows.

By the end of May, 4,072 boys and 4,149 girls benefitted from structured, sustained child protection and psychosocial

support programmes delivered by UNICEF in partnership with Shaikh Tahir Azzawi Charity Organization (STACO)

through three child friendly spaces in Az Zawiyah, Ghat and Sebha and through schools and community based

psychosocial support delivered through UNICEF partner Alnahla NGO in Janzour municipality in Tripoli. The services

delivered through seven schools and three community based child friendly spaces in the municipality.

UNICEF continues to build the capacity of child protection actors across Libya, with 40 social workers and animators

trained in Sebha, Ghat, and Az Zawiyah during this period. 38 teachers and social workers has been attended a

workshop in Janzour on the inclusion of psychosocial support in the school weekly routine.

UNICEF signed a partnership agreement with Libyan Red Crescent Society (LRC) to offer recreational activities to

8,000 conflict- affected children in Sirte (IS-controled, Derna Ansar, Benina and Ajdabyah) through mobile child

friendly spaces, which will strengthen the community-based protection and psychosocial support for these children.

WASH 1,500 families in the city of Al-Zintan received hygiene kits and hygiene promotional materials as a first batch of a

project plan to reach 2800 families. 3,800 displaced families in collective centres in Al-Zintan and 1,176 families in four

Tawergha IDP camps were identified as in need of WASH assistance through assessments conducted by UNICEF local

implementing partner, the Libyan Society for Charity Work organization.

20,000 people from Tripoli and Benghazi are expected to benefit from the dewatering equipment provided by

UNICEF to control wastewater flooding. UNICEF and the General Company for Water and Wastewater (GCWW) have

agreed on an action plan to improve the dysfunctional wastewater system and to address wastewater flooding in

conflict affected areas. UNICEF and the GCWW agreed to conduct an assessment for the system and implement the

required maintenance; meanwhile,

Health

A three day planning meeting for Libya’s Expanded Program on Immuization (EPI) was concluded with a tri-lateral

Memorendam of Cooperation between the WHO, UNICEF and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to

further their cooperation in supporting the realization of the rights of all children in Libya, and specifically the right

to survival and development. Future cooperation on strategic focus areas have been identified which included: Cold

chain and vaccines management; Information sharing system; Middle level managers training on immunization;

Procurement policies and procedures; New-born mortality and morbidity reduction and reduction of under-5 morbity

and mortality; and Stratgic communication for Expanded Programme on Immunization.

The MoC made UNICEF utilize the National Immunization Day to procure 1.5 million doses of polio vaccines to the


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country while WHO has catered for the campaign’s operational cost as well as the provision of technical assistance.

The five-day national polio campaign was conducted in Libya between 16th and 21st April under the direct supervision

of the NCDC with support from UNICEF and WHO. Libya has been polio free since 1991. With the provision of the 1.5

million doses of vaccine, over 1.3 million children below the age of six were immunized during the first national polio

vaccination campaign in two years which targeted all children below the age of six. Implemented across Libya’s 64

districts, the campaign included 2,000 trained vaccinators working in 600 health facilities.

Supply and Logistics

Ahead of the Polio campaign and through a chartered flight to the Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, UNICEF delivered 1.5

million doses of polio vaccines to Libya, which were needed for the Polio vaccination campaign.

Seven diesel dewatering pumps were procured by UNICEF’s supply division for municipalities in Tripoli and Benghazi.

Three pumps for the municipalities in Tripoli were delivered by air to Mitiga Airport while four pumps were shipped

to Al-Khums seaport to reach municipalities in Benghazi.

During the month of May, 884 procured recreational kits were delivered to the Child Protection partners in Libya.

Media and External Communication

‘Together for Children’, UNICEF’s national campaign launched in April 2015, continues to spread covering more

municipalities in Libya. Three new municipalities signed Memorandums of Cooperation with UNICEF to join the

campaign, enabling UNICEF programme implementation to reach more geographical areas, especially in the south

of Libya. UNICEF supported the establishment of the United Nations Communication Group and the development of

a UNCT social media platform on Facebook. Ongoing coverage of UNICEF programme implementation continued

via timely media releases, disseminated through the UNICEF network and social media highlighting donor

contributions.

Funding In January 2016, UNICEF issued the Humanitarian Action for Children appeal (HAC) with an amount of US$19.32

million. UNICEF has carry-forward funds with a total of US$4.17 million, which were received by the end of 2015

through the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – BMZ and the EU Humanitarian

Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO).

Since the beginning of 2016, UNICEF has received US$3.58 million against the HAC through generous contributions from the Swedish Government, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the German Foreign Office.

Funding Requirements (as defined in the Humanitarian Appeal of January 2016)

Appeal Sector Requirements Funds available* Funding gap

US$ %

WASH 2,559,600 1,310,750 1,248,851 48.79%

Education 2,484,000 2,054,884 429,116 17.28%

Health 11,251,500 1,133,786 10,117,714 89.92%

Child Protection 3,024,000 3,265,689 0 0.00%

Total 19,319,100 7,765,109 11,795,681 64%

* Funds available includes funding received against current appeal as well as carry-forward from the previous year.

Next SitRep: 15 July 2016

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Whom to contact for further

information:

Dr Ghassan Khalil Special Representative Libya Country Office, Tel: +216 99 068 889 Email: [email protected]

Mostafa Omar Communication Specialist Libya Country Office, Tel: +216 99 070 815 Email: [email protected]

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Annex A SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS

Sector Response UNICEF and IPs

Overall needs 2016 Total Results

Change since last

report

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2016 Target

Total Results

Change since last

report

▲▼

Target

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE

# of people provided with the minimum amount of safe water in line with international standards (1)

380,000 213,000 - -

213,000 - -

# of people provided with gender appropriate sanitation facilities(2) 380,000 120,000 - - 120,000 - -

# of people reached with hygiene items and information (3) 380,000 250,000

12,000

12,000

250,000

7,500 7,500

#of children provided with water and sanitation facilities in their learning environments

150,000 75,000 - - 75,000 - -

# of WASH institutions provided with technical support 18 10

2

10 2 2

EDUCATION

# of out-of-school children (disaggregated by gender and age) that benefit from safe learning spaces (1)

150,000 99,241 - - 47,000 - -

# of teachers trained in conflict-affected areas (2)

5,000 1,000 30 1,000 30 30

# of schools in conflict-affected areas rehabilitated and repaired (3)

104 64 - - 50 - -

CHILD PROTECTION

# children participating in structured, sustained child protection or psychosocial support programmes (girls and boys) (1)

N/A

20,000 8,221 8,221

# children supported with specialized Child Protection services (girls and boys)(2) 2,000 1,351 1,251

# child protection actors and stakeholders trained (male and female) (3) 120 40 40

# of children reached in conflict affected and hard to reach areas supported with recreational programmes

50,000 - -

HEALTH

# of children under 5 years of age covered with appropriate vaccination (1)

342,000 1,359,120 1,359,120

Footnotes

WASH

1) Number of people accessing safe drinking water through rehabilitation/ repair of water supply facilities specifically for IDP shelters reached through installation of boreholes and water tanks. Sphere standard of 15 lit per person per day is considered as a target. 2) Number of people in the IDP camps, host communities, collective shelters and institutions with access to hygienic toilets or latrines with hand washing facilities, and rehabilitated sewage and drainage infrastructure. 3) Number of people reached with distribution of hygiene items in institutions and IDP camps coupled with dissemination of hygiene promotion messages. An average family size is composed of five people.

Education

1) Number of Out of school aged children supported with non-formal education (catch-up classes) 2) Number of teachers in conflict affected areas trained 3) Number of schools in conflict affected areas rehabilitated and repaired. 4) Additional pre-fab classes established to increase access; may be included in the rehabilitated/ repaired schools


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Child Protection

1) Number of children benefiting from psychosocial support in Child Friendly Spaces (CFS), mobile units, and school clubs. 2) Number of children who receive specialized psychosocial services 3) Number of child protection actors trained in psychosocial, case management and referrals

Health

1) Number of children below the age of six who have received the polio vaccine during the national immunization campaign held for the first time in two years.

February-May 2016

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