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YEMEN: Al Hudaydah Update
Situation Report No. 6 27 June 2018
This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It is issued by the OCHA Yemen office. The next report will be issued when additional information on the emergency becomes available.
I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES • Fighting and shelling have decreased in Al Hudaydah Governorate, but families continue to leave their homes and the governorate. • In Al Hudaydah City, most of the shops and commercial activities remain closed. Displacement is affecting the capacity of institutions to provide basic social services due to absence of staff. • Approximately 6,000 displaced families have received some kind of emergency assistance. • The water company in Al Hudaydah City is providing 44,971 cubic meters (44,971,000 liters) of safe drinking water daily, benefiting 65,000 households. • Several schools in Sana’a City have been identified for temporary shelter for vulnerable IDPs.
II. Situation Overview During the reporting period, fighting and shelling have significantly reduced in Al Hudaydah Governorate. However, airstrikes continue to be reported, especially in southern districts. On 27 June, an airstrike in Zabid District struck a location close to a hospital in Zabid town. No casualties were reported but the hospital reportedly sustained some damage. On 27 June, an airstrike hit a minbus in Al Garrahi District. On the same day, the Ministry of Human Rights in Sana’a issued a statement reporting that 11 civilians were killed and 11 more were injured in the strike. In Al Hudaydah City, clashes were reported on 26 June in the proximity of the airport. Money exchange shops where people can access cash from remittances, remain closed. Limited access to cash and the reported increase of food prices may jeopardise the food security of an already vulnerable population. Displacement is affecting the capacity of institutions to provide basic social services due to absence of staff. Access to water in the city has improved following repairs to pipes that had been damaged by conflict. Many roads in the city remain blocked, but the city remains accessible from Sana’a. Displacement continues as families seek shelter in relatively safer districts RRM kits for distribution in Marawi’ah District. Credit: UNFPA within Al Hudaydah Governorate or in neighbouring governorates. The exact numbers, locations and immediate needs are being verified by humanitarian partners. Humanitarian partners report that IDPs, who are arriving by truck, bus or private car in Amanat Al Asimah, Sana’a City, Ibb, Raymah, Dhamar, Al Bayda, Hajjah and other governorates, urgently need assistance such as food rations, medical care and protection services. Relief assistance continues to be provided to vulnerable people. As of 27 June, some 6,000 displaced families have received some kind of emergency assistance, as detailed in the response sections below. Al Hudaydah port is open and operational. As of 27 June, three vessels were at berth. Six vessels were in the anchorage area, three UNVIM-cleared vessels were in holding area and three vessels were en route.
III. Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) Despite numerous challenges, some 6,000 displaced families displaced by the conflict in Al Hudaydah have received some kind of emergency assistance. Some 18,000 RRM kits, containing enough food rations for a family for a week, basic hygiene requirements and other essential items, are prepositioned in Al Hudaydah. In terms of stocks, 76,000 MT of wheat grain are prepositioned in silos in Al Hudaydah and Saleef sufficient for 988,000 households for one month. Other prepositioned stocks in Al Hudaydah include 60,000 basic hygiene kits sufficient for 20,000 families; 30,000 transit kits with implementing partners sufficient for 30,000 households; 3,370 NFI kits sufficient for 3,370 families; and 4,440 emergency shelter kits sufficient for 4,440 families. More stocks are being prepositioned across Yemen. In Sana’a City, the Abu Baker school in Al Wahdah District, functions as a transit site were new IDPs are verified and provided with assistance. Several other schools have been identified to shelter vulnerable IDPs. Alternative venues will be found for the students to take their upcoming examinations. The NGO ADRA has been identified as the focal point for rapid response and WFP, UNHCR, UNFPA and UNCEF have delivered supplies to ADRA’s warehouse for distribution as consolidated packages following verification of the IDPs. RRM Cash distribution in Al Hudaydah
IV. Humanitarian Needs and Cluster Responses WASH Response: •
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The Local Water Supply Cooperation (LWSC) in Al Hudaydah City is currently providing 44,971 cubic meters (44,971,000 liters) of safe drinking water on a daily basis, benefiting 65,000 households including 197,782 children. WASH Cluster partners have prepositioned fuel and water disinfectants with LWSC to ensure continuous supply of safe water. 32,000 liters/day of water is being provided in Hays, Zabid, Bait Al Faqiah, Al Garrahi and At Tuhayat districts through supporting rural water supply and private wells. 22 water points serving 6,370 individuals have been established in Bayt Al-Faqiah, Zabid, Al Garrahi and Al Hali (Al Hawra school). Emergency teams have been set up by LWSC through UNICEF support to repair and maintain any damaged water system 1,163 additional hygiene kits have been distributed in At Tuhayat and Marawi’ah districts, Al Hudaydah City and Abs district in Hajjah Governorate, benefitting 8,141 individuals.
PROTECTION Response: • •
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Lifesaving multi sectorial GBV services are ongoing, 122 cases identified last week have received services including legal assistance (17), psychosocial support (68), medical assistance (22), cash assistance (15) and safe shelter (18). UNFPA has four focal points operating in four service centers to identify people with specific needs for referral. So far, 197 vulnerable women and mean have been provided with psychosocial support.
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WHO has repurposed its incident management system and all emergency operation centers at central level to focus on the Al Hudaydah emergency operations. A concept of operations was developed to ensure that the minimum service package aligns with the established humanitarian service points in priority. The Swiss Government has donated surgical supplies to cover the upsurge in conflict-related trauma for two referral hospitals (Al Thawra and Al Olifi) and two inter-district hospitals (Bait Al Faqiah and Zabid). WHO has prepositioned 12 Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) kits, each to benefit 50 malnourished children over a 3-month period in the districts of Bait Al Faqiah, Bajil, Al Thawra, Al Masouria and Al Marawi’ah. WHO continues to strengthen the capacity of the health system to conduct mass casualty management and health response in Hudaydah through the prepositioning of trauma kits in hospitals and health facilities. Mobile teams are also being supported to ensure that health assistance is provided to people who cannot travel to medical facilities. UNICEF has shipped over 50 MT of medical supplies from Djibouti to Hudaydah. The shipment will benefit 250,000 children and mothers and tops up existing items that were placed in the port city before the current fighting started. In Amanat Al Asimah, UNICEF has deployed a mobile team to Abu Bakr School to provide full-package health and nutrition activities to the IDPs.
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In Al Durayhimni District, a UNHCR partner has completed the distribution of 818 NFIs and 330 emergency shelter kits. In Al Marawi’ah District, UNHCR through an implementing partner will respond to the 829 households verified by ADRA with shelter and NFIs. In Bait Al Faqiah District, IOM has 400 NFIs in stock and expect more next week to cover the needs of 1,100 households. The Shelter/NFI sub-cluster in Aden has distributed 500 NFI kits in Al Khawkha and Hays, and pre-positioned 1,000 more in Al Khawkha. In Hajjah Governorate, registration of 350 newly displaced households has started. Stocks in Al Hudaydah Governorate: UNHCR has 2,236 NFIs and 4,084 emergency shelter kits (ESKs) and IOM 400 NFI/ ESK. One partner has 800 NFIs available but has a shortage of kitchen sets. Action Contra La Faim (ACF) has 140 NFI kits. Stocks in Hajjah Governorate: 94 NFIs with one partner including 658 Mattresses. Norwegian Refugee Council are expecting 500 NFIs and 355 ESKs on 29 June; Danish Refugee A displaced family leaving AL Hudaydah to Sana’a Council expects 5,000 NFIs and ESKs on 1 July. Credit: George Khoury/OCHA
FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE Respons: •
The FSAC sub-national cluster in Sana’a plans to provide a one-off food distribution to the IDPs, using verification information provided by the RRM focal points. This one-off distribution will be distributed as soon as the IRR kits are depleted (after seven days).
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YEMEN: Al Hudaydah Displacement Overview (as of 23 June 2018) Alluheyah
HAJJAH
Al Qanawis
Al Munirah
Kamaran
Abs
AL MAHWIT
Al Mighlaf Az Zaydiyah Ad Dahi
As Salif
SANA'A
Az Zuhrah Red Sea
Alluheyah
Bajil
Al Qanawis Kamaran
Al Munirah Al-Mounyra
Al-Zaydyeah
Al Mighlaf
Al Hajjaylah Al Marawi'ah
Bura
Al Mina
Al Hali
As Sukhnah Al Hawak Al Mansuriyah
RAYMAH
Ad Durayhimi
DHAMAR Bayt Al Faqiah
Zabid
Wusab As Safil
Red Sea
Legend
IBB
Jabal Ra's
Al Garrahi At Tuhayat
Al Dhihar
Transit Sites in Al Hudaydah Governorate Humanitarian Service Points in Al Hudaydah Governorate Humanitarian Service Points outside Al Hudaydah Governorate
Hays
Far Al Udayn
Al Khawkhah Dhi As Sufal
Displacement movement Primary road Governorate boundary District boundary
Al Mukha
TAIZZ
ADEN
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