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Contact: Vedran Drakulic, Emergencies and Events, Oxfam, +61 (0) 3 9289 9345, +61 (0) 409 960 100 cell, media@oxfam.org.au
MEDIA ADVISORY, May 17 /Standard Newswire/ --
Where: Gizo camps, both in town and on the southern coast
People targeted: 3,500+ people
Photo: Remains of the
Funding: SBD $2 million+, includes funding from AusAid and NZAid
Objectives:
1) To restore and improve access to water and sanitation facilities in the Gizo area affected by the April 2007 earthquake and tsunami.
2) To support provision of emergency shelter needs and develop longer term program to move from emergency shelter to transitional shelter to more permanent shelter.
3) To reduce the incidence of water borne disease through a integrating a public health and hygiene response into water and sanitation activities.
4) To support local authorities, particularly the Ministry of Health and rural water supply and sanitation services to coordinate and implement response and rehabilitation activities.
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Activities & Achievements 12th – 14th May:
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Plans for 15th-16th May
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Access to water
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Completed construction of rainwater harvesting systems including those at at Pailoge and Titiana multi-purpose community buildings Lobby PWD to start trucking this water to camps |
stall second and third tank at SIEA dam site to increase storage to over 10,000 litres and therefore to increase water available for trucking (flow at spring is approx. 1200 litres per hour therefore tanks will refill overnight) |
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Sanitation
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Continued completion of latrines at New Mandra, Titiana, Nusa Baruka and other camps Continue production of leaf walling panels and construction of latrine superstructures according to cultural norms |
Continue completion of latrines at New Mandra, Titiana, Nusa Baruka and other camps Continue production of leaf walling panels and construction of latrine superstructures according to cultural norms |
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Public health promotion
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Preparation for the week’s PHP sessions in Playsafe areas Ongoing camp monitoring and reporting of problems to water and sanitation team |
PHP sessions in Playsafe areas at Babylon, Jah Mountain 1, Bahai, Emmanuel, New Mandra, Titiana 1 and Titiana 2 camps Ongoing camp monitoring and reporting of problems to water and sanitation team |
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Shelter
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Continued construction of second multi-purpose shelter at Titiana camp and began construction of third multi purpose shelter at Mile 6 Distribution of 15 tents according to requests received through PDC Plan developed for distribution of tents and shelter repair kits through community targeting |
Remaining tents to arrive in Gizo Distribution of tents to approx. 50 government workers from outside health sector Continue distribution of tents according to requests received through PDC |
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Gender
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In the process of contracting a full-time, focused health promotion team from existing pool of volunteers with a higher percentage of female staff | Second (female) community mobiliser – able to liaise between technical teams (water, sanitation and shelter) and communities – starts work |
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Other Work
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Began to move into new office and to move stock into new warehouse Gizo Office Manager (to manage administration, finance and logistics) started work Temporary driver started work |
Community mobilisers to initiate formation of representative camp committees for purpose of water, sanitation and shelter work or to link with existing committees where possible Complete move into new office and move of stock into new warehouse Handover of team leader role to Peter Wopereis |
