Situation Overview
The report from Volcanic and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre (PVMBG) of East Nusa Tenggara showed that there were slightly significant volcanic activities of Rokatenda volcano until 11 June 2013. The status of Mount Rokatenda has remained the same with last month’s status which is in level-3 (alert) status. However, the lava dome tends to increase due to irregular eruptions which followed by a burst of incandescent materials along with the incessant pyroclastic flow.
Until now PVMBG keeps intensively monitoring the ongoing volcanic activities of mount Rokatenda. Furthermore, PVMBG states the importance of delivering clear information on the current status of Rokatenda volcano to the communities and also understanding the nature of volcano hazards.
Coordination meeting hosted by National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) on 19 June 2013 discussed the efforts to accelerate the disaster recovery , especially on the wellbeing of the IDPs. The official data shows that there are 782 HH with total 2,754 IDPs sheltered in Sikka and Ende districts. As many as 375 HH are sheltered in Sikka District with total around 1,337 IDPs in 6 sub-districts; Alok, Alok Barat, Alok Timur, Kangae, Kewapante, and Magepanda and other 407 HH are sheltered with total 1,417 IDPs in 3 sub-districts;
Maurole, Wewaria, and Maukaro. During the coordination meeting, BNPB symbolically granted funds amounted IDR 14,7 billion to local government for shelter and relocation as well as livelihood for affected communities in Ende amounted IDR 6,6 billion and in Sikka amounted IDR 6,5 billion. However,
District authorities have not come up with the planning for the fund utilization during the transitional period, as the fund is more likely projected for the shelter and livelihood in the new settlement. While for promoting the livelihood activities and some of the basic needs, the local authorities instruct the SKPD (local government units) to discuss with each Department Head for assistance during transitional period.
On 8-11 June 2013, UN-OCHA and YEU conducted joint assessment to Palue Island, host families in Sikka district and host villages in Ende district to obtain first-hand observation on the current condition of IDPs either those returning to the island or those still staying in the camps, consult with PVMBG on the current volcanic status, meeting with the disaster management authorities in both districts on future plan for rehabilitation-reconstruction programdisaster affected population, and have discussion with Caritas Maumere as well as Maumere Diocese.
Most Pressing Need
•WASH: public bathrooms (especially for the camps along the coastline situated near the water sources), provision of potable water and bottled water.
•Livelihood: for fishing (trawls), for farming (poly bags, pots, seeds), and for home-scale economy (lisle and dye).
Response to Date
(12 June – 2 July 2013)
Health Services and Health Promotion:
•YEU team has treated 64 females, 29 males, and 82 children, with a total of 175 patient visits in 4 locations:
Citapewa, Mausambi, Aewora, and Uludala. The top five diseases are; upper respiratory tract infection, skin diseases, hypertension, dyspepsia and musculoskeletal diseases
•Health promotion on tuberculosis, rabies and HIV-AIDS in Uludala and Aewora, and HIV-AIDS in Transito.
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene:
•Water supply distribution in Transito camp for 143 IDPs, 45 HH (4 x 5,000 litre), and in Citapewa for 152 IDPs, 37 HH (1 x 4,400 litre).
•Bottled water distribution in Aewora (2,877 litre) and in Mausambi (2,730 litre).
•2 units of water tanks (@2,200 litre) and 32 jerry cans to Citapewa.
•Installation of additional 8 portable latrines (5 units in Uludala, 2 units in Citapewa, and 1 unit in Niranusa) with the funding from Synod of Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) and public donation, along with janitorial equipments (bucket, bailer, and closet brush).
Non-food item distribution:
•180 family hygiene kits, 17 elderly hygiene kits and 4 baby hygiene kits distributed to Aewora (42 family hygiene kits and 8 elderly hygiene kits), Mausambi (44 family hygiene kits and 9 elderly hygiene kits), Citapewa (34 family hygiene kits and 2 baby hygiene kits) and Waturia (60 family hygiene kits and 2 baby hygiene kits)=
•201 sheets blankets distributed to Aewora (51 sheets), Mausambi (42 sheets), Citapewa (72 sheets) and Niranusa (36 sheets).
•18 sheets tarpaulins distributed to 73 IDPs, 18 HH in Niranusa.
Food item distribution:
•107 packages of biscuits as breast milk complementary program in 4 camps: Citapewa, Uludala, Mausambi and Aewora.
•Rice: 3,300 kg has been distributed to IDPs in Sikka district (2,425 kg to Hewuli and 875 kg to Waturia) and 2,755 kg to IDPs in Ende district (Aewora 767 kg, Mausambi 728 kg,
Citapewa 851 kg and 409 kg Niranusa).
Plan of Action for the next 2 weeks
•Distribution of bottled water, pots and seeds to Aewora, Mausambi, Citapewa, and Niranusa
•Mobile health service to Mausambi
•Distribution of clean water to Citapewa
•Training on Emergency First Aid (PPGD) and camp management for IDPs in Sikka District (Hewuli, Wuring, Kampung Garam, Kilo 2, and Transito camps) and Ende District (Aewora, Mausambi, Citapewa, and Niranusa), representatives of Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), District Health Agency, District Social Agency, public-health center, Search and Rescue (SAR), Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and also members of humanitarian organizations responding to Mount Rokatenda eruption (FPPB) i.e. JaRi, WVI,
Plan-Indonesia, Karina, World Vision Indonesia (WVI), Wahana Tani Mandiri (Farmers Asscociation/WTM), and CKM (Caritas Maumere).
Challenges and strategies
As it is stated in the previous Sitrep, the movement of the IDPs who are coming and exiting the camp is quite high.
Most of the time, changes in the number of IDPs resulting in difficulty not only faced by the camp coordinators but also to the YEU team in delivering the relief distribution. Thus, to ensure accountable relief distribution, YEU team continues maintain communication and coordination with camp coordinators and village authority in updating and validating the data.
Other issues
YEU is currently having a coordination with Humanitarian Forum in Indonesia (HFI) in Maumere to discuss about the current situation in the area as well as sharing the future implementation for recovery.
Inadequate living space and privacy for those staying in host families such as in Waturia and Hewuli, where one house hosts 2-3 families (5-8 persons) should be taken into consideration. In extreme case, one house is inhabited by 21 persons. Ideally, 36m² house could only host 4 people and only for one core-family.
Inadequate living space and privacy could trigger psychological harms and gender-based violence such as: sexual harassment.