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Protection Cluster Contingency Planning (KP/FATA)

Preparedness And Response Plan 2014

Table of Contents:

1. Over view………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .............................. …

2. Humanitarian Presence & Action in the Province…………… 3. Coordination Arrangement in a Crisis............................................................................................

4. Assessment Planning

5. Preparedness Actions or Plans

6. Cluster Specific details……………………………………

6.1 CCCM…………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………………………

6.2 Education………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

6.3 FSC……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6.4 Health……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………

6.5 Nutrition……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6.6 Protection………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………

6.7 Shelter……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

6.8 WaSH…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Overview

1. Introduction:

The Humanitarian Country Team of Pakistan has agreed to prepare a Preparedness and Response plan (P&RP), enabling the humanitarian community to be

better prepared for any kind of manmade and Natural disaster.

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The key objective of P&RP is to prepare the humanitarian community in Pakistan at national and provincial levels for complementing the Government efforts in

effective response to the humanitarian needs of people affected by potential disaster, taking into account lessons learned and needs identified from the

multiple emergency responses since 2008.

Many regions of Pakistan experience ongoing security problems affecting communities and resulting in major population displacements.

2. Background

KP and FATA

Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - KP, is the smallest Province of Pakistan in terms of geographic area; it is 9.4% of the country’s total area. KP covers an area

of 74,521 sq. km and is located on both banks of the river Indus and stretches from the Himalayas in the north to deserts of DI Khan in the south, where it is

bordered by the Baluchistan and Punjab provinces. The Province has a total of 24 districts which are further divided into 43 sub-divisions and 47 Tehsils and

957 UCs.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is prone to a number of natural hazards like river flood, flash flood, avalanches, landslides, droughts, fire eruption and transport

accidents. The adverse impacts of these hazards on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been very severe in the recent past. Losses of human lives, destruction of critical

facilities, loss of crops, livelihoods and economic opportunities and environmental degradation have been overwhelming. This situation demands for proper

planning covering the eminent disasters and their risk level, required mitigating and preparedness measures reducing disaster risk as well as ensuring effective

response mechanism.

The Federally Administered Tribal Area(FATA) is spread over 27,220 sq. km. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and FATA makes two parallel arcs along the west bank of the Indus as it runs southward with the western edge as the international border with Afghanistan. According to the 2008-09 estimates, FATA’s total population touches 4.02 million. Administratively, FATA comprises seven Tribal Agencies including Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram, North Waziristan and South Waziristan and six Frontier Regions including Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan and Lakki Marwat. FATA operates under the Federal Government’s Ministry of SAFRON, which designates the Governor of KP as its agent. The Governor maintains control over the agencies via Political Agents entrusted with broad political, administrative, and judicial powers. FATA has been supported with its own Civil Secretariat in Peshawar as FATA Secretariat, which is led by the Additional Chief Secretary. Each year, during the monsoon rainy season occurring between June and September, the levels of these major water channels (i.e. Kurram and Bara rivers and

Khanki and Mastura streams) rise sharply, sometimes causing severe flood disasters. Pakistan regularly experiences several kinds of floods: Riverine floods

which are caused by heavy rains or snowmelt in the north, creating a quantity of water exceeding the capacity of riverbeds, as well as flash floods caused by

large-scale rainfall.

Humanitarian Presence & Action in the Province More specifically, the Preparedness and response Plan aims:

To coordinate and support PDMA and FDMA efforts during the emergency

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To prepare the humanitarian community in KPK to effectively respond to the humanitarian needs of people affected by potential disasters in future, taking

into account lessons learned and needs identified from different Manmade and Natural disasters since 2008.

To maintain readiness for humanitarian response to other potential risks and disasters that may occur.

Aims to

ensure cross-cutting issues, such as

gender, age, HIV/AIDS and the

environment are mainstreamed,

through an integrated timely response.

Coordination Arrangement in a Crisis [please include the existing coordination arrangements in place at time of writing] The above matrix shows the coordination structure which is also effectively augmented by all the active eight clusters i.e. CCCM, Education, FC, Health, Nutrition, Protection, Shelter

and WaSH. Assessment Planning [include information on MIRA cooperation/ JAR presence/ other capacity] Staffs from different organizations and government departments are trained on MIRA for which a roaster of available staff is ready. Preparedness Actions or Plans [Max 300 words please fill]

Cluster Specific Details 6.1: Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster (CCCM) Provincial Cluster Coordinator – Tesfay Gebregziabher email: Tesfay@unhcr.org Alternate Cluster coordinator Mata-ul-Hussain Changaiz email: Changaiz@unhcr.org Cluster objective in crisis response UNHCR accelerate preparedness in Jalozai, Tough Sarai and New Durrani IDP camps and also where necessary, support to spontaneous camps by undertaking the following activities;

Situation Briefing at onset

HRT Onset of emergency before Gov

OCHA

After Gov request for help

FDMA/PDMA/HRT Within 12 hours GCM

Mobilize responses Cluster meetings Within 24 hours N/A

MIRA assessment FDMA/PDMA/HRT Within 72 hours AWG/TWG

Regular Coordination FDMA/PDMA/HRT As Necessary/daily GCM

MIRA (2) FDMA/PDMA/HRT Within 14 days AWG/TWG

Response coordination FDMA/PDMA/HRT As Necessary/daily GCM

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● To survey the entire camps and identify locations where improvement of drainage / cleaning and other activities are required ● Form teams to go through all the tents and ensured that they are properly pitched. Provide extra pigs where required ● Identify and relocate families living in low lying areas to more secure parts of the camps ● Make arrangements for standby tractors and shovels owners to be called on short notice and utilized in case of diverting water flow ● To assess the need for issuing Shovels, Pick axe and other necessary tools to IDPs per block to be used by the communities for diverting water from their tents etc ● Motivation/sensitization activities discouraging the digging of soil and creating ditches by the IDPs that could be of potential risks when filled with rain water ● Ensure the availability of contingency stock of NFIs (extra plastic sheeting to cover the tents) in camps Cluster Presence: Jalozai camp in district Nowshera, Tough Sarai camp in district Hangu and New Durrani camp in Kurram agency Cluster Partners: PDMA / FDMA /CERD and FRD Existing Activities: UNHCR has provided 860 tool kits to IDP families last year out of which 600 are for Jalozai, 90 for Tough Sarai and 270 in New Durrani IDP camp for clearing minor blockages in their respective blocks. Response challenges Establishment of new camps. 6.2: Education Cluster Provincial Cluster Coordinator – Mr. Nisar Khan Cluster objective in crisis response –The overall objective of Education Sector’s contingency plan is to restore normalcy in the lives of children, provide safe

access and improved quality of education (including early learning, formal and non-formal education opportunities) in emergency situations under the

leadership of government and in collaboration with partners and cross-sectoral stakeholders, ensuring Gender sensitivity in approach and activities.

Specific objectives:

Resumption of formal education in safe environment for both girls and boys through reopening of existing schools or provision of alternative learning centers.

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Restoration of education infrastructure and provision of consumable and non-consumable school supplies.

Provide child-centered learning opportunities promoting a conducive learning environment.

Supporting school-age children, girls in particular, to regularly attend school.

Promotion of protective, child friendly, and gender responsive school environments. Cluster Presence: Education cluster is present in Nowshera, Peshawar, Swat, Dir Lower, Dir Upper, DIKhan, Bannu, Tank, Charsada, Kohistan, Buner, Mardan, Shangla, Kohatdistricts of KP and Khyber, Mohmand, Orakzai, Bajour, South Waziristan, North Waziristan, Kurram agencies and FR Kohat, FR DIKhan, FR Bannu, FR Tank, FR Lakki, FR Peshawar of FATA. Cluster Partners: Education Department KP and FATA, UNICEF, Save the Children, Hayat Foundation, OSED, ASWED, SHID, SHED, IRC, NRC, HRDN, BFO, Acted, FARD, IHSAS, STEP, KK, NIDA-Pakistan, PVDP, HIN, IDEA, HDOD, N-IRM, AHO, WCO, HRDS, PADO and HOPE Existing Activities:

Rapid assessment

Provision of education supplies

Establishment of Temporary Learning Spaces/Centers in govt. schools/ tents/ rented buildings

Mobilization& Training of Teachers & Education Personnel

Rehabilitation of Schools

Resumption of Formal Education

Monitoring and Evaluation

School WASH

Formation and re-activation of school management committees Response challenges In the initial phase of onset of emergency, the availability of credible data with regard to extent of damages, affected population and the place of displacement is one of the major challenges. There is lack of coordination between different organizations on rapid assessment which result in non-availability of credible information. Similarly there is a need for coordination amongst the stakeholders to prepare joint plans to avoid overlapping of activities. There is a need to devise a proper monitoring system to monitor activities on the ground. The lack of capacity and resources make the education sector situation worse. The education department personnel and partners do not have the capacity to respond to emergencies. Funding has remained a constraint which hinders the emergency response for restoring education services to affected children. The prolonged emergencies and crises in KP and FATA for the past few years have made it difficult to generate funds. The donors fatigue poses a challenge in resource mobilization. The non-availability of funds has resulted in lukewarm response from the stakeholders in the cluster supported initiatives for resumption of education activities. The major chunk of displaced population prefers to settle in host communities for social and cultural reasons. It is very hard to find data about their concentration in different pockets. They are sprinkled around a vast area which makes it difficult to ensure provision of education services. The weak education system cannot afford the extra burden of accommodating additional children in government schools.

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6.3: Food Security Cluster Provincial Cluster Coordinator Food security cluster is jointly led by UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Program (WFP), along with the active involvement of Government counterparts from both PDMA and FDMA.

Name Title Location Organization Phone Email Address

Khalid Khan Provincial Cluster Coordinator

Peshawar, FAO 0346-8544175 Khalid.khatki@fao.org

Zahir Shah Khan

Co-Lead FSC, Program officer

Peshawar WFP 0346-8563443 Zahir.shah@wfp.org

Faiz Mohammad

Chief IDP Coordinator

Peshawar PDMA 0345-9016666 ccidps@pdma.gov.pk

Cluster objective in crisis response: The Food Security Cluster aims to save lives, avert hunger, protect rural livelihoods of those affected by disasters and initiate early recovery activities to enable

these populations to rebuild their livelihoods. More specifically, the Food Security Cluster aims at:

1. Improve food consumption for targeted groups

2. Increase availability of diverse, nutritious and safe food for targeted groups

3. Improve/stabilize nutritional status of young children (6 months – 12 years)

4. Protect livelihood assets and increasing HH resilience Cluster Presence: Stationed in Peshawar, Food Security Cluster is coordinating the activities of active cluster members in different regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, targeting the affected population of complex emergency (Relief and Early Recovery Phases) and remnant ER activities of floods 2010 response. Cluster Partners: 57 Existing Activities:

Coordination with all humanitarian partners (including government institutions, national and international NGOs and other international organizations), through the establishment and maintenance of appropriate coordination mechanisms for the Food Security Cluster at the provincial levels;

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Secure commitments from humanitarian partners to respond to identified needs, ensuring the appropriate distribution of responsibilities within the Cluster, with clearly defined focal points for specific issues where necessary;

Promote a timely and appropriate emergency response, while also considering the need for early recovery planning as well as disaster prevention and risk-reduction activities;

Ensure effective links with other relevant Clusters, in particular Nutrition, Gender, Protection and Camp management;

Represent the interests of the Cluster in discussions with the Humanitarian Coordinator and other stakeholders

Mapping of Cluster Partners’ Capacities and Activities

Undertake mapping through regular 4W data collection, analysis and dissemination (who, what, where and when) to ensure that information on the programmes and projects of Cluster partners is comprehensive and up-to-date, as a basis of monitoring humanitarian response, and identifying eventual gaps;

Proactively organize and participate in needs assessment and analyze the data for sectoral application;

Develop/update agreed response strategies and action plans for the Cluster

Ensure that Cluster members are aware of relevant policy guidelines and technical standards related to food security activities, and that their responses are in-line with them

Ensure adequate reporting and effective information sharing, including the updating of the humanitarian portals (Pakresponse and the food security cluster);

Ensure adequate monitoring mechanisms are in place to review the impact of the cluster’s activities and progress against implementation plans

Develop and implement a communication strategy on behalf of all Cluster members, and the Food Security sector in general, to ensure that key decision-makers, including government and donor partners, are aware of the needs, priorities and importance of necessary support to the sector in

Advocate for donors to fund humanitarian actors to carry out priority activities in the sector concerned, while at the same time encouraging Cluster members to mobilize resources for their activities through their usual channels.

Provide needs-based trainings and capacity building initiatives for Cluster members; Response challenges

Limited funding opportunities impact the overall response framework of Food Security Cluster

Accessibility and outreach to population in dire need of crisis has a negative impact on the already deteriorated Food Security Situation in the region;

Detailed Food Security information at household level is lacking (effect/impact of displacement);

The missing link of Early Recovery after return make the sustainability of Food Security interventions questionable 6.4: Health Cluster Provincial Cluster Coordinator – Dr. Fawad Khan: Email: khanmu@pak.emro.who.int (Alternate national) Mohammad Shafiq: shafiqm@pak.emro.who.int Cluster objectives: The health cluster aims to support Government of Pakistan for life saving efforts to promote and protect health and well-being of the affected population

thereby minimizing mortality, morbidity and disability during an emergency. Strengthening local capacities to mitigate and respond to prevent avoidable

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morbidity and mortality from diseases among disaster affected population in KP. The response will be done in three stages (i) pre-disaster, (ii) disaster and (iii)

post disaster phase.

Specific Objectives:

To provide timely and comprehensive emergency health services including comprehensive primary health care through mobile & static clinics, EPI (Routine, Polio/Measles campaigns, Vitamin A supplementation, TT), MNCH, strengthening of referral mechanisms and mental health and psycho social support to the affected population in KP and FATA.

To coordinate availability of appropriate relevant and competent human resources including managerial staff, doctors, para-medics, logistics and administrative staff.

To support timely and emergency health assistance for the resiliency of the health facilities and support continuous operational level of health facilities and provide need based mobile health clinics.

To facilitate availability, accessibility and utilization of essential medicines, equipment and supplies Cluster Presence: The Health Cluster/WHO is operational in following districts: KP: Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swat, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Shangla,, DI Khan, Tank, Kohistan, Battagram, Mansehra & Chitral FATA: South Waziristan Agency, North Waziristan Agency, Orakzai, Kurram, Mohmand Khyber, Bajour Cluster Partners: American Refugee Committee (ARC), CAMP, CARE International, CERD, CWS, HHRD, International Medical Corps (IMC), IOM, IRC, IR-Pakistan, Johanniter Unfallhilfe e.V., Malteser International, Médecins du Monde France (MDM-F), Medical Emergency Relief International (MERLIN), Muslim Aid, Save & Serve, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNAIDS, UNFPA, World Health Organization (WHO), World Vision. Donors: Department of Health KP & FATA, PDMA, Donor agencies including ECHO, USAID/OFDA, DFID/UK Aid, AUSAID, Norwegian Government, GIZ, Govt. of Finland,

Govt. of Italy, Saudi Fund for Development (SFD),

Existing Activities:

Emergency health care assistance to more than 1,000,000 displaced IDP population;

Coordination of health cluster response along with national and international organizations through the health cluster platform;

Rapid health needs assessment with gap analysis for addressing immediate life saving health needs in the areas of displacement.

Capacity building support to more than 2350 local health staff on communicable disease control and surveillance; 1,012 health workers on essential medicines; 794 officials and experts on environment health; 650 health staff on nutrition strategies;

Technical assistance to 500 health facilities reporting DEWS data on a weekly basis;

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2,937 alerts of various communicable diseases investigated and responded including outbreaks of Measles, Coetaneous Leishmaniasis, Typhoid Fever, Bloody Diarrhoea and Acute Water Diarrhoea, Acute Viral Hepatitis, Scabies, Malaria, etc.;

595 malnourished children under 1 year old received medical treatment in 8 WHO supported nutrition stabilization centers;

Distribution of medicines, environmental health supplies, medical equipment and instruments is in place together with rehabilitation of 25 health facilities and 7 warehouses underway

Response challenges

Volatile security situation in FATA agencies hampering the emergency health response

Unavailability of trained and skilled health human resources in remote and difficult areas like DI Khan, Kohistan and FATA agencies.

Unavailability of trained and skilled health human resources in remote and difficult areas like DI Khan, Tank, Kohistan and FATA agencies.

Provision of health services to scattered population of IDPs

Low funding of HOP due to which serious gaps exist in health service delivery for affected population

Most of the health facilities in FATA agencies have low capacity to deliver health services.

6.5: Nutrition Cluster

Provincial Cluster Coordinator: Aien Khan Afridi [email: akafridi@unicef.org] Alternate (National): Dr. Ambreen Qazi [email: amqazi@unicef.org] National Cluster Coordinator: Megan Gayford [email: mgayford@unicef.org] Information Management Officer: Sultan Ahmed [email: sahmed@unicef.org] IMO [Alternate----National]: Qutab Alam [email: qalam@unicef.org]

Cluster overall objectives:

Provincial Nutrition cluster aims to support government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA for ensuring provision of life saving preventive and primitive

nutritional services for vulnerable children (boys and girls) and pregnant & lactating women at the community and facility level that meet national and

internationally recommended minimum standard of care for a population affected by an emergency.

Three stage response including; (a) pre-emergency preparedness (b) during emergency response (c) post emergency support [early recovery]

Specific Objectives:

To ensure provision of lifesaving nutrition services for acutely malnourished children (boys and girls) less than five years of age and pregnant and lactating

women (PLW) suffering from acute malnutrition through a community and facility based nutritional management approach through 2013.

To contribute to the prevention of malnutrition in early childhood through protection and promotion of improved infant and young child feeding,

strengthening caring capacity and practices of family members and healthcare providers at the facility, community and family level, promote good

maternal nutrition and protect breastfeeding by control of unsolicited donation and distribution of breast milk substitutes in emergency affected areas.

To contribute to prevention and treatment of micronutrient deficiency disorders in children and women through provision of multiple micronutrient

supplementation, Vitamin A and de-worming campaigns.

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To strengthen capacity for effective implementation of nutrition interventions through trainings/refreshers of DoH and NGOs; ensure effective and timely

implementation of nutrition interventions through enhanced coordination and information management; and monitoring of trends including status of

malnutrition and status of malnutrition in the affected population.

Cluster Presence: Nutrition cluster is currently operational in both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA; [including: Peshawar, Nowshera, Kohat, Hangu, Tank, DI Khan, Mardan, Swat, Shangla, Kohistan, Dir Lower, Dir Upper and Buner districts of KP and Kurram Agency of FATA].

Cluster Partners:

Department of Health KP and FATA, P/FDMA, UN Agencies (UNICEF, WFP, WHO, UNOCHA) and I/NGOs (Save the Children, Merlin, Johanniter International, Muslim Aid, Action Against Hunger [ACF], MDM, IMC, Relief International, Relief Pakistan, RAHBAR, PEACE, CERD, CDO-Swabi, CDO-Pakistan, IDEA, FPHC, LIFE, PDI, NDF, AMAN, HRDO & PRIME Foundation)

Donors:

Currently ECHO, AusAID, CIDA, Danish Government, UNICEF/Thematic Funds, UN/ERF, WFP [EMOP-Multiple Donors], WHO and Johanniter Intl/German Govt.

Existing Activities:

Community and facility based outpatient emergency nutrition services [including; Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), Infant and

Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) for IDPs [children less than five years of age and pregnant and lactating

women (PLW)] in camps including Jalozai, Tough Sarai and New Durrani camps] through UNICEF/WFP/UNOCHA implementing partners, including; Merlin,

CERD and PEACE.

Community and facility based outpatient emergency nutrition services [including; Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), Infant and

Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) for IDPs outside camps and host communities [children less than five years

of age and pregnant and lactating women (PLW)] in HOP target districts including; Peshawar-17 UCs, Nowshera-4 UCs, DI Khan-21 UCs, Kohat-10 UCs,

Hangu-10 UCs and Kurram Agency-4 areas, through UNICEF/WFP IPs including: Merlin, Johanniter Intl, PEACE, CERD, FPHC and Prime Foundation. ACF is in

process of establishing nutrition services in five more union councils of district Kohat and Relief Pakistan in 10 more UCs of Peshawar and Nowsherah.

Facility based inpatient stabilization care services for complicated severe acute malnourished children through WHO/UNICEF support to DoH [DHQ and

Tertiary Care Hospitals] in Kohat, DI Khan, Nowsherah and Peshawar.

Nutrition Surveillance through NIS reporting and sentinel site surveillance of WHO.

Nutrition services coverage survey is ongoing in DI Khan and Hangu district and a SMART survey for assessment of prevalence of malnutrition in HOP target

areas is under preparation to be started/ completed in June 2013.

Response Challenges:

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Nonexistence of nutrition support in the current healthcare system of the DOH requires capacity building of staff before initiating any nutrition response.

Difficulty in program monitoring at the field due to uncertain security situation, travel restrictions and exhausting process for obtaining NOCs.

Unavailability of reliable local baseline data at the onset of emergency

Low funding under HOP restrict establishment of services for all affected population.

Low capacity of partners [both financial and technical] and government for timely nutrition response at the onset of an emergency.

Low priority for nutrition programs with no professionals in the public sector.

6.6: Protection Cluster (including the sub-clusters of Child Protection and Gender Based Violence, Ageing and Disability areas of expertise) Provincial Cluster Coordinator - Valerie Svobodova – Protection Cluster Coordinator (UNHCR) – svobodov@unhcr.org

- Mukhtar Ahmed Mohamed – Protection Cluster Coordinator (IRC) – mohamedmukhtar.ahmed@rescue.org

- Imran Ullah Jan – Protection Cluster Co-Lead (IRC) – ImranUllah.Jan@rescue.org

- Farman Ali – Child Protection Sub-Cluster Coordinator – farali@unicef.org

- Farid Gul – GBV Sub-Cluster Coordinator – gul@unfpa.org

- Talal Waheed – Age and Disability Task Force (at Islamabad level) - agedisabilitytaskforce@gmail.com

Cluster objective in crisis response The overall objective of the Protection Cluster contingency plan is to ensure that any response to complex disasters in KP & FATA promotes and protects the

fundamental rights of those affected, including the most vulnerable persons and groups, in an impartial and dignified manner and in accordance with the

international human rights and humanitarian laws and frameworks.

Specific objectives:

Identify key protection concerns and responses. Ensure the identification, reporting, monitoring and to the extent possible response to human rights

violations and protection concerns.

Ensure coordinated inter-agency protection response, including coordination with Government stakeholders.

Promote inclusion and participation of communities and linkages with local organizations and civil society.

Mainstream protection across all relevant clusters to ensure the implementation of human rights and survivor centered based approach and related

standards, notably the humanitarian principles, into all relief assistance and durable solutions.

Support the creation of a protection conducive environment, able to respond to individual protection concerns through referral, information, and advice

and service provision.

Build links between emergency programs and sustainable Government led response through partnership, capacity building and preparedness.

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Ensure Protection, care and well being of children (girls and boys) displaced during the crisis, in accordance with international standards and Pakistan child

rights Policies and procedural practices..

Monitoring and reporting of child protection issues are undertaken and systematically trigger response.

Psychosocial support is provided to vulnerable groups, particularly women and children (girls and boys).

Violence, exploitation and abuse of girls, boys and women, are prevented and addressed.

Preparedness activities:

Develop standardized rapid protection assessment tools for use by the protection sector (questionnaire, database, guidelines, SOPs, PDAs);

In collaboration with the Government to develop a standard coordinated response to commonly identified protection concerns during emergencies,

including technical advice for developing and implementing standard operating procedures and guidelines;

Support establishment of protection monitoring capacities within the communities through the establishment of community committees (ensuring

inclusion of persons with disabilities) and through sensitization programs with a focus on responding to the most vulnerable in disaster situation;

Provide training for all humanitarian and disaster management personnel on prevention of exploitation, violence and abuse;

Development of and training on standard individual case management and referral mechanisms.

Undertake collective review of humanitarian protection response to identify capacity-building priorities with partners for recovery and long-term

reintegration support;

Develop capacity of humanitarian actors and authorities on GBV prevention and response in disaster response settings. (i.e. development of Guidelines on

GBV and trainings on the same etc).

Build capacities of District Coordination Working groups in KP.

Capacity and staffing matrix in Protection regularly updated.

Provide guidance and tools for prevention and protection in relation to GBV; operationalize the action sheets in the IASC-GBV Guidelines through training, advocacy and other capacity development initiatives.

Build capacity on norms, standards and tools to standardize actions to prevent and respond to GBV in the humanitarian context including: the IASC-GBV Guidelines, the Caring for Survivors Training Pack, the GBV SOP Roll-out Training Manual, all or part of the GBV Information Management System (for safe collection, storage, analysis and sharing of reported, service-level GBV data), etc.

Receive and respond to requests from the government and NGOs for technical assistance and capacity development.

Response activities:

Identify and register persons displaced as a result of the emergency, including sex and age desegregation and national origin;

Ensure a coherent inter-agency coordination system is in place with respective protection mechanisms including Government authorities; coordinate and

contribute to regular inter-agency protection coordination meetings.

Develop and implement community consultation mechanisms;

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Disseminate protection guidelines both sector-specific and general humanitarian principles;

Support affected communities to lodge grievances and seek redress;

Support NADRA to identify vulnerable groups and locations and to conduct mobile registration for civil documents and relief assistance).

Identifying the most vulnerable children (girls and boys) in the worst affected areas and ensure their access to basic services through referral.

Establishing monitoring and reporting (including advocacy) mechanism in consultation with partners and members of the Child Protection Sub Cluster;

Accessing children (girls and boys) and their caregivers in affected districts through protective Spaces (mobile / static) for psychosocial support,

recreational facilities and counseling.

Mobilizing and supporting camp / community based groups / social networks of volunteers through provision of training and technical assistance to

prevent and address violence, exploitation and abuse of children (girls and boys).

Adhering to the WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching, Documenting and Monitoring Sexual Violence in Emergencies; promote a safe and ethical standardized system for collection, analysis, sharing and management of GBV-related data. Develop systems and strategies that are in line with the global GBVIMS.

Establish confidential reporting and referral mechanisms which are accessible to women and children, which are linked to comprehensive response

mechanisms for GBV.

Cluster Presence: Peshawar- coordination for KP FATA The cluster is also present at District level, with District Coordination Working Groups (DCWGs) co-chaired by the Child Protection Welfare Commission (CPWC)

and one national NGO. At District level, the Working Groups Chairs and Co-chairs are relatively new to the idea of protection coordination, particularly in the

humanitarian context. The exigency to develop coordination skills and acquire best practices on how to effectively steer partners and agree on common

strategies is even more evident.

11 District Coordination Working Groups (DCWG) in KP FATA Cluster Partners: UNHCR, CERD, IRC, NRC, EHSAR, SRSP, BEST, IOM, CRDO, Handicap International, HUJRA, PRSP, BPDO, ACTED, CPWC, FDMA, PDMA, RDO, KADO, FORT, Child Protection Sub Cluster: UNICEF, CERD, PVDP, PADO, Save the Children, EHSAR Foundation, SPADO, Hayat Foundation, PRSP, BEST, PEI and BPDO GBV Sub cluster: PADO, JPI, UNFPA, BPDO, AICD, KK, BEST, The Awakening, UNWOMEN, NET, ROAD, CERD, IRC, IMC, CAMP, SWWS, HUJRA, PRSP, Existing Activities: Grievance desks system; protection monitoring, legal services, capacity building of local organizations and authorities; registration. Child protection services, i.e. psychosocial support through Child Friendly Spaces/PLaCES, child protection monitoring, referral to services, awareness raising and capacity building of local communities are being provided to vulnerable children (girls and boys). Through an integrated approach, GBV is providing psychosocial, Reproductive Health support through WFSs, wherein vocational training skills are also imparted to aspiring GBV survivors or at risk women and girls. Other activities include, the awareness raising, sensitization and the capacity building of IPs, the cluster and the community members.

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Response challenges - Funding gap: discontinuity, staff loss/ turnover in NGOs part of the cluster, interruption of relations with NGOs and authorities

- Challenges for the protection cluster to assert its relevance within the humanitarian community where attention to technical sectors (food, shelter, health,

WASH) prevails. Protection is frequently sidelined, despite engagement and advocacy.

- Refusal of the authorities to launch international appeals penalizing the entire humanitarian community. High competition for scarce funding including

pooled funding (e.g emergency Relief Fund) regularly penalizes protection vis-à-vis other sectors such as food, shelter, health, WASH. The cluster has

difficulties to affirm the life-saving nature of protection activities, also within the humanitarian community;

- Capacity of NGOs and CBOs in the field remains an issue to conduct qualitative protection work and better structured advocacy at provincial level or at

national level;

- Need to reinforce information management capacity: protection has an inherent difficulty vis-à-vis the technical sectors in quantifying activities, designing

assessments etc. hence more capacity and investment is needed.

- Capacity and engagement of local authorities especially at district level; capacity, including in coordination and “soft skills”; turnover, changes, no

dedicated, resource constraints Necessity to improve the monitoring / data analysis system to capture protection issues and trends. The restricted

humanitarian access in areas of return hinders an efficient and detailed return/ protection monitoring. Missions for protection partners are occasional.

More capacity in monitoring and reporting on protection-related issues needs to be built amongst local NGOs who may have better access to FATA, with

due attention to data confidentiality and data protection.

- Significant funding gaps impacted protection, particularly Child Protection and GBV activities, which could reach only a fraction of the population - The situation remains volatile and new displacement cannot be excluded, if military operations continue and intensify (e.g. North Waziristan)

- Access to areas of military operations is interdicted to all actors; access to areas of return is severely limited by procedural requirements involving the

scrutiny of both military and civilian authorities, Access is becoming a principle issue, as it hinders significantly humanitarian operation, protection by

presence, protection monitoring and oversight on partners.

- Protection actors focus their activities on camps interventions, especially protective services for women and children; monitoring and referral, particularly

to the SWD; support to IDP registration and grievances desk to provide advice and support to families with documentation and assistance eligibility

problems. Support off-camp is challenged by lack of funding, and presence, particularly on the GBV side.

- Principled return is challenged by the political agenda of the authorities to actively promote return, in less than conducive conditions. The humanitarian

community has set some Standard Operating procedures including agreed benchmarks to be respected before the request of support by the Government

s fulfilled. Yet, the observance of the SOP needs to be critically re-considered.

6.7: Shelter Cluster Provincial Cluster Coordinator – Zelalem Mengistu email: mengistu@unhcr.org Alternate: Sikander Azam azams@unhcr.org & pakpescc@unhcr.org Cluster objective in crisis response –

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The Cluster’s response plan for 2013 contains three objectives in linear order, starting with life-saving, moving through a transitional period with Objective 3 focusing on durable solutions. The essence of these three objectives remains unchanged. Rather we envisage that there will be a constant need for life-saving activities and projects, independent of more transitional and durable solutions. The Cluster Response Strategy contains three pillars reflecting each of the overarching shelter needs:

1. Emergency response: The Cluster will continue to provide emergency assistance to those affected by natural disaster and for those displaced by conflict. The Cluster will distribute a standard NFI kit and an Emergency Tent Shelter to those in need. The design of NFI kit will take account of the specific needs of women (sanitary cloth). Kitchen sets, mosquito nets for safety against malaria and soap for hygienic purposes are part of the standard NFI Kit.

2. Transitional shelter: Transitional shelter is provided to in-camp registered IDPs. The concept of transitional shelter covers all interventions from tent Shelter to winterization / summarization of shelters. The provision of transitional shelter should be preceded by consultations with women and men from the community on the proper layout of the site, demarcation, fire prevention and the provision of basic services, which will be addressed concurrently in coordination with the other relevant clusters (i.e. WASH, Health, Education and Food). In particular the views of women, specifically about protection, will be considered during the design of the shelter so that a safe and secure environment can be created. The provision of transitional shelter will be guided by the six (6) standards for shelter as per SPHERE.

3. Support for durable solutions: The authorities continue to demonstrate a desire to address the returnees by providing IDPs with durable solution at their place of origin. The Cluster will continue to advocate for and work with the authorities to find durable solutions for the returnees. Where suitable, shelter activities will be integrated with Health, education and WASH activities. Durable solutions include provision of shelter repair kits with a tool kit and cash for work component, construction of one room shelter or full house as per approval of the funding agencies and nature of funding. The specific needs of older women and single headed households during the return / relocation process will be considered. When conditions are conducive, after the Inter-agency recommendation, support for voluntary return to place of origin will be provided by distributing of transitional shelters (tent) and NFI kits upon return. Cluster Presence: KP: D.I Khan, Swat, Charsadda,Kohat, Hangu, Tank, Peshawar, Nowshera FATA: South Waziristan, Orakzai, Kurram,Mohmand, Bajaur Cluster Partners: UNHCR, FDMA, PDMA, Diakonie, NRC, Acted, SRSP, FRD, EHSAR, JEN, UH-Habitat, ACID, SHID DONORS: Saudi Development Fund, ERF, CERF, ECHO, NMFA,BMZ, DKH Funding, BFDW.

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Existing Activities:

Distribution of NFIs among the newly conflict affected IDPs.

Provision of Tents for in-camp IDPs.

Rental assistance to off-camp IDPs.

Shelter repair kits for the conflict affected returnees of Kurram.

Provision of ORS (One room Shelter) with toilet for the flood affected population.

Provision of ORS (One room Shelter) with toilet for conflict affected returnees.

Provision of Two rooms along with kitchen, bathroom and a verandah for the flood affected population.

Provision of One room along with kitchen, bathroom and a verandah for the flood affected population.

Provision of Two rooms along with kitchen, bathroom, verandah and boundary walls for the conflict affected returnees of Bajaur, Mohmand, Kurram and South Waziristan.

Response challenges

Accessibility in some areas of FATA is very difficult because of lack metaled roads.

Security is a challenge in FATA because of the presence of militants in some of the agencies.

In flood affected areas there are still some gaps which need to be identified and addressed accordingly.

In some areas of returns some returnees are still to be provided with proper shelter and there are cases where returnees were residing with the host families and are in need of NFI’s and shelter both.

Except for Bajaur agency, damage need assessment is still to be done in other agencies. Even in Bajaur some areas were not covered in the survey. In Mohmand agency the survey has been conducted in some areas but people are still waiting for the compensation allowance.

The extent of damages in the conflict areas is hard to determine because of the security issues and lack of resources for such an extensive survey.

The need in term of shelter is more and the funds allocated for shelter intervention is minimum.

The volatile situation in FATA hampers the relief activities as such long term planning is not possible. 6.8: WaSH Cluster Provincial Cluster Coordinator – Mr. Sajjad Akbar, Mr. Asif Mahmood Cluster objective in crisis response –

Ensure that the most vulnerable displaced and disaster-affected women, girls, boys and men have increased, equal and sustained access to safe and appropriate water, sanitation services and hygiene promotion in a coordinated manner, optimizing available resources.

Strengthen capacity for emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction.

Manage coordination at national and sub-national level,

Assess Needs, avoid gaps and duplications,

Apply appropriate technical standards,

Monitor performance,

Build capacity,

Mobilize resources,

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Cluster Presence: KP/FATA Cluster Partners: UNICEF, WHO, UN-Habitat, OXFAM, IRC, ACTED, NRC, Action against Hunger, SSD, RID, BEST, SEED, Lasoona, KADO, PHED, LGRDD and other cluster members Existing Activities: Provision of WASH services in three camps of KP/FATA (Jalozai, ToghSarai and New Durrani,) through

Water tankering, water quality testing and associated treatment of drinking water;

Installation of tube wells, piped network in new camps, extension and operation and maintenance of facilities, installation of pumping machinery and generators, as required;

Provision of WASH NFIs, including covered buckets and jerry cans to support safe drinking water storage and handling at the household level;

Installation and maintenance of temporary latrines and bathing places; ensuring adequate privacy for women and girls both in camps and off camps

Intensive hygiene education focusing on hand-washing and latrine usage;

Distribution of hygiene kits, catering appropriately to the needs of women / adolescent girls. Provision of WASH services in Off-Camp areas through

Rehabilitation and capacity enhancement of the existing water supply and sanitation facilities in areas hosting large number of IDPs;

Provision of WASH related NFIs, including hygiene kits at registration points;

Installation of sanitation facilities for women and girls as priority;

Intensive hygiene education focusing on hand washing and latrine usage; Early recovery activities in Flood affected areas of Peshawar, Nowsherah, Kohat, Hangu,DI Khan, Tank, and in areas of return in Kurram, Mohmand, Bajaur, Khyber, Orakzai and Kurram through

PATS (Pakistan Approaches to Total Sanitation)

Installation/Rehabilitation of Hand Pumps, Pressure Pumps where feasible,

Rehabilitation of WASH facilities in Schools and Health Units.

Rehabilitation of drinking water supply systems.

Capacity building of WASH stake holders. Response challenges

Non-availability of Base-line data at the on-set of emergency

Volatile security situation, particularly access to FATA,

Delayed issuance of travel and Project NOCs,

Limited availability of Funds,

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Government participation at the field level,

Less information sharing from cluster partners,

Communication issues due to non-availability of cellular networks in many parts of FATA.

Government Line departments low capacity to timely respond at the onset of any emergency.