Emergency WASH assistance to cyclone-affected population in Rakhine State, Myanmar ltpgtltdiv style="mso-element:comment-list"gtltdiv style="mso-element:comment"gtltdiv id="_com_2" class="" style=""gtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="color: black font-family: Roboto font-size: 8pt"gtOn 14th
of May 2023 Cyclone Mocha made landfall, crossing the coast between Kyaukpyu
township (near Sittwe) in Rakhine State of Myanmar and Cox’s Bazar in
Bangladesh. The cyclone approached the coast with winds gusting up to roughly
250 kmph, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Storm surge
estimated at 3-3.5 meters high has inundated low-lying areas in Rakhine on 15th
of May with serious flooding in many parts of Sittwe town. The consequences of
the February 2021 coup on top of the cyclone’s aftermath, further aggravate the
already severe humanitarian situation in Rohingya protracted camps of Sittwe,
Rakhine State. Indeed, living conditions in IDPs’ camps and camp-like
settlements are squalid with extreme limitations on access to livelihoods,
education, health care, and adequate food or shelter. Due to the widespread
destruction of infrastructures, WASH needs are the most pressing ones with
people requiring safe water, appropriate sanitation facilities and WASH NFI
items (including hygiene items such as soap, pads, potty, female underwear,
toothbrush, toothpaste, and part of water kit such as bucket, jerrycan, toilet
jug). Cyclone-resulting needs are therefore compounding existing
vulnerabilities in Sittwe.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="margin-top:9.95ptmargin-right:0cmmargin-bottom:
9.95ptmargin-left:0cm" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="color: black font-family: Roboto font-size: 8pt"gtHygiene gaps have tended to be a recurrent challenge in
Sittwe for Rohingya populations despite humanitarian actors’ efforts. In a
post-cyclone environment, such gaps could further lead to the adoption of
unsafe hygiene practices, particularly in the absence of alternatives to such
distribution, due to the particular settings of the IDPs camps and the
restrictions affecting the Rohingya population. Such scenario would lead to a
sharp increase of the risks of a waterborne diseases outbreak.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="margin-top:9.95ptmargin-right:0cmmargin-bottom:
9.95ptmargin-left:0cm" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="color: black font-family: Roboto font-size: 8pt"gtIn light of the above and to prevent any waterborne
outbreaks, SI will provide a lifesaving emergency WASH assistance to decrease
health risks and related mortality/morbidity in affected IDPs (Internally
Displaced Persons) sites of Sittwe. Within the framework of this MHF project,
SI aims to reach 98,194 beneficiaries (23,921 men, 27,090 women, 24,058 boys
and 23,125 girls) in cyclone-affected locations of Sittwe (Rakhine State)
through the provision of appropriate WASH NFI items.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="margin-bottom:9.95pt" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family: Roboto color: black" lang="EN-US"gtltspan style="font-size:8.0ptmso-bidi-font-size:10.0ptfont-family:Robotomso-fareast-font-family:
Robotocolor:black" lang="EN-US"gtBuilding on its leading role in the WASH humanitarian
response in Sittwe, SI will ensure close coordination with all actors on the
ground to ensure the provision of a timely and coordinated lifesaving response.
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