NFF Coordination Meeting
Field Office Location:
Reporting Date:
Guiuan, Region VIII
16 January 2013
Present:, ACTED, Good Neighbours, IHP, IOM, Internews, MSF, OCHA, OHCHR, Oxfam,
People in Need, Plan International, Pulis, RedR, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP
Chair: OCHA
The Chair opened the meeting by welcoming the participants. New participants were Penine
from UNFPA as well as Vikas Goyal from RedR.
Camp Coordination and Camp Management
The CCCM Cluster reported that 19 bunkhouses had opened and that IOM and Oxfam were
continuing to assess bunkhouses in the province of Eastern Samar.
Early Recovery
NSTR
Education
The Education Cluster reported that it had continued distributing activity materials as well as
tarpaulins to schools in North and South Guiuan while People in Need was reconstructing 16
schools in the municipality. Simultaneously the marines started rebuilding schools in
accordance with the Regional Department of Education. Equally, the Department of Works
started coordinating the reconstruction of schools.
It was also noted that around 90% of children went back to school.
Additionally it was highlighted that the ESSU-Salcedo was in search for a generator.
Emergency Shelter
The Emergency Shelter Coordinator reported that it continued its support to cocolumber milling
in Guiuan, Mercedes and Giporlos. Equally kit distributions were still ongoing in many areas,
while transitional shelter activities are going to start soon.
The Emergency Shelter Cluster also reported that it continued assessing evacuation centres
and stated that out of 41 evacuation centres assessed so far, none was functional.
Oxfam announced that it was planning to conduct a market survey on construction materials
and invited interested organizations to join conducting the survey.
Emergency Telecommunications
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster informed that it is improving the distribution of
electricity in Camp ESSU and preparing for a new VSAT.
Food Security
It was reported that food was distributed today in Mercedes and will be continuing in
Balangkayan and Guiuan during the following days.
The chair informed the meeting that FAO was to send additional support to the cluster in due
time.
Logistics
The Logistics Cluster reported that there was a continuous high demand for storage room.
It also informed that the cargo boat for transportation to the islands being chartered by WFP will
start its service in due time and is open to humanitarian agencies.
The Logistics Cluster Coordinator informed of the upcoming evaluation (17 January 2014) of the
Logistics Cluster and kindly requested organizations’ collaboration on the evaluation.
Health
The Health Cluster reported that it would scale up support to RHU in terms of additional coldchain equipment (fridges, generators) and was expanding its programme of immunization.
Nutrition
The Nutrition Cluster reported 30 cases of severe malnutrition being tied to child protection
issues. The Nutrition Cluster and Child Protection WG will follow up on the issue.
The next Nutrition Cluster meeting is taking place on Tuesday 21 January 2011 at 11 am in
Borongan.
Protection
The Protection Cluster reported that it was going to start supporting the national process on
permanent relocation sites.
The Protection Cluster also informed the meeting of its Assessment and Monitoring Plan
including the work on the Municipality Protection Profile. The Protection Cluster disseminated
the Plan widely and encouraged participants to feed back on it.
Plan International reported that it had new staff coming in taking the position of Child Protection
Coordinator which would subsequently lead to UNFPA and Plan International co-chairing the
Child Protection AoR.
WASH
The WASH Cluster reported that it would start supporting all bunkhouses in terms of water, and
and health needs.
Oxfam reported that it finished its work in tent city and was supporting water connections for
bunkhouses focusing on eleven priority sites.
Radio Bakdaw
Radio Bakdaw reported on its messaging of cluster key messaging and the advantages of
creating feedback mechanisms through those.
Radio Bakdaw also informed that it was trying to identify assessments planned within the
province and encouraged organizations to share their plans for upcoming assessments in
Eastern Samar.
Assessments
WFP reported that the GIDA report was finalized and ready to be shared. The report
recommends joint service deliveries in the uplands isolated areas. WFP prepared a concept
note and defined its areas of support based on logistical access, inviting cluster coordinators to
collaborate on the issue.
AOB
UNHAS flight are being reduced as of 20 January 2014. Details are to follow.
Vikas Goyal from RedR, based in Tacloban, introduced RedR’s service of capacity-building of
new staff. His contact details are vpgoyal@gmail.com.
The Chair thanked the UNHCR staff (Angela and Murad) that are finishing their mission this
week for its engagement in the response to the emergency as well as the collaboration.
The next general coordination meeting will take place on Monday 20 January 2014 at 18h00.
[YL, 16 January 2013]