zation has stressed the need for all dispatches of non-fat milkpowder to be fortified with a vitamin A supplement (2,000/2,500 international units per 100 grams milkpowder). The World Health Organization is currently arranging procurement from the UNICEF warehouse in Copenhagen of 175,000 vitamin A capsules for distribution to relief camp inhabitants who are presently consuming non-fortified milkpowder. 4. Drinking Water: This is being provided from wells and springs, located near the relief centres or otherwise by water tankers hauling supplies from the nearest sources. Some relief centres are reported lacking adequate water storage facilities, and metal containers (5,000/10,000 litres capacity) can be locally manufactured if funds are made available for this purpose. No more collapsible water containers are required from abroad. 5. Health: Relief centres are staffed by medical, para-medical, and Red Crescent volunteers who are assuring basic health services, including vaccinations and distribution of blankets and rehabilitative foods to vulnerable age groups. Medical supplies from UNICEF and other donors are being properly distributed and efficiently utilized. Additional medical requirements are now being reviewed by the local representatives of WHO and UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The death toll since establishment of the relief centres is estimated at 5,488, and it is emphasized that this is through various sicknesses and not through starvation. No figures are readily available as to the number of births within the centres. 6. Shelter: Adequate resources available from local materials. A total of 84,000 blankets have been either contributed or purchased in Kenya and these are also deemed sufficient to meet existing needs. 7. Transport: Government has mobilized all surface transport resources both military and private to ensure transfer of victims to relief centres and distribution of relief supplies. These vehicles are being driven long distances over poor roads and rough terrain, causing quick deterioration of vehicles and types. The Government is preparing a list of urgently needed vehicles and spares, including trucks of Russian manufacture and Land-Rovers. 8. Relief Exemptions: The Government has confirmed that all relief consignments will continue to be exempt from payment of landing fees, customs duty and other charges of fiscal nature. 9. Government Infrastructure: Adequate staff is being provided by the Government to assure efficient performance of relief operations and utilisation of relief supplies, including accounting and statistical reporting services. In addition to supplies, including accounting and statistical reporting services. In addition to health personnel, students and teachers have been mobilized under the rural development campaign to provide health, nutrition, literacy, and elementary vocational instruction within the centres as orientations towards the Government's medium and longer term recovery programme. 10. Post-Emergency Recovery: Whilst UNDRO activities are oriented essentially towards emergency phase requirements, other agencies of the United Nations system are already responding to medium and longer-term recovery requirements. UNICEF has launched a two-million dollar special assistance programme for assistance to the nutrition/health sector, and the UNDP Governing Council has authorized a two-million dollar programme in response to Government proposals for rangeland conservation, plant protection services, forestry and wildlife conservation, fisheries development, mineral and groundwater surveys, and emergency well-drilling. The World Bank has recently recommended an IDA credit of eight million dollars which is intended to be matched by additional rehabilitation concessional-term financing from other donor sources of at least twenty-four million dollars. 11. Conclusion: Whilst emergency phase (provisionally up to end-May) needs appear to have been largely met, with the exception of vehicles, spares, and additional medical supplies for which lists are currently being prepared, it should be noted that Somalia is facing a nation-wide food shortage of serious proportions which is likely to persist throughout 1975. Based on the Government's estimate of nation-wide food needs (15,000 tons of cereals per month), some 120,000 tons of cereals will have to be imported from abroad during 1975, against which some 70,000 tons have been pledged. The Government of Somalia has mounted an efficient relief programme and-barring the failure of the 1975 rains, which would precipitate a major disaster-relief problems of the drought victims have been brought under control with the support of the international community. The Government has already commenced planning for medium and longer-term rehabilitation in order to restore the situation of nomads and farmers and to build up protection against future drought situations, and—as indicated in paragraph 10-the United Nations system has begun to respond to these programme needs and will welcome additional support from other multilateral donors as well as bilateral donors. 12. The attached Annex lists all contributions in cash and kind reported to UNDRO as of 17 February 1975. Contributions in cash and kind from the international community as reported to UNDRO as of 20 February 1975. The information contained herein is based on figures reported directly to the Coordinator by donor Governments, Inter-Governmental Organizations and Voluntary Agencies. The monetary values recorded may differ slightly from those given by donors owing to differences in the rates of exchange used for reporting purposes. Attention is called to the many contributions in kind for which no monetary value has been reported. Undoubtedly there are also a number of contributions which have not been reported to UNDRO. It is therefore not possible at this stage to estimate the total value of the response of the international community. 20,000. water tankers and lorries). Office of the United Nations Disaster Cash for procurement of tyres and spare parts (wells, United Nations Emergency Operation (UNEO). United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). World Health Organization (WHO)......---- Plus water supply and well-dfilling contribution 20 tons hospital equipment, KM2 and medicaments... Medium and longer term recovery International Bank for Reconstruction and Subject to matching of $24,000,000 from other sources.. 8,000,000. UNDP UNICEF. Allocation to assist Somalia in its efforts specifically to 2,000,000. deal with problems of drought implementing devel opment projects. Special programme for health and nutrition.... 2,000,000. GOVERNMENTS, RED CROSS SOCIETIES, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, AND PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS Switzerland: Government and Red Cross.... Airfreight of 20 tons milkpowder, 1 million water 124,038. purification tablets and 500,000 mexaform tablets. Cash. 5,882. INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Organization Nature of assistance Value (U.S. European Economic Community (EEC)..... Financial aid for water distribution costs, food, clothing, 3000,000. and medical supplies. Credit.. 6,500 tons of wheat flour, 5,500 tons of rice, 400 tons 1,000,000. The World Food Programme (WFP) has contributed an emergency food aid worth 4 million dollars to help feed drought victims in Somalia. WFP contributions are as follows: WFP contribution will also bear the shipping costs and pay a subsidy of $243,000 for internal transportation. 2. Contribution Towards Rehabilitation WFP emergency food grant is usually followed by food-for-work projects which are at present being identified and formulated. WFP aid could be instrumental in different fields including: (a) Resettlement schemes where food can be provided as incentive to encourage settlers to cultivate land; (b) Road construction where workers can be mobilized to work on improvement and construction of roads; (c) Water development in order to establish permanent water points and develop water catchment areas. Food aid can be used in construction of water holding cement tanks, small dams and water supply schemes where labour can be involved in the construction phase. (d) Basic health services where WFP assistance can provide supplementary diet for vulnerable groups in MCH Centres; where people participate in development work for their communities through construction of infrastructure facilities on self-help basis such as digging of shallow wells, construction of health centres and dispensaries and construction of latrines in order to improve sanitation conditions. Food can be utilized by self-help workers in many basic community services as incentive to achieve development. |