Summary
Content
On 21st September, the Logistics Cluster reported on the following issues:
- First air assessment mission took place on 20th September with participation from UN, NGOs and the international news media.
- The first Logistics Cluster meeting was held in Kampala on the 18th with participation from. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday the 25th of September. A Logistics Cluster meeting was also held in Soroti 20th and gaps that were identified included warehousing transport, and mapping.
- The first helicopter flight of relief goods from Soroti, occurred 20th and carried food and non-food items. More flights are scheduled for 21st and through out the weekend.
- A plane will arrive in Uganda on 23rd dispatched from the Humanitarian Response Depot in Brindisi, Italy with relief items from the strategic stocks for the Wash Cluster, as well as storage tents and prefab offices for WFP.
- A Flash appeal is set to go out on 21st for approximately 41 million USD. The planning figure used in the Flash is 15,000 households or 300,000 people. The Logistics Cluster Interagency activities foreseen are: air support, warehouse support, emergency road and bridge repair and Logistics coordination staff.
- On 21st September the European Commission - Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) has drawn up a package of humanitarian aid to help victims of the floods in Africa. The funds (11 millions EURO) have been earmarked to support urgent relief operations, emergency measures against the spread of disease and livelihood recovery in the worst hit areas.
- On 21st September OCHA reported that the humanitarian community in Uganda has launched an emergency appeal of US$ 41 million for urgent assistance for some 300,000 people in flood-affected eastern, central and northern Uganda.
- The Flash Appeal is based on planning for an estimated 50,000 households (300,000 people) being affected by the flooding and requiring humanitarian assistance to varying extents.
- The humanitarian community in the country has identified several priorities for the emergency response, which include stabilising the initial food security situation, preventing disease outbreaks and ensuring capacity to respond to health emergencies, re-opening schools and ensuring access to primary education, responding to urgent needs for shelter and non-food items, ensuring physical access to the most vulnerable, and understanding the early recovery needs of the affected population and prioritising recovery interventions.