Typhoon no. 9 - General overview and priority sectors for action at the meeting on October 06, 2009

1. Ketsana information meeting
MARD, 6th October 2009

2. Ketsana : general overview
 Hitting Philippines first:
time to react
 163 casualties – 170,000
people evacuated
 Some US$785 million in
damages
 14 provinces affected:
widespread damage
 Multisectoral impact
 GoV quick action and
leadership
 Information available and
being timely shared

3. Government of Viet Nam response
 Long experience and capacity in dealing with disasters
 Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control (CCFSC)
leadership and clear guidance to provinces
 Department of Dyke Management, Flood and Storm Control
(DDMFSC) securing dykes and key infrastructure
 Disaster Management Centre (DMC) gathering information
and updating the website regularly
 People’s Aid Coordination Committee (PACCOM) strong
support to NGOs operating in affected areas

4. Main affected sectors: short term
 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to prevent
disease outbreaks
 Health: ensure health centres are functioning and
providing sufficient services
 Food security: ensure that the gap until next harvest is
adequately addressed
 Shelter: houses washed away and/or unroofed
WASH and Health clusters have been activated

5. Main affected sectors: long term
 Livelihoods, with main focus in agriculture and
fisheries, but including small and medium enterprises
(handicraft, shops, etc.)
 Education, with hardware (schools and classrooms) and
“software” (notebooks, uniforms, etc).
 Early Recovery, application of development principles to
humanitarian/post disaster settings.
Three cluster will be possibly activated

6. Challenges
 Another typhoon (Parma) is threatening Viet Nam
 Further rain can worsen the situation
 Access to isolated areas should be prioritized
 Damages, losses and needs: what is the gap (if any)?
 Impact in historical sites (Hue, Hoi An and others)
 Build Back Better, learning from the past
 Different victims – different needs: ethnic minorities priorities
and gender sensitive approach
 Coordination of international support to boost national
efforts

7. Joint Rapid Assessments
 Disaster Management Working Group (DMWG) with GoV,
NGOs and UN
 6 teams to 6 provinces
 Strong support from PACCOM
 Objective: validate information available, identify needs and
mainstream gender and other cross cutting issues
 Full reports will be available soon