2,687 IDPs have relocated from the UNMISS base in Tongping to UN House since movements began on 28 July. No relocations have taken place since 13 September due to tensions in the site roused by the camp chairman. Relocations are scheduled to restart on 21 September. An estimated 1,289 registered individuals remain in Tongping, though the true population will vary due to exits and new arrivals.
UNMISS Tongping Transit Site
CCCM
• No relocations have taken place since 13 September when protests broke out at the transit site promoted by the camp chairman. Further violence erupted on 14 September when UNMISS clashed with IDPs.
• UNMISS, Camp Management, Shelter and Protection agencies from Tongping and UN House met with the camp leadership on 16 September to address concerns regarding the unregistered caseload that arrived after the headcount in August, and conditions and service availability at UN House.
• Agencies and camp leadership agreed on 16 September that the most vulnerable individuals and families of the unregistered caseload of 270 people would be identified and verified by UNHCR and only included for registration and relocation if eligible. Over the weekend, the unregistered caseload reported by the camp leadership increased to approximately 700 people.
• 76 people have registered for relocation since registration re-opened on 19 September. Relocation will restart on 21 September.
• CCCM will prioritize the relocation of individuals registered during the headcount in August, and RRP will continue communicating to the community that site closure remains planned for 30 September.
WASH
• IOM delivered an average of 17.45 litres of safe drinking water per person per day.
• 72m3 of garbage was collected and 36m3 of liquid waste was de-sludged.
• Hygiene promotion messaging was conducted through household visits, school sessions and market sessions.
Protection
• Ongoing outreach is taking place to identify unregistered people with specific needs (PSN) that may be eligible for registration and relocation.
• UNHCR continues to screen vulnerable people at the Protection Desk, with 50 unregistered IDPs identified as separation cases who will be registered to ensure family reunification.
• 48 vulnerable women moved from UN House PoC 3 to Tongping and are now stranded and requesting to return. Nonviolent Peaceforce is verifying their cases and IOM will arrange transport.
Health
• There was an increase in consultations to an average of 100 per day, compared to 40 per day the previous week.
• Malaria remains the leading morbidity representing 46% of total consultations. Acute respiratory tract infections are the second leading morbidity representing 15% of consultations.
• No cholera cases reported in the past 6 weeks
UN House Site
CCCM
• The population of UN House is 39,380 IDPs.
• Camp management have relocated 505 newly arrived IDPs from communal shelters to newly constructed individual shelters since the last relocation on 13 September.
Shelter • Shelter partners continue to construct individual shelters for new arrivals; 165 individual shelters have been constructed and are available, while communal shelter construction has stopped.
WASH
• A 90m3 water storage tank has been installed in PoC 3 Zone D with more to be installed in PoC 1.
• Backfilling of latrines has started, latrine doors have been repaired and showers have been repaired in PoC 1.
Health
• Cholera transmission has slowed considerably, with one case remaining in the International Medical Corps clinic. To date there have been 84 cases registered in total with no deaths.