KENYA KAKUMA OPERATIONAL UPDATE

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1 KEY FIGURES 56,678 South Sudanese refugees received since December ,622 New arrivals currently at the Reception center 2,393 Unaccompanied children in Kakuma Camp. 103 Children screened for malnutrition at reception center 20 Litres of water provided per person 7,500 Number of roofed durable shelters for new arrivals FUNDING USD 226.7M Requested for the Kenya operation USD 45.2M Requested for Kakuma operation KENYA KAKUMA OPERATIONAL UPDATE JUNE 2016 HIGHLIGHTS After the announcement of the Government of Kenya on the disbandment of the Department of Refugee Affairs on 6 May, the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) took over the DRA activities pending the full functioning of the Secretariat for Refugees Affairs (SRA). As at 14 June 2016, Kakuma had received 56,678 refugees from South Sudan. This brings the total registered camp population to 193,369 with South Sudanese making up 53% of the overall camp population. During the reporting period Kakuma received the mission of Barefoot to Boots Foundation, consisting of the former South Sudanese refugee and now international professional football player Awer Mabil and Australian business man and refugee advocate Ian Smith. The mission was accompanied during the first days by HE Australian High Commissioner John Feakes. The group visited and motivated the youth in all camps and made new donations of football gear On 2 June, The Vodafone CEO accompanied by the Safaricom CEO, UNHCR Country Representative and other senior Vodafone/Safaricom staff visited Kakuma and the delegation made a courtesy call to the Deputy County Commissioner and visited Instant Network Classrooms funded by Vodafone in the Green Light School as well as the French Library. On 03 June, The WB/IFC mission visited Kakuma, the delegation consisting of senior WB/IFC officials was accompanied by the UNHCR Country Representative and other UNHCR staff. They made a courtesy call to the Deputy County Commissioner and later held meetings/interactions with the refugees, host community businessmen and staff from the Equity Bank. On 10 June, UN-Habitat technical team mission visited Kalobeyei settlement to assess the spatial plan against its application of Kalobeyei settlement context. On 13 June, The High Commissioner Mr. Fillipo Grandi, Director of Africa Bureau, The Representative of UNHCR Kenya Representation and other delegation were on their familiarization visit to Kakuma. Funded 26% Gap 74% PRIORITIES Movement of new arrivals from Nadapal transit center to Kakuma Monitoring of new arrivals trend Development of Kalobeiyei settlement Monitoring of malaria & watery diarrhea Maintenance of roads and water network 1

2 UPDATE ON ACHIEVEMENTS Operational Context The Immigration Officials at the Nadapal Border point, who stopped granting access to the South Sudanese asylum seekers since 26 May, continued keeping the border closed for new arrivals. Despite several interventions at the level of Kakuma and Nairobi, only regular travelers who pay the visa fee of 50 US$ are allowed entry to the Kenyan territory. According to partners a group of asylum seekers who were returned over the past weeks are currently waiting in Narus Town on the South Sudanese side. Protection and Field colleagues continue conducting missions thrice in a week to closely monitor the situation. Achievements Fig 1: Trend of weekly new arrivals Protection Child Protection As of 14 June 2016 there were 1612 (1223 male and 389 female) South Sudanese UAMs who are registered in ProGres since December 2013 influx bringing the cumulative number of registered UAMs in Kakuma to As of 14 June 2016 there were 9626 (6250 male and 3376 female) South Sudanese separated children who are registered in ProGres since December 2013 influx bringing the cumulative number of registered SC in Kakuma to During the reporting period, 43(30 male and 12female) UASCs received at the reception center, 13(12male and 1female) are UAMs while 30 (19male and 11female) were separated children. In the reporting week, BID team assessed a total of 25 BIDS. In addition, 36 (18 Male and 18 Female) BIAs were conducted for UASC. Child abuse/exploitation/ neglect cases: during the reporting period 19(09Male and 10Female) cases were reported, assessed and acted upon appropriately. 213 home visits were conducted to 1992 children (1177 male, 815 female) in the community. These visits were made to children in child headed households, foster families, those with care givers and biological children and those children with other protection concerns. 2

3 SGBV During the reporting period, a total of 17 cases of SGBV were reported and assisted to access medical and psychosocial counseling. Out of the reported cases, 1 was rape cases, 9 physical assault, 3 sexual assault and 4 cases of psychological violence. Education Teaching and learning activities in primary and preschools went on well with average attendance of 51,355 (30484 boys, girls) in primary and 8594 (4384 boys, 4210 girls) in pre-schools. The enrolment of Special Need Education (SNE) learners stands at 1117(654Boys, 463Girls). The ophthalmologist, together with officers from SNE, carried out Visual and Auditory screening in 4 primary schools and 2 pre-schools. A total of 117 learners have so far been screened during the week. The main intention of screening is to help in early identification and Intervention of visual and auditory problems among the learners. 11(3F) ECD teachers attended in-house induction training on 7th to 10th May, 2016 at Teachers Resource Centre. The training which was facilitated by ECD Senior QASO was to equip the teachers with pedagogical skills required when teaching. Food Security and Nutrition High levels of malnutrition among the new arrivals coming from South Sudan continue to be seen as depicted in the table below. Month January February March April May June MAM SAM In the reporting period 103 children were screened for malnutrition with 20 found to have severe malnutrition and 21 to have moderate malnutrition. All new arrivals found to have malnutrition were enrolled to the therapeutic feeding program and supplementary feeding program at the reception center and Kalobeiyei. Measures have been put in place to start nutrition screening of new arrivals at Nadapal and start provision of therapeutic feeds for those found to be severely malnourished. 3

4 Health Crude mortality I the camp stands at 0.3/1000/month with under 5 mortality at 1.3/1000/month both within UNHCR and SPHERE standards. Health implementing partner facilitated by UNHCR and Ministry of health conducted a Malezi Bora campaign aimed at giving all children below 5 years vitamin A and dewormers as well as screening all children in this age group for malnutrition and referring them to appropriate nutrition program. Over 70,312 children were reached in the campaign. There was continuous dental and ophthalmic services offered by AIC health ministries at the IRC facilities. 56 patients with dental conditions were treated as well as 76 patients with eye conditions were screened and treated. Screening of all new arrivals for communicable diseases as well as vaccination including yellow fever vaccine as required by the ministry of health is in place. Water and Sanitation A total of 170,079 M3 of water was supplied to 57,276 beneficiaries translating to l/p/d as depicted below; Fig 3: Per capita water consumption Latrine coverage for the whole camp stood at 74.07%. NRC has installed 10 plastic water tanks of 5000 liters each with tap stands and are providing 20 liters per person per day to 755 refugees settled in Kalobeiyei. A total of 123 communal latrines were constructed, out of which 40 are in use by the refugee families and 4 are in use at the health center and police station respectively. A total of 30 hygiene kits (latrines cleaning kits & general cleaning tools) and 8 garbage collection bins were installed inside the settlement area and at the institutions. New arrivals relocation & Shelter As at 15 th June 1,622 new arrivals are accommodated at the Reception Centre and are undergoing registration by the government and UNHCR. The relocation of new arrivals to Kalobeiyei settlement commenced on 7 June As of 15 June, a total of 186 families comprising of 755 individuals have so far been relocated from the reception center in Kakuma and settled in cluster 1 at Kalobeiyei settlement. Information campaigns on environment protection, health, food and protection are ongoing at the reception center and Kalobeiyei settlement. 4

5 The 100% Bamba chakula vouchers were well appreciated by the refugees as they had more choices of cereals and other food stuff to buy. Those with lager families were of better advantage compared to smaller families. A total of 390 transitional shelters made of wooden poles, iron sheet roofs and plastic sheeting walls were constructed by NCCK, out of which 195 were allocated to the refugee families who were relocated to Kalobeiyei settlement. Kalobeyei Settlement Development Activities The construction of 4 classrooms ECD is 70% completed and the construction of 24 classrooms permanent primary school is at substructure (foundation) level. A temporary 14 classrooms made of timbers, wooden poles and iron sheets that will be used to commence provision of primary education in Kalobeiyei are 80% completed. The construction of the health center is at the substructure (foundation level) and while the construction of the permanent structures are ongoing, which might be completed in 3-4 months, Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) is providing primary health care and nutritional screening and distribution of plumpy nuts using five large tents. A temporary health center comprising of a nutrition store, 4 consultation rooms and a pharmacy is also under construction that will be used for provision of primary health care until the construction of permanent structures is completed. The Topographical surveyor has already demarcated and beaconed 27 Neighborhoods in Kalobeyei. The 27 neighborhoods comprises 216 compounds. The 216 compounds comprises 3024 households that can host 15,000 persons. The demarcation has also been done for the key facilities like two Primary Schools, clinic, secondary School, Police Station, Market, food Distribution station, Firewood station among others Construction of the major facilities are also ongoing. NCCK has also constructed 356 T-shelters, temporary structures in the primary school, clinic, community police and child protection area to be able to accommodate the new arrivals that have been moved in the settlement. The road network covering the village 1 is also ongoing. UNHCR technical unit has conducted assessment in order to develop a comprehensive drainage system to act as a flood mitigation measure. As contingency UNHCR technical is working in collaboration with UN Habitat to finalize the master plan of the other villages (clusters) Working in partnership UNHCR continues to work closely with the Government, Deputy County Commissioner Office and other partners to ensure support to refugees and asylum seekers. FINANCIAL INFORMATION Total requested funding for the Kakuma operation amounts to US$ 45.2million UNHCR is grateful for the critical support provided by donors who have contributed to this operation as well as those who have contributed to UNHCR programmes with unremarked and broadly earmarked funds. Contacts: Magdaline Mutuli, Secretary, UNHCR - Sub Office Kakuma, mutulim@unhcr.org, Tel: Cell Honorine Sommet-Lange, Head of Sub-Office, sommet@unhcr.org, Tel: , Cell Links: Regional portal- Facebook: UNHCR Kenya Instagram: UNHCRKenya 5