UNDRO 85/1535
ALGERIA - DROUGHT AFFECTED DISPLACED POPULATIONS - MALI/NIGER
UNDRO SITREP NO. 1
10 JULY 1985
SITUATION
1. UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT AT LEAST 40,000 DROUGHT-AFFECTED POPULATIONS FROM MALI AND NIGER, DISPLACED TO SOUTHERN ALGERIA, (I.E., I-N-GUEZZAM, TAMANRASSET) NEED URGENT ASSISTANCE.
ACTION
2. UNDRO RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT 9 JULY AND IS LAUNCHING INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR THESE PEOPLE.
3. ALGERIAN RED CRESCENT DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND GIVING VACCINATIONS.
NEEDS
4. CASH CONTRIBUTION PREFERABLE AS NEEDS EXCEPT FOR MEDICINES CAN BE OBTAINED LOCALLY.
ITEMS
- TENTS: (SIZE: 4-10 PERSONS AND 6 PERSONS) - 7,000 UNITS
- BLANKETS: - 40,000 UNITS
- MEDICINES:
- ANTIBIOTICS
- ANTIDIARHETICS
- ANTI-COUGH MEDICINES
- ANALGESIC VITAMINES
- DISPOSABLE SYRINGES
- COMPRESSES
- ADHESIVE PLASTER
- COOKING EQUIPMENTS: THREE-LEGGED PORTABLE STOVES, COMMUNITY AND FAMILY COOKING POTS, UTENSILS.
5. CONTRIBUTIONS | US DLRS | |
UNDRO: | EMERGENCY CASH GRANT | 15,000 |
WFP: | FOR 30,000 PERSONS OVER 90 DAYS, 1,080 TONS WHEAT FLOUR, 81 TONS VEGOIL, 54 TONS PULSES AND 108 TONS DSM. US DLRS 72,000 FOR EXTERNAL FREIGHT AND HANDLING INCLUDED | 433,000 |
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UNDRO 85/1667
ALGERIA - DROUGHT AFFECTED DISPLACED POPULATIONS - MALI/NIGER
UNDRO SITREP NO. 2
26 JULY 1985
1. FOLLOWING THE APPEAL LAUNCHED ON 10 JULY FOR 40,000 DROUGHT- AFFECTED PERSONS FROM MALI AND NIGER DISPLACED TO SOUTH ALGERIA, AN UNDRO DELEGATE HAS VISITED THE AREA AT THE REQUEST OF THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR.
SITUATION
2. BREAKDOWN OF 40,000 DISPLACED PERSONS: 13,097 AT IN GUEZZAM, 1,947 AT TIN ZAOUATENE AND 4,337 AT BORDJ-MOKTAR (THREE BORDER POSTS). THE REMAINING 20,000 HAVE MOVED TOWARDS THE TOWN OF TAMANRASSET AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS WHERE THEY ARE RAPIDLY ERECTING THEIR OWN DWELLINGS. THE RED CRESCENT WILL SHORTLY UNDERTAKE A NEW CENSUS.
3. A JOINT VISIT (UNDRO, WFP, ALGERIAN RED CRESCENT) WAS MADE TO THE IN GUEZZAM CAMP. THE CAMP IS ADMINISTERED BY THE CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICE AND NATIONAL ARMY WITH THE RED CRESCENT ACTING AS CO-ORDINATOR. 13,097 DISPLACED PERSONS (2,127 FAMILIES) ARE GATHERED IN THE CAMP. (16 PER CENT ALGERIAN RETURNEES FROM NIGER AND MALI, 69 PER CENT NIGER NATIONALS AND 15 PER CENT MALIANS).
4. MIGRANTS ARRIVE EXHAUSTED AND IN POOR HEALTH WITH FEW PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND A SMALL NUMBER OF LIVESTOCK. MEDICAL TREATMENT BEING GIVEN FOR THREE MAJOR PROBLEMS: MALNUTRITION, DIGESTIVE COMPLAINTS (DIARRHOEA) AND RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. SINCE NOVEMBER 1984 THERE HAVE BEEN 250 DEATHS. THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR DISINFECTANT FOR TENTS, EACH OF WHICH HOUSES 2-3 FAMILIES.
5. FOOD IS DISTRIBUTED ON PRESENTATION OF BENEFIT CARDS ALLOCATED TO HEADS OF FAMILIES BY RED CRESCENT. WATER IS SUPPLIED FROM A SOURCE TWO KILOMETERS FROM THE CAMP.
REORGANIZATION OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
6. THE POPULATION OF THE PROVINCE OF WILAYA (NORMALLY 35,000) HAS RECEIVED THE 40,000 MIGRANTS. SUCH AN INCREASE IN POPULATION OBVIOUSLY PRESENTS SERIOUS PROBLEMS. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE ORGANIZATION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE MIGRANTS, THE ALGERIAN RED CRESCENT WILL AIM TO RESETTLE ALL DISPLACED PERSONS IN ONE SINGLE CAMP FURTHER NORTH. ALL ASSISTANCE WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN THIS CAMP IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE MIGRANTS TO LEAVE THE OVER-BURDENED AREAS. COMMUNAL KITCHENS WILL BE USED FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
RELIEF NEEDS
7. NEEDS REMAIN THE SAME AS INDICATED IN SITREP NO. 1: TENTS, BLANKETS, KITCHEN SETS. A LIST OF MEDICINES REQUIRED WILL BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY.
8. IN ADDITION TO THE FOOD AID ALREADY ANNOUNCED BY WFP, A CONTRIBUTION OF VEGOIL, MILK AND CSM HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED BY CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES. THESE FOOD AID CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SUFFICIENT TO COVER NEEDS FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
9. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH) OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDING VALUE.
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UNDRO/1755
ALGERIA - DROUGHT AFFECTED DISPLACED POPULATIONS - MALI/NIGER
UNDRO SITREP NO. 3
9 AUGUST 1985
SITUATION
1. STREAM OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER FROM NIGER AND MALI INTO ALGERIA SLOWED DOWN. CONSEQUENTLY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES AIM IN THE FIRST PLACE AT IMPROVING THE SITUATION OF THE 40,000 PEOPLE ALREADY ARRIVED. THE ALGERIAN RED CRESCENT IS DRAWING UP A PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING A CENTRAL CAMP TO ATTRACT IN PARTICULAR THE 20,000 MIGRANTS SCATTERED AROUND THE TOWN OF TAMANRASSET.
NEEDS
2. THE LIST OF MEDICAL NEEDS ESTABLISHED DURING THE RECENT VISIT BY THE UNDRO REPRESENTATIVE TO SOUTHERN ALGERIA HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND FINALISED WITH WHO. PART OF UK CASH CONTRIBUTION WILL BE USED FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND THEIR TRANSPORT.
3. THERE IS STILL A NEED FOR TENTS (6,000 FOR 6 PERSONS EACH) AND BLANKETS (40,000). UNDRO IS IN CONTACT WITH SUPPLIERS IN ALGERIA (THROUGH THE ALGERIAN RED CRESCENT) AND WITH EUROPEAN SUPPLIERS.
CONTRIBUTION: (SINCE SITREP NO. 2, 26 JULY 1985)
4. GOVERNMENT | US DLRS | |
UNITED KINGDOM: | CASH THROUGH UNDRO | 9,800 |
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UNDRO 85/1936
ALGERIA - DROUGHT-AFFECTED DISPLACED POPULATIONS - MALI/NIGER
UNDRO SITREP NO. 4
04 SEPTEMBER 1985
1. REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICINES AS ESTABLISHED DURING THE UNDRO REPRESENTATIVE'S VISIT IN JULY TO SOUTHERN ALGERIA AND AS REVIEWED BY WHO HAVE BEEN MET. THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES WILL REACH ALGIERS BY 9 SEPTEMBER. THE COST OF APPROX. US DLRS 6,000 WILL BE COVERED BY PART OF THE UK CASH CONTRIBUTION OF US DLRS 9,800 (SEE SITREP NO. 3 DATED 9 AUGUST 1985).
2. IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ALGERIAN AUTHORITIES, THE ALGERIAN RED CRESCENT AND LRCS, THE FOLLOWING OUTSTANDING NEEDS WERE IDENTIFIED:
TENT CANVAS: | 350,000 M | US DLRS 1.9/M (CIF) |
BLANKETS: | 40,000 | US DLRS 3/PIECE (CIF) |
MOBILE FIELD KITCHENS: | 50 | US DLRS 13,400/PIECE (CIF) |
 |  | US DLRS |
3. CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: | 250 MT NON-FAT DRIED MILK | 175,000 |
 | 50 MT VEGETABLE OIL | 55,000 |
 | 200 MT CSM | 80,000 |
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UNDRO 85/2591
ALGERIA - DROUGHT AFFECTED DISPLACED POPULATIONS - MALI/NIGER
UNDRO SITREP NO. 5
19 NOVEMBER 1985
SITUATION
1. ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RESETTLE IN THEIR NATIVE COUNTRIES, PERSONS FROM MALI AND NIGER WHO ASSEMBLED IN SOUTHERN ALGERIA IN SEARCH OF FOOD. THIS RESETTLEMENT SCHEME WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN COORDINATION WITH EMBASSIES CONCERNED, UNDP, WFP AND ALGERIAN RED CRESCENT. BEGINNING OF OPERATION SCHEDULED FOR EARLY 1986.
2. TOTAL CONTRIBUTION OF US DLRS 9,800 MADE BY UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH UNDRO HAS BEEN USED FOR PURCHASE OF MEDICINES. UNDRO CONTRIBUTION OF US DLRS 15,000 HAS BEEN USED TO BUY LOCALLY 2,480 BLANKETS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY ALGERIAN RED CRESCENT.
3. CONTRIBUTIONS: (SINCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 10 JULY 1985)
 |  | US DLRS |
UN SYSTEM: | ||
UNDRO: | CASH EMERGENCY GRANT | 15,000 |
WFP: | 1,080 MT WHEAT FLOUR, 81 MT OIL, 54 MT PULSES, 108 MT DSM | 433,000 |
GOVERNMENTS: | ||
UNITED KINGDOM: | CASH THROUGH UNDRO | 9,800 |
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: | ||
CRS (USA): | 250 MT NON-FAT DRIED MILK | 175,000 |
 | 50 MT VEGETABLE OIL | 55,000 |
 | 200 MT CSM | 80,000 |
TOTAL VALUE: | 767,800 | |
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