Cyclone Giri - Two Years On - Burma Action Ireland

Arakan Human Rights and Development Organisation
Table 6.8: Relief Effort 6 Months After Cyclone Giri
Cluster type Response 6 months after Giri
Food & 1. 161 km of embankments repaired (first target was 168 km) (February – May 2011) 484
Livelihoods Target: repair further 193 km of embankments
2. 17 ponds and 31 km of roads in 105 villages in 3 townships repaired through Food
For Work activities (February – May 2011)
3. 2,153 farmers received cash grants to enable them to cultivate 3 acres (1.21 ha) of
paddy land each 485
4. 18,450 people participated in the Food For Work projects (including their families a
total of 92,250 people) received food rations until May 2011 486
5. 2,564 households in Mraybon get small fishing gears and livestock
Nutrition 1. Over 700 children get outpatient therapeutic/supplementary feeding
2. 900 children and 2,000 households get supplementary food rations
3. Over 2,000 pregnant women received micronutrient supplement
4. 60 mother groups were trained for Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE)
Education 1. 150 temporary learning spaces established to resume school for some 21,000 children
in the 4 worst affected townships
2. The Ministry of Education reconstructed 113 schools
Health 1. 4 hospitals, 10 Rural Health Centres (RHCs) and 21 Sub-RHCs reconstructed in
the 4 worst affected townships
2. 54 health care providers trained in Integrated Disease Surveillance System and Early
Warning and Reporting System (17 townships)
3. 2 medical teams conducted mobile clinics in East and Middle Phayonkar Island in
Pauktaw Township, covering the 15 most affected villages. 1,037 patient consultations
took place (29 November - 17 December) 487
4. 7 medical teams in Kyaukphru (69 villages) and Pauktaw (48 villages)
5. A fixed clinic in Mraybon Town and mobile services in 32 villages
6. A medical team visited 19 villages in Kyaukphru, providing essential life-saving sexual,
reproductive, general health services to 6,748 patients
7. 893/918 Clean Delivery Kits/Dignity Kits for pregnant/needy women
Shelter 1. 3,547 households i.e. c.20,000 affected (17.7%) get emergency shelter
2. 2,100 households (10.5%) will receive more permanent shelter in 2011
WASH 1. C. 25,000 people (50 villages) get clean water daily to the end of January
2. 8,740 people (8 villages) received clean water daily since January 2011
3. Non-food items, health, water, sanitation provided to 13,912 households in 4
townships in Rakhine State and 1 township in Magway Region 488
4. 867 household rainwater harvesting kits 489
5. 23,750 bottles of “Waterguard” household water treatment chemicals 490
Logistics N/A
Protection 1. 3,000 households received Dignity Kits
2. 6,000 children received psychosocial support, including recreational and educational
activities, through the Child Friendly Spaces (CFS)
3. 55 Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) training sessions were conducted
for humanitarian workers
Let us now have a look at the effect of the above on the situation of the cyclone survivors’ needs. A table
(see Table 6.9) only shows the facts and figures, but hides the human misery:
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