LIBYA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT

FEBRUARY - MAY 2016

Libya Humanitarian Situation Report

February – May 2016

Situation in Numbers

1,359,120

Highlights 

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UNICEF signed a tri-lateral Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the Libyan National Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) and WHO. The MoC outlines a programme for cooperation on the implementation of six strategic focus areas to assist the NCDC with on-going health reform, policy and advocacy to ensure provision of immunization and other child health services. UNICEF provided 1.5 million doses of polio vaccines to NCDC to support the five-day campaign that was completed countrywide in Libya from 16th April to 21st April 2016 and covered 1.3 million children below the age of 6. On 20th of February, UNICEF agreed with the Municipality of AlZintan to facilitate the release of children under 18 years of age associated with the armed groups and to establish a rehabilitation and reintegration center in the city. The center will provide services to children as well as youth who were involved in the armed conflict in the past.

UNICEF’s Response with Partners

Children were vaccinated against polio (universal coverage)

7,500 Internally displaced people received hygiene kits

1,351 Children received specialized child protection services

8,221 Children participated in structured, sustained child protection or psychosocial support programmes

UNICEF Appeal 2016 US$ 19.3 million Funding Gap US$ 11.8 million (64%)

Results reported until mid-May

UNICEF UNICEF Target

# of people reached with hygiene items and information # of teachers trained in conflict-affected areas # of children under 5 years of age covered with appropriate vaccination # children participating in structured, sustained child protection or psychosocial support programmes

Sector/Cluster

Cumulative results (#)

Cluster Target

Cumulative results (#)

250,000

7,500

250,000

12,000

1,000

30

1,000

30

342,000

1,359,120

20,000

8,221

20,000

2016 Available Funds

8,221

Funds Received 13%

Carry Forwa rd 23%

2016 funding requirement: $19.3M

Funding Gap 64%

* Funds available includes funding received against current appeal as well as carry-forward from the previous year.

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Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs The humanitarian situation in Libya continues to deteriorate as a result of sporadic fighting across the country and the expansion of the so called Islamic State (IS) and causing internal displacement of civilian population. The disruption of health care services, shortages in life- saving medicines, vaccines, and serious protection concerns affecting children are among key concerns affecting children. The lack of resources is another obstacle for the humanitarian response where the Humanitarian Response Plan for Libya had a funding gap of 64 percent till May. The deteriorating security situation in the city of Sirte as a result of IS expansion has resulted in civilians fleeing Sirte, Abu Grain, Al Hesha and Abu Najeem. According to the reports from local partners and crisis committees, around 1,200 families have recently arrived in the city of Bani Walid, another 550 families in Tarhuna and over 700 families have arrived in Tripoli. In Benghazi, where some areas have been controlled by the Libyan National Army forces, it has been reported that the number of schools occupied by IDPs has dropped from 61 to 39 schools. In Bani Walid however, the number of schools occupied by IDPs have increased to 12 and the number is expected to continue increasing as a result of displacement. To the west of Tripoli, there has been a notable increase in sea departures to Europe. Since the beginning of 2016, IOM estimates that over 27,000 migrants have departed from Libya towards Italy. IOM Libya’s Displacement Tracking Matrix estimates the existence of 417,123 IDPs and 234,669 migrants in Libya at the end of the reporting period. UNHCR has continued registration of refugees and asylum seekers: approximately 30,000 asylum seekers and 10,000 refugees have been registered up to mid-April 2016. According to IOM, in just three days during April almost 6,000 migrants and refugees have sailed from Libya to Italy which could be the start of a new massive wave of migration.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination UNICEF continues to work in coordination with the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) and is leading the WASH and Education sectors as well as the Child Protection sub-sector under Protection. In the Health sector, UNICEF works closely and in coordination with WHO. UNICEF continues its efforts to diversify and expand partnerships with local and International NGOs active in Libya with 12 new programme cooperation agreements signed till the end of May. The Information Management Working Group (IMWG) was inaugurated in April tasked to build relevant information system and provide support for the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) with introduction of a data collection mechanism. The Kobo Toolbox for humanitarian use was introduced by OCHA, optimised for the use of humanitarian actors in emergencies and difficult field environments, in support of needs assessments, monitoring and other data collection activities. UNICEF WASH and Education sector leads are entering humanitarian response data in their sectors data repository, while Child Protection enters response data through the Protection sectors repository. UNICEF continues to chair the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) for International Assistance to Libya. The JCC is co-chaired by United Kingdom, United States and UNDP.

Humanitarian Strategy UNICEF continues to deliver humanitarian assistance mostly through remote management from Tunisia, with its national staff and national consultants based in Tripoli monitoring the programme implementation. As part of the inter-agency Humanitarian Response Plan for Libya, UNICEF and its partners have prioritized its emergency response activities to respond to the needs of conflict affected children and their families while taking into account access, capacity to deliver the programmes, as well as geographic and demographic constraints. UNICEF has prioritized the response to take place in the most affected parts of the country – Benghazi, Tripoli and Sabha and is assisting both the IDP and the host communities, with particular attention on the most vulnerable communities.

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Whenever possible, UNICEF continues to invest and build the capacity of national Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and local authorities to deliver and monitor its humanitarian programmes. This programme implementation strategy will play an important role in maximizing the access of the response under the difficult access constraints in the country. To mitigate risks associated with remote programming, field monitoring activities were undertaken by a third party monitoring partner to generate programme information to enable relevant and appropriate response to affected communities and follow up on the reach of programme supplies.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response Reports of increased cases of scabies have been reported in Abu Salim and Al-Gawa detention centres in Tripoli, which are hosting some 800 migrants/refugees. Under the leadership of UNHCR and IOM an interagency task force has been established with the participation of International Medical Corps (IMC), Save the Children International and UNICEF. As a response to the scabies outbreak, multi-sectoral campaigns are scheduled to take place in the affected centres. UNICEF and implementing partner IMC are targeting 13 centres with hygiene awareness and None Food Items which will benefit over 60,000 detainees over the next six months. UNICEF third party monitoring partner CIR, conducted six monitoring visits in Libya for implementing NGOs. The visits included four monitoring visits for Child Protection (Essafa and STACO), one for WASH (ACTED) and one for Education (Boy Scouts and Girl Guides).

Education In order to address the shortage of the number of functioning schools in Benghazi and to increase the number of students, the Ministry of Education after consultations with UNICEF, introduced a shift program with three days for grades 1 to 6 students and three days for grades 7 to 9 students. In the conflict affected city of Benghazi, 1,200 children (700 girls and 500 boys) received mine risk awareness sessions. The services were provided through agreements with two local partner NGOs in Benghazi- Ekraa Assembly for Development and Education, and Organisation Breezes Libya for Sustainable Development. The lack of pre-school teachers and weak access to pre-school education is addressed through capacity building of master trainers for kindergartens (pre-school) and the development of a four-month training package for teachers who will move from primary education to pre-school education. A workshop was held in Hammamet, Tunisa from 23rd to 28th of February 2016 and attended by 30 educational experts from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research on in-service and pre-service training provisions. The workshop focused on the areas of child rights, inclusive education, life skills and child-centred teaching and learning.

Child Protection UNICEF agreed with the municipality of Al-Zintan to establish a Centre for Release and Reintegration of Youth and Children associated with armed groups. This initiative follows more than five years of conflict, and represents the first programme in Libya for the release and reintegration of children. UNICEF organized two workshops at the end of

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March and in the beginning of April 2016 to build the capacity of 28 social workers and staff working at the center. The workshops covered children’s rights, child protection, the national and international legal framework related to the rights and protection of children affected by the armed conflicts and children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups CAAF/GS. The workshop concluded with a collective roadmap and plan of action for release and reintegration of CAAF/GS and protection of the vulnerable children. UNICEF’s partner Essafa Centre for Mental Health continues its specialized psychosocial services for child victims of Gender-Based Violence and conflict related violence in Tripoli and has expanded its services to include the city of Benghazi. By the end of April, 1,172 boys and 1,034 girls living in IDP camps received an initial screening. Amongst these, 666 boys and 585 girls benefitted from specialized psychosocial services in the form of counselling, family support and referrals to other social and health services. Additionally, 1,020 parents are now more aware of protection related risks that children face and how their families and communities can better protect them. Approximately, 7,200 school children from 36 schools in Az Zawiyah are now aware of the services provided by the Family and Child Protection Unit (FCPU) thanks to a school based campaign conducted by the FCPU with the support of UNICEF. The campaign included lectures, leaflets, posters, videos and theatre shows. By the end of May, 4,072 boys and 4,149 girls benefitted from structured, sustained child protection and psychosocial support programmes delivered by UNICEF in partnership with Shaikh Tahir Azzawi Charity Organization (STACO) through three child friendly spaces in Az Zawiyah, Ghat and Sebha and through schools and community based psychosocial support delivered through UNICEF partner Alnahla NGO in Janzour municipality in Tripoli. The services delivered through seven schools and three community based child friendly spaces in the municipality. UNICEF continues to build the capacity of child protection actors across Libya, with 40 social workers and animators trained in Sebha, Ghat, and Az Zawiyah during this period. 38 teachers and social workers has been attended a workshop in Janzour on the inclusion of psychosocial support in the school weekly routine. UNICEF signed a partnership agreement with Libyan Red Crescent Society (LRC) to offer recreational activities to 8,000 conflict- affected children in Sirte (IS-controled, Derna Ansar, Benina and Ajdabyah) through mobile child friendly spaces, which will strengthen the community-based protection and psychosocial support for these children.

WASH 1,500 families in the city of Al-Zintan received hygiene kits and hygiene promotional materials as a first batch of a project plan to reach 2800 families. 3,800 displaced families in collective centres in Al-Zintan and 1,176 families in four Tawergha IDP camps were identified as in need of WASH assistance through assessments conducted by UNICEF local implementing partner, the Libyan Society for Charity Work organization. 20,000 people from Tripoli and Benghazi are expected to benefit from the dewatering equipment provided by UNICEF to control wastewater flooding. UNICEF and the General Company for Water and Wastewater (GCWW) have agreed on an action plan to improve the dysfunctional wastewater system and to address wastewater flooding in conflict affected areas. UNICEF and the GCWW agreed to conduct an assessment for the system and implement the required maintenance; meanwhile,

Health A three day planning meeting for Libya’s Expanded Program on Immuization (EPI) was concluded with a tri-lateral Memorendam of Cooperation between the WHO, UNICEF and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to further their cooperation in supporting the realization of the rights of all children in Libya, and specifically the right to survival and development. Future cooperation on strategic focus areas have been identified which included: Cold chain and vaccines management; Information sharing system; Middle level managers training on immunization; Procurement policies and procedures; New-born mortality and morbidity reduction and reduction of under-5 morbity and mortality; and Stratgic communication for Expanded Programme on Immunization. The MoC made UNICEF utilize the National Immunization Day to procure 1.5 million doses of polio vaccines to the

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country while WHO has catered for the campaign’s operational cost as well as the provision of technical assistance. The five-day national polio campaign was conducted in Libya between 16th and 21st April under the direct supervision of the NCDC with support from UNICEF and WHO. Libya has been polio free since 1991. With the provision of the 1.5 million doses of vaccine, over 1.3 million children below the age of six were immunized during the first national polio vaccination campaign in two years which targeted all children below the age of six. Implemented across Libya’s 64 districts, the campaign included 2,000 trained vaccinators working in 600 health facilities.

Supply and Logistics Ahead of the Polio campaign and through a chartered flight to the Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, UNICEF delivered 1.5 million doses of polio vaccines to Libya, which were needed for the Polio vaccination campaign. Seven diesel dewatering pumps were procured by UNICEF’s supply division for municipalities in Tripoli and Benghazi. Three pumps for the municipalities in Tripoli were delivered by air to Mitiga Airport while four pumps were shipped to Al-Khums seaport to reach municipalities in Benghazi. During the month of May, 884 procured recreational kits were delivered to the Child Protection partners in Libya.

Media and External Communication ‘Together for Children’, UNICEF’s national campaign launched in April 2015, continues to spread covering more municipalities in Libya. Three new municipalities signed Memorandums of Cooperation with UNICEF to join the campaign, enabling UNICEF programme implementation to reach more geographical areas, especially in the south of Libya. UNICEF supported the establishment of the United Nations Communication Group and the development of a UNCT social media platform on Facebook. Ongoing coverage of UNICEF programme implementation continued via timely media releases, disseminated through the UNICEF network and social media highlighting donor contributions.

Funding In January 2016, UNICEF issued the Humanitarian Action for Children appeal (HAC) with an amount of US$19.32 million. UNICEF has carry-forward funds with a total of US$4.17 million, which were received by the end of 2015 through the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – BMZ and the EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO). Since the beginning of 2016, UNICEF has received US$3.58 million against the HAC through generous contributions from the Swedish Government, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the German Foreign Office. Funding Requirements (as defined in the Humanitarian Appeal of January 2016) Appeal Sector

Requirements

Funding gap

Funds available* US$

%

WASH

2,559,600

1,310,750

1,248,851

48.79%

Education

2,484,000

2,054,884

429,116

17.28%

Health

11,251,500

1,133,786

10,117,714

89.92%

3,024,000

3,265,689 7,765,109

0

0.00%

11,795,681

64%

Child Protection Total

19,319,100

* Funds available includes funding received against current appeal as well as carry-forward from the previous year.

Next SitRep: 15 July 2016 UNICEF Libya Twitter Whom to contact for further information:

UNICEF Libya FB Dr Ghassan Khalil Special Representative Libya Country Office, Tel: +216 99 068 889 Email: [email protected]

UN in Libya FB Mostafa Omar Communication Specialist Libya Country Office, Tel: +216 99 070 815 Email: [email protected]

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Annex A SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS Sector Response Overall needs

UNICEF and IPs

2016 Target

Total Results

Change since last report ▲▼

380,000

213,000

-

-

# of people provided with gender appropriate sanitation facilities(2)

380,000

120,000

-

-

# of people reached with hygiene items and information (3)

380,000

250,000

12,000

12,000

150,000

75,000

-

-

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE # of people provided with the minimum amount of safe water in line with international standards (1)

#of children provided with water and sanitation facilities in their learning environments # of WASH institutions provided with technical support EDUCATION # of out-of-school children (disaggregated by gender and age) that benefit from safe learning spaces (1) # of teachers trained in conflict-affected areas (2) # of schools in conflict-affected areas rehabilitated and repaired (3) CHILD PROTECTION # children participating in structured, sustained child protection or psychosocial support programmes (girls and boys) (1) # children supported with specialized Child Protection services (girls and boys)(2) # child protection actors and stakeholders trained (male and female) (3) # of children reached in conflict affected and hard to reach areas supported with recreational programmes

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2

10

150,000

99,241

-

5,000

1,000

30

64

-

104

-

-

2016 Target

213,000 120,000 250,000

Total Results

Change since last report ▲▼

-

-

-

-

7,500

7,500

75,000

-

-

10

2

47,000

-

-

1,000

30

30

50

-

-

20,000

8,221

8,221

2,000

1,351

1,251

120

40

40

50,000

-

-

2

N/A

HEALTH # of children under 5 years of age covered 342,000 1,359,120 1,359,120 with appropriate vaccination (1) Footnotes WASH 1) Number of people accessing safe drinking water through rehabilitation/ repair of water supply facilities specifically for IDP shelters reached through installation of boreholes and water tanks. Sphere standard of 15 lit per person per day is considered as a target. 2) Number of people in the IDP camps, host communities, collective shelters and institutions with access to hygienic toilets or latrines with hand washing facilities, and rehabilitated sewage and drainage infrastructure. 3) Number of people reached with distribution of hygiene items in institutions and IDP camps coupled with dissemination of hygiene promotion messages. An average family size is composed of five people. Education 1) Number of Out of school aged children supported with non-formal education (catch-up classes) 2) Number of teachers in conflict affected areas trained 3) Number of schools in conflict affected areas rehabilitated and repaired. 4) Additional pre-fab classes established to increase access; may be included in the rehabilitated/ repaired schools

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Child Protection 1) Number of children benefiting from psychosocial support in Child Friendly Spaces (CFS), mobile units, and school clubs. 2) Number of children who receive specialized psychosocial services 3) Number of child protection actors trained in psychosocial, case management and referrals Health 1) Number of children below the age of six who have received the polio vaccine during the national immunization campaign held for the first time in two years.

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