4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 1 Humanitarian Situation in Madagascar – Aftermath of Cyclones Indlala and Jaya Mr. Dusan Zupka OCHA Geneva

4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 2 Situation Overview

4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 3 Humanitarian Context  6 Cyclones between December 2006 and April 2007  500,000 persons adversely affected  90 persons killed and 20 missing  13,000 houses destroyed  40,000 IDPs in precarious shelters  HDI ranking number is 143 out of the 177 countries  High Vulnerability to natural disasters  Access a major difficulty

4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 4 OCHA Mission Objectives  Provide advise to UNRC and IASC CT with regard to coherent strategy for emergency response  Enhance coordination mechanisms  Follow up on CERF proposals  Follow up on Flash Appeal  Promote UN Humanitarian Reform  Support to the possible introduction of Cluster Approach

4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 5 Humanitarian Response  February 2007 – Government of Madagascar launched USD 242 million international appeal  March 2007 – UN and Partners’ Flash Appeal USD 9,6 million  Currently Flash Appeal being revised upwards  CERF application for USD 4,5 million  UNDP emergency grant – USD 75,000  OCHA emergency grant – USD 50,000  IFRC Appeal and FACT/ERU deployment  OCHA UNDAC deployment

4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 6 CERF Applications (USD) WFP – Food – 2,8 million WHO – Health – 0,7 million UNICEF – Nutrition/WASH – 0,6 million FAO – Seeds – 0,2 million UNFPA – Health - 0,2 million Total – 4,5 Million

4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 7 Flash Appeal (USD) Food Security – 5,2 million Agricultural Recovery – 1,7 million Nutrition – 1,1 million Health – 0,6 million NFI/ShelterEducation Early Recovery Protection Total: 9,639 million

4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 8 Cluster Approach Health – WHO Nutrition – UNICEF Water and Sanitation – UNICEF Early Recovery – UNDP Emergency Shelter/NFI – To be determined

4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 9 Way Forward  Launch a revised Flash Appeal asap  Initiate a recovery action  Designate quickly a new UN RC  UN humanitarian agencies and partners to provide additional support to the field structures

4/18/2007 Surge Capacity Section 10 For further queries please contact Surge Capacity Section Thank you for attention!