1. Joint assessment team Typhoon Ketsana
Kon Tum Province
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2. Assessment teams arrived province town on 1st October, but reached commune on 5th October due to landslides
Affected districts are isolated. Team reached the commune after 5 hours mountain walk yesterday + safely arrived Ngoc Yeu & Dak Ro Ong and stay in villages

4. VIET NAM
KON TUM PROVINCE
DakGlei District
TuMoRong District

5. BACKGROUND & DAMAGES BACKGROUND DAMAGES
Poverty headcount (WB 2006): 58.7% - poorest amongst the affected provinces. Visited commune: 70% poor
Ethnic groups: home of majority of Xe Dang people
Dependency on forestry: (655,906ha – 67% coverage) and agriculture: paddy rice (10,500ha), cassavas + hill rice (51,000ha)
Matriarchy culture, women are already working harder both in the fields and in houses but less voice in community
DAMAGES
Total death 48 ( highest)
6/9 districts severely damaged
Worst affected districts: Tu Mo Rong and Dak Glei. 17 communes of two districts isolated
Agriculture ( 80%) fully damaged
Water sources and systems broken/ eroded, submerged water wells.
Houses collapsed or need reallocated
Markets in the commune are not functioning
Transportation: roads heavy mudded or blocked, only on foot
Schools are/will not accessible/safe by children

6. Hygiene: Mud and debris still everywhere in the village

7. The Road was destroyed due to landslide

8. Government supports
Huge responsive support by Militaries, Local Government, Youth Union
Provided rice and noodles for two weeks.
So far 90 tons of rice arrived at Kontum,
36 tons (15kg/per/hh are being delivered to affected households)  ONLY ENOUGH FOR 01 COMMUNE
Provided chloramines B tablet?
Armed forces are cleaning roads
Fatherland Front Kontum calling donation/support
Will support most affected households as per Gov. policies (VND 5m/collapsed houses, VND 5m/hh whose people died, 15kg rice/per/hh, etc.)

9. NEEDS: case in Tu Mo Rong District
Three communes in the district are not yet accessible - one of these is thought to be the worst affected.
Possibility of long-term food insecurity
Lack of at least 4-5 months food relief (next crop Nov-Dec)
Food insecurity for 6-12 months: has one rice crop and one cassava crop per year and it has been largely destroyed, hence food insecurity will be an issue for the next 6-12 months
Many lands use gravity irrigation was damaged  12 months no cultivation possible if no reconstruction
Shelters/Housing
665 households need to be reallocated (15%)
1200 households need household kits (at least 30%)
Increased public health risk
Debris clearance is difficult also due to landslide
Shortage of drinking water: bamboo water supply systems washed away;
Women and children having to walk long distances collect water.
Lack of safe water for at least 50% households
Lack of household items for storage, hygiene, etc.
No latrines and no custom of handwashing
Many H1N1 cases reported before typhoon
Market not functioning: The area does not have a market - instead mobile vendors come only every1-2 weeks. There is a practice of labour exchange.

10. The house need to evacuate

11. many residents of Tam Rin village of Tu Mo Rong district, Kon Tum found flat open ground safer than their house. At least six families including babies and children have been sleeping on this plot. Photo by Do Ngoc Xiem/Oxfam

12. Recommendations – SHORT-TERM
Provide food at least for three months
Job creation for the poor and nearly poor families at least for 4 months until the next crops are harvested
Repair water sources and public health information
Support non-food items (clothes, books/edu.kits for students, kitchen materials, hygiene kits for women)
Repairing shelters

13. Recommendations – LONG-TERM
Provide seeds, fertilizer and tools to rehabilitate agriculture
Building and repairing house
Building community roads

14. Assessment Team in Kontum
PACCOM (01),
Oxfam International (15),
Plan International (01),
UNICEF (01),
World Concern (01)
Nhan Dan Newspaper (02)