Brian Casey- Goaljoan Oking- MERLIN

Meeting Minutes

Attendees

Line Pedersen- UNHCRPeter Chege- World Vision
Monica Noro- UNHCRNaomi Nyakio- World Vision

Brian Casey- GOALJoan Oking- MERLIN

Glenn Hughson- Action Against HungerKhisa W. Anthony- MERLIN

Oddbjorn Larsen- UNICEF/Chair
Absent:

WFP, KRC, WHO

• Introduction and welcome from Oddbjorn Larsen UNICEF Log Off/Nakuru
  

Activity Update by Organisation

• World Vision

• 4 national programme staff + 2 national drivers
• Mission mandate 3 months
• Office at BONTAN Hotel, Nakuru
• Planned NFI distribution coordinated through KRC; blankets, mosquito nets, tents, tarpaulins, mattresses, kitchen kits, mobile toilets, soap, sanitary pads, undergarments, water storage tanks & aquatabs. Expecting NFIs to arrive next week
• Targeting 19 IDP sites w/approx nineteen thousand beneficiaries
• Nutrition
• Counselling
• Provide financial grants to “Hope for Women Network”
• Food distribution through WV Nairobi to sites not covered by WFP
• Working in Molo, Nakuru-North, Nakuru District
• May need a warehouse for temporary storage of NFIs

• MERLIN

• Arrived Nakuru last week
• Provide Health services in Nakuru North
• Coordinate operations w/MOH Nakuru
• Two mobile health teams of five staff members + one programme officer
• Office at MOH Nakuru
• Tpt assets; will rent a “Matatu”
  
• Action Against Hunger
• Expanded to Total and Muchorwe in Molo doing WES works
• Nutrition screening of children under five years, few moderate malnutrition cases observed so far, but expected to increase as displacement continues
• Nutrition screening also in Nakuru North, Bahati and Okilge
• Afahra and Showground continue ongoing WES and hygiene promotion
• Showground part B, advice on camp design
• Better planning on replenishment of consumables required
• Report that information on who is doing what where has improved, thus closing gaps is improveing
• Tpt assets; # of Land Cruisers reduced to 1 + 1 hired “Matatu” and 1 local taxi

• UNHCR

• Provided KRC with additional 200 tents intended for Nakuru Showground and Molo
• UNHCR Nairobi requests proper NFI distribution reports from the field

• Monica Noro informed that Nairobi shelter/NFI cluster is proposing a transitional NFI kit. Further, Nairobistaff will make field visits to obtain better information of what is required and how they can assist the various actors
• Provided camp management training to KRC this week

• GOAL

• Has identified ten locations in Kipkelion, Landiani and Nakuru North where they will do NFI distribution + supplementary distribution and WES

• Work plan for the next four weeks ready for implementation, after completion GOAL willasses and evaluate further intervention.
• Will strengthen field assessment with additional team next week

• GOAL, UNHCR, KRC & DO to meet 14 Feb to finalize plan to relocate/merge six IDP sites into one in Londiani, total caseload = 2225 IDPs. May need a truck to ferry IDPs belongings.

• UNICEF

• Distributed 12.25 MT of UNIMIX on 8 & 9 Feb target group children under five years in:

- NgataPiaveCenter Churc = 125 kg, - Olgilei = 250 kg, Bhati Police Station = 6 MT, Rongai Katundra Store = 1,75 MT, KimangaiDiscipleChurch = 1 MT, KangaPrimSchool = 250 kg, Rongai Catholic Church = 250 kg, Sacred Seminary = 500 kg, Major General Njorge = 750 kg,

• 12/2; dispatched to Naivasha IDP camp; 6 school tents, 20 educational kits, 10 recreational kits
• This week; support KEMSA Nakuru with dispatch of medical supplies and finalize distribution plan for educational supplies in Nakuru District

Sharing of assets

• Trucks; WFP confirmed today that all WFP trucks may be made available to other agencies on a capacity permitting basis. WFP should be given at least one day prior notice. Requests; contact Francis on phone # 0722711967 or 0733879731
• Warehouses; WFP/KRC warehouse at PCPB can not offer dedicated space to other agencies as the store basically is meant for transhipment of WFP food and space available will “fluctuate”. However, agencies may request storage space through Mr. Cabe/KRC/Log/Off phone # 0722379904.
• ACF; will share warehouse space capacity permitting, additional warehouse also available, contact Glenn Hughson phone # 0712292899
• GOAL; may be able to share warehouse space, contact Brian Casey
  phone # 0733800688

Bottlenecks

• Lack of proper information of “who is doing what where” hampers effective field programme implementation. However, UNHCR informed that KRC now has a matrix available that would mitigate this problem. UNHCR will forward matrix to Nakuru log cluster agencies.
• Otherwise, no movement problems reported in Nakuru District

AOB

• Kenyan NGOs; several agencies have come across national NGOs doing a variety of work in Nakuru District not necessarily coordinated. To improve this, all agencies are encouraged to invite national NGOs, as and when they meet them, to attend relevant coordination meetings.
• CSB distribution in Naivasha; UNICEF nutrition officer Peter Kig’ori requested log support in distributing of CSB from NaivashaHospital to two camp sites (short distance). UNICEF Nakuru advised this may be solved by making UNICEF pick up truck available to DNO.
• GOAL is in need of 3000 mosquito nets, UNICEF to check and revert

Next meeting

Wednesday 20 Feb 20081630 hrs at UNICEF Office

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