Dears,

Please find an attempt to consolidate the current WASH situation following the deterioration.

Many thanks to all of you for sharing the information:

Three main geographical areas area concerned:

Hseni: North Shan

Namkhan: North Shan

Mansi: South Kachin

There are two new IDPs locations:

Nam Salat (Hseni)

Mansi Catholic Church compound (south Kachin)

The Mansi situation is especially worrying and need to be closely followed up.

Stay safe and don’t hesitate to contact us and update us on the situation,

Best

Didier

Concerned locations / Population / Brief situation / WASH actors / Needs / Comment
Hseni:
Nam Sa lat
(Nam Jarat?)
New location / 48 HH - 227 PP in KBC compound?
5HH - in Chinese church compound?
3 HH - in RC boarding house? / Linked with Kokang conflictand created last month
Quick WASH assessment done by MDCG
No information from Chinese compound and from RC boarding house for WASH facilities.
We don’t know yet if population will stay here / Main actor :KBC who is now following up with SCI.
KBC is doing a wash assessment and will be back to SCI based on identified needs / Currently, WASH facilities
3 permanent latrine in KBC compound. The church committee managed for the Water supply for IDPs as buying water truck by daily, it cost 28000 MMK per 1600 Gal per day.
Except of that services, the other WASH facilities needed. Food is the urgent need to support. / Their original villages are Man Sar village, DauNauk village, PharTae village and Ohmalin village.
Namkhan area / DVB Burmese news - March 24/25 - fights between govt army and TNLA occurred around highest mountains in the area of Man Kan and nearby 6 villages. About 2,000 people from these areas fled to Nam Khan. Some are still hiding in the forest, according to chairman of Palaung culture and literature committee of Nam Kham who is taking care of these new IDPs and temporarily settling them at houses of host community in ward 1 of Nam Kham. / Mainly SCI but other WASH actors could not be contacted to enquire about possible support / Depend of the situation and if people will sty here or not. To be followed up / People may not stay here in Namkhan and may returm to their original place. To be followed up
Mansi
Mai Hkawg Catholic IDP camp
Mai Hkawg KBC IDP camp
Mansi Catholic Church compound (downtown): New Location / Growing number of IDPs in Mai Hkawg Catholic IDP camp and in KBC camp in Mai Hkawng also. Over 150 IDPs have arrived MaiHkawng Catholic IDP camp, the camp managers are still collecting the number of IDPs.
town.
22 households, 104 IDPs are taking refuge in Mansi Catholic Church compound / KMSS,
SI offered Emergency wash Support through ERF mechanisms (Consortium SI, SCI and OXFAM)
CESVI is focal WASH agency in Mai Hkawg Catholic and KBC / WASH facilities may be needed according to shelter construction plan in Mai Hkawng Catholic IDP camp if people stay here / Mansi town very insecure place now

Didier Boissavi

WASH Officer

UNICEF, Myitkyina

Mobile phone: 098610099