Office of the Resident Coordinator. Chile Earthquake Situation Report #9, 26 March, 2010

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1 United Nations Nations Unies I. Highlights/Key Priorities Office of the Resident Coordinator Chile Earthquake Situation Report #9, 26 March, 2010 The next Situation Report will be issued around March 30 According to the latest Government s report, the loss of asset caused by the earthquake amounts to USD 29,662 million. The loss in the economy production will amount to USD 7,600 million due to temporally paralyzed economic activities. In Chile the economic loss in the Wine Industry amounts to USD 250 million. UNESCO will realize a field mission with the objective to gather information for the CERF project implementation in the Region of Maule and Bio Bio. The mission will take place between Sunday 28th March and Thursday 1st of April. II. Situation Overview According to the latest Government s report, the damages caused by the earthquake and the financial needs for reconstruction amount to: o Housing: needs for reconstruction amount to USD 3,943 million. Government will finance the 82,6%; o Education: 4,013 schools have suffered damages, reconstruction needs amount to USD 3,015 million; o Health: 79 hospitals have been damaged or are not yet operational. The costs of reconstruction in the Health Sector amount to USD 2,773 millions. o Agriculture and Fisheries: the economic loss in the Agriculture sector amount to USD 39 million; the same amount of money in the Fisheries Sector, where 26,923 small scale fishermen have suffered damages and more than 4,200 boats have been destroyed. o Transport Connectivity: the total loss amounts to USD 958 million. The economic loss in the Wine Industry amounts to USD 250 million: o 125 million liters of wine has been lost due to wineries destruction; o 13% of the annual production of wine has been lost; o 70% of vineyards of the Country belong to the areas affected by the earthquake; Safe drinking water and shelters continue to be a priority. According to the IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross), approximately 19,000 people live in 90 shelter camps in the Regions of O Higgins, Maule and Bío-Bío. Another 25,000 people stay in improvised temporary shelters (schools) and an additional 50,000 people are in urgent need of shelter as they are living in makeshift camps. According to the IFRD, in the Region of Maule, 20% of the regional rice production is no longer supplied by irrigation sources and 100,000 hectares of irrigated land have been lost. According to the USGS (United States Geological Survey), two aftershocks of magnitude 4,8 and 4,9 degrees in the Richter scale, have been recorded on Friday 26 th in the Region of Maule. In addition, a new earthquake of magnitude 5,9 degrees in the Richter scale has been registered between the Region of Antofagasta and the Region of O Higgins.

2 III. Humanitarian and Agriculture and Fisheries The Ministry of Agriculture has re-assigned 4,800 million pesos (approx. USD 9 million) to repair irrigation infrastructures damaged by the earthquake. For this purpose, two open tenders will be launched. The first one addressing the restoration of irrigation channels, with a bonus amounting to 3,800 million pesos (approx. USD 7 million). The second one should address the restoration of water reservoirs, with a bonus amounting to 1,000 million pesos (approx. USD 1, 800,000). The Institute for Agropecuary Development, INDAP, has allocated 1,875 million of pesos (approx. USD 3, 500,000) for emergency response activities: 687,450,000 of pesos (approx. USD 1, 300,000) for agricultural bonus, 1,098,900 of pesos (approx. USD 2,000) for minor irrigation works and 89,250,000 of pesos (approx. USD 170,000) for irrigation experts job contracts and fuel. 7,628 clients will benefit from those measures. The National Agricultural Society (SNA) has presented a package of measures to support the sector. The measures have been divided in three categories: urgent measures (for example, rehabilitation of electrical services and fuel supply, rehabilitation of transport connectivity, rehabilitation of water irrigation systems, inter alia) taxes alleviation measures and working capital support measures, and finally, measures to enhance the infrastructure reconstruction. Food and Nutrition According to the NGO Hogar de Cristo, which is working in the Regions of Maule O Higgins Bio Bio and Araucanía, the most needed food items are: vegetables, soups, tomato sauces, tuna and flour. Moreover, the NGO invites people to increase donations of sleeping bags, tents, coal and candles. To date, the NGO Hogar de Cristo has delivered approximately 730 tons of aid: 544 tons of food aid and 189 tons of non-food items. 23,000 families have been supplied with boxes of merchandise. More than 6,000 volunteers have been participating in the NGO s Campaign Chile se la puede per day. To date, Caritas Chile has distributed 1,439 tons of non-perishable food, corresponding to a total of 239,930 family boxes. Aid has been delivered to the most affected areas of the following Regions: O'Higgins, Maule and Biobío. As of 23 March, IFRC has distributed 2,329 family kits to 2,311 households in the Regions of Maule and Bío-Bío (households with more than 5 family members are provided with two family kits). 1 Family kit contains: 1 kitchen kit, 1 hygiene kit, 4 blankets and 2 jerry cans. As of 25 March, JUNAEB (National Board of Students aid and Scholarship) has supplied 89,759 people in 66 municipalities of the Regions of Valparaíso, Metropolitan, O Higgins, Maule and Bío Bío, with 195,995 services of breakfast, lunch and tea/dinner. Education On 24 March, the Minister of Education informed that 250,000 students have started class this week, while 590,000 students are still unable to attend school. 80% of students of the Region of Maule and 75% of students in the Region of Bio Bio have not yet started school. 2

3 According to national media, the network of 122 JUNJI kinder gardens in the Region of Bio Bio is not operational, leaving 6,598 infants at home. 30% of the 647 JUNJI institutions in the Regions of Valparaiso, O Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio, have been damaged. Emergency Shelters As of 21 March, Red Cross has delivered 300 family tents to Talca and another 200 to Concepcion. 10 CRC (Chilean Red Cross) volunteers have set up 100 tents in the Municipality of Arauco (Region of Bío Bío). To date the NGO Un techo para Chile has built 1,644 temporary shelters: 20 in the Region of Valparaiso, 398 in the Region of O Higgins, 716 in the Region of Maule, 498 in the Region of Bio Bio. 5,089 volunteers have been participating in the NGO s activities. COSUDE (Swiss Agency for development and Cooperation) is planning temporal solutions concerning water and sanitation for the 400 temporary shelters that is building with the NGO Un techo para Chile in the Region of Bio Bio. (Coliumo, Caleta Tumbes, Llico y Tubul). The NGO Shelter Box has been delivering disaster relief tents and life-saving supplies for up to 10,000 people in four different regions of southern Chile. Shelter Boxes have been distributed to people who have lost their homes in Retiro, Parral, Cauquenes, Chanco, Copihue, Talcahuano, Lebu and Coronel (Region of Maule and Bio Bio). Protection UNICEF has received requests for psycho-emotional support and capacity building to the staffs of numerous governmental and civil society institutions. In total, the requests amount to 2,200 employees who educate and take care of children and protect adolescents in detention centers. UNICEF is designing educational modules for psychosocial support along with the Universidad Católica and civil society organizations. UNICEF is hiring two Regional Coordinators at local levels, as well as a National Coordinator to organize the activities described in the CERF project. UNICEF is organizing a meeting with the new Sub Secretary of the Ministry of Justice in order to discuss how to coordinate efforts addressing adolescents deprived of liberty in disaster areas. As of 19 March, the PSP team (Psychologist Support Programme) of the Red Cross has provided psychosocial support to 1,645 people in Hualañé, Talca and Concepción (Regions of Maule and Bio Bio). Water Sanitation As of 26 March, according to the SISS (Superintendent s Office of Sanitary Services) 100% of the urban population, which is supplied by private sanitation companies in the region affected by the earthquake, have access to drinking water. 99,6% of them (11,20 million) are obtaining water through internal distribution networks with in door supplies -with low pressure and sporadic cuts-; while 0.4% (43,000 people in the Region of Bio Bio) are supplied by water tank trucks or transportable tanks installed in the cities. Sanitation solutions for waste disposal at the household and community level. Assessments of the quality of the water supplied by rehabilitated services in the affected areas. 3

4 UNICEF continues to be the focal point for humanitarian agencies such as PAHO/WHO, IFRC and the national counterparts working on the WASH sector. UNICEF is detailing the kind and amount of supplies necessary to ameliorate the water systems in affected areas and finalizing its purchase order. The IFRC has implemented water, sanitation and hygiene activities in the communities of Tibul, Lota y Tumbes (Region of Bio Bio). The IFRC has analyzed the chlorine, PH and turbidity levels in the three tanks in these communities. The IFCR has implemented the fumigation of the camp in Tubul for plague control in latrines and waste deposit. In the Arauco municipality (Region of Bio Bio), the setting up of 100 tents is combined with fumigation activities. The Ministry of Public Works will invest 3,000 million of pesos (approx. USD 5, 600) in the reconstruction of 58 systems of rural potable water in the Region of Araucanía. The reconstruction activities will guarantee water supply to 6,000 people in the Region of Araucanía. Health According to the Red Cross, as of 22 March, five tents of the field hospital of Pitrufquén (Region of La Araucanía) have been installed and equipped. This hospital has the capacity for 50 beds, surgery services, intensive care, anesthesia, mother-child care, pharmacy, equipment sterilization and ambulatory services. USAID/OFDA (United States Agency for International Development / The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance) has provided four additional large, heavy-duty tents, valued at nearly USD 274,000, to expand the patient and post-operative care capacity of the U.S. Air Force EMEDS (U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support) field hospital in Angol (Region of La Araucanía). The tents have been transported to Angol on March 23. According to the American Red Cross, since February 27, more than 1,700 Chilean Red Cross volunteers have conducted damage assessments and distributed 770 metric tons of food and relief supplies in affected regions. In addition, Chilean Red Cross maintains two operational bases in Bío Bío and Maule regions, located in the cities of Concepción and Talca, to coordinate Red Cross response activities. The Health Unit of the Spanish Red Cross, composed by 14 professionals, has provided psychosocial support to more than 1,500 people in the area of Concepción. PAHO/WHO is strengthening the technical team of the Chilean Representative Office with regional experts in the following areas: coordination, communication, water and sanitation and administration. Early Recovery The NGO Malteser International is supporting 15 small-scale enterprises in the reconstruction of buildings and workshops in Chépica (Region of O Higgins), a village with 140,000 inhabitants. In Tubul, (Region of Bio Bio), the NGO is supporting fishermen and sea shell divers who lost their boats and equipment. It has delivered 48 diving equipments and 3 kits of plastic sheeting of 100 metres each. 1 diving equipment costs 700,000 pesos (approx. USD 1,300). IV. Coordination UNETT Technical staff members left on Wednesday on a three day mission to identify the municipalities where CERF projects will be implemented and to set up political technical and administrative basis for activities implementation. UNETT has been visiting the following municipalities: o 1) Cauquenes, Linares, Yerbas Buenas, Sagrada Familia (Region of Maule) o 2) Arauco, Los Álamos, Lebu, Tirúa (Arauco Province, coastal areas, Region of Bio Bio) 4

5 o 3) Curanilahue, Contulmo, Cañete (Arauco Province, interior areas, Region of Bio Bio) UNICEF continues to meet with Government focal points and partners in the following key sectors: protection, education, water and sanitation. PAHO/WHO continues to work with the Ministry of Health on the implementation of projects aimed at mitigating the health impact of the earthquake in affected communities and populations. V. Funding The NGO Catholic Relief Services (CRC) has committed USD 250,000 to be implemented by Caritas Internationalis. The World Bank has mobilized a USD 400,000 grant from the Spanish Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean (SFLAC). The IFRC appeal amounts to 10,035,096 Swiss francs (USD 9, 430,000). So far, donations amount to 3,201,892 Swiss francs (approx. USD 3, 000,000), 32% of the complete appeal, which does not include pledges not yet registered. Caritas Chile has launched an emergency appeal amounting to USD 8,800 million to the International network of Caritas. Spanish Caritas has delivered an initial donation of 100,000 Euros (approx. USD 134,000). On 19 March, USAID/OFDA provided nearly USD 1,4 million to the NGO Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) for emergency shelter programs and water, sanitation, and hygiene activities in most-affected Bío Bío and Maule regions. To date, USAID/OFDA assistance in response to the earthquake totals USD 13,758,516. All humanitarian partners including donors and recipient agencies are encouraged to inform FTS of cash and in-kind contributions by sending an to: fts@reliefweb.int VI. Contact Please contact: Michael Granadillo UN Coordination Associate Tel: Michael.granadillo@undp.org For more information, please visit or 5