IOM collects data on displaced people

THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has supported the Government to collect demographic data on the displaced to help inform evidence-based humanitarian responses following the Ulawun volcanic eruption.
IOM worked in close cooperation with the National Disaster Centre (NDC), West New Britain administration and the Bialla local level government.
It deployed its displacement tracking matrix (DTM) team to West and East New Britain in the aftermath of the Ulawun volcano eruption. It has completed two rounds of DTM assessments in WNB with the second assessment identifying water, sanitation and shelter among the needs of those displaced across the assessed eight sites, including the two care centres at Bakada and Kabaya.
IOM with support from the PNG Red Cross Society also registered households displaced to Bakada and Kabaya care centres following NDC’s request.
Data gathered through DTM is providing information to the Government, local authorities and humanitarian partners on gaps and needs, displacement patterns and monitoring to inform the coordinated and targeted delivery of aid to those most in need in care centres. It also supports return planning.