Opening Vistas for Youth – Jan 2011
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) program is rights-based. In the larger development agencies, the rights-based approach has its roots in the increasing public concern with the development effectiveness. Civil Society in Pakistan has emerged as catalyst and change agent during the last 3 decades and has been winning and gaining more grounds in mainstream development and policy making processes at provincial and national level. Pakistani society is undergoing drastic changes because of many emerging developments and trends, like independents media, activation of various sections of civil society, such as lawyers, forums, media organizations, NGOs, and educational institutions and many others. Many public and private higher education institutions offer new degree programs, like gender studies, environment sciences, development and population studies etc. The rising number of students seeking admission in these departments shows the interest and seriousness of the youth. These students need to have a good understanding about operational dynamics and ground realities of development scenario in Pakistan alongside their education. Educational institutions have already realized it and are emphasizing now on the importance of on-job training; sending the students to leading CSOs for a period of 6-8 months so they can get off campus practical experience. SPO-Lahore enjoys very positive and strong linkages with higher education institutions like Punjab University, Lahore College for Women University, and Kinnaird College for Women University. It has been accommodating the students of these institutions as interns for past few years. During 2009-2010, 28 students belonging to, Social Work, Sociology, Mass Communication, Political Science, and Gender Studies departments of PU and LCWU have successfully completed their internship with SPO-Lahore. This experiment has proved a successful and students obtained first hand working knowledge, experience, exposure, and understanding about operational dynamics and ground realities of development paradigm in Pakistan. We can make a better society through sensitization of the youth about politics and socieity. The speakers were of view that if we need a peaceful and developed state then we should focus on youth and their role, because if we want to minimize the political, social and economical disruption, then we need to create opportunities for youth. There is a dire need to bring the youth on a plate form where they can realize their role and responsibilities. CSOs and government create such type of forum where students express their views. The ceremony was chaired by Naseer Memon, CE SPO, and guest of honor were Neelam Hussain (Educationist), Khawar Mumtaz ( Director Shirkat Gah,) Ahsan Akhtar Naz (Director Institute of Mass communication and development studies Punjab University Lahore), Prof. Rana Ejaz (associate professor political science department university of Punjab), Sara Shahid (Lahore university of Women gender studies department), Rana Malik, Razia Naqvi from university of Punjab and Salman Abid Regional Head SPO Lahore
Round Table Forum On Peace and Human Development – December 28, 2010
Considering the repercussions of violence/terrorism upon achieving the target of MDGs goals, Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) organized a Round Table Forum on ‘Peace and Human Development’ in Islamabad on December 28, 2010. Speakers in the conference stressed the need to shift current paradigm of security state to human security to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Speakers of the forum stressed the need of shifting current paradigm of security state to human security to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They were speaking at the Round Table Forum on ‘Peace and Human Development’ arranged by Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO). Introducing the theme of forum Dr. Tufail Muhammed, Chairperson SPO, welcomed the participants. He said the forum on peace and human development is timely as it is in line with SPO’s programme of peace and social harmony. Briefing the participants about the status of MDGs in Pakistan Naseer Memon, Chief Executive SPO, said that human development paradigm has to replace security paradigm. He shared the context of political economy that hindered achievement of MDGs. He was of the opinion that it is unlikely that Pakistan would achieve MDGs within the stipulated time. Providing the regional perspective, Senator Dr. Abdul Malik stated that in the history of civilization every society had to face the basic issue of peace and development. Our region is in the throes of conflict for last few decades. ‘The current insurgency in Balochistan is the result of deprivations of last 63 year and the only solution is to accept legitimate demands’ he claimed. Balochistan is backward because of the collusion of local patricians with the ruling class of Pakistan to maintain status quo. He blamed the troika of militants, sardars and government for stifling the middle class in Balochistan. Dr Sarfraz, Director of Area Study Centre University of Peshawer, shared the situation of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and its impact on achievement of MDGs. ‘When schools are bombed, students are threaten to join seminaries and women were prohibited to get education, then it is impossible to achieve the targets of MDGs’ he commented. According to Dr. Sarfraz the thought process has been traditionally independent in KPK but it is curtailed now, which will harm the quality of education in seats of higher learning in KPK. Abrar Kazi presented perspective of Sindh. He regretted the fact that Pakistan is earmarking more resources on security paradigm than on human development. ‘Being a postcolonial state Pakistan is entangled in ideological, religious and nationalist conflict. The violent conflict in Sindh is rooted in ethnicity’ Kazi said. He attributed this situation to the failure of institutions. Shedding light on repercussions of violence in Karachi he asserted that the biggest industrial and skill area of Pakistan is losing its economic base because of violent politics pursued by a particular party in Karachi. Adding further he told the participants that tribal fueds, jirgas and ransom in the inner parts of Sindh has brought the economic activities to standstill. Eminent educationist Dr Rubina Sehgal stressed the need to look more into the militancy in Punjab as it provides 50% of jihadi work force. Speaking on the impact of conflict/terrorism on women in Pakistan, she provided historical overview of conflict in which civilian were remained largely immune from wars. She said the military has become more involved in social affairs and society got militarized. “Inter-state wars have been reduced drastically recently, but civilians have been caught in intra state conflict’ she commented. She asserted that violence for women is a permanent way of life not a rule of exception in Pakistan. Sehgal was of the view that a state which runs parallel education and judicial system cannot cater justice to its people, rather it generates violence. ‘Unless we do not get rid of religion within state structure we cannot establish peace’ she stated. Former Chief Economist Dr. Pervez Tahir recapped the themes of discussion. Dr. Pervez commented that the objective of security in our country is always the state and never human security. Shedding light on performance of MDGs vis-à-vis Pakistan’s performance he claimed that Pakistan is far away from achieving the targets. In education and health expenditure is lower now than in 2001but expenditures on defense and military increased manifold. He said that we have to complete the work of 50 years in 5 years. Aimal Khattak of Sungi Foundation said that the current conflict is a part of bigger conflict of great game in the region. Asad Rahman, Director of Program Sungi Foundation, emphasized exploring nexus between military and mullah, emergence of Taliban and US imperialism. Senator Hasil Bazenjo said that our mullah is hypocritical. ‘Our politics is based on secularism but secular parties do not openly go against Federal Shariat Court. Military and mullah are doing whatever they like, he observed. Our country is facing Tsunami that kills more people. ‘We are retrogressive path and moving towards 17th century let alone achieving MDGs’ he said. Former Minister and writer Javed Jabbar said ‘we paid inadequate attention to MDGs. We have to shape our future vision today.’ Jabbar shared his observation that there are four kinds of wars: physical, psychological, ideological and anti- human development war. He termed the current violence by religious militants as war of obscurantists against human development. He does not see any possibility of these wars subsiding in near future. ‘If our governance structure remains same we would be encumbered by sheer demographic challenge’ he asserted. The very institutions that are supposed to protect us are fighting for their survival. Development can be possible in conflict situation but in a containable conflict. Peace is only possible by human development. Ending his speech on optimist note Jabbar urged civil society to develop local philanthropic structure. The forum was attended by prominent politicians, civil society members and eminent academicians. Prominent among them are Syed Abid Rizvi, Jonathan Smeet, First Secretary EKN, Jan Ali Changezi, Minister for Education Balochistan, Nasreen Azhar, Aimal Khattak, Ali Ahmed Jan, Faisal Ali Baloch, Prof Asghar Ali
16 Days of Activism Campaign against Gender Based Violence – 25th November – 10th December 2010
“Women’s Leadership Role in Flood Affected Area To End Gender Based Violence” Background: 25th November marks the beginning of the 16 days of activism campaign against gender-based violence and 2010 is the 20th successive year for this campaign. The 16 days activism campaign ending on December 10th also highlights other significant dates, including November 29; International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre and finally the international human rights day on December 10th. Gender-based violence is a harsh reality for many women and girls around the world. It further exacerbates during and in the aftermath of an occurrence of a disaster, where women become more vulnerable to various forms of violence and abuse. This year, Pakistan was hit by the worst ever disaster in its 63 year history. According to statics by the United Nations over 20 million people were affected by the devasting floods that hit different parts of the country. As the disasters rip through the social fabric and physical capital of an area, women’s and girls’ vulnerability to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) also escalates. Keeping the gravity of the situation in view, it is imperative that GBV be taken up in policy circles and that the government and civil society institutions direct maximum resources, attention and efforts to deal with the issue in pre and post disaster situations. SPO has taken up gender-based violence in eight worst flood affected districts of Pakistan as a theme for the 16 days women leaders’ activism campaign. In this connection SPO will seek to enhance ‘Women’s Leadership Role in Flood Affected Areas to End Gender Based Violence,’ a project supported by UNIFEM. Project Objective The objective of this project is to increase the role of women and girls in relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation phase through enhanced leadership skills and protection networks in order to address violence against women and girls in the flood affected areas. The project is also aimed at ensuring that local women’s perspectives are incorporated in the future disaster risk preparedness, mitigation and prevention measures by the line agencies in the government. The target areas for the project are 08 districts that were affected by the floods (Nowshehra, Dera Ismail Khan, Muzzafargarh, Multan, Rajanpur, Thatta, Sukkar, Naseerabad and Jafferabad) of flood affected four provinces – KPK, Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. Capacity Building SPO has embarked upon the project with a three days training of trainers ( organised between 22nd November 2010 to 24th November 2010) given to 16 master trainers (chosen from within the pool of SPO’s existing master trainers currently based in its provincial offices). The training was delivered by Sisters Trust Pakistan. These master trainers will further provide three days intensive training on dealing with GBV in disaster situations to the 30 women leaders in each of the eight target districts. Local Women Leaders will be trained on ‘how to collectively lobby against the GBV and discrimination against women’. They will be trained on ‘how to seek linkages and network with other networks and line agencies in the government to put an end to violence and discrimination against women in an event of a disaster’. They will be mentored and prepared to take onto the leadership roles beyond the life of this project so that to be able to pass on their skills and knowledge to other women of their area. Main features of the trainings will include ‘tips for advocating for victims of violence against women’, ‘advocating for women in the criminal justice system’, ‘community strategies for preventing violence against women’, ‘liaising effectively with the district relief and rehabilitation committees’ in pre and post disaster situations’ and ‘creating, forging and nurturing alliances and networks’. Expected Outcome The project is aimed at eradication of GBV and raising awareness regarding protection of women in disaster situations. It is expected to result in the creation of a cadre of women leaders able to act as mentors for other local women and organizations who seek to end injustice and violence against women. It is envisioned that these local women leaders will take the lead roles in taking this cause successfully into future beyond the life of this project. These women leaders are expected to be working together on issues concerning women in future. They are expected to inspire more women thereby creating larger groups of women leaders and activists in their constituencies and beyond. Since one of the key outcomes of this 16 days activism project will be a countrywide women leaders forum with each leader having her own circle of influence within her respective constituency, it is believed that the forum will continue to operate as an organised national level women forum also having deep roots at the district level.
Dr. Tufail received the meritorious services award
Dr. Tufail Mohammad is the Chairperson of Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO). Under his leadership SPO endeavors for the empowerment of the marginalized section of the society and realization of basic human rights in Pakistan. Recently, he was awarded with the meritorious services award by the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan for his outstanding leadership in supporting displaced women and communities. This is another feather in the cap of SPO. Currently, Dr. Tufail Mohammad is the Director of the Regional Training Institute (RTI), Peshawar. “RTI is a government body responsible for the training of the staff of the Population Welfare and Health Departments on reproductive health and family planning. Dr Tufail Mohammed became a Leadership Fellow when he attended the International Family Planning Leadership Program (IFPLP) of the International Health Programs (IHP). Dr Tufail has subsequently been an active fellow in the Leadership Fellows network as well as other networks, and is well known and respected amongst his colleagues. Recently he has taken a lead in trying to develop disaster response strategies in partnership with other Leaders as well as with the Pakistan Reproductive Health Network. In recognition of his outstanding leadership in supporting displaced women and communities,, he was presented with the meritorious services awards by the President (2008) and Prime Minister of Pakistan (2010).” Dr Tufail Muhammed is the Director of the Regional Training Institute in Peshawar. RTI is responsible for providing technical training to service providers of the Population Welfare Department, and Health Department of the Government of Pakistan. This training includes various aspects of reproductive health, as well as family planning. Dr Tufail, a pediatrician by training, is also extremely active with civil society being one of the founding members of the Physicians Forum for Family Planning. Based on the experience of the crises in his region Dr Tufail told me “when disasters occur, people’s first response is the survival of people, reproductive health usually takes a back seat. Reproductive health is a woman’s issue, and often women are silent, and there are many taboos around speaking about these issues”. But reproductive health is connected to survival. Women who are pregnant suddenly lose all forms of care. Those who are close to delivery have nowhere to go for services. Not only are formal systems of care no longer there, but neither are the informal systems – the family set up, traditional birth attendants, etc. Women with gynecological concerns have no access to health care providers. Family planning is no longer available. Even something as basic as menstrual hygiene is difficult to care for. Dr Tufail says that when his female colleagues and students visited women in camps, they pleaded for someone to respond to these needs. With the region prone to crisis, the local people have learned from their experience. “When the most recent crisis occurred we were prepared.” On hearing of the army action and the potential displacement of people, Dr Tufail and his colleagues advocated that the registration forms developed by the government for internally displaced people must have a section for registering pregnant women. This registration showed that 77,000 pregnant women had been displaced. The local services in the communities where they were displaced to could not meet the expanded needs of the population. Dr Tufail and his team visited the women in the camps asking them what they needed. They responded by advocating for the provision of safe delivery kits and the provision of sanitary supplies to women. He gained the support of the Federal Minister of Population Welfare who supported his SOS call with resources. Dr Tufail also tapped into the Leadership Fellows network and built a partnership with a Leadership Fellow in the Punjab who immediately sent truckloads of supplies for him to distribute. Dr Tufail located several hospital infrastructures which were non functional. With support from his networks he was able to quickly open up ob-gyn wards and expand services. “Along with physical needs, it was also crucial for us to address people’s psychological needs. We found reasons to celebrate. We all celebrated Eid together, the local district nazim hosted a grand wedding to which we invited 7000 people. We also held a group wedding to which our institute represented the girls’ side, and we made the girls’ clothes for them.” In times of disaster, everything breaks down, formal and informal systems are destroyed. Societies can no longer function to support its citizens and their needs. In times like this leaders like Dr Tufail have to think fast, listen to the people and their needs, advocate to those who can help, and mobilize resources to respond to the needs.
Daily Update of Torrential Rain and Flood situation across the country – September 07, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) SPO Response Flood Situation in Pakistan September 7, 2010 Overview: Over the course of July and early August 2010, Pakistan experienced the worst monsoon-related floods in living memory. Heavy rainfall, flash floods and riverine floods have devastated large parts of Pakistan since the arrival of seasonal monsoon rains on 22 July, 2010. Latest estimates indicate that around 20 million people have been affected by the floods. Assessments are ongoing to ascertain the scale of damages in the affected areas. The official death toll has risen to 1,754, with 2,697 people are reported as injured. The latest NDMA report indicates that over 1,844,850 houses have been either damaged or destroyed. But the figures may rise further as information from different parts is yet to come. Details damage assessment is going on across Sindh and Southern Punjab by UN-OCHA and SPO is also part of joint assessment in Sindh. Data currently available indicates that Shikarpur, Kashmore, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Dadu and Naushahro Feroze have been the hardest hit districts in Sindh. Similarly, districts Layyah, D.G. Khan, Muzzafargarh and Rajanpur are hardest hit districts in southern Punjab. The flood wave continues to make its way through the southern province of Sindh, where millions have been affected from the combined impact of torrential rains and unprecedented water levels in the rivers. Through rapid assessments, humanitarian agencies are identifying desperate needs of affected communities and so far identified desperate needs include: food, clean drinking water and water purification materials, emergency health services, tents and shelter kits, cooking sets, mosquito nets, and other non-food items (NFI). In order to facilitate coordinated humanitarian response in the affected areas and enable humanitarian organizations to have substantial planning for their humanitarian activities, SPO, with the support of its partner organizations, initiated rapid assessments in the affected areas and share it with relevant stakeholders in the form of daily update. Date-wise situational update and rapid assessments of damages caused by torrential rains and floods are available on SPO website and can be accessed on URL http://www.spopk.org. Daily update for 7th September 2010, providing details of SPO’s response to the emergency situation and relief activities being carried out for mitigation of the miseries of affected communities across the country, is provided below: SPO intervention in Flood affected areas till September 7, 2010 Keeping in view the essential needs of displaced communities, SPO teams besides coordination of humanitarian efforts at Provincial levels in Baluchistan -Quetta, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Peshawar and AJK – Muzafarabad, have initiated various humanitarian interventions. Hither to following activities have been carried out and reported: Punjab Province: SPO Multan team with the support of its partner organizations and individual philanthropists have initiated various activities for relief of flood affected communities in the southern districts of Punjab and so far provided relief goods to 8,931 families. Brief detail of relief activities carried out by SPO Multan are attached herewith in Excel Sheet. •Relief Activities carried out by SPO Multan Region. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: SPO Peshawar team with the support of different donor organizations has initiated various activities for relief of flood affected communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Brief detail of relief activities carried out by SPO Peshawar provided below: Project Details UNION COUNCILS PROGRAM TARGET CURRENT STATUS WASH project for Nowshehra District with financial and technical assistance of OGB Kurvi Mohib Banda Aman Kot Pashtoon Garhi Kabul River Provision of safe drinking water Provision of Hygiene kits Health and Hygiene promotion sessions. Restoration of sources of drinking water Chlorination of water sources. Cleaning of sanitation lines/ system Restoration of communal latrines at Schools and Health facilities. Dewatering of stagnant water 11000 Families Assessments completed in Korvi and Mohib Banda and Aman Kot Union Councils and is being carried in Pashtoon Garhi and Kabul River UCs of the district Nowshehra HOPE for flood/conflict affected people in Charsadda with HOPE’87 and donor is ECHO Tarnab Mirza Dher Provision of Hygiene kits Health and Hygiene promotion sessions. IEC Material on health and hygiene Water storage kits (Jerry Canes and water purification tablets) Pit latrines construction (210 units) Restoration of water sources (50 units) 4000 Families Assessments will be started next week EFSL Project in Charsadda with financial and technical assistance of OGB Hisara Yasinzai Agra Cash Grant, provision of cash vouchers (Rs. 5000 each) 6500 Families 5800 families registered Voucher given to 3593 families. Same as above Hisara Yasinzai Agra Fodder + vaccine + mineral blocks for live stock (package of 230 Kilograms 2500 families 1700 registered Packages given to 268 families Same as above Hisara Yasinzai Agra Cash for work (each individual will work for 16 days a month) 300 rupees remuneration. Tool kits (Spades, wheel barrows and other tolls) will be given to groups 5000 individuals 377 male 70 women have started working Focal Persons for SPO Humanitarian Response: SPO Regional teams are working with relevant stakeholders at regional level for relief and alleviating miseries of the affected communities and coordinating relief operation in the areas. For further details or any other relevant information, you may contact SPO staff at following locations: Islamabad: Tel: 051-2298892, 8316890 1 Malick Shahbaz Malik 0300-5556324 2 Syed Shahan Abbas 0321-9696177 3 Azhar Ghumro 0300-9712236 4 Noor Baloch 0321-2290286 Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Tel: 05822-434432, 05822-434432 1 Qamar Zaman (Muzaffrabad) 0300-5179530 2 Attique-ur-Rehman (Neelum) 05821-456574 3 Tabraiz Shamsi (Bagh) 0331-8210911, 05823-445290 4 Tabassam Shahzad (Bagh) 0345-2603015, 05823-445290 Quetta: Tel: 0812870750 1 Mukhtiar Chalgari 3458300130 2 Fouzia Khajjaz 3337931296 3 Farooq Magsi 3013719957 Lahore: Tel: 042-35863211 1 Salman Abid 042-35863211 2 Aatif Sindhu 0300-9506534 3 Zeeshan Noel 0333-6063191 Multan: Tel: 061-6772995 1 Jam Jamshaid 0300-6360162 2 Shams Nazir 0300-6105885 D.I. Khan: Tel: 0966-713231, 0966-712231 1 Shaffiullah 2 Asghar Ali Peshawar: Tel: 091-5810021 1 Arshad Haroon 0332-9293101 2 Jalal 0346-5317559 Sindh 1 Ghulam Mustafa Baloch 0301-8370170 2 Waheed Jamali 0300-3250826
SPO Response to Flood Affectees
Baluchistan Province Sibi •SPO provided dry food packets to 300 families of flash flood affected families. •SPO team with the support of its partner organizations conducted rapid assessment in flash flood affected areas of districts: Barkhan, Kohlu, Sibi and Naseerabad. This report was shared with all humanitarian agencies planning their humanitarian response in the area. Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province D.I. Khan •SPO provided ration of15 days Dry Food to 300 families out of its Relief Fund. Similarly, SPO provided ration of 15 days dry food to 1550 families with the support of its partner organizations SDC, GOMAL and RONAK. •Besides relief activities, SPO D.I.Khan took lead in rapid assessment in D.I. Khan and shared its report with all humanitarian organizations planning humanitarian response in the area. Peshawar •SPO provided cooked food for several days to 300 families to the flood affected communities in suburbs of Peshawar. •SPO provided ration of 15 days Dry Food to 200 families Naushehra •SPO provided cooked food to 144 families for three days. Similarly SPO provided cooked food to 1189 families. •SPO Mobile Medical Team conducted 6 medical camps wherein 749 patients were provided medical treatment. Charsadda •SPO provided 450 Jerry Cans (Size 10 Litres), filed with safe drinking water to flood affected families in Charsadda. •SPO Mobile Medical Team conducted 3 mobile camps wherein 802 patients were provided medical treatment. Malakand: •SPO through its partner organizations have initiated rapid assessment damages in flood affected areas and so far rapid assessment of UC # 12 has been completed and shared with humanitarian agencies planning humanitarian response in the area. Punjab Province: Mianwali: •SPO provided food ration (Dry Food) and 2 (6 Litres) Mineral Water Bottles to 300 flood affected families •SPO Provided dry food items and 2 (6 Litres) Mineral Water Bottles to 150 families Muzaffargarh: •SPO Provided 2325 shelter/NFI kits, containing tarpline sheets, bedding, kitchen kits and water can, to 2325 families. Rajanpur •SPO partner organization provided cooked food to various families and conducted various medical camps Sindh Province Shikarpur: •SPO Hyderabad with the support of partner organizations and individual philanthropists providing cooked food to 2375 families in three relief camps i.e. Relief Camp Sukkkur, Relief Camp Sukkur Bus Stop and Relief Camp at Shikarpur Railway Station. Hyderabad •SPO Hyderabad with the support of partner organizations and individual philanthropists providing cooked food to 300 families in relief camp at Qasimabad. •SPO provided kitchen items and jerry cans to 300 families at relief camp at Qasimabad. •SPO Hyderabad team took lead in WFP joint assessment and compiled a comprehensive assessment reports of Districts; Shikarpur, Ghotki, Matiari, Dadu, and Jamshoro. These assessment reports have been shared with all humanitarian agencies planning humanitarian response in these areas. Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Neelum: •SPO team with the support of partner organization provided dry food ration to 122 most vulnerable families • SPO Neelum team with collaboration of Islamic Relief conducted a joint assessment in Neelum, which has been shared with humanitarian agencies planning humanitarian response in the area
Daily Update of Torrential Rain and Flood situation across the country – August 25, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) Daily Assessment Updates on Torrential Rain and Flood Situation in Pakistan August 25, 2010 Overview: Over the course of July and early August 2010, Pakistan experienced the worst monsoon-related floods in living memory. Heavy rainfall, flash floods and riverine floods have devastated large parts of Pakistan since the arrival of seasonal monsoon rains on 22 July, 2010. Latest estimates indicate that around 20 million people have been affected by the floods. Assessments are ongoing to ascertain the scale of damages in the affected areas. The official death toll has risen to 1,343, with 1,588 people now reported as injured. The latest NDMA report indicates that over 722,000 houses have been either damaged or destroyed. But the figures may rise further as information from different parts is yet to come. Details damage assessment is going on across Sindh and Southern Punjab by UN-OCHA and SPO is also part of joint assessment in Sindh. Data currently available indicates that Shikarpur, Kashmore, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Dadu and Naushahro Feroze have been the hardest hit districts in Sindh. Similarly, districts Layyah, D.G. Khan, Muzzafargarh and Rajanpur are hardest hit districts in southern Punjab. The flood wave continues to make its way through the southern province of Sindh, where millions have been affected from the combined impact of torrential rains and unprecedented water levels in the rivers. Through rapid assessments, humanitarian agencies are identifying desperate needs of affected communities and so far identified desperate needs include: food, clean drinking water and purification materials, emergency health services, tents and shelter kits, cooking sets, mosquito nets, and other non-food items (NFI). In order to facilitate coordinated humanitarian response in the affected areas and enable humanitarian organizations to have substantial planning for their humanitarian activities, SPO, with the support of its partner organizations, initiated rapid assessments in the affected areas and share it with relevant stakeholders in the form of daily update. Date-wise situational update and rapid assessments of damages caused by torrential rains and floods are available on SPO website and can be accessed on URL http://www.spopk.org. Daily update for25th August 2010, providing details of SPO’s response to the emergency situation and relief activities being carried out for mitigation of the miseries of affected communities across the country, is provided below: SPO intervention in Flood affected areas till August 25, 2010 Keeping in view the essential needs of displaced communities, SPO teams besides coordination of humanitarian efforts at Provincial levels in Baluchistan -Quetta, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Peshawar and AJK – Muzafarabad, have initiated various humanitarian interventions. Hither to following activities have been carried out and reported: Baluchistan Province: SPO Quetta Team besides continuation of relief services in the flood affected areas of Baluchistan have carried out initial assessment in District Jafarabad. Same is shared herewith for use of humanitarian organizations planning humanitarian response in Jafarabad. Flood Initial Assessment August 2010 District: Jafarabad Name of NGO: Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) Quetta Total Population :627,477 Total area :2445 Sq Km Total Union Councils:46 (4 tehsils) SN UC Village Total Population Damages Status Water stands % Houses Destroyed % Crop Destroyed Yes No 1 Sohbat pur sadar sohbat pur 50000 80% 80% yes 2 Ghandar Goth umer khosa 2000 98% 80% Yes 3 Drigi Drigi 5000 100%. 80% Yes 4 Noz Band Sakhi dur mohammed khosa 1500 80% 80% Yes 5 Khudaye dad Dambri 2200 80% 80% Yes 6 Drigi azad Kashmir 1000 90% 80% Yes 7 Khudaye dad goth ghanwar khan 1000 90% 80% yes 8 Khudaye dad Bashir khan 2500 80% 80% Yes 9 Khudaye dad Band 10000 70% enter”>80% Yes 10 Khudaye dad murad ali 3000 95% 80% Yes 11 Khudaye dad meho pur 1000 90% 80% Yes 12 Drigi abdul sami khan 1500 90% 80% Yes 13 Noz Band Noz band 1200 95% 80% Yes 14 Noz Band Goth azam khan 700 80% 80% Yes 15 Khudaye dad goth jan mohammed khosa 800 80% 80% Yes 16 Drigi Nisar khan 500 80% 80% Yes 17 Sohbat pur sadar moulvi qadir bax 300 80% 80% Yes 18 Khudaye dad khair pur 500 80% 80% Yes 19 City Dera Allah yar city 200000 70% 80% Yes 20 ramze pur goth heyder katbar 300 90% 80% Yes 21 Rojhan jamali Rojhan jamali 10000 100% 80% Yes 22 Rojhan jamali kashmir kot 5000 100% 80% Yes 23 Ramze Pur khan garh 2000 100% 80% Yes 24 Ramze Pur Amir bux khosa 2000 100% 80% Yes 25 Ramze Pur Saleem khosa 1000 90% 80% Yes 26 Ramze Pur soni pur 1000 90% 80% Yes 27 Hafiz Abad Hafiz abad 2000 50% 80% Yes 28 Noz Band chatan pati 1500 50% 80% Yes 29 Rojhan Jamali nehal kot 1000 50% 80% Yes 30 Ghandakha Gandakha 14600 100% 100% Yes 31 Drigi akhtar hassan khosa 1500 80% 80% Yes 32 Drigi Wazir ali 1200 80% 80% Yes 33 Drigi mushraf khan 900 80% 80% Yes 34 Noor Pur Karam khan 1500 80% 80% Yes 35 Noor Pur noor pur 4000 80% 80% Yes 36 Noor Pur abdul ghani 2500 80% 80% Yes 37 Noor Pur bahadur khan 3000 80% 80% Yes 38 Noor Pur Fazlo 2800 80% 80% Yes 39 Noor Pur bhalo pur 3800 80% 80% Yes 40 Rupa Goth sattar khan 3200 80% 80% Yes 41 Rupa Goth noor mohammed 3000 80% 80% Yes 42 Ghandar Sekhra 4200 80% 80% Yes 43 Ghandar mir hussain 1700 80% 80% Yes 44 Ghandar jaffar khan 2500 80% 80% Yes 45 Ghandar haji doulat khan 3500 80% 80% Yes 46 Ghandar molvi allah mohammed 2000 80% 80% Yes 47 Ghandar mian bux 1100 80% 80% Yes
Daily Update of Torrential Rain and Flood situation across the country – August 23, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) Daily Assessment Updates on Torrential Rain and Flood Situation in Pakistan August 23, 2010 Overview: Over the course of July and early August 2010, Pakistan experienced the worst monsoon-related floods in living memory. Heavy rainfall, flash floods and riverine floods have devastated large parts of Pakistan since the arrival of seasonal monsoon rains on 22 July, 2010. Latest estimates indicate that around 20 million people have been affected by the floods. Assessments are ongoing to ascertain the scale of damages in the affected areas. The official death toll has risen to 1,343, with 1,588 people now reported as injured. The latest NDMA report indicates that over 722,000 houses have been either damaged or destroyed. But the figures may rise further as information from different parts is yet to come. Details damage assessment is going on across Sindh and Southern Punjab by UN-OCHA and SPO is also part of joint assessment in Sindh. Data currently available indicates that Shikarpur, Kashmore, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Dadu and Naushahro Feroze have been the hardest hit districts in Sindh. Similarly, districts Layyah, D.G. Khan, Muzzafargarh and Rajanpur are hardest hit districts in southern Punjab. The flood wave continues to make its way through the southern province of Sindh, where millions have been affected from the combined impact of torrential rains and unprecedented water levels in the rivers. Through rapid assessments, humanitarian agencies are identifying desperate needs of affected communities and so far identified desperate needs include: food, clean drinking water and purification materials, emergency health services, tents and shelter kits, cooking sets, mosquito nets, and other non-food items (NFI). In order to facilitate coordinated humanitarian response in the affected areas and enable humanitarian organizations to have substantial planning for their humanitarian activities, SPO, with the support of its partner organizations, initiated rapid assessments in the affected areas and share it with relevant stakeholders in the form of daily update. Date-wise situational update and rapid assessments of damages caused by torrential rains and floods are available on SPO website and can be accessed on URL http://www.spopk.org. Daily update for 23rd August 2010, providing details of SPO’s response to the emergency situation and relief activities being carried out for mitigation of the miseries of affected communities across the country, is provided below: SPO intervention in Flood affected areas till August 23, 2010 Keeping in view the essential needs of displaced communities, SPO teams besides coordination of humanitarian efforts at Provincial levels in Baluchistan -Quetta, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Peshawar and AJK – Muzafarabad, have initiated various humanitarian interventions. Hither to following activities have been carried out and reported: Sindh Province: Relief Camp at Boys Degree College Qasimabad SPO Hyderabad has established a relief camp at Boys Degree College, Qasimabad. The camp is accommodating 441 individuals from the flood affected districts of upper Sindh. SPO Hyderabad, with the support of partner organizations and individual philanthropists, is providing 3 times food, NFI and medical services at this camp since camps establishment on 17th August 2010. . SPO Hyderabad team members; Ms. Shazia Junejo; Program Specialist and Mr. Shafique Ahmed Kandhro; Program Officers are managing the affairs of Relief Camp. They are also leading resource mobilization drive to meet the needs of camp residence. The camp was visited by GEO news channel team and they prepared documentary on this camp which was aired on 21 August, 2010. Numbers of meetings are conducted with other civil society organizations and district government for resource and service mobilization. Planning is in process to conduct classes for children at camp along with the awareness sessions for women specifically on health and hygiene. In order provide recreational activities for youth, sports activities for the children will also be started within a couple of day. Following is the consolidated status of the mobilized resources; S# Name of Donor Cash Food NFI Medicines Other 1 Pak Social Welfare Org (SPO Partner Organization) Nil 40 packets of food Items. 1 packet per family 100 kg rice 200 suits of women and children Nil -__ 2 JUI (SPO partner political party in steering committee) Nil 5 degs of cooked food 400 packets of raw food. 1 pack per family 225 suits for women and children 600 bottles of mineral water 200 packets of 1 kg milk One full day camp installed there. __ 3 Banh Beli 100,000/= 4 Javed Jabbar ( SPO BoD member) 10,000/= 5 Shazia’s (SPO Hyderabad) family 5000/= 40 suits for women and children 6 Afsana (SPO Hyderabad) 3300/= 20 suits for women and children 7 Hamdam Social Welfare Organization (SPO Partner organization) 1 day Medical camp 8 KTN News channel 100 food packets (1 packet per family) 9 Indus Rural Development Organization (SPO Partner Organization) 20 packets food (1 pack per family) 100 packets of milk (1/4 kg packets) 10 Jamali Welfare Association (SPO Partner Organization) Food items for 42 families 11 Sindh Joshua Organization (SPO Partner Organization) Toys for 200 children 12 Waris Autos (SPO Vendor) 3000/= 13 Iqra Kitab Ghar (SPO Vendor) 5000/= 14 Qasimabad Chikens (SPO Vendor) 5 kg chiken 5 kg vegetable 15 IRDO and Hamdam (SPO Partner Organizations) Mobile medical camp 16 Anonymous (An individual) 500/= cash per family for 42 families 34 water coolers 17 Waheed Jamali (SPO Hyderabad) 3000/= 18 10 volunteers of Active Citizens’ Program of British Council Volunteer services in camp management and registration Punjab Province: SPO Multan has collected information related damage assessment from the office District Disaster Management Rajanpur, and same is shared herewith for the use of humanitarian organization planning their humanitarian response in the area. DISTRICT RAJANPUR Updated as on
Daily Update of Torrential Rain and Flood situation across the country – August 20, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) Daily Assessment Updates on Torrential Rain and Flood Situation in Pakistan August 20, 2010 Overview: Over the course of July and early August 2010, Pakistan experienced the worst monsoon-related floods in living memory. Heavy rainfall, flash floods and riverine floods have devastated large parts of Pakistan since the arrival of seasonal monsoon rains on 22 July, 2010. Latest estimates indicate that around 20 million people have been affected by the floods. Assessments are ongoing to ascertain the scale of damages in the affected areas. The official death toll has risen to 1,343, with 1,588 people now reported as injured. The latest NDMA report indicates that over 722,000 houses have been either damaged or destroyed. But the figures may rise further as information from different parts is yet to come. Details damage assessment is going on across Sindh and Southern Punjab by UN-OCHA and SPO is also part of joint assessment in Sindh. Data currently available indicates that Shikarpur, Kashmore, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Dadu and Naushahro Feroze have been the hardest hit districts in Sindh. Similarly, districts Layyah, D.G. Khan, Muzzafargarh and Rajanpur are hardest hit districts in southern Punjab. The flood wave continues to make its way through the southern province of Sindh, where millions have been affected from the combined impact of torrential rains and unprecedented water levels in the rivers. Through rapid assessments, humanitarian agencies are identifying desperate needs of affected communities and so far identified desperate needs include: food, clean drinking water and purification materials, emergency health services, tents and shelter kits, cooking sets, mosquito nets, and other non-food items (NFI). In order to facilitate coordinated humanitarian response in the affected areas and enable humanitarian organizations to have substantial planning for their humanitarian activities, SPO, with the support of its partner organizations, initiated rapid assessments in the affected areas and share it with relevant stakeholders in the form of daily update. Date-wise situational update and rapid assessments of damages caused by torrential rains and floods are available on SPO website and can be accessed on URL http://www.spopk.org. Daily update for 20th August 2010, providing details of SPO’s response to the emergency situation and relief activities being carried out for mitigation of the miseries of affected communities across the country, is provided below: SPO intervention in Flood affected areas till August 20, 2010 Keeping in view the identified desperate needs of affected communities in Sindh, SPO teams besides coordination of humanitarian efforts at Provincial level in Sindh, have initiated various humanitarian interventions. Hitherto, following activities have been carried out and reported: Sindh Province: SPO Hyderabad team besides coordination of relief activities in majority of flood affected areas in Sindh has taken lead in WFP Joint Assessment. So far initial flood assessments in district Shikarpur, Ghotki, Dadu, Jamshoro and Matiari have been completed. Initial Flood Assessment Reports for the following areas have been compiled in comprehensive report form and attached herewith for use of humanitarian organizations planning to initiate relief activities in these areas: 1.Initial Flood Assessment Report, Shikarpur District 2.Initial Flood Assessment Report, Ghotki District 3.Initial Flood Assessment Report, Matiari District 4.Initial Flood Assessment Report, Dadu District 5.Initial Flood Assessment Report, Jamshoro District