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
Daily Update of Torrential Rain and Flood situation across the country – August 18, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) Daily Assessment Updates on Torrential Rain and Flood Situation in Pakistan August 18, 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 18th 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 18, 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 has been coordinated relief activities in majority of flood affected areas in Sindh. Details of SPO supported relief activities throughout the affected areas is provided below: S# Location of camp District # of individuals Supported by 1 Physical Education College Sukkar 1330 SPO, EOBI 2 Main Bus Stand Sukkar Sukkar 350 SPO 3 Govt Primary School near railway station Shikarpur 700 SPO 4 Boys Degree College Qasimabad Hyderabad 380 SPO (3 times food and other non food items i.e. water cooler, cups, glasses and plates) 5 Artizon hostel rest house Bhit shah Matiari 950 inside the camp premises and 350 outside the camp to whom only food is provided SPO, HANDS, AMADO, Local individuals (Collective pool) 6 OGDC Band Ghotki 750 PLAN International supporting for 3 times food provision o and SPO partner Organizations are managing the camp 7 Jevan Chachar Ghotki 750 PLAN International supporting for 3 times food provision o and SPO partner Organizations are managing the camp 8 Ismail Chachar Ghotki 750 PLAN International supporting for 3 times food provision o and SPO partner Organizations are managing the camp 9 Khairi Goth Ghotki 750 PLAN International and SPO partner Organizations 10 Near Khairi Goth-camp 1 Ghotki 750 -do- 11 Sobho Choran Ghotki 750 -do- 12 Near Khairi Goth-camp 2 Ghotki 750 -do- 13 Medical Camp- Haji Ismail Chan Ghotki 551 SPO 14 Medical camp at Sobho Chachar Ghotki 215 SPO 15 Medical camp at Government Primary School Sanjar Mallah UC 4.Qasimabad Hyderabad 90 SPO-Partner Organization-Hamdam Development Organization Relief Camp Assessments: SPO Hyderabad Team as part of UN Joint Assessment has carried out assessments of existing Relief Camps in Sindh. The main objective of this assessment was to ascertain the on ground situation of these camps and share it with all humanitarian actors to facilitate them in planning relief activities. The Relief Camp Assessment report of relief camps in districts Shikarpur and Dadu are attached herewith. Annex-A:Relief Camp Assessment Report Shikarpur Annex-B:Relief Camp Assessment Report Dadu Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: D.I. Khan District: SPO D.I. Khan has initiated comprehensive assessments in all the affected areas/villages of D.I. Khan and hither to assessments of following 6 areas have been completed: 1.Village Fazal Abad, U.C. Dhap Shumali 2. Village Jhok Kat, U.C. Mandran Kalan 3.Village Jhook Valiya, U.C. Mandran Kalan 4.Village Meekan, U.C. Mandran Kalan 5.Village Saholan Jhok , U.C. Mandran Kalan 6.Thota, U.C. Mandran Kalan In order to facilitate humanitarian organizations in planning relief activities in these areas, we are sharing the above mentioned reports as attachments. Charsada District Keeping in view the identified health care needs in the area, SPO team organized various Mobile Medical Camps in affected areas of District Charsadda. Details these mobile camps along with number of patients treated is provided below: Union Council Village Male Female Children Total patients Diseases/comments Nissata Bhatti Korona 33 65 60 158 Skin allergy, Dirrheal, upper respiratory, eyes and urinary tract infections Hisar Yasin Zai Aba Bakri Qulfi Korona 48 76 86 210 infected skin condition, uppper respiratory tract infection, otitis externa. Rajar Ameerabad 220 103 111 434 Bacteriol Skin infection, colic pain, colic pain in children and peptic disease Punjab Province: Muzaffargarh: Keeping in view the vast devastation caused by floods in Muzaffargarh, SPO Multan with the support International Organizations for Migration (IOM) have initiated distribution of Shelter and NFIs in severly affected areas which include; Mehmood Kot, Kotadu, Budh, Ckowk Munda, Head Bekani, Langar Siran,
Daily Update of Torrential Rain and Flood situation across the country – August 17, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) Daily Assessment Updates on Torrential Rain and Flood Situation in Pakistan August 17, 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 17th 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 17, 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: Shikarpur District: SPO Hyderabad Team besides continuation of its relief services in the below given Relief Camps have also carried out joint assessment of existing relief camps in Shikarpur Districts. A comprehensive report in this regard is under compilation and meanwhile we share below brief information regarding setup relief camps in District Shikarpur, providing location of these camps, number of affected individuals living in these camps and contact number: S.No Camp Location Total Population Male Female Focal Persons for Camp Management Committee Contact # of Focal Person 1. Govt;b Boys High School Haji Fateh Muhammad, District Shikarpur 640 210 424 A Raheem 0331-3208144 2. Madarsa near petrol pump Camp, UC-5, Shikarpur 163 80 83 Hazoor Bux 0306-3398078 3. Otaq (dayo mohalla), SultanKot, District Shikarpur 189 95 94 M Ramazan Dayo 0300-31219965 4. SultanKot, District Shikarpur 185 79 106 Waheed katpar 0333-7263974 5. Railway Station Shikarpur, back side 350 150 200 Hajan Kalhoro 6. Govt Primary Bboys School Railway Station, Shikarpur 339 64 83 Ghous Bux Junejo 0333-7271703 7. Govt Primary Sindhi School Saddar, Shikarpur Zahid Soomro 0332-680895 8. Govt Primary Urdu School Saddar, Shikarpur 1099 149 950 Hanif Soomro 9. Govt Girls Primary School Railway Colony, Shikarpur 18 8 10 Muhammad Ali 0300-9197244 10 High School No.1, Shikarpur 909 396 513 Haq Nawaz Pathan 11 Railway Station, front side, Shikarpur 31 12 19 Mohsin Ali Brief of Relief Services for Flood Affectees of Shikarpur continued by SPO Team in different Relief Camps is provided below: 1.Relief Camp at Physical Education College, Sukkur. SPO with the support of its partner organizations and individual philanthropists, providing three times meal to 1330 displaced individuals from different parts of Shikarpur district at Relief Camp established at Physical Education College, Sukkur. 2.Relief Camp at Main Bus Stop Sukkur: SPO with the support of its partner organizations and individual philanthropists, providing three times meal to 700 displaced individuals from different parts of Shikarpur district at Relief Camp established at Main Bus Stop, Sukkur. 3.Relief Camp at Railway Primary School, Shikarpur: SPO with the support of its partner organizations and individual philanthropists, providing three times meal to 345 displaced individuals from different parts of Shikarpur district at Relief Camp established at Railway Primary School, Shikarpur. SPO with the support of UNICEF is planning to implement a WASH project in Shikarpur district wherein 120 Hand Pumps, 70 Dry Pit Latrines, 15 Electric Motor will be installed in affected areas and 2000 Hygiene Kits, and 200 Jerry Cans will be distributed among the affected households. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: D.I. Khan District SPO D.I. Khan has completed distribution of 300 families with the support of SDC in following villages of Chodwan Watershed Tehsil Daraban: Distribution Detail of Food & Non Food items in Chodwan watershed Tehsil Daraban District DIKhan S No Name of Village No of HH Date of Distribution 1 Kot Tagga 118 6-Aug-10 2 Basti Molian 22 6-Aug-10 3 Gara Abdullah 100 10-Aug-10 4 Chodwan 50 10-Aug-10 5 Gara Akhunzada 10 10-Aug-10 Total 300 SPO D.I. Khan beside serving lead organizations for carrying out carrying assessment in D.I. Khan and carrying out relief activities in selected areas, also support partners organizations in distribution of food Items in different villages. Details of this relief goods distribution through partner organizations is given below: 1. SPO DI. Khan in collaboration of Gomal Islahi Tanzeem provided cooked food to 500 families in Villages Gara
Daily Update of Torrential Rain and Flood situation across the country – August 16, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) Daily Assessment Updates on Torrential Rain and Flood Situation in Pakistan August 16, 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 16th 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 16, 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: Shikarpur: Relief Camp at Physical Education College, Sukkur. SPO with the support of its partner organizations and individual philanthropists, providing three times meal to 1330 displaced individuals from different parts of Shikarpur district at Relief Camp established at Physical Education College, Sukkur. Relief Camp at Main Bus Stop Sukkur: SPO with the support of its partner organizations and individual philanthropists, providing three times meal to 700 displaced individuals from different parts of Shikarpur district at Relief Camp established at Main Bus Stop, Sukkur. Relief Camp at Railway Primary School, Shikarpur: SPO with the support of its partner organizations and individual philanthropists, providing three times meal to 345 displaced individuals from different parts of Shikarpur district at Relief Camp established at Railway Primary School, Shikarpur. SPO with the support of UNICEF is planning to implement a WASH project in Shikarpur district wherein 120 Hand Pumps, 70 Dry Pit Latrines, 15 Electric Motor will be installed in affected areas and 2000 Hygiene Kits, and 200 Jerry Cans will be distributed among the affected households. 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
SUMMARY of Neelum Floods Initial Assessment – August 12, 2010
SPO and ISLAMIC RELIEF (Pakistan) District Office, Neelum – AJK SUMMARY of Neelum Floods Initial Assessment in Lower 06 Ucs Sr. No UC No of Families in UC No of Families Affected Gender Wise Population of UC Total Population in UC Population Affected in UC Men Women Children 1 Barian 5,038 748 17,424 18,135 35,206 70,765 3,974 2 Kundal Shahi 3,850 625 5,912 6,153 11,944 24,009 4,132 3 Shahkot 2,561 253 4,855 5,053 9,810 19,718 3,260 4 Neelum 4,373 210 7,802 8,119 13,563 29,484 1,512 5 Kail 2,845 256 2,118 8,119 8,720 18,957 1,792 6 Guraiz 3,024 20 5,099 5,306 8,863 19,268 7 Sharda 2,759 71 8 Dudnial 2,370 4,454 4,635 7,743 16,832 9 Ashkot 3,173 4,860 5,057 8,447 18,364 Total 29,993 2,183 52,524 60,577 104,296 217,397 14,670 Sr. No UC Houses Damaged No of Completely Damaged Houses Partially Damaged Total No of Houses Completely Filled with Debris Total No of Houses Partially Filled with Debris Other (Remarks) 1 Barian 55 70 100 – 2 Kundal Shahi 133 28 56 – 3 Shahkot 35 7 40 – 4 Neelum 75 129 – 5 Kail 205 31 20 6 Guraiz 20 – – 7 Sharda 40 20 11 8 Dudnial 9 Ashkot Total 563 285 227 – Sr. No UC Total No of People Died Total No of People Injured Total No of Missing People Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 Barian – – – 1 – 1 – – – 2 Kundal Shahi 1 – – 5 1 – – – – 3 Shahkot 1 – – – – – – – – 4 Neelum 3 4 3 1 – – – – – 5 Kail – – – 4 – – – – – 6 Guraiz – – – – – – – – – 7 Sharda – – – 1 – – – – – 8 Dudnial 9 Ashkot Total 5 4 3 12 1 1 – – – Sr. No UC Total No of Livestock Animals Died Buffalos Cows Goats / Sheeps Poultry Unit Other 1 Barian – 2 10 10 2 Donkeys 2 Kundal Shahi 2 10 11 46 – 3 Shahkot – 3 6 20 – 4 Neelum – – – – livestok data not available yet 5 Kail – 50 75 – 4 DWSS damaged 6 Guraiz – 10 48 – 3 DWSS damaged 7 Sharda – 84 110 – 8 DWSS damaged 8 Dudnial 9 Ashkot Total 2 159 260 76 – Sr. No UC Total Agricultural Land Damaged in Kanals Total Forest Land Damaged in Acers/ Kanals Total No of Families Need Emergency Relief Food & Water Clothing Medicines Shelter Other (please specify) 1 Barian 1,351 – 225 55 1 225 2 Kundal Shahi 3,112 2,511 217 133 6 161 3 Shahkot 683 – 134 134 – 42 52 houses are in serious danger. 4 Neelum 235 – 210 – – – Detailed data is still awaited 5 Kail 278 – 256 – 256 256 Hydro Projects damaged 6 Guraiz 125 – 20 20 20 20 5 foot / Minor bridges damaged 7 Sharda 183 – 71 71 71 71 3 main and 7 food bridges damaged 8 Dudnial 9 Ashkot Total 5,967 2,511 1,133 413 354 775 –