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 https://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.
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
