Flood Response

SPO Flood Response

SPO is currently overseeing Flood Emergency and early recovery response in 25 districts of four provinces including Sindh, Baluchistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Punjab. Through the partnership with UNICEF, UNFPA, OXFAM, Mercy Corps, International Rescue Committee (IRC), philanthropic contributions, and public donations by the people of Pakistan as well as our own funds, we have reached out to more than 151,669 flood-affected communities including women, children, elderly, differently-abled and other marginalized groups and communities. Through this support, we have been able to distribute food and non-food items, clean drinking water, shelter, and dignity kits. SPO has also established community outreach through health screening camps for flood-affected communities and Temporary Learning Centers (TLCs) for children. The organization is assisting the government and humanitarian actors in collecting first-hand information. Our regional teams are actively participating in district and provincial-level coordination meetings, relief efforts, and sharing of updates with other strategic stakeholders.

Health

SPO has established 10 mobile health camps for 4,640 patients in districts Jaffarabad and Sohbatpur in Baluchistan and 2 antenatal/postnatal care centers in Jaffarabad, established 8 health screening camps for 1,360 patients in districts Nowshera and Swat in KP, Kech and Jaffarabad in Baluchistan. SPO has also provided free medicines to the patients and established 2 diarrhea treatment centers in district Jaffarabad for 536 patients for immediate emergency medical/health relief to the flood-affected people. The organization has been conducting district-level referral mechanism workshops, providing psycho-social support, established and training community groups and conducting community awareness campaigns on health.    

 

WASH

In district Jaffarabad of Balochistan, SPO has provided 14 hand-washing stations and 148 water trucking facilities for more than 4,630 beneficiaries, established 77 gender-segregated sanitation facility centers and pit latrines for 2,440 beneficiaries. Furthermore, SPO was engaged in establishment of water points and provided water testing facilities, de-watering of flood-affected areas, chlorination and repairs of damaged water sources, removal of debris from households and streets, providing water pipeline repairs, water tank repairs and portable hand washing stations with ventilated pit latrines. The organization has also provided WASH and NFI Kits to 3,000 beneficiaries in Mirpurkhas and Sanghar in Sindh, 17 hygiene and sanitation awareness campaigns for 1,300 beneficiaries in district Jaffarabad and Sohbatpur in Baluchistan, provided dignity kits, MHM and hygiene kits, post-delivery kits in D.G Khan, Rajanpur districts in Punjab, Sohbatpur and Jaffarabad, Nowshera and Charsadda districts in KP, and Shikarpur, Khairpur and Sanghar districts in Sindh to 2,378 flood-affected females. Non-food items were also distributed to 3,000 beneficiaries in Mirpurkhas and Sanghar, and 1,850 individuals with provision of cash grants to the flood-affected people of Sohbatpur, Mirpurkhas and Sanghar.     

Food

SPO has contributed to the provision of food packages for 8,834 individuals and 1,263 families in districts Kohistan, Nowshera, Peshawar, Swat, D.I Khan in KP, Umerkot, Jacobabad, Sukkur in Sindh, Jaffarabad, Baluchistan. The organization has also supported 105 families including 741 individuals with cooked food in districts Umerkot, Jamshoro, Shikarpur, Khairpur, Sanghar in Sindh.  

Shelter

SPO has been providing immediate relief to the flood-affected people with the provision of more than 800 tents and shelters for 6,945 individuals in Jacobabad, Jamshoro, Sukkur and Shikarpur in Sindh and district Jaffarabad in Baluchistan, created 6 women and child-friendly spaces in Mirpurkhas and Sanghar in Sindh and Sohbatpur in Baluchistan, and is further providing hundreds of shelter tents in its flood emergency response in Sindh and Baluchistan.  

Education

SPO is reaching out to 10,500 children whose education is discontinued because of floods, especially focusing on more than 6,300 girls by providing access to safe learning opportunities through establishing 300 child friendly TLCs in Umerkot, Khairpur, Thatta, Qambar Shahdadkot, Jamshoro, Larkana, Sukkur and Shikarpur in Sindh. Enrolled students are provided with educational materials and school supplies, validation of partially/fully damaged schools data and including assessment of damages for rehabilitation purpose. Support has also been provided to revitalize school management committees (SMCs), capacity building and training of teachers and staff on GBV and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), classroom management, conducting health and hygiene sessions, improving the, capacity building of teachers, CFS approach and conducting DRR workshops. SPO is further conducting trainings for members of SMCs and project staff on the role and responsibilities of SMCs and social mobilization.        

Flood Response through Development Partners
S. No	Province	District	Partner/Donor	Sector	Activity	Families	Individuals	Patients
1	Balochistan	Jaffarabad	Mercy Corps/Health Department/SPO	Health	Established Health Screening Camp	–	–	105
2		Jaffarabad	Mercy Corps/Health Department/SPO		Established Health Screening Camp	–	–	110
3		Kech	Mercy Corps/Health Department/PPHI/NRSP		Established Health Screening Camp	–	–	128
4		Kech	Mercy Corps/Health Department/PPHI/NRSP		Established Health Screening Camp	–	–	190
5		Kech	Mercy Corps/Health Department/PPHI/NRSP		Established Health Screening Camp	–	–	350
6		Jaffarabad	Health Department/UNICEF		Established Health Screening Camp	–	–	192
7		Jaffarabad	Mercy Corps/Health Department/SPO		Established Diarrhea Treatment Center	–	1,450	–
8		Jaffarabad and Sohbat Pur	UNICEF & PPHI	WASH	Distributed Post Delivery Kits	–	14	–
9		Jaffarabad	Mercy Corps	Health	Established Mobile Health Camp	–	–	202
10	Sindh	Mirpurkhas	OXFAM	NFIs	Distributed Non-Food Items	360	2,520	–
11		Sanghar	OXFAM		Distributed Non-Food Items	407	2,849	–
12		Umerkot	District Education and Literacy Department Umerkot	Education	Established Temporary Learning Centres (TLC)	–	158	–
13		Kahirpur	UNICEF		Established TLCs	–	242	–
14		Thatta, Qambar Shahdadkot, Khirpur, SBA, Larkana	UNICEF		Established TLCs	–	3,750	–
15		Larkana, Jamshoro, Sukkar	UNICEF		Established TLCs	–	600	–
16		Larkana, Khairpur, Qamber Shahdad Kot, and Thatta	UNICEF		Established TLCs	–	5,200	–
17	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Nowshehra	Pediatric Association	Health	Established Health Screening Camp	–	–	200
18	Punjab	Dera Ghazi Khan	UNFPA/SPO/NCSW	WASH	Distributed Dignity Kits	–	200	–

Flood Response through Individuals, Philanthropists and In-Kind Donations
S. No	Province	District	Partner/Donor	Sector	Activity	Families	Individuals	Patients
1	Balochistan	Jaffarabad and Sohbat Pur	Philanthropic Assistance	WASH	Distributed Clothes	–	29	–
2		Jaffarabad	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Balochi Dresses	–	31	–
3		Jaffarabad & Sohbat Pur	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Dignity Kits	–	122	–
4		Jaffarabad & Sohbat Pur	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed MHM Kits	–	450	–
5		Jaffarabad	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Balochi Dresses	–	198	–
6		Jaffarabad	Philanthropic Assistance	NFIs	Distributed Non-Food Items	–	15	–
7		Jaffarabad and Sohbat Pur	Philanthropic Assistance	WASH	Distributed Baby Kits	–	112	–
8		Jaffarabad	Own resources/donations	Food	Distribution of Food Packs	100	1013	–
9		Jaffarabad	Own resources/donations		Distribution of Food Packs	50	350	–
10	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Kohistan	Philanthropic Assistance	Food and NFIs	Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	25	175	–
11		Nowshehra	Own resources/donations		Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	160	820	–
12		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	150	1050	–
13		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	150	1050	–
14		Peshawar	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	150	1050	–
15		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	100	700	–
16		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	50	350	–
17		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	–	50	–
18		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance	WASH	Distributed Dignity Kits	–	200	–
19		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Dignity Kits	–	40	–
20		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance		Provision of Water Containers	25	175	–
21		Swat	Philanthropic Assistance	Food	Distribution of Food Packs	100	700	–
22		D.I.Khan	Philanthropic Assistance	WASH	Distributed Clean Drinking Water	250	1750	–
23		Swat	Philanthropic Assistance	Health	Established Health Screening Camp	–	–	85
24		D.I.Khan	Philanthropic Assistance	Food	Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	50	350	–
25		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance	WASH	Distributed Dignity Kits	–	150	–
26		Charsadda	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Dignity Kits	–	50	–
27		Swat	Philanthropic Assistance	Food & NFIs	Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	30	210	–
28		Kohistan	Philanthropic Assistance		Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	25	175	–
29		Nowshehra	Philanthropic Assistance	WASH	Distributed Dignity Kits	–	120	–
30	Punjab	Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan	Own resources/donations	WASH	Distributed Dignity Kits	–	120	–
31	Sindh	Umerkot	Own resources/donations	Food	Distribution of Cooked Food	25	180	–
32		Umerkot	Own resources/donations	Food and WASH	Distributed Dignity Kits and Food Items	42	281	–
33		Umerkot	Own resources/donations	Food and NFIs	Distributed Food Packs and NFIs	–	160	–
34		Jacobabad	Own resources/donations	Shelter	Provision of Shelters in Schools	180	1260	–
35		Jacobabad	Own resources/donations	Food	Distribution of Food Packs	15	105	–
36		Jacobabad	Own resources/donations		Distribution of Food Packs	10	70	–
37		Shikarpur	Own resources/donations	Education	Provision of Tent	1	7	–
38		Sukkur	Own resources/donations	Food	Distribution of Food Packs	10	70	–
39		Jamshoro, Shikarpur, Khairpur, Sanghar	Own resources/donations		Distribution of Cooked Food	80	560	–
40		Jamshoro, Shikarpur, Khairpur, Sanghar	Own resources/donations	Health	Distributed Dignity Kits	105	537	–
41		Jamshoro and Sukkur	Own source/donations	Shelter	Provision of Tents	–	80	–
42		Jacobabad	Own resources/donations	Food	Distribution of Food Packs	15	105	–