CERF allocates additional $12 million for flood-affected people in Pakistan
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| Food scarcity during Ramadan exacerbated by floods threatens thousands of poor people in Pakistan [IRIN] |
27 October 2010: CERF allocates $12 million to aid 350,000 people affected by monsoon floods in Pakistan. In response to the monsoon floods in Pakistan, CERF has allocated a total of $42 million.
Some $4 million has been allocated to the World Food Programme (WFP) for emergency food assistance for the affected families. Some $3.6 million has gone to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for emergency nutrition and WASH interventions. The World Health Organization (WHO) received $1.3 million for emergency life saving health response. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will use $1 million to assist flood-affected populations. UN Habitat will have $900,000 for shelter and WASH assistance for vulnerable families. Some $500,000 has been allocated to the International Organization of Migration (IOM) for shelter and non-food items (NFI) support. Finally, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will use $200,000 to implement the inter-cluster survival strategy.
Over the course of the 2010 monsoon season, Pakistan has experienced the worst floods in its history. The floods have affected 84 districts out of a total of 121 districts in Pakistan, and more than 20 million people – one-tenth of Pakistan’s population.
Relief needs continue to centre on public health, including water and sanitation, immediate access to food, and emergency shelter solutions. The Government of Pakistan, through National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has identified food, shelter/non-food items, health, and WASH as its four priority sectors for the relief phase of the response, with the relief response being complemented by the protection and nutrition sectors.
[Last updated: 10 November 2010]
CERF allocates $30 million for flood-affected people in Pakistan.
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| A family trying to escape the floods in Pakistan [IRIN] |
11 August 2010: Millions of people affected by severe flooding in Pakistan will receive urgently needed life-saving humanitarian assistance, following a $30 million allocation from CERF.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is using CERF funds in order to provide emergency food assistance for up to four million people in the worst affected areas. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN-Habitat will use CERF funds to supply emergency shelter materials and household items to those who have lost their homes. The CERF is enabling the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide emergency health services for some three million people. UNICEF and UNHabitat are also using the CERF to provide safe water supplies and sanitation facilities for the most vulnerable.
Pakistan’s worst floods in nearly a century have affected more than 15.4 million people across Pakistan, and at least 1,200 people have been killed. Eight million people are believed to be in desperate need of emergency aid, and millions more are expected to suffer as torrential rains and unprecedented river levels continue moving southward.
Humanitarian agencies in Pakistan have received the tenth-most CERF funding of any country in the world, with some $59.9 million allocated for programmes there since 2006. With this new allocation, the total allocation for programmes in Pakistan will amount to almost $87 million.
[Last updated: 19 August 2010]
CERF allocates close to $10 million for vulnerable populations in Pakistan
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| IDPs and their children who have returned home face tough times [IRIN] |
5 April 2010: Given the expanding gap between ongoing needs and the increasing difficulties confronting UN agencies in terms of their abilities to support vulnerable populations, the CERF has allocated close to $10 million to the UN Country Team in Pakistan.
The World Food Programme (WFP) will use $4.1 million to provide food assistance to 180,000 IDPs in NWFP and FATA. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will receive $2.3 million for maternal and child health care, emergency nutrition services, protection of girls and boys, and WASH interventions. Some $2 million has been allocated to the World Health Organization (WHO) for emergency health care for IDPs and host communities, and WASH interventions. UN-HABITAT will receive $700,000 to improve living conditions of 1,000 IDP families through emergency shelter assistance and WASH interventions. Finally, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will receive $150,000 each to respond to gender-based violence and support for addressing urgent needs of 80,000 IDP and returnee women and girls.
The United Nations (UN) response in Pakistan is currently facing significant funding shortfalls against the Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) 2010 that is having direct implications for ongoing humanitarian operations across the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
The UN continues to provide life-saving assistance to over 1.3 million displaced people as well as to over 1.95 million people who have returned to their places or origin. However, ongoing conflict between the Government and against armed opposition groups continues to displaced tens of thousands across areas of FATA.
[Last update: 15 April 2010]