Update: Pakistan - Monsoon Flood Affected Districts - UN OCHA Report

Funding Status - Flood 2010 Pakistan

Items required for Pakistan Flood relief

Republished with the permission of: http://zohare.blogspot.com


Please visit www.wi-tribe.pk/relief for links to reliable agencies working in the affected areas.

Google launches two very useful tools for assisting with aid work:

1. Resource Finder - http://pakistan.resource-finder.appspot.com/?&lang=en
2. Person Finder - http://pakistan.resource-finder.appspot.com/?&lang=en

ITEMS REQUIRED FOR FLOOD AFFECTEES

Published by NDMA (www.ndma.gov.pk)

1.            FOOD ITEMS

a.	Dried Milk for Children and Families	b.	Dates
c.	High Nutrition Biscuits	d.	Food Packets consisting of Tea, Sugar, Milk Powder, Vegetable Oil,  Pulses and Spices
e.	Mineral Water		--

2.            NON FOOD ITEMS

a.	Water Coolers	b.	Cooking Utensils
c.	Footwear for Children	d.	Mosquito Nets
e.	Blankets	f.	Bed Spreads
g.	Floor Mattresses	h.	Tents
i.	Tarpaulin

3.            PERSONAL HYGIENE KIT

a.	Soap	b.	Hand Towels
c.	Tooth Paste	d.	Female Sanitary Pads
e.	Diapers/ Pampers for minors	f.	Washing Powder/Soap

4.            MISC ESSENTIALS

a.	ORS	b.	Mosquito Repellents
c.	Prickly Heat Powder	d.	Children Anti Rash Creams
e.	Water Purification Tablets	f.	Candles /Match Boxes
g.	Torches		--

Funding Status - Flood 2010 Pakistan

Pakistan Flood 2010 - Damages Report

Here is the updated picture on the devastation of Flood 2010 according to a report from OHCA - UN

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

• Deaths:                                  1065
• Injured:                                  1029
• Damaged Houses:               175,935
• Property Affected:              4,365,909

Gilgit Baltistan

• Deaths:                                  122
  
• Injured:                                  60
  
• Damaged Houses:               1,223
  
• Property Affected:              8,561

Azad Jammu & Kashmir

• Deaths:                                  69
  
• Injured:                                  83
  
• Damaged Houses:               6,472
  
• Property Affected:             245,000

Punjab

• Deaths:                                  103
  
• Injured:                                  350
  
• Damaged Houses:               500,000
  
• Property Affected:              8,200,000

Sindh

• Deaths:                                  19
  
• Injured:                                  404
  
• Damaged Houses:               190,413
  
• Property Affected:              2,269,846

Balochistan

• Deaths:                                  24
  
• Injured:                                  98
  
• Damaged Houses:               19,619
  
• Property Affected:              312,774

 

Floods, Rains and the Devastation - Pakistan

Tragic is an under statement when you talk about the devastation the flood brought with itself. NRSP say there is a desperate need for shelter, food, water, non-food items, medicine, tools and support to begin the rebuilding process.

The unprecedented floods in the KPK region has hit the districts of Charsadda, Nowshera, Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Malakand and Swat. People were caught in the middle of the night when rushing flood waters engulfed their homes leaving thousands homeless within a matter of minutes.

Nation-wide damage:

1.       Total of 5.3 million estimated to be impacted by floods nation-wide

2.       2.5 million require food aid

3.       .7 million affected by water-borne diseases (growing very fast)

Approximate provincial affectees (millions):

1.       ~2.5 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

2.       ~1.4 in Punjab

3.       ~1 in Sindh

4.       ~.25 in Balochistan

5.       ~.25 in AJK

Major affected districts:

1.       Swat                                                            

2.       Changla

3.       Neelum

4.       Muzzafarrabad

5.       Charsadda

6.       Sawabi

7.       Nowshera

8.       Laiyya                                                 

9.       Rajanpur

10.   Bukhar

11.   DG Khan

12.   Mianwali

13.   Muzzafargharh

14.   Gotki

15.   Sukkur

16.   Khairpur

17.   Sibi

18.   Kohlu

19.   Bharkha 

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Dear Lord, Please have mercy on us and don't put us under your wrath because surely we don't have the courage or the tenacity to withstand your anger.....Long live Pakistan..... Aameen.......