Documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp228133.pdf. Pakistan Floods. OCHA Home. Very little support for flood victims in Punjab | Asia | Deutsche Welle | 29.09.2010. The 45-year-old farmer Allah Bakhsh is driving five of his relatives to their house in the village of Dera Wadu. It's been six weeks since the floods destroyed his entire village.
However, so far no refugee camp has been set up here for the 8,000 survivors and other villages, miles away from the next main road, are also not getting much help. For the past nine days, Bakhsh’s wife and seven of their children have been living under a tree in this field, along with the animals. Three of the children and a cow are ill. Bakhsh is very emotional. "All the people in my village need to rebuild their houses," he says. "I can live without clean drinking water and I can also live with diseases and without medicine but how can my children stay in the rain and sun under the open sky without a house. Children are not only suffering from malnutrition but also from malaria and skin diseases Everything was wiped out The floods wiped out everything here. The 33-year-old Manzora Mai is Allah Bakhsh's sister. Floods in Pakistan may destabilize the political situation | Asia | Deutsche Welle | 13.09.2010.
Analysts believe that besides the huge impact on at least 20 million people and to the country’s economy, Pakistan’s democracy is at stake. There have already been rumors of a possible new military takeover. It’s been only two and a half years since the Pakistani army withdrew to the barracks after ruling the country for almost a decade and handed over power to an elected government. Military gets a better image At that time, the military’s image was at an all-time low. But the flood has given the armed forces a unique opportunity to brush up their reputation by planying a leading part in distributing aid.
Samad Khurram, who was an active participant in the movement that brought down military ruler Pervez Musharraf, says this is not good After the deluge for the fledgling democracy: "When people see army men delivering aid, the credibility of the army increases. When the floods started, President Asif Ali Zardari was touring Europe and saw no reason to cut short his trip. General Assembly Calls for Strengthened Emergency Relief to Meet Pakistan’s Urgent Needs after Massive Destruction Caused by Unprecedented, Devastating Floods. Sixty-fourth General Assembly Plenary 110th Meeting (PM) Secretary-General Briefs on Visit, Says Disaster Test for Global Solidarity; World Must Act, So ‘This Natural Disaster Does Not Become a Man-Made Catastrophe’ With the international community only now beginning to comprehend the true scope of the devastation in flood-ravaged Pakistan, the United Nations General Assembly today expressed full solidarity with the Pakistani people, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a massive scaling up of aid and warned that fallout from three weeks of flooding that had affected 15 million to 20 million people was likely to last for years.
As he briefed the Assembly on his visit to the region over the weekend, Secretary-General Ban painted a heart-wrenching picture of unprecedented needs in Pakistan, saying the disaster “is like few the world has ever seen, requiring a response to match”. “The eyes see. “Make no mistake: this is a global disaster, a global challenge,” Mr. Background Statements. Humanitarian agency: Pakistan flooding victims still in urgent need of support. 5 November 2010 – One hundred days into Pakistan’s worst ever flooding crisis, United Nations humanitarian coordinators are drawing attention to the plight of the millions of Pakistanis who remain in urgent need of support, following the rains and floods which swept away entire communities.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that the situation for those impacted by the floods is desperate, with an estimated 14 million people in need of urgent assistance. Many face serious challenges on a daily basis, relying on the supply of safe drinking water, food, health care and shelter, especially as the harsh winter begins and temperatures drop in northern Pakistan. The initial solidarity demonstrated in the early days of the crisis must be re-energized if Pakistan is not to be forgotten The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that without significant new funding now, life assistance and recovery work will need to be scaled back in the new year. Press Conference on Pakistan Flooding by United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator. In the coming days, the United Nations would launch a flash appeal and announce its interim emergency response plan to bolster and better coordinate humanitarian relief to the estimated 4 million people affected by Pakistan’s worst flooding in 80 years, Martin Mogwanja, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan, said today.
“It’s very urgent that this gets released,” Mr. Mogwanja told correspondents at Headquarters via videoconference from Islamabad. The funds would pay for emergency food, health care, clean water, sanitation and shelter over 90 days, as well as community restoration, agricultural protection and logistical support for damaged transport infrastructure. The Secretary-General had already authorized $10 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for Pakistan, Mr.
Mogwanja said. As the floods moved south along the Indus River, they could inundate southern parts of Sindh, which had suffered small-scale flooding so far, he added. Fresh funds enable UN to continue aiding flood-affected Pakistanis. 8 November 2010 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it has received a $90 million donation from the United States which, combined with other recent contributions, will help prevent a reduction in food aid to millions of people affected by the recent catastrophic floods in Pakistan. “With these funds behind us, we can ensure an uninterrupted flow of food assistance to the hungriest and the most vulnerable in Pakistan, especially young children,” said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran. “This donation comes at a critical time as WFP is transitioning from emergency food distributions, towards helping communities rebuild the lives they lost before the floods,” she said. This donation, along with others, will buy us more time, “This donation, along with others, will buy us more time,” Ms.
Sheeran said. “We had genuine concerns that we would have to cut rations for hungry people if we could not mobilise more funds. Pakistan: UN urgently seeks donations for flood survivors. News Stories, 12 August 2010 © UNHCR/H.Mehboob Displaced children await Ramadan food packages in Jalozai Camp. ISLAMABAD, 11 August 2010 (UNHCR) – With over 160,000 people having so far received UNHCR emergency shelter and relief assistance across flood-affected areas of Pakistan, the agency appealed on Wednesday for $41 million to help meet the urgent needs of a further 560,000 people, amounting to 80,000 families. "The people of Pakistan urgently need the support of the international community," said Mengesha Kebede, UNHCR representative to Pakistan.
"The monsoon floods that swept across the land destroyed homes, farms, factories and entire livelihoods for millions of people. " The $41 million that UNHCR is seeking is part of a wider $459 million UN appeal launched today at UN headquarters in New York. Elsewhere in Pakistan, the agency has so far dispatched 1,000 tents to Sindh Province, which were delivered today in Sukkar and Shikarpur districts. By Peter Kessler in Islamabad, Pakistan.