Disaster
Management and Emergency Relief |
| Rain
floods 2006
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The Monsoon rains of 2006 in Lower and central Sindh,
were worst of the last 42 years
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The recent rain-floods hit the districts of Sanghar, Mirpurkhas,
Umerkot, Badin, Thatta, Hyderabad, Matiari, Tando Allahyar
severely.
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Response
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SAFWCO has quickly responded in heavy monsoon rainfall
and subsequent floods, inundating thousands of villages,
destroying crops completely, damaging the infrastructure,
killing human as well as livestock.
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Key issues
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Agriculture or farming is one of the key livelihood source
The majority of the people (approximately 70%) are working
as sharecroppers or daily wage laborers in the agriculture/related
sector. The current rains have damaged almost all the
standing crop of Kharif, which was ready for harvest
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Recurrent disasters of drought, floods and creeping desert
has increased the vulnerability of the people
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There has been very less or nominal help by the government
people and district government in the times of the floods
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There is no Disaster plan or reliable early warning system
at District level
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The most of the organization working are CBOs whose capacity
building is needed.
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No planning is in place to prepare for the next disaster;
as predicted by the technical people, if the next monsoon
is of same intensity it will bring more devastating flooding
than the floods 2006.
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Intermittent disasters result in breaking economic strength
of the people, consuming their accumulated assets.
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As in the floods of 2003, Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD)
caused the havoc, In 2006 rains breaches in LBOD system
drains and Irrigation Canals largely aggravated the situation.
Failure and poor maintenance and repair of the existing
surface drainage system has also rendered the agriculture
lands barren.
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The agriculture lands have been devastated by the increased
water logging and salinity, and remained uncultivated
because of the irrigation water scarcity and mismanagement
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SAFWCO
Survey: |
Consolidated
Figures of Losses due to Monsoon Rains and Floods of 2006
(District (s) Sanghar, Thatta & Mirpurkhas) |
| District |
Union
Councils affected |
Villages
affected |
HH.
damaged |
Crops
damaged (acres) |
Livestock
affected |
People
displaced/affected |
| Sanghar |
45 |
850 |
8000 |
230,000 |
42500 |
40000 |
| Mirpurkhas |
12 |
553 |
35661 |
115,000 |
24155 |
163000 |
| Thatta |
24 |
260 |
8300 |
63000 |
18000 |
50,000 |
| Total |
81 |
1663 |
39650 |
408000 |
84655 |
253000 |
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SAFWCO-CRS Relief Project.
1500
families of 22 villages of U/C Khori Taluka Khipro, Dist:
Sanghar were supported with safe drinking water and Health
& Hygiene initiatives
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Given Package for each family under CRS funded Project : |
Item
Name |
Quantity
Per Family |
| Towels(3x1.5
ft) pure cotton |
2 |
| Mosquito
net(4x7 feet) good quality |
3 |
| water
containers (public jerry cans) 10 litters each |
2 |
| plastic
sheets blue (12x16 feet) tarpal type Korean |
1 |
| Life
buoy soap (135gm) |
2 |
| Landry
soap (Reshma222 (250gm)) |
4 |
| Dentonic
tooth powder (90gm) |
2 |
| Plastic
lota (for wash room) full size, medium quality |
1 |
| Female
sanitary cloth white (2 meters Malmal) |
1 |
| ORS
packet (wyrex 20 sache packs) |
1 |
| Plastic
water bucket 20 liters |
1 |
| Plastic
Mug for bathing |
1 |
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SAFWCO - Oxfam Relief project
Flood
Response in Pakistan 2006
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Sanghar
district : 3 talukas, Sinjhoro, Jam Nawaz Ali and Khipro.
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Mirpurkhas district: 2 taluka of, Sindhri and Hussain
Bux marri.
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Supporting1300 families with food package and hygiene
kit including water purification means and Hygiene Promotion
activities.
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Given Package for each family under Oxfam funded Project |
Item
Name ( Hygiene Kit) |
Quantity
Per Family |
| Life
buoy soap (135gm) |
7 |
| Landry
soap (Kursi (250gm) |
10 |
| Plastic
lota (for wash room) full size, medium quality |
1 |
| Female
sanitary cloth white (1 meters Malmal) |
1 |
| ORS
packet (wyrex 03 sachet) |
3 |
| Soap
case (Large size) |
1 |
| Mussafa
(Water purifier) |
1 |
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Given Package for each family under Oxfam funded Project.
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| Food
Package (for one month) |
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Wheat
flour (included fiber)
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40
k.g |
| Rice
karnal Basmati (Full rice) |
10
k.g |
| Lentil
moong |
2
k.g |
| Lentil
channa |
3
k.g |
| Sugar |
4
k.g |
| Salt |
2
k.g |
| Tea
leaves |
1
k.g |
| Match
box (containing 10 matches) |
1 |
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Project in Progress / Process - UNICEF
Safwco with
assistance of Unicef Sindh has initiated Emergency Relief
Services Package in Districts Sanghar (talukas Khipro and
Sinjhoro) and Mirpurkhas (talukas Sindhri and Hussain Bux
Mari). The package includes provision of Safe Drinking Water
to Displaced Population (DP) in talukas Sindhri and Hussain
Bux Mari of District Mirpurkhas, Installation of Temporary
Pit Latrines to provide safety nets to the rains and floods
affected population against the unhygienic conditions, water
purification treatment services and awareness raining on
health and hygienic issues. The project has begun from October
17, 2006. All the District and taluka level stakes have
been ensured to be on board for ensuring transparency in
the relief delivery to the adversely affected population
in the said Districts.
OXFAM (Agricultural input support)
Almost
70% of the agro land in the rains and floods affected Districts
of Sanghar and Mirpurkhas are submerged under water. The
standing crops worth billions have been annihilated. The
land cultivators are not in position to reclaim their destroyed
lands / soils by de-watering and injecting in the required
inputs. In this context, Safwco with the assistance of Oxfam
GB is shortly initiating "Provision of Agricultural
inputs (Seed, Fertilizer and de-watering)" for flood
effected areas of Districts Mirpurkhas and Sanghar
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Support
Organization |
Villages |
Areas/Taluka |
Beneficiaries |
Support/beneficiaries |
Project
Cost |
| Oxfam
(Phase II, Agricultural support on wheat crop) |
70 |
Taluka
Sindhri and Husain Bux Mari of Mirpurkhas and Khipro
Jam Nawaz Ali, Tando Adam and Sinjhoro of District Sanghar |
925
farming families |
1-
Wheat Seed 3 bags
2- DAP 2
bags
3- Urea
4 bags (Each
bag contains 50 Kg)
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1,2933,876 |
| PPAF
(Food Package) |
5 |
Taluka
Sinjhoro district Sanghar |
150 |
Food
Package for one month |
3,50000 |
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Rain
Flood 2007 (new updates) |
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Annual
Activity Report DMER-SAFWCO (NEW) |
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Disaster
Management and Emergency Relief (2006) |
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Images
of distribution of Emergency Relief supported by CRS
(2006) |
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Images
of distribution of Emergency Relief supported by OXFAM |
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Images
of Emergency Relief supported by UNICEF(2006) |
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