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Pakistan: Commissioner Georgieva announces the doubling of funding for flood victims

As millions of people remain in dire need of urgent humanitarian assistance, the Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, announced that the European Commission will be more than doubling the funds for relief assistance to Pakistan, bringing the total to €150 million. In total, the European Union (Commission and Member States together) is providing relief assistance to the flood victims worth €320 million, and a more comprehensive package will be discussed at the Friends of Democratic Pakistan
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Pakistan: Operational Update (1 Oct 2010)

ISLAMABAD - With severe flooding continuing in the south and increasing needs, WFP is preparing to scale up operations to flood-affected populations in October, with plans to reach 7.1 million people.

WFP began distributing life-saving rations soon after the floods and now aims to provide emergency food assistance to an average of 6 million people each month while transitioning towards early recovery activities.

Operational Update

- In the month of September, WFP provided food rations for more than six million people in 47 districts,

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WHO, WFP and UNICEF unite to target Pakistan's most at-risk communities

1 October, 2010 =A6 GENEVA -- The humanitarian community has entered a new phase to intensify assistance to the most vulnerable people in flood-affected Pakistan. A joint plan pools activities and resources in nutrition, water and sanitation and health to deliver emergency life-saving care and restore vital services in communities where people have begun to return.

The heads of emergency services for the World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) will today in Geneva outline to donor

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Pakistan flood crisis: the health impact and response

The humanitarian health response to Pakistan's flood crisis stretches the entire country, with focus on communicable disease control, provision of primary health care, including reproductive services, and resumption of damaged and affected health facilities. WHO is coordinating the Health Cluster response and working closely with UN agencies and humanitarian organizations in related sectors, including food, nutrition and water and sanitation.

Watch the video on WHO's work in Pakistan.

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AMDA Emergency Bulletin: Floods in Pakistan (Oct. 1st, 2010)

AMDA's latest emergency relief activities in flood stricken Pakistan:

Thatta, Sindh Province

As of Oct. 1st, relief personnel from AMDA Headquarters (Japan), AMDA Indonesia and AMDA Bangladesh are actively engaged in mobile clinic in Thatta, Sindh Province in the south.

From Sept. 21st to 27th, the team saw 582 patients in total. The common maladies were chronic diseases (headache, joint pain and muscle ache), upper respiratory infections, upper gastrointestinal diseases and skin diseases. The over quality of water is worsened by the

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Helicopter Delivering WFP Food Assistance Makes Forced Landing In Pakistan Flood Zone

ISLAMABAD - A helicopter contracted by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver food assistance in flood-affected areas of Pakistan had to make a forced landing today in southern Sindh province. The incident took place during a mission to deliver high-energy biscuits to flood-affected populations.

At the time of the incident, there were 12 people on board the helicopter, including WFP staff members, and all of them have survived. A Pakistani military unit that was near the crash site helped to rescue those inside the helicopter and moved injured passengers

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UNDP launches US$120 million programme to help Pakistanis

Islamabad, Pakistan - The Government of Pakistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a US$120 million early recovery programme to help communities affected by the recent floods disaster to start to rebuild their lives.

The one-year programme, part of a broader UN emergency response plan, aims at restoring livelihoods through job creation, repairing basic community infrastructure, and strengthening local government offices to get public services running again.

"There is not a moment to lose.

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Pakistan: Monsoon Flash Floods Emergency appeal n° MDRPK006 Operations update n° 9

Report
IFRC
Period covered by this operations update: 21-27 September 2010.

Appeal target (current): CHF 75,852,261 (USD 72.5 mil or EUR 56.3 mil);

Appeal coverage: To date,the appeal is 63.5 per cent covered in cash and kind; and 75.8 per cent covered including contributions currently in the pipeline. Funds are still urgently needed to support the Pakistan Red Crescent Society in this operation to assist those affected by the floods.

Appeal history:

- The revised emergency appeal was launched on 19 August 2010 for CHF 75,852,261 (USD 72.5 mil or EUR 56.3 mil) for

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Pakistan: IFRC and PRCS to supply 1 million flood victims with shelter

Report
IFRC
Recovery effort to take a lot longer than originally anticipated says the IFRC President

1 October 2010

President of the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Tadateru Konoé, told a press conference today that the IFRC wants to extend its relief programming to include a second round of relief aid distribution.

Some 150,000 families are currently benefiting from Red Cross and Red Crescent relief aid, consisting of both food and non-food items. Close to one million men, women and children are also receiving

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Pakistan: EU Commissioner Georgieva announces doubling of funding for flood victims

Report
European Union
Summary: 1 October 2010, Brussels - As millions of people remain in dire need of urgent humanitarian assistance, the Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, announced that the European Commission will be more than doubling the funds for relief assistance to Pakistan, bringing the total to €150 million. In total, the European Union (Commission and Member States together) is providing relief assistance to the flood victims worth €320 million, and a more comprehensive package will be discussed
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Planting seasion deadline crucial to recovery in Pakistan

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Trócaire
"If people aren't able to plant their crops again in the coming weeks there is a very grave risk that we will see a food crisis in Pakistan in the aftermath of these floods." This is the alarming prediction of Maurice McQuillan, Trócaire's emergency programme manager.

Emergency food distribution. Photo: David O' Hare"We have been working with flood survivors for ten weeks now - supplying them with food, water, blankets, hygiene kits, plastic sheeting and other essential items - and the immediate aftermath of the floods has

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PAKISTAN - Flood Victims Return to Devastation, Shortages of Construction Materials and Threat of Winter

As flood waters recede and hundreds of thousands of displaced families return to devastated towns and villages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh, the government and aid agencies face massive challenges in meeting their shelter needs ahead of the upcoming winter.

According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), some 20.36 million people have been affected by the floods, with over 1.9 million houses damaged or destroyed. Over 75 per cent of the overall affected population is in Sindh and Punjab.

This week the IOM-led cluster of over

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Pakistan - Floods Fact Sheet #18, Fiscal Year (FY) 2010

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

According to the U.N., the majority of populations displaced by floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPk) and Punjab provinces have already returned to areas of origin. Relief agencies are developing an interagency returns framework to ensure that the assistance to returning populations effectively promotes recovery and reintegration.

According to local authorities in KPk, sporadic snowfall has already begun in parts of Swat District. As a result, the KPk Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has requested that

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A family's story: early flood warning saves lives in Pakistan

By Tania McBride

SUKKUR, Pakistan, 1 October 2010 - Samia sat under the shade tarp on a string bed with her son, Saddam, 2. The child writhed and wriggled in her arms.

Though sweat poured down her face, flies assaulted from every angle and the young mother lamented the life that she had lost in the floods, she said she was nonetheless thankful that she and Saddam are safe.

Lives spared

Samia was one of the lucky ones.

Unlike many in Pakistan's flood-devastated districts, she received prior warning of raging waters from her uncle Nizam,

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Humanitarian agencies call for increased accountability and transparency in the Pakistan floods response

In addition to the numerous international humanitarian organizations that have country offices in Pakistan, HAP now has 9 member agencies that are headquartered in Pakistan. A number of these agencies are very active in working towards accountability and transparency of the relief efforts in Pakistan. Just some examples of the efforts of HAP member agencies include:

At a round table meeting convened by Church World Service Pakistan / Afghanistan, senior representatives of invited organizations committed to an increase in collaboration towards

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FACTSHEET PAKISTAN MONSOON FLOODS 1 October 2010

Report
European Union
1. Latest Available Figures (as of 30/09/10 - see attached PDF)

2. Background

Massive level of unmet humanitarian needs persist as the overall response still struggles to be scaled up. Overt 20 million people are reported to be affected.

In KPK, Punjab and parts of Sindh flood waters continue to drain, leaving behind massive damage, with large areas of standing water in Sindh and Punjab.

The situation In Southern Sindh is acute and deserves particular attention to ensure that response is brought to scale immediately.

Westerly weather disturbance combined

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Massive undernutrition is threatening above all children in the flood regions

Report
Humedica
by Lydia Koch/SRA,

After Pakistan has experienced one of the most devastating floods in its history, it is now to be feared that the nutrition situation will aggravate in the South Asian country. In the framework of providing needy families with essential relief goods, humedica is now planning to expand our programmes regarding the nutrition situation of children in Pakistan.

According to public figures, more than 1,700 people died due to the floods and 2,000 were injured. Of the about 21 millions of flood victims almost 8.6 million are children. Currently,

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Pakistan - Floods Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011

Note: The last fact sheet was dated October 1, 2010.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

 From October 1 to 4, USAID/OFDA Acting Director Mark Ward visited Pakistan to observe ongoing USAID relief and recovery efforts, meet with Government of Pakistan (GoP) officials, and discuss USAID/OFDA programs with beneficiaries and grantees. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPk) Province, Mr. Ward visited a U.N. World Food Program (WFP) food-for-work project, funded in part by USAID, to rebuild damaged homes in Charsadda District. In Nowshera District, Mr. Ward visited a USAID-funded

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Global Polio Eradication Initiative Quarterly progress report against milestones and process indicators - Report as at 1 October 2010

First set of global data published on milestones of Strategic Plan 2010-2012

To help inform the new Independent Monitoring Board

Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first quarterly 'data compilation' against the global milestones of the new Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Strategic Plan 2010-2012. The status update provides basic epidemiological information on milestones and major indicators.

This update is part of a series of reports which will inform the deliberations of a new Independent Monitoring Board