An estimated 42,045 individuals have been displaced by the floods; Shelter, water, and sanitation, and mental health and psychosocial support continue to be priority needs.
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IOM seeks $22 million to address humanitarian needs following Storm Daniel in Libya
Working with local authorities and partners, IOM is complementing and upscaling relief and response efforts to alleviate the suffering of the affected population, including more than 43,000 displaced.
IOM’s disaster risk reduction in North Kivu
IOM is implementing a pilot project that started in February 2014 to build a contingency plan that will help enhance the capacity of several government entities and increase awareness, preparedness and resilience of the local population.
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Expected low death toll after Mahasen proves disaster preparedness pays
Some deaths have been reported in Bangladesh, where over a million people were evacuated. The caution was justified: in 1970, Cyclone Bhola killed some 400,000 people, in 2007, Cyclone Sidr killed nearly 4,000.
Pakistan: New report assesses access and response of flood-affected communities to information
The IOM Pakistan Humanitarian Communications Program (HComms) was established in Pakistan as a cross-cutting service to provide life-saving information to populations affected by natural and complex emergencies. The program assesses information needs and channels, designs communications strategies,...
Pakistan: Vast shelter needs remain in flood-affected Sindh
IOM is planning to increase from 10,500 to 30,000 the number of one-room shelters (ORS) that it is providing to vulnerable families made homeless by the 2011 Sindh floods. The existing ORS program, which provides money and technical help to families made homeless by the floods to rebuild, will reach...
Pakistan: Families displaced by 2011 floods unable to return home
The IOM-led Pakistan Shelter Cluster today published new data showing that over 13,000 people do not expect to be able to return home to villages inundated by the 2011 Sindh floods for several months. The greatest concentration of displaced people remains in Umerkot, Mirpur Khas and Sangar...
Pakistan floods: IOM video highlights ongoing shelter needs in Sindh Province
ISLAMABAD: IOM has launched a video highlighting ongoing shelter needs in communities in Sindh and Balochistan provinces hit by devastating floods in 2011. The release coincides with the launch earlier this week of the Pakistan Floods 2011 Early Recovery Framework, which appealed for an additional...
Guatemala: IOM begins delivery of humanitarian assistance to families affected by heavy rains in remote areas
IOM and COOPI, one of its local partners, this week began a 600-kilometre journey to the remote northern department of Petén to deliver humanitarian assistance to 685 families (3,165 persons) who were forced to flee their homes following heavy rains that affected Central America...
Pakistan: Flood victims continue to suffer, IOM reviews funding needs
Three months after the worst floods in southern Pakistan's history, nearly three quarters of a million people remain displaced in Sindh and Balochistan and a third of the affected area remains under water, according to a multi-sectoral needs assessment prepared by aid agencies. Of some 800,000 homes...
Pakistan: IOM, Shelter Cluster will seek aid for 274,000 families displaced by floods
As thousands continue to flee their homes in the face of rising flood waters in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, IOM and its partners in the "cluster" of aid agencies providing emergency shelter are to appeal to international donors for funding to help at least 274,000 families. The...