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As of June 18, nearly 155,000 families remained internally displaced due to conflict occurring in northwest Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)—an increase of nearly 47,000 families since early March 2012, according to the U.N. Most internally displaced persons (IDPs) are residing with host families or in rental housing in FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPk) Province, while 10 to 15 percent of them are residing in three formal camps.
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In Pakistan’s southern provinces of Balochistan and Sindh, more than 1.2 million people displaced by the 2011 floods had returned home as of April 30, while standing water and flood damage continued to prevent 10,000 others from doing so, according to the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF). By May 4, floodwaters had receded by nearly 99 percent compared to peak levels, according to U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates.
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In recent months, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) and relief agencies have been actively forming contingency plans to prepare for potential new flooding during the June-to-September monsoon season. The Pakistan Meteorological Department predicts near-normal rainfall this season; however, the GoP and humanitarian organizations are inventorying stockpiled relief supplies to address gaps, and the GoP is receiving technical support from the U.N. on camp management, relief commodity distribution, protection, rapid assessment, warehousing, displaced person registration, and humanitarian information sharing and analysis.
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USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) continues to pursue its strategy of providing immediate relief assistance to conflict-affected populations, as well as helping flood-affected families recover. In May and June, USAID/OFDA provided $3.1 million for shelter rehabilitation and disease monitoring in flood-affected areas and $1.4 million for economic recovery activities for conflict-affected families. USAID/OFDA continues to prepare for the monsoon season through disaster risk reduction and preparedness efforts, as well as joint planning exercises with colleagues from the U.S. military and U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. In total, the U.S. Government has provided nearly $126 million in humanitarian assistance to Pakistan in FY 2012.