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Pakistan - Floods Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012

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  • From mid-August to early September 2011, monsoon rains and flooding throughout Sindh Province and five districts in Balochistan Province affected an estimated 5.8 million people, approximately 3 million of whom are ―highly affected‖, according to a joint U.N.–Government of Pakistan (GoP) rapid assessment. The U.N. and GoP have since prioritized eight districts in Sindh Province: Badin, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazir Abad, Tando Allahyar, Tando Mohammad Khan, Tharparkar, and Umerkot. Districts prioritized are a subset of the 19 districts in Sindh and Balochistan provinces officially classified by the GoP as disaster zones in 2011.

  • According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), more than half of individuals previously living in Sindh’s 300 largest camps have returned to areas of origin. As of October 11, more than 543,800 people were residing in Sindh’s relief camps, according to the GoP National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

  • A preliminary assessment in Mirpurkhas District in Sindh estimates that the majority of emergency needs in the area have been met by relief agencies; however, community leaders continue to request assistance with water drainage, rehabilitation of farmland, and livelihood recovery. In Badin—Sindh’s most-affected district—emergency needs persist, with large swaths of land still under water, including most of Pangrio and Khoski union councils.

  • On October 11, relief agencies and the GoP began a multi‐sectoral assessment in 25 districts in Sindh and Balochistan. Results, expected in early November, will guide the revised Pakistan Floods Rapid Response Plan.

  • Since October 3, USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has provided nearly $6 million in new assistance to flood-affected populations in southern Pakistan, including $2.1 million in support of disease surveillance, $1.8 million for shelter and coordination activities, and $2 million for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions that will benefit more than 280,000 people.

  • Including new USAID/OFDA funding, the U.S. Government (USG) has provided more than $25 million in assistance to individuals in southern Pakistan affected by this year’s floods, including more than $8.3 million in previously allocated funding that USAID authorized grantees to apply to the 2011 floods response. Also included in the total is approximately $2.7 million from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM).