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BACKGROUND
The cluster approach, introduced as part of the humanitarian reform, aims at ensuring Clear leadership, predictability, and accountability in international responses to humanitarian emergencies by clarifyirg the division of labor among organizations and better defining their roles and responsibilities within the different sectors involved in the response. It aims at improving the effectiveness of humanitarian response while at the same time strengthening partnerships between NGOs, international organization and UN agencies, the international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Unrelenting monsoon rains across Pakistan — the worst in a decade — resulted in widespread flooding and landslides between June and August 2022. The flash floods killed more than 1,700 people, destroyed 29m: on homes and left 20.6 million people in need. The flooding significantly damaged infrastructure affected 33 rm. on people and displaced 7.9 million people. It also had a significant impact on agriculture, flooding 9.4 million acres of crops and killing more than 1.1 million livestock. Vulnerable communities still reeling from the impact of the floods need reliable access to essential services, such as health care, nutrition, education, protection, hygiene and sanitation (UNOCHA , 2024). The humanitarian response was run by the Government of Pakistan, with NDMA in the lead, Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMA) and District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMA), sector coordination mechanisms were set up at the provincial level, to ensure better coordination of the response in partnership with the humanitarian community. At least 64 national NGOs arc 37 International NGOs are providing humanitarian assistance and protection for people affected by the heavy rains and floods, alongside the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the UN. Tre Nutrition Sector, through its public sector and civil society partners, implemented the priority lifesaving nutrition actw't.es in health facilities and communities, throughout the emergency and early recovery phases.