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Save the Children Alliance: Pakistan earthquake response situation report - 30 Jan 2006

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I. To date, Save the Children has:
- Helped more than 33,286 families to construct shelters.

- Distributed 167,979 Corrugated Galvanized Iron (CGI) Sheets.

- Opened 114 safe play spaces benefiting an estimated 8,693 children. This includes 10 opened in partnership Strengthening Participatory Organizations (SPO) to whom Save the Children is providing materials, training and technical expertise.

- Established 50 temporary learning spaces with a total enrollment of 4,123 students. This includes five opened in partnership with SPO.

- Provided 12,222 children with warm clothing, including school uniforms.

- Distributed more than 137,318 blankets/quilts.

- Treated 8,900 patients at the Bana Field Hospital.

II. Weekly Updates

Use of energy efficient stoves is being piloted for use in the community kitchens at Meira Camp. Easy to construct, these stoves could provide a source of livelihoods for people in Allai and decrease use of firewood.

Save the Children organized a three-day training in Allai for 38 carpenters and Community Mobilization Officers (CMOs). The trainer, who worked on housing reconstruction in Afghanistan, taught participants about safe and seismically resistant building practices. A demonstration house is being constructed at the conclusion of the training.

Save the Children established five new temporary learning spaces in NWFP.

10 new safe play spaces were established in NWFP in partnership with SPO and three new safe play spaces were established in AJK.

This week, Save the Children trained 11 adult supporters and 41 young facilitators to support the safe play spaces in tehsil Batagram.

III. Response

Education

Save the Children education staff conducted a three-day teacher orientation for the 21 teachers in Phase-II and Phase-III schools at Meira Camp. Four teachers from the UNICEF-supported school in Phase-I also participated. Teachers said they enjoyed the orientation and hoped there would be follow-up training. At the closing of the event, the Batagram District Officer, Education thanked the teachers and appreciated the efforts of Save the Children.

Work on the 58 semi-permanent schools in high altitude areas (above 5000 feet) of Mansehra is underway and will be completed in couple of weeks. On completion these schools will provide education facility to approximately 5800 children.

In Muzaffarabad, Save the Children distributed 15 UNICEF school-in-a-box in UCs Charrak Pura and Langarpura, one Save the Children school-in-a-box in Village Aruk Kator, Charrak Pura and two school clearance kit in UC Langarpura.

In Bagh, Save the Children formed 14 School Management Committees this week and distributed 17 UNICEF school-in-a-box kits.

Preparations for the opening of a second Save the Children supported school at Meira Camp are almost complete. 10 teachers have been hired through a collaborative effort between Save the Children staff, parents and future students. 344 children have so far been registered, a number which is increasing daily. School bags and text books are distributed to students for who this is their first time in school or who lost these supplies during the earthquake.

Save the Children staff continued distribution of warm school uniforms at three schools in Meira Camp. Some children at each school still require uniforms in their size.

Save the Children staff monitored temporary learning spaces and met with community members in Bandi Goh, Landy Share, Argha Sheri, Sanda Sarey Qasim, Banian, Gulzarabad GGPS and GPS Shingri.

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