I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. During the late 1990s, severe drought conditions threatened livelihoods and increased poverty levels across Pakistan, especially in rural areas. The drought, which continued...
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Nutrition information in crisis situations - Report number 3
Highlights Kenya - Drought emergency declared in 26 districts -The president of Kenya declared the current drought a "national disaster" and appealed for relief food assistance. Early cessation of...
Pakistan: Water for drought-hit Baluchistan
By Naheed Maalik, Pakistan Red Crescent It's hard to tell how old Zulekha Bibi and Jan Mohammad area. They may be in their fifties or even in their forties -- one can't tell because years of hard...
Pakistan: Flood relief fund in pipeline
ISLAMABAD, 20 May (IRIN) - An emergency relief fund for flooding is to be established in Pakistan, the government announced on Tuesday, following warnings of severe water incursion this year. "We...
Pakistan: Multi-million dollar drought package announced
ISLAMABAD, 23 January (IRIN) - Aid workers have welcomed Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali's announcement on Wednesday of a US $33-million relief package for the five-year-long drought in...
Pakistan: Rs 40 million allocated for drought victims
HUB, Jan 13: The provincial government has allocated Rs 40 million for the drought-affected areas of Balochistan. Sources told Dawn on Saturday that the amount, expected to be raised during the...
Pakistan: Relief operation begins in drought-hit Aranji
QUETTA, Jan 11: Revenue Minister Asim Kurd confirming the death of more than 20 people during the past two months in Aranji, Khuzdar district, owing to drought has said that the government has...
Pakistan Drought: Islamic Relief UK - Oxfam GB Rapid Assessment Report
Assessment Team Wajahat Anwar, Senior Programme Coordinator, Islamic Relief Muhammad Idrees Khan, Programme Coordinator, Oxfam GB Moin-ud-din, Field Monitor, Islamic Relief Problem: In the backdrop...
Pakistan: Hope springs eternal - Aid work in Balochistan taps water in the drought-ridden region
by Cassandra Nelson After five years of severe drought, the western Pakistan province of Balochistan is in what seems to be an irreversible downslide. Hostile terrain, desertification, degraded...
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South Asia Drought Appeal No. 17/2000: Final Report

This Final Report is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest...
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Islamic Relief: Afghanistan Crisis Update - 30 January 2002
1 Present Situation 22 years of war, which destroyed the country’s infrastructure, claiming many lives, an ongoing civil conflict and a fourth year of drought have all conspired to threaten millions...
Pakistan: Focus on water crisis
ISLAMABAD, 29 January (IRIN) - Pakistani farmer Ehsan Ahmed floods his entire field before sowing a crop, just as his father and grandfather did, believing that this kind of age-old irrigation method...
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Humanitarian crises - 18 million beneficiaries of ECHO funding during 2000
IP/01/1256 Brussels, 10 September 2001 Launching the latest Annual Review of the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), Poul Nielson, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, has highlighted the...
Killer rains set to end Pakistani drought
By Tahir Ikram ISLAMABAD, July 26 (Reuters) - Pakistani officials said on Thursday the torrential downpours this week that caused flash floods and killed some 200 people had ended a drought but...
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Special Report: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Pakistan
Mission Highlights Prolonged and progressively extending drought in parts of Pakistan has decimated livestock, and severely affected fruit and rainfed cereal production. Balochistan, parts of Sindh...
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Report of the Secretary-General to the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of ECOSOC 2001 - Advance Unedited Draft
Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 46/182 of...
Drought - Pakistan Update No. 12
Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System's Operational Activities for Development in Pakistan The threat of drought that was visible but distant on the horizon in March has now become quite...
Pakistan: Dehydration kills 80 people
ISLAMABAD, 30 May (IRIN) - Eighty people have died in the first five months of this year in central and northwestern Pakistan as a result of dehydration due to the ongoing drought and a severe...
Pakistan: IRIN Special Report on the water crisis
ISLAMABAD, May 14 (IRIN) - The immediate water shortage crisis in Pakistan is severe, and experts maintain that the long-term forecast is even bleaker. Meteorologists, who blame the prolonged drought...
Pakistan: Drought pushes up electricity bills
ISLAMABAD, May 10 (IRIN) - In addition to causing severe water shortages throughout Pakistan, the prolonged drought has led to a slump in hydroelectric power production, resulting in a 10 percent...