Pakistan: Floods - Sep 2014 Updates

INTRODUCTION A rapid desk review was carried out by Geneva’s strategic planning and monitoring hub using the IFRC evaluation databank to focus on evaluative initiatives related to past floods in...

1. Background a. In 2012, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) agreed to develop and adopt Assessment and Monitoring Framework for Pakistan. Assessment...

Jennifer Bussell and Asim Fayaz May 2017 Overview This case study discusses government capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters – floods, earthquakes, and heat waves – in Pakistan. ...

ADB program in Pakistan has provided loans, grants and technical assistance to grow the country’s economy and improve the lives of people, particularly the poor, women, children and other vulnerable...

2014 and 2015 have been two years of strong mobilisation for SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL's teams, who have had to take urgent action regarding too many crises. Feedback on two years of intense...

With rainfall totals well below normal in northeastern Pakistan through September, the 2014 monsoon season was looking to be a relatively quiet one. Then torrential downpours dropped 12 inches (305...

Pakistan 2015 Humanitarian Preparedness Plan (23 July 2015)

Pakistan ERF Update Issue 14 | April – June 2015

ERF allocates US$3.7 million to support Bara returns In the period between 15 March and 30 June, more than 32,900 displaced families returned to their homes in the Bara area of Khyber Agency,...

Global Estimates 2015 - People displaced by disasters

Appeal history 12 September - Emergency Plan of Action for DREF launched to support 24,500 people for 3 months with CHF 299,798 to ensure that the immediate needs of flood-affected populations were...

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved assistance of over $220 million to help Pakistan rebuild and upgrade roads, bridges and other high-priority infrastructure damaged...

1. PRCS Initial Response a. PRCS relief operation commenced on 22nd June with initial response as under:- (1) Cooked rice to approx. 23000 TDPs (2) Health care to 1,690 TDPs through deployment of 4 x...

HIGHLIGHTS: Temperatures drop in plains Pakistan needs trained volunteers to cope with Natural Disasters Skymet Forecast: Heavy rains likely in Pakistan soon Securing Punjab: CM says safe city...

PRCS Initial Response a. PRCS relief operation commenced on 22nd June with initial response as under:- (1) Cooked rice to approx. 23000 TDPs (2) Health care to 1,690 TDPs through deployment of 4 x...

During my visit to Islamabad and Lahore, I confirmed that the Australian Government will provide ongoing humanitarian assistance to support thousands of internally displaced people in Pakistan, the...

HIGHLIGHTS: SHC takes notice of non-provision of relief goods in drought-hit areas Modi proposes SAARC team to tackle natural disasters.. As Pakistan's PM commends India's Nepal mission Natural...

Pakistan ERF Update Issue 13. January – March 2015 Infographic in 2 Pages

This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2014 Overview The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) continued its support to the Pakistan Red Crescent...

The New Pakistan ERF In February 2015, OCHA released the 2015 Operational Handbook for Country-based Pooled Funds (CBPF), a set of new global guidelines for managing CBPFs. In Pakistan, the CBPF is...