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Please note that this RRF replaces the RRF 05/2010 issued on 27 May 2010.

Rapid Response Payment Request No. 05/2010

Funds Sent To: Church World Service- Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A)

Amount Sent: US$ 48,861

Date: 1 June 2010

Details of Response

Emergency: Displacement due to Hunza valley landslide-created lake and flooding, Northern Pakistan

Date of Emergency: 27 May 2010

DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY : The lives of thousands of families in northern Pakistan are facing acute danger as the dam created by landslides in the Hunza Valley earlier this year threatens to begin overflowing and flooding surrounding areas.

Hunza River is the principal river of Hunza, in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is formed by the confluence of the Kilik and Khunjerab nalas (gorges) which are fed by glaciers. It is joined by the Gilgit River and the Naltar River before it flows into the Indus River. The river cuts through the Karakoram range, flowing from north to south. The Karakoram Highway crosses the Hunza River near Hunza and Nagar valleys. Landslides in Hunza River are common due to proximity of the glaciers.

A massive landslide hit Hunza District on Monday, 4th January 2010. This was followed by rolling boulders and rocks, pushing two villages, including Attabad, into the Hunza River. As a result Shahra-e-Karakorum (KKH) and the Hunza River were blocked, cutting off the Upper Hunza area. According to initial reports, over 2,500 people were displaced and out of these 1,673 men, women and children have been settled in camps set up in four schools in Altit and the rest with host families. At least 15 people were killed and infrastructural damage is reported to have affected 260 houses.

Debris blocking the Hunza River created an artificial dam and the Pakistan Army’s Frontier Works Organisation has built a spillway in response. However, the length of the lake created has extended from 3km to 18.5 km and water levels are spreading and rising rapidly as the water flow into the lake is at 2,600 cusecs while outflow is only 200 cusecs. Water levels have now reached a critical level and threaten to start overflowing in the next three days, leading to floods reaching a distance of up to 400 km downriver.

The current landslide and water level situation is summarized as follows:
Total height of landslide from top to bottom: 418 feet
Total water depth: 340 feet
Distance left to reach Spillway (height left) : 25 feet
Daily water rise in the lake per day : 2.8 feet
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The Frontier Works Organization (FWO), National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) and army engineers have projected different scenarios related to the speed of the overflow and depth of the lake water. In the worst case scenario, a dam burst releasing the entire body of water in one hour and causing a 30-metre wave would lead to at least 1,800 households on the river banks being severely affected. Four NESPAK scenarios depict the water speed and wave height according to the time the dam might take to burst (one, six, 18 and 24 hours). The worst scenario of one hour would severely hit the following areas:
District Hunza-Nagar – 25 Villages including Atta Abad and Sarat
District Gilgit – 14 Villages
District Kohistan – 30 Villages

ACTIONS TO DATE , AND EMERGENCY NEEDS :

A. National and Local Government Particularly in Kohistan, the Government set up 9 camps for the expected IDPs. These are in GHS Shatial, GPS Kaiga, GHS Seo, GGHS DCO Colony Dassu, GGPS Shahjahan Abad Kamaila, GHS Pattan, GMS Shalkhanabad, GHS Jijal and GHS Bataira. In preparation for the influx of IDPs, the Government had requested tents and shelter kits to house them. However, as per the assessment conducted by CWS and the meetings held with local authorities, it was found that many of the displaced families opted to reside with relatives and host communities, thus the need for tents is no longer be practical. Instead, food rations were urgently requested by the displaced families and the local government.

B. Communities The affected communities in general, have been very cooperative with the evacuation plan. Communities located in the elevated areas in Kohistan have generously opened their homes and allowed IDPs to stay with them temporarily. This was the main reason why tents are no longer needed and the gap identified is the scarcity of food rations.

C. International and National NGOs In response to the crisis and in preparation for the potential massive evacuation and relocation of residents, several international and national NGOs have prepared contingency plans and commenced with initial activities to be able to provide immediate and adequate assistance.

Other organizations such as the Pakistan Red Crescent Society, Focus Humanitarian Assistance and World Vision have been conducting ground assessments and have been calling on partners and donor agencies for assistance. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has started transporting critical relief supplies to Hunza. However, the focus of most aid agencies is addressing the needs of those situated in Hunza Valley, as well as Gilgit and areas in Battagram. Kohistan and Shangla are two different districts where massive movement of families also took place and were supposed to be housed in camps by the local government. However, the CWS assessment showed that the majority of those displaced opted to stay in relatives and host communities rather than in camps.

Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan has developed an emergency action plan led by its Disaster Management Programme. Based on identified needs, an internal assessment of available supplies for immediate relief has been done. It has also activated its Emergency Response Team and it is currently on stand-by, ready for deployment once the lake breaches. The organization’s Health Team in Swat, currently working for IDPs, as well as its local partners in the area have also been alerted, ready to provide immediate assistance.

In coordination with partners and line agencies, CWS-P/A was able to get an initial assessment of ground realities and current situation in the field. Based on these findings, it has identified gaps in interventions and has called upon its partners and donors for pledges to meet these gaps. CWS-P/A is the only organization so far who has expressed its interest in providing assistance to the affected communities in Kohistan. CWS-P/A conducted an initial assessment through contacts and partners on May 25 and a follow-on on-ground assessment on May 29-31.

As a result of CWS-P/A’s follow-on assessment in Kohistan 29 – 31 May and the meeting held with the District Coordination Officer and the Naib Tehsildars, it has been ascertained that there are currently over a thousand RRF No. 05/2010 – Pakistan 3 households who are currently displaced and are living with host families in elevated areas of Kohistan. The displaced had to leave their homes more than five days ago and, so far, there has not been any support provided to them and their hosts. Breakdown is as follows:

No. of No. of Tehsil Union Council Village Households Individuals Dassu Dassu Kaiga 58 303 Dassu Dassu Doga 2 25 Dassu Dassu Uchar Nala 22 89 Dassu Dassu Dassu 75 790 Dassu Kuz Jalkot Sigal Jalkot 21 159 Dassu Komela Kuz Komela 140 2,240 Dassu Seo Seo purana 5 87 Dassu Kuz Purwa Kae Millar 29 231 Dassu Kuz Purwa Gayal 17 196 Dassu Sazin Sazin village 6 10 Dassu Thoti Dunda Nala 18 105 Dassu Harban Harban Nala 10 32 Dassu Sazin Shatial 22 152 Pattan Kho Khiyal Kho Khiyal 39 654 Pattan Kairo Kairo maro 9 102 Pattan Seri Jijal Seri 42 488 Pattan Dobair Colony Bahadarabad 13 145 Pattan Sholgara Bankad Satara 11 175 Pattan Patta Keyal Lontir 15 162 Pattan Pattan Muslim bagh 227 2,229 Pattan Pattan Siglokawai 51 549 Pattan Pattan Kaseer 61 476 Pattan Pattan Gambeer 53 619 Pattan Pattan Dani 27 248 Pattan Pattan Chalabad 29 228 Palas Madakhel abad Kolai Bataira 167 1,247 Palas Ser Ghaziabad Ghazi Abad 71 527 Palas Shalkhanabad Shalkhanabad 10 113 Total 1,250 12,381

While the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)’s mobilisation of a relief response and donor pledges are strong for Hunza and Gilgit districts, substantially greater gaps in assistance will need to be met in Kohistan and Shangla especially food packages. There is also an acute need for doctors, ambulances, medicines and medical supplies across all of the areas.

In addition to emergency food distribution in Kohistan District planned with the support of ACT Rapid Response Funding, CWS-P/A will be responding through an ongoing Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN)-funded Partnership for Recovery and Development of the Allai Valley (PRDA), along with partners Save the Children Federation Inc. and Sungi Development Foundation. They have received a pledge from the Embassy to provide emergency and rehabilitation support for 1,000 families in Allai through PRDA contingency funds. After conducting an initial needs assessment, it was agreed that the following activities will be conducted to jointly address this disaster, in coordination with the District Coordination Cell. a. Distribution of NFI Items (SC and CWS-P/A) b. Distribution of Food Packages (CWS-P/A) to cover 7-days ration c. WATSAN Facilities (Sungi) d. Health and Sanitation Facilities (SC)

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PROPOSED EMERGENCY RESPONSE

- OBJECTIVE (S) OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Goal : To minimize the suffering of the Internally Displaced Population through the provision of emergency food packages.

Objective: To provide food items to 1,025 IDP families currently staying in high altitude areas within Kohistan.

- TARGET POPULATION

1,025 families in Kohistan District displaced by the impending flooding caused by the landslide-created dam and lake in Hunza Valley.

Criteria for Beneficiary selection

• Families who were recently displaced by the impending flooding in Hunza Valley • IDPs living with host communities. • Attention will be given to women, widows, children, aged, disabled and vulnerable persons with special needs

- IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS

The assistance will be implemented directly by CWS-P/A. CWS-P/A, through its Disaster Management Programme, will be monitoring the displacement and collect updated information of the situation. It will continue to coordinate with partners and line agencies to receive accurate data. Identification of beneficiaries will be in close coordination with community based organizations and local authorities in the area.

Procurement of food items and delivery to pre-identified location will be facilitated by CWS-P/A. Existing policies and guidelines on procurement will be followed. All project activities will be coordinated by CWS-P/A with the local government authorities to avoid duplication of efforts and to reach the most deserving families.

CWS-P/A, through its Disaster Management Program, will oversee the implementation of the activities under the RRF. The office in Islamabad will directly monitor implementation of the program, while CWS-P/A head office in Karachi will provide support especially on the financial requirements of the project.

All activities of the projects will be carried out keeping in mind SPHERE standards and principles for accountability to the affected population (HAP).

- COORDINATION

From the ACT Forum members in Pakistan, only CWS-P/A is planning to respond to this emergency. Nevertheless, updates on activities under this response will be regularly shared with other ACT members.

CWS-P/A remains an active member of cluster system in Pakistan. At the national level, CWS-P/A focal person attends meetings regularly to get updates on the situation and to know the activities being carried out by other humanitarian agencies.

At the local level, CWS-P/A will work closely with the Provincial Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority (PaRRSA) who is entrusted by the government to look into the immediate needs of the population affected by the crisis. It will also continue to coordinate with the National Disaster Management Authority who is responsible for the overall coordination of relief operations for this disaster as well as its district representatives.

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- COMMUNICATIONS :

CWS-P/A through its Communication Office shares regular updates on its response activities. Information, along with pictures/documentation of activities will be shared with the ACT Coordinating Office as well as other, I/NGOs, UN and the rest of the international community. CWS-P/A also proactively collects case studies and human interest stories in the field.

- PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD :

The distribution of food items will be implemented within 2 weeks.

DAYS ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. Meeting with district authorities and community leaders 2. Collection of data, validation and finalization of beneficiary list 2. Distribution of tokens for beneficiaries 4. Procurement of food items 5. Delivery and distribution of food items 6. Consolidation of distribution data 7. Coordination, Monitoring and Reporting (Daily) 8. Review of activities and internal evaluation 9. Finalisation of reports (within 1 month after completion)

BUDGET

Description Type No. Unit Cost Budget Budget Unit Units PKR PKR USD

A. DIRECT ASSISTANCE

Food Items (1 week rations) Rice (20kg) family 1025 1,800 1,845,000 22,229 Pulses (2Kg) family 1025 270 276,750 3,334 Cooking Oil (2 Liters) family 1025 390 399,750 4,816 Sugar (2Kg) family 1025 130 133,250 1,605 Tea Leaves (200g) family 1025 280 287,000 3,458 Iodized Salt (400g) family 1025 25 25,625 309 Sub - Total 2,967,375 35,752

Personnel Project Coordinator (1) weeks 2 12,500 25,000 301 Field Officer (3 for 2 weeks) persons 3 15,000 45,000 542 Volunteers (Stipend for 3 for 2 weeks) persons 3 4,000 12,000 145

Administrative/Operational Costs Vehicle, fuel and maintenance week 2 30,000 60,000 723 Printing of Tokens pcs 1100 15 16,115 194 Communication week 2 6,250 12,500 151 Meals and Incidentals day 10 2,000 20,000 241 Accommodation day 10 3,000 30,000 361 Local Travel week 2 35,000 70,000 843 Sub-total- direct project-related costs 290,615 3,501 RRF No. 05/2010 – Pakistan 6

Transportation, Packaging and Handling Transportation per trip 10 30,000 300,000 3,614 Hauling to Distribution Sites per trip 30 3,000 90,000 1,084 Packaging (20 and 40 kg bags) Package 1025 300 307,500 3,705 Labor Cost (Loading/Unloading) per trip 10 10,000 100,000 1,205 Sub-Total 797,500 9,608 TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 4,055,490 48,861 Exchange Rate: US$ = Pkr 83

Budget notes: Transportation costs: are quite high as from the supplier’s warehouse (Islamabad) to Kohistan is more than 7 hours, rugged terrain and moving towards high altitude. Fuel costs have also spiraled. Communications: there are two CWS teams in the field and they rely on mobile phone connections and satellite phones for co-ordination and sending updates.

ACTION

The ACT Secretariat has approved the use of US$ 48,861 from its Rapid Response Fund and would appreciate receipt of contributions to wholly or partially replenish this payment.

For further information please contact the ACT Alliance Secretariat: Jill Hawkey or Michelle Yonetani Deputy General Secretary Regional Programme Officer- Asia and the Pacific Phone: ++41 22 791 6032 Phone: ++ 41 22 791 6035 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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