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SAMPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN INTER-AGENCY COMMON HUMANTIARIAN ACTION PLANS ACF GOAL MACCA TEARFUND ACTED GTZ Malteser Terre des Hommes ADRA Handicap International Medair UNAIDS Afghanaid HELP Mercy Corps UNDP AVSI HelpAge International MERLIN UNDSS CARE Humedica NPA UNESCO CARITAS IMC NRC UNFPA CONCERN INTERSOS OCHA UN-HABITAT COOPI IOM OHCHR UNHCR CRS IRC OXFAM UNICEF CWS IRIN Première Urgence WFP DRC Islamic Relief Worldwide Save the Children WHO FAO LWF Solidarités World Vision International 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 1 Table I. Summary of Requirements – By Cluster ................................................................................... 4 2. CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES.................................................................................... 5 2.1 CONTEXT AND RESPONSE TO DATE.............................................................................................................. 6 2.2 FUNDING TO DATE...................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES AND NEEDS ANALYSIS ................................................................................. 8 2.4 SCENARIOS ............................................................................................................................................. 10 3. COMMON HUMANTIARIAN ACTION PLAN ................................................................................................. 11 3.1 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE .............................................................................. 11 3.2 CLUSTER RESPONSE PLANS....................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.1 Food Security.................................................................................................................................... 13 3.2.2 Health ............................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.3 Shelter and Non-Food Items............................................................................................................. 17 3.2.4 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ......................................................................................................... 19 3.2.5 Logistics, Emergency Telecommunications and Coordination.......................................................... 21 3.2.6 Nutrition ............................................................................................................................................ 22 3.2.7 Protection ......................................................................................................................................... 24 4. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES................................................................................................................. 26 ANNEX I. TOTAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PAKISTAN FLOODS................................... 27 ANNEX II: CLUSTER CONTACT LIST......................................................................................................... 28 ANNEX III: MAP OF DAMAGED HOUSES ................................................................................................... 29 ANNEX IV: PAKISTAN FLOODS – HISTORICAL NATURAL DISASTER EVENTS .................................... 30 ANNEX V: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS......................................................................................... 31 Please note that response plans are revised regularly. The latest version of this document is available on http://www.humanitarianappeal.net. iii iv PAKISTAN – INITIAL FLOODS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the course of July and early August 2010, Pakistan experienced the worst monsoon-related floods in living memory. Heavy rainfall, flash floods and riverine floods have devastated large parts of Pakistan since the arrival of seasonal monsoon rains on 22 July. Assessments of losses and damages are ongoing, but estimates place the number of affected people at more than 14 million. Over 1,200 people have died, and at least 288,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province, intense rains during the last week of July and in early August were compounded by the swelling of major rivers due to rainwater surging down from the highland areas. The Pakistan Meteorological Department reports that within one week in late July, KPK received 9,000 millimetres of rainfall - ten times as much as the province normally receives in the course of an entire year. Baluchistan, Pakistan-Administered Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, also experienced extreme weather, resulting in widespread losses and damages. As the flood waters began to slowly recede Response Plan in the northern provinces, rivers continued Key Parameters to swell to unprecedented levels and travel Affected southwards by way of the Indus River. By 14 million people population early August, flood waters breached the river bank in at least eight districts of Baluchistan Punjab, devastating homes, and crops and Federally Administered Tribal Areas livestock. At least eight million people in Gilgit-Baltistan Punjab have been affected by the disaster. Affected areas Khyber Pakthunkhwa Pakistan-Administered Kashmir The flood wave continues to make its way Punjab through the southern province of Sindh, Sindh where millions more are expected to suffer Food from the combined impact of torrential rains Key sectors for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and unprecedented water levels in the response Health rivers. Shelter/Non-Food Items Total funding requested The Government, especially deploying the $459 million Armed Forces' logistical capacity, has led the response to the disaster with the deployment of preparedness, rescue and relief actions. Hundreds of thousands have been rescued or preventively evacuated from riverine areas. In light of the devastation caused by the floods and the ongoing threat to lives and livelihoods, the Government (through its National Disaster Management Authority) requested the United Nations agencies and the humanitarian community to prepare an initial floods emergency response plan. While the Government of Pakistan (National Disaster Management Authority and the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities) will lead the relief and recovery activities in flood-affected areas, the humanitarian community has been asked to support the response by covering gaps where the needs exceed the government’s response capacity. This means that the humanitarian community will be assisting only a portion of the overall caseload of affected people, focusing on the most severely affected. The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) expects that critical needs of the severely affected families will include food, clean drinking water and purification materials, emergency health services, tents and shelter kits, cooking sets, mosquito nets, and other non-food items (NFI). Over the medium to long term, the food security situation in the country is likely to be affected by the significant loss of crops and agricultural land. 1 PAKISTAN – INITIAL FLOODS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN Compounding the delivery of this aid will be the issue of access to areas where destroyed infrastructure has made it impossible for aid to reach people by road. In addition, the security situation in some of the affected areas – especially parts of KPK – remains unpredictable. Considering the size of the area hit by the floods, the number of people who will be found to need assistance is expected to rise as assessments continue and access improves. The combined population of the affected districts is around 43 million (out of a total estimated Pakistan population of 168 million). Currently, UN agencies, NGOs and the International Organization for Migration are planning to assist vulnerable flood-affected people in up to seven different geographical areas (Baluchistan, Punjab, Federally Administered Tribal Area, Gilgit Baltistan, KPK, Pakistan-Administered Kashmir, Sindh). The emergency response plan therefore seeks US$460 million1 to enable international partners (UN organizations and non-governmental organizations [NGOs]) to support the Government of Pakistan in addressing the needs of flood-affected families for the duration of the immediate relief period. The plan will be revised within 30 days to reflect assessed needs as the situation evolves and will include strategies for assisting people with early recovery from the floods. 1 All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. Funding for the Floods Emergency Response Plan should be reported to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS, [email protected]). 2 PAKISTAN – INITIAL FLOODS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN Basic Humanitarian and Development Indicators for Pakistan Most recent data Source Statistics Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Population 168 million people Statistics, Government of Pakistan Statistics Division, Ministry Sex ratio (Males per 100 of Economic Affairs and 108.5 Females) Statistics, Government of Pakistan World Bank: Key Gross domestic product per $1,013 Development Data & capita Economic Statistics 2008 status Percentage of population UNDP Human Development living on less than $1.25 per 22.6% (2000 – 2007) Report (HDR)

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