Movement flood response Fact sheet no. 17 28 March 2011 The following factsheet provides an overview of the assistance provided to flood-affected people up to 17 March by the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) with the support of its Red Cross Red Crescent Movement (Movement) partners. The information presented is based on the reports shared by all partners and is compiled to present the overall achievements according to each sector.

Highlights

As of 17 March: · 2,830,275 people have received food and non-food items through relief distributions. · 219,739 people have been reached with health services and psychosocial support. · 704,803 have benefited from water and sanitation services. · Winterized transitional shelter distribution in KPK, as part of early recovery, reaching 63,021 people. · The Movement continues early recovery interventions. 421,260 people received agricultural assistance material in KPK, Sindh and Balochistan.

Relief · The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has reached 2,454,550 people with food and 1,649,109 people with non-food items, reaching its initial targets.

· In FATA and KPK, the Movement has completed relief distributions. Based on further needs transitioning into recovery, more food distribution is planned for Balochistan, KPK, Gilgit Baltistan, AJK, Punjab and Sindh, with 375,725 people already reached. The following graph gives an overview of people reached so far with food distributions:

Shelter · 358,465 tarpaulins, 25,483 tents and 66,882 shelter kits have been distributed under the non- food items relief distribution. This will cater for emergency shelter needs of the flood-affected people. · The Movement’s winterized shelter distribution is nearly completed in KPK. So far 63021 people have been reached.

Health · The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is providing emergency and basic health services through 8 health teams in flood-affected areas1. A total of 197,902 2people have been reached by in all the flood-affected areas.

Psychosocial support programme (PSP)3 · In total 21,837 people have been reached – these continue receiving ongoing PSP support, especially in Sindh where needs are greatest. · PSP activities include informal education, group sessions on psychosocial education, sports activities, referrals, individual sessions and dealing with the vulnerable.

Water and sanitation4 · Since the start of the operation, 75,236,726 litres of water have been produced. To date, water and sanitation services have benefitted 704,803 people. The table below gives an overview of water and sanitation interventions.

1 There were 33 health teams and 4 diarrhoea treatment centres at the height of the operation. During the reporting period another health team stopped working in KPK, bringing the number of health teams working in field to 8. 2 This includes 3,300 people reached by 4 diarrhea treatment centres in KPK. These updates are as of 21 March 2011. 3 PSP activities sustained for the same target populations. Reporting figures are expected to rise as early recovery identifies further populations in need of PSP. 4 With return movements of flood affected people, most of the Movement’s water and sanitation response has been completed for the relief phase. Services provided Location Achievements People reached Punjab, Sindh, 1,194,000 litres/day 219,950 Water production Baluchistan Water filters KPK 11,500 68,735 Latrines constructed KPK, Sindh 1,402 18,750 Hygiene promotion Sindh 893 sessions 13,163 Water trucking Sindh, Punjab, KPK 60 m3/day 23,000 Hand dug well (HDW) cleaning KPK, FATA 139 24,000 Water purification KPK, Punjab, Sindh 949,516 117,135 tablets/sachet distributed Water supply schemes KPK 35 180,070 rehabilitated Water treatment plant Balochistan 1 5,000 installation Tube wells restored KPK 1 35,000 Total 704,803

Restoring Family Links (RFL)5 · For relatives separated by floods, often displaced, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement set up an emergency phone service to restore family links benefiting 879 families. At least 6,200 people have been served.

Early Recovery · The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has completed seed, fertilizers and tool kits distributions reaching 421260 people in KPK, Sindh and Baluchistan to assist flood affected people whose livelihoods/crops and homes were damaged in the floods. The assistance is meant to help the flood affected people to re-cultivate their agricultural lands for the ongoing Rabi season. · A total of 407,260 people have been assisted with provision of seeds, fertilizers and tool kits in KPK and Balochistan. · A total of 14,000 people have been reached with provision of winter vegetables seeds in Sindh.

For detailed information on the locations of Movement partners, please refer to the Annexe attached. For more information on the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement response to the floods operations please visit:

Pakistan Red Crescent Society: www.prcs.org.pk International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: www.ifrc.org International Committee of Red Cross: www.icrc.org

5 Reporting for RFL service has completed.

ANNEXE

Interventions Where Movement Partners supporting PRCS Relief (food items and non food items) Food items KPK ICRC, IFRC, , Danish Red Cross, , Qatar Red Crescent, , Turkish Red Crescent, Kuwait Red Crescent

Punjab ICRC, IFRC, Swiss Red Cross, Turkish Red Crescent, Kuwait Red Crescent, Iran Red Crescent Society

Sindh ICRC, IFRC, Qatar Red Crescent Society, German Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, Danish Red Cross, Iran Red Crescent Society, Turkish Red Crescent, Swiss Red Cross

Baluchistan ICRC, Canadian Red Cross, Iran Red Crescent Society, Turkish Red Crescent

Gilgit Baltistan Canadian Red Cross, Danish Red Cross, German Red Cross

FATA ICRC, Iran Red Crescent Society

AJK Kuwait Red Crescent Society

Non-food items KPK ICRC, IFRC, Danish Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, Kuwait Red Crescent Society, Qatar Red Crescent, Turkish Red Crescent

Punjab ICRC, Swiss Red Cross, Kuwait Red Crescent Society, Iran Red Crescent Society, Turkish Red Crescent

Sindh ICRC, IFRC, Swiss Red Cross, Iran Red Crescent Society, Turkish Red Crescent

Baluchistan ICRC, PRCS/Canadian Red Cross, Iran Red Crescent Society, Turkish Red Crescent

Gilgit Baltistan Canadian Red Cross,

FATA ICRC, Iran Red Crescent Society

AJK Kuwait Red Crescent Society Health Diarrhoea treatment centres (one has been closed), KPK ICRC, IFRC, Qatar Red Crescent Society, Canadian Red Cross, basic health unit rehabilitated, 9 mobile health units German Red Cross, Swiss Red Cross, Qatar Red Crescent (three have been closed), 7 basic health units, free medicines, health promotion services Mobile health units operating have been closed Punjab IFRC, Malaysian Red Crescent

8xmobile health units, 3xbasic health units, free Sindh IFRC, medicines, health promotion, and 2xBHC ERU

1xmobile health unit, free medicines and health Baluchistan IFRC promotion services mobile health units have been closed now IFRC Gilgit Baltistan PSP Services provided KPK IFRC, Turkish Red Crescent Supporting ERU PSP kits Sindh IFRC, Danish Red Cross Watsan Water filters, hand dug well cleaning, water supply ICRC, IFRC scheme rehabilitation, water trucking, water tap stands KPK installations, latrines constructed, water purification sachets Water produced, water trucking, water purification Punjab IFRC tablets

Water production, water trucking, water tap stands Sindh IFRC, German Red Cross, Qatar Red Crescent installations, water purification sachets, hygiene promotion sessions KPK Qatar Red Crescent Water tap points installations, Two water purification Baluchistan ICRC, Turkish Red Crescent plants Hand dug well cleaning KPK, FATA ICRC RFL Telephone calls KPK ICRC Shelter Tents, shelter kits, Tarpaulins, prefabricated houses KPK, FATA, Punjab ICRC, IFRC, Turkish Red Crescent Society, Kuwait Red Crescent and Baluchistan Society, Danish Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross Tents, shelter kits and tarpaulins, prefabricated Punjab IFRC, ICRC, Iran Red Crescent Society, Turkish Red Crescent houses Society, Kuwait Red Crescent Society Sindh IFRC, Iran Red Crescent Society, Swiss Red Cross, Tents, Tarpaulins, prefabricated houses Baluchistan Iran Red Crescent Society, Turkish Red Crescent Society Gilgit Baltistan Canadian Red Cross Shelter kits FATA ICRC AJK Kuwait Red Crescent Society Winterized shelter kits KPK, Gilgit IFRC, German Red Cross, Baltistan Early recovery Seeds, fertilizers and tool kits KPK, Sindh, ICRC, IFRC, Swiss Red Cross Baluchistan