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PHF QUARTERLY JAN-MAR 2021 PAKISTAN HUMANITARIAN FORUM PHF Quarterly JANUARY-MARCH 2021 About US Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF) Pakistan Humanitarian forum (PHF) envisions a society where all communities have access to Picture by: Concern Worldwide effective assistance and services, through strengthened collaboration PHF was established as an between the government, national independent forum in 2003, to civil society, and the international represent, facilitate and community. support humanitarian PHF is a coordination forum of assistance and long-term more than forty International Non- development programming Governmental Organizations INGOs initiatives of its member working in Pakistan, serving as a INGOs) working in Pakistan. central collection point for relevant PHF is supported by a emerging information - through permanent Secretariat which connections with a broad sector of was established in 2011. the humanitarian community and standing seats at UN and government coordination fora at Visit our website the national and provincial level. PHF Quarterly JANUARY-MARCH 2021 PHF Member Organizations PHF has a membership of 38 International NGOs working to deliver humanitarian assistance and long-term development programming in Pakistan. PHF members work Visit our website for more in areas of health, poverty information about our Members reduction, education, water, sanitation and hygiene, Click here climate change, disaster risk reduction/management, agriculture, food and shelter across Pakistan. CONTENTS 1 2 4 Care Cesvi AKAH International Pakistan 7 12 13 14 Concern Diakonie Handicap HelpAge Pakistan Katastrophenhilfe International 17 19 22 24 HELVETAS HHRD HOPE’87 Human Appeal 26 28 32 39 ICMC IMC IRC Islamic Relief 41 44 47 50 JEN MDM Mercy Corps Muslim Aid 54 60 62 67 Muslim Hands NCA Qatar Charity Relief International 70 73 77 Save the Children SIF WHH PHF Quarterly JANUARY-MARCH 2021 Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) Webinar on Habitat Planning: An Adaptive Climate Change Strategy The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) in collaboration with Institute of Architects (IAP), Karachi Chapter arranged a zoom webinar on Friday, 5 February 2021, titled “Habitat Planning: An adaptive climate change strategy”. Around 9,000 participants including development professionals, members architects of IAP Karachi Chapter, representatives of AKDN agencies and members of voluntary bodies attended the webinar. AKAH’s leadership from Pakistan and the Geneva office briefed the audience about AKAH’s mandate of building safer habitats through developing synergies with leading international and local research institutes in designing tools for habitat planning. AKAHs’ Early Warning System (EWS), installed in Sherqilla, Ghizer District, GB These maps help in identifying current hazards and risks and serve as guidelines for individuals and authorities in building resilient infrastructures at identified safer locations. Climate change impacts underscore the importance of habitat planning in highly vulnerable areas. Yet, it affords a unique opportunity for all the stakeholders to develop out of box solutions. AKAH has been pursuing the goal of safe and For the last twenty years, AKAH has been relying green infrastructure practices to reduce the on Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment carbon footprint, and to provide an enabling (HVRA) tool for habitat planning. It has mapped environment for creation of livelihood around 800 settlements across Pakistan that are opportunities and sustainable development. vulnerable to climate change and disasters. 1 PHF Quarterly JANUARY-MARCH 2021 Care International WADAANA Project, CARE staff examining poultry packages at Tehsil Miranshah and beneficiary HH in Miran Shah Tehsil Mir Ali,KP Under the project WADAANA, Care International Pakistan (CIP) responded in WASH, food security and agriculture. CIP rehabilitated 3 drinking water supply schemes Rehabilitation of in Tehsil Miranshah and Tehsil Mir Ali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Overall, these schemes drinking water supply enabled a total of 36,000 population to get schemes access to clean drinking water at their doorstep. Furthermore, CIP constructed 126 36,000 beneficiaries latrines during the first quarter of 2021, benefitting a total of 1,757 individuals. Moreover, 99 hygiene sessions were also conducted. Additionally, CIP conducted 17 Latrines 126 community mobilization sessions and distributed kitchen gardening kits among 500 women beneficiaries. Community mobilization Beneficiaries 1,757 sessions were also conducted with 300 women that received poultry kits during December 2020. 2 PHF Quarterly JANUARY-MARCH 2021 Strengthening government health system and providing immediate emergency response to curtail outbreak of COVID-19 CIP supported 15 hospitals in four districts of KP CARE Pakistan team and Dr. Yasmin Rashid namely Peshawar, Swat, Abbottabad and during handing over of medical equipment in Mansehra, and one district in Punjab i.e., Govt. Hospitals in Lahore Lahore. CIP provided medical equipment - BiPAP Machines, Cardio-Respiratory Monitors, Nebulizers, suction apparatuses, thermal guns Emergency food security assistance to and pulse oximeters – along with Personal COVID-19 affected population in Protective Equipment (PPEs), hygiene supplies District Pishin, Balochistan for the hospital staff and COVID-19 testing and Emergency food security assistance was PCR amplification kits. Each hospital was also provided to COVID-19 affected population in equipped with 4 handwashing stations with a 6- District Pishin, Balochistan. month supply of liquid handwashing soap. Winterization assistance in Additionally, in each district, LEDs were installed Balochistan and KP in DHQ level hospitals in the waiting areas for information dissemination through audio and To help the vulnerable communities cope with video. As a consortium lead, CIP has also urgent winter needs, 494 households were initiated broadcasting radio messages through provided with winterization kits in District various channels in 15 target districts under the Pishin in Balochistan and District Bannu in project. KP. Each kit comprised of cotton mattress, polyester pillows, polyester quilts, male & 594 COVID-19 affected households in each female shawls, children’s sweaters, free sized district were supported with a package of bath socks (4 pair for kids, 2 for adults), woolen soap and detergent powder in Peshawar, Swat, caps, and gloves for kids and adults. Abbottabad, Mansehra and Lahore districts. 3 PHF Quarterly JANUARY-MARCH 2021 CESVI Pakistan Provision of Personal Protective Equipment Distribution of shelter repair toolkits and (PPEs) Solar light with mobile charging panel by Cesvi, Sindh In order to minimize the exposure of frontline responders including doctors and healthcare staff to COVID-19, Cesvi distributed 2,279 PPE kits to hospitals of Peshawar, including Police & People’s Primary Health Initiative (PPHI)’s health Services Hospital, Naseer Ullah Khan centers in District Umerkot and Mirpurkhas in Babar Memorial Hospital, Lady Reading Sindh. In 20 PPHI Centers, 454 health care staff Hospital, and Khyber Teaching Hospital. In were provided with 545 boxes of surgical masks, addition, Cesvi provided a 3-month supply 137 boxes of safety examination latex gloves, 532 of reagents to six healthcare facilities to boxes of hand gloves, 454 face shields, 45 Prosafe support the uninterrupted operation of the hand sanitizers, 273 shoe covers, 273 head ABG machines in KP. Overall, the provision covers, and 20 thermal guns. of medical equipment benefitted a total of 124,905 individuals. Provision of medical equipment and setting up High Dependency Units (HDUs) Cesvi also ensured training of the medical staff and technicians on the use of the In order to strengthen the capacity of health care provided essential medical equipment. As providers to respond to the COVID-19 health a result of provision of essential medical emergency crisis effectively, Cesvi provided 60 equipment and trainings, Cesvi was able to BiPAP machines, 130 cardiac monitors, 70 set up High Dependency Units (HDUs) in oxygen concentrators and 2 ABG machines in four the target districts. 4 PHF Quarterly JANUARY-MARCH 2021 RCCE 30 messages 04 local languages 219,848 beneficiaries Billboard showing the RCCE awareness campaign as part of Covid response by Cesvi Pakistan Capacity building of frontline and 303,240 soaps in districts Swat, Peshawar, DI multi-disciplinary healthcare Khan and Shangla to support the safe re- responders opening of schools. 141,264 soaps in district Swat, 132,840 soaps in Peshawar, 17,280 Cesvi provided trainings to 36 doctors and 46 soaps in DI Khan and 11,880 soaps in Shangla outreach workers on basics of COVID-19 were distributed. including epidemiology, case management, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Risk Communication and Community waste management to strengthen the capacity Engagement (RCCE) of public health system to effectively respond Cesvi continues to implement a comprehensive to COVID-19 health emergency. RCCE campaign to raise awareness regarding Additionally, Cesvi, under the technical lead the risks of and SOPs for COVID-19 pandemic of International Medical Corps (IMC), is in 14 districts of Balochistan. 4 billboards, 550 providing Psychological First Aid (PFA) steamers, 2500 posters and 150 standees and trainings to multi-disciplinary responders. So 250 cross banners containing 4 key awareness far, PFA trainings have been provided to 30 messages on COVID-19 were displayed in