PRCS (Pakistan Red Crescent Society’s) HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE Operations Update – 17th May 2010

PRCS IDPS OPERATION

Situation Background Pakistan faced an enormous humanitarian crisis in Malakand division (North-West Frontier Province) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) triggered by fierce fighting between Government security forces and militants. This conflict situation resulted in migration of around 2.8 million individuals; majority of whom shifted to the districts Mardan, Malakand, Dir (lower Dir), Nowshera, Peshawar, Charsada and Swabi.

According to OCHA report (16th April 2010), since the start of the voluntary return of displaced people on 13 July 2009, an estimated 1.95 million individuals have returned to the areas of Swat, Buner and Malakand with the majority of the displaced people returning back to the Swat area.

Conflict between the military forces and the militants in Orakzai Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is on-going. So far more than 30,000 families have been registered in Hangu and Kohat districts, where the displaced people are living with host families.

Current IDPs Situation

Source: UN OCHA, NADRA, PaRRSA, UNHCR, PDMA and CAR IDPs Situation - April 2010

Current IDPs 1.3 million individuals

Returnees so far 267,410 Families 1.95 million individuals

11 x Camps 24,875 Families 128,563 individuals

What PRCS is Doing!

PRCS provided Shelter, Health Services, Medicines, RFL, PSP, WATSAN, Food and Non Food Items to the IDPs with support from Movement partners, PNSs and other stakeholders.

PRCS with its Movement Partners has provided the following assistance to the IDPs of Swat, South Waziristan, Buner and FATA: -

Sr. Assistance With Area Beneficiaries Remarks No. Provided Support of Malakand, Swabi, Lower More than in the form of camps, CGI 1 Shelter ICRC, IFRC Dir, Risalpur and Swat 357,000 shelter sheets and toolkits 1 standard Food pack Swat, Hangu, Dir, Buner, consists of: Malakand, Mansehra, Flour (50 kg), Rice (20 kg), Economic Attock, Haripur, Beans (20 kg), Cooking Oil More than ICRC, IFRC, 2 Security Hasnabdal, Batagram, (15 kg), Sugar (10 kg) and 1,797,453 Japan (Food) other areas of Khyber Tea and Salt (1 kg each), Pakhtunkhwa and making a total Food Pack of Baluchistan 117 kg for one month’s usage. Swat, D I Khan, Hangu, PRCS with the help of its Health Khyber Agency, more than Movement Partners also 3 ICRC, CRC Services Malakand, Lower Dir 173,000 (from provide free medicines to May 2009 till date) and Risalpur the IDPs Seeds and Fertilizers. One Economic more than family unit comprises 25 kg 4 Security Lower Dir and Buner ICRC 300,000 Seed (wheat) and 50 Kg (Agriculture) Fertilizer Standard NFI kits consists of Swabi, Malakand, Dir, 1x tent, 2x tarpaulin sheets, Risalpur, Swat, Hangu, Several 7x blankets, 1x kitchen set, Non Food Mansehra, Abbottabad, More than 5 Movement 1x kitchen stove (wood or Items (NFI) Attock, Haripur, 467,607 Partners oil), 1x lamp hurricane, 2x Hasnabdal and jerry cans (20 liters) and 1x Batagram hygiene kit TOTAL BENEFICIARIES of IDPs Operation from More than 3,095,060 May 2009 till date

For detailed report about the PRCS IDPs operation, please refer to Annex A

PRCS Hunza Landslide Operation Update

A massive landslide hit Hunza District on Monday 4th January 2010. This was followed by rolling boulders and rocks, sliding two villages including Atta Abad into the Hunza River. This resulted in blocking Shahra-e-Karakorum (KKH) and the Hunza River. People got displaced and Upper Hunza got cut-off. According to initial reports, over 2,500 people were affected 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 have been killed and infrastructural damage is reported to have affected 260 houses.

Area cut off due to landslide GULMIT & SHISHKAT

Camps at Altit AEENA ABAD

ATTA ABAD Flooded Area

Landslide

Debris blocking the Hunza River created an artificial dam which has reached dangerous height and breakage is expected. Potential overflow/outburst is expected to displace more people. Since access by road is impossible during the last couple of months, the relief goods were being transported through boats.

EXISTING SITUATION OF DAM/LAKE i) Total height of landslide from top to bottom: 418 feet ii) Total water deposit: 340 feet iii) Distance left to reach Spillway (height left) : 25 feet iv) Daily water rise in the lake per day : 2.7 feet v) Expected date of overflow: 25-28 May 2010

SITUATION OF IDPS CAMP SHISHKAT VILLAGE (UPPER STREAM) Due to this alarming situation, Govt. High school at Shishkat has turned into an IDP camp by the local authorities. The position of IDPs in this camp as reported by PRCS Disaster Management (DM) Cell Hunza is shown below:

Name of village # of Families Population Shishkat Village 113 1,190 Camp Gulmit Village 14 98 Camp Total 127 1,288

SITUATION OF OLD IDPS CAMP AT ALTIT HUNZA (DOWN STREAM) The position is same as before. 141 families of Attabad, Salmanabad and Sarat are residing in the 4 x camps setup by the local Government in school/colleges of Altit. PRCS has distributed Food items to these families as well as to some IDP families residing with host families in Altit. PRCS health teams also provided health services to these in-camp IDPs.

EXPECTED EVACUATION OF POPULATION The vulnerable population to be evacuated after 15th May 2010 is estimated to be around 10,000 individuals. There are less chances of sudden outburst of the lake yet after overflow through spill-way, flooding may happen because the debris comprise of boulders, sand and soil etc. Therefore, the population living at river-banks is likely to suffer for which the contingency plans have been prepared. However, the evacuation of population is taking place from 15-20 May 2010.

As per decision taken in the meeting on 30th April held in the office of Deputy Commissioner/ Chairman PRCS District Committee, PRCS Gilgit-Baltistan Branch has been assigned the responsibility of 195 households, having a population of 1,538 of village Chilmisdass. The breakdown of these households is as follows:

Sr. No. Gender-wise breakdown 1 Males 600 2 Females 705 3 Children 233 Total Polulation 1,538 (195 families)

PRCS RESPONSE

So far PRCS with support of IFRC has carried out Hunza Operation worth more than PKR. 27 million

To cater for this situation PRCS GB branch has Disaster Management team, Medical team and a team of trained volunteers ready to be deployed immediately. PRCS NHQ is also on standby with their Response team for facilitating as per need.

Shelter PRCS GB Branch has erected 100 tents in Chilmisdass and another 100 are in the process of being erected today. By tomorrow, the PRCS Chilmisdass camp shall be ready to accommodate the designated 195 families.

Health PRCS health teams are already present on site and are ready to aid the IDPs as they come in the new camp. Apart from this the team has already provided health services to the in-camp IDPs at Altit.

Medicines for 2,000 individuals for 3 months period have been packed and are ready to be deployed from PRCS NHQ.

WATSAN PRCS Incharge WATSAN is dispatching the required material for WATSAN facilities and shall move to the camp to monitor the camp facilities.

PSP PRCS PSP Coordinator is assessing the PSP needs and already trained PSP volunteers on-site at Hunza are being mobilized to cater for these psychosocial needs of the IDP families. A complete PSP plan is being formulated.

PSP team had already worked in camps at Altit and conducted training and orientation sessions there in Hunza.

Coordination PRCS is in close coordination with the local government and district authorities as well as all the other key stakeholders for smooth running of the Hunza operation and to accommodate and facilitate the expected IDP families.

ERUs (Emergency Response Units) from PRCS comprising of PRCS employees & trained volunteers for Search & Rescue, relief operations and first aid/ medical facilities are being deputed & put on high alert throughout this period. One ambulance at BHU Gilgit and three vehicles-one single cabin and two double cabins would be made available during relief operations.

So far PRCS has carried out the distributions and provided services, details of which are as follows: -

Beneficiary Phase Area of Operation Individuals Assistance Provided Families Food packs NFI Phase 2,024 Medicines Altit 4 x camps 253 families 1 individuals Health and PSP services RFL services Aainabad and Using Food Items Phase 640 Shishkat helicopters 80 families Tents (40) 2 individuals (Upper Hunza) and boats Health services Food packs Phase 987 NFIs (washing powder, Altit 4 x camps 141 families 3 individuals soap and hygiene napkins) Total No. of HUNZA Landslide 3,318 474 families Beneficiaries individuals

FOOD ITEMS – A CRITICAL NEED PRCS along with the Government is making its utmost efforts to facilitate the population of upper stream Hunza with food supply and health care. For this purpose Government helicopters are operating regularly and boats have been provided in the lake for transportation of daily necessities of life to the population of 25,000 scattered in various villages of upper Hunza. The position of food supply to the IDPs is becoming critical day by day. Keeping the need in mind, PRCS NHQ (with support of IFRC) dispatched 200 Food packs to Hunza on 27th April 2010, which were distributed to in-camp Hunza IDPs in Altit. But with the new expected displacements, the need for food and non food items is still critical.

ANNEX-A: PRCS (Pakistan Red Crescent Society’s) IDPs Operation

PRCS Swat Operation Highlights

FOOD Following are the PRCS-ICRC food Distribution details till 23rd April 2010. Distribution has been temporarily stopped for stocking and preparation of food packages. Sr. Food Packs With Programs No. Distributed Support of PRCS-ICRC 1 60,120 ICRC Phase 1 (Aug 2009 till Dec 2009) PRCS-ICRC 1000 x food 2 17,952 ICRC Phase 2 (March 2010 till date) packs distributed Japanese 3 PRCS-Japan* 600 on 23rd April Phase 1 (March 2010) Embassy Total Food packs Distributed 78,672

WINTERIZED CGI SHEETS (WCS) For helping the Swat IDP families through the rehabilitation process and especially during the tough winter season, PRCS with support of IFRC started providing them with WCS and shelter toolkits.

The plan was to assist 3000 affected families in the snowbound areas of Swat and the th distribution has been completed on 24 April 2010.

HEALTH Currently PRCS is running 5 x Mobile Health Units (MHU) and 1 x Basic Health Unit (BHU) for assisting the IDP families and communities in Swat. Out-of-Camp Health Beneficiaries BHU Swat 32,539 5 x MHUs Swat 54,652 Total 87,191

NOTE: The thick underlined text all through the document reflects new developments and situation updates.

*For details about PRCS Collaborations, please see the end of report PRCS Hangu Operation Highlights

Conflict situation in Upper Orakzai resulted in a new influx of IDPs in Hangu.

REGISTRATION PRCS Hangu Branch (with support of ICRC and in coordination with Local Authorities) is carrying out the registration of the IDPs residing in Hangu.

S. No. Phase Registered Families Individuals 1 Phase 1 Displacement 10,715 75,005 2 Phase 2 Displacement 11,550 80,850 Total 22,265 155,855

NFI DISTRIBUTION In Hangu, PRCS has distributed Non Food Items (NFIs) Kits to the registered IDPs. Their details is as follows: Sr. No. Date No. of NFI Kits Distributed No. of Individuals 1 March and April 2010 13,372 93,639 2 May 2010 (till date) 1,429 10,003 Total 14,801 103,642

The NFI Items distributed are: Hygiene kits and restricted cloth kits. Blankets Kitchen Sets Tarpaulin Sheets Water Buckets Jerry Cans

FOOD The first phase of Food Distribution by PRCS-ICRC to the registered IDP Families is complete and second phase is in progress.

S. No. Phase Food Packs Distributed Individuals 1,441 x food 1 Phase 1 17,760 63,777 packs distributed 2 Phase 2 So far 5,586 39,102 so far in May 2010 Total 23,346 102,879 HEALTH PRCS-ICRC is providing Health services in District Head Quarters Hospital Hangu and Tehsil Head Quarters Hospital Thul (Hangu). The IDPs are being provided with free medicines and First Aid. PRCS-ICRC medical teams are also looking into making BHUs in Hangu functional. So far 109 cartons of medicines have been delivered to Hangu.

What PRCS is Doing!

PRCS provided Shelter, Health Services, Medicines, RFL, PSP, WATSAN, Food and Non Food Items to the IDPs with support from Movement partners, PNSs and other stakeholders.

Shelter (Malakand, Lower Dir and Risalpur)

The PRCS with support of ICRC had established 9 x IDP Camps (including 3 x previous camps) at different locations accommodating over 6,500 families of Swat and Buner

Maximum Capacity at Camps (May 2009 – July 2009) Individuals 1 RangMala - Malakand 8,950 2 Pillai Adda - Malakand Used as transit 3 Pitao(Dargai) – Malakand 3,000 4 Swabi-1 12,776 5 Swabi-2 7,386 6 Govt. Girls College – Dir1 3,772 7 Commerce College – Dir 2 2,857 8 Polytechnic College – Dir 3 1,996 9 Benazir Camp – Risalpur 2,550 Total (individuals) 43,287

The voluntary returning of IDPs back to Swat resulted in closure of camps all over and today 6 camps of PRCS-ICRC have closed down. But the renewed conflicts in Buner and FATA agencies resulted in more displacements. To cater for these displacements, PRCS with support of ICRC is still operating 4 camps (2 previous and 2 newly established). These PRCS-ICRC camps host about 1,400 families.

Present Situation at Camps (April 2010) Individuals 1 Pitao (Dargai) – Malakand 1,811 Shah Sawar (previously known as 2 1,773 Benazir Camp) – Risalpur 3 Sadbar Kalay – Dir 4 (new) 901 4 Khunji Shah – Dir 5 (new) 3,482 Total (individuals) 7,967

PRCS-IFRC has distributed CGI sheets and Shelter toolkits (under Winter Shelter Program) to 3,000 families of snowbound areas of SWAT.

Health Services (Swat, D I Khan, Hangu, Khyber Agency, Malakand, Lower Dir and Risalpur) For IDPs living in camp PRCS has provided Health services to the following: -

In-Camp Health Beneficiaries Pitao (Dargai) 24,142 Shah Sawar 27,279 Sadbar Kalay 7,942 Khungi Shah 13,332 Total 72,695

For IDPs living out of camp PRCS has provided Health services to the following: -

Out-of-Camp Health Beneficiaries BHU Swat 32,539 5 x MHUs Swat 54,652 BHU Khyber Agency 5,668 MHU DI Khan 8,558 Total 101,417

In the third phase of IDPs Operation starting from May 2009, more than 173,000 beneficiaries (including in-camp, out of camp and residents) have been treated by PRCS health teams.

Food (Swat, Hangu, Dir, Buner, Malakand, Mansehra, Attock, Haripur, Hasnabdal, Batagram, other areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan)

The food package is a standard package consisting of Flour (50 kg), Rice (20 kg), Beans (20 kg), Cooking Oil (15 kg), Sugar (10 kg) and Tea and Salt (1 kg each) making a total Food Pack of 117 kg for one month’s usage. PRCS is providing food to all the in-camp IDPs with support of ICRC.

Out-of-Camp Food Distribution Details

Apart from in-camp, PRCS is also providing Food Items (FIs) to: Sr. Date Area(s) of Distribution Food Packs Remarks No. Distributed 1 From May till Malakund, Dargai, Dir, Buner, 163,578 With ICRC Dec 2009 Khyber, Swabi, Bajaur and Swat 2 Mansehra, Attock, Haripur, 4000 With IFRC Hasnabdal and Batagram 3 Balochistan 3,282 With ICRC 4 January 2010 Swat 651 With Japanese to May 2010 Embassy (for three till date months) 5 Swat 17,952 With ICRC 6 Hangu 23,346 With ICRC 7 Khyber 155 With ICRC 8 Lower Dir 23,133 With ICRC 9 Buner 19,705 With ICRC 10 Other Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 458 With ICRC Areas 11 Balochistan 519 With ICRC

Total FI Distribution (from March 2009 till date) 256,779 (1,797,453 individuals)

Agriculture (Economic Recovery) PRCS-ICRC has distributed seeds and fertilizer to 29,444 families in Buner 16,124 families in Lower Dir Altogether, about 45,568 families (more than 300,000 people) have benefited from the scheme. (One family unit comprises 25 kg Seed (wheat) and 50 Kg Fertilizer).

NFI and other Services • Complete NFI packages have been provided to all in-camp IDPs by the PRCS. Apart from that PRCS-IFRC distributed NFI packs to around 15,000 out of camp IDP families of Mansehra, Attock, Batagram and Hasnabdal. • PRCS provided PSP and RFL Services to all in-camp IDPs. These teams successfully carried out community based activities, restored broken links between families and also ran successful vocational training centres.

PRCS COLLABORATIONS

PRCS-JAPAN PRCS in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy in Pakistan is distributing food packs to 600 IDP families of Swat for 3 months. This operation is worth PKR 15.7 million. The exercise will run through four different of locations i.e. Kanju, Migora, Bandai and Malakand in Swat district. The ration shall be standard 117 kg package per family. Identified families will receive 3 supplies of packages each month for 3 months. The distributions shall take place at the key place of the said locations.

PRCS staff and volunteers have successfully completed the first round of food packs distribution in March 2010. The distribution was checked and monitored by the special PRCS project task committee.

The food rations for the second round have already been transferred to Swat. Out of these, 51 food packages have been distributed among 51 widows of Malakand on 16th May 2010.

PRCS-Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

PRCS is collaborating with IDB for the provision of school bags, notebooks, stationery, lunchboxes and uniform to 10,000 primary school children of poor families in Malakand division. The operation is worth US $ 200,000. The target areas are Swat (Kanju, Migora, Kamber), Dir (Tamer Gara) and Buner (Pir Baba).

IDB representative shall arrive in Pakistan on 13th May 2010 to oversee the process and the distribution process has started from 15th May 2010 and shall end on 21st May 2010. The special PRCS project task force will also be part of the initial monitoring and supervision.

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