region: Middle East -> South Asia

cat_notes: -> Another website at: http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/about/emergency-presskit-pakistan?Open&lpos=lft_txt_Pakistan-Floods

notes: From the InterAction Site - 2010 Pakistan Flood Response: World Vision has begun distributing food and water to flood survivors, and plans to provide medical assistance, shelter, hygiene kits and other basic relief items as soon as possible. World Vision has worked in Pakistan since 1992, and has more than 150 staff. ------------------------------------------ From Relief Web: World Vision to help 150,000 people affected by floods in Pakistan Source: World Vision Date: 08 Aug 2010 By Dwayne Mamo, MEER Communications (8 August 2010) World Vision continues to help thousands in the northern Pakistan Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province (KPK) and plans to help at least 150,000 people (20,000 families), including people living in Punjab and Sindh provinces to the east and south, as the flood waters and rain that continue to ravage the north move southward. "This disaster is worse than the earthquake in 2005 because after the earthquake, people could recover things like jewelry, mattresses and utensils, while this flood swept away everything they had," said Shaharyar Bangash, World Vision's programme manager in Pakistan. "Because of this, recovering from the flood will take much longer." According to various estimates, between four and fifteen million people will be affected by these floods and need a variety of help, including food, water, shelter, basic cooking and hygiene items, health services, community rehabilitation, and psychological/social support. "Fruit and vegetable crops have been lost, houses have been damaged or destroyed, and fresh water sources have been contaminated. Houses that are still standing are badly damaged and filled with mud and sand. Women especially need support. We also expect that farmers will need expert help over the coming months if the agriculture sector – a key economic driver in the region – is to recover," Bangash said. Over the next three months, World Vision has immediate plans to help in four of the worst-affected districts; Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, and Lower Dir in KPK, where it already works and has strong ties with the community. The organisation also plans to expand its operations into Punjab and Sindh as the continuing rains threaten those who live there. World Vision has already delivered food and water to more than 14,000 people living in school buildings and on what's left of the main roads in Charsadda and Nowshera. The organisation has also opened additional emergency health clinics in Lower Dir and so far has treated over 100 people who are suffering from water-borne diseases and other illnesses related to the floods. As flood waters recede and more communities become accessible, World Vision plans to distribute water purification packets and hygiene kits to 150,000 people, tents to 22,500, cooking items to 75,000, and food to at least 37,500. The organisation also aims to provide cash-for-work activities to 1,000 people, open seven health posts, set up 20 child-friendly spaces and 20 women-friendly spaces to provide a safe and comfortable environment for children and women to interact with peers and receive support. World Vision continues to work closely and in partnership with the United Nations and other non-governmental organisations through the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum to ensure that effective, efficient, and timely assistance is given to the children, women, and men affected by the floods. ------------------------------------------ FROM THE SITE - PAKISTAN 2010 FLOOD RESPONSE: Pakistan: Response continues; clinic opened in Lower Dir 4 Aug 2010 By World Vision staff With evidence of waterborne disease on the rise, World Vision today opened an emergency primary health clinic in Lower Dir, an area of Pakistan severely hit by monsoons and floods. The clinic has already received an influx of patients from the area, including many who lost their homes. World Vision is worried that waterborne diseases such as diarrhea and cholera will spread among the homeless. Increasing numbers of children are already reported to be suffering from skin diseases and eye infections. Dr. Sheraz Iqbal said: “People are showing up at the clinic parched and hungry. They’ve walked through rain and mud with clothing caked to their bodies, carrying their children for hours. They’re suffering from ailments such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infections, which can become life-threatening unless treated. The situation is desperate.” Lower Dir is a conflict-affected area where even prior to the floods, existing health clinics were damaged, medical supplies looted and health staff were driven away. Crowded conditions, overstretched caregivers, poor sanitation, lack of clean water and inadequate nutrition contribute to high levels of mortality in young children. World Vision’s permanent emergency health clinic in Lower Dir has been established at the request of local authorities and the World Health Organization. Though intended for use in the aid agency's long-term programmes for internally displaced people, the opening of the clinic has proven timely given the current disaster. It is staffed with two doctors, a pharmacist and a female health worker responsible specifically for women. World Vision will also support six additional health clinics in Lower Dir, where it also plans to establish “women-friendly spaces” that will provide psychosocial and educational support to women in the conflict-affect areas. Women will be encouraged to visit and discuss maternal, child health and psychological issues with their peers through the facilitation of a trained health worker. --------------------------------- FROM THE INTERACTION SITE - 2010 ARMED CONFLICT RESPONSE: World Vision is distributing health kits, mattresses and essential household items in Buner and hopes to raise $13 million to address the urgent needs of more than 200,000 people in Buner, Swabi and Mardan in northwest Pakistan. -> From the InterAction Site - 2010 Pakistan Flood Response: World Vision has begun distributing food and water to flood survivors, and plans to provide medical assistance, shelter, hygiene kits and other basic relief items as soon as possible. World Vision has worked in Pakistan since 1992, and has more than 150 staff. ------------------------------------------ FROM RELIEF WEB: Pakistan: Flood relief efforts scale up as Ramadan begins Source: World Vision Date: 12 Aug 2010 by World Vision MEER Comms As the scale of the crisis in Pakistan continues to grow, World Vision is stepping up efforts to meet the needs of families affected by the flood and who now face a month of fasting during Ramadan*. On Wednesday World Vision began distributing shelter kits, cooking implements and gas cylinders to 100 families in Pashtun Garhi in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province (KPK). Distributions of floor mats, bedding and food kits containing flour, sugar, rice, beans, tea, dates and oil to families in Charsada, Nowshera and Peshawar will start within a week. World Vision has also opened two new health facilities, including a clinic in Koto and a sub-centre in Khazana, both in Lower Dir. To date more than 1,100 patients have been treated for acute respiratory infections, skin infections and diarrhea at the five health facilities World Vision has opened in Lower Dir over the last two weeks. However, continued bad weather continues to hamper the response. "The communication network is a big problem for us .... we cannot access field teams when they are in the field during rains," said Dr. Khaleed Rasheed, the Area Manager for Lower Dir. "Delivery of medicine is yet another big challenge we face in the wake of the damaged Khazana Bypass Bridge." The continued rains and fresh floods are creating a miserable start to Ramadan; the Islamic month of fasting, which begins Thursday. Although devastated and hungry, not observing the Ramadan fast is unimaginable for most people, especially in the KPK, which has been the hardest hit by floods. Pakistan's deadly floods have now affected more than 14 million people in six areas of Pakistan: Baluchistan, Gilgit Baltistan, KPK, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Punjab and Sindh, according to figures released by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). An estimated six million people need food, according to OCHA. Approximately 722,500 homes have been destroyed, 1.4m acres (557,000 hectares) of crop lands have been flooded and more than 10,000 cows have died, according to figures released by Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority. Most of those affected by the flood have lost houses, belongings, crops and livestock, and are surviving on outside relief and occasional handouts while living in the open. Floodwaters continue to wreak havoc across Pakistan, devastating entire villages and damaging crops and livestock, as they now make their way into the southern province of Sindh. ------------------------------------------ From Relief Web: World Vision to help 150,000 people affected by floods in Pakistan Source: World Vision Date: 08 Aug 2010 By Dwayne Mamo, MEER Communications (8 August 2010) World Vision continues to help thousands in the northern Pakistan Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province (KPK) and plans to help at least 150,000 people (20,000 families), including people living in Punjab and Sindh provinces to the east and south, as the flood waters and rain that continue to ravage the north move southward. "This disaster is worse than the earthquake in 2005 because after the earthquake, people could recover things like jewelry, mattresses and utensils, while this flood swept away everything they had," said Shaharyar Bangash, World Vision's programme manager in Pakistan. "Because of this, recovering from the flood will take much longer." According to various estimates, between four and fifteen million people will be affected by these floods and need a variety of help, including food, water, shelter, basic cooking and hygiene items, health services, community rehabilitation, and psychological/social support. "Fruit and vegetable crops have been lost, houses have been damaged or destroyed, and fresh water sources have been contaminated. Houses that are still standing are badly damaged and filled with mud and sand. Women especially need support. We also expect that farmers will need expert help over the coming months if the agriculture sector – a key economic driver in the region – is to recover," Bangash said. Over the next three months, World Vision has immediate plans to help in four of the worst-affected districts; Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, and Lower Dir in KPK, where it already works and has strong ties with the community. The organisation also plans to expand its operations into Punjab and Sindh as the continuing rains threaten those who live there. World Vision has already delivered food and water to more than 14,000 people living in school buildings and on what's left of the main roads in Charsadda and Nowshera. The organisation has also opened additional emergency health clinics in Lower Dir and so far has treated over 100 people who are suffering from water-borne diseases and other illnesses related to the floods. As flood waters recede and more communities become accessible, World Vision plans to distribute water purification packets and hygiene kits to 150,000 people, tents to 22,500, cooking items to 75,000, and food to at least 37,500. The organisation also aims to provide cash-for-work activities to 1,000 people, open seven health posts, set up 20 child-friendly spaces and 20 women-friendly spaces to provide a safe and comfortable environment for children and women to interact with peers and receive support. World Vision continues to work closely and in partnership with the United Nations and other non-governmental organisations through the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum to ensure that effective, efficient, and timely assistance is given to the children, women, and men affected by the floods. ------------------------------------------ FROM THE SITE - PAKISTAN 2010 FLOOD RESPONSE: Pakistan: Response continues; clinic opened in Lower Dir 4 Aug 2010 By World Vision staff With evidence of waterborne disease on the rise, World Vision today opened an emergency primary health clinic in Lower Dir, an area of Pakistan severely hit by monsoons and floods. The clinic has already received an influx of patients from the area, including many who lost their homes. World Vision is worried that waterborne diseases such as diarrhea and cholera will spread among the homeless. Increasing numbers of children are already reported to be suffering from skin diseases and eye infections. Dr. Sheraz Iqbal said: “People are showing up at the clinic parched and hungry. They’ve walked through rain and mud with clothing caked to their bodies, carrying their children for hours. They’re suffering from ailments such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infections, which can become life-threatening unless treated. The situation is desperate.” Lower Dir is a conflict-affected area where even prior to the floods, existing health clinics were damaged, medical supplies looted and health staff were driven away. Crowded conditions, overstretched caregivers, poor sanitation, lack of clean water and inadequate nutrition contribute to high levels of mortality in young children. World Vision’s permanent emergency health clinic in Lower Dir has been established at the request of local authorities and the World Health Organization. Though intended for use in the aid agency's long-term programmes for internally displaced people, the opening of the clinic has proven timely given the current disaster. It is staffed with two doctors, a pharmacist and a female health worker responsible specifically for women. World Vision will also support six additional health clinics in Lower Dir, where it also plans to establish “women-friendly spaces” that will provide psychosocial and educational support to women in the conflict-affect areas. Women will be encouraged to visit and discuss maternal, child health and psychological issues with their peers through the facilitation of a trained health worker. --------------------------------- FROM THE INTERACTION SITE - 2010 ARMED CONFLICT RESPONSE: World Vision is distributing health kits, mattresses and essential household items in Buner and hopes to raise $13 million to address the urgent needs of more than 200,000 people in Buner, Swabi and Mardan in northwest Pakistan.
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notes: From the InterAction Site - 2010 Pakistan Flood Response: World Vision has begun distributing food and water to flood survivors, and plans to provide medical assistance, shelter, hygiene kits and other basic relief items as soon as possible. World Vision has worked in Pakistan since 1992, and has more than 150 staff. ------------------------------------------ FROM THE SITE - PAKISTAN 2010 FLOOD RESPONSE: Pakistan: Response continues; clinic opened in Lower Dir 4 Aug 2010 By World Vision staff With evidence of waterborne disease on the rise, World Vision today opened an emergency primary health clinic in Lower Dir, an area of Pakistan severely hit by monsoons and floods. The clinic has already received an influx of patients from the area, including many who lost their homes. World Vision is worried that waterborne diseases such as diarrhea and cholera will spread among the homeless. Increasing numbers of children are already reported to be suffering from skin diseases and eye infections. Dr. Sheraz Iqbal said: “People are showing up at the clinic parched and hungry. They’ve walked through rain and mud with clothing caked to their bodies, carrying their children for hours. They’re suffering from ailments such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infections, which can become life-threatening unless treated. The situation is desperate.” Lower Dir is a conflict-affected area where even prior to the floods, existing health clinics were damaged, medical supplies looted and health staff were driven away. Crowded conditions, overstretched caregivers, poor sanitation, lack of clean water and inadequate nutrition contribute to high levels of mortality in young children. World Vision’s permanent emergency health clinic in Lower Dir has been established at the request of local authorities and the World Health Organization. Though intended for use in the aid agency's long-term programmes for internally displaced people, the opening of the clinic has proven timely given the current disaster. It is staffed with two doctors, a pharmacist and a female health worker responsible specifically for women. World Vision will also support six additional health clinics in Lower Dir, where it also plans to establish “women-friendly spaces” that will provide psychosocial and educational support to women in the conflict-affect areas. Women will be encouraged to visit and discuss maternal, child health and psychological issues with their peers through the facilitation of a trained health worker. --------------------------------- FROM THE INTERACTION SITE - 2010 ARMED CONFLICT RESPONSE: World Vision is distributing health kits, mattresses and essential household items in Buner and hopes to raise $13 million to address the urgent needs of more than 200,000 people in Buner, Swabi and Mardan in northwest Pakistan. -> From the InterAction Site - 2010 Pakistan Flood Response: World Vision has begun distributing food and water to flood survivors, and plans to provide medical assistance, shelter, hygiene kits and other basic relief items as soon as possible. World Vision has worked in Pakistan since 1992, and has more than 150 staff. ------------------------------------------ From Relief Web: World Vision to help 150,000 people affected by floods in Pakistan Source: World Vision Date: 08 Aug 2010 By Dwayne Mamo, MEER Communications (8 August 2010) World Vision continues to help thousands in the northern Pakistan Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province (KPK) and plans to help at least 150,000 people (20,000 families), including people living in Punjab and Sindh provinces to the east and south, as the flood waters and rain that continue to ravage the north move southward. "This disaster is worse than the earthquake in 2005 because after the earthquake, people could recover things like jewelry, mattresses and utensils, while this flood swept away everything they had," said Shaharyar Bangash, World Vision's programme manager in Pakistan. "Because of this, recovering from the flood will take much longer." According to various estimates, between four and fifteen million people will be affected by these floods and need a variety of help, including food, water, shelter, basic cooking and hygiene items, health services, community rehabilitation, and psychological/social support. "Fruit and vegetable crops have been lost, houses have been damaged or destroyed, and fresh water sources have been contaminated. Houses that are still standing are badly damaged and filled with mud and sand. Women especially need support. We also expect that farmers will need expert help over the coming months if the agriculture sector – a key economic driver in the region – is to recover," Bangash said. Over the next three months, World Vision has immediate plans to help in four of the worst-affected districts; Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, and Lower Dir in KPK, where it already works and has strong ties with the community. The organisation also plans to expand its operations into Punjab and Sindh as the continuing rains threaten those who live there. World Vision has already delivered food and water to more than 14,000 people living in school buildings and on what's left of the main roads in Charsadda and Nowshera. The organisation has also opened additional emergency health clinics in Lower Dir and so far has treated over 100 people who are suffering from water-borne diseases and other illnesses related to the floods. As flood waters recede and more communities become accessible, World Vision plans to distribute water purification packets and hygiene kits to 150,000 people, tents to 22,500, cooking items to 75,000, and food to at least 37,500. The organisation also aims to provide cash-for-work activities to 1,000 people, open seven health posts, set up 20 child-friendly spaces and 20 women-friendly spaces to provide a safe and comfortable environment for children and women to interact with peers and receive support. World Vision continues to work closely and in partnership with the United Nations and other non-governmental organisations through the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum to ensure that effective, efficient, and timely assistance is given to the children, women, and men affected by the floods. ------------------------------------------ FROM THE SITE - PAKISTAN 2010 FLOOD RESPONSE: Pakistan: Response continues; clinic opened in Lower Dir 4 Aug 2010 By World Vision staff With evidence of waterborne disease on the rise, World Vision today opened an emergency primary health clinic in Lower Dir, an area of Pakistan severely hit by monsoons and floods. The clinic has already received an influx of patients from the area, including many who lost their homes. World Vision is worried that waterborne diseases such as diarrhea and cholera will spread among the homeless. Increasing numbers of children are already reported to be suffering from skin diseases and eye infections. Dr. Sheraz Iqbal said: “People are showing up at the clinic parched and hungry. They’ve walked through rain and mud with clothing caked to their bodies, carrying their children for hours. They’re suffering from ailments such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infections, which can become life-threatening unless treated. The situation is desperate.” Lower Dir is a conflict-affected area where even prior to the floods, existing health clinics were damaged, medical supplies looted and health staff were driven away. Crowded conditions, overstretched caregivers, poor sanitation, lack of clean water and inadequate nutrition contribute to high levels of mortality in young children. World Vision’s permanent emergency health clinic in Lower Dir has been established at the request of local authorities and the World Health Organization. Though intended for use in the aid agency's long-term programmes for internally displaced people, the opening of the clinic has proven timely given the current disaster. It is staffed with two doctors, a pharmacist and a female health worker responsible specifically for women. World Vision will also support six additional health clinics in Lower Dir, where it also plans to establish “women-friendly spaces” that will provide psychosocial and educational support to women in the conflict-affect areas. Women will be encouraged to visit and discuss maternal, child health and psychological issues with their peers through the facilitation of a trained health worker. --------------------------------- FROM THE INTERACTION SITE - 2010 ARMED CONFLICT RESPONSE: World Vision is distributing health kits, mattresses and essential household items in Buner and hopes to raise $13 million to address the urgent needs of more than 200,000 people in Buner, Swabi and Mardan in northwest Pakistan.

notes: FROM THE SITE: Pakistan: Response continues; clinic opened in Lower Dir 4 Aug 2010 By World Vision staff With evidence of waterborne disease on the rise, World Vision today opened an emergency primary health clinic in Lower Dir, an area of Pakistan severely hit by monsoons and floods. The clinic has already received an influx of patients from the area, including many who lost their homes. World Vision is worried that waterborne diseases such as diarrhea and cholera will spread among the homeless. Increasing numbers of children are already reported to be suffering from skin diseases and eye infections. Dr. Sheraz Iqbal said: “People are showing up at the clinic parched and hungry. They’ve walked through rain and mud with clothing caked to their bodies, carrying their children for hours. They’re suffering from ailments such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infections, which can become life-threatening unless treated. The situation is desperate.” Lower Dir is a conflict-affected area where even prior to the floods, existing health clinics were damaged, medical supplies looted and health staff were driven away. Crowded conditions, overstretched caregivers, poor sanitation, lack of clean water and inadequate nutrition contribute to high levels of mortality in young children. World Vision’s permanent emergency health clinic in Lower Dir has been established at the request of local authorities and the World Health Organization. Though intended for use in the aid agency's long-term programmes for internally displaced people, the opening of the clinic has proven timely given the current disaster. It is staffed with two doctors, a pharmacist and a female health worker responsible specifically for women. World Vision will also support six additional health clinics in Lower Dir, where it also plans to establish “women-friendly spaces” that will provide psychosocial and educational support to women in the conflict-affect areas. Women will be encouraged to visit and discuss maternal, child health and psychological issues with their peers through the facilitation of a trained health worker. --------------------------------- FROM THE INTERACTION SITE: World Vision is distributing health kits, mattresses and essential household items in Buner and hopes to raise $13 million to address the urgent needs of more than 200,000 people in Buner, Swabi and Mardan in northwest Pakistan. -> From the InterAction Site - 2010 Pakistan Flood Response: World Vision has begun distributing food and water to flood survivors, and plans to provide medical assistance, shelter, hygiene kits and other basic relief items as soon as possible. World Vision has worked in Pakistan since 1992, and has more than 150 staff. ------------------------------------------ FROM THE SITE - PAKISTAN 2010 FLOOD RESPONSE: Pakistan: Response continues; clinic opened in Lower Dir 4 Aug 2010 By World Vision staff With evidence of waterborne disease on the rise, World Vision today opened an emergency primary health clinic in Lower Dir, an area of Pakistan severely hit by monsoons and floods. The clinic has already received an influx of patients from the area, including many who lost their homes. World Vision is worried that waterborne diseases such as diarrhea and cholera will spread among the homeless. Increasing numbers of children are already reported to be suffering from skin diseases and eye infections. Dr. Sheraz Iqbal said: “People are showing up at the clinic parched and hungry. They’ve walked through rain and mud with clothing caked to their bodies, carrying their children for hours. They’re suffering from ailments such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infections, which can become life-threatening unless treated. The situation is desperate.” Lower Dir is a conflict-affected area where even prior to the floods, existing health clinics were damaged, medical supplies looted and health staff were driven away. Crowded conditions, overstretched caregivers, poor sanitation, lack of clean water and inadequate nutrition contribute to high levels of mortality in young children. World Vision’s permanent emergency health clinic in Lower Dir has been established at the request of local authorities and the World Health Organization. Though intended for use in the aid agency's long-term programmes for internally displaced people, the opening of the clinic has proven timely given the current disaster. It is staffed with two doctors, a pharmacist and a female health worker responsible specifically for women. World Vision will also support six additional health clinics in Lower Dir, where it also plans to establish “women-friendly spaces” that will provide psychosocial and educational support to women in the conflict-affect areas. Women will be encouraged to visit and discuss maternal, child health and psychological issues with their peers through the facilitation of a trained health worker. --------------------------------- FROM THE INTERACTION SITE - 2010 ARMED CONFLICT RESPONSE: World Vision is distributing health kits, mattresses and essential household items in Buner and hopes to raise $13 million to address the urgent needs of more than 200,000 people in Buner, Swabi and Mardan in northwest Pakistan.

organization: -> Faith-Based Disaster Relief/Medical/Development

name: World Vision - 2010 Pakistan Arned Conflict -> World Vision - 2010 Pakistan Floods / Armed Conflict
mission: World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the kingdom of God. -> World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the kingdom of God.

parish: -> Various - See Area Served
town: -> Various - See Area Served
areas_served: -> Lower Dir, and Buner, Swabi, Mardan in NorthWest Pakistan
mission: World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the kingdom of God. -> World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the kingdom of God.