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region: Middle East -> South Asia

notes: InterAction site: IRD is sending shipments of emergency relief supplies such as quilts to Pakistan. Our team is currently doing an assessment, focusing on support to IDPs in hosted households and collection centers, specifically providing shelter and water supply support. --------------------------------- From the site - Pakistan Armed Conflict: In the first half of 2009, well over 1 million people fled their homes in northern Pakistan, pushed out by fighting between Taliban forces and the Pakistani military. While many of these people were able to find shelter with friends or family, or in formal camps for displaced people, some are staying in spontaneous settlements outside camps. These places have little or no water and sanitation, making the risk of disease high. Through a four-month emergency program, IRD is providing sanitation facilities and water and medical supplies, as well as organizing hygiene committees. An estimated 30,000 people in the North West Frontier Province will benefit from this program funded by USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. Water and Sanitation The program is rehabilitating and expanding sanitation facilities, including latrines and waste disposal; and rehabilitating, expanding, or constructing shower facilities and hand washing points for 3,000 families. This includes the construction of up to 850 latrines, built to adhere to both sanitation and local cultural standards. Emergency water supply interventions will include water point rehabilitation and new water point establishment. Each of the 30 water points will meet the water requirements for 100 families. To ensure water quality, tests will be conducted on each established point over the life of the project. IRD is forming local hygiene committees to support ongoing hygiene awareness training as well as establish user committees for water supply and sanitation facility maintenance. The committees are working with IRD staff members to provide community-based hygiene education focused on personal hygiene practices including hand washing with soap, sanitation promotion, and safe water use. Health IRD is providing emergency medicines to at least eight rural health centers and functional basic health units and six maternal-child health clinics in the target communities. These facilities were chosen because they are most used by newly arriving internally displaced people. IRD is receiving $2 million worth of pharmaceuticals as a donation from United States-based METAD/MedPharm. An estimated 20,000 people will benefit from these donated drugs. --------------------------------- From the site - Pakistan Floods: Islamabad, Pakistan ― August 2, 2010 ― In response to more than a week of torrential rainfall in flood-stricken Pakistan, IRD has launched an urgent appeal and released emergency funding for the relief effort. The UN reports that more than 1,400 lives have been lost, at least a million people are in need of emergency assistance, and approximately 2.5 million have been affected by these downpours. Conditions on the ground are expected to get worse with forecasters predicting at least two more weeks of heavy rain. IRD is moving quickly to address the emergency needs of thousands of families in two of the most heavily affected districts. IRD is among the only international NGOs with operations in both D. I. Khan and Tank Districts. Initial needs assessments by IRD and our partners in the region are helping to prioritize our immediate response. IRD’s emergency response is focused on providing shelter, safe water, sanitation, and non-food items, such as blankets and clothing. IRD is also re-stocking flood-damaged health clinics, focusing on treatments for water borne illnesses, oral rehydration salts, and primary health care pharmaceuticals. The current monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in Pakistan in more than 80 years, affecting people in every area of the country. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), the worst-affected province, the Provincial Government puts the death toll at nearly 800 people, with more than 100 people still missing. Rivers have burst their banks, tearing down 60 bridges and washing away roads and buildings. Hundreds of villages and towns, along with massive sections of agricultural land, are under several feet of water. The full extent of the damage from the heavy rainfalls and flash floods is still not clear, since access to affected areas is limited and most of the communication networks are disrupted. For information on how you can donate and help raise funds, please call Daniel Puls, IRD Chief of Advancement, at 703-957-1452. -> InterAction site - Pakistan Armed Conflict 2010: IRD is sending shipments of emergency relief supplies such as quilts to Pakistan. Our team is currently doing an assessment, focusing on support to IDPs in hosted households and collection centers, specifically providing shelter and water supply support. --------------------------------- From the site - Pakistan Armed Conflict: In the first half of 2009, well over 1 million people fled their homes in northern Pakistan, pushed out by fighting between Taliban forces and the Pakistani military. While many of these people were able to find shelter with friends or family, or in formal camps for displaced people, some are staying in spontaneous settlements outside camps. These places have little or no water and sanitation, making the risk of disease high. Through a four-month emergency program, IRD is providing sanitation facilities and water and medical supplies, as well as organizing hygiene committees. An estimated 30,000 people in the North West Frontier Province will benefit from this program funded by USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. Water and Sanitation The program is rehabilitating and expanding sanitation facilities, including latrines and waste disposal; and rehabilitating, expanding, or constructing shower facilities and hand washing points for 3,000 families. This includes the construction of up to 850 latrines, built to adhere to both sanitation and local cultural standards. Emergency water supply interventions will include water point rehabilitation and new water point establishment. Each of the 30 water points will meet the water requirements for 100 families. To ensure water quality, tests will be conducted on each established point over the life of the project. IRD is forming local hygiene committees to support ongoing hygiene awareness training as well as establish user committees for water supply and sanitation facility maintenance. The committees are working with IRD staff members to provide community-based hygiene education focused on personal hygiene practices including hand washing with soap, sanitation promotion, and safe water use. Health IRD is providing emergency medicines to at least eight rural health centers and functional basic health units and six maternal-child health clinics in the target communities. These facilities were chosen because they are most used by newly arriving internally displaced people. IRD is receiving $2 million worth of pharmaceuticals as a donation from United States-based METAD/MedPharm. An estimated 20,000 people will benefit from these donated drugs. --------------------------------- From the InterAction site - Pakistan Floods 2010: IRD is among the only international NGOs with operations in two of the most heavily flood affected regions in the KPK region, D. I. Khan and Tank Districts. Initial needs assessments by IRD and our Partners in the region are prioritizing an immediate humanitarian response. IRD's emergency response is focused on shelter, provision of safe water and sanitation, non-food items (blankets, clothing, kitchen sets, other items), re-stocking of flood damaged health clinics, with a focus on the provision of water borne illness treatment, oral rehydration salts, and primary health care pharmaceuticals. --------------------------------- From the site - Pakistan Floods 2010: Islamabad, Pakistan ― August 2, 2010 ― In response to more than a week of torrential rainfall in flood-stricken Pakistan, IRD has launched an urgent appeal and released emergency funding for the relief effort. The UN reports that more than 1,400 lives have been lost, at least a million people are in need of emergency assistance, and approximately 2.5 million have been affected by these downpours. Conditions on the ground are expected to get worse with forecasters predicting at least two more weeks of heavy rain. IRD is moving quickly to address the emergency needs of thousands of families in two of the most heavily affected districts. IRD is among the only international NGOs with operations in both D. I. Khan and Tank Districts. Initial needs assessments by IRD and our partners in the region are helping to prioritize our immediate response. IRD’s emergency response is focused on providing shelter, safe water, sanitation, and non-food items, such as blankets and clothing. IRD is also re-stocking flood-damaged health clinics, focusing on treatments for water borne illnesses, oral rehydration salts, and primary health care pharmaceuticals. The current monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in Pakistan in more than 80 years, affecting people in every area of the country. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), the worst-affected province, the Provincial Government puts the death toll at nearly 800 people, with more than 100 people still missing. Rivers have burst their banks, tearing down 60 bridges and washing away roads and buildings. Hundreds of villages and towns, along with massive sections of agricultural land, are under several feet of water. The full extent of the damage from the heavy rainfalls and flash floods is still not clear, since access to affected areas is limited and most of the communication networks are disrupted. For information on how you can donate and help raise funds, please call Daniel Puls, IRD Chief of Advancement, at 703-957-1452.
mission: IRD's mission is to reduce the suffering of the world's most vulnerable groups and provide tools and resources needed to increase their self-sufficiency. We accomplish our mission by running targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs that improve the lives of these vulnerable groups. We work in regions of the world that present social, political, and technical challenges, and particularly specialize in helping communities going through and coming out of conflict and war to recover and improve. As a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization, we collaborate with a wide range of organizations to design and implement humanitarian relief and development aid programs. -> IRD's mission is to reduce the suffering of the world's most vulnerable groups and provide tools and resources needed to increase their self-sufficiency. We accomplish our mission by running targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs that improve the lives of these vulnerable groups. We work in regions of the world that present social, political, and technical challenges, and particularly specialize in helping communities going through and coming out of conflict and war to recover and improve. As a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization, we collaborate with a wide range of organizations to design and implement humanitarian relief and development aid programs.

name: Internation Relief & Development - 2010 Pakistan Floods / Armed Conflict -> International Relief & Development - 2010 Pakistan Floods / Armed Conflict
organization: -> Non-Profit, Disaster Relief/Development
mission: IRD's mission is to reduce the suffering of the world's most vulnerable groups and provide tools and resources needed to increase their self-sufficiency. We accomplish our mission by running targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs that improve the lives of these vulnerable groups. We work in regions of the world that present social, political, and technical challenges, and particularly specialize in helping communities going through and coming out of conflict and war to recover and improve. As a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization, we collaborate with a wide range of organizations to design and implement humanitarian relief and development aid programs. -> IRD's mission is to reduce the suffering of the world's most vulnerable groups and provide tools and resources needed to increase their self-sufficiency. We accomplish our mission by running targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs that improve the lives of these vulnerable groups. We work in regions of the world that present social, political, and technical challenges, and particularly specialize in helping communities going through and coming out of conflict and war to recover and improve. As a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization, we collaborate with a wide range of organizations to design and implement humanitarian relief and development aid programs.

mission: -> IRD's mission is to reduce the suffering of the world's most vulnerable groups and provide tools and resources needed to increase their self-sufficiency. We accomplish our mission by running targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs that improve the lives of these vulnerable groups. We work in regions of the world that present social, political, and technical challenges, and particularly specialize in helping communities going through and coming out of conflict and war to recover and improve. As a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization, we collaborate with a wide range of organizations to design and implement humanitarian relief and development aid programs.

parish: -> Various - See Area Served
town: -> Various - See Area Served
address: -> Donation Address: 1621 North Kent Street ,4th Floor, Arlington, VA, 22209, United States PAKISTAN
notes: InterAction site: to the Crisis in Pakistan Donation Phone #: 1-877-844-5644 Donation Address: 1621 North Kent Street 4th Floor Arlington, VA, 22209 United States Website: IRD is sending shipments of emergency relief supplies such as quilts to Pakistan. Our team is currently doing an assessment, focusing on support to IDPs in hosted households and collection centers, specifically providing shelter and water supply support. --------------------------------- From the site: Islamabad, Pakistan ― August 2, 2010 ― In response to more than a week of torrential rainfall in flood-stricken Pakistan, IRD has launched an urgent appeal and released emergency funding for the relief effort. The UN reports that more than 1,400 lives have been lost, at least a million people are in need of emergency assistance, and approximately 2.5 million have been affected by these downpours. Conditions on the ground are expected to get worse with forecasters predicting at least two more weeks of heavy rain. IRD is moving quickly to address the emergency needs of thousands of families in two of the most heavily affected districts. IRD is among the only international NGOs with operations in both D. I. Khan and Tank Districts. Initial needs assessments by IRD and our partners in the region are helping to prioritize our immediate response. IRD’s emergency response is focused on providing shelter, safe water, sanitation, and non-food items, such as blankets and clothing. IRD is also re-stocking flood-damaged health clinics, focusing on treatments for water borne illnesses, oral rehydration salts, and primary health care pharmaceuticals. The current monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in Pakistan in more than 80 years, affecting people in every area of the country. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), the worst-affected province, the Provincial Government puts the death toll at nearly 800 people, with more than 100 people still missing. Rivers have burst their banks, tearing down 60 bridges and washing away roads and buildings. Hundreds of villages and towns, along with massive sections of agricultural land, are under several feet of water. The full extent of the damage from the heavy rainfalls and flash floods is still not clear, since access to affected areas is limited and most of the communication networks are disrupted. For information on how you can donate and help raise funds, please call Daniel Puls, IRD Chief of Advancement, at 703-957-1452. -> InterAction site: IRD is sending shipments of emergency relief supplies such as quilts to Pakistan. Our team is currently doing an assessment, focusing on support to IDPs in hosted households and collection centers, specifically providing shelter and water supply support. --------------------------------- From the site - Pakistan Armed Conflict: In the first half of 2009, well over 1 million people fled their homes in northern Pakistan, pushed out by fighting between Taliban forces and the Pakistani military. While many of these people were able to find shelter with friends or family, or in formal camps for displaced people, some are staying in spontaneous settlements outside camps. These places have little or no water and sanitation, making the risk of disease high. Through a four-month emergency program, IRD is providing sanitation facilities and water and medical supplies, as well as organizing hygiene committees. An estimated 30,000 people in the North West Frontier Province will benefit from this program funded by USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. Water and Sanitation The program is rehabilitating and expanding sanitation facilities, including latrines and waste disposal; and rehabilitating, expanding, or constructing shower facilities and hand washing points for 3,000 families. This includes the construction of up to 850 latrines, built to adhere to both sanitation and local cultural standards. Emergency water supply interventions will include water point rehabilitation and new water point establishment. Each of the 30 water points will meet the water requirements for 100 families. To ensure water quality, tests will be conducted on each established point over the life of the project. IRD is forming local hygiene committees to support ongoing hygiene awareness training as well as establish user committees for water supply and sanitation facility maintenance. The committees are working with IRD staff members to provide community-based hygiene education focused on personal hygiene practices including hand washing with soap, sanitation promotion, and safe water use. Health IRD is providing emergency medicines to at least eight rural health centers and functional basic health units and six maternal-child health clinics in the target communities. These facilities were chosen because they are most used by newly arriving internally displaced people. IRD is receiving $2 million worth of pharmaceuticals as a donation from United States-based METAD/MedPharm. An estimated 20,000 people will benefit from these donated drugs. --------------------------------- From the site - Pakistan Floods: Islamabad, Pakistan ― August 2, 2010 ― In response to more than a week of torrential rainfall in flood-stricken Pakistan, IRD has launched an urgent appeal and released emergency funding for the relief effort. The UN reports that more than 1,400 lives have been lost, at least a million people are in need of emergency assistance, and approximately 2.5 million have been affected by these downpours. Conditions on the ground are expected to get worse with forecasters predicting at least two more weeks of heavy rain. IRD is moving quickly to address the emergency needs of thousands of families in two of the most heavily affected districts. IRD is among the only international NGOs with operations in both D. I. Khan and Tank Districts. Initial needs assessments by IRD and our partners in the region are helping to prioritize our immediate response. IRD’s emergency response is focused on providing shelter, safe water, sanitation, and non-food items, such as blankets and clothing. IRD is also re-stocking flood-damaged health clinics, focusing on treatments for water borne illnesses, oral rehydration salts, and primary health care pharmaceuticals. The current monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in Pakistan in more than 80 years, affecting people in every area of the country. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), the worst-affected province, the Provincial Government puts the death toll at nearly 800 people, with more than 100 people still missing. Rivers have burst their banks, tearing down 60 bridges and washing away roads and buildings. Hundreds of villages and towns, along with massive sections of agricultural land, are under several feet of water. The full extent of the damage from the heavy rainfalls and flash floods is still not clear, since access to affected areas is limited and most of the communication networks are disrupted. For information on how you can donate and help raise funds, please call Daniel Puls, IRD Chief of Advancement, at 703-957-1452.