region: Middle East -> South Asia

name: WFP (World Food Programme ~ U.N.) - 2010 Pakistan Floods -> United Nations - WFP (World Food Programme) - 2010 Pakistan Floods
other_contacts changed.
organization: United Nations -> United Nations/WHO

notes: SITUATION REPORTS ~ RELIEF WEB: http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwc.nsf/db201ShortName/WFP?OpenDocument ---------------------------------------- WFP Boosts Aid To Flood Hit Pakistan Published on 09 August 2010 Massive flooding across Pakistan has sparked a large-scale humanitarian crisis. As the floodwaters which inundated the northwest of Pakistan spread south, some six million people are at risk of going hungry. WFP is working against both time and the weather to reach them with life-saving food assistance. ISLAMABAD – The heaviest monsoon rains to hit Pakistan in over 80 years continued to fall over the weekend, exacerbating the floods and frustrating efforts to help the victims. Despite the bad weather, which grounded airlifts for three days in a row, WFP has reached over 300,000 people with a one-month supply of food since the flooding began at the end of July. With the emergency operation gathering pace and the weather expected to improve, WFP plans on intensifying its relief efforts to reach as many of the six million people expected to be in need of food aid as possible. Serious challenges The scale of the destruction and continuing bad weather has been a major challenge to the relief effort. Washed out bridges and roads have isolated as many as 600,000 people in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, where airlifts of vital food and medical supplies began on Thursday. However, heavy rain over the weekend grounded airlifts, raising concerns that residents stranded from help could be exhausting their food supplies. As the rain let up on Monday, the airlifts resumed delivering food to communities in the Swat and Kalam Valleys. Helicopters are not the only means being used to get food to the hungry in hard-to-reach places: WFP aid teams have also begun using donkeys to transport food supplies over rugged terrain where trucks can’t drive and helicopters can’t land. Huge Response WFP was able to react speedily to the flooding last week thanks to its numerous NGO partners and longstanding presence in the region. In addition, a network of humanitarian hubs, some with food stocks, allowed for ready distributions as soon as the disaster struck. WFP has was already active in the areas of Northwestern Pakistan first hit by the flooding, where it feeds over 2.7 million people displaced by turmoil along the border with Afghanistan. WFP Spokesperson for Pakistan, Amjad Jamal, said: “Local residents have paid a heavy price in terms of life and livelihoods lost, but perhaps the worst affected were those who fled there in search of refuge and had almost nothing to begin with.” However, as the swollen rivers, rains and devastation spreas to parts of Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh provinces in the east and south of the country, some six million people over the next three months are liable to require food assistance. To meet the rising needs in Pakistan, WFP has teamed up with another 11 NGOs on the ground and reached out to its donors for support in underwriting the massive scale-up of operations. -> SITUATION REPORTS ~ RELIEF WEB: http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwc.nsf/db201ShortName/WFP?OpenDocument ---------------------------------------- From RELIEF WEB: WFP Battling To Reach Pakistan Flood Victims Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Date: 13 Aug 2010 WFP is fighting to overcome the weather, devastated infrastructure and the sheer scale of human need in providing food aid to as many as six million victims of the recent floods in Pakistan. Trucks, helicopters and even mules are being used to transport food around the country and reach those cut off from help. ISLAMABAD – The battle to reach a rising number of people affected by the floods in Pakistan, one of the worst natural disasters in the South Asian nation's history, continues in the face of poor weather, massive destruction and growing hardship. WFP hopes to have reached as many as 2 million people with food aid by 20 August, around a third of the total number of people estimated to require emergency food assistance – WFP's largest case load this century. "The people worst affected by this catastrophe were already very poor. They had little to begin with and now they have nothing," said WFP Pakistan spokesman Amjad Jamal. Read the interview Scaling up fast As of Friday, WFP had reached some 430,000 people in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province where the flooding has hit hardest, and begun rolling out food distributions in eastern and southern regions of the country. With flood waters closing in on communities in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, WFP is gearing up to feed over 825,000 people in those regions over the coming days. With the operation in high gear, WFP now estimates that at any one time, a fleet of over 200 trucks are on the move around the country delivering food to flood victims. Extraordinary efforts are being made to reach several hundred thousand people across the country in communities cut off from the rest of the country since the end of July. A squadron of ten helicopters have been airlifting food into these areas since early August. However, heavy rains on Friday suspended flights for a fourth day, adding to concerns that local food supplies may be quickly running out. Mules have also been enlisted to transport food over rugged terrain to remote mountain villages where helicopters cannot land. Well positioned WFP was well positioned for a rapid response in Pakistan, thanks to its numerous NGO partners and longstanding presence in the region. In addition, a network of humanitarian hubs, some with food stocks, allowed for ready distributions as soon as the disaster struck. WFP was already active in the areas of Northwestern Pakistan first hit by the flooding, where it feeds over 2.7 million people displaced by turmoil along the border with Afghanistan. To meet the rising needs in Pakistan, WFP has teamed up with another 11 NGOs on the ground and reached out to its donors and the international community for support in underwriting the massive scale-up in operations, at a cost of USD $164. ---------------------------------------- WFP Boosts Aid To Flood Hit Pakistan Published on 09 August 2010 Massive flooding across Pakistan has sparked a large-scale humanitarian crisis. As the floodwaters which inundated the northwest of Pakistan spread south, some six million people are at risk of going hungry. WFP is working against both time and the weather to reach them with life-saving food assistance. ISLAMABAD – The heaviest monsoon rains to hit Pakistan in over 80 years continued to fall over the weekend, exacerbating the floods and frustrating efforts to help the victims. Despite the bad weather, which grounded airlifts for three days in a row, WFP has reached over 300,000 people with a one-month supply of food since the flooding began at the end of July. With the emergency operation gathering pace and the weather expected to improve, WFP plans on intensifying its relief efforts to reach as many of the six million people expected to be in need of food aid as possible. Serious challenges The scale of the destruction and continuing bad weather has been a major challenge to the relief effort. Washed out bridges and roads have isolated as many as 600,000 people in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, where airlifts of vital food and medical supplies began on Thursday. However, heavy rain over the weekend grounded airlifts, raising concerns that residents stranded from help could be exhausting their food supplies. As the rain let up on Monday, the airlifts resumed delivering food to communities in the Swat and Kalam Valleys. Helicopters are not the only means being used to get food to the hungry in hard-to-reach places: WFP aid teams have also begun using donkeys to transport food supplies over rugged terrain where trucks can’t drive and helicopters can’t land. Huge Response WFP was able to react speedily to the flooding last week thanks to its numerous NGO partners and longstanding presence in the region. In addition, a network of humanitarian hubs, some with food stocks, allowed for ready distributions as soon as the disaster struck. WFP has was already active in the areas of Northwestern Pakistan first hit by the flooding, where it feeds over 2.7 million people displaced by turmoil along the border with Afghanistan. WFP Spokesperson for Pakistan, Amjad Jamal, said: “Local residents have paid a heavy price in terms of life and livelihoods lost, but perhaps the worst affected were those who fled there in search of refuge and had almost nothing to begin with.” However, as the swollen rivers, rains and devastation spreas to parts of Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh provinces in the east and south of the country, some six million people over the next three months are liable to require food assistance. To meet the rising needs in Pakistan, WFP has teamed up with another 11 NGOs on the ground and reached out to its donors for support in underwriting the massive scale-up of operations.

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mission: The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. In emergencies, we get food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After the cause of an emergency has passed, we use food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Born in 1962, WFP pursues a vision of the world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. We work towards that vision with our sister UN agencies in Rome -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- as well as other government, UN and NGO partners. -> The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. In emergencies, we get food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After the cause of an emergency has passed, we use food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Born in 1962, WFP pursues a vision of the world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. We work towards that vision with our sister UN agencies in Rome -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- as well as other government, UN and NGO partners.

notes: WFP Boosts Aid To Flood Hit Pakistan Published on 09 August 2010 Massive flooding across Pakistan has sparked a large-scale humanitarian crisis. As the floodwaters which inundated the northwest of Pakistan spread south, some six million people are at risk of going hungry. WFP is working against both time and the weather to reach them with life-saving food assistance. ISLAMABAD – The heaviest monsoon rains to hit Pakistan in over 80 years continued to fall over the weekend, exacerbating the floods and frustrating efforts to help the victims. Despite the bad weather, which grounded airlifts for three days in a row, WFP has reached over 300,000 people with a one-month supply of food since the flooding began at the end of July. With the emergency operation gathering pace and the weather expected to improve, WFP plans on intensifying its relief efforts to reach as many of the six million people expected to be in need of food aid as possible. Serious challenges The scale of the destruction and continuing bad weather has been a major challenge to the relief effort. Washed out bridges and roads have isolated as many as 600,000 people in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, where airlifts of vital food and medical supplies began on Thursday. However, heavy rain over the weekend grounded airlifts, raising concerns that residents stranded from help could be exhausting their food supplies. As the rain let up on Monday, the airlifts resumed delivering food to communities in the Swat and Kalam Valleys. Helicopters are not the only means being used to get food to the hungry in hard-to-reach places: WFP aid teams have also begun using donkeys to transport food supplies over rugged terrain where trucks can’t drive and helicopters can’t land. Huge Response WFP was able to react speedily to the flooding last week thanks to its numerous NGO partners and longstanding presence in the region. In addition, a network of humanitarian hubs, some with food stocks, allowed for ready distributions as soon as the disaster struck. WFP has was already active in the areas of Northwestern Pakistan first hit by the flooding, where it feeds over 2.7 million people displaced by turmoil along the border with Afghanistan. WFP Spokesperson for Pakistan, Amjad Jamal, said: “Local residents have paid a heavy price in terms of life and livelihoods lost, but perhaps the worst affected were those who fled there in search of refuge and had almost nothing to begin with.” However, as the swollen rivers, rains and devastation spreas to parts of Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh provinces in the east and south of the country, some six million people over the next three months are liable to require food assistance. To meet the rising needs in Pakistan, WFP has teamed up with another 11 NGOs on the ground and reached out to its donors for support in underwriting the massive scale-up of operations. -> SITUATION REPORTS ~ RELIEF WEB: http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwc.nsf/db201ShortName/WFP?OpenDocument ---------------------------------------- WFP Boosts Aid To Flood Hit Pakistan Published on 09 August 2010 Massive flooding across Pakistan has sparked a large-scale humanitarian crisis. As the floodwaters which inundated the northwest of Pakistan spread south, some six million people are at risk of going hungry. WFP is working against both time and the weather to reach them with life-saving food assistance. ISLAMABAD – The heaviest monsoon rains to hit Pakistan in over 80 years continued to fall over the weekend, exacerbating the floods and frustrating efforts to help the victims. Despite the bad weather, which grounded airlifts for three days in a row, WFP has reached over 300,000 people with a one-month supply of food since the flooding began at the end of July. With the emergency operation gathering pace and the weather expected to improve, WFP plans on intensifying its relief efforts to reach as many of the six million people expected to be in need of food aid as possible. Serious challenges The scale of the destruction and continuing bad weather has been a major challenge to the relief effort. Washed out bridges and roads have isolated as many as 600,000 people in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, where airlifts of vital food and medical supplies began on Thursday. However, heavy rain over the weekend grounded airlifts, raising concerns that residents stranded from help could be exhausting their food supplies. As the rain let up on Monday, the airlifts resumed delivering food to communities in the Swat and Kalam Valleys. Helicopters are not the only means being used to get food to the hungry in hard-to-reach places: WFP aid teams have also begun using donkeys to transport food supplies over rugged terrain where trucks can’t drive and helicopters can’t land. Huge Response WFP was able to react speedily to the flooding last week thanks to its numerous NGO partners and longstanding presence in the region. In addition, a network of humanitarian hubs, some with food stocks, allowed for ready distributions as soon as the disaster struck. WFP has was already active in the areas of Northwestern Pakistan first hit by the flooding, where it feeds over 2.7 million people displaced by turmoil along the border with Afghanistan. WFP Spokesperson for Pakistan, Amjad Jamal, said: “Local residents have paid a heavy price in terms of life and livelihoods lost, but perhaps the worst affected were those who fled there in search of refuge and had almost nothing to begin with.” However, as the swollen rivers, rains and devastation spreas to parts of Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh provinces in the east and south of the country, some six million people over the next three months are liable to require food assistance. To meet the rising needs in Pakistan, WFP has teamed up with another 11 NGOs on the ground and reached out to its donors for support in underwriting the massive scale-up of operations.
mission: The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. In emergencies, we get food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After the cause of an emergency has passed, we use food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Born in 1962, WFP pursues a vision of the world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. We work towards that vision with our sister UN agencies in Rome -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- as well as other government, UN and NGO partners. -> The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. In emergencies, we get food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After the cause of an emergency has passed, we use food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Born in 1962, WFP pursues a vision of the world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. We work towards that vision with our sister UN agencies in Rome -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- as well as other government, UN and NGO partners.