Pakistan

UNICEF needs US$ 4.25 million to address the immediate emergency needs of displaced children and their families in the Northwest Frontier Province and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas

The conflict between the Government and militant groups in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and in the North West Frontier Province has triggered significant displacement totalling 552,055. Among the most vulnerable people are 17,084 children under five years living in the 11 official camps. The displacement has left 21,263 primary school-age children still not enrolled and access of girls to camp schools remains a gap.

In close collaboration with Government counterparts, UN agencies, local and international NGO partners, UNICEF has continued to support the government efforts in responding to the humanitarian needs of the IDPs in the priority areas of health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, education and child protection. Among other activities, UNICEF and partner NGOs are scaling up preventive activities and disease surveillance in the camps in response to increasing camp population.

UNICEF Pakistan requires a total of US$ 14.6 million against the Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan, among which US$ 4.2 million have been prioritized under the Prioritisation Statement for live-saving response.
Pakistan Humanitarian Action Update 9 April 2009 [pdf]

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the open Richter scale struck the province of Balochistan in South-western Pakistan on 29 October 2008.  As per initial assessments about 108,000 people, of whom at least 50% are children including 19,000 under–five, are estimated to be affected by the earthquake. Approximately 3,000 people are currently displaced and over 15,000 mud/wood houses have been completely destroyed.  The earthquake hit areas which are located in a severe winter climatic zone, increasing the vulnerability of the affected population left to live in the open. 

UNICEF, together with humanitarian partners in Balochistan, is working closely with the Government of Pakistan to respond to this emergency. This Immediate Needs document for US$5 million is based on preliminary needs assessments to provide humanitarian assistance to children and women in the areas of health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, education and child protection, in addition to requirements for coordination, logistics and security.  The response will feed into the United Nations joint appeal framework as soon as it becomes available in the coming days.
Immediate Needs_Document - Balochistan Pakistan Earthquake 31 October 2008 [pdf]

On August 4, 2008, torrential rainwater flooded parts of North and North Western Pakistan. The southern part of Punjab province (3 August) and Balochistan Province were also affected by heavy monsoon flooding.

An inter-agency assessment took place on 10 August.  The assessment has confirmed that the most serious situation currently is in North West Frontier Province, where 130 villages have been immersed in rain water affecting 25,000 families (approximately 200,000 people including women & children). 41 deaths have been reported and 50 people are missing. People have taken shelter along roadsides or on the debris of their damaged houses. Water sources and supply systems are either damaged or contaminated by flood water. The situation has further deteriorated due to heavy surge of rain on August 9. In Punjab, hundreds of mud houses have been swept away. About 150 villages are reported to be badly affected rendering thousands of people homeless.

UNICEF, together with other humanitarian partners in Pakistan, is working closely with the Government of Pakistan to respond to this emergency. UNICEF requires US$5 million to meet the most urgent needs of children and women in the areas of health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, education, child protection, and coordination, logistics and security.
Pakistan Immediate Needs - 13 August 2008 [pdf]

Heavy seasonal monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding across South Asia devastating communities and livelihoods and causing displacement of thousands of people throughout Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Across the subcontinent around 50 million people have been affected in what has been described as among the worst flooding in years – with yet more rains forecast in coming weeks.
Relief and recovery efforts are well underway in all affected countries – however the incidence of diarrhoeal and other waterborne diseases continues to rise. Access to fresh water, food and shelter for all affected populations remains the primary concern. In addition, millions of children across the affected regions are unable to begin the new academic term as their schools have been destroyed, damaged or are being used as shelters.
UNICEF is responding in the areas of water and sanitation, health and nutrition, education, child protection, and social mobilization to meet the needs of affected children and their families.
South Asia Humanitarian Action Update 25 Sep 2007 [pdf]

It is estimated that about 1.5 million people have been affected by the floods provoked by four days of heavy rains after cyclone Yemyin hit in the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh in the south of Pakistan on the 23rd of June. Three out of four people affected by the floods are children and women, and at least 300,000 of the affected children are under five years old.
Many areas still remained cut off by rising water. More than 100,000 people are reported to have lost their homes, and about 300 are reported dead with many still missing. The floods have totally or partially destroyed water distribution systems resulting in limited or no access to clean water. Poor hygiene and sanitary conditions are causing waterborne diseases, dehydration and infection. Hospitals and health clinics are closed or only partially functional, and many schools have been damaged as well.
The areas worst hit in Balochistan and Sindh are also among Pakistan’s most disadvantaged, which makes children and women there particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. One out of ten infants dies in Balochistan before completing his/her first year of age. Forty per cent of children under five are underweight. Maternal mortality is twice the country’s average at 600 deaths of women per 100,000 live births. Indicators for children in northern Sindh, in the districts worst affected by the floods, are similar.
UNICEF is concerned that children will particularly suffer from lack of access to food, safe water and medicine given the disruptions caused by the floods in half of the districts of Balochistan province and in western districts of the neighbouring Sindh province. UNICEF is coordinating with provincial and federal authorities, other UN agencies and partners to ensure that the particular needs of children in this emergency are addressed appropriately.
This 'Immediate Needs' document is an initial estimate of the immediate funding requirements from July to October 2007. UNICEF urgently requires US$ 5 million to respond to the priority needs of children and women in the coming months. UNICEF is also participating in the consolidated flash appeal prepared by the UN system.
UNICEF Immediate Needs - 10 July 2007 [pdf]

At approximately 8:50 am on 8 October 2005, just as children in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan were beginning their classes, a massive earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck near the Pakistan-India border, causing widespread devastation and triggering a humanitarian catastrophe. It rapidly became clear that northwestern Pakistan was the hardest hit by what appears to be the most devastating earthquake to strike the region in a century.
UNICEF Immediate Needs - 10 October 2005 [pdf]

Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP): Flash Appeal 2005 for South Asia Earthquake

Based on reports from the nine cluster groups, the total amount of money needed in this initial appeal is US$ 311,876,000 for actions up to six months. The projects outlined in this initial flash appeal focus on life-saving issues. The projects are to be adjusted and expanded to include more focus on recovery in the near future as soon as more precise information is available.
Click here to see the Original Flash Appeal of 11 Oct 2005