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Pakistan Floods

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Snapshot of the crisis

The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July 2010 after record heavy monsoon rains. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was worst affected. At least 1600 people were killed, thousands were rendered homeless, and more than fourteen million people were affected. Estimates from rescue-service-officials suggest the death-toll may reach 3,000 victims. According to a recent estimate of the United Nations, the number of people suffering from these massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 20 million, which is more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The disaster also did major harm to struggling Pakistani economy due to extensive damage to infrastructure and crops. (From Wikipedia entry, taken 15 August 2010)


Background information & context
The crisis at a glance:

  • An estimated 14.1 million persons affected (including 6 million children) across Pakistan
  • An estimated 724,000 homes destroyed or damaged, affecting an estimated five million persons
  • Assistance provided to hundreds of thousands, but relief operation needs to reach an estimated six million
  • United Nations and partners need $ 459.7 million for humanitarian assistance over the coming months


Excerpt from fact sheet issued by United Nations (12 August 2010)

 

 

Infographic from UN OCHA. Download original PDF here. 
 

Pakistan Government sites

 

GLIDE number 

  • FL-2010-000141-PAK

 

UN sites and platforms in support of humanitarian response

 

UN OCHA Crisis Briefing Kit, courtesy Reliefweb

  1. Download the briefing kit here, created on 15 August 2010 (~27Mb).
  2. Download the briefing kit here, created on 18 August 2010 (~13Mb).
  3. Download the briefing kit here, created on 30 August 2010 (~16Mb).
  4. Download the briefing kit here, created on 7 September 2010 (~29Mb).

 

The above PDFs contain,

  • Inter-agency and news updates over the past week 
  • Latest 10 Situation Reports
  • Latest 10 maps 
  • Other key documents


UN system in the country

  • UN Pakistan portal
  • UN SG Calls Pakistan Floods 'A slow moving Tsunami'
  • The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued a report on 20 August on the Pakistan Initial Floods Emergency Response Plan, August 2010 (full-text, pdf). The Executive summary notes:

 

"Over the course of July and early August 2010, Pakistan experienced the worst monsoon-related floods in living memory.  Heavy rainfall, flash floods and riverine floods have devastated large parts of Pakistan since the arrival of seasonal monsoon rains on 22 July.  Assessments of losses and damages are ongoing, but estimates place the number of affected people at more than 14 million.  Over 1,200 people have died, and at least 288,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed."

 

Key UN contacts

  • For generic matters: Maurizio Giuliano, Public Information Officer a.i., OCHA, mauriziogiuliano_1975@yahoo.com, tel. +92-300-8502397
  • For education, nutrition, water and sanitation: Ban Hayi, Public Information officer, UNICEF, bdhayi@yahoo.co.uk, tel. +92-300-5499257
  • For health: Cristina Banluta, Public Information Officer, WHO, banlutac@who.int, tel. +92-300-5559639
  • For food security: Amjad Jamal, Public Information Officer, WFP, amjad.jamal@wfp.org, tel. +92-300-8500989
  • For protection (including affected IDPs and refugees): Peter Kessler, Public Information Officer, UNHCR, kessler@unhcr.org, tel. +93-301-8567770
  • For shelter and non-food items: Saleem Rehmat, Public Information Officer, IOM, srehmat@iom.int, tel. +92-300-8560341

 

  • OCHA Contacts

 

Other key crisis information management providers, tools and platforms

    1. Map
    2. Assessment reports 
    3. Flood reports

 

 

Twitter feeds with vital links to information

This information on Twitter updates via Pakistan Floods 2010 Information and Relief Wiki. The following tags are being used for flood related info:

  • Twitter tag for Pakistan floods: #PkFlood and #PkFloods
  • Twitter tag for Pakistan flood relief: #helppakistan
  • Twitter tag for Pakistan in general: #Pakistan

 

Following people are tweeting flood-related info:

  • @sarelief
  • @arrafiq
  • @beenasarwar
  • @iFaqeer
  • @sawant
  • @DrAwab
  • @ChangemakersPK
  • @ramlas
  • @faisalchohan
  • @zayams
  • @Meherzaidi 

 

  • Latest tweets on the floods aggregated by Google here.  

 

Situation reports from UN

  • OneResponse Pakistan aggregates all the latest situation reports here. 
  • Latest situation reports from UN agencies and Pakistan Government aggregated here. 

 

Situation reports from UN OCHA

 

Situation reports from other sources

 

Emergency telecommunications situation reports

 

Emergency Telecommunications contacts

 

  • Jalal Shah

World Food Programme 

+92 (0)300 856 4360

Pakistan.ETC@wfp.org

 

  • Martin Kristensson (Global level)

World Food Programme 

Office: +39 06 6513 3624

Mobile: +39 34 9297 1700

Martin.Kristensson@wfp.org

 

Refugee and IDP information / updates

 

Who works where (3W) information

 

Wikipedia

 

Videos

 

Audio / podcasts

 

News and information

 

Latest news from Google News (automatically updated)

 

Mapping data / Imagery (General)

    1. pakistan.img.zip  (2.7M)
    2. pakistan.navit.bin.zip  (3.2M)
    3. pakistan.osm.administrative.bz2  (234.3K)
    4. pakistan.osm.bz2  (8.3M)
    5. pakistan.osm.coastline.bz2  (1.1M)
    6. pakistan.osm.highway.bz2  (4.3M)
    7. pakistan.poi.gpx.zip  (55.1K)
    8. pakistan.poi.tomtom.zip  (35.1K)
    9. pakistan.poly  (10.2K)
    10. pakistan.shapefiles.zip  (5.2M) 

 

 

Mapping data / Imagery (UN)

 

Mapping data / Imagery (Call for resources)

 

Mapping data / Imagery / GIS (high resolution downloads)

    1. Detail Damage Assessment Map - Pakistan - Mianwali/Bhakkar districts (1) - 1:45,000
    2. Detail Damage Assessment Map - Pakistan - Mianwali/Bhakkar districts (2) - 1:45,000
    3. Detail Damage Assessment Map - Pakistan - Mianwali/Bhakkar districts (3) - 1:45,000
    4. Disaster Extent Map - Pakistan - Mianwali/Bhakkar districts (4) - 1:45,000
    5. Disaster Extent Map - Pakistan - City of Dera Ismail Khan - 1:30,000
    6. Overview Map - Pakistan - Dera Ismail Khan district (northern part) - 1:100,000
    7. Overview Map - Pakistan - Dera Ismail Khan district (southern part) - 1:100,000
    8. Reference Map - Pakistan - City of Kalur Kot in the Punjab province - 1:15,000
    9. Reference Map - Pakistan - City of Dera Ismail Khan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province - 1:15,000
    10. Reference Map - Pakistan - Dera Ismail Khan district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province - 1:250,000

 

 

Logistics updates and information 

 

Photos

 

Ways to help

The ICT4Peace Foundation is, unless specifically noted, not in any way associated with or part of the initiatives mentioned below. 

 

    1. UNHCR: http://www.unrefugees.org.au/emergencies/pakistan/
    2. Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) [UK] http://www.dec.org.uk/donate_now/
    3. Oxfam [ Only for USA, Europe and U.S.A ] : https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/pakistan-floods/index.php
    4. Save The Children [ New Zealand ] : https://secure.savethechildren.org/01/web_e_pakistan_flood_10?source=hp_fb_pak10
    5. Global Giving : http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/redr-pakistan/
    6. Relief International : https://ri.org/APF/donate.php
    7. Islamic Relief U.S.A : https://www.islamicreliefusa.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=203
    8. International Rescue Committee [ For U.S.A ] : https://www.theirc.org/donate/help-rescue-lives-pakistan
    9. Canadian Red Cross : https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/donate.aspx?EventID=57138&LangPref=en-CA
    10. Hidaya Foundation : http://www.hidaya.org/social-welfare/disaster-relief/-pakistan-floods-2010

 

 

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