Disaster Response Pakistan Project #57024

REACHING FLOOD AFFECTED CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN

by Alif Laila Book Bus Society

REACHING FLOOD AFFECTED CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN

Project Report | May 3, 2023
Humara Kutubkhana (Our Library)

By Amna Hassan Kazmi | CEO

Introduction

The recent floods in Pakistan have caused widespread damage to infrastructure and communities, including schools and libraries. In response to this, the Alif Laila Book Bus Society has come forward to support the rebuilding and renovation efforts in affected areas. This report aims to provide a comprehensive update on the progress made in the renovation of schools and libraries in flood-affected regions of Pakistan.

Schools

To date, a total of seven school libraries have been renovated in the affected regions of Jamshoro Sindh. These libraries were selected based on the severity of the damage and the number of students who attend. The renovation work has included the repair of roofs, walls, and floors, as well as the replacement of damaged furniture and equipment. The renovated school libraries called Humara Kutubkhana (our library) are now operational and serving the needs of local communities. The schools have been equipped with new books, stationery, and educational materials to support the education of students.

Libraries

The renovation of seven libraries in affected regions has been completed, with work ongoing on an additional seven libraries in phase two and another seven in phase three. The renovations have included the repair of roofs, walls, and floors, as well as the replacement of damaged books and equipment. In addition, new shelves and cabinets have been installed to store the library's collections.LED is also installed for the digital library facilities and video storytelling sessions and puppet shows supported by solar panels on roofs to face electricity challenges. The renovated libraries are now open to children and serve the needs of local communities. New books and educational materials have been provided to support the education and literacy efforts in the region.

Conclusion

The renovation of school libraries in flood-affected regions of Pakistan by Alif Laila Book Bus Society is making steady progress. Completing these projects will help restore educational and cultural resources to communities, supporting their long-term recovery from the floods. Further efforts will be made to continue this important work and to ensure that the communities affected by the floods have access to the resources they need to rebuild and thrive.

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Jan 3, 2023
Humara School Project

By Amna Hassan | Chief Executive Officer

Alif Laila Book Bus Society has set up sixteen tent schools/creative learning spaces in flood effected areas of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan.

The education sector has been severely impacted by the recent flood and rain emergency in fall 2022. At least 25,993 schools have been damaged or destroyed in the region of Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and KP due to the floods with data collection still ongoing. In addition, more than 7,062 schools that were not damaged have turned into relief camps to provide shelter to the flood affected population. The use of schools as temporary shelter for displaced people is disrupting schooling and the ongoing academic year, and expected cause loss of learning materials and further damages to education infrastructure including WASH facilities, requiring cleaning and renovation.

Based on current estimation, more than 3.5 million children have had their education interrupted due to the destruction all over the country. In addition, teaching and learning materials including books, copies, blackboards, tables, and other education furniture worth millions of rupees have been completely destroyed as well.

Through our project “Humara School” which means (our school) we provided them tents, clothing, medicines, toys, books and other fun materials for children and build a creative learning environment. The locations we worked in are Shikar Pur, Jacobabad, Mirpur Khas, Khairpur Meerus in Sindh, Rajanpur in Punjab and Musa Khail, Kohlu, Jaffarabad, Naseerabad, Kacchi and Dera Bugti in Balochistan.

This was the first phase of our emergency work in reaching children effected by floods whereas in phase two we are renovating schools, specifically one library room where we will be providing furniture, books, stationery etc along with renovating destroyed walls and flooring in the next quarter. We will be setting up seven Humara Kutubkhana” (our library) projects in Sindh.

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