Pakistan Humanitarian Crises: Flood Emergency 2022

Humanitarian Assistance in Context with Build Back Better Pakistan

Report October 2023 – January 2024

The disasters had a significant negative impact on development and prominently economic sectors, including agriculture, as the tropical depression that followed the devastating flood of 2022 disrupted economic activities and caused significant damage to crops and other facilities as well as human lives. Pakistan's devastating floods in 2022 and 2023 also pose a threat to poverty, resulting in a fall in the dearth. Actions that assist in restoring the livelihoods, prosperity and production levels of communities that were impacted by the devastating flood are referred to as rehabilitation, reconstruction, and sustainable reconstruction. Without arguing about climate change or anything else, FACES Pakistan worked closely with marginalized flood-affected families to focus relief efforts on specific areas. FACES Pakistan has vast experience in emergency response, Rehabilitation, Disaster Recovery and Restoration as previously executed similar projects in other areas of the country. Following are the areas where FACES Pakistan made the following efforts from October 2023 – January 2024:

1. 25 houses (One Core room and Toilets) reconstructed for marginalized flood-affected families in the district Nowshehra Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan
2. 200 marginalized flood-affected farmers facilitated restoring farmer’s livelihoods equipped with the program by providing agricultural input such as di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), Seed and nitrogen fertilizer also facilitated through psychological counseling and repairing of tube wells in the district Nowshehra Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan and now the crop of wheat has been harvested
3. 45 houses (One Core room and Toilets) reconstructed for marginalized flood-affected families in the district Dera Ghazi Khan of Punjab Province of Pakistan
4. 300 marginalized flood-affected farmers were facilitated under restoring farmer’s livelihood and equipped with the program by providing agricultural input such as di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), Seed and nitrogen fertilizer and they are in the process of harvesting their crops in the district Dera Ghazi Khan of Punjab Province of Pakistan
5. Post Flood reconstruction and livelihood restoration of marginalized families and to reduce communities’ risk of disaster have also been launched in District Sanghar of Sindh province where agricultural input materials have been distributed among 300 marginalized families of farmers for restoring their agricultural land where focused on two major crops i.e. rice and cotton: For rice crops; DAP, Urea, hybrid seed and zinc bags distributed while for cotton cops; DAP, urea, cotton seed, and humic substance provided as agricultural input material

Rebuilding Lives by Rebuilding Houses

Mr. Ahmed is the son of Hajii Usman living in a village with 8 family members. His house was vanished out during the disaster flood in 2022. He almost lost his senses and was psychologically very upset, even during the discussion he said “What should I do if God has no pity upon us? In these circumstances, I am about to commit suicide. He has not any single hope in his surrounding to rebuild his home. He tried to get loans from different people but nobody helped him. During the assessment visit to the village Buglani Mr. Ahmed met with the FACES-Pakistan team and expressed his situation. The FACES-Pakistan team ratified the situation with the engagement of the Village Development Council and initially give him psychological counseling and boost his feelings and then gave assistance in rebuilding his house.

Aging and Helplessness

Mr. Rehman’s whole entire existence was washed away by the flood. His farmland had been destroyed, and his house had disappeared. His animals were also washed away by the flood; he had constructed a well in his yard from which people used to fill drinking water, and it became the flood's landing point. He had seemed helpless in his old age after the circumstances. The members of the Village Development Council gave preference to the family and the team of FACES-Pakistan provided help to the family to rebuild their home.

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