The ongoing conflict in north western Pakistan has led to the displacement of individuals from Swat valley and the surrounding areas of Buner, Bajur, and Malakand to neighbouring villages. According to the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) government Emergency Response Unit, 3.5 million people have been displaced and out of these around 1.9 million have been verified and registered by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). The already enormous humanitarian needs are expected to increase as the potential for conflict in Waziristan causes further population movements and the approaching July Monsoon poses further problems. Along with the government and other humanitarian agencies the PRCS is working tirelessly to accommodate and facilitate these IDPs. Till 27 th June 2009, a total of 6,231 families or 40,012 persons are sheltered in the eight IDP camps run by PRCS‐ICRC. Map showing PRCS/ICRC IDPs Camps Location (Source: PRCS IDPs Reporting cell, NHQ Islamabad) PRCS HUMANITARIAN OPERATION IN SWAT DISTRICT (NWFP) Report Update No. 3 Reporting period – till 27 th June 2009
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The ongoing conflict in north western Pakistan has led to the displacement of individuals from Swat valley and the surrounding areas of Buner, Bajur, and Malakand to neighbouring villages. According to the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) government Emergency Response Unit, 3.5 million people have been displaced and out of these around 1.9 million have been verified and registered by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). The already enormous humanitarian needs are expected to increase as the potential for conflict in Waziristan causes further population movements and the approaching July Monsoon poses further problems. Along with the government and other humanitarian agencies the PRCS is working tirelessly to accommodate and facilitate these IDPs. Till 27th June 2009, a total of 6,231 families or 40,012 persons are sheltered in the eight IDP camps run by PRCS‐ICRC.
Relief The PRCS‐ICRC has distributed food (cooked and dry rations) to over 18,755 families since the IDP operation started in August last year with cooked food being distributed three times a day. Dry food rations, good for one month, consist of pulses, rice, flour, cooking oil, sugar, salt, black tea and beans. Non food packages along with other miscellaneous NFIs have also been distributed to 5429 families (Phase 1‐Bajaur IDPs) and 6231 families (Phase 2‐Swat IDPs). The NFI kits include kitchen sets, hygiene kits, blankets, mosquito nets, lamp hurricanes and other basic items. Health and Care The 8 health teams, present in camps, have treated 78,564 patients so far along with conducting health awareness sessions. There is also a large number of volunteers working for the benefit of IDPs. Heat stroke, malaria, diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection (ARI) and scabies are amongst the most common diseases faced by IDPs and EPI activities involving vaccinating children and pregnant women against various diseases are conducted weekly. 149 children in Malakand were vaccinated so far. 1 These figures represent the number of OPD cases (including in camp IDP patients, out of camp IDPs and host community members) being handled in the camps by our medical teams.
Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) In all of the camps, the PRCS has installed the following WATSAN facilities in the camps:
Service Completed and Running
Latrines 844
Showers 413
Water Bladders 19
Tap Stand 43
Washing Pads 14
Water Tanks 62
Water bladders of different capacities are fully functioning for the provision of safe drinking water with special care being taken in the construction of latrines and showers to provide maximum privacy and ease. Hygiene promotion programme is also being carried out in all camps. Mosquito nets, and mosquito and snake repellant were also distributed. Psychosocial Support Programme (PSP) The PRCS is providing psychosocial support to the IDPs to enable them to recover from their traumatic experience and cope with the prevailing situation.The total number of PSP beneficiaries stands at 7,331. Sports competitions among IDPs which include cricket, football and badminton have been organised to facilitate this process. The main PSP activities being carried out by the team are:
• Establishment of community centres and mosques
• Separate debriefing sessions with the males and females
• Coordination meetings on regular basis (with community, volunteers, health teams and stake holders)
• Establishment of safe areas and procurement and distribution of toys, sports goods, sweets, basic stationery items and other items for children.
• Various activities for children in the Community Model School.
• Involving of community in planning and executing sports tournaments.
• Follow up visits of the EVIs (extremely vulnerable individuals). A total of 270 EVIs have been identified by the PSP team in Swabi camp 1.
• Mobilization, social, referral and follow up sports activities.
• Quran khwani at male and females community centres and vocational training being given.
• Working with health teams to help patients
Youth and Volunteers A total of 353 volunteers have been involved in relief operations for IDPs since May 2009. Out of which, about volunteers are involved in fund raising activity at NHQ and PHQs. The breakdown of volunteers (currently working) at different locations is as follows:
Location No. of Volunteers Shah Mansoor Town , Swabi 223 Rang Mala Camp, Malakand 90 PRCS NHQ, Islamabad 20 PRCS Balochistan 4 PRCS AJK 6 PRCS NA 20 Total 353
The number of volunteers may vary daily as they work for different time periods and are constantly rotated and replaced accordingly. Restoring Family Links (RFL) – Tracing Family Links Mobile phone Service (FLMS) provided to the IDPs during the RFL assessment timeframe. Successful phone calls (nation wide): 76 Successful phone calls (international): 10 Separate phone calls done by females: 23 Number of tracing cases collected so far: 8 The RFL assessment is ongoing and the above mentioned services beneficiaries will increase. PRCS contact persons
1. SHAH MANSOOR TOWNSHIP, SWABI (camp 1 and camp 2) • FOCAL PERSON : Col. Nisar Ahmad, 03215290725
2. MALAKAND CAMP
• 3 x LOCATIONS : Rang Mala, Pallai Adda and Pitao
• FOCAL PERSON : Mr. Haseeb, 03438992169
3. LOWER DIR. • 3 x LOCATIONS : Govt. College, Technical College and Commerce College,
Timargarah
• FOCAL PERSON : Mr. Haseeb, 03438992169
4. RISALPUR • Benazir Complex, Risalpur
• FOCAL PERSON : Mr. Aslam, 03005856877 5. PRCS NHQ
