IOM Establishes Camp for 200 Families in
Press Release
11 October 2011
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The 200 families, who chose to move to the camp, were previously sheltering in over-crowded conditions in four schools in the city.
The camp comprises 50 tents and 150 shelters made with plastic sheet tarpaulins. Families were also given kitchen sets, jerry cans, blankets and plastic mats on arrival.
UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, built 40 latrines and provided seven 3,500-liters collapsible water tanks. The UN World Food Program (WFP) provided each family with a one-month ration. The district administration will provide security.
Two more camps are now being set up by aid agencies in Daur Shah and Ghatti villages, located in Kazi Ahmed “taluka”, also at the request of the Shaheed Benazirabad district administration.
“The need for shelter is still huge as many families occupying schools are now having to leave. Thousands of people are also still cut off by standing floodwaters, difficult to access and unable to return home,” says Head of IOM Sukkur Office Maen Daqaq.
Despite major funding constraints, IOM has provided shelter and non-food relief items to nearly 30,000 families across flood-affected areas in Sindh since the onset of the floods in August. It is currently appealing for funds to help thousands more.
Based on government and independent assessments, the UN believes that some 5.5 million people have been affected by the floods in Sindh and nearly 1.8 million have been displaced.
For more information on the work of the IASC Emergency Shelter Cluster in the 2011
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Saleem Rehmat
National Programme Officer/Public Information Officer
International Organization for Migration
IOM-Islamabad (
Tel: +92 51 / 2831061-5 / 2831040-3 / Ext:301
Fax: (92 51 / 2822968
Cell: +92(0)300 856 0341
www.iom.int
Tariq Khattak, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Email: Tariqgulkhattak@gmail.com
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