The 2010 floods began in July 2010 after heavy monsoon rains affected the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh,emerg-rlf-3 lower Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan, AJK as well as parts of Balochistan. An estimated more than 3,000 people have died so far with close to 1.6 million homes badly damaged or destroyed. The United Nations estimates over 20 million people are suffering and homeless including 8 million of children and the lives of more than 2 millions pregnant females are at risk due to diseases spread out after flood, with over 160,000 square kilometers affected as a result of the flooding, exceeding the combined total of the affected of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. However, the death toll in each of those three disasters was much higher than the number of people killed so far in the floods. Around a fifth of Pakistan’s total land area was impacted by the flooding. So far as many as 5000,000 or more people have been displaced from their homes.

“Floods have submerged 17 million acres of Pakistan’s most fertile crop land, have killed 200,000 livestock, more than 6000000 Poultry and have washed away massive amounts of grain. A major concern is that farmers will be unable to meet the fall deadline for planting new seeds in 2010, meaning a massive loss of food production in 2011, and potentially leading to long term food shortages. The agricultural damages are more than 2.9 billion dollars, according to recent estimates, and include over 700,000 acres of lost cotton crops, 200,000 acres of sugar cane and 200,000 acres of rice, in addition to the loss of over 500,000 tones of stocked wheat, 300,000 acres of animal fodder and the stored grain losses”.

Floods have damaged an estimated 2,433 miles of highway and 3,508 miles of railway. Cost estimations for highway damages are at approximately 158 million USD and railway damages are at 131 million USD. Any unique or particularly large infrastructure damages will increase these estimates. Public building damages are estimated at 1 billion USD.

The cramped and unhygienic conditions, combined with food shortages and intense heat, raise the specter of potentially fatal disease outbreaks, such as cholera. The United Nations says there are already more than 120,000 cases of suspected dengue and malaria, while skin infections and diarrhea have affected hundreds of thousands more. Relief workers and the military are trying to get aid to the desperate but there is too little to hand out and too many in need.

RELIEF ACTIVITIES FOR FLOOD VICTIMS OF PAKISTAN IN 2010
HOPE Foundation started its relief activities from the first day when the devastating floods struck Pakistan in July 2010. HOPE Foundation helped set up relief camps in different areas including Charsada, Nowshera, Muzafarabad, Neelum, Sindh and many other locations, where free shelter, food, medicine and safe drinking water was provided to flood victims.

In the year 2010, HOPE Foundation’s emergency and relief program has provided:

Clean drinking water
Hygiene kits
Winter Kits
Food
Non Food Items
Clothes
Water storage bottles & coolers
Eid Gifts
Food during Ramadan
Qurbani / Zabeeha Meat

RELIEF ACTIVITIES FOR FLOOD VICTIMS OF PAKISTAN IN 2011
Heavy rainfall in August 2011caused significant devastation in hundred of villages and settlements acrossemerg-rlf-1 Pakistan has been affected or has been completely washed away by the floods. The hardest hit province is Sindh, with 22 out of 23 districts affected. Flooding has also occurred in Pakistan administrated Kashmir (neelum and Jehlum valleys), in Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa (across Malakand and Hazara Divisions; flash floods in Kohistan district); in Punjab (Sialkot, Kasur, Pakpattan and Sahiwal districts; flash floods feared in Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts) and Balochistan (districts west of the Koh-e-Suleiman Ranges).

The Government of Pakistan requested assistance from the humanitarian community in Sindh province on 6th September 2011. As of 3rd September, the worst-affected districts are Badin, Mirpurkhas, Tando Muhamad Khan, Tando Allah Yar and Nawabshah (Benazirabad), although damage assessments are still underway for districts newly affected by flooding including Qambar Shadadkot, Dadu and Jamshoro. PDMA estimates that 8.7 million people have been affected in 22 districts across Sindh.

The most recent figures from the PDMA Sindh and UNOCHA indicate that over 245 people have died in floods in Sindh in September 2011 and 8.7 million people are estimated to have been affected. Heavy rainfall which started on 10th August caused significant flooding in Badin, Mirpur Khas, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allah Yar, Thatta and Tharparkar districts.

Another wave of monsoon rain in the last week of August and first week of September caused flooding in Nawabshah (Benazirabad) district, Dadu, Jamshoro, Naushero Ferouz and Khairpur districts. Many areas have been isolated by flood waters and so the extent of the damage is not yet clear. The districts affected include those which were devastated by flooding in 2010, including Dadu and Jamshoro.

Over 1 million houses are estimated to have been damaged or destroyed. An estimated 150,000 families (1,050,000 individuals) have been displaced within the province. Massive damage has been caused to cotton and sugarcane cash crops across the province which were ready for harvest, as well as to newly planted rice crops. Seeds and grains stored at various locations were destroyed, resulting in food deficiency in the flood affected areas.

HOPE Foundation revised a project to save lives of flood affected people by averting starvation through distributing essential food supplies and non-food items and tents. The project rapidly started off by distributing tents, food and non-food items at District Shahdadpur in sindh.

As per need assessments, the following items were included in the emergency relief package:

TENTS:
Double Fly Single Fold, Family Ridge Tent 100 Tents
FOOD ITEMS:
Flour 1000 Kg
Rice 300 Kg
Cooking Oil 300 Kg
Pulses 200 Kg
Salt 100 Packets
Pepper 25 Kg
Turmeric 25 Kg
Tea 25 Kg
Dry Milk 50 Kg
Sugar 100 Kg
NON-FOOD ITEMS:
Match Boxes 100 Packs
Candles 200 Packs
Clothes for Male 100 suits
Clothes for Female 100 Suits
Shawl for Male 100 Shawls
Shawl for Female 100 Shawls
WATER & HYGIENE:
Water handpumps 02
Water Coolers (15 Liter Capacity) 100
Wash rooms 10

EARTHQUAKE 2005
The Kashmir or Northern Pakistan earthquake that struck on October 8, 2005 caused major seismological disturbance at a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale taking over 86,000 lives. Since October 8, 2005 Earthquake, HOPE Foundation is engaged in relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation work in quake hit areas of AJ&K in Pakistan. Our mission is to help revive the lives of our Pakistani brethren who were badly affected in the October 8, 2005 devastating earthquake, HOPE Foundation team is carrying out their missionary relief activities in the quake ravaged areas of AJ&K from the very first day till now.

The following materials have been distributed to provide immediate support to the earthquake survivors:

Winterized Tents, Plastic Sheets, Sleeping Mats, Blankets and Quilts, Food and non-food items, Reconstruction of houses.