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ACT Appeal
Pakistan
Assistance to Conflict- Affected in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Province – PAK121
Appeal Target: US$1,435,299
Balance Requested: US$886,667
Geneva, 18 July 2012
Since January 2012, the acceleration of military operations against militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province has caused large-scale displacements across the region. The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has increased significantly over the past weeks. Peshawar and its surrounding areas as well as Jalozai camp in Nowshera are the primary destinations for these displaced people. Jalozai camp has historically housed large number of refugees as it was initially established for the Afghan refugees back in 1989, and later became host to the internally displaced people from Swat and Buner districts in 2008-2009.
According to reports in early April, UNHCR representatives were engaged in registration of IDPs. A majority of these registrations included women and children. Observations from Bara Tehsil have revealed that communities require food, non-food items, clean drinking water, and health care. At the same time displaced families have reported destroyed livelihoods and sources of income. Currently IDPs can register at Jalozai Camp in Peshawar to become eligible to receive assistance. However, more than half of the off-camp IDPs are not registered due to a lack of identification documents, overcrowding at the registration point, and difficultly for unaccompanied women and children. According to an inter-agency report, 85% of the off-camp IDPs are in Peshawar, with remaining 15% in Kohat and Nowshera.
ACT Pakistan forum members, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), Pakistan and Church World Service, Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS P/A) are providing assistance in the form of food and non-food packages, water, sanitation and hygiene activities (WASH) as well as health services.
Outside the appeal, CWS-P/A is also providing 6,000 food packages to other affected families in Peshawar. Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe is also providing assistance outside of the appeal with bilateral funding.
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