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Appeal
Pakistan
Assistance to Conflict-Affected Families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (Tirah Valley) - PAK131
Appeal Target: US$ 1,427,654
Geneva, 24 May 2013
ACT Pakistan forum members Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A) and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), Pakistan are providing assistance to the displaced population in the form of food and NFI packages, water, sanitation and hygiene activities (WASH). Furthermore CWS has launched an appeal for emergency assistance in the USA and DKH is approaching German Foreign Ministry for funds.
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. At present, there are three registered IDPs. Currently 180,574 families comprising 848,698 persons are internally displaced due to the continued conflicts, of which 17,274 families (10%) are living in camps and 163,300 families (90%) are living off-camp in host communities. Large-scale spontaneous settlements are being assisted by the Government and Non-Government Organizations. Irrespective of the fact that thousands of families receive assistance and some return to their areas of origin in FATA, there is still a high influx of IDPs coming from FATA due to recurring security operations.
With changing hot weather conditions, the IDPs continue to face many hardships, particularly those who have come from cooler climates to hot weather conditions and now facing difficulties in adjusting to a new environment. The families are in urgent need of food, NFI and WASH support to have basic and essential normality in the daily life. This appeal has been developed after doing needs assessment and analysis in the gaps after considering the humanitarian responses of other agencies. CWS-P/A intends to provide food and NFI support, whereas NCA will provide assistance in the WASH sector.
For the full appeal document, please click here.
