INTERVIEWEES for team TAAB

photography at relief camp

Arround 150,000 pakistanis in Sindh Province have been evacuated to higher ground because of the flood..now they are with us..most of them are in our city but what we are doing for them? making relief camps ? where we are getting all need stuff from our nation and then putting it into our houses ?
this is what we are helping...asking all around the world to give us aid and when help comes it directly goes into our bank accounts!
well i visited a relief camp near Sparco with my group.
there were 4 government schools in which people are staying with their families.

QUESTIONNAIRE from team TAAB

We have come up with some questions, which actually are series of questions combined as one. We thought instead of directly questioning someone, we might start with one or two easy-questions which can lead to a healthy conversation that can answer our original QUESTION!

-NAME

-AGE

-GENDER

-MARITAL STATUS

-Which city do you belong to?

-How long have you been here? How did you got to know about the upcoming flood? How did you get here?

-What do you used to do there? Are you educated?

-What do you miss the most? What was special about your hometown, home? (to know about his financial status)

-How many family members? Are all fine, in good health? (to know about diseases)

-What belongings do you still carry from your city? what stuff do u miss the most and cherish the most?

-How do you all spend your day? What do you like the most and not like here at all? (to know if he is being aided properly)

-Do you interact with people around you? Are there any sort of groups here? (interaction-based question will lead to the series of next question)

-What have you learnt here? Any new experiences?

-What will you do, if you would have to live in Karachi, and if you go back? Will there be any change in your profession?

-You saw how differently people live here at Karachi, the girls and the boys are educated alike, Will you educate your children when you go back?

-What role did the govt. play? Do you think you will vote the same people you voted last time?

-If we provide you any work, will you use your skills to work with us?

-What does your father used to do when back home? Do you still follow the same family structure?

CONTACT PERSONS for team TAAB

NAME PHONE NO AREA STATUS

MOHD. UZAIR KHAN 03022468232 SUJAWAL VOLUNTEER

HOPES

(ABBASI SHAHEED HOSPITAL) KPK VOLUNTEERS / DOCTORS

DR MOHD KHAN 0333384409 SUKHUR DOCTOR
(SIUT)

PERVEEN REHMAN 03002293864 KARACHI RESEARCHER

ARCHITECT

ALLANA 032221555504 BHUMBUR IDP

SHAHHID 03463184892 OLD SUKHUR IDP

SOHAIL ZUBERI KARACRHI RELIEF TRUST VOLUNTEER

Thousands of schools damaged or destroyed

Thousands of schools damaged or destroyed

Estimates are still coming in as to the number of school structures affected. OCHA’s 23 August situation report said: “Some 7,820 schools are now reported to have been fully or partially damaged in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) and Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PAK), and about 4,935 schools are being used as relief shelters. A decrease in the number of schools being used as shelters has been reported from KPK and Sindh.”

According to Save the Children US, over 5,500 schools have been damaged across the country, while 5,000 others are being used as shelters for displaced families.

Ian Wolverton, Save the Children’s spokesman in Pakistan, said in a statement on 20 August: “Rebuilding educational infrastructure after the water recedes is going to be a daunting task. The education sector of Pakistan, especially in the rural areas, had been poor even before the floods, but now the situation is particularly dire."

Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) General Secretary Iftikhar Aazmi has been quoted by the press as saying in Karachi that “all educational institutes of Sindh, except those of Karachi and Hyderabad, have been disturbed due to the floods.” There were around 26,000 private and public sector schools in the province before the floods, according to education department figures.

“Running wild”

According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 1.6 million children have been affected by damaged schools, or because the schools are being used as shelters. The UN agency has a six-month plan to meet schooling needs, starting in the first two months with the creation of temporary learning spaces in camps. “An assessment of damage to schools is now on so needs can be established," said UNICEF's emergency officer Fawwad Shah.

“The children are just running wild and roaming the streets. We need schools for them,” Zareena Bibi, 35, told IRIN at a camp where she and her three children have been since 14 August.

Temporary learning kits and recreational kits are being provided by relief workers and further educational interventions are planned.

“Parents are concerned about safe pastimes for children and want schooling so they don’t stray away from camps. The risk of flood-affected children being kidnapped by militants - raised by the president - has scared many,” said Dilawar Hasan, 65, a former school teacher now volunteering at several camps.

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90292

suggestion

if you are willing to provide something to the effecties as token, plx have someone who can deal with the people a bit rudely. because we had some candies with us which we tried to distribute in children. it was a very very very bad experience. every child was willing to get more and more and we stuck between them and they were pulling us towards them .

plz be carefull

visit to razzak abad

we visited razzak abad on sunday 29th aug
what i come up with is that the people are provided almost all the basic necessities. people are quite satisfied with what they are provided.
we met a young girl "urooj" over ther. Her family came from jacobabad. they were 13 people living in a single camp. she was hardly 10 years old. she had two elder sisters and six younger brothers. one of them was 4 days old and he was delevered at this camp. His mother was given all the facilities required.
but the family was not satisfied with the relief provided. they were still complaining that they dont have this n that.
we chose them as the perminent people whom we'll be going to and talk to in coming weeks.

trip to sachal goth

My experience at sachal goth was quite informative as compared to the trip towards gulshan e maymaar as we reached there we got to know that there were four different relief camps in schools as what i noticed there that the victims were provided with all the facilities they must have as they were provided with mineral water and food material and they were also given water for washing purposes and medical camps were also set up there with an edhi ambulance provided for 24 hour for any emergency purpose while doctors were also there to look after the victims, as different diseases like rabies, diarrhoea, dehydration, skin diseases and chest infections were caused. There basic needs were cloth, crockery, gas and stove and milk products for the children. Hope to get more information further with there respective people and thier way of living now.

Historical natural Disaster events in Pakistan

PAKISTAN FLOODS 2010 – A CLOSER LOOK ANALYSIS BY CASSIM INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD

PAKISTAN FLOODS 2010 – A CLOSER LOOK ANALYSIS BY CASSIM INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD

Identified Areas of Damage as of 17 August 2010:

Crops

Cotton: This is the worst hit crop, as according to initial estimates we have lost as much as 2 million bales. This may lead to more imports of cotton by the value added sector, adding further pressure to the Current Account Deficit and thereby causing further devaluation in the exchange parity.

Wheat: Wheat plantations were also damaged by flooding. At this point, we do not have any estimate of the damage. Given that we had a small surplus last year, we expect that the surplus will be lost for this year.

Rice: Pakistan may not be able to meet its target of rice export this year, as we expect losses on this front as well. We will lose the opportunity to earn foreign exchange therefore causing a widening current account deficit.

Sugar: We have estimated a loss of 500,000 tons of sugar cane, approximately 2 – 3% of the sugar cane demand. We believe this will have a minimal impact on the availability of refined sugar.

Public Infrastructure

Many Schools, hospitals, bridges, roads, highways, electricity and gas networks have been affected or destroyed mainly in KP, and some areas of Punjab. All these will have to be rebuilt to facilitate economic activity. According to the government’s initial plans, 50% of the current year’s planned PSDP will be reallocated towards reconstruction. However, these projects will take place over a long term horizon.

Government’s relief effort needs to be carried out on an urgent and top priority basis.

Private Infrastructure

According to initial estimates, around 800,000 – 1 million houses have been destroyed. Small scale businesses have suffered large losses due to loss of infrastructure and inventories (damage to the crop and livestock included). Rehabilitation will need to involve monetizing affected persons through subsidies for rebuilding of houses, businesses and working capital in the near term. Government has not announced such a plan as yet, and although this will be difficult to implement logistically and transparently, immediate resolution is required as any delays will compound the problem.

On a positive note, some field experts are of the opinion that agriculture will benefit in the long run as the flooding, will make the soil more fertile due to renewal of soil, and natural removal of salts thus decreasing its salinity.

Overall Economy

The expected import of goods for relief purposes will widen the Current Account Deficit. However, Foreign Aid will help reduce the deficit ifreceived in time. Foreign Aid in the form of debt will help in the short term, but will constrict the amount of PSDP available with the financial cost burden in the future. A Current Account Deficit will cause devaluation of the currency, which is beneficial for sectors withexports.

If the above devastation is not addressed fast enough, we expect an elongated slowdown of economic growth because agriculture, which is the hardest hit sector, accounts for as much as 20% of the GDP.

Source: http://pakistanifloodrelief.wordpress.com/information/statistics-2/

Facts about the 2010 Pakistan Floods

some facts about the 2010 Pakistan floods..(copied from dawn.com)

BASIC OBSERVATION (QUESTIONAIRE) BY TEAM S.H.U.M.S

After our first visit visitingt razaqabad camp on tuesday we decided to make a questionaire for our team so we can get a thorugh observation of all and can come up with some conclusion of our first trip.here are the questions

1. no. of camps:
2. no of IDP's:

About facilities

• camps conditions:
• tolets conditions:
• food:
• drinking water:
• water for other usage:
• enviorment:
• electricity:
• other fecilities:
• activities:
• Any discussions with IDPs
• organizatioz working there:
• your point of view
• any solutions or any other thing you might wanna add:

this was for our first trip

NGO's AND PEOPLE WORKING AT CAMPS AND ARE IN CONTACT WITH TEAM S.H.U.M.S

TCF (lahore) - abdul rehamn working for TCF
Gul e rana club ( karachi) - ma'am bilquis
shahan ghouri (islamabad) in army and working at northen areas
Dr. Owais  (islamabad) is in PNS shifa and he is also at camps in northen areas
SOL (karachi)

DIRECT AFFECTED PEOPLE TEAM S.H.U.M.S KNOW.........

samina (ten nine years old girl) and her family are directly effected by the floods in punjab,shifted to karachi to one of their relative . they are staying more then 80 people in 2 rooms, and are facing aloot of trouble but still thankfull to GOD and willing to do any kind of job and work to earn their bread.

Akram - Nosheerah (base camp)

Rashid - Jinnah biraj

Waqas - Sadiquabad

Qanaat ali - sukkur

Shoaib khan - distric neelam

visit of SACHAL GOT RELIEF CAMPS

There are 4 relief camps in line, it's a goverment school where survival stay. They people really need clothes, shoes and clean water.
they are suffring from:
Gastro, chest infection, skin diseases, dehydration.

Some of them need job and want to stable in Karachi because they left nothing behind  but have no vacancies. Most of them want to go back their places.

It was a great experiance. I would like to fulfill thier  needs and do plenty of aid for them, benediction for them and their kith n kin
 and pray to be settle soon in their life. Me and my group had a long dicussion with them and we fully tried to give emotionally support to them.

SHAHID AND HIS STORY!

shahid is 26 yr old and resident of old sukkur. he works in karachi as a clerk in karchi university. his family effected by flood. his family consist of 5 memebers. they live on 80 sq yard home at rent. when flood came to their town, according to his family there was no official or government or any rangers to inform them. masjid was the only source of info and imam of the masjid told people about flood through loudspeaker. so his family and other people prepared themselves for flood water and they took raw food iteams and clothes for 15 to 20 days and shifted to safer place through helping them themselves. its really sad that after 5 days government came and they provide them so called help by distributing rotten food. media is covering food news but they are not helping them. now people of old sukkhur are living stoneage life they use woods to cook food and from 20 days they dont have electricity. his family and other residents of old sukkhur is wating for water to dry. they dont want to shifted any place as they are afraid of loosing thier lands and goods. what shahid and his family realy wants that what government or any other people promises just fulfil thier promises.

Kothri Bridge

I visited Kothri Bridge and its adjoining areas on Saturday, one day before the villages there were hit by the flood. It was a depressing sight to experience, as on the way to the city, when you were enjoying the music and having fun with your friends; there were hundreds of people who were sitting right under the sun, waiting for someone to come and feed them.

The other sad thing to witness was how the household items, cattle along with the family members were all stuffed in a truck or a loader and were being transported.

We had left Karachi after emergency was declared at the Kothri city. The police would not let us in the city, but only after they realized (read: thought) that we were covering for some media channel, we were allowed in. Trees looked like bushes, one wall or half of the house was what remained standing with no belonging inside.

On the way back at Super Highway, a government relief camp was set up providing food and blankets to the IDPs. Trucks loaded with cattle and household were being unloaded at different vacant areas at super highway.

At Gujju, National Highway a group of families who were affected not by flood but early rains had been helped by the students of our department to rebuild their huts and houses higher from the ground level keeping the low budget in mind. When we revisited them during our visit to Kothri, they felt delighted but were again worried about the upcoming-flood. The most important factor that we witnessed was that the affected people are ready to help themselves, even though all of them are not ready to go back, but still there are some who want to return to their homes.