UK aid announced so far will provide help for around one and a half million people in Pakistan affected by the floods. The UK Government has earmarked up to £31.3million in response to the UN Pakistan appeal, with £16.8million so far allocated. In addition, a £10million bridge project has been brought forward.
UK aid contribution to date overview
? Five plane loads of aid from United Arab Emirates to Islamabad (three already delivered, two more due): one RAF C17, three 747s, and one 777, carrying a total of 400 metric tonnes of aid: approx £1.5million
? 3,500 tents and 9032 shelter kits, providing shelter for more than 62,000 people
? 24,000 water containers and 48,625 blankets
? Help half-a-million malnourished children and pregnant/breastfeeding women and children by providing high energy food supplements, treating severely malnourished children, and training health workers: £4million
? Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene for 800,000 people via UNICEF: £5million (approx 680,500,000 Pakistani Rupees)
? Pakistan Emergency Response Fund: £5million (approx 680,500,000 PKR)
? Bridges project brought forward: £10million (approx 1,361,112,301 PKR)
? Emergency ‘seed money’ released: £750,000 (approx 102,083,422 PKR)
? Radio broadcast emergency information programme: £45,000 (approx 6,125,005 PKR)
? Extension of DFID loan guarantee scheme to small enterprises affected by the floods
? UK public contributions to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal: £9.5million
? Scottish Government contribution to Scottish aid agencies in country: £500,000
? Previous contributions to the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the Central Emergency Response Fund, and International Committee of the Red Cross
Family Tents and shelter kits
Aim: provide shelter for people whose houses have been washed away or seriously damaged by the monsoon floods
Partners: distributed by Save the Children-UK and the International Organization for Migration
Amount: 3,500 tents (500 airlifted by the RAF from United Arab Emirates to Islamabad) and 9032 shelter kits
Number of people likely to benefit: more than 62,500
Where: Swat, Shangla, Nowshera, Charsadda
When: a significant number of tents have already been distributed, the remainder will be distributed in the coming days
Nutrition, treatment and emergency health care training
Aim: provide life-saving treatment and care to severely malnourished children and pregnant/breast-feeding women
Partners: emergency health and relief organisations, the Pakistan Ministry of Health, and UNICEF
Amount: £4million
Number of people likely to benefit: around half a million
Where: Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan
When: about three months, starting immediately
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene via UNICEF: £5million
Aim: to help prevent further death and disease of the children and people of Pakistan affected by the monsoon floods by providing safe drinking water, hygiene kits, toilets, sewage clearance, waste removal, etc
Partner: UNICEF
Amount: £5million (approx US$8million) committed on Monday 2 August 2010
Number of people likely to benefit: approx 800,000 people
Where: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir
What: Providing clean drinking water to over half a million people through the restoration wells and water tankering in SWAT, Kohat, Charsadda, Nowshera, Lower Dir, and Peshawar; Restoration of sanitation services; Distribution of hygiene kits; In Swat, awareness campaigns on health and hygiene issues, provision of water purification tablets, hygiene kits and related items; emergency medicines given to district health departments of Charsadda and Nowshera.
Delivered/ongoing:
? 520,000 inhabitants receiving safe drinking water through water tinkering
? 50,000 inhabitants receiving safe drinking water through restoration of 63 water supply schemes
? 30,000 inhabitants provided with water purification tablets and means
? 30,000 inhabitants provided with adequate sanitation
? 48,000 persons deployed for clearing of drains, dewatering, solid waste collection and so forth
? 52,000 inhabitants having access to personal hygiene material through distribution of 6,100 hygiene kits
? 20,000 inhabitants having access to water storage and handling materials through distribution of 2,240 buckets and 5,000 Jerry cans
Pakistan Emergency Response Fund: £5million
Aim: to help prevent further death and disease of the children and people of Pakistan affected by the monsoon floods by providing emergency relief, including food, shelter, water, sanitation, and healthcare
Partner: Fund managed by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Amount: £5million (approx US$8million). Committed in May 2010. The UK was the first country to contribute to this new fund
Number of people likely to benefit: roughly 500,000 people
What: safe drinking water, emergency communal latrines, washing facilities, family hygiene kits, sanitation and hygiene information campaigns, tents and tarpaulins
Where: currently Charsadda and Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to extend further across the country.
When: already in operation
New bridges: £10million
Aim: accelerate provision of new bridges, to replace some of those washed away by the monsoon floods
Partner: Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Amount: £10million (approx US$16million)
Number of people likely to benefit: approximately 4.5million people across eight districts
What: the start date of this pre-agreed project, originally scheduled for the New Year, will be brought forward to start as soon as soon as possible after the recovery process makes access possible
DFID is also funding a team of engineers to work with the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to plan and deliver the bridges
Where: Malakand and FATA
When: Engineers have been in the area since week ending 6 August 2010. Identification of priority sites and planning started straight away. Delivery of the bridges will depend on availability, manufacture, and transport of the new bridges to Pakistan
Quick release emergency seed funding: £750,000
Aim: administer emergency quick release ‘seed money’ to enable agencies to set-up and kick-start rapid programmes for a three week period
Partner: Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies
Amount: £750,000 drawn from a pre-existing DFID programme
Number of people likely to benefit: approximately 160,000 people so far
What: healthcare, shelter, food, water, sanitation, hygiene
Where: Swat, Shangla and Kohistan, Di Khan, Charsadda, Nowshera, Peshawar
When: NGOs are already operating on the ground
Radio broadcasts
Aim: provide vital information on where to get food, shelter, plus advice on how to avoid disease etc
Partner: BBC World Service Trust and Internews
Amount: approx £50,000 provided from core funding
What: six daily bullets broadcast (three Pashto, three Urdu) on up to 34 partner radio stations, providing advice and information on where to get food and shelter, how to avoid disease, stay safe, etc
Number of people likely to benefit: reaching over 60 million people
Where: most of Pakistan
When: started week commencing Monday 9 August 2010
Extension of loan guarantee to small businesses
Aim: help small businesses restart their operations
Partner: State Bank of Pakistan
Amount: extension of a pre-existing £8million guarantee to facilitate loans
What: using the DFID guarantee banks will offer up to PKR1million to small enterprises to restart their operations
Number to benefit: small enterprises which have been affected by the floods
Where: All of Pakistan
When: available immediately
Previous contributions being spent in response to the monsoon floods
? New York Central Emergency Response Fund has announced $10million in response to the monsoon floods, of which UK’s contribution makes up $2million
? International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): DFID has contributed £17million since 2006, £8million of which was given in March 2010. They are spending £1.5million specifically in response to the monsoon floods, to fund drinkable water, medical care, shelter, and food etc for an estimated 10,000 families across the country
? European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO): DFID contributes 16% to the budget