Disaster Relief
Floods in Pakistan
OCHA Disaster Response Tools and Services
Includes links to emergency relief and rapid deployment as well as funding and resources mechanisms, and information management tools and services
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Central Emergency Response Funds in Pakistan
ReliefWeb Pakistan Section
An online gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters with latest updates, appeals & funding, background information, and latest maps and vacancies (no training opportunities at this time).
Pakistan Initial Floods Emergency Response Plan, August 2010
Full_Report (pdf format - 2.3 Mbytes)
Humanitarian Organizations
The Acumen Fund has spent more than 8 years working in Pakistan.They recommend the following organizations:
- The Citizens Foundation Relief
As explained on its website, "TCF has a network of 660 schools units in 68 towns and cities across Pakistan. TCF staff and supporters aim to prodive food packages, water purifying packs and basic medicines to flood affected people. TCF team has set itself a target of 20 million meals over a period of 30 days. TCF aims to procure ration packs centrally and distribute them through TCF staff and other credible institutions." This organization was also recommended to us by an alum of the Global Health Effecitveness program at Harvard University. - Rural Support Program Network (RSPN) is a national organization and the largest non-government network of rural development programs.
- Kashf Foundation, one of the largest micro finance organizations in Pakistan which lends to women in low income communities and is also an Acumen Fund investee.
- International Rescue Committee is responding to the devastation caused by severe monsoon season rains and extensive flash flooding throughout Pakistan.
- Established in 2003, the Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization which is run by several Board Members and staff on a gratis basis.
To read more about the work of these organizations, please visit On the Ground Pakistan, a website created by Acumen where everyone can add information about relief work.
Islamic Relief USA: Donation for Pakistan
CARE Donation for Pakistan Relief
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies website
Emergency Appeal Pakistan Monsoon Flash Floods (PDF)
Hesperian Foundation Pakistan page provides materials on cholera, nutrition, and basic primary care in Urdu, Sindhi, and English.
Knowledge For Health: K4Health Pakistan Relief Toolkit is a one-stop source for information that will help health workers respond to the flood relief efforts underway in the country. The toolkit covers the vital sectors in emergencies, including health, water and sanitation, food security, and shelter. It also covers key field activities supporting the operations, such as logistics. The toolkit is accessible online, but K4Health will also be uploading it to flash drives so that those on the front line can access the information where Internet connectivity is lacking.
GHDonline
Health IT Challenges and Needs for Disaster Relief and Rebuilding: Lessons learned from post-earthquake Haiti Discussion Brief (Member sign-in required)
August 10, 2010
Key Health IT tools and recommendations found in this discussion brief:
- Having a consensus of a core set of data is the best approach and then projects can decide what tools to use to collect and manage that. Another member suggested the Canadian Physician Health Programs (CPHP) which has a list of common health indicators which might be used in emergency situations (Sections 1, V, and VI).
- Two off- and online tools, Adobe Air and Microsoft Silverlight, were mentioned as easy-to-use, adaptable, and well capable of handling database interactions with the simplicity of web page development.
- Cloud computing solutions like Google Documents or shared online folders like Dropbox are convenient for small team but may not accommodate larger groups.
- Two members in particular, one from a group of surgeons called SIGN and the non-profit Aptivate, mentioned interest in developing a robust system to work in such situations.
Member organizations in Pakistan
Ongoing discussion: Share IT resources for flood relief activities in Pakistan NOW!
Other contributions in the communities about Pakistan
Media
Pakistan Flood Disaster Relief: How to Help - New York Times
Twitter realtime results for Pakistan
Wiki list of hospitals in Pakistan
Wiki OpenStreetMap Pakistan Floods: Mapping and coordination data and tools
2010 Pakistan Flood on Wikipedia
Notably provides a list of response efforts by countries and NGOs as well as list of helpful websites including:
Pakistan Floods 2010 Information and Relief Wiki
Notably includes list of important numbers and needs for donations
January 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Earthquake information and emergency response from the Embassy of Haiti in the United States
Plateforme pour la refondation d'Haiti
UN Logistics Cluster for Haiti
MINUSTAH United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Center for International Disaster Information: Haiti Earthquake Response page
UN OCHA websites: Relief Web Haiti; OCHA Haiti: Six months later
UN Business Guidelines: Partnering for a better world - Haiti page
Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti
U.S. Department of State: 2010 Earthquake in Haiti page
International Medical Corps in Haiti
Wiki list of hospitals in Haiti
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Partners In Health: Six Month Report
Six months have now passed since a devastating earthquake ripped through Haiti. Every day since January 12, 2010, Partners In Health (PIH) and our sister organization Zanmi Lasante (ZL) have been working to help Haiti's people build their lives and their country back better.
Although not yet fully funded, the Stand With Haiti Fund we established in March has provided PIH and ZL with the resources and the strategic vision to begin the process of building back better in Haiti through a combination of: strengthened clinical services at our existing health centers and hospitals as well as in new facilities; expanded social and economic support programs for the most vulnerable patients and community members where we work; and investments in long-term, strategic revitalization of the public health and medical education systems.
Over the past 26 weeks, our efforts have saved lives through emergency critical care and surgical services; helped seriously injured patients regain mobility; resettled abandoned and disabled children into a safe group home; comforted communities in need of spiritual and emotional solace; and provided strategic planning assistance to Port-au-Prince's General Hospital (HUEH) as well as the Haitian Ministry of Health (MOH) leadership.
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The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health
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Updated August 30, 2010