IOM Pakistan is ramping up its capacity to handle incoming
donations in kind, warehousing, onward transportation and
distribution of goods from incoming relief flights. Over the past
week it has handled eight flights – four from the UK, three
from the US and one on behalf of the United Nations.

Cargoes have included 14,000 plastic sheets and 17,000 blankets
donated by USAID's Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)
and flown into Islamabad. IOM trucked the consignment to Multan in
Punjab province, and its distribution, together with IOM-procured
kitchen sets, to flood-displaced families in Muzaffargarh district
is now ongoing. IOM is partnering with local NGOs SPO and NRSP to
distribute the aid.

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Another airlift of 6,550 shelter kits (13,100 plastic sheets and
ropes) also donated by OFDA, will be completed in Karachi tomorrow.
The shelter kits will be distributed  together with 13,100
IOM-procured blankets and 6,550 IOM-procured kitchen sets by IOM
and partner agencies from Sukkur in Sindh province.

The Emergency Shelter Cluster of 40 local and international aid
agencies working with the government to deliver emergency shelter
and other non-food relief items, which is coordinated by IOM, works
to a standard that tries to provide two 4 metre x 5 metre plastic
sheets, two blankets and one kitchen set for each homeless
family.

Over the past week IOM has also taken delivery of 1,500 family
tents, 9,000 plastic sheets, 48,500 blankets and 24,000 buckets
donated by the UK Department for International Development
(DFID).

IOM trucked the aid to Charsadda and Nowshera, two of the worst
hit areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), and is currently
distributing it with the help of NGO partners, including Save the
Children, Johanniter International and People in Need
Foundation.

IOM is also handling incoming UN relief shipments on behalf of
partner agencies, including UNICEF and WHO, and providing trucks to
the government to support the distribution of government aid,
including donations in kind from abroad.

In response to a request from the National Disaster Management
Authority (NDMA) it provided 10 trucks to transport shelter
materials, water purifiers, food, medicine and other donations in
kind from Islamabad to KPK and Punjab.

It has also provided 10 trucks to the Commissioner of Multan's
office to help to distribute government aid in some of the hardest
hit areas of Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur districts in Punjab.

In addition to ramping up its logistics capacity, IOM is also
expanding its coordination role as the lead agency in the Emergency
Shelter Cluster. It has established new cluster hubs in Multan for
Punjab, and Sukkur for Sindh, in close cooperation with the NDMA,
the respective Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs)
and partner agencies.

It is also expanding a mass communications outreach programme
set up for conflict-displaced people in KPK in 2009. The programme
will target flood-affected communities nationwide with radio public
service announcements on topics including avoiding diarrhea and
malaria, mother and child health during the fasting month of
Ramazan, treating snake bites, setting up durable shelters and fire
safety in camps.

For more information on IOM's activities in Pakistan and flood
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For additional information please contact:

IOM Islamabad

Chris Lom

Tel. +92.3085204684

E-mail: "mailto:clom@iom.int">clom@iom.int

or

Saleem Rehmat

Tel. +92.3008560341

E-mail: "mailto:srehmat@iom.int">srehmat@iom.int