IOM has launched a video highlighting ongoing shelter needs in
communities in Sindh and Balochistan provinces hit by devastating
floods in 2011.

The release coincides with the launch earlier this week of the
Pakistan Floods 2011 Early Recovery Framework, which appealed for
an additional USD 440 million to scale up early recovery
interventions to help thousands of flood-affected families to
rebuild their lives.

The video focuses on emergency shelter and essential non-food
relief items distributed in Sindh by IOM and the United Kingdom
Department for International Development (DFID).

"The film shows how plastic tarpaulins are often preferable to
tents, as they are easier to transport, cheaper and can be reused
during the reconstruction phase," explains IOM Pakistan Emergency
Officer Izora Maskun.

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"We also recorded how the solar lamps in the relief packages
helped women and children in the temporary settlements and areas of
return and made them safer places," she adds.

Assessments indicate that the vast majority of those displaced
by flooding have now returned home.

But around 337,000 houses have been completely destroyed,
leaving families with little or nothing with which to rebuild.
Agencies seeking to help families rebuild or repair their homes
report that to date they only have committed donor funding for some
51,000 homes.

Affected families list their priority needs as housing, health
services, agricultural inputs and replacement animals.

IOM has now received DFID funding for a pilot project to build
one-room, flood-resistant shelters in southern Sindh and to provide
early recovery shelter support for 7,500 families.

Following the successful completion of the pilot, IOM is now
appealing to international donor agencies and the private sector
for funds to help another 30,000 families.

The Sindh Floods video can be viewed on IOM's YouTube channel:
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For more information, please contact:

IOM Pakistan

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