Pakistan Inter-Agency Assessment Shows 77,000 Displaced Outside Camps in Peshawar Valley
An inter-agency rapid assessment of people displaced by renewed
conflict in Khyber Agency living outside formal camps in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (KP)'s Peshawar valley has identified over 77,000
people.
IOM, WFP and IVAP co-led the assessment, which was conducted in
coordination with UNOCHA and the KP Provincial Disaster Management
Authority (PDMA) and with support from NGOs including Save the
Children, CERD, BEST, SSTD, LHO, NRC and ACTED.
The assessment was designed to map off-camp populations,
identify urgent needs and provide the planning needed to ensure
that aid deliveries target the most vulnerable. It was conducted
across three districts (Peshawar, Nowshera and Kohat), covering 54
union councils and 275 villages. Data collection was done by 16
teams using smart phones.
Preliminary results indicated that 9,744 families (77,435
individuals) are living outside camps in the three districts. Some
67 per cent of them arrived over a month ago, 19 per cent arrived
within the last 3-4 weeks, 12 per cent arrived in the last two
weeks and 2 per cent in the last week.
The assessment showed that newly displaced families are in
urgent need of food, emergency shelter, clean drinking water,
health and nutrition services, and protection.
Aid agencies working in KP say that more IDPs are expected as
security operations continue in Khyber Agency and more funds are
needed to scale up their operations.
The initial results of the assessment have been presented to the
Humanitarian Regional Team in Peshawar and a final report will be
available by next week.
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