The IOM-led Pakistan Shelter Cluster today published new data
showing that over 13,000 people do not expect to be able to return
home to villages inundated by the 2011 Sindh floods for several
months.

The greatest concentration of displaced people remains in
Umerkot, Mirpur Khas and Sangar districts, according to the survey
by the IOM Temporary Settlement Support Unit (TSSU).

"What's concerning us is the percentage of people who said that
they won't be able to return for a month, three months, or even
longer. Roughly 74 per cent of families we interviewed expected to
stay for more than one month and half of these families indicated
they will need to stay longer than three months," explains TSSU
Coordinator Mil Illangasinghe.

The main reasons families gave for being unable to return home
were standing water preventing access to their village and lack of
support to rebuild their homes or restart their livelihoods.

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The need for scaling up of early recovery aid to enable people
to return home and stay was highlighted at the launch of the
Pakistan Floods Early Recovery Framework on 14th February.

The humanitarian community is appealing for USD 440 million to
scale up early recovery interventions across the 23 flood-affected
districts, where an estimated 5.4 million people have been
affected.

The Shelter Cluster reports that committed funding will now only
meet about 17 per cent of what is needed. It emphasizes the need to
help families build an early recovery shelter before the monsoon
arrives in Sindh and Balochistan in roughly four months' time.

IOM is appealing for USD 29 million to meet urgent early
recovery needs including one room shelter support, community
restoration, health service provision, humanitarian communications,
preparedness for the upcoming monsoon season, support to local
government, private sector engagement and security training for aid
workers.

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