The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has
allocated an additional UKL 5 million to IOM to provide shelter
support to flood-affected people in Sindh province.

The funds will also support preparedness activities for the
upcoming monsoon season and ensure that IOM’s post-2011 flood
shelter rehabilitation programme will continue.

The shelter programme has included support for the distribution
of DFID-supplied shelter and non-food relief item (NFI) kits
through NGOs to 15,000 families, and a pilot programme reviewing
various types of shelter indigenous to the area.

The project extension will help an additional 10,000 vulnerable
households to rebuild shelters in the most severely flood-affected
districts of Mirpur Khas, Umerkot, Tharparkar and Tando Allah
Yar.

The programme focuses on cash support for vulnerable households
and provision of technical training, taking into account local
construction practices, materials and culture. It allows families
to take charge of reconstruction and to select the model of house
that they prefer, including whatever risk reducing technology they
can afford.

“Our efforts to recover from last year’s floods have
been really boosted by IOM’s training and cash to help us
rebuild,” says Raheema a resident of Tharparker and a
beneficiary of the programme. She lives on a monthly income of less
than USD 75 and has seven children, including a disabled son.

The new funds will also enable IOM to prepare for disaster
situations in the coming months. In addition to prepositioning
shelter/NFI stocks for 16,000 families, IOM will support existing
coordination arrangements and capacity building of local NGO
partners.

“After two years of consecutive flooding, many families in
Sindh still live in damaged or temporary shelters. That is why the
UK is working in partnership with IOM to build flood-resistant,
permanent shelter for thousands of families, and to help repair the
homes of tens of thousands more. We are also working with IOM to
pre-position emergency items in preparation for future
disasters,” said Bob Leverington, Head of DFID in
Islamabad.

For more information, please contact

IOM’s Pakistan Emergency Stabilization and Support Unit
(PESSU) in Islamabad

Email: "mailto:pessu@iom.int">pessu@iom.int

Tel: +92 (0)51 283 1061-63