IDP’s Relief Operation

In the wake of ongoing military operation in NWFP and resultant displacement of millions of people, National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) responded to the communities in their need of hour by initiating various relief activities on war-footing basis in the fields of Health, Education and other relief services in close coordination with District Government, Mardan.

A view of Medical Camp Mardan.	A Mobile Medical Unit is ready to embark its mission.
A view of Transitional School for Boys.	A view of Transitional School for Girls.

Health

Mobile Medical Services were initiated on 14th May 2009. Initially, the number of Mobile Medical Units was 3-4 which have been increased to 12 from 4th June 2009 onwards. Till 30 June 2009, 399 locations have been covered and around 29,383 patients have been treated.

Education

• Assisted Education Department, Mardan in collection of IDP data from 1,263 schools and its computerization
• Developed a coordination forum to plan education related activities with all donor agencies/implementing partners
• Establishment of 6 Transitional Schools, with enrolment of 541 (330 Boys and 221 Girls). As per plan, establishment of 12 Transitional Schools is envisaged and establishment of remaining 6 Transitional Schools is under process
• Training of 43 Transitional School Teachers in Trauma Counseling. As per plan, training of 400 Transitional School Teachers is envisaged and training of remaining 457 teachers is under process

Other Relief Activities

• Distribution of 200 Foot Ball among the children in Sub-Camps and off camps
• Distribution of 86 unstitched suits – 38 ladies suits and 48 gents suits, worth Rs.48,000, among the IDP’s sheltered in IDEA-PAIMAN (Off Camp), Sabzi Mandi, Mardan.
• Distribution of 400 Hygiene Kits among IDP women in sub-camps and off camps
• Held various Sports Tournaments and Indoor for Games for Boys and Girls of IDP children in IDP Camp.

A Volunteer guide visitors at at Sheikh Yasin IDP Camp in Mardan.

A comprehensive plan for rehabilitation of the IDPs is under development, wherein various activities are being envisaged for smooth relocation and rehabilitation of IDPs in their native towns, once the security agencies cleared the area and gave green signal for rehabilitation.

Earthquake Relief and Recovery Project

The National Commission for Human Development joined in the national effort to help the victims of the October 8, 2005 Earthquake by setting up a special Earthquake Relief and Recovery Project in October 2005. NCHD's Earthquake support can be divided into: a) immediate relief (roughly Oct. 2005 to March 2006); and b) longer-term reconstruction (April 2006 onwards).

	"NCHD’s ten essential Health Care Centres are providing 24 hour, 7 days per week services to local communities."
	<< NCHD Rebuilding Shattered Lives

Contributions during the Relief Phase

These included the following:

• Through donor support, NCHD facilitated construction of 448 shelters in districts Mansehra and Bagh - a life saving contribution in the winter months.

• Similarly, in the affected districts and in Muzzafarabad, NCHD also provided 1700 tents, life saving drugs, food, emergency beddings and diverse support items.

• NCHD established a tent village at Ghazikot, Mansehra to provide essential support to 600 shelterless people which was later handed over to the Army authorities.

• NCHD organized six emergency health camps in Mansehra district.

• NCHD's education and health teams in Mansehra facilitated infrastructure damage assessments while working with the local government.

• NCHD provided cash support to the needy.

Contributions during the Rehabilitation Phase

The Earthquake Project's focus is on restarting education and health provision, shelter-construction and income-generation activities in six districts: Mansehra, Batagram and Shangla in NWFP, and Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Rawalakot in Azad Kashmir. ERRP is supported by UNICEF, and works in partnership with district governments.

To date, the Project has led to:

• Over 500 Government primary schools being reopened as 'transitional schools' with enrolment of over 50,000 children - with a further 900 in the pipeline.

• Ten Urgent Health Care Centres have been opened in NWFP and Azad Kashmir, treating over 80,000 patients.

• Resource mobilization to raise funds for earthquake relief, which totalled Rs. 28,380,567 or USD 473,009 till June 2006.


NCHD is working in six earthquake affected districts i.e. Manshera, Battagram and Shangla in NWFP; and Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Rawlakot in AJK. All NCHD mainstream programs i.e. Universal Primary Education, Adult Literacy, School Health Program, ORS Campaign, Volunteerism for Community Development and Capacity Development Program are being implemented in these six districts.