Flood Relief Fund - Balochistan - FEEL WORLDWIDE
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“Historic floods leave rural Pakistan with nothing.”
Record floods have devastated the Pakistan province of Balochistan.
Hundreds of thousands of people are currently at the mercy of an exceptional monsoon season, which has wreaked havoc across Pakistan. In the rural province of Balochistan, countless people and agricultural animals have also lost their lives. More than 80% of houses in rural Balochistan are destroyed.
Balochistan is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. It is the largest province in land area (it would be the 6th largest US state), but it is easily the least developed in terms of infrastructure. The difficult and rugged land of Balochistan makes the work of rescue and recovery challenges.
FEEL WORLDWIDE is a registered LLC in the USA. FEEL WORLDWIDE’s CEO, Arbab Naseebullah Kasi hails from Balochistan. FEEL has an extensive charity and volunteer network in Balochistan through whom we will provide all necessary resources to those who lost their loved ones and everything they ever had. Mr. Kasi has 18 years of professional working experience in Pakistan and the USA while working on various programs and projects, including emergency relief and rehabilitation activities.
Extraordinary torrential rains & flash floods
1. Pre-monsoon spell hit on June 13, 2022
2. Second monsoon spell started on July 4, 2022
3. Third monsoon spell started on July 26 to July 31, 2022
4. Fourth monsoon spell started from August 10 to August 13, 2022
5. Fifth monsoon spell started from August 18 to August 22, 2022
6. Quetta and surrounding districts witnessed rain amounts unprecedented in the last 30 years
7. Out of 33 total districts, 31 have been extremely affected by the heavy rainfall.
8. Human, material and agricultural damage so far (estimated)* in Balochistan:
- Causalities: 800+ lives
- Injured: 10,200+
- Homeless: 60,500+
- Loss of livestock: 500,000+
- Houses completely damaged 52,350+
- Houses partially damaged Nearly 80,000
- Agricultural crops in lost 955,000+ acres
- Highway/main/link roads damaged 2,400 KM (1,500 miles)
- Bridges damaged 32
- Dams damaged 22
- Solar systems & tube wells damaged 5,500+
- Schools damaged 945+
*Data source: Baluchistan’s local civil society organizations, the Government of Balochistan, and the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). Plus, the Early Needs Identification (ENI) exercise was jointly conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Medical Emergency & Resilience Foundation (MERF) in four districts in Balochistan. The ENI was carried out in the first week of August 2022, in which both the primary and secondary data was collected with the purpose to provide a quick overview of the humanitarian situation by identifying the immediate and evolving basic needs of vulnerable population dwelling in flood-affected areas of Balochistan.
9. Emergency response through PDMA in partnership with other stakeholders up till now:
- Rescued more than 25,790 individuals
- Provided shelter and non-food items to 29,585 Households
- Provided food baskets to 35,792 households
- Emergency has been said in 31 districts.
- PDMA is conducting a multi-sectoral rapid need assessment in Balochistan's ten most affected districts with technical support from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), which is underway.
- National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) provided 8000 households with food/NFIs for flood affectees of Balochistan.
- INGOs/NGOs have supported in terms of relief items (food/non-food Items) for 12,308 households.
- WFP has supported in terms of food items, i.e., 22,000 in different districts of Balochistan.
- OGDCL donated PKR.20.00 million (91116.17 with the conversion rate of USD 1 = 219.5)
- PPL donated PKR. 25 million (113,895.22 with conversion rate of USD 1 = 219.5)
Emergency relief operations for flood-affected households include an immediate high demand for shelter, food, and non-food items. Longer-term needs will focus on rehabilitating affected communities.
FEEL WORLDWIDE is partnered with Quetta Online, Alkhidmat Foundation, Provincial Disaster Management Authority – PDMA Balochistan, and community organizations to assist those most affected by the floods in Balochistan.
Your support will be highly appreciated. Needs being met by your donation include:
• Food
• Re-construction of homes
• Temporary shelter
• Clothing
• Medical supplies
The recent exchange rates have made the US dollar very valuable in Pakistan.
A $50 donation can get a food package for a family** unit for two days.
A $100 donation can get tarpaulins for a displaced family.
A $200 donation can get a tent for a displaced family.
A $750 donation can get a food package for a family for a month.
A $5,000 donation can get a medical camp for affected people.
A $10,000 donation can get a family construction of one bedroom apartment.
**Average family unit in Balochistan is eight members in a household.
We will share the progress of every single penny spent on flood relief operations in Balochistan with all donors through social media and websites. Please, now is the time to support humanity because hundreds of thousands of people are displaced and recovering from devastating losses. Thank you.
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Fundraising team: Team fundraiser (5)
Arbab Naseebullah Kasi
Organizer
Shippensburg, PA
Lonce Bailey
Team member
Ken LeBlond
Team member
Babatunde Ajao
Team member
Rebecca Howland
Team member
