ADRA (Adventist Development & Relief) Agency) - 2010 Pakistan Floods
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- ADRA's overall mission is to: * Reflect the character of God through humanitarian and developmental activities. * Actively support communities through a portfolio of development activities that are planned and implemented cooperatively. * Provide assistance in situations of crisis or chronic distress, and work toward the development of long-term solutions with those affected. * Work through equitable partnerships with those in need to achieve positive and sustainable change in communities. * Build networks that develop indigenous capacity, appropriate technology, and skills at all levels. * Develop and maintain relationships with our partners and constituents that provide effective channels for mutual growth and action. * Promote and expand the equitable and participatory involvement of women in the development process. * Advocate for and assist in the increased use of communities' capacities to care for and responsibly manage the natural resources of their environment. * Facilitate the right and ability of all children to attain their full potential, and to assist in assuring the child's survival to achieve that potential.
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FROM RELIEFWEB:
Pakistan: ADRA Refocuses Aid to Punjab Province
Source: Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA)
Date: 02 Sep 2010
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SILVER SPRING, Md. - As floodwaters move further south down the Indus River, larger numbers of people are being forced from their homes and communities, prompting the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to refocus the implementation of its emergency medical response to Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, report agency officials.
ADRA is working closely with World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health for the Punjab province to establish operations of Mobile Health Units in unreached areas of the district of Muzaffaragarh, some 239 miles (385 kms) southwest of Lahore. In this district alone, some 750,000 flood victims remain extremely vulnerable and 2.6 million displaced persons throughout Punjab continue to need assistance. ADRA expects that this shift from its previous operations in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province will avoid overlapping with other relief efforts and provide increased security for its programs.
ADRA's Mobile Health Units are comprised of doctors, surgeons, pediatricians, and nursing staff that provide medical care around the clock, treating more than 220 patients a day for malaria, diarrhea, and other diseases and ailments resulting from the contaminated floodwaters. ADRA has also provided two ambulances to transport the most severely affected patents to the nearest hospital facility.
One of ADRA's medical teams will be operating in the Gaffoor Factory Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp near Shah Jamal, providing care for two additional camps with a population of more than 4,000 people. In addition, ADRA staff members are providing clean drinking water for the immediate population using chlorine tablets and ten 100-liter (25.5 gallon) tanks, benefitting more than 5,000 people per day.
To deliver increased aid to the most vulnerable population, additional locations for three Medical Health Units are being identified, as there is little to no dry, elevated ground available to set-up operations.
Health education continues to take place, raising awareness regarding water-borne diseases and ways to treat those affected by them.
Insecurity and damage to the infrastructure has hampered the speed at which aid can be delivered to desperate populations. Estimates of displaced persons in Pakistan have climbed to more than 10 million with scarce access to food and clean water, according to government agencies.
More information will be provided as the response continues.
To send your contribution to ADRA's Emergency Response Fund, please contact ADRA at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372) or give online at www.adra.org.
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From the site - Pakistan Floods 2010:
SILVER SPRING, Md. —As waters begin to slowly recede in northern Pakistan following some of the worst flooding in the area in 80 years, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is assessing the immediate needs of affected communities, the agency reported.
Some of the most urgently needed relief aid, ADRA emergency response experts say, includes shelters for displaced families, blankets, hygiene kits, food, water, and medical assistance.
Since the flooding began in late July, more than 1,500 people have died, thousands have become homeless, and some three million people have been affected. The effect of the flooding on farmlands, crops, cattle, roads, buildings, and communication networks has been severe.
"The entire infrastructure we built in the last 50 years has been destroyed," a spokesman for the provincial Disaster Management Authority in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa said.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 36 districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province, have reported flooding so far. In addition, the threat of water-borne diseases remains high in all affected areas, as the flooding has contaminated water sources.
"This is the worst ever calamity in our history," said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, information minister for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
As more heavy monsoon rains are in the forecast, government authorities expect the number of dead to climb further. In addition, the vast amounts of water, which are now flowing south through Baluchistan, Punjab and Sindh provinces, have already caused flash flooding and are threatening low-lying areas.
To contribute to ADRA’s Emergency Response Fund, please contact ADRA at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372) or give online at www.adra.org.
Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.
ADRA is a global non-governmental organization providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age, gender, race or ethnicity.
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FROM THE INTERACTION SITE - PAKISTAN FLOODS 2010:
ADRA is assessing the situation and the needs of those affected by the recent flooding in Pakistan. As part of the response, ADRA expects to distribute aid such as shelters, blankets, hygiene kits, food, and water. ADRA is accepting donations online at www.adra.org or by phone at 1-800-424-2372 (ADRA).