Karachi, October 11, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Sindh Branch of Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) organized the first coordination meeting of flood relief operation on Monday 11th October 2022 at provincial headquarters, Hilal-e-Ahmer House Karachi. The meeting was presided over by PRCS-Sindh Provincial Secretary Kanwar Waseem, and it was attended by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Relief Coordinator for floods in Pakistan, PRCS-National Headquarters, members of IFRC Emergency Response Units (ERUs) including WATSAN, Relief and Logistic, German Red Cross, and PRCS-Sindh staff from the provincial headquarter in Karachi, Zonal Hub Hyderabad, and Zonal Hub Sukkur.
Following the heavy monsoon rains, the Sindh branch of the Pakistan Red Crescent immediately dispatched relief items to the flood-affected districts of Sindh province and deployed its technical teams to install water purification plants in Balochistan on August 1, 2022. The relief items included stoves, hygiene kits for children and women, mosquito nets, kitchen sets, jerry cans, tarpaulin sheets, hurricane lamps, shelter tool kits, blankets, jackets, water filters, shawls, buckets, and so on. Then, in early September, PRC-Sindh officially launched its flood relief operation and deployed staff and volunteers to run the southern hub from Hyderabad and the northern hub from Sukkur.
Since the start of the flood relief operation in Sindh, the PRCS-Sindh, with the support of the national headquarters in Islamabad, the IFRC, Turkish Red Crescent, Qatar Red Crescent, Kuwait Red Crescent, Norwegian Red Cross, German Red Cross, and other movement partners, has reached out to thousands of flood victims and distributed food packages as well as non-food items such as tents, hygiene kits, tarpaulin sheets, blankets, and mosquito nets.
Now water purification plants are functioning in Sujawal, Nawabshah, Dadu, Jacobabad, and Larkana district and more than 10000 flood affected families are benefiting daily. Two medical camps were organized in the Sujawal district where doctors treated more than 2000 patients and provided free medicines. PRCS-Sindh is going to deploy five medical teams comprising male and female doctors, lady health workers, dispensers and social mobilizers for Dadu, Thatta, Jamshoro, Sanghar and Mirpurkhas.
According to details, the German Red Cross (GRC) will provide 50 kg food packages and kitchen sets to 24,000 flood-affected families across Sindh. Additionally, GRC will also provide hygiene kits and organize hygiene promotion sessions in collaboration with PRCS-Sindh Medical Health Teams.
For more information, contact:
Sindh Provincial Branch,
Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS)
Hilal-e Ahmar House, G 2 Khayaban-e-Iqbal, Zone A Block 7,
Teen Talwar, Main Clifton Road, Karachi, Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-35306227, 35306228, 35306229
Fax: +92-21-35830376
E-mail: phq@prcsindh.org.pk
Website: http://www.prcsindh.org.pk/