Background
UNICEF was responsible to provide WASH facilities at camp level. In this regard they have selected IDP's to fulfill their works in camps e.g., SSD, IRSP, HRDS, HDOD, RID and many other.
The 2009 refugee crisis in Pakistan was the massive displacement of civilians in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan that was caused by Operation Black Thunderstorm.
Since the beginning of Operation Black Thunderstorm against the Taliban, over 1.2 million people have been displaced in across Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, joined by a further 555,000 Pakistanis uprooted by fighting since August 2008. The refugees are known in Pakistan as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Most of the 1.2 million people who have escaped the violence were staying with relatives or friends, placing tremendous strain on the country, while over 300,000 others are seeking refuge in UNHCR-supported camps. [1]
By 22, August 1.6 million of 2.2 million returned home, as per UN estimates. [2]
UNICEF was responsible to provide WASH facilities at camp level. In this regard they have selected IDP's to fulfill their works in camps e.g., SSD, IRSP, HRDS, HDOD, RID and many other.
For more information Special Support Group (IDPs)
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 People's Republic of China | People's Republic of China's Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhao Hui had called on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad on Saturday and presented him a cheque of $1 million for refugees. Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khan said that China's total contribution for assistance to the IDPs had now reached $5.4 million. [3] |
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 United Nations | The United Nations made an international appeal for Pakistan IDPs and has so far received one-third of the $150 million it has sought. The UN agencies have provided for 780,000 IDPs as they expand their relief operations. [1] |
The fighting since August has so far left up to 2 million displaced.
The federal government was considering shifting the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the refugee camps set up in Mardan, Nowshera, Swabi and other hot areas of NWFP to Abbottabad and Mansehra districts, as they are reportedly not acclimatised to hot weather. but due to negligence of federal government, it wasn't made a reality.
Managing Director Zumurrad Khan of the Pakistan Baitul Maal said that scorching heat in Mardan and other areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was unbearable for the IDPs of Swat and Malakand Division. [4]
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the fourth largest province of Pakistan by land area and the third-largest province by population. It is bordered by the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan to the south, Punjab to the southeast, the territory of Gilgit-Baltistan to the north and northeast, the Islamabad Capital Territory to the east, and Azad Kashmir to the northeast. It shares a long international border with Afghanistan to the west. Due to it's location, it does not share a border with India. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a varied geography of rugged mountain ranges, valleys, rolling foothills, and dense agricultural farms.
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