UK activist pledges support for the flood affected

UK media practitioner and human-rights activist pledges support for flood victims.


September 21, 2010

ISLAMABAD: UK media practitioner and human-rights activist Karen Brown pledged support for the flood victims in Pakistan by mobilising international media and donor support.

Karen, who visited the flood affected areas, has been instrumental in supporting ActionAid’s international appeals for fund generation, said a press release.

During her trip to Pakistan, she will also visit South Punjab and Sindh where she will meet with the affected families and interact with government and non-government actors involved in the management of this massive humanitarian crisis. She will also meet members of Pakistan Humanitarian Forum and give strategic advice on ActionAid’s long-term Emergency Response Plan.

Ever since the start of the crisis, ActionAid Pakistan has been active on the ground providing food, hygiene kits, mattresses, shelter material, clean drinking water and essential medical care to over 85,000 women, men, children and the elderly, according to the press release.

By the end of October, ActionAid will be reaching more than 100,000 people in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh.

Karen said, “At the end of the first phase of immediate response, our priority is to facilitate the flood affected communities in registration and compensation processes, keeping a vigilant watch over human rights violations and cases of violence against women, while promoting inclusion of women in livelihood compensation and agriculture extension services.”

In the reconstruction and rehabilitation phase of the emergency, ActionAid will focus on promoting participation of people especially women and minorities in relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation. “We will make efforts to strengthen the capacities of the communities to enhance their consciousness of rights, effective participation, accountability, and social justice.”

Capacity enhancement efforts will be focused at increasing the understanding of the flood affected people on the processes, mechanisms and institutions that are responsible for their relocation and rehabilitation, she elaborated.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2010.

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