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UNHCR ups shelter supplies
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ISLAMABAD: The UN refugee agency has issued shelter supplies to more than 90,000 families as the agency works to meet the needs of people left homeless amidst Pakistan's on-going monsoon-flooding.
In the last five weeks UNHCR has issued more than 48,000 all-weather family tents and 165,000 sheets of plastic tarpaulin sufficient to shelter more than 748,000 people as it works with partner agencies to rush relief aid to some of the millions of people made homeless by the floods.
Meanwhile, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan to meet people affected by the floods and to highlight the urgent need for help. Jolie, who is visiting as the personal envoy of UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, is travelling to affected communities and meeting with people involved in the relief efforts.
Continued flooding in many areas of southern Pakistan is creating new challenges for relief efforts. Authorities ordered the evacuation of parts of western Sindh Province over the weekend as flood waters engulfed communities in Dadu District.
UNHCR has diverted 10,000 plastic tarpaulins to Dadu from Sukkur, elsewhere in Sindh Province to respond to shelter urgent needs of thousands of newly displaced people. It sent an emergency team including a site planner to the area on Sunday to help local authorities plan for temporary camps to shelter displaced people. Additional items are being sent to Sukkur to help meets needs there.-PR
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