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The South Asia earthquake of 8 October 2005 resulted in the loss of an estimated 73,000 lives, 70,000 injured, and considerable damage to the built and natural environment in Pakistan. A total of 4 million people are reported to be affected in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Because of the rugged terrain, the onset of winter, the large number of injured, and the extent of underlying poverty, there is a compressed time period for assisting survivors.
The UN Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) of 26 October indicates that up to 3 million individuals in Pakistan are in immediate need of shelter and other life-sustaining assistance to survive the coming winter. Next to the disaster’s death toll and injuries, destruction and damage to housing has had the most significant impact on disaster survivors. An estimated 600,000 housing units have been destroyed or severely damaged (based on an estimated affected population of 4 million and a family size of 7). In some areas, close to 100% of the housing stock was destroyed. In other areas, a significant part of the housing stock was either destroyed or rendered unsafe.
The loss of housing poses serious challenges to survivors given that winter is approaching in the affected region. Severe cold weather and heavy snowfall can be expected in winter, raising the risk of hypothermia to those in temporary housing and of further damage to ad hoc and makeshift shelter. According to the CAP, the current estimate is that about 1.5 million people face winter without emergency shelter of any kind. These are the survivors who have not found other accommodation and for whom the prospects for being housed in winterized temporary shelter are weak. Winterizing tents will help survivors live out the winter.
01.12.2005 - 31.07.2006
Neighbour in Need (NiN), CARE Österreich
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