Tharparkar Famine Appeal

Respected Donors,

Over last three years District Tharparkar Pakistan facing drought like situation, considers one of least developed regions of country characterized by cultural and religious diversity. The largest religious minority population lives in Tharparkar region one of the most disaster prone areas where vulnerable communities have witnessed series of disasters since many decades particularly droughts with devastated impacts.

In proposed area Extensive droughts, disaster events especially fire incidents and water shortage affected marginal population who loss whatever assets they have and suffer from social and economic pressure interims of local crop failure, deaths of livestock, downing water table and food insufficiency.
Large population in the remote areas is facing difficulties to access drinkable water. They have to fetch water from distant locations, mostly women and girls have founded busy in fetching water, spending hours in long travel and queuing period. Different report and reaches reveals that insufficiency of WASH facilities are leading cause of diarrheal deaths of children that also contributes to malnutrition, reduced resistance to infections and when prolonged, to impaired physical and cognitive growth and development as well as school readiness and performance. 

FRDP Activities / Response to drought affected area:

Fodder, Food and cash assistance program was relevant to the needs of the targeted areas as people were unable to find the fodder in the grazing areas for their livestock and extreme vulnerable individuals (EVI) were not able to meet their basic needs, especially for small animals (Goats & Sheep). It was appropriate considering the situation during the months July before coming rain. In addition, livestock management sessions and vaccination are appropriate to help them to prevent the disease may occur after the monsoon rains. Fodder assistance will bring the change in health condition of their livestock as distributed fodders (Vanda) is the composite of different items having the rich nutrition’s that are beneficial for the animals for fattening and increased the milk productivity. In addition, this will set the platform to have the good prices against their animals in the market during the coming ‘Eid’.

Food Distributed: 500 families 

Livestock Fodder distributed: 800 Families

CASH Distributed: 20 families (PKR 5000 X 20 = PKR 100,000)