Advocacy Issues Highlighted During National Humanitarian Network Meeting in Peshawar
(06 August 2010)

SECTOR: Advocacy

Supported By: National Humanitarian Network

ACTIVITY:

To highlight the advocacy issues & the needs of the flood affectees a coordination meeting was organized in Peshawar on August 06 in which 58 participants of National Humanitarian Network & Network for Humanitarian Assistance in KPK participated. During meeting the current situation with focus on below mentioned advocacy issues were considered and a resolution was passed to NDMA & PDMA:

LOCATION: Peshawar

ADVOCACY ISSUES:

• Clean drinking water being basic need of life is not available to the affectees  
• The registration of affectees has not yet started so it should be given attention 
• There is no equipment with national/provincial departments to rescue the flood affected communities, the helicopters with Army can’t access people who are bounded by water from all side & helicopters can’t land over small place so an alternate arrangement should be done on urgent basis for rescue operation   
• People living on road side get some assistance but the ones living in remote areas are neglected  
• Government should give NOC to registered organizations only  
• Mostly the children & women are missing in the areas so there is need to address & discuss this issue, it might be possible that they are kidnapped  
• The livelihood of people has totally lost, thousands acres of agricultural land has damaged so food security would be a big issue in near future  
• Dewatering, vaccination, spraying campaign and dead livestock dispose off are the necessary measures that require quick actions to be taken for not promoting secondary disasters  
• The roads and bridges are damaged and there is need to rehabilitate them on urgent basis for people to access the daily use items  
• Media is doing negative propaganda against I/N-NGOs