Project:
Early Recovery Provision of Diesel Mills to Flood Affected Communities
(Tehsil Palas, Kohistan)

Target Area:

Tehsil Palas, district, Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, Pakistan 

Project Period: 

15 December 2010 to 15 February 2011 (3 months) 

Grant:

51,254.17 Euro 

Donor Agency:

Malteser International   

Back Donor:

Federal Republic of Germany - BMZ                   

Implementing Partner:

Sungi Development Foundation
 

Objective: 

To provide diesel mills as well as operation, maintenance and management training to flood affected communities. 

Project Highlights:

• Project team completed verification survey of five union councils of tehsil Palas, Kohistan in initial two months.  
• Project team was the first to register with UN-Log cluster for distribution of item through air lift.  
• Project staff prepared distribution plan of the diesel mills and accessories.  
• 35 village relief committees participated in relief operation providing shelters to flood affected communities through helicopters/vehicles to the villages.  
• To date project has installed 10 diesel mills at Kuz Paro and Kolai union councils. Three diesel mills started maize flour grinding.   
• At all 10 villages, the training cycle of diesel mills operators was conducted in a manner that diesel mills operators can fully undertake and understand working of diesel mills and can manage mills without help in future. 

Key challenges        

Frequents changes in landing zones, delayed flights, heavy continuous snowfall, poor and flood damaged access and remote villages.