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Sungi organized an urgent coordination meeting on July 30, 2010 in Islamabad to respond
this emergency situation in a well coordinated way. Organizations from Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa, Punjab
and AJK participated in the meeting including RSPN, HDP, SPARC, KDWO, Lead Pakistan, TFIP, UNDP,
Sungi Development Foundation, Shirkatgah, Doaba Foundation from Punjab, Social Aid from Balochistan
and KPK, Hujra from Swat, Saibaan from Mardan, Global Peace Pioneers, ITA, Oxfam Novib, UNDP,
Children First, SDS, HIN and KIDO from Mardan. Some more NGOs from Peshawar, AJK, Mansehra and Swat
also confirmed their participation in the meeting but couldn’t attend the meeting due of roads
blockage.
During the meeting as per agenda current disaster
situation of Pakistan was discussed to know the actual delineation of the entire scenario.
Further, a well coordinated humanitarian response plan was chalked out to alleviate the human
suffering from floods. As a result all organizations sent assessments, needs and required fund
for response to Sungi being focal organization. Sungi is compiling that information to be
shared with PHF, UN agencies and other funding agencies through Syed Arif – the funding
manager of Oxfam Novib.
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