Over 23,000 Emergency Shelter Kits Provided to Pakistan Quake Survivors
Posted on: Sunday, 4 December 2005, 12:00 CST
Text of report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency
Islamabad, 4 December: Over 23,000 emergency shelter kits have so far been provided to the quake survivors in collaboration with Pakistan army to enable them to build their own shelters.
A 90-days' plan has been devised by the United Nations for providing food, nutrition and access of water and sanitation to the quake survivors.
About 100,000 more tents would be supplied in the quake-affected areas for protecting survivors from severe cold, PTV reported.
New sites have also been identified for establishing more camps to provide shelter to 250,000 people during the next six months. About 36,000 people have been accommodated in 30 camps established by the United Nations.
The government has taken full responsibility for taking care of the destitute, widows and orphans. They would be placed under the protection of the Ministry of Social Welfare and for their permanent rehabilitation.
Supply of relief goods by helicopters and provision of medical treatment to the needy was also continuing. Foreign NGOs are also actively participating in providing wheel chairs and artificial limbs to the disabled.
Educational activities in the quake-affected areas were also gaining momentum in tent schools set up by the volunteers.
Source: BBC Monitoring South Asia
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