The fact that around 34 percent of Sindh’s flooded areas are still inundated suggests a high level of food insecurity in the province, the World Food Programme (WFP) said in its recently published Situation Report.
“The recent multi-sector cluster assessment shows that 34 percent of the flooded areas of Sindh are still under water. The assessment confirms high levels of food insecurity in the province,” the WFP said in its situation report. The report was released on Thursday.
The WFP said the situation heightened food insecurity in Sindh where rates of Global Acute Malnutrition were 17.3 percent even before the floods.
According to the WFP, the results from the National Nutrition Survey, 2011, also show that situation has not improved and Sindh still remains the most food deprived province of the country, with food insecurity at 72 percent and malnutrition as high as 23 percent.
The report also added that the WFP had reached over 1.4 million people in November. The WFP said that 50 percent of the funding was encouraging and that it would hopefully get more funds in the coming days.
The United States, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Switzerland provided assistance to the WFP for the flood victims in Pakistan.
34pc of Sindh’s flooded areas still under water: WFP
