Around 5.4 million people have been affected in the current floods and 2.7 million out of them are in need of food assistance in Sindh where 73 percent of crops have been inundated by the floods causing 67 percent of the food losses, said a joint rapid assessment report issued here on Friday.
The assessment was made jointly by the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to identify needs of the flood victims and ensure in time delivery of critical assistance to the affected population.
“The preliminary results of the assessments reveal that around 5.4 million have been affected, of which an estimated 2.7 million people are in need of food assistance. The data also suggests that 73 percent of food crops have been inundated by the floods and food losses are estimated at 67 percent”, the press release added.
The results of the joint assessment were presented to relevant government authorities and the air organisation. “The rapid assessment was conducted in over 10,600 villages in 17 out of 22 affected districts,” said WFP’s Acting Country Director, Dominique Frankefort. He said the findings were crucial for the WFP and other humanitarian actors to ensure that all those in need would receive life saving assistance.
Meanwhile, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and its partner organisation, Shelter Cluster, have asked the international donors for helping at least 274,000 families which have been displaced in Sindh Province by the recent floods.
