May 14, 2009 - July 18, 2009

the Background
The Military operation in Swat, Buner, Shangla, Lower Dir of North West
Frontier Province and Wazirastan in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, has
led to the largest humanitarian and displacement crises of the recent times.
According to an estimate, over 3.0 million civilians have left their homes,
their livelihood, and life as they knew it, forcefully displacing themselves and
their loved ones to safer areas. The vast majority of these Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) were accommodated by the host communities
while the remaining people took refuge in relief camps and school buildings.
The host families who have sheltered their friends and relatives during this Miserable living conditions for human beings
time of crises have shown enormous generosity and helped to save
countless lives. However, the strain was beginning to show as the demand
for healthcare, sanitation, and water has placed severe stress on existing
infrastructure. Traumatized by the journey through battle zone and living
with virtually nothing, these vulnerable men, women, and children were in
urgent need of food, clean water, shelter, and emergency healthcare. The
risk of spreading communicable diseases was exacerbated by the crowded
conditions, contaminated water, inadequate sanitation and poor nutrition.
Analyzing the situation various health organizations expressed their concern
over the possibility of increases acute respiratory infections, cases of Unbearable heat inside the tent forced the
family to keep their heads outside
diarrhea, malaria and meningitis. Along with it, psycho-social support,
mental health services, and medical care of pregnant and new mothers were
all areas of grave concerns.

Given the speed and scale of this displacement, gaining access to all these
people in need of humanitarian assistance has remained a formidable and
complex challenge for the federal and provincial governments of Pakistan.
The Government has thus appealed to all humanitarian agencies to join
hands in providing relief and early recovery assistance. In these
circumstances National Commission for Human Development, on the Little baby crying for the milk but the available
instructions of Mrs. Faryal Talpur MNA, Chairperson Special Committee on milk is expired
NCHD, has planned to shoulder the burden of carrying out relief operations
for mitigation of miseries of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). In line with
its mandate, NCHD facilitated Disrict Government Mardan in the fields of
Health, Education, and other relief services.

The IDPs who came to the main camps were being focused by all voluntary
service providers/donors/and aids agencies, while those who opted to live
with host families and schools got limited access to the basic services
needed in these extreme conditions. Realizing the need of these ignored
IDPs, NCHD initiated its health and education interventions. People’s stay in school

Compiled & Edited by: Samia Khan | Design & Layout: Huzema Qyum
May 14, 2009 - July 18, 2009

NCHD Interventions
MOBILE MEDICAL CAMPS

NCHD in collaboration with District Government Mardan immediately

started the healthcare facilities in Mardan District and created 12 Mobile
Medical Units (MMUs) supported by a Base Camp established at Labour
Colony Mardan. Each MMU comprises a Doctor, LHV, Medical Technician, EPI
Technician and a Driver. Similarly, Base Camp is operated by two Doctors (one
male and one female), LHV and two technicians who provide 24 hours
services to 500 IDP families sheltered in Labor Colony and its nearby area in
Mardan. The teams are equipped to deal with all kind of diseases and
epidemics and are provided with both preventive and curative medicines.
Their major focus is on the most vulnerable i.e. women and children who are
exposed to severe living conditions with pregnant women bound to sleep on
the floor, children exposed to extreme heat, and newborns without the care A child getting vaccination at the Base Camp

they need.

ACHIEVEMENTS

620 medical camps have been organized

4,512 patients have been treated for diseases of all kind
Medicines worth Rs. 37 millions have been distributed

Mobile van ready to set out on its mission

Mobile medical team treating mothers and children along with NCHD’s Base Camp at Labour Colony
distributing medicines

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NCHD Interventions
TRANSITIONAL SCHOOLS

NCHD has established transitional schools for internally displaced children to

assist them in quick recovery from the trauma sufferings while fleeing from
their homes in a battle like environment. The teachers are specially trained to
deal with mentally stressed children and help them in quick transition to
normalcy.

ACHIEVEMENTS
15 transitional schools have been established
25 teachers are provided to the transitional schools
1,323 Children enrolled including 928 boys and 395 girls
79 teachers were given training in trauma counseling

Boys and girls benefitting from the NCHD’s Transitional Schools

TEACHERS’ TRAINING IN TRAUMA COUNSELING

To build the capacity of the 400 teachers dealing with transitional schools, NCHD conducted a training workshop in
“Trauma Counseling” for which an appropriate training manual has been developed.

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION DESK

IDPs were facing problems in getting information regarding the availability of space in camps and where to get the
relief goods and services. For this reason, NCHD with the help of its volunteers set up three Volunteer Information
Desks (VIDs) at the main IDP Camps located at Sheikh Yasin, Mazdoorabad and Sabzi Mandi. Their caretaker Volunteers
were given an extensive training in facilitating the IDPs and visitors for easy access to required facility. These VIDs are
maintaining comprehensive information about the camps' composition, its administration with their contact
numbers, block-wise support committees, and cluster meetings schedules etc.

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NCHD Interventions

Training of Volunteers is in progress IDPs collecting information from Volunteer

Information Desks

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Various recreational activities were organized by the NCHD team to give IDPs
some moments of happiness and joy. These activities include:

Indoor Games Competitions for Girls

Cricket Tournaments
Football Tournaments
Gymnastics Events
Sports Festival

These events brought smiles to the faces of both children and elders and
they felt relaxed and cheerful.

Cricket match in progress with trophies waiting

for the winner

NCHD participating in Sports Festival

Small girls performing tableau during indoor NCHD bringing smiles to IDPs’ faces through
games competition Children enjoying the Sports Festival gymastics competition

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Other Relief Activities

NCHD volunteers also distributed the following amongst the IDPs located in far out places:
200 Footballs among the children in sub-camps and off camps
86 unstitched suits (38 ladies suits & 48 male Suits)
400 Hygiene Kits among internally displaced women
Food Items, Sewing Machines, Water Cooler, and Fans IDPs in UC Dhobian.

Volunteers distributing food and other relief items Patients in a school building being provided with care by NCHD volunteers

Institutional Support Provided To District

Government, Mardan
For the smooth implementation of relief activities, NCHD has provided computers, printers, wireless telephone
connections, EMIS Officers for the compilation of IDPs Data, vehicles along with drivers for the data collection, etc and
assisted EDO in coordinating with Emergency Education Cell about the relief activities.

Amount
Resource Mobilization DONORS in Rupees

On the call of NCHD, the donor community responded with US Fund Raising 800,000
their heart and zeal. Individuals as well as corporate bodies CSOs & Corporate 1,555,588
donated generously in both cash and kind. Pakistani expatriates PHDF Directors 13,520,000
once again were in the front in this hour of need and provided GSK 480,610
support both morally and materially. Overall, Rs. 51 million
(including cash & kind) have been mobilized by PHDF/NCHD for
Hope International 33,680,000
this cause. Individual Philanthropists 700,433
NCHD Staff Contribution 416,885
WHO Mardan 67,442
Total 51,220,958
* Amount including cash and kind

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Conclusion
Rescue, Relief and Rehabilitation of three million IDPs is not an easy task to accomplish. Lots of efforts
including vast human and material resources along with the coordinated efforts of all the stakeholders are
required to achieve success in this regard. Government of Pakistan along with other humanitarian
agencies worked very hard to deal with such a large scale displacement. NCHD played a substantial role in
this success of the government as it facilitated the District Government Mardan at a at time when its
population almost doubled, thus straining already inadequate health and social support infrastructure.
The initial phase of rescue and relief is about to be over and the people have started returning to their
home towns. The determining phase of rehabilitation is about to start for which Government of Pakistan
has devised an extensive strategy which requires assistance from all the private sector organizations. At
this moment, NCHD will continue its efforts to be part of this process and will assist in the smooth
repatriation and rehabilitation of the IDPs in their home towns.

NCHD would be focusing on “Education for All” which will be a very challenging task when most of the
schools especially girls schools have been destroyed by the militants. Along with schools, thousand of
houses, hospitals, dispensaries, and other government buildings are also destroyed or damaged by the
miscreants. Resultantly, livelihood of thousands of people has been affected. Children do not have
schools to continue their education; patients lost the healthcare machinery while the houses are in
pathetic conditions. To normalize the lives of the IDPs in their hometowns, there will be a need for a
comprehensive strategy and synchronized efforts to come up with fruitful results.

NCHD in the light of its mandate and experience has planned to work with the relevant district
governments of the affected areas, supporting them in the revival of educational activities and health
systems at the earliest. For this purpose, it is planned to establish tent schools and hospitals in the areas
till the government infrastructure is restored. We are thankful to our donors, particularly Directors of
Pakistan Human Development Fund for the moral as well as material support they have provided for
this cause. We now look forward to their generous support/contributions for the repatriation and
rehabilitation of the IDPs. We are hopeful to achieve our goals in companionship with enthusiastic,
dedicated, and passionate volunteers, and Pakistani Diaspora, linking the donors both within and
outside Pakistan.

NCHD will continue its activities till the repatriation of majority of the IDPs.
Moreover, NCHD will also facilitate in the repatriation process of IDPs to their
respective districts and will play an active role in the rehabilitation phase
especially in the fields of education and health

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NCHD at a Glance

NCHD Chairperson visiting Displayed

in Mardan

Begum Shehnaz Wazir Ali,

Member of the Commission,
visiting NCHD Base Camp

Children entering in a
transitional school

“Hafta-e-Safai” campaign
conducted at Mazdoor Abad Camp

Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmad, COO,

visiting the first new born at
NCHD base camp

Morning Assembly in progress

A girl reciting poem during

her interview to a local
news channel

PHDF Board Members at the

NCHD Base Camp

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