Emergency Response

Pakistan is ranked in the top ten countries that are highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. In the last two decades, Pakistan has experienced disasters like earthquakes, floods and droughts, which have badly affected communities and taken the toll of thousands of lives, affecting marginalized and poorest people the most. In addition to environmental disasters, man-made conflicts have also resulted in the displacement of a large proportion of people within Pakistan. The recurring floods and conflict situations resulted in the loss of lives, property and land, while simultaneously affecting irrigation, communication, agriculture, power projects and urban and rural settlements.

The challenge for government and non-government organizations is to make emergency response, relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction responsive to the needs of the people, and also to empower communities to deal with such catastrophes. SPADO undertook different interventions such as provision of emergency items, child protection, education, and relief and rehabilitation projects for communities associated with the organization in previous peacebuilding and development projects. In this regard, SPADO responded during three major crises:

• 2005 Earthquake
• 2010 Floods
• Ongoing Displacement Crisis Since 2008