Background and Objectives
On 8 October 2005, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, with its epicenter near Muzaffarabad struck Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. It is estimated that more than 40,000 people lost their lives, rendered more than 3,000,000 people homeless, and severely damaged and destroyed about 75 percent of the houses, commercial units, health facilities and administrative buildings in the most severely affected districts.
The humanitarian community responded very rapidly bringing essential relief to affected families. The inaccessibility to some of worst hit areas and harsh winter conditions made the relief operation an extremely difficult task.
Support to spontaneous shelter rehabilitation as part of emergency relief and early recovery assistance to the earthquake affected communities, UN-HABITAT provided early assistance in provision of winter shelter including materials, tools to 7,000 occupants of 1,000 dera. Kits of tools and materials, can be reusable in permanent shelters to be constructed in the following season.
Development Partners / Partners
Development Partners: UNDP
Partners: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and HASHAAR (national NGO)
- Pakistan Settlements Flood Recovery Project (PSFRP)
- Primary School Reconstruction in Muzaffarabad (Completed)
- Humanitarian Information and Coordination (Completed)
- Transitional Shelter Provision for Baluchistan Earthquake Victims (Completed)
- Shelter Assistance to IDPs Living Outside of Camps (Completed)
- Water and Sanitation Improvements in Informal Settlements (Completed)
- Disaster Risk Management
- Sustainable Urbanization and Sustainable Energy Construction
- Shelter Assistance to Returnees in Conflict-affected Areas in NWFP (Completed)
- Documenting and Communicating Results Achieved and Lessons Learnt in the Post 2005 Earthquake Rural Housing Reconstruction Programme
- Reconstruction of Girls School in Swat District
- Improving Living conditions of IDPs out off camps through WASH Interventions (Completed)
- Facilitating Access to Safer Land for Earthquake Victims (Completed)
- Strengthening Post-Earthquake Reconstruction
- Joint UN Post-Disaster Assessment Mechanisms (Completed)
- Emergency Shelter Kit Procurement and Distribution (Completed)
- Post-Flood Information Management and Coordination (Completed)
- Facilitating Access to Land for Earthquake Affected Families (Completed)
- Technical and Training Support for the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Completed)
- Support to Spontaneous Shelter Recovery in Earthquake-affected Villages (completed)
- Support To Spontaneous Shelter Recovery in Earthquake Affected Villages in Pakistan (completed)
- Technical Support for National Urban Poverty Alleviation Programme (Completed)
