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In the immediate aftermath of the October 8th earthquake, CARE focused on the delivery
of life-saving assistance to as many people as possible by the most effective means
available. With funding raised first from the CARE International partners in Australia,
Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and the USA, immediate relief supplies were
purchased and distributed to needy families in the earthquake zone.
This included working through partners to distribute relief supplies in Manshera,
Battagram, Shangla, and in Bagh Districts
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CARE directly distributed relief supplies in the Allai Valley through an operation
established at Bana Allai. Main assitance in the relif phase included:
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Provision of Basic & Immediate Shelter
– included distribution of life-saving relief items such as: tents, plastic sheeting,
tarpaulins, blankets, shawls, stoves, hygiene kits, etc.
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Provision of Physical and Emotional Support
- included establishment of recuperation centers for patients discharged from hospitals
due to overcrowding.
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Highlights from CARE interviews with Earthquake Survivors in October 2006.
Most residents in the earthquake affected areas have been living outside in tents
and other improvised shelters due to the fear of aftershocks. This fear is reasonable,
as many housing units have suffered significant, if not catastrophic, damage and
aftershocks of up to 6 on the Richter scale continue almost daily.
Survivors are worried about how to survive the coming winter. Villagers in the Battagram
area perceive that they have to choose in the coming weeks between moving to camps
and thereby abandoning damaged homes and assets, or staying near their destroyed
property and risking heavy snow and cold weather.
Camps have been established both by the government and by the local people. In general,
they have not received sufficient support to date, and they have common concerns
on latrines, access to potable water and protection from the cold. Providing appropriate
assistance to the sporadic tent “camps” is a challenge which has become the most
burning issue for humanitarian actors, including CARE.
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