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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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