Pakistan

  • A woman dressed in red clothing is wearing glasses and is focused on a sewing task.

    Duration: February 2013 - January 2016
    Budget: US$4,830,279
    Implementing Agencies: FAO(lead), ILO, UN Women

    Unprecedented and devastating floods battered Pakistan in 2010 and 2011, destroying infrastructure, homes and agricultural lands, affecting 20 million people, one fifth of the country. The disaster-prone Sindh Province, home to 34 million people, was particularly hard hit with 90% of the rural population engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry as their primary occupation. The floods had a disastrous impact on the already tenuous food and economic security situation of those most vulnerable. 
     

     

     
  • A woman sits on a dirt ground in front of a basic silver cooking stove. There is a sheet hanging behind her, and a tent in the background.

    Duration: August 2005 - July 2008
    Budget: US$514,019
    Implementing Agencies: UNDP

    The programme sought to address the water crisis in Kohat District through community involvement in the management and conservation of water. The programme engaged with local communities in order to develop sustainable water conservation systems, improve irrigation schemes, and rehabilitate dry-land ecosystems to minimize drought-induced insecurities.