How UAE aid helped support 3.4m Pakistan flood victims
MBRGI, WFP DELEGATION VISITS SINDH TO REVIEW RESULTS OF RELIEF EFFORT
Adelegation from the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) visited Pakistan’s Sindh province as part of the 1 Billion Meals campaign to review the results of relief provided by MBRGI in response to the devastating floods last year.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, had directed urgent aid worth Dh50 million, including the contribution to WFP, to provide relief to flood victims.
With the generous contributions of donors, including MBRGI’s 1 Billion Meals campaign, WFP has supported over 3.4 million flood-affected people in Pakistan with food, nutrition and cash assistance.
Food and cash assistance
WFP Pakistan provided over 3.4 million people with food, nutrition and cash assistance, exceeding its target of 2.7 million people. Among the beneficiaries were 1.9 million flood-affected people in Sindh who received 55,019 metric tonnes of food in three rounds across 12 districts, while $10.1 million in cash-based transfers were distributed across seven districts in Sindh.
The visiting delegation included Sarah Al Nuaimi, director of MBRGI; Amani Batarfi, associate project manager at MBRGI; Al Anoud Al Abdoul, deputy director of foreign assistance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Tariq Ahmed Abdul Samad Hassan from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Caterina Galluzzi, deputy director of WFP in the GCC; Karim Elguindi, head of emergency response at WFP in Pakistan; and Judith Lumu, head of WFP’s Provincial Office in Sindh.
Their visit was to Maghan Halepoto and Soomar Sher in District Mirpurkhas.
On the first day of their visit, the delegation met with officials and visited the Lipidbased Nutrient Supplements Factory in Hub, Balochistan.
On the second day, the delegation engaged with floodaffected communities in the villages of Maghan Halepoto and Soomar Sher, who had received food assistance provided by WFP.