Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

The main work of SANJH Pakistan is on Climate change and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). SANJH Pakistan has worked on this thematic area since the beginning of SANJH. The strategic goal of SANJH Pakistan for this thematic area is as follows.

SANJH Pakistan has completed many projects on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate change. The detail is as follows.

SANJH Pakistan team has visited flood affected areas of Punjab and Sindh. SANJH Pakistan has prepared situation report for need of flood affected areas. SANJH Pakistan has distributed food items and non-food items.

1. Relief package for Flood affected communities of flood 2022

SANJH Pakistan has distributed food items and non-food items in Union Council Bindi and Union Council Pardan Tehsil Taunsa District D.G. Khan. Similarly, SANJH Pakistan has also distributed food items and non-food items in Fazil Pur District Rajan Pur. SANJH Pakistan has distributed food items and non-food to 200 families.

2. Campaign for Prevention of Dengue (Workshop on Dengue Precautionary Measures)

SANJH has successfully conducted a workshop on dengue precautionary measures of 25 participants. In this training the participants were capacitated on prevention of dengue fever and precautionary measures about dengue.

3. Empowered and resilient community against natural disaster (2018 to 2019) Funded by USAID

SANJH Pakistan has successfully completed a project “Empowered Resilient Community against Natural Disaster supported by USAID. SANJH formed 28 Community Resilient Committees (CRC). SANJH has built capacity of CRCs’ in Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM). SANJH has provided Emergency response toolkit to each CRC and Mock drill. SANJH had prepared Integrated Community Resilience Plans (ICRP) in 14 villages with participation of community.

SANJH Pakistan had responded in flood 2014 in Muzaffargarh. The detail is as follows.

4. Restoration of Water Facilities after flood 2014 supported by Hands/DFID

To provide some support to flood affected people of union council Murad Abad Tehsil Muzaffargarh in shape of water facilities and water sanitation SANJH implemented a project (Flood Emergency Response 2014) with the support and funding of HANDS /DFID. SANJH has installed the 20 hand pumps in the flood affected areas in this project

5. Awareness about Precautionary measures about Prevention of Disasters in Collaboration with Social Welfare department.

SANJH had launched awareness raising campaign for precautionary measures about disasters. SANJH had given awareness to communities of Tehsil Muzaffargarh about prevention of flood during flood 2014 with collaboration of Social welfare department.