USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman announced on Tuesday USD 16.4 million in additional development and humanitarian assistance to support the resilience of communities in Pakistan that experienced 2022’s historically severe floods.
The US Agency said in a statement, the floods “impacted an estimated 33 million people and had a devastating impact on infrastructure, crops, livelihoods, and livestock throughout the country.” “This new funding will reach over 20 million flood-affected individuals to assist in their recovery, risk reduction, and resilience,” the statement said.
“The assistance will address worsening food insecurity and malnutrition and help curb the spread of disease.
In addition, this funding will support humanitarian partners to provide nutritious food to mothers and their children, help families rebuild local infrastructure to protect them from future disasters, and increase protection services to prevent gender-based violence and support survivors,” the statement added.
“Following severe monsoon rains and resultant floods in Pakistan during mid-2022, USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team to lead the US humanitarian response and rapidly provide aid to affected communities.
This included working with partners to quickly scale-up vital humanitarian assistance, including through partnering with the US Department of Defense to successfully complete an air bridge that delivered nearly 630 metric tons of life-saving relief commodities to Pakistan,” the statement added.
The US is one of the largest donors to Pakistan, providing more than USD 200 million in humanitarian and development assistance since 2022’s catastrophic floods.
The United States continues to stand with the people of Pakistan as they recover from the impacts of the historic floods.
Source: Kuwait News Agency