OVERVIEW
Families, especially children, in earthquake affected areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan are facing deadly threats as extreme weather conditions and insecurity have made the areas difficult to access for aid agencies.
Initial official figures report 268 deaths, 1,844 injuries, nearly half are estimated to be children, and significant infrastructure damages to roads, bridges and schools. These figures are expected to rise as information from remote cut-off areas especially FATA and Gilgit Baltistan become available (source NDMA/PDMA as of 28 October, 2015)
The Government of Pakistan is leading the humanitarian/relief response in earthquake affected areas and has not requested support from international and national humanitarian partners including the UN. The Humanitarian partners including UNICEF are ready to support the Government led response based on official requests, focusing mainly on provision of essential life-saving supplies.
UNICEF PLANNED SUPPORT
UNICEF initial support, if requested, will focus on distribution of critical WASH, health, nutrition and education supplies in the worst affected areas in KP, FATA and GB.
UNICEF WASH and health supplies are ready for transportation and distribution to the earthquake affected districts of Chitral, Dir Upper & Shangla in KP and Bajaur Agency in FATA. This includes 5,500 hygiene kits, 11,000 jerry cans, 400 latrine slabs, 20 water storage tanks and 40 tarpaulin sheets and 984 newborn kits.