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1 System description 1.1 Key stakeholders and respective roles Stakeholder Role Current situation SWHRU - South West Housing Re-construction Unit South West Housing Reconstruction Unit (SWHRU) was estab- lished under the Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation (TA- FREN) to implement and monitor the Homeowner Driven Housing Reconstruction Program in…

Prepared by the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank October 24 -- November 5, 2005 PREFACE 1. At the request of the Government of Pakistan, a mission led by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank conducted a…

1. Introduction This document provides: the results from a rapid environmental assessment of impacts of the South Asia Earthquake, carried out by UNDAC team environmental experts in collaboration with the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit (Joint Unit) and completed on October 30;…

Introduction On the morning of October 8, 2005, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale struck South Asia, causing inconceivable destruction, mainly in parts of NWFP in Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and parts…

by Dr. A. Naeem, Dr. Qaisar Ali, Muhammad Javed, Zakir Hussain, Amjad Naseer, Syed Muhammad Ali, Irshad Ahmed, and Muhammad Ashraf Earthquake Engineering Center at the Department of Civil Engineering, N-W.F.P. University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan General Information An…

Background of the Jammu and Kashmir earthquake An earthquake of severe intensity (magnitude 7.4 on the Richter scale) occurred on 8th October 2005 at 8.50.38 AM (local time) with epicentre at 34.432°N, 73.537°E in the Muzaffarabad Region of Pakistan. The…

Executive Summary The South Asia Earthquake of 8 October 2005 resulted in the loss of over 54,000 lives, a significant number of injured and extensive damage to housing and infrastructure in Pakistan. Given the scale of the disaster, CARE International…

Introduction The WFP-led rapid emergency assessment used information gathered through secondary data analysis, market analysis, more than 40 Key Informant interviews and a survey covering 700 households in more than 200 locations in seven of the nine…

AFRICA: In eastern Africa, despite improved outlook for current season crops in several countries, more than 18 million people are in need of food assistance. In western Africa, notwithstanding improved harvest prospects generally in the Sahel, the food security…

INTRODUCTION The massive earthquake that hit northern Pakistan on 8 October 2004 caused a great deal of devastation and a huge loss of life. The education system in the affected areas of AJK and NWFP was particularly devastated. Almost all…