Norway to donate 543 million Rupees for Flood Relief activities in Pakistan. Pakistan is facing historic catastrophic monsoon floods that decimated and inundated several parts of the country with immeasurable loss of life, property, crops, animals and infrastructure.
Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan have the country’s worst-hit areas.
“Entire villages have been swept away by the floods, and the destruction is exacerbating an already fragile economic situation in Pakistan. Food, clean water, and shelter are urgently needed,” Minister Huitfeldt pointed out.
Norway prefers to channel its funding through international humanitarian organizations that have reliable insight and experience, and local presence. It was also learned that the Scandinavian country is donating approximately NOK 3 million (~PKR 65 million) through the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), NOK 7 million (~PKR 152 million) to the Norwegian Church Aid, and NOK 5 million (~PKR 108 million) to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Its donation to the IFRC will help Pakistan’s Red Crescent Societies mobilize rapid assistance to critical areas while the Norwegian Church Aid will ensure access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services in the flood-affected communities. Besides this, Norway is also providing NOK 10 million (~PKR 217 million) to the World Food Programme (WFP).