Location: Dadu, Sindh Pakistan

US Partner: Relief and Rehab Asia Inc.

Global Partner: The Pravalli Welfare Trust, Pakistan

Project Description: Build Flood resistant homes of flood vistims

Project Year 2024

What happened?

The floods in Pakistan in 2022 submerged one-third of the country, affecting millions of people. Sindh in the south, received 450 percent more rain than normal. With flood basins saturated with water, the natural drainage system was overwhelmed and a vast area of farmland and human settlements was devastated. Local and International agencies rushed in to provide temporary shelter, food, water and healthcare.

Those displaced families whose homes remained standing later started returning to their villages. However, in remote parts of the Sindh Province, homes are traditionally made of mud and straw. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), some 20.36 million people have been affected by the floods, with over 1.9 million houses damaged or destroyed. Many dwellings were completely washed out and the residents had nowhere to go even 2 years after the floods. Housing for these flood victims will require funding and procurement of shelter and construction materials on an unprecedented scale. The Sumar Lakhani Foundation in partnership with the Pravelli Welfare Fund of Pakistan have initiated the building of one room and a kitchen for the homeless families in Dadu in Sindh. Preference is given to widows with small children still living in tents and temporary shelters made of wood and grass, followed by disabled men who cannot earn. These homes are being built on a solid foundation with brick/block walls to be able to withstand another major flood.