GPP Disaster Response Department

Global Peace Pioneers disaster response team has hands on experience to help people in time of need and experience working with various organization on voluntarily basis. The great and extensive experience lies when the Pakistan faced one of the worst disasters during October 08, 2005. The team reached the area soon after it and worked from emergency relief distribution to rehabilitation and reconstruction. Besides this, the team also worked in 2006 flood flash in Balakot, 2007 torrential flood in Turbat – Balochistan and now it has been vigilantly working in the District Rajanpur to recover people and help them to survive.

GPP always believe in volunteerism and the capacity enhancement of its manpower. The staff as well as the volunteers are trained and equipped with all the related knowledge and techniques to be more professionals. Currently GPP has more than a 100 volunteers who are always ready for this noble cause and willing to go anywhere even far flung areas to serve humanity and help them in time of disaster.

GPP Relief Assistance
After the discussion with the local people and governmental officials, GPP disaster management team decided to distribute the following relief assistance package among 800 most vulnerable families of village Rajanpur – Union Council, Rajanpur Tehsil Rajanpur. The distribution was held in kind cooperation with the District Food Department in helping to permit for the purchase of flour bags and the local police for security purpose.

Procedure of Distribution

GPP disaster management with their wide range of professional disaster response experience developed strategy to conduct survey and distribute relief goods. GPP visited the areas and held meetings with their respective representatives. GPP contacted Nazim and asked about the most vulnerable area where there is great need. Collecting all this information, GPP visited the Basti Jahanpur of Union Council Jahanpur. The area was very far away from the road and from other villages. Most of the houses were not able to reside and stay. Their belongingness either washed away was not usable. Most of the families were residing on the upside. There was a health center of government which was constructed well and survived, families also shifted there. When inquired form the local police and inhabitants, a very limited relief goods was distributed among the limited families by the government because no other humanitarian organization reached there. GPP held survey and identified 800 families. Families were registered in a standard format developed by GPP team. After that families were informed about the time and location of the distribution and they were advised to bring their national identity cards along with them. GPP coordinated local police and took them along with to avoid any security problem.

At the time of distribution, People were lined and a rope was hanged to keep space. After that, one staff member called the beneficiary name, checked the ID Cards and got signed or thumb mark on the sheet and gave them the relief package. The distribution procedure was liked by all the inhabitants and the administration because there was no mess and vulnerable people were identified. It was very organized.
       
Relief Assistance Package:
Flour                  10kg
Lentil                 02kg
Cooking Ghee     01kg
       
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