Humanitarian Program
The (64) members of the Indus Consortium have responded to flood 2022. The consortium with the partnership of WFP in Sindh under the “Blanket supplementary nutritional Program” provided assistance to 48000 pregnant & lactating women and children above 6 months to below 23 months. Indus Consortium under the GROW Green Network completed the winterization kit distribution drive in 10 districts of the Punjab, Sindh, and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. The financial assistance was provided by the Oil Change International Australia and NGO Forum on ADB based in the Philippines. Apart from that, Indus Consortium with the collaboration of FM-100 has also organized 20 radio talk shows in RAHBAR-100 radio show, where GROW Green Network members shared the humanitarian situation and real-time needs of flood affected their respective districts. FM-100 mobilized radio sets for flood-affected communities of Pakistan which were distributed by the Indus Consortium with the NHN chapters among the flood-affected community who were living in tents and makeshift in Sindh, Punjab, KPK, and Baluchistan provinces in Pakistan.
Apart from the response, Indus consortium with the partnership of Tara-climate Foundation advocates for a number of flood issues on a provincial, national, and international level. The 20 GROW Green members conducted public forums in 20 districts (10 Sindh, 10 Punjab) with the following policy asks”
Apart from the response, Indus consortium with the partnership of Tara-climate Foundation advocates for a number of flood issues on a provincial, national, and international level. The 20 GROW Green members conducted public forums in 20 districts (10 Sindh, 10 Punjab) with the following policy asks”
- Government Should Provide assistance to all affected people who don't own the land, or labor class, and minorities who are usually excluded from the compensation packages,
- Demanded from IFIs, Paris Club, and G-20, to debt swaps for nature and debt cancellations.
- Tracking IFIs finances and closely engaging with World Bank and ADB offices on Country Partnership Framework, (CPF) Country Climate Development Report, WB evaluation roadmap/ reforms, and Energy Transition Mechanism.
- Indus Consortium team collected the testimonies of flood victims and presented them at side events of COP 27 in Egypt and G-7 in Bali.
- Indus Consortium has also engaged with other networks in Pakistan, at regional and global levels.