#ClimateJustice:US has Aid Tracking System to Ensure Money Reaches Deserving Hands in Pakistan: Ned Price

Washington : The United States on Monday said that there is an adequate tracking mechanism for the money given to help the flood victims of Pakistan to ensure the aid lands in their deserving hands. The representatives of the US government and USAID visit the affected areas and submit reports regularly, he noted.

He said that USAID staff make regular trips to monitor the US government’s programmes in the field.

The US team visited at least ten districts in Sindh and Balochistan last month to assess not only the humanitarian conditions but also the response activities, he said. This was done to make sure that the response activities meet the humanitarian needs, he said.

USAID also works with local partners and organisations that have extensive knowledge of the affected areas and population, he said.

According to official sources, the U.S. government has provided more than $56 million in flood relief and humanitarian assistance for 33 million people affected by disastrous floods in Pakistan this year.

More than $50 million of the assistance has come through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The State Department provided an additional $2 million to support the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees’ response effort in Pakistan, and $1.4 million in Defense Department funding helped airlift supplies.

The funding helps provide food, drinking water, nutrition, sanitation, shelter assistance and other aid to the country, where heavy monsoon rains have caused flooding, landslides and glacial lake outbursts. Nearly 1,600 people have been killed and an estimated 12,900 injured, USAID said.

Pakistan is recovering from disastrous floods that have damaged homes, livelihoods, roads and bridges and recovery and reconstruction needs $10 billion, according to the planning minister of Pakistan.

By M.Arif

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