USAID funding is supporting the delivery of shelter materials and other relief supplies to flood-affected areas of Pakistan through the establishment and maintenance of an efficient logistics pipeline that allows for the rapid receipt and distribution of relief items. Working in support of the Government of Pakistan, the USAID-funded logistics operation includes a trucking service for humanitarian aid that is requested in coordination with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) and flown into Chaklala airbase in Islamabad. The relief supplies are then trucked to hubs for onward distribution via mule, jeep, aircraft or other means. Additional logistics hubs will be created based upon need as additional areas of interventions continue to materialize.

With this USAID funding, IOM can quickly provide relief supplies to flood-affected areas, including Thatta District where thousands of displaced people are returning as floods recede.

The United States has provided more than $150 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to the people of Pakistan to date. In support of the Government of Pakistan, the current U.S. flood relief priorities are to reach those in inaccessible areas and provide them aid, assure the current flood emergency is not compounded by a health crisis, and utilize all appropriate USG resources efficiently and effectively.

The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for nearly 50 years.