Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN), Pakistan
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Humanitarian Assistance

RSPS’ Collective Humantarian Work

The Network has responded to many humanitarian emergencies, including:

Disaster Type Year(s) Response / Activities
Droughts 1999–2001
2007
Relief initiatives for drought-affected families in both droughts.
Earthquakes Oct 2005
Sep 2014
Implement relief, recovery, rehabilitation & reconstruction projects in earthquake-affected areas of AJK and KP.
IDPs July 2008
July 2009
June 2014
RSPs carried out relief and recovery initiatives for both Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and host communities, while also providing technical assistance to the government.
COVID-19 2019–2021 Frontline support via participation in task forces, conducting awareness sessions, distribution of IEC material, provision of PPE, and cash grants.
Floods July 2003
July 2007
July 2010
Sep 2011
Sep 2014
Aug 2022
Aug 2025
2003: Relief activities (food rations and medical assistance);
2007: Relief and early recovery operations;
2010: Search & rescue, emergency relief, shelter & food via community organizations & LSOs;
2011: Response efforts including damage assessments & rehabilitation planning;
2014: Food, water & medical support via organized institutions;
2022: Medical camps, emergency tents, housing units, food, hygiene kits, GBV awareness, psychosocial support, birthing kits & livestock vaccinations;
2025: Medical camps, tents, relief efforts, NFI, food/ration, hygiene kits distribution, TLCs.

RSPS’ Collective Humantarian Work

817,121*

provided food

348,483*

provided shelter

61,000

women reached under protection, GBV & women empowerment

1,103,174*

provided non-food items

287,622

livestock provided vaccination/support

646,464

houses constructed / rehabilitated

2,879

CPI rehabilitation

40,078

MHM / hygiene kits distributed

882

schools rehabilitated

226,061

students returned to school

32,062

stitched clothes & shoes distributed

31,486*

provided agricultural support

68,916

GBV / child protection / psychosocial awareness sessions

111,112

drinking water provision / cans distributed / h20 wheels

609,468

received medical care

40,648*

households provided cash grants

321

TLCs Established

Relief Tents

Augus Collective Humantarian Work

6.9 million

people affected

3 million

people displaced

174,000

houses damaged

1,006

lives lost

1,063

people injured

2.6 million

acres of agricultural land badly affected

RSP'S Collective Humantarian Work

13,777

Households provided food packages

7,300

Households provided NFI’s

130

households provided tents

8,912

people treated at medical camps

15,598

hygiene kits distributed

90,720

people provided clean drinking water

51

TLC’s established

19

CPI’s rehabilitated

6.9 million

people affected

Relief Tents

RSPN’ Collective Humantarian Work

6.9 million

people affected

3 million

people displaced

174,000

houses damaged

1,006

lives lost

1,063

people injured

2.6 million

acres of agricultural land badly affected

Key projects

DRR
TAHAFUZ Phases I, II, III

EARTHQUAKE 2005
FOSI-P Reviving Education in Earthquake-Affected Areas
USAID Capacity Building of Institutions Related to Earthquake
WB/JSDF Building Community Construction Project
USAID Reviving Education in Earthquake-Affected Areas

FLOODS 2007
DFID Livelihood Support & Transitional Shelters Project
ADB Emergency Relief Items to Flood-Affected Communities

FLOODS 2010
USAID BAHAAL
DFID KOMAK
USAID Sindh Agriculture Recovery Project
BPF Healthcare Interventions in Flood-Affected Areas of Sindh
USAID Emergency Relief Assistance Projects
APF Early Recovery in Remote Districts of KPK

23

humanitarian/emergency response projects implemented by RSPN

5.83

Billion PKR mobilised by RSPN for the Network

COVID 19
UNICEF Dissemination of Preventive Messages
UNICEF Reinforcement of Preventive Messages
ACF/ECHO Support to Govt. of Sindh
ISI CMDC

FLOODS 2022
BAT Post Flood Recovery in Rajanpur
TAF Flood Relief Programme
Project Hope
Philip Morris Food Package Distribution

FLOODS 2025
FCDO – Safe Return to Learning
PepsiCo – Food Package Distribution