Interview with Abu Diek, Head of Office, OCHA, Islamabad

Producer: Ahmadullah

- Abu Diek, Head of Office, OCHA, Pakistan

- OCHA will leave at the end of June, but preparing NGOs to take over responsibilities and will remain in contact with ERRA

Disaster Management Centre (DMC), workshop on child protection, Abbottabad

Producer: Tazeem Yasin

- Dr. Noman Saddiq, Program Manager, DMC

- Majeed Hussain, Principal, Al-Imtiaz Academy

-Plan to run same workshop in all affected areas.

Humanitarian reporting awards, Internews, Abbottabad (Mansehra)

Producer: Imran Ali

- Voices of journalists

- Matiullah Jan, Media Law and Policy Advisor, Internews

- Najib Ahmad, jury member for journalism awards

Award winners say they feel very proud.

- Important to recognize the value of humanitarian reporting.

Feature about Hafiz-un-Nisa, a girl in Allai (Battagram) who cannot continue with her education due to lack of schools.

Producer: Shah Nawaz

- Hafiz-un-Nisa (student)

- Shazia Begum, school teacher, govt. primary school

-There are no middle or higher schools for girls in the entire tehsil, Allai

- Hafiz-un-Nisa has finished the fifth class, but her family does not have enough money to move to Battagram where there are schools for girls.

Medical camp run by Human Appeal and Mercy Corps, Ichrian, Mansehra

Producer: Mohd. Ishfaq

- Inam-ul-Haq, Program Officer, Human Appeal

- Dr. Anila

- Dr. Naeem Awan

- First free medical camp in this area

Epidemic diseases in Jamat-ul-Dawa Camp, Balakot (Mansehra)

Producer: Rehana Afsar

- Dr. Abdul Salam, doctor, Jamat-ul-Dawa

- Doctors encourage people to use clean water.

UNDP's community-based livelihood projects, Mansehra

Producer: Naveed Alam

- Anwar ul Haq, Program Manager, UNDP, NWFP

- Local and international NGOs, local govt. have been running this project for 36 months in Balakot.

IOM's current programs and future plans.

Producer: Riaz Karim

- Saleem Rehmat, Media Officer, IOM, Islamabad

- IOM rented a plant in Muzaffarabad where debris will be crushed to be re-used in re-construction

-Cash for work programs in NWFP

- Large vocational training centre to be launched in NWFP

Diseases due to dirty water, Balakot (Mansehra)

Producer: Jamil Khan (trainee)

- Mohd Younus, Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO), Balakot

Local people say they have a lack of clean water. There are no clean water plants in Balakot.

“There is a limited amount of clean water.

People should use the clean water just for drinking and no other purposes such as building, etc.).” Mohd Younus, TMO

Children's workshop in Mansehra

Producer: Nighat Hunzai

Children given pictures to create captions for.

Health problems caused by hot weather, Jamat-ud Dawa Field Hospital, Mansehra

Producer: Rehana Afsar

- Dr. Abdus Salam, Incharge of Field Hospital, Jamat-ul-Dawa

- The heat wave combined with water shortage has led to flood of patients with diarrhea.

- Doctors providing treatment, along with health and hygiene advice

People in Mansehra who have lost their land

Producer: Tazeem Yasin

Sardar Yousuf, District Nazim, Mansehra

- People are complaining that they have yet not received compensation cheques

- District Nazim says he will talk to ERRA about the problem

Gabion (structures that prevent landslides) construction project for women, IOM and Lighthouse Association Camp Balakot (Mansehra)

Producer: Sadia Younus

- Javed Habibullah, Manager, Lighthouse Association's Camp

- Women earn Rs. 200-300 per day.

- They say they need gloves and clod water, because it is too hot to work in the open.

- Women involved in building gabions, which support their communities but also surrounding environment.

No electricity in Kashtara Camp, Garhi Habibullah (Mansehra)

Producer: Shah Nawaz

- Lack of electricity is very difficult in hot weather conditions.

- Diseases are already spreading in the hot weather.

- People say they are coping with snakes and spiders, and can't see their food at night.

- Local army officials say electricity had to be cut in order to prevent tent fires

Al Islah Centre for Widows, Ghazikot, Mansehra

Producer: Imran Ali

Shah Wali Allah, General Secretary, Al-Islah Centre

- Local people say they have received adequate living facilities.

- Asking for donations to support the centre.

Interview about Mercy Corps' programs, Mansehra

Producer: Tazeem Yasin

Nadi Khan, Community Mobiliser, Mercy Corps

- Mercy Corps officials visiting villages to raise awareness about health

Opening Ceremony of Dosti Foundation's vocational centre for women, Basian, Balakot (Mansehra)

Producer: Mohd. Ishfaq

- Ms. Sadiq Tanoli, Program Coordinator, Dosti Foundation

Local people say they are very happy Dosti has opened a vocational centre in Basian, and that it will give them good employment opportunities.

The vocational centre will allow women to train near their homes.

Swiss Agency for Development's (SDC) programs, Garhi Habibullah (Mansehra)

Producer: Jamil Khan (trainee)

- Ali Yaar Khan, SDC

- SCD providing shelter, animals for agriculture production, food etc.

Health and hygiene workshop by Sungi Development Foundation

Producer: Naveed Alam

- Amjad Mehmood, Assistant Coordinator for Health and Hygiene, Sungi Development Foundation

- 3-day workshop to train community workers in hygiene promotion

Health situation, Oghi, Mansehra

Producer: Inam Khattak

- Khadija Nadeem, Health Coordinator, Action Aid

-There is only one female and one male doctor for the entire tehsil, which is not enough for the large population

- Action Aid providing health facilities

Destruction of Forestry Department Buildings

Producer: Imran Ali

- Gul Mohammad, Conservator, Forestry Dept. Abbotabad

- Forestry Dept. buildings were been destroyed across affected areas and there are no funds for reconstruction.

- Forests are especially vulnerable, because everyone needs wood for reconstruction

Turkish Red Crescent programs in Balakot after declaration of red zone (Mansehra)

Producer: Rashid Ali Awan (trainee from Balakot)

- Aron Inami, Incharge of Turkish RC, Pakistan

- Turkish Red Crescent has been

here since Oct. 9 th , and they will stay for long time.

- Providing health care, shelter and food in Balakot and surrounding areas

-15,000 food packages prepared and delivered daily. Many more are delivered to tent villages and communities in surrounding areas

Tehsil Municipal Cooperation, Muzaffarabad

Producer: Nighat Hunzai

- Zahid Amin, Tehsil Municipal Officer, Muzaffarabad

- Working on rubble removal and the master plan for the city

Interview with IMC, Muzaffarabad about diseases in the hot weather

Producer: Tazeem Yasin

- Dr. Umar Farooq, Health Program Coordinator, IMC, Muzaffarabad

Panel discussion about the reasons affectees have stayed in Maira Tent village, Battagram

Producer: Riaz Karim

-Reasons include continual landslides, some people have not received compensation cheques, and conflict between tenants and landlords.

-144 families from Allai and Kohistan that remain here do not feel like their basic rights are being protected by the govt. They ask to be shifted to other parts of the country.

Monitoring Committee set up by District Govt. Mansehra

Producer: Ibrar Tanoli

- Sardar Muhammad Yousuf

- Dist Nazim, Mansehra

-The team has been set up to monitor reconstruction activities to ensure fairness and coordination.

Internews journalism training, Muzaffarabad

Producer: Rehana Afsar

- Trainers

- Participants grateful to receive training in disaster reporting and electronic media

- Local people are best placed to report on humanitarian situation in affected areas.

Health problems in Maira Tent Village , Shangla (Battagram)

Producer: Naveed Alam

- Mohd. Khalid, Chairman, Tent Village

- People coping with hot weather and increasing health problems.

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Hazara Division (Mansehra), giving jobs to children of workers who died in the quake

Producer: Imran Ali

- Nazir Ahmad, Superintendent Engineer, WAPDA, Abbottabad

- WAPDA will give jobs to children of workers who died in the quake so families can continue to benefit.

-The children will be provided with education and other facilities.

Water levels and shortages in affected areas

Producer: Sher Ghazi

- Amir Jamal, Technical Coordinator for Water and Sanitation, Catholic Relief Services

- Natural water flows have been disturbed or stopped by the earthquake, especially in Battagram and Mansehra

-Due to the hot weather, the glaciers are also disrupted

Landowner trying to reclaim land in Wadi-e-Siran City Tent village, Siran Valley (Mansehra)

Producer: Imran Ali

- Sultan-ul-Arifeen, Landowner

- Govt. has given landowner nowhere else to go.

- Some people in tent village want to stay because they have become dependent on the facilities.

- The land was given as charity, but now the govt. needs to provide alternative places so that the people can rebuild their lives.

-Landowner claims that some people who are not affectees came to tent village for free facilities.

Interview about ERRA's reconstruction policy

Producer: Shah Nawaz

- General Nadeem,

Deputy Chairman, ERRA

- Reconstruction policy covers 12 sectors, 5 of which are yet to be approved.

- Some areas of policy will only be finalized after the final seismic report June 30 th

Problems of those remaining in Al Rasheed Trust Tent Village, Mansehra

Producer: Nighat Hunzai

- Jahanzaib, Incharge of Camp

- No arrangements for hot weather

- Electricity shortages

World Vision, ceremony for rubble removal, Govt. High School , Dadar (Mansehra)

Producer: Mohd. Ishfaq

- Savena Hayat, USAID Education Office

-World Vision has removed rubble from the school site and USAID will rebuild the school

Health situation in Siran Tent Village , Siran Valley (Mansehra)

Producer: Inam Khattak

- Dr. Ghulam Murtaza, Relief International

- 700 patients have been in the tent village. Relief International also giving health advice.

IFRC & Pak Red Crescrent - Data Collection

Ibn Sina Afghanistan - Health and Hygiene

IMC - Immunization

ILO & NRSP - Vocational Training Schemes

May 17th : - Zahid Nasim Khattak, National Project Manager, UNDP

- Nadeem Durrani, National Heating and Cooking Project Manager, UNDP

May 19th : Nadia Saeed, Hygiene Promotion Coordinator, Pak Red Crescent

Date: May 17 – 20, 2006

Venue: Power 99 Muzaffarabad

Trainers: Virginia Moncrieff, Ahmadullah Habibi, Jamal Swati

Participants: 2 female and 11 male trainees