• French government allocated €1 million for humanitarian relief operations
• The funds will be given to three INGOs to provide assistance
• France has dispatched civil security teams to the field

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of France to Pakistan Mr Nicolas Galey has announced that the French government has allocated €1 million for humanitarian relief operations in flood-hit communities in Pakistan.

Speaking to media outside his residence, the ambassador said the funds will be given to three international Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) and will provide critical assistance to vulnerable households, and contribute to reducing loss of lives and improving living conditions in flood-affected communities.

He added that this contribution was part of France’s substantial support to the Pakistani people in the aftermath of the catastrophic floods.

President Macron personally decided on this support at the end of August to express and demonstrate France’s solidarity with the victims of this unprecedented event, the ambassador told.

He said France’s financial assistance had been earmarked for the Action Against Hunger (ACF), an integrated project combining health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), agriculture, food security, and livelihood for approximately 30,000 beneficiaries in the districts of Qambar-Shadadkot and Khairpur in Sindh.

To question, French Ambassador said French INGOs together with their Pakistani partners play an essential role in providing humanitarian assistance to flood-affected communities.

The French government is pleased to support Action Against Hunger, Secours Islamique – France, and Médecins du Monde in their relief operations.

This financial support builds on other support provided by France including the arrival of a French medical team, distribution of high-capacity water pumps, provision of emergency equipment, water purification operation in Dadu district, and procurement of a portable bridge in the coming weeks.

In addition to sending non-food items and equipment, including 200 tents and 83 very high-capacity water pumps, France has dispatched civil security teams to the field.

A team of experts trained more than 50 technicians in Karachi in using 83 high-capacity water pumps given to Pakistan and are now operated by Pakistani experts in various parts of the affected areas, he added.

He said that a team of 40 experts from the French Civil Security Units is now deployed on-site in the Sindh to install and operate a water purification system, which will provide 250 litres of drinking water per day.

The ambassador also added that the French Government had allocated an additional 1 million euros to the World Food Programme for an integrated Nutrition-Safety Net Project for pregnant and lactating women in Sindh.

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