SRSO proved as dynamic organization by complets mostly rehabilitation work

Sukkur: Village Rehabilitation Program by the Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO) are going successful for the rehabilitation of 7,000 houses in 43 Villages at Shikarpur, Kashmore and Jacobabad districts of the interior Sindh.
It is mention over here that the construction of 200 houses for the flood affected households in district Shahdadkot are proved as historical step with the support of Bakhtawar Foundation.
According to the SRSO’s preliminary rapid assessment report the flooding started right from Guddu affecting Districts situated at both banks of River Indus namely Kashmore-Kandhkot, Shikarpur, Ghotki, Sukkur, Khairpur, Larkana, Naushero Feroze and Jacobabad. The flood water has entered into the SINDH Province devastating completely more than 11000 villages in the Kacha and surrounding area displacing more than 213000 households from their villages along with 1,065,000 numbers of livestock.
SRSO`s estimates said that 79 union councils out of 424 union councils fall in Kacha area of River Indus or neighboring union councils. Approximately, 217000 households live in 79 Union Councils and are directly and indirectly affected by current phenomenon of the flood.
It was August 7th 2010 breach of Torri caused heavy devastation in northern part of Sindh province. Flood inundated more than seven districts of Sindh including Kashmore-Kandhkot & Shikarpur. As it was the unusual flood that brought people on the roads, and washed away their belongings, livestock and their Serial foods for their survival. People became shelter less as their shelters either destroyed or are inundated under heavy flood.
SRSO in response to extensive floods in the province launched flood relief operations on August, 2010 in its operational areas. SRSO also established an emergency cell which worked since declaration of emergency along with Village Rehabilitation Program (VRP) unit started working independently with a dedicated team of engineers and town planners.
This Organization started its relief operation with the provision of cooked food to the displaced people; fodder & vaccination for livestock; and provision of safe drinking water through tankers. Subsequently these activities were complemented by other donor activities such as distribution of dry rations, installation of hand pumps, temporary latrines, temporary shelters and health and hygiene awareness sessions.
Thousands of affected people are still in relief camps and require comprehensive relief support in the form of dry rations, safe water and health and hygiene facilities. People who returned to their native places need support to earn their livelihood and construct homes. There are areas where people returned areas closer to their native places which are still submerged in stagnant water. These people still need food and transitional shelters.
The rehabilitation work has been started with the support of Government and other donor agencies by the local and international implementing partners. However, considered the huge number of people that have been affected, the current relief efforts can only be viewed as short term support. Significant funding, planning and combined efforts are required to provide sustainable long-term rehabilitation.
The basic opportunities to work for flood affected are provision of funds for construction of shelter and creation of livelihood along with training and technical support mainly through social mobilization, awareness and ownership. Most livelihood support is focused around Agriculture and livestock since majority of the affected population has always been associated with farming. NGO SRSO with the support of different donors mostly completed rehabilitation work and support for livelihood and early recovery for flood affected people to generate tangible and meaningful resources to address future-midterm food security and shelter requirements.
Moreover, small schemes of streets, road network, toilets and water supply were also initiated by the Sindh government including different poverty-alleviation projects also getting historical success at a cost of Rs3 billion. Around 30,000 young men and women were technically trained through this organization.