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30/07/2007 Plaquette d'information - Médecins du Monde in Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa
18/04/2007 Rapport - DAR-UL-AMAN SURVEY Healing the Wounds of Domestic Violence Project Médecins du Monde Pakistan - February 2007

DAR-UL-AMAN SURVEY Healing the Wounds of Domestic Violence Project Médecins du Monde Pakistan February 2007

Mission Pakistan

CHIFFRES

Mortality infant: 81‰
Life expectancy at birth: 63
HDI : 0.527; ranked: 173/177
Actual GDP/inhabitant ($): 304
International delegations : MdM Greece, MdM Cyprus
This project is carried out in partnership with MdM Spain

Beneficiaries :
- Islamabad : 50,000
- Sargodha, Lahore, Faisalabad et Gujranwala: 4,500 women et 360 children
Staff :
- Islamabad : local : 20 ; expatriate : 16
- Sargodha, Lahore, Faisalabad et Gujranwala: local : 10 ; expatriate : 2
Sources of funding :
- Islamabad : Dutch Foreign Ministry, Memisa Belgium, MdM
- Sargodha, Lahore, Faisalabad et Gujranwala: French Embassy in Khartoum
Budget 2005 - 2006 :
- Islamabad : 490,736 euros
- Sargodha, Lahore, Faisalabad et Gujranwala: 100,310 euros

The most violent earthquake in Central Asia since 1947 hit Pakistan on 8 October 2005. The number of victims exceeded 73,000 dead and 70,000 injured, including many children and young people. Nearly 70% of homes in Kashmir were destroyed, and help could only reach the area by air until roads were cleared and repaired. In this emergency situation, women continue to be deprived of their most basic human rights on a daily basis and are the victims of violence and killed, often for matters of honour.

Emergency help for earthquake victims

NWFP Province and Islamabad

Activities:

The day after the earthquake, the work was organised around three sites:

  • Mansehra (NWFP), where a surgical team came to support Pakistani teams to operate on earthquake victims;
  • Thakot and Balakot (NWFP), where permanent and mobile primary healthcare teams operated, thus providing an initial contact with emergency services for the population in these two areas. Once the immediate emergency had passed, Médecins du Monde got involved in helping homeless and displaced people through the winter by providing primary healthcare in Islamabad where a clinic (for general consultations, reproductive health, community health, etc.) was opened in camp H11, and in Mansehra, where a similar structure was set up in Jabba camp.

Outlook:

In 2006 MdM will seek to widen its work by getting involved in mobile consultations in the smallest camps which have sprung up in NWFP and in Islamabad. The need to support people as they return to their home areas will be assessed along with the need for longer term support for rebuilding and reactivating health services.

Helping women victims of domestic violence

Sargodha, Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala

Activities:

A 9-month pilot project with the aim of providing medical, psychological and legal assistance to women victims of domestic violence was set up in the Dar-ul-Aman in Sargodha (Punjab). The activity was then gradually extended to three new refuges in Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala. This programme stresses the involvement of civil society and government authorities, and on training the Dar-ul-Aman staff, a guarantee of the viability of such work.

Outlook:

Continue the activities and extend to 8 Dar-ul-Aman in the Punjab. The project has 7 aspects including medical assistance, psychological support, legal assistance and training for the staff of the Dar-ul-Aman and other Punjabi institutions, and government executives, etc.

July 2006