IHP supports the United Nations in the Pakistan emergency

The International Humanitarian Partnership, IHP, will support UN OCHA after the major floods in Pakistan.

Three ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) modules, from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, have arrived in Pakistan. The purpose is to support UN OCHA (United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs). The IHP team is designed to assist the United Nations and to assess the needs for incoming international relief as well as coordinating the overall humanitarian effort after the floods in Pakistan.

Each module is deployed with a technical specialist. They are equipped with personal ICT-kits, including for example laptops, GPS, digital camera and satellite phones.

The main task is to provide information and communications technology to OCHA in Pakistan. The modules enables the team to establish basic communications, provides internet access and allows team members to operate simultaneously in different locations.

The modules arrived in Pakistan on 22 August and are deployed for three weeks. Nicolai Rauhe Kristensen, the project manager says about the mission: "The IHP is dedicated to assisting UN OCHA in this emergency, and I am sure the team and the equipment will assist in the overall effort of coordinating the relief to flood victims". After the three week mission period, the equipment is donated to UN OCHA and local staff has been trained to continue the use of it.

The ICT team from Norway, Sweden and Denmark after arrival in Pakistan

The floods have resulted in a widespread destruction of the infrastructure in Pakistan