PODA reached out to 583 families in 25 flood-affected districts of Pakistan during the Floods in 2022. PODA sent Non-Food Items (NFIs) to targeted districts where women leaders collected and carried them to their specific villages for distribution to the most vulnerable flood-affected women and girls.

Following is the list of items distributed by PODA during the Floods 2022:

280 blankets
37 sets of mosquito nets
25 tents
25 floor mats
63 water cooler
250 packs of water purification tablets
44 sewing machines
50 emergency light batteries
25 first-aid boxes
1351 mosquito repellent kits
25 iron trunks with supplies for 50 women to do small handicraft projects for women and girls
250 sanitary napkin packets and soap, water buckets, and plastic sheets
2500 medicines (anti-malaria)

PODA has extensive experience in humanitarian assistance programs, specifically women’s protection, child protection, and gender mainstreaming during emergencies. PODA provided protection facilities, services, and NFIs to internally displaced women and adolescent girls during the 2005 earthquake, 2010 flood, 2011 flood2, and COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 – 2021. PODA has been supporting marginalized Afghan refugee women and girls since 2021. PODA has managed the European Union, US Embassy, Asia Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), UN Women, UNDP, FAO, MADRE, and Teachers’ Without Boarders for development and humanitarian response.  PODA has an operational presence in 50 districts of Pakistan through the PODA Rural Women Network, where women leaders are already part of the 2022 flood emergency response in collaboration with local authorities and organizations working on women’s emergency care needs. Since 2005, PODA has provided humanitarian assistance to more than one million people in need. Details are as following: