Flood response in Northern Pakistan
In recent weeks, flash flooding and glacial lake outbursts have caused widespread destruction across Pakistan, especially in Gilgit-Baltistan, Chitral and other vulnerable mountain communities. Due to monsoon rains triggering flash floods and landslides, villages have been severely affected, homes damaged, farmland submerged, and livelihoods disrupted.Emergency operation centres set up by the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat […]
FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance and its partners mobilize in response to Türkiye and Syria earthquakes
In the early hours of Monday February 6, severe earthquakes struck parts of Türkiye and Syria, resulting in the tragic loss of thousands of lives and massive infrastructure damage. Following the earthquakes, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), in collaboration with agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), of which FOCUS is an affiliate, has mobilized rapidly […]
Responding to Devastating Flooding in Pakistan
Extreme temperatures in early July 2022 led to glacial melting, high river and stream levels, and flash flooding throughout Pakistan, intensified by heavy monsoon rains. FOCUS’ partner, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) was quick to establish emergency operations centers in Gilgit (Gilgit-Baltistan), Karachi (Sindh), Chitral (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), and Islamabad to coordinate aid and […]
International Women’s Day – Breaking Taboos: Women in Search & Rescue
On this International Women’s Day, we highlight three inspirational women of various generations who overcame societal pressures to help save lives within their communities.In 2000, Gul Noori was among the first women to respond to a call for volunteers in FOCUS’s inaugural Search & Rescue Team (SART), but she faced a number of social and […]