Providing Humanitarian Information to Flood-Affected People in Pakistan

The infoasaid research report ‘Providing Humanitarian Information to Flood-Affected People in Pakistan’ provides a snapshot of the effectiveness of humanitarian information efforts in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan three months after the devastating July 2010 floods.

The primary goal of the research that surveyed over 1,000 people from eight flood-affected areas in these provinces in November and December 2010, was to provide real-time information to support rapid and effective humanitarian information efforts.

The report offers an overall picture of ‘oases and deserts’.The report offers an overall picture of ‘oases and deserts’. While certain areas and groups had better access to information, whether by media or direct from organisational and official sources, many other areas and groups had little to no meaningful access at all.