Education for Peace

Reconstruction of schools and help for traumatized Children

Project Number: 5014

In recent years, Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province has suffered significantly from humanitarian disasters. In October 2005, a major earthquake devastated the region, killing 75,000 people and leaving an estimated 3.5 million homeless, a situation made all the more serious by the impending onset of severe winter weather. In 2009, severe flooding led to more death and displacement of an already suffering population.

NWFP’s population of 17 million people has also seen its share of problems with Islamist and tribal militant groups. Following an short-lived peace deal with the government, militants spread further into the province. The Pakistani military responded with a massive military offensive. The renewed conglict affected Swat, Buner, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Bajour, and Shangalal Districts. The resulting displacement of 2 million people within the space of a few months was one of the most rapid and large-scale internal displacements in recent history.

As millions were forced to leave their homes, whole economic systems collapsed. Crops, merchandise, fields, and equipment were destroyed. Public infrastructure, the core element to the provision of many basic social services, was decimated. Skilled individuals – teacher, administrators, and medical personnel – fled the fighting and the militant advance. Particularly hard hit were educational institutions, schools that were not associated with conservative Islamic orders and, more generally, the provision of education to girls, seen as threats to the Taliban-imposed way of life.

Videos of the destroyed schools

PAI is focussing on the Buner-District with around 1 Million residents.

1. Immediate Aid:
•winterize Tents to ensure the classes trough the winter. (1300,- € per Schooltent)
•psychological Psychologische care and rehabilitation: Help for traumatised children, training for teachers. (120.000,- €)
•50 temporary classroomsfor eight totally destroyed schools in the Buner-District. In this schools up to 40 students were teached. So Boys and Girls will have access to education!

Within 6 months:
•Reconstruction of 32 damaged schools. (20.000,- € per school)
•Release of livestock for widows and orphans to supply the families.
•Distribution of seeds, to renwe the agriculture.
•Mobile clinic for people who live fa away from medical help.

Up to 2 years:
•Reconstruction of 10 more schools.
•Infrastructural help and Community Development

Our goal!

Through the integtrated help communities in conflict areas of Pakistan shpuld be given an solid future.

School education shall be possible for all children in this from us supported region. Espacially for the winter time this is an big challenge for the people of this region.

PAI is interessted on an long term development and stabilization of the region. This shall in particular through more messures and infrastructural help achieved.

PAI is in addition to it in Peshawar, Karachi and in Gilgit in the area of small trade development, adult education and in Peshawar in refugee aid active.