SDNP develops website for Pakistan's earthquake-stricken Northern Areas

January 2003

Pakistan's Northern Areas were recently devastated by a severe earthquake, the first on the night of 2nd and 3rd November and then again on the night of 21st and 22nd November 2002.

The Government of Northern Areas, Pakistan Army, Planning and Development Department, are all actively participating in emergency relief efforts. In order to keep people around the world, and especially those who are far away from their beloved land, posted regarding the latest developments, the Northern Areas administration, with the cooperation of the Swiss Development Cooperation and NORAD, requested IUCN's Pakistan Programme to create this disaster relief website.

Developed by the Sustainable Development Networking Programme, the site's salient features include daily news updates, photographs of the earthquake-stricken victims and Pakistan's efforts to provide aid to them. The latest reports and situational analyses available on other national and international disaster relief management websites, and contact information for donations are also available online at
http://www.northernareas.org.pk/disaster/index.htm