CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
SITUATION REPORT: PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN EMERGENCY
(Updates information relevant to Appeal #6930 for $6.28 million.)
January 11, 2002


SITUATION: Church World Service staff in Pakistan has issued the following
report on the situation at the Pakistan/Afghanistan border near Quetta
after a visit this earlier week by two CWS staff members:

"The Chaman border has been re-opened after four days of closure to host
several refugees who were waiting across the border without sufficient
food and water, warm clothes and shelter. After the reopening of the
border, once again the distressed and tired refugees started to pour in
the camps.

"Killi Faizo Camp registered 112 families on January 8. The following day,
2,500 refugees were waiting across the barbwire for registration not
knowing whether they would be registered or not. Most of these refugees
belong to the Pushtoon community. Currently Killi Faizo Camp accommodates
780 tents. Landi Karez Camp was established recently and is serving as a
permanent camp. This camp has 14 blocks. On January 8, 62 families were
moved to Kandi Karez and on January 9, 202 families were transferred to
Landi Karez. Roghani Camp, with a population of about 18,000 refugees, is
full.

"Based on the current statistics, CWS believes that the refugee influx is
not decreasing and that many refugees are not returning to Afghanistan."
In their report, CWS staff say the needs of people in the camps are
increasing due to new influxes of refugees.


RESPONSE: CWS is currently distributing urgently needed quilts due to the
severe cold in the camps. CWS is also distributing 1,500 shelter kits in
the camps through UNHCR. CWS is also continuing to provide food parcels
that contain beans, rice, wheat, cooking oil, sugar and tea for uprooted
families both inside Afghanistan and in Pakistan.

The quilt project in Quetta continues, providing Afghan refugee women the
opportunity to earn income. Some 400 women are part of the CWS "Tools of
Hope" and blanket-supported quilt-making project. The women are producing
60,000 quilts, 20,000 of which are being used in CWS family shelter kits.
The other 40,000 are being purchased by UNHCR and UNICEF for use in their
emergency programs in Afghanistan. The project has had a positive impact
on the local economy, staff reports.

CWS plans to issue a more extensive update for Appeal #6930 next week. The
appeal covers Church World Service efforts to provide emergency food and
shelter for Afghan families in need, both in Afghanistan and in refugee
camps in Pakistan.

Pakistan/Afghanistan Emergency, Account #6930, CHURCH WORLD SERVICE, P.O.
Box 968, Elkhart, IN, 46515.

On-line contributions to: www.churchworldservice.org
Call the CWS HOTLINE for updates: (800) 297-1516.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is
responding, contact CWS Emergency Response.

Telephone: (212) 870-3151
E-mail: donnajderr@aol.com
After-hours emergency pager: (800) 780-0853
Web site: www.cwserp.org


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