Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Project (ERRP) was a project undertaken by the

Sarhad Rural Support Programme The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) is the largest NGO, non-governmental organization working to Poverty reduction, alleviate poverty in North West Pakistan. It was established in 1989 with the aim of reducing poverty and ensuring sustainab ...

(SRSP) for the relief and rehabilitation of the people of

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, Pakistan following the devastating earthquake of 8 October 2005 in the region.

Project details

The 8 October 2005 earthquake was the worst

natural disaster A natural disaster is "the negative impact following an actual occurrence of natural hazard in the event that it significantly harms a community". A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically leaves some econ ...

in Pakistan's history. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Indian-Pakistani border with more than 140

aftershock In seismology, an aftershock is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake, in the same area of the main shock, caused as the displaced crust adjusts to the effects of the main shock. Large earthquakes can have hundreds to thousand ...

s, causing extensive damage. The Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Project was launched by SRSP for the relief and rehabilitation of the affected. With financial assistance from the Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) over 63,000 houses, were built in Mansehra,

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and other quake-affected parts of NWFP. During the post-earthquake period, the project also focused on building community

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

. The implementing partners role was that of a catalyst organization: promoting

social mobilization Mass mobilization (also known as social mobilization or popular mobilization) refers to mobilization of civilian population as part of contentious politics. Mass mobilization is defined as a process that engages and motivates a wide range of partne ...

, cultivate social activists, providing technical assistance, etc. Apart from reconstruction of houses, the project funded the training of over 8,500 individuals in masonry,

carpentry Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenters tr ...

and steel fixing skills. The project followed an owner-driven reconstruction approach, reflected in the fact that no contractors were involved. The project was able to achieve 96% reconstruction of houses compliant to lintel level with safety standards, through disbursement of a total of PKR 8.73 billion.

References

{{Reflist Non-profit organisations based in Pakistan 2005 Kashmir earthquake