CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation

Published purpose

5 January 2011 - Pakistan recently experienced the worst monsoon flooding in its history. At its height, over 20 million people were affected, and over 7 million people were made homeless by the flooding. While most of the flood-affected people have returned to their home areas, approximately 14 million people still require humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs, and to begin the process of resuming their normal lives. CIDA is supporting the Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) to provide early recovery assistance in the agriculture sector to flood-affected poor farmers. Activities include the distribution of seeds, fertilizer, tools and small farm animals (goats and chickens) to vulnerable women in order to both improve household nutrition and increase household income through the sale of farm products.