ISLAMABAD: United Nations Resident Coordinator in Pakistan Neil Buhne has said that poverty is continuously increasing rise in Sindh province.
He was addressing the closing ceremony of a booklet launching, based on inspiring stories from this project titled “Rebuilding Flood Affected Farmers’ Communities: Inspirational Human Stories”.
Neil Buhne said that one UN Project, ‘Livelihood Restoration, Protection and Sustainable Empowerment of Vulnerable Peasant Communities in Sindh Province” was quite beneficial for the people of the province. He said during the floods of 2010-11 more than 10 million people were affected in Sindh which also led to an increase of poverty in the province.
He said that in the recently released multiple poverty index of the Government of Pakistan, the province of Sindh is among the highest poverty-ridden areas of the country. Through the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda, the UN will reach those areas which were earlier ignored. He said the UN was looking forward to work with the people and the government of Sindh.
Ingrid Christensen, Country Director, International Labour Organization (ILO) said one UN project was launched in 2013 for livelihood and skill development in Mirpurkhas and Dadu districts of Sindh. “I went to the field to meet with beneficiaries and was quite satisfied”, she added.
Sindh Secretary Planning and Development Altaf Bijarani said that Sindh province was at the tail end of the Indus river system and some time ago it was prone to flood and at other times drought. Due to continued floods of 2010-11 followed by drought in some areas of Southern Sindh, the province”s economy was badly affected.
