ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has launched a $75 million project to help the people affected by militancy in Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
The Fata Temporarily Displaced Persons Emergency Recovery Project will support the Fata families, by promoting child health, and strengthening emergency response and safety net delivery systems.
This was revealed by World Bank Country Director for Pakistan Rachid Benmessaoud. He said that the safety net delivery systems built through this project will enhance the capacity of the government to respond in a better way to future crises, by strengthening the emergency response safety net delivery systems in Fata in a sustainable manner.
Beneficiaries of the project are the families from five Fata agencies, namely North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Orakzai, Kurram and Khyber. The aim of the project is to support the early recovery of approximately 120,000 displaced families from Fata through two cash grants including one-time early recovery grant of Rs 35,000 per family and a livelihood support grant of Rs 16,000 per family in four monthly instalments of Rs 4,000. These two cash grants provide complementary interventions to help the displaced families from the five targeted agencies and cover the initial expenses needed to restart their lives and livelihood.
