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Standard Project Report 2016
The HRF is a comprehensive facility designed to cater for a wide range of possible storage and logistics support
needs during an emergency. The facility constructed has covered warehouses (including temperature controlled
facilities), offices and an open space for the movement of trucks and establishment of Mobile Storage Units (MSUs).
The HRF was designed for NDMA and PDMA to store preparedness stocks in preparation for future disasters.
In addition to constructing the HRF, WFP planned warehouse and facilities management trainings for government
staff to be deployed at the HRF to manage the facility. This training focused on augmenting staff capacity and
enabling effective and efficient logistics operations and upkeep of the facility. As the Sukkur HRF was only
transferred to the Government one month before the closure of this Special Operation, the PDMA staff deployed at
the facility were trained after the conclusion of the project.
Operational Partnerships
The construction of the HRF in Sukkur is the result of collaboration between WFP, the NDMA and the PDMA Sindh.
NDMA facilitated the overall coordination of this project while PDMA Sindh provided the required land for the
development of the HRF and undertook its management after the handover from WFP. Meanwhile, WFP designed
and constructed the HRF and provided the required logistics equipment.
The formal handover ceremony of the facility in Sukkur was held on 18 May 2016. Key stakeholders participated in
the ceremony, including the Chief Minister of Sindh, the Director General of the PDMA Sindh and representatives of
the donors who contributed to the completion of the HRF.
Results/Outcomes
The HRF completed under this project augments the national warehouse network being established to better
respond to sudden onset emergencies. The Sukkur HRF serves as a platform for the logistics operations of the
NDMA and the PDMA in the event of a humanitarian disaster in Northern Sindh. This complements another HRF
located in the district of Hyderabad, constructed under WFP's previous Special Operation 200181, which caters for
the Southern districts of Sindh province. It has a storage capacity of 10,000 cubic meters, including cold storage
facilities for temperature-sensitive commodities. The Sukkur HRF will enable the pre-positioning of emergency relief
stocks, thus improving the response time of the authorities and humanitarian actors following sudden onset
emergencies. The availability and use of the HRF will support the timely delivery of life-saving relief items to
vulnerable disaster-affected populations.
In addition, the HRF facilitates the efficient management of the supply chain of the NDMA and PDMA alongside
other humanitarian actors, in terms of both response and emergency preparedness. To ensure the effective
maintenance and utility of the facility, WFP conducted training sessions for the warehouse and facility management
staff subsequent to the conclusion of this project.
The disaster preparedness and response capacity enhancement provided by the Sukkur HRF and other facilities
constructed under previous WFP Special Operations has generated substantial interest from government line
departments and donors. The fact that the land for the construction of all HRF facilities has been provided by the
Government of Pakistan is evidence of their interest and commitment.
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