Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Focus Humanitarian Assistance Europe ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://focus-europe.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [When the Mountains Move: Courage, Preparation, and the Communities FOCUS Stands With in Pakistan](https://focus-europe.org/when-the-mountains-move-courage-preparation-and-the-communities-focus-stands-with-in-pakistan/) - Pakistan's northern highlands are among the most disaster-prone places on earth. In Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, earthquakes can split valley floors without warning, and monsoon rains can trigger landslides overnight. The region is also vulnerable to glacial lake outburst floods, known as GLOFs. These happen when a massive glacier sitting atop a mountain melts rapidly, sending - [Flash Floods in Afghanistan: A Unified AKDN Response](https://focus-europe.org/flash-floods-in-afghanistan-a-unified-akdn-response/) - "We are often at risk of floods, but whenever we see the AKAH team, a new sense of hope is restored in us." A female resident of Pul-e-Khumri in Baghlan Province. In early April 2026, heavy rainfall swept through northern and northeastern Afghanistan, sending flash floods tearing through communities in Baghlan, Badakhshan, Takhar, and surrounding - [From Seeds of Support to Shelter from the Storm: FOCUS’s Legacy in Afghanistan](https://focus-europe.org/from-seeds-of-support-to-shelter-from-the-storm-focuss-legacy-in-afghanistan/) - For decades, FOCUS donors made a quiet but profound investment in some of the world's most vulnerable communities. Before the organizations could implement the life-saving infrastructure that exists in Badakhshan today, it was FOCUS donor support and volunteer participation that helped lay the groundwork, building the relationships, the community trust, and the institutional presence that - [Ready When the Time Comes](https://focus-europe.org/ready-when-the-time-comes/) - Ready When the Time Comes (RWTC) is an innovative programme of the Canadian Red Cross (CRC), aimed at developing a cadre of volunteers who could be deployed in the aftermath of an emergency event. In 2015, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) Canada entered into a formal partnership with CRC to train volunteers from the Ismaili Muslim - [Tajikistan Flood Relief](https://focus-europe.org/tajikistan-flood-relief/) - Tajikistan, July 2015 – In July 2015 villages across Tajikistan experienced severe flooding and mud flows as the result of an outburst of glacial lakes up in the mountains. These disastrous events destroyed homes, knocked down power lines, and disrupted transportation and communication between villages. Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) Tajikistan, in collaboration with its partners - [International Women’s Day - Breaking Taboos: Women in Search & Rescue](https://focus-europe.org/international-womens-day-breaking-taboos-women-in-search-rescue/) - On this International Women’s Day, we highlight three inspirational women of various generations who overcame societal pressures to help save lives within their communities. In 2000, Gul Noori was among the first women to respond to a call for volunteers in FOCUS’s inaugural Search & Rescue Team (SART), but she faced a number of social - [Healthcare Professional arrives in St. John’s](https://focus-europe.org/healthcare-professional-from-afghanistan-arrives-in-st-johns-under-canadas-economic-mobility-pathways-pilot-empp/) - Healthcare Professional arrives in St. John’s under Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) Focus Humanitarian Assistance Canada (FOCUS) and TalentLift are collaborating to support the recruitment and relocation of skilled refugees. FOCUS is further pioneering industry-informed skills training to improve the candidacy of displaced job seekers. Together, and enabled by the innovation of the Economic - [Responding to Devastating Flooding in Pakistan](https://focus-europe.org/responding-to-devastating-flooding-in-pakistan/) - Extreme temperatures in early July 2022 led to glacial melting, high river and stream levels, and flash flooding throughout Pakistan, intensified by heavy monsoon rains. FOCUS’ partner, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) was quick to establish emergency operations centers in Gilgit (Gilgit-Baltistan), Karachi (Sindh), Chitral (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), and Islamabad to coordinate aid and - [FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance and its partners mobilize in response to Türkiye and Syria earthquakes](https://focus-europe.org/focus-usa-and-building-bridges/) - In the early hours of Monday February 6, severe earthquakes struck parts of Türkiye and Syria, resulting in the tragic loss of thousands of lives and massive infrastructure damage. Following the earthquakes, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), in collaboration with agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), of which FOCUS is an affiliate, has mobilized - [Building Bridges & Breaking Barriers](https://focus-europe.org/building-bridges-breaking-barriers/) - “Vocational and technical training form part of a wider strategy to equip the refugee community with skills they can use to obtain safe, regular work in transit countries and wherever they may emigrate to in the future.” Al-Rahim Moosa, Focus Humanitarian Assistance. Cosmetology Training: Igniting the spark of self-confidence With the support of the American - [FOCUS fuels hope. Building stronger futures together.](https://focus-europe.org/focus-fuels-hope-building-stronger-futures-together/) - "Now I have hope”: Khairuddin’s journey." For Khairuddin, the journey was arduous and uncertain, but well worth it. As a maintenance professional in Victoria for Berwick Retirement Communities, a British Columbia-based senior living community with over 200 residents, Khairuddin’s days are not dissimilar from the work he has done before when living as a refugee. - [Flood response in Northern Pakistan](https://focus-europe.org/flood-response-in-northern-pakistan/) - In recent weeks, flash flooding and glacial lake outbursts have caused widespread destruction across Pakistan, especially in Gilgit-Baltistan, Chitral and other vulnerable mountain communities. Due to monsoon rains triggering flash floods and landslides, villages have been severely affected, homes damaged, farmland submerged, and livelihoods disrupted. Emergency operation centres set up by the Aga Khan Agency for ## Pages - [Home - New 3](https://focus-europe.org/) - EMERGENCY RESPONSE & RECOVERY When the Mountains Move: Courage, Preparation, and the Communities FOCUS Stands With in Pakistan Pakistan's northern highlands are among the most disaster-prone places on earth. READ MORE Empowering the most vulnerable to not only survive, but thrive. 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Every thunderstorm produces lightning. - [Wildfire](https://focus-europe.org/wildfire/) - More and more people are making their homes in woodland settings – in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites - [Earthquake](https://focus-europe.org/earthquake/) - More and more people are making their homes in woodland settings – in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites - [Heatwave & Drought](https://focus-europe.org/heatwave/) - Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. ## Portfolio Filter Gallery - [Video](https://focus-europe.org/awl_filter_gallery/video/) ## Categories - [Emergency response & recovery](https://focus-europe.org/category/emergency-response-recovery/) - [Resettlement & Integration](https://focus-europe.org/category/resettlement/) - [Education](https://focus-europe.org/category/education/) ## Tags - [Pakistan](https://focus-europe.org/tag/pakistan/) - [Tajikistan](https://focus-europe.org/tag/tajikistan/) ## Category - [First slide](https://focus-europe.org/catastrophes_category/first-slide/) ## Year - [2020](https://focus-europe.org/year_newsletters/2020/)