Quake recovery plan face a financial shortfall of $94
By Ali Imran

ISLAMABAD—Immediate recovery plans for Pakistani areas devastated by last year's earthquake face a financial shortfall of US$94 million (euro74 million), a senior U.N. humanitarian relief official said Monday.
Jan Vandemoortele, U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan, said Pakistan's government launched a yearlong program in May to rehabilitate areas ravaged by the Oct. 8 quake that killed more than 80,000 people and left 3.5 million homeless.
Pakistan's Early Recovery Plan has a price tag of US$255 million (euro202 million), but just US$161 million (euro128 million) has been mobilized, Vandemoortele told a news conference a day after Pakistan marked the first anniversary of the quake with a minute's silence for its victims.
``We trust the donor community will continue to support our activities on the ground,'' Vandemoortele said.
The recovery plan _ stretching from the winter of 2005 until this year's winter which begins in November _ aims to train and supply teachers and nurses, and build the capacity of government authorities in the quake zone to meet the needs of quake survivors, Vandemoortele said.
Besides the financial shortfall, the program also faces a shortage of health staff, especially female health workers in high altitude villages, he said.
The international community has pledged US$6.7 billion (euro5.27 billion) for earthquake reconstruction.