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LATEST UPDATE – 12/08/2010
DEC raises £10.5 million pounds so far but more is needed.
Floodwaters have now moved south to the Sindh province and hundreds of villages have been flooded. Reports say the protective bund at Torhi in the province's north has been breached and several barrages and dams are under threat from floodwater.
The DEC’s member agencies have now distributed aid to more than 500,000 people affected. Floods have destroyed villages, crops and infrastructure and damaged some 290,000 homes. A total of 1,600 people have died.
For more info please visit http://www.dec.org.uk
THE SITUATION
Northern Pakistan has been hit by the worst flooding for 80 years. 14 million people are in desperate need of help and around 1,600 people have lost their lives. With little warning that the rains would be so severe, communities are now struggling to cope with the aftermath. With infrastructure destroyed and heavy monsoon rains still falling, the need for aid is urgent.
Of the 14 million people caught up in the floods, at least 1.8 million have lost everything – their homes, belongings and their livelihoods.
WHAT IS NEEDED
The Disasters Emergency Committee has launched an urgent appeal on behalf of the UK leading 13 aid agencies, to help those who have survived devastation but find themselves in need of support.
Unless emergency aid is delivered quickly, there is a real risk that the situation could become much worse. One major concern is that a lack of clean water could lead to the spread of deadly water borne diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera and without proper shelter the most vulnerable will develop respiratory diseases.
So far we have been able to provide some clean water, run mobile clinics to treat the sick and provide first aid to those injured as well as give shelter, food and blankets to those who are unable to go home but there are so many more people still in need.
As well as this, there are longer term needs such as helping put people’s livelihoods back together, rebuilding schools and re-establishing health services.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
I hope that you will be able to support us today please give whatever you can afford. The people of Pakistan have been through so much – with your support we can work fast to reach the most needy and rebuild livelihoods and communities in the months to come.
£25: 5,000 chlorine tablets for safe drinking water
£50: will feed 2 families for a month
£100 will buy a family winterised tent
DEC raises £10.5 million pounds so far but more is needed.
Floodwaters have now moved south to the Sindh province and hundreds of villages have been flooded. Reports say the protective bund at Torhi in the province's north has been breached and several barrages and dams are under threat from floodwater.
The DEC’s member agencies have now distributed aid to more than 500,000 people affected. Floods have destroyed villages, crops and infrastructure and damaged some 290,000 homes. A total of 1,600 people have died.
For more info please visit http://www.dec.org.uk
THE SITUATION
Northern Pakistan has been hit by the worst flooding for 80 years. 14 million people are in desperate need of help and around 1,600 people have lost their lives. With little warning that the rains would be so severe, communities are now struggling to cope with the aftermath. With infrastructure destroyed and heavy monsoon rains still falling, the need for aid is urgent.
Of the 14 million people caught up in the floods, at least 1.8 million have lost everything – their homes, belongings and their livelihoods.
WHAT IS NEEDED
The Disasters Emergency Committee has launched an urgent appeal on behalf of the UK leading 13 aid agencies, to help those who have survived devastation but find themselves in need of support.
Unless emergency aid is delivered quickly, there is a real risk that the situation could become much worse. One major concern is that a lack of clean water could lead to the spread of deadly water borne diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera and without proper shelter the most vulnerable will develop respiratory diseases.
So far we have been able to provide some clean water, run mobile clinics to treat the sick and provide first aid to those injured as well as give shelter, food and blankets to those who are unable to go home but there are so many more people still in need.
As well as this, there are longer term needs such as helping put people’s livelihoods back together, rebuilding schools and re-establishing health services.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
I hope that you will be able to support us today please give whatever you can afford. The people of Pakistan have been through so much – with your support we can work fast to reach the most needy and rebuild livelihoods and communities in the months to come.
£25: 5,000 chlorine tablets for safe drinking water
£50: will feed 2 families for a month
£100 will buy a family winterised tent