The “great mother”, as it has been affectionately known because of the fertility it has brought to the land, has now drowned hundreds and left millions homeless. Sindh is the worst-hit province in Pakistan, and some of the places we visited there have only been flooded in the last few days as the monsoon waters [ Read More ]
Aid agencies are warning outbreaks of disease pose a serious new risk to victims of Pakistan’s worst flooding, as United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon announces he is to visit the country this weekend. Monsoons have engulfed Pakistan’s Indus river basin, killing more than 1,600 people and forcing two million from their homes. A further 14 [ Read More ]
Qasim Berech, 30, is a public health expert with Oxfam in Pakistan. He travelled to Upper Swat on 16 August. People in Upper Swat Valley have been living in a nightmare since the floods began. They’ve been almost completely cut off from the rest of the country. For hundreds of thousands of people, helicopter drops [ Read More ]
The United Nations has established more than a thousand health clinics across Pakistan in the wake of widespread flooding, a U.N. official said. ”Almost 1,200 mobile health clinics are operating across Pakistan,” said Maurizio Giuliano with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. “For many people, this is the only way to receive health care.” [ Read More ]
More angry flood victims in southern Pakistan have turned against the country’s government, looting a convoy loaded with supplies. Residents brandishing long sticks and chanting “shame on the government” ripped supplies out of a vehicle loaded with food Wednesday in the city of Sukkur in Sindh province. One man said they had no choice because [ Read More ]
The international relief effort to help victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan is increasing. The U.S. is donating $55 million, along with relief supplies and assistance. But help has been slow in reaching millions of people affected by the floods. And now there are concerns among U.S. officials that hard-line Islamist groups are capitalizing [ Read More ]
The international response to Pakistan’s flood emergency has been sluggish and ungenerous compared with relief efforts after previous disasters, a leading aid agency said today as the UN warned that its emergency workers were in danger of being overwhelmed by the scale of the crisis. Oxfam said the UN’s financial tracking system showed that as [ Read More ]
TORONTO — Ottawa must give Canadians more time to aid in Pakistan flood-relief efforts by extending its pledge to match donations dollar-for-dollar, doctors headed to the region said Tuesday. Canadians have been slow to respond with donations for the Pakistan flooding compared to other disasters like the Haiti earthquake, and the deadline for the dollar matching [ Read More ]
KARACHI — Pakistan’s devastating floods have left 10 million people without shelter, the United Nations said Tuesday, as authorities rushed to bolster river defences to save two towns from catastrophe. “According to new estimates following the most recent flooding in Sindh… at least 10 million people are currently without shelter,” said Maurizio Giuliano, the Office [ Read More ]
From raising funds to distributing life-saving shelters, Rotary clubs worldwide are assisting flood victims in Pakistan. The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, one of the largest humanitarian service organizations in the world, is accepting member contributions to its Pakistan Flooding Recovery Fund to support long-term recovery in the affected areas, which have sustained billions of [ Read More ]
