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More than 5.4 million people are struggling to survive in Pakistan after
torrential monsoon rains pounded the southern provinces in September,
triggering massive flooding. More than 1.5 million houses were damaged, 3
million acres of crops were destroyed and more than 3 million people are in
dire need of assistance. Shelter, relief items, food rations, access to safe
water and emergency health services are especially needed.
AmeriCares has coordinated a targeted response to
help an estimated 50,000 flood victims, many of whom are still recovering from
the disastrous 2010
floods with:
- Distributions
of relief items including tents, mats, cooking sets for distribution in camps
for the displaced and in affected villages.
The first
distribution took place on October 18.
- Financial
Support to help rehab a flood-damaged health clinic.
- Medicines
to support 30 mobile medical clinics that will visit camps and settlements for
the displaced in the hard-hit Sindh province, including medicines to treat
pain, skin diseases, acute respiratory infections, diarrheal disease and malaria.
With winter setting in, there is widespread concern that the situation will
worsen rapidly, especially in Sindh, where 850,000 impoverished people live in
temporary shelters, including vulnerable children who have already lived
through one devastating flood.
AmeriCares 2010 Flood Response
In August, 2010, severe monsoon
flooding across Pakistan displaced more than 20 million people. More than 450
health facilities were damaged, with 200 completely destroyed, greatly limiting
health care services available to affected communities. AmeriCares responded quickly by coordinating
donations of crucial medicines from our donors’ in-country affiliates to our
local partners. In total, AmeriCares has
provided $6,276,938 in direct assistance to Pakistan
for the 2010 flooding.
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