Pakistan floods - three months on

Note: The following appeal is now closed.  You can support our ongoing work by donating to the Canadian Red Cross

 

Three months on from the devastating floods in Pakistan, high waters in the southern province of Sindh continue to prevent more than one million people from returning to their homes. In low-lying areas such as Dadu district, families remain trapped by stagnant flood water and require urgent support.  The longer people remain in these conditions, the greater their vulnerability.  

In Sindh, one million people are still living in tented camps where access to adequate shelter, food and clean water is limited. The risk of disease is high and cases of water-borne diseases such as malaria continue to rise. Crops are not able to be harvested, and the current sowing season will be largely missed, resulting in serious food insecurity. 

The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), with support from the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, has already delivered emergency aid to 560,000 people, but more needs to be done.

In Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), most displaced families have now returned to their villages, only to find they have nothing to go home to. Water sources are contaminated, there is little access to basic services, their homes are severely damaged or destroyed, and there is no source of income to feed their families.

As winter approaches, the Red Cross Red Crescent is working to provide the most vulnerable with a warm place to sleep during the cold months ahead. The Red Cross Red Crescent is supplying 10,000 families in the mountainous regions of KPK with emergency winterized shelter, including tools and materials required to rebuild homes.

The Canadian Red Cross continues to reach the most vulnerable through relief distributions, where we have provided 2500 families with food and non-food items, including rice, flour, blankets, jerry cans, and stoves.  As well, we have reached over 40,000people though our mobile health clinics and hygiene promotion activities in Swat and over 12,000 people with medical and psycho-social support in Sindh province. CRC is providing safe drinking water to thousands of people.

Despite our efforts, more help is needed. Please give generously, your help can’t wait.