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Residents trapped by heavy floods are evacuated by a Pakistan army helicopter in Sanawan near Multan. |
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Pakistani soldiers in a helicopter rescue families stranded by flood waters. Image credit: AP |
Pakistan's biggest floods in 80 years have inflicted widespread suffering throughout the country, the UN calling it “probably the biggest emergency on the planet today”!
UN aid agencies have indicated that more than 20 million people are affected by the floods in Pakistan, with 6 million people in need of immediate assistance, adding that the relief operation remains underfunded.
Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN Office at Geneva has appealed for more international attention and support for his country, describing the disaster as "unprecedented."
Bill Berger, USAID's principal regional adviser for South Asia, told the BBC, "I just don't think the world has realizes the magnitude of this now, because this story has just been slowly increasing. It doesn't have the drama of an earthquake that impacts a huge number of people all at once."
FESF is assisting with emergency flood relief and is requesting financial assistance toward this end. 100% of all funds will go towards providing relief to those affected by the floods. (For local donations, FESF will provide donors with an official receipt. For international donations, Family Care Foundation will provide.)
Sukkur, where the latest branch our Deaf Reach School recently opened, is right in the middle of some of the worst flooding, and many of the families of our deaf students have suffered as a result of the flooding. So relief efforts are already underway in this area.
For donors outside Pakistan, please direct donations to Family Care Foundation, allowing us to continue to mobilize workers to help these dear people find some measure of normalcy in their lives, after this horrendous tragedy. No gift is too small to help in some way.
Please contribute online or mail your check to: Family Care Foundation, P.O. Box 1039, Spring Valley CA 91979
FCF assures that all donations designated for flood relief will be used for Pakistan relief efforts in the disaster areas.
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