Thousands of families displaced

Updated on : Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:52:51 +0000

Actress Angelina Jolie has visited flood victims in Pakistan, highlighting the need for more international aid. The UNHCR goodwill ambassador described the situation as extraordinarily complex. (7 Sept 2010)

Updated on : Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:38:00 +0000

Residents of flood-hit Sindh are heading back to their hometowns, some still a metre deep in water.

Updated on : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:35:38 +0000

www.pennyappeal.org Over 7000 displaced and homeless victims of the floods that hit Pakistan in July, 2010, have benefitted from the generosity of hundreds of people who responded to Penny Appeal's call for aid. The UK-based charity launched an appeal in the summer to help the victims of the floods, the country's worst in over eighty years. The floods swept away entire villages and affected over 20 million people, killing at least 1600 and leaving millions displaced. Thanks to the support of the many people who answered Penny Appeal's call for aid, over £12500 was raised, which has been used to purchase and distribute 32 tonnes of emergency food supplies.

Updated on : Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:11:34 +0000

Watch this video for more information on WSPA's Kund Park bear sanctuary in Pakistan. It tells the story of Babu, Maylu and Sohrab, the three bears rescued -- against all odds -- from the floods by our member society the Bioresource Research Centre (BRC).

Updated on : Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:23:58 +0000

I collected £2000 today from Perth High School, Perth Scotland. The funds will be used by Islamic Relief to build a house for a family in KPK, Pakistan

Updated on : Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:44:29 +0000

Monsoon rains are continuing in Pakistan, in what has been described as the worst disaster to hit the southern province of Sindh. The floods have already inundated 4 million acres of land and affected 4 million people, scores of whom have fled the worst-affected areas. Thousands of livestock have already been washed away by the flooding, but people are determined to take their cattle - their only movable assets - with them, as they try to hold onto anything that can be saved. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder reports.

Updated on : Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:47:23 +0000

Flood waters were still rising in parts of Pakistan Wednesday, weeks after heavy rains started deluging the country. The aid effort was ramping up, to reach out to millions affected by the disaster. (Aug. 18)

Updated on : Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:38:00 +0000

Pakistan dispatched medical teams on Monday to the deluged northwest amid fears that cholera could spread in the aftermath of the worst floods in the country's history, an official said.... No Comment | euronews: watch the international news without commentary | www.euronews.net

Updated on : Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:19:40 +0000

UNICEF's Regional Director for South Asia Daniel Toole narrates his impressions while on a trip to Pakistan's worst affected regions. Dan spent a week in areas destroyed by the floods and urges countries to donate generously towards what can easily be called Pakistan's worst humanitarian crisis in a very long time.

Updated on : Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:01:48 +0000

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