CARE-Packages for Pakistan

CARE is supporting health teams, mobile clinics and the distribution of emergency supplies in the wake of flooding that has taken hundreds of lives in Pakistan and devastated wide swathes of the country.

The extent of the damage still isn’t known as historic monsoon rains have swept away dozens of bridges, hundreds of roads and thousands of homes making access to those affected extremely difficulty.

Working through a local partner, CARE has conducted five mobile health clinics in the Swat Valley with a team of four doctors an two women health visitors. These are in addition to the four Basic Health Units (BHUs) operating in Behrain, Tirat, Mayedmn and Chail where CARE is providing primary health services in curative and preventive areas.

The mobile clinics and BHU’s will continue for at least the next four months. CARE also is transporting emergency stockpiles of tents, shawls, mosquito nets, plastic floor mats, family hygiene kits and kitchen sets in the Swat, Charsaddah and Nowshera districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). Initial distributions are expected to reach more than 5,000 people.

“The devastation has widely affected the KPK province and we are receiving information about the loss of life and property caused by the floods from all over the province”, said Waleed Rauf, CARE’s country director in Pakistan. “Thousands of survivors are now in need of shelter and tents and the basic health facilities as there is a possibility of an outbreak of water borne diseases in some affected areas. Therefore CARE is currently focusing on providing these.” The flood waters have also wiped out crops, killed livestock and destroyed business throughout the affected districts.

CARE has developed an initial plan to reach about 100,000 people with both short term immediate relief and long term livelihood recovery.
Emergency relief will take priority in the immediate future. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the army is evacuating people from their villages, some areas are only accessible by helicopter or boat.

In case of an emergency we have to act quickly. Please help us to help. Your donation counts!

For the responsible use of donated money CARE is recipient of the DZI seal of donations and the PriceWaterhouse Coopers Transparency Award 2008 (1st place) http://www.care.de/care-finanzen.html. The exemplary defined needs are urgently needed. We guarantee that your donation will benefit the emergency project in Pakistan. Read more