Pakistan Flood Relief
The devastating floods in Pakistan have affected more than 15 million people and left large parts of the country under water. Every day, the need for help becomes more urgent. While many continue to monitor the situation in Pakistan, here is what some of our coalition partners have told us about their efforts to assist the ongoing relief operations there.
If you would like to donate to assist U.S. flood relief efforts in Pakistan, please visit the Pakistan Relief Fund website to find out how. If you are a coalition member and have information to share about what your organization is doing to help out in Pakistan, please contact Kelsey Viets at kviets[at]usglc.org.
American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross is responding to the Pakistan Floods. You can find more information at www.redcross.org. Here is a link to a press release covering our $5 million commitment: American Red Cross Increases Pakistan Flood Support to $5 Million
Here’s a link to a YouTube video from the Red Cross:
Amgen, Inc.:
Amgen has an employee matching program for flood victims via the Amgen Foundation. In addition, The Amgen Foundation has just made a $100,000 donation to the Pakistan flood relief efforts; $50,000 to International Medical Corps and $50,000 to UNICEF.
CARE:
CARE has distributed food, PUR® water purification packets, water, jerry cans, buckets, hygiene kits, shelter kits, emergency housing repair kits, solar flashlights, kitchen sets, mattresses, blankets, clean delivery kits, newborn kits, latrines, showers and worked on other projects that promote hygiene and sanitation.
Catholic Relief Services
- Q&A with CRS’ Catholic Relief Services’ regional technical advisor for water, sanitation and hygiene in Asia: http://crs.org/pakistan/pakistan-floods-ravage-north-and-south/
- Web story about CRS’ work in flood-affected areas: http://crs.org/pakistan/flood-landslide-upheaval-hits-16-million-pakistanis/
- Most recent press release: http://crs.org/newsroom/releases/release.cfm?id=1997
International Rescue Committee:
- The International Rescue Committee’s work in Pakistan is described here: http://www.theirc.org/special-reports/special-report-pakistan
- Online donation form for gifts directed to this work: https://www.theirc.org/donate/help-rescue-lives-pakistan
P&G
P&G’s total contribution to the Pakistan disaster is currently over $600,000. We now have commitments to deliver at least 7 million packets of PUR. This quantity of product will provide 70 million liters of clean drinking water. We are working with international organizations like Save the Children, World Vision, UNICEF, Red Crescent, and local organizations HOPE and Read Foundation to deliver this product to flood victims. P&G Pakistan has made product donations of Safeguard, Ariel, Pampers and Always to the Read Foundation, HOPE and the Pakistan Medical Association.P&G Pakistan has also launched an Ariel version of Loads of Hope in 11 locations around Pakistan. In addition, they have partnered with Metro to collect and launder clothing for flood victims. This past weekend, an employee volunteer event to wash, dry and pack the donated clothing was planned for Karachi.
We have launched an employee donation campaign in the region with employees in Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula contributing almost $45,000 in the first few days of the program. These cash contributions will be augmented by a global employee and retiree donation campaign with $100,000 matching funds from the P&G Fund.
UNICEF
The US Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF’s lifesaving responses to the Pakistan floods. UNICEF and partners have set up nine medical camps and are providing medicine, water treatment tablets, nutritional supplements, hygiene kits, and jerry cans. The agency is also supporting the local authorities by providing clean drinking water. For more information, please visit:
