Pakistan Floods
Northern Pakistan has been hit by the worst floods in decades – some17 million people have been affected according to the Government of Pakistan.
Oxfam has now reached 488 000 people with humanitarian aid, providing clean water, hygiene supplies and hot food. In addition, we've helped deploy more than 30 emergency boats to assist government search and rescue efforts, helping evacuate 100 000 people.
The situation
There is a desperate need for temporary shelter, clean drinking water and toilets to avert a public health catastrophe. People also need medical care and basic food items.
People in the flood's wake were already desperately poor and what little possessions they had have been washed away. The extent of this crisis is only slowly emerging. Rain has continued to fall in some areas, flood waters are still moving south, and the more villages that are reached the grimmer the picture becomes.
Oxfam is there
Oxfam is on the ground providing clean water, sanitation kits and hygiene supplies, planning to reach more than 1 million people in the hardest-hit areas.
Our emergency response includes trucking water, installing tanks and building emergency toilets to help prevent the spread of water-borne diseases.
We are also planning to provide hygiene kits to help people who have lost everything in the floods, as well as cooked food. Our first cash-for-work programs have been set up.
Our initial rapid relief effort aims to reach people in three areas: Rajanpur in Punjab, Barkhan in Balochistan, Swat, Charsada, Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).
Inondations au Pakistan
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