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ADRA is there as unprecedented flooding in Northern Pakistan devastates the region
Six million families have lost their homes, livestock, and livelihoods as their communities have been consumed by the devastating floods in Northern Pakistan. Torrential rains have already taken the lives of 1,500 individuals. It is feared that many more lives will be lost, particularly children and the elderly as water borne diseases spread.
Many of these individuals were already displaced from their homes by the fighting between the Afghanistan Pakistan borders. Now, their misery and loss are extreme. The losses faced by these displaced peoples and the residents of this area will be felt for years to come. The loss of livestock, crops, homes, infrastructure/transportation systems will further impoverish this area.
Please give to ADRA today and help us continue to bring aid to survivors of this and so many other natural disasters.
In our initial assessment of one northern area of 200,000 individuals we found 50,000 homes destroyed, as well as 47 schools, 3 hospitals, and 3 clinics. ADRA is on the ground providing emergency medical care for the peoples of this region in the flooded area. Our medical teams are providing care for children, women and men who are suffering from diarrhea, flu, malaria, skin diseases, eye infections and other injuries.
Medical services are being provided regardless of gender, political, tribal, or religious affiliations with special attention given to the elderly, infants/children and pregnant women.
Your gift will help ADRA provide life saving aid to Pakistan and will help ADRA deliver emergency aid when disasters strike around the world.
To DONATE NOW to the work ADRA is doing in Pakistan, please contact ADRA at 0800 4 999 111 or give online at www.adra.org.nz
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