PAKISTAN FLOODS – AUGUST 2022
1,033 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED IN THE FLOODS.
Since mid-June, Pakistan’s had almost 3x the normal level of rainfall. The floods have destroyed 287,412 houses and damaged another 662,446. That means millions of people are now homeless or struggling without the basics. Can you help us to despatch survival supplies?
Our partners on the ground can deliver family tents and tarpaulins, mosquito nets, and hygiene kits for families whose homes have been flooded. Many people need basics like shoes, food, and clean water – with your support, we’ll send as much as we can.
The situation in Pakistan has officially reached ‘calamity’ level. Can you donate today and help us send more supplies?
Emergency Response – Our aims
- Respond immediately before, during and immediately after a natural disaster to save lives, reduce economic losses and alleviate suffering.
- Ensure recovery of communities to normal or near-normal conditions.
- Mitigate the damaging effects of unavoidable emergencies.
- Prepare for emergencies that are likely to occur in specific countries
Stats
- 89.3 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced (UNHCR UK, 2021)
- Natural disasters kill 45,000 people per year (global average). (University of Oxford, 2021)
- Globally, disasters were responsible for 0.1% of deaths over the past decade (University of Oxford, 2021)
- Disasters affect those in poverty most heavily: high death tolls tend to be centered in low-to-middle income countries without the infrastructure to protect and respond to events. (University of Oxford, 2021)
Previous Work
Lebanon
Salam Charity is on the ground with our partners in Lebanon, to provide food, healthcare and shelters to those who have been affected by the recent explosion. We will be offering medical attention by supplying qualified medical staff who will administer first aid and primary healthcare.
Pakistan
The worst monsoon rains, in almost a century have hit the country severely, causing thousands to become homeless, leaving hundreds dead and facilities in a dire state. Our team on the ground was able to reach those parts of Karachi heavily affected by the flood, providing thousands with some respite.
Yemen
Famine is devastating the country leaving millions without food and causing serious damage to the most vulnerable. Global Hunger Index indicates an alarming rate of food insecurity. Yemen is facing a catastrophe beyond anything that we can imagine. We have several projects in Yemen covering food, shelter, water and education.
Case Study
Thanks to your kind donations and ongoing support we were able to distribute food parcels to the destitute people of Yemen.
The area of Taiz has seen continuous fighting and it is the innocent civilians that suffer the most. We were able to get into the area with our longstanding partners and distribute lifesaving food parcels to 1,000 people.
We helped 200 families living in the worst conditions, many of which were suffering from acute malnutrition. They were supplied with culturally sensitive food packs that fed them for over a month. Each pack contained rice, pasta, oil, sugar, flour and other vital essentials.
Thousands of lives around the world are ruined by poverty, war and natural disasters every year. When people become homeless, they lose their sense of safety and security leaving them vulnerable and bereft of dignity.
We’ve been identifying the key issues that are preventing people from living a normal life, one being adequate shelter.
Food is a basic necessity for survival and also the key to a healthy life. Without regular healthy meals children struggle to go to school, carers struggle to work and communities are left battling to survive.
We work to provide sustainable long-term food solutions for communities in need, as well as offering short-term lifesaving interventions in response to global emergencies.
We’re working in Bangladesh, Lebanon, Pakistan and Yemen to provide winter survival kits, containing a food pack, a winter kit and a COVID-19 health kit.
We’re providing a range of solutions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Our hygiene kits contain protective gloves, masks, toilet rolls, disinfectant and hand sanitisers.
When we think of winter, we imagine cosy homes, hot drinks, and comfortable clothing. But that is a far cry from the harsh reality faced by millions of people every year. The bitter truth is that people in much of the world, are ill-equipped and unprepared to face the unrelenting cold of the winter season.
A lack of adequate clothing and fuel is causing death. Mothers are forced to make decisions that none of us should ever have to make: to buy food to feed their children or buy fuel to keep them warm enough to survive the extreme winters.
We’re working in Bangladesh, Lebanon, Pakistan and Yemen to provide winter survival kits, containing a food pack, a winter kit and a COVID-19 health kit.
