The Sindh Doctors Association UK responded to this emergency situation provided relief goods including food & ration supplies, tents, medicines, mosquito nets and organised freemedical camps, etc. through its volunteer sister organisations and partner NGOs directly operating in the affected areas in Sindh and Balochistan. Already spent £ 80,000 (Rs 2 Crore) in emergency operations. The scale of the disaster is huge and the suffering continues. We are launching a renewed appeal to our friends, families and communities in the UK to come forward to help us to build 100 houses for flood victims. 32 houses already built and handed over. Record-breaking and unprecedented rains and floods have hit. Pakistan, affecting over 33 million people. Many have lost their homes, left with little or no belongings, desperately seeking safety on higher ground. Families have lost their homes, livelihoods, and in some cases loved ones.More than 1,200 people have been killed and at least 360 of these were children.
Pakistan floods facts
The annual rainfall in Pakistan this year has been 10 times higher than normal. One third of the country is underwater due to floods. Over 500,000 people are living in relief camps around the country. More than 1,000,000 houses are damaged in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan provinces. Over 3,000 km of roads have been destroyed. More than 700,000 livestock have been lost. The flood waters increase the threat of water-borne diseases. How your donation will help people in Pakistan. SDAUK has managed to collect in excess of £80,000 of which over Rs. 20 million have been made available on the ground for distribution of ration and clean drinking water, providing shelter with tents and mosquito nets, holding medical camps the affectees camps, providing items of clothing and footwear to men, women and children. SDAUK friends and volunteers have been working all over Sindh, like Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Larkano, Gambat/Khairpur, Dadu, Mehar, Hyderabad, Tando Mohammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Sanghar and Mirpurkhas districts.Also supported families in Jhal Magsi, and Jaffarabad in Balochistan.
This project is ongoing and welcomes donations.
Bank Details:
Sindh Doctors Association UK
SC 60-16-32 A/C 81630646
UK Charity No: 327015
