by UMCOR - United Methodist Committee On Relief on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 5:24am
From the note: PAKISTAN: MILLIONS IN URGENT NEED
By UMCOR - United Methodist Committee On Relief
Flood victims crowd the back of a trailer while evacuating to higher grounds in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district in Punjab province August 11, 2010. The floods have ploughed a swathe of destruction more than 600 miles long from northern Pakistan to the south, killing more than 1,600 people. REUTERS/Adrees Latif Courtesy of http://www.alertnet.org/
From the note: PAKISTAN: MILLIONS IN URGENT NEED
By UMCOR - United Methodist Committee On Relief
Flood victims crowd the back of a trailer while evacuating to higher grounds in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district in Punjab province August 11, 2010. The floods have ploughed a swathe of destruction more than 600 miles long from northern Pakistan to the south, killing more than 1,600 people. REUTERS/Adrees Latif Courtesy of http://www.alertnet.org/
Bashir Ahmed, 30, a day laborer from Sultan Kot Village, Pakistan, was poor before the floods started tearing through his country four weeks ago, but now his family has nothing. He is grateful he was able to bring his elderly parents, two younger brothers, wife and four children to safety.
Bashir and his family received emergency food assistance through Church World Service and the National Capacity Building Program, in partnership with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). The relief package met some of their immediate needs, but their crisis continues.
At least 8 million Pakistanis are in dire need of emergency assistance—food, clean water, and shelter; more than 20 million have been affected. The United Nations says the disaster’s toll is comparable to the combined toll of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2004 Indonesia tsunami, and 2005 Kashmir earthquake. READ MORE: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/newsroom/releases/archives2010/rainofcompassion/
Your help is urgently needed. Please give generously to International Disaster Response, Pakistan Flash Floods, UMCOR Advance #982450. Please remember to indicate Pakistan Floods on the memo line of your check. http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations/umcor/donate.cfm?code=982450&id=3019041
100% of your gift will support UMCOR's relief efforts in Pakistan.
Bashir and his family received emergency food assistance through Church World Service and the National Capacity Building Program, in partnership with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). The relief package met some of their immediate needs, but their crisis continues.
At least 8 million Pakistanis are in dire need of emergency assistance—food, clean water, and shelter; more than 20 million have been affected. The United Nations says the disaster’s toll is comparable to the combined toll of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2004 Indonesia tsunami, and 2005 Kashmir earthquake. READ MORE: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/newsroom/releases/archives2010/rainofcompassion/
Your help is urgently needed. Please give generously to International Disaster Response, Pakistan Flash Floods, UMCOR Advance #982450. Please remember to indicate Pakistan Floods on the memo line of your check. http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations/umcor/donate.cfm?code=982450&id=3019041
100% of your gift will support UMCOR's relief efforts in Pakistan.
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