YWAM RELIEF

Disaster and devastation in the Sindh province of Pakistan prompts an immediate Emergency YWAM Relief Response.

Disaster in Dadu District, north of Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan.

Hundreds of thousands have been rendered destitute.

Villages have been washed away, crops totally destroyed, herds of water buffalo and other livestock, drowned.

UN launches flash appeal for flood victims

17 july 2007:

"I don't think we're moving fast enough. Although coordination has been good, implementation has been slowed due to the fact that the NGOs on the ground don't have the resources they need," Paterson said, stressing
the need for a strong donor response. July 17th 2007

American Refugee Committee, Baluchistan 17July 2007

Torrential rains and a cyclone Yemyin have killed unknown numbers and made hundreds of thousands destitute. Whole villages have been swept away, crops completely destroyed and livestock drowned in one of the poorest areas of the world.

There hasd been very little media coverage of this tragedy, even though 2.15 million (UNICEF) poor people, mostly subsistence farmers, have been affected in Sindh and Balochistan. Their future is bleak.

A YWAM Rapid Response Team is in the area now, sending our London office daily reports such as this one:-:

"While the army is seeking out families and individuals stranded in the flood stricken area, hardly any relief supplies have been distributed. Many victims have not eaten for days and there is an immediate need for food rations."

The YWAM Pakistan Rapid Response Team got in there quickly and have been distributing food relief to 3-4,000 people already. The police are assisting in the effort and so is an army Colonel. The relief packages are sufficient for one family for one month.

Victims are scattered but some are currently collecting in school buildings in order to find shelter from the burning sun. There are no supplies there for them yet.

UNICEF claims that three quarters of the survivors are women and children. The children are amomg some of the most malnourished and under developed in the world, few are routinely immunised against common diseases and they are weakened by a poor diet.

Thousands of families are hungry, they have not eaten for two weeks now and no other relief goods have been distributed at all in the area we are working in.

YWAM is also actively recruiting doctors to care for the many injuries people have sustained as a result of this devastation, if you can help, email us

The cost per family pack is £12, 18 euros, 29 AUD or 25 USD as shown on the left.

Without your gifts we are now unable to sustain this operation as we do not hold any reserve funds for disasters.

Gifts for their longterm recovery are needed. The waters have now subsided and people are looking at how they can resume their previous activities. But it is not simply about building a new village, it is about recovering the ability to live again. Animals can only be replaced once fodder is available. Crops must be resown and the soil's fertility is still unknown. Children in this part of the world are often malnourished, they need milk to subsidise their normal diet. Once animals can be sustained we want to proviode families with goats and water buffalo so children can recover and whole villages become self-sustaining once more.

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August 26th 2007 This page will be updated as further reports come in.

all photos courtesy of YWAM Pakistan 2007

More Photos:

1. Flood 4 July 2007

2. Purchasing food supplies at wholesalers in Dadu 10 July 2007

3. Preparing the family packs 11July07

4. Food Distribution 12 July 07

5. Meeting survivors in Sindh 14 July 07

In the News:

Sindh's Flood Situation July 13th

Satellite images: Sindh Flood

Sindh flood area more maps of Larkana area.

Unicef evaluation 10 July 07

2.15 million affected 16 July 2007