Pakistan Flooding

Alert Level:
(3) Preparation

Aug 01, 2010

While the VECC is still under construction, please visit the Starfish Community Website (starfishcommunity.net) for updates on how the IDRN is responding to the Pakistan Flooding.

Posted Aug 05, 2010

Pakistan's worst floods in living memory have overwhelmed the Government as the country braces for more storms that threaten to deepen the humanitarian crisis in the first week of August, 2010. Record rains last week triggered floods and landslides that washed away entire villages and ruined farmland in one of the country's most impoverished and volatile regions, affecting over 3 million people. The flooding has killed 1,500 people and displaced over 2 million. However, the response from the international community has been inadequate and slow to mobilize. Cholera is quickly becoming a threat. Clean drinking water and sanitation were urgently needed to stop disease spreading after Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years following relentless monsoon rains.. Charsadda, one of the worst hit areas, where houses and shops were razed to the ground Wednesday as if a massive earthquake had jolted the region, has become a primary focus of the IDRN. Shah Alam village near Charsadda said they had received no assistance from the government, only local families. It is these locations, ones forgotten by the outside world, that the IDRN focuses its efforts. Currently, the IDRN is working with Organizations on the ground and International Organizations to provide food and medical relief to these remote areas. Medical teams from around the world are being mobilized, medical supplies are being made available, food is being consolidated for delivery, and the IDRN is preparing to provide relief to those that are the most affected.
Posted Aug 04, 2010