Oxfam is responding to the worst floods in northwest Pakistan in decades. We aim to reach 1 million people with clean water, sanitation kits and hygiene supplies, to help prevent the spread of water-borne diseases amongst the estimated 14 million people affected. We're hoping to raise $6 million.
- Niger is at the center of the crisis, with more than seven million people, almost half the population, facing food insecurity.
- We are currently helping over 440,000 people through our relief and recovery programs. That accounts for over 20 percent of the earthquake-affected population of 2 million people.
- We work directly with communities, seeking to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.
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Oxfam has launched a rapid relief effort in districts throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh. We are currently providing clean water, sanitation, hygiene kits, food and essential household items. We are working to reach more than a million people – despite logistical challenges.
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29 August, 2010
One month after the floods first reached disastrous levels in Pakistan, the waters continue to rise. Many areas are still cut off and millions of people are in desperate need of immediate help. Reconstruction efforts must begin immediately to avoid devastating long-term consequences for the country.
25 August, 2010
Kristalina Georgieva, European Humanitarian Commissioner, today visited Pakistan to see the effect of the devastating floods on the country. More than 17 million people are now affected by the floods – in an area that now constitutes the world's largest freshwater lake.
24 August, 2010
Floods and heavy rains across Niger have destroyed crops less than two months before harvest, compounding the country's existing food crisis. Flooding has killed at least six people, left thousands homeless, ruined crops and forced hungry families to crisis point.
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