Support for Named Disaster: 2010 Pakistan Floods available at Engineering Ministries International

Pakistan Flooding
The worst flooding in Pakistan’s recent history has displaced over 10 million people – more than the Haitian Earthquake and 2005 Asian Tsunami combined. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon says it is the worst disaster he has ever seen. People have lost all of their belongings and are living in squalid camps with no clean water, sanitation, food or shelter.

Current Activity at Ground Zero:
Report Dated - 8/23/2010
EMI now has a team of two volunteers on the ground in Pakistan. Their purpose is to assess the situation, report back the needs, identify gaps in the relief effort, and suggest ways in which EMI, Food for the Hungry, and their local partners can intervene. Here are some excerpts from their reports:

* The camps and communities we visited have been essentially unserved and are in dire need of shelter, water, sanitation, food and hygiene. Minority Christian and Hindu communities are especially hard hit… up to 98% of water sources tested are unfit for consumption…
* We also got a good look at the extent of devastation caused by the flooding... We were standing at the limits of the flooding and, according to my GPS, the normal river banks were more than 30 km away. Within 100 meters of the limits, the water still appeared to be 3 meters deep and the government was warning that it may start coming back up again.

About one-fifth of Pakistan is under water. About 20 million people are affected by this disaster. Cases of communicable diseases such as acute respiratory infections, scabies, and acute diarrhea are numbering in the hundreds of thousands. An agency testing water quality found that up to 98% of water sources tested are unfit for consumption. Water and sanitation are critical needs, and EMI is working to come up with solutions and meet immediate needs. Would you help EMI and our partners by making a donation toward these needs? Thank you for prayerfully considering making a gift today.

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