Pakistan Floods - DONATE!

[maroush]

The Disasters Emergency Committee supports the following agencies which have launched appeals for Pakistan:

ActionAid
British Red Cross
CAFOD
Christian Aid
Concern
Islamic Relief
Merlin
Oxfam
Save the Children
Tearfund
World Vision

Follow the links to donate.

Please use this thread to add details of any other agencies which people can donate through.

[maroush]

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Edhi Foundation

UNHCR

UNICEF - USA

UNICEF - UK

UNWFP

International Medical Corps

Save The Children - USA

[sweefs]

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Already done, but thanks for the links! :k:

[CM]

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Done already. Gave it to Islamic Relief. Rather donate to an Islamic organization I trust.

[Nisha25]

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GreaterGood® | Supporting People, Pets, and the Planet

the hunger site is known to be really reliable and trusted, you guys can search on google for reviews on it. It’s a good charity site

i’m a new graduate so haven’t gotten a job just yet, will donate once i get that all important job

[Jal_Pari]

Pakistan floods: Links to send donations, relief goods

Following is list of donation links, relief resources and organizations working to support flood victims of Pakistan. Mods, can you please make this a sticky. Thank you for your support.

• **UNICEF: **UNICEF is already on the ground providing clean drinking water. Together with our partners we’ve already set up emergency medical centres in the hardest hit area of Swat. These centres are providing medicines for children and vaccinating them against tetanus, which can otherwise kill, as well as providing basic water kits to families affected by the crisis. https://secure.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx?at=1380

• **Save the Children: **Save the Children is working in partnership with national, district and local governments and is using all means of transportation available, including helicopters, mules and boats, to send health staff and supplies to communities that have been cut off by the floods. http://www.savethechildren.org/emergencies/asia/pakistan-floods-2010/index.html

• **Canadian Red Cross: **In addition to distributions of food and shelter materials, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is working to reduce the public health risks posed by the flooding. The Red Cross is currently expanding preventive health measures and contingences for flood-affected areas, and plans for repairing critical water infrastructure and restoring it to working order. In addition to these efforts, the Canadian Red Cross has already deployed four mobile clinics and a seven-person paramedic team to affected communities in support of on-going Red Crescent efforts. Please donate here: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=35782&tid=001

• Text “SWAT” to 50555 from your phone to give $10 and help flood victims in pakistan. http://go.usa.gov/clE (via State Department)

• Text “FLOODS” to 864233 to give $10 (via UNICEF - USA)

• Text “DONATE” to 70700 to give £5 (via British Red Cross)

• Text “READY” to 70700 to donate £5 (Texts cost £5 + standard network rate. Islamic Relief receives a minimum of £4.45.

• Text “DONATE” to 70066 to give £5 (via Oxfam)

• Within Pakistan: http://beenasarwar.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/2234/[�tween%](“http://beenasarwar.wordpress.com/”)

[BarbieCue]

JazakAllah everyone who donated.

[Lilly]

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Donated already :)

[NaMaan]

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I used Rotary club in Rawalpindi . I knew the guys personally . Today they'll be taking two trucks full of goods to effected areas . I think they are doing a great job .

[Jal_Pari]

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Relief4Pakistan has raised $12,450 of $100,000. Please donate if you can. Thanks

http://www.mercycorps.org/fundraising/pakistani_peace_builders

http://www.mercycorps.org/pakistanemergency

[maroush]

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Médecins Sans Frontières - (Doctors Without Borders)

Their update on the situation in Pakistan, on 11th August:

**MSF scales up distribution of relief goods as worrying gaps remain
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Two weeks after the first floods hit Pakistan the situation remains extremely dire for millions of people. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan, MSF is intensifying its activities and remains focused on medical care, clean water provision, and distribution of essential goods. Assessments are ongoing in these provinces, as well as in Punjab Sindh.

In addition to the scale-up of medical activities, MSF teams continue to focus on providing affected families with basic items and drinking water to help them attain a minimal standard of living and to prevent the spread of disease. As of 10th August, MSF had distributed kits to 5,143 families (36,000 people) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan provinces.

A typical package contains clothes, soap, toothbrushes, towels, razor blades, a bucket, a jerrycan, blankets, a mosquito net, plastic sheeting and tarpaulins. But the kits can be modified according to specific local needs.

“Weather permitting, we will distribute thousands of kits this week in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan,” said Thomas Conan, MSF’s country representative in Pakistan. “But we fear that too little is being done for affected families. Two weeks after the first floods, people’s needs are immense and are still increasing. Much more must be done for them.”

During a distribution at Khurasan camp for Afghan refugees, people from neighbouring villages came asking for kits because they had not received anything. On that occasion, MSF was able to help a hundred more families than had been planned for, but the lack of visible aid is worrisome.

A major challenge in this context is finding places to organize distributions. Many places are still under water, and a zone that is dry one day might well be under water the next day. There is very little margin for error because distributions are big logistical enterprises involving tons of materials and dozens of trucks.

**Mobile clinics and health structures
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Since 1st August MSF has provided more than 7,000 consultations to people affected by the floods in different areas. Of these, 1,800 consultations were provided through eight mobile clinics travelling to remote areas or places with high concentrations of people such as schools or camps.

Three of the mobile clinics are in Baluchistan (Dera Murad Jamali, Khabula and Sobhatpur) and the other four are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Malakand, Swat and Lower Dir and two are located in Charsadda. More mobile clinics will start soon in Pir Sabak, near Nowshera.

In Baluchistan, the mobile clinic in Khabula identified four children with severe acute malnutrition who were later admitted to the Sobhatpur clinic.

“At this point, we cannot link these cases of malnutrition to the aftermath of the floods” said Pierluigi Testa, who manages MSF activities in Baluchistan. “But we will be keeping a close eye on the nutrition issue as the food situation is worrying with harvests threatened by flooded fields. Needs in many parts of [the country] remain extremely dire.”

**Clean water desperately needed
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Provision of clean water continues in order to prevent disease. MSF water and sanitation teams are working hard to provide water to communities. In places like Charsadda, Nowshera and Swat, the teams are supporting local authorities to rehabilitate local water delivery systems while trucking water to families who need it.

Water points have been set up in Lower Dir and in eight localities in Swat. MSF is also providing clean water to the district hospital in Lower Dir and Nowshera. Now that the road has been cleared, three water points will be installed in Totakan, Isar Baba and Kalangai in Malakand.

Yesterday, the water and sanitation team in Nowshera completed the rehabilitation of a borehole and managed to extract and distribute 35,000 litres of water to the community with trucks. The daily quantity should increase in the next few days.

In and around Charsadda, MSF is providing clean water through a combination of 21 mobile water points on trucks and minivans and seven fixed ones.

Assessments

More assessments are taking place daily in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan to identify pockets of the population in need of aid. MSF is increasingly worried that a large number of people have yet to receive any assistance --both in remote areas and in places considered to be easily accessible.

Two MSF teams are also assessing affected areas in the Punjab and Sindh provinces.

110 tons of water and sanitation equipment, drugs, medical and logistical material have arrived in Pakistan and will be followed by more relief supplies according to the needs identified.
More than 100 international staff are currently working alongside 1,200 Pakistanis in MSF programmes in Pakistan.

[libranrulz]

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https://secure.oxfamamerica.org/site/Donation2?idb=1795352217&4680.donation=form1&df_id=4680&JServSessionIdr004=grxkrqah74.app228b

This is one of the links that blackforest_360 has created for us. Please donate whatever you can through this link.

thank you.

[S02]

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I donated to Unicef's flood relief, but would like to also donate to one other organization. Does anyone know if Edhi has a specific flood relief fund?

[samb]

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Does anyone know if Edhi has a specific flood relief fund?

looking for the same thing. or Abrar's or Shehzad Roy's charity. but looking specifically for the flood relief effort.

and are you guys donating with credit cards? I ask because I remember reading something about credit card companies charging fees to charities before passing on your donation. so, perhaps it's a better idea to write a check or deposit money into bank accounts for these relief organizations instead of using the credit card. having said that of course, giving something - via credit card or otherwise is better than not giving.

[S02]

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I gave to Unicef with the card. Looks like the best thing to do for Edhi is send a check. A friend recommended noting you would like the money used for flood relief, but I don't know if there's any specific collection.

[samb]

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@Sahar02

I gave to Unicef with the card. Looks like the best thing to do for Edhi is send a check. A friend recommended noting you would like the money used for flood relief, but I don’t know if there’s any specific collection.

they should setup a specific subaccount for just the flood. people shouldn’t have to note that they want the money to go for flood relief.

Talat Hussain and Kashif Abbasi have also setup a fund where they will collect the funds and disburse to the organizations they’ve found most effective in the relief effort. they were the first donors to the fund. they donated in total 13 lac rupees. more details here: Donations - Aaj English TV

another thing to check for is that most companies match their employee’s charitable donations. so, make sure to check with your company.

[Lusi]

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I used Imran Khan’s Insaf flood relief fund http://www.insaf.pk/Welfare/PakistanFloodVictims/tabid/237/Default.aspx

[S02]

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@samb

they should setup a specific subaccount for just the flood. people shouldn’t have to note that they want the money to go for flood relief.

I agree. Edhi’s website seems very basic. Someone with the webdesign knowledge could get a lot of sawab for helping them make a more versatile and effective website.

[NaMaan]

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**Army Relief Fund at Askari Bank Limited, General Headquarters Branch, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Account Number. 0028010121825-8

Please let me know if you guys need more information about it .
**

[bebo]

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Hidaya Foundation - Hidaya Foundation

They are doing good work in pakistan.