Flood Relief in Pakistan
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article43826
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Under the Sun: News from the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund
- Date
- 2011 October
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Date
- 2011 October
- Page
- 3
- Notes
- 2010 Annual Report issue.
- "Throughout the summer of 2010, flood waters slowly covered over 20% of the land area of Pakistan. PWRDF responded to the needs of thousands of people who were displaced by the flooding with over $475,000. PWRDF's work in Pakistan has focused on three areas: emergency food aid, emergency shelter, and support for health care and livelihoods. PWRDF's aid is part of the $5 million Canadian Foodgrains Bank program, which has fed over 266,000 people with 9,500 tonnes of food including wheat, flour, rice, lentils, oil, sugar and salt. PWRDF's emergency shelter program has distributed tents to 510 families in the Sindh region, and has been supported by the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation. The bulk of PWRDF's support has gone through the ACT Alliance. The ACT projects in Pakistan are aimed at helping those who have lost their agricultural land and livelihoods to begin to recover, and providing health care. The livelihood project is training over 225 men in the Khairpur District to work in the construction field. .... The threat of waterborne diseases led ACT to support a health unit in Muzaffargarh District. This health unit provides services to approximately 20,000 people, including mothers and young children".
- Subjects
- Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) - Partners
- Floods - Pakistan - 2010
- Disaster relief - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank
- Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Pakistan
- Health - Pakistan
- Location
- General Synod Archives