Northern Pakistan Hit by the Worst Floods in Decades

Oxfam is hoping to reaching 450,000 people in the hardest-hit areas with sanitation kits and hygiene supplies.

Northern Pakistan has been affected by the worst floods in decades – according to the UN over 4 million people have been affected. Oxfam has helped 182,000 people so far, by providing clean water and hot food. This figure also includes our deployment of 17 emergency boats to assist government search and rescue efforts, evacuating 80,000 people.

The situation

There is a desperate need for temporary shelter, clean drinking water and toilets to avert a public health catastrophe. People also need medical care and basic food items.

People in the flood's wake were already desperately poor and what little possessions they had have been washed away. The extent of this crisis is only slowly emerging. The more villages that are reached the grimmer the picture becomes.

Oxfam is there

Oxfam is on the ground providing clean water, sanitation kits and hygiene supplies, planning to reach at least 600,000 people in the hardest-hit areas.

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