5 July, 2007 - CARE Australia is spending $250,000 to purchase tents, blankets and clothing for families who have been left homeless after the severe flooding in Pakistan. Cyclone Yemyin hit Pakistan last week causing hundreds of deaths and affecting over two million people, with severe shortages of food, clean drinking water, hygiene and medicines. More heavy rains to come could cause this number to significantly increase.
"We are working to make sure that people who have lost everything have at least the essentials of food, water, clothing and tents for shelter," says Chris Northey CARE's Emergency Response Officer.
High water levels are hampering efforts to access many of the remote areas, CARE is continuing to try and reach these people to provide much needed relief.
CARE Australia's Emergency Response Team personnel are on standby to travel to Pakistan to assist in the relief efforts.
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