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Flood 2010 Victims. |
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 The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July 2010 following
heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and
Balochistan regions of Pakistan. Present estimates indicate that over
two thousand people have died and over a million homes have been
destroyed since the flooding began. The United Nations estimates that
more than 21 million people are injured or homeless as a result of the
flooding,exceeding the combined total of individuals affected by the
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010
Haiti earthquake. However, the death count in each of those three
disasters was significantly higher than the number of people killed so
far in the floods.At one point, approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's
total land area was underwater due to the flooding.
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UN
Secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon has asked for an initial $460
million for emergency relief, noting that the flood was the
worst disaster he had ever seen. 50% of the relief funds
requested has been received as of 15 August 2010. The U.N. is
concerned that aid is not arriving fast enough, while the World
Health Organization reported that ten million people were forced
to drink unsafe water. The Pakistani economy has been harmed by
extensive damage to infrastructure and crops. Structural damages
are estimated to exceed 4 billion USD, and wheat crop damages
are estimated to be over 500 million USD. Officials estimate the
total economic impact to be as much as 43 billion USD. |
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Rescue and relief operations |
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Rescue and Relief
operations in many remote villages are in an inferior position, as roads are
covered with Mud and many affected areas remain unapproachable. Heavy
equipment is needed to clear the roads and to rescue survivors buried under
the Flood wreckage, as many rescuers are still picking the rubble with
pickaxes and their bare hands, looking for survivors. |
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Support for school going children |
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Talon Fair TradeWelfare Society has Planned to Rebuild the
Girls School(s) in the Flood Effected Area and planned to focus on the
District Layyah(Punjab) where Talon Fair Trade Welfare Society will utilize
the funds to make sure the education for Girls . |
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Flood 2010 Victims
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