Pakistan Appeal

British public pledges £5m to Pakistan appeal

Donations to emergency Pakistan appeal fund match coalition government aid in only 48 hours as floods leave millions homeless

Food is handed out by aid workers to those in the flooded areas (Bilawal Arbab) The British public has donated £5 million in less than three days towards helping millions of people caught up in Pakistan’s worst floods in living memory.

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) said today there had been a “fantastic” response to a television appeal on Thursday.

The money raised, in addition to the £5m pledged by the British government, will go towards helping more than 12 million people affected by the worst floods to hit Pakistan in 80 years.

It is estimated that 1,500 people have died as a result of the heavy monsoon rains which arrived in the region last weekend.
Continuing rain claims more lives and the number of afffected people is reported to be over twelve million.