SEPT 2022 – OCT 2023

Pakistan Floods: Assisting with Food, Hygiene and Dignity

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2021-2024

International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC works in more than 50 countries and in 28 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future, and strengthen their communities. Since 2021 we’ve regularly funded IRC’s efforts to resettle thousands of Afghans in the US and to assist vulnerable populations affected by floods in Pakistan (2022) and eastern Libya (2023). We are currently contributing to IRC’s emergency response operations in Türkiye.

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CHALLENGE

The devastating floods that struck Pakistan between June and October 2022 – the worst in over a decade – have left over 33 million people in need of immediate, lifesaving support. Houses, infrastructure, crops and livestock have been washed away in hilly areas and plains, damaging or destroying many public health facilities and water systems.

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ACTION

Between 2022 and October 2023 IRC emergency response teams delivered crucial food, hygiene and dignity kits, plus basic household items to those impacted in 23 districts in Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, while also setting up medical response centres across the country.