Pakistan
Almost 40 million people live in poverty in Pakistan, a region subject to frequent natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and cyclones
At the end of July 2010 torrential monsoon rains inundated huge swathes of Pakistan, leaving one fifth of the country under water. Almost 2,000 people were killed and more than 18 million were affected by the floods. Your amazing response to our Pakistan Floods appeal enabled us to assist more than 285,000 people.
Following further floods in 2011, we pledged £400,000 in emergency relief to help families in Sindh province. This provided food, shelter, hygiene kits, hygiene training and water purification tablets.
We supported the International Catholic Migration Commission and Islamic Relief to provide food, kitchen equipment, clothes, mosquito nets, bedding and health care to thousands of people affected by fighting in the Swat valley in north-west Pakistan
We also helped families who were split up to find each other again, as well as providing play facilities, schooling and trauma counselling, and support for those who have taken people into their homes and are struggling with extra mouths to feed.
Your generosity also helped us to provide vital aid to survivors of the 2005 earthquake in northern Pakistan, where thousands of people were killed and millions left homeless.
Money is still being spent on basic health, adult education and helping women with disabilities make a living as well as supporting extremely vulnerable people to access government funding to help them rebuild their lives.
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![A man carries his daughters in a search for higher ground after flood waters engulfed the town Khoski in Sindh Province, Pakistan [REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro courtesy of alertnet]](/var/storage/images/cafod-online-images/pakistan-floods-2011/1446450-2-eng-GB/pakistan-floods-2011_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Pakistan: floods affect more than five million Heavy monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding in Sindh Province, Pakistan, many parts of which are still recovering from the floods of 2010. |
![Villagers build new shelters using the kits we provided [Robert Cruickhank/CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/cafod-online-images/pakistan/pakistan-house-building/1347502-1-eng-GB/pakistan-house-building_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Pakistan floods - your questions answered Your questions answered about our response to the Pakistan floods. |
![Women wade through flood waters with their children while evacuating from Nowshera, in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province courtesy of www.alertnet.org [REUTERS/Adrees Latif ]](/var/storage/images/miscellaneous-image-folders/pakistan/women-in-flood-waters/1257632-1-eng-GB/women-in-flood-waters_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) |
It's one year since Pakistan suffered the worst flooding in the country’s history. Your amazing response has enabled us to reach more than 285,000 people. |
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![A man distributes blankets in Mansehra, Pakistan. [Jim Stipe]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/pakistan/images/distributing-blankets/679804-1-eng-GB/distributing-blankets_0column75_nospace_landscape.jpg)
