South Asia Floods Appeal launched
At least 10 million children across Bangladesh, India and Pakistan at risk from floods need your help.
Friday 3 August 2007
We are already on the ground in all three countries helping children and their families whose lives have been turned upside down by the flooding. Homes have been swept away, water supplies have been contaminated and they are exposed to the dangers of water-borne diseases.
Across the region more than 23 million people are currently affected - 6.9 million in Bangladesh, 13.7 million in India and 2.5 million in Pakistan.
We are appealing for at least £2 million in order to rapidly increase our emergency response.
How we're responding
- In Bangladesh we have already rescued 5,000 families who had been cut off by the floods and taken them to dry land. We are now scaling up our response to set up safe places for these displaced children to protect them from the dangers of the flood waters.
- In India we are reaching around 3,000 families in West Bengal and Orissa and providing temporary shelter, water purification, health facilities, clothes, and school supplies for children.
- In Pakistan we are helping around 60,000 children who were left homeless by flooding brought by Cyclone Yemyin, which hit in Sindh and Balochistan provinces in July. We will be providing 12,000 families with food, shelter, kitchen equipment and soap, helping to rebuild schools and provide items like paper, slates, chalk, and toys.
How you can help
- Make a donation online.
- Call our Save the Children Emergency Appeal Line on 0800 8 148 148 to donate.
- Donate Items to your local Save the Children high-street shop: the sale of these items will raise much needed funds for the appeal.
