UNICEF Pakistan Emergency Relief
Raised: $6,170.00 NZD
Created By:
UNICEF New Zealand
About this cause:
Quick summary:
20 million people are now effected by the devastating floods that hit Pakistan in August, including 6 million children. That's more than the total of those effected by the Haiti Earthquake, the 2004 tsunami and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake put together. Please help us help them by fundraising to our Pakistan Emergency Appeal.
More about UNICEF Pakistan Emergency Relief:
UNICEF is responding to the 'Flood of the century' in Pakistan with water, shelter, vaccines and food in support of the estimated 20 million. But we need your help. Get your friends and family involved, and fundraise for the kids in Pakistan. Together we can make a huge impact! Start fundraising for Pakistan today!
Latest Donations:
Dear Amara, happy 1st birthday. Lots of love from all of us.
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28 Oct
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26 Oct
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16 Sep
All doantions to Pakistan to be matched dollar-for-dollar!
By UNICEF New Zealand Boyd
UNICEF NZ Ambassador and well known investor/economist has announced he and wife Jo will be matching all donations to our relief work in Pakistan dollar for dollar as of 1st September.
So the impact of donations will be doubled, reaching twice as many children affected by the floods!
Also, Kiwi UNICEF worker Tania McBride, a Communications Specialist, has recently been deployed to Pakistan. Check out her very real, very eye-opening blogs from the ground. Read Tania's blogs.
Thank you to everyone who has donated or fundraised. We couldn't achieve what we have without your support. On behalf of the children in Pakistan, thank you.
27 Aug
Update for 27/08/2010
By UNICEF New Zealand Boyd
Thank you to all of you who have generously donated or fundraised for our Pakistan Emergency appeal.
Much is still needed, but we have been able to achieve some great things so far, thanks to your help.
To date, UNICEF has:
- Immunised 800,000 children against deadly diseases;
- Reached and continue to reach 2 million people every day with clean water, and have distributed 3 million water purification tablets to other families;
- Restored 490 water supply systems;
- Distributed more than 49,000 hygiene kits benefitting over 343,000 people;
- Child friendly spaces have been established to provide psychosocial support to children, and to reunite children with families;
- 21 diarrhoea treatment centres have been established, with a further 45 planned;
- UNICEF has delivered supplies for approximately 5 million affected people at risk from waterborne disease. These include Oral Rehydration Salts and Zinc which help treat diarrhoea;
- Provided mobile medical services to reach stranded children and pregnant women at risk of malnutrition and disease;
- Delivering school-in-a box and recreational kits.
We are doing all we can to prevent further deaths, but need your support. If you haven't already, please donate to our Pakistan Emergency Appeal, or set up your own fundraising page and get your friends, family and work mates involved.
17 Aug
Update for 17/08/2010
By UNICEF New Zealand Boyd
The moving, natural disaster that has been described as a 'rolling earthquake' has now effected 20 million people in Pakistan.
The effect of the flood is now spreading, with approximately 70 out of Pakistan's 135 districts. An example of the scale of this huge natural disaster is the Indus river, which normally is 3 km wide, now at points is 35 km wide.
People are sleeping under open skies, it is raining, it is cold, and the federal flood commission estimate two more weeks of rainfall are due.
So far, UNICEF International is committed to raising $NZ67 million for the next three months of relief programmes in Pakistan.
“This means a massive scaling up is needed in the relief operation,” says UNICEF New Zealand executive director Dennis McKinlay.
“If humanitarian assistance for clean water and hygiene education, as well as for health care is not provided soon enough, there could be a second wave of death caused by waterborne diseases,” he says.
But Mr McKinlay says Kiwis shouldn’t be put off by the size of the problem or the amount of money needed. “Kiwis are always generous givers and small donations can make a huge difference,” he says.
For example $NZ30 worth of ‘plumpy nut’, high calorie, high protein baby food bars which UNICEF distributes, can feed a malnourished baby for one month.
$NZ25 will buy 17 packets of high protein biscuits, suitable for young children. $NZ10 will buy enough rehydration packs for 100 children.
“It is a race against time for UNICEF and other agencies to deliver supplies. The waters are still rising and people are bracing themselves for flood waves as rivers overflow and the rains continue,” he says.
Over the weekend, a UNICEF shipment of 100 metric tonnes of supplies arrived, including life-saving rehydration salts, temporary accommodation and water purifications tablets.
For all updates, please visit UNICEF.org.nz
12 Aug
Pakista Update 12/08/2010
By UNICEF New Zealand Boyd
Landslides and continuing heavy rain is worsening the humanitarian situation in Pakistan with the number of people affected reaching as high as 14 million.
Estimates of those affected have jumped significantly in the past few days from just over four million to between 6-14 million people. Millions of children are caught up in the disaster and at increased risk of water-borne diseases and malnutrition.
"Things will probably get worse, before they start getting better", says Martin Mogwanja, who is UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan, as well as heading the UN Children’s Fund country office.
"UNICEF is ramping up its relief operation for the millions of people affected by the flooding.”
For more info, see http://www.unicef.org.nz/
