The aid agencies need your donations to help people caught up in the worst floods Pakistan has seen for 80 years.
Some 1,400 people have died and three million more are said to be affected. Further rain has affected the relief effort and aid agencies are struggling to reach the thousands of people cut off by the floods, which hit the North West Province of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa the hardest. Waters have washed away thousands of acres of crops, buildings, businesses, schools, roads, bridges and railway tracks. Hundreds of thousands of people are awaiting help and there are shortages of food, clean water, shelter and medicine.
It is feared that disease will spread in the aftermath and reports have emerged of cholera cases in the Swat Valley. The United Nations estimates 980,000 people have lost their homes or have been forced to flee, while the UN World Food Programme said some 1.8 million needed food aid.
Donate Now to the DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal
To make a donation to the DEC Pakistan appeal call the 24 hour hotline on 0370 60 60 900, visit http://www.dec.org.uk or donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank, or send a cheque.
Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Pakistan, the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of ‘Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC’ on Facebook.
- To make a postal donation make cheques payable to "DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal" and mail to PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AA.
- Donations can be made at any High Street Bank, or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1384.
- To donate £5 by text, send the word GIVE to 70707. A standard network rate charge will apply.
The DEC charities are: Action Aid, Age UK, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision.
