When: September 1, 2010
Time: 8-10 pm
Where: South Mall, University of Texas at Austin
Who: YourDIL Longhorns (www.yourdil.org) and Pakistan Student Association
Why: At this very moment, millions of innocent people in Pakistan are struggling to survive due to the disastrous flooding in all four provinces of the country. The U.N. estimates that based on the number of people affected (20 million), Pakistan’s flood disaster is worse than the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake combined.
With the death toll figuring 1600 and the number of individuals displaced reaching 20 million, the floodwaters continue to rise, as do these figures, mercilessly. 800,000 people have been cut off by floods and are only reachable by air. With over 17 million acres of fertile land being submerged in floodwater, and 200,000 livestock killed, the agricultural damages alone reach more than an estimate of 2.9 billion dollars.
UN and other Aid agencies have estimated and warned the outbreak of diseases such as gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and skin diseases such as scabies due to the lack of clean drinking water, posing a threat to the flood victims. Cases of cholera have already been reported in regions of Nawshera. 40,000 children are left susceptible to chronic water-borne diseases.
With 1/5 of the country submerged (roughly the size of Florida), and nearly a month into the floods, locals are still battling through and trying to prevent their villages from being lost to these vast unforgiving waters. In the last 48 hours almost 1.5 million people have been displaced in the Sindh province alone.
Light a candle of remembrance for those who have lost their lives to the floods and to show support for survivors who are struggling.
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154541884556025&ref=mf
More information at www.yourdil.org, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/pakistan_floods/ Light a candle in condolence to the 2010 Pakistan Monsoon Flood Victims
When: September 1, 2010
Time: 8-10 pm
Where: South Mall, University of Texas at Austin
Who: YourDIL Longhorns (www.yourdil.org) and Pakistan Student Association
Why: At this very moment, millions of innocent people in Pakistan are struggling to survive due to the disastrous flooding in all four provinces of the country. The U.N. estimates that based on the number of people affected (20 million), Pakistan’s flood disaster is worse than the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake combined.
With the death toll figuring 1600 and the number of individuals displaced reaching 20 million, the floodwaters continue to rise, as do these figures, mercilessly. 800,000 people have been cut off by floods and are only reachable by air. With over 17 million acres of fertile land being submerged in floodwater, and 200,000 livestock killed, the agricultural damages alone reach more than an estimate of 2.9 billion dollars.
UN and other Aid agencies have estimated and warned the outbreak of diseases such as gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and skin diseases such as scabies due to the lack of clean drinking water, posing a threat to the flood victims. Cases of cholera have already been reported in regions of Nawshera. 40,000 children are left susceptible to chronic water-borne diseases.
With 1/5 of the country submerged (roughly the size of Florida), and nearly a month into the floods, locals are still battling through and trying to prevent their villages from being lost to these vast unforgiving waters. In the last 48 hours almost 1.5 million people have been displaced in the Sindh province alone.
Light a candle of remembrance for those who have lost their lives to the floods and to show support for survivors who are struggling.
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154541884556025&ref=mf
More information at www.yourdil.org, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/pakistan_floods/ 
Post new comment