Food for the Hungry (FH) is partnering with the Interfaith League Against Poverty (I-LAP), a Pakistani organization, and is supporting the relief with tents, cooking utensils, mosquito nets, hygiene kits, mattresses & bed sheets, jerry cans, water coolers, fans, shoes, clothes, toys for children, and food for children below 2 years. FH is also planning to set up Child Friendly Spaces when conditions and funding allows.

Peter Howard (from FH’s Emergency Response Unit) recently went to help assess the situation in Pakistan. What he saw left him speechless.

“This morning I woke up refreshed from sleeping in an air-conditioned room, had a shower, enjoyed a breakfast of eggs and toast, some coffee and a glass of clean water - oh, and I have clean clothes on. Two days ago I was with a team facilitating hygiene and water supply training in a village surrounded by nothing but rubble and flood contaminated wells and latrines. These villagers (women, children, old and young) were not showered, did not have a room to sleep in, their clothes were dirty and worn; their water was contaminated and their stomachs empty. Countless people crowded under a tree to escape the 114 degree heat while learning about water purification. The community members were wholly dedicated to learn about water purification - then again, when your life depends on it and when it means water that won't give you diarrhea, people are motivated to put up with almost anything.

As I lay on my cot at night I tried to comprehend how the displaced families cope - week upon week with lack of shelter, shortage of food and little if any clean water, and lots of dirt. It motivated me to see our supply chain of shelter kits, water supplies and hygiene and kitchen kits set up so that we could deliver some sense of relief to these people. We are working to supply 44,000 people with relief - and each one is a person with a story, hopes, fears and dreams.”

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