Help abroad and help at home

While local organisa­tions make efforts to help out , internat­ional aid continues to flow into the country.

While local organisations and volunteers make numerous efforts to help out with relief efforts for the flood victims, international aid continues flow into the country.

Local orgainsations and volunteers including hospitals, political organisations and student groups are working towards generating and providing relief in whatever form they can.

JPMC sends medical teams to affected areas

Joint Executive Director Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JMPC) Dr Seemin Jamali on Friday informed that three medical teams along with medical supplies have been deployed in flood affected areas of Kashmore, Sibbi and Khairpur.

She said these teams comprise 10 members each, including physicians, Gynecologists, Dermatologists and Pediatricians from NICH.

Dr Jamali said a large consignment of medical supplies have also been dispatched with each team, which will cover not only flood related diseases but other chronic disorders like Diabetes and Hypertension.

TCC gives aid to Balochistan

The Tethyan Copper Company Pakistan Limited (TCC) donated Rs 8.5 million to support the Balochistan government's relief efforts.

The CEO of TCC Gerhard Von Borries handed over the donation cheque to Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Khan Raisani on Friday.

Students collect donations for flood relief

Students of Hamdard Public School and Hamdard College of Science and Commerce collected and contributed an amount of Rs 232,500 which they handed over to the President of Hamdard Foundation Pakistan during the morning assembly on Friday.

Jamaat-e-Islami sends medical aid

Al-Khidmat Foundation of Jamaat-e-Islami sent a 150-member medical team comprising doctors and paramedics to serve flood victims in Muzaffargarh.

According to the AKF office in Mansoorah on Friday, the doctors are attending patients suffering from various diseases and providing them with required medicines.

Overseas Pakistanis donate for flood victims

Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) donated Rs 10 million for the families of overseas Pakistanis that were affected by the flood in the different parts of the country.

OPF has also constituted a Flood Relief Commission for the relief of the flood victims and transparent distribution of the food and other daily use items among them.

Germany raises $10 million in one night

A fund-raising telethon by a German television channel on Thursday raised $10 million in one night, for the flood victims in Pakistan.

ZDF television, the second largest television channel of Germany, ran a two-hour programme which was attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who appealed to the people to donate generously for the flood victims.

USA aid increases to $200 million

The United States said Thursday it has brought the total of US flood relief for Pakistan to $200 million after diverting $50 million from its long-term aid package to the country.

UAE pushes to help

The UAE stepped up its relief and rehabilitation activities by contributing 50,000 blankets, 12,000 tents, 22,000 food packets and medicines, besides a $5 million pledge for the flood victims.

Two teams of doctors from the UAE are already working with Unicef in Peshawar and Jacobabad.

An army team comprising 42 rescue and relief workers is also working in Pakistan. The UAE force is assisting the Pakistani army in relief and rescue operations in the flood-hit areas.

China sends aid

China on Friday by sent 30 trucks filled with relief supplies worth 20 million Yaun ($2.94 million) to Pakistan. This was the first of multiple consignments to arrive. So far, 40 million Yuan worth of supplies provided by China have arrived in Pakistan.

Festival for Pakistan

Salzburg's exclusive summer music festival in Vienna raised 300,000 euros in aid for Pakistan's flood victims at a star-studded benefit gala, organisers said Friday.