The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is assisting a total of 52,500 flood victims (7,500 families) with food, non-food items, emergency health and shelters. They have also set up six water filtration plants in the flood affected areas, each with a capacity of 1,000 liters per day, said a press statement.
PRCS Sindh branch has already dispatched 1,500 tents, 1,963 hygiene kits, 2,500 tarpaulins, and 3,500 mosquito nets to the affected districts. They also attended to 3,414 patients, mostly suffering from scabies, diarrhoea, and malaria.
PRCS Punjab branch has deployed disaster response teams and plans to assist in Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajhanpur districts. The first 200 tents have already been dispatched from the Multan warehouse to Dera Ghazi Khan district. The branch has also distributed food items among 6,500 victims.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2012.
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