THE TEAM OF HOPE SETS OUT TO HELP THE FLOOD VICTIMS AT LARKANA & SHIKARPUR.

Since mid-June 2022, Pakistan has been drenched by extreme monsoon rains that have led to the country’s worst flooding in a decade. According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, the floods have affected more than 33 million people and destroyed or damaged more than 1 million houses. At least 1,100 people were killed by floodwaters that inundated tens of thousands of square kilometers of the country. HOPE - An NGO in Pakistan, through the generous help of its donors made a whole-hearted, meaningful effort of going all the way from Karachi to distribute much needed ration, drinking water and supplies to poor and needy families in Larkana & Shikarpur, devastated in the recent floods and without any means of sustenance.

The team prepare ration bags each containing the essentials required in every house hold. The ration bags provided consisted of various items such as dry milk, ghee, flour, cooking oil, sugar, pulses, rice, tea leaf, soap, detergent, salt, spices etc. which sums up to the basic needs required in any household. The children and people stranded there were very happy to receive the ration bags, it was a feeling of relief during this hard time when people have nothing to eat or drink. By providing ration bags and drinking water to these flood effected victims, it has helped them a lot during these difficult times.

HOPE – A Health NGO in Pakistan is doing it level best to create ease for the people, who have lost their homes and shelters due to the flood and rains. HOPE is also providing mosquito nets to the flood effected victims, as now due to the stagnant flood water in various areas the ratio of dengue and other diseases are high in the Interior Sindh, Baluchistan, Punjab and KPK. So despite providing cooked food, ration and drinking water HOPE also finds it necessary to distribute mosquito nets, so that the families and children in those areas can sleep peacefully. 

The Chairperson of HOPE, Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla – A Child Specialist in Karachi, has always been the guiding force in organizing and implementing such relief activities with great success. HOPE team, personally participated in the flood relief efforts and in this case too, traveled all the way to Larkana & Shikarpur as well as the surrounding areas to ensure that the relief activity is carried out with efficiency and maximum number of flood victims are benefited.