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Relief International Mobilizing to Help Communities Affected by Severe Flooding in Pakistan

Los Angeles, Calif. (July 2010) Relief International is mobilizing lifesaving responses to immediately aid communities affected by the heavy rains and floods in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan. To date, an estimated 1,500 people have died and up to one million are displaced after monsoon rains, considered the worst since the 1920s, triggered raging floodwaters destroying entire villages in the northwest region of Pakistan. Relief International has been working in Pakistan since the 2005 earthquake and the organization's team of more than 300 staff was already working with populations displaced by recent conflict in KPK and Balochistan as the monsoons hit, impacting the same population. Relief International's immediate support efforts in KPK and Balochistan provinces include: Deployment of mobile emergency health units to ensure families have immediate access to primary care and medical supplies, with the first team of 10 seasoned local emergency medical staffs deploying to the remote Swat Valley, which has been cut off due to nearly 40 bridges collapsing. Distribution of Emergency Family Kits that include water purification tablets, clean water receptacles and temporary shelter materials (plastic sheeting and rope). Provision of adequate drinking water to communities suffering from water contamination and to those communities with no access to water at all; this includes distribution of water treatment supplies and clean water resources to prevent spread of water-borne disease such as cholera. Distribution of lifesaving food rations to thousands of families in Swat and other regions.

About Relief International Relief International is a humanitarian non-profit agency that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation and development assistance and program services to vulnerable communities worldwide. Relief International focuses on bridging emergency relief to development through transitional, cross-sectoral and integrated programs. Relief International is solely dedicated to reducing human suffering and is non-political and non-sectarian in its mission. Established in 1990, Relief International is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA with branch offices in the UK and Japan and is presently in 24 countries with development and relief programs. Please visit www.ri.org for more information. ###!