UN, Pakistan launch $357m flood donation appeal

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UN, Pakistan launch $357m flood donation appeal

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UN and Pakistan appealed for $357 million in foreign donations Sunday for flood relief.

18 September,2011 04:19 pm

The appeal read that the amount is urgently required to help more than seven million people swamped by a second year of catastrophic floods.The UN said its assessment showed that nearly every district in Sindh province had seen flooding, as well as five districts of neighbouring Baluchistan province, killing 342 people and injuring 633 others so far.The $357 million appeal is only to garner initial life saving assistance to the most affected people said the UNs humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan, Timo Pakkala.We need to look to also paving the way for some kind of a recovery for them. The water needs to be removed, he said.Nearly half a million people are living in temporary relief camps, with 1.35 million homes affected by the floodwaters.Hundreds of thousands of families needed help to recover from lost livestock or crop farming incomes, while only one quarter of Sindhs population currently has access to markets, the UN said.As much as six million acres (2.4 million hectares) of land is under water, including two million acres of arable land. Sindhs fertile lands are the countrys breadbasket.