Dozens of towns in Pakistan’s flood-affected areas have received food, medical supplies and tents from SOS Children’s Villages as the organisation continues to play a key role in helping the country recover from the terrible disaster.

Trucks containing food packages have by now distributed a total of 4650 food packages (some 744,000 meals) to over a dozen different towns in the affected provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and South Punjab.

Some areas have been completely cut off, but SOS Children’s Villages has enlisted the help of the Pakistan Air Force to airlift supplies into one such area – Skardu in the province of Gilgit Baltistan.

While SOS Children’s Villages have been successful in providing many flood victims with the crucial bare necessities for survival, the real hard work begins now with the fight to prevent the spread of disease and help communities to begin the rebuilding process.

A large consignment of medical supplies was delivered to the Combined Military Hospital in Lahore for further transport to the army hospital in Panu Aquil in the province of Sindh, a severely affected region.

Additional supplies were made to two camps, one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the other in South Punjab, through the Fatima Memorial Hospital in Lahore.

With so many people left homeless, providing shelter is another priority for SOS.

A total of 1,500 tents was delivered to Sindh, Balochistan and Swat, five hundred to each province. Further deliveries will take place as soon as further tents can be procured.

SOS Children’s Villages have been working in Pakistan since 1977 and helped in the aftermath of many disasters, providing crucial relief and long-term support for Children across the country.

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