Pakistan Floods - CARE Canada Response 2010

September 16 2010 - Pakistan is experiencing its worst monsoon flooding in at least 80 years. Government estimates put the number of people affected by the floods at 21 million. Millions of people have been displaced and over 1.8 million houses have been either damaged or destroyed. Assessments to establish the degree to which affected populations are in need of immediate humanitarian assistance continue. CIDA is supporting CARE Canada to provide shelter sanitation and hygiene non-food items and primary healthcare services. Activities target nine districts in three of the flood- affected provinces (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Sindh and Punjab) with immediate life-saving assistance provided to households headed by women and other poor vulnerable groups where houses have been destroyed by flood water.