SIGBI/UNICEF Soroptimists for Pakistan Appeal
CONGRATULATIONS AND SINCERE THANKS TO ALL MEMBERS – TOTAL FUNDS RAISED
£25,884
This is a SIGBI and UNICEF partnership project to provide aid to the victims of the floods in Pakistan. By Nov 2011 fundraising had almost reached £26,000. This Appeal began at our SIGBI conference in Manchester and ended at our conference in Brighton. In one year our Federation raised this amazing total to help the people of Pakistan in their long road to recovery after the terrible floods of 2010.
THANK YOU
The monies raised will be used to support the continued education of children in Pakistan. Our representative at UNICEF has requested a report from UNICEF Pakistan and more information will follow as we receive it.
However the latest information from UNICEF Pakistan dated 21st November has another disaster to cope with – hunger and malnutrition, thousands of babies and young children have been affected.
As you know the Sindh Province in the South of Pakistan suffered dreadful flooding again in September 2011. With no time to recover after the floods of 2010, villages and homes have been swept away. Flood waters have devastated businesses and livestock, destroying livelihoods and undermining food security. Families now without jobs or land on which to grow their crops are often unable to provide adequate food for their children. This situation is compounded by extreme poverty in the region, and with too little food to go round has resulted in widespread chronic acute malnutrition
UNICEF is working with the Sindh government and its partners to provide lifesaving nutritional supplies and services across the region.
UNICEF supported Temporary Learning Centres provide education to flood – affected children in Pakistan
“School – in – box”
UNICEF and partners are in the process of setting up Temporary learning centres for children in the flood zone. So far 1300 centres have been established teaching 70,000 children. Apart from training teachers to work in these centres, UNICEF is also providing “School- in- a-box” kits, which contain enough learning material to manage a primary school for 80 students, as well as recreational kits, floor mats, black boards, stationary and other supplies.