UN calls for aid for Pakistan floods

On 30 August, Pakistan and the United Nations (an organisation of 193 countries that work together) launched an emergency appeal asking countries for £138 million to help people in Pakistan who have lost their homes in record-breaking floods. Why has an appeal been launched? More than 33 million people – one in seven of Pakistan’s population – have been affected by severe floods. Unusually heavy rain has washed away homes, crops, bridges and roads. Pakistan’s government says a third of the country is now underwater and millions of people have had to leave their homes. Many people are now living in emergency camps and others have had to find shelter on higher, drier ground. The UN’s chief, António Guterres, launched an appeal for emergency funding, saying that “Pakistan is awash…

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