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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Denmark announces $2.8m for flood reliefISLAMABAD: The government of Denmark had announced an additional $2.8 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to the flood victims in Pakistan. This announcement along with other recent Danish humanitarian support to Pakistan brings the total assistance to a total of $ 8.8 million for 2011.
This assistance for the flood victims was announced by the Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, Uffe Wolffhechel. He stated last year, millions of Pakistanis had been affected by the floods out of which thousands are still in a struggling process to overcome the financial, social and emotional loss and the recent flood is an add on to their miseries and had caused challenges for them. “The food security is becoming more critical day by day and the southern part of Pakistan, which is still fighting the impacts of the floods, especially needs support”, he added.
Uffe Wolffhechel affirmed that more than half of the overall contribution is given to the World Food Programme to support the food supplies, in particular due to the expected food shortage and winter weather conditions.
The Danish government had also donated much to Save the Children as part of providing immediate relief for flood victims in Sindh through food, shelter, emergency medical care and child protection, education and nutrition interventions.
Previously, the Danish government had also contributed directly to National Disaster Management Authority’s (NDMA) assessment and relief operations and also participated in the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission (ECHO) expert team visit to Pakistan to make assessment of the floods with the Pakistan government. “Denmark responded immediately to the floods in August 2011 by contributing to the NDMA’s relief operations and ECHO’s assessment, so that we could support the Pakistani authorities in mapping the community and geographical needs as well as review the immediate and long-term needs of the flood affected”, said Wolffhechel.
He further said, “In addition, the Danish INGOs had provided funds out of own resources for an immediate response”. pr
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk