Water & Supplies for Earthquake Survivors

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Water & Supplies for Earthquake Survivors

Summary

To provide emergency assistance to victims of the South Asian Earthquake in both India and Pakistan. Emergency food, shelter and medical care will be sent immediately. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $25,000 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Widespread destruction caused by the earthquake has affected at least 5 million people in Pakistan and India, and has claimed over 40,000 lives, a number that is expected to increase as rescue efforts progress. The most urgent needs for survivors in both countries include tents, blankets, warm clothing and water containers. There is also an immediate need for adequate shelter and ready-to-eat food.

Activities

We will send a generator, tents, blankets and plastic sheets to 500 families in the hardest-hit cities in Pakistan. At the same time we have launched efforts in India: sending 8,000 blankets and 4,000 water containers to survivors.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $25,000

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $25,000. The original project funding goal was $25,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.careusa.org)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project will provide emergency relief assistance to survivors of the South Asian Earthquake in both Pakistan and India.

Project Message

“Homes, schools, hospitals & roads have been utterly destroyed, displacing as many as 2.5 million people…survivors remain exposed to the elements, despite temperatures that have dipped below freezing”
- CARE, Relief Organization

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Susan Davis,
Director of Development
151 Ellis Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
United States
404-681-2552
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

CARE
151 Ellis Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
United States
800-422-7385
http://www.careusa.org

Learn more about CARE and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Pakistan and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Pakistan, read the Human Development Report on Pakistan or the Wikipedia entry for Pakistan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 17, 2006.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 14, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

One Year after the Earthquake

By Susan Davis - Senior Director for Development, October 17, 2006 05:56 PM

South Asia’s most devastating earthquake struck without warning on October 8, 2005. In minutes, nearly 87,000 people lay dead, and another 100,000 severely injured. Across 17,000 square miles the earth shook violently. Homes, schools, hospitals and roads vanished in an instant. The need was immediate and immense, but within hours, CARE was at work – formulating a plan for both quick relief and long-term recovery.

Measuring a powerful 7.6 on the Richter scale, the earthquake’s epicenter struck near Muzaffarabad — about 60 miles northeast of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. Although violent tremors were felt from Afghanistan in the west to India in the east, Pakistan suffered the brunt of the destruction. Most casualties occurred during the first minutes of the quake, but thousands more lost their lives in the following days as a result of severe injuries. As time passed, others succumbed to respiratory infections and other diseases. Of the survivors, more than 300,000 had sustained serious, life-threatening injuries, yet widespread damage to roads, bridges and hospitals made immediate emergency care all but impossible. Aftershocks rocked the area for days, causing further damage, and creating increased fear and uncertainty. All totaled, estimates place the cost of damage and reconstruction at more than $5 billion.

In India, where the earthquake’s devastation was less acute, more than 1,400 people lost their lives and nearly 200,000 survivors were left homeless. CARE’s response in India ended after the initial delivery of emergency supplies to more than 7,500 families. With your help, CARE was able to reach more than 37,500 people with immediate lifesaving relief in the worst-affected regions.

Leveraging support from private and institutional donors throughout the United States, CARE mounted a comprehensive relief and rehabilitation effort in the affected area. Your generous support is allowing our staff the flexible funding needed to ensure that earthquake-ravaged communities can rebuild their lives and livelihoods in the aftermath of this tremendous disaster. Details of our relief and recovery efforts in Pakistan, as well as plans for reconstruction, are described in the attached report.
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