Salesians giving aid in Pakistan, but overwhelming need remains

Submitted on August 31, 2010
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Women dried clothes on a road partially submerged by flood waters near Sukkur, Pakistan, Aug. 30. Signs of recovery have begun to emerge in Pakistan, but aid workers cautioned that many have yet to receive help and new threats, such as outbreak of diseases, are beginning to appear.
Women dried clothes on a road partially submerged by flood waters near Sukkur, Pakistan, Aug. 30. Signs of recovery have begun to emerge in Pakistan, but aid workers cautioned that many have yet to receive help and new threats, such as outbreak of diseases, are beginning to appear.
CNS photo/Athar Hussain, Reuters

MADRID, Spain — The press office for the Salesians reported this week that the congregation is helping more than 150,000 people in Pakistan affected by the severe flooding that has already taken the lives of 1,500. An additional 20 million Pakistanis are suffering from shortages of drinking water and food.

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