Aid to Pakistan Flood Victims from Ontario
August 6, 2010 8:58 AM
McGuinty Government Makes Donation To Red Cross And Red Crescent
The McGuinty government today announced that it is donating $200,000 to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to aid victims of the flooding in Pakistan.
The United Nations reports that this is Pakistan’s worst flooding in nearly a century. It has now affected more than four million people and left at least 1,600 dead.
QUICK FACTS
- After causing huge destruction in the northwest, floodwaters have moved southward and submerged villages and some urban centres in Punjab and Sindh province.
- Authorities are using approximately 30 boats to help the evacuation of 500,000 people living along the river banks and have set up 400 relief camps.
- Premier Dalton McGuinty visited Punjab province during a 2007 trade mission to India and Pakistan.
