The SDV Team in Pakistan Volunteered to Help People After the Tragic Floods in the Country

Many natural disasters occurred in the world in 2010, leaving thousands dead and many more homeless. Pakistan has not been an exception. The 2010 Pakistan floods were the most devastating in its history. The United Nations has rated the floods as the greatest humanitarian crisis in recent history with more people affected than after the South-East Asian tsunami.

In order to take part in the relief program, SDV in Pakistan deployed a mission to assist the affected people in the deserted district of D.I. Khan.
From the outset, the victims were threatened by outbreaks of epidemic diseases. Focusing on that, SDV in Pakistan set up medical camps and dispatched medicine, drinking water and food packages, to avoid water-borne diseases and hunger, with a special attention towards children. Our first camp was set up on the 14th of August in the Rasheed and Bhirki villages.


	During two days, more than eight hundred children, women and men received medical treatment. The rehabilitation of the displaced people was the second mission for SDV in Pakistan. On the 25th of September, SDV sent off quilts, comforters, clothes, medicines and water purification packets. Volunteer doctors supervised the team of SDV in Pakistan. The objective of this operation was to provide warm clothes for the upcoming winter season and medicines to counter malaria and typhoid epidemics. The third mission is planned on the 15th of October. SDV in Pakistan is about to donate materials for the construction of shelters and houses to provide proper homes to the poorest families in this region. To start with, SDV in Pakistan is taking part in sponsoring and supervising the construction of fifty basic houses composed of one main room, a kitchen and a bathroom each. These operations were taking place during the weekends and our colleagues spent their holidays to help the victims of the floods. We are thankful to the doctors of the Children Hospital Lahore and especially to the surgeon Dr. Atif Raza and his team of four doctors and the paramedical staff. They have been all volunteering for this great cause. They have travelled hundreds of miles with our SDV team to give medical treatment and to help the affected people.