ENGAGE HR has contributed to the Pakistan Flood Relief and would like to share with you the means to do the same.
Please go to: http://www.redcross.ca/studentsforpakistan/ if you would like to contribute to the relief efforts. The government is matching all monetary donations made to a registered fund.
In a recent update from the Canadian Red Cross Secretary- General Conrad Sauve - he spoke of the devastation and incomprehensible impact on the people of Pakistan:
"Regardless of the images we see on television or the statistics we read in newspapers, it is impossible to appreciate the scale of the physical destruction and human impact of the flooding. To put the devastation into context, one major river has swelled in width to from one kilometre to 60 kilometres. My mission took me to three of the most heavily-hit flood zones, where we passed by destroyed bridges, washed-out roads, newly-created lakes and kilometres of sodden ground. We witnessed families whose homes had been destroyed walking along roadways with their possessions in carts or on their backs. We visited camps where children and families continue to be vulnerable to malnutrition, dehydration and disease."
Contributions to the fund are being used to deliver water, food, shelter and other essential items. It is estimated that emergency assistance will be required for at least another 6 months - at which time the long-term task of rebuilding the affected areas begins.
Please consider donating. Thank you!
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