13.08.10
Danish Refugee Council will now send five emergency aid experts to Pakistan to take part in the UN efforts to coordinate relief responses.
Flooding in Pakistan has so far claimed 1,600 lives, and is estimated to currently affect more than 14 million people.
The disaster continues to evolve and more floods are expected in the southern parts of Pakistan.
The extensive damage caused by floods has left a tremendous need for relief, and further needs for assistance to ensure aid coordination and logistics.
- It is crucial that we can deploy our experts as soon as possible in order for them to help ensuring quick and effective aid responses for those affected in Pakistan. What is needed now is safe drinking water, food and shelter. With the experts we are about to send to Pakistan, we can help supporting professional coordination of the relief efforts, says Ann Mary Olsen, who is head of the Danish Refugee Council's international department.
The deployment is funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, allowing the Danish Refugee Council to help with disaster relief expertise to the UN system.
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