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Pakistan Flood Appeal
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said: "If anyone relieves a Muslim believer from one of the hardships of this worldly life, Allah will relieve him of one of the hardships of the Day of Resurrection." (Source - Muslim)
£50 – Provides a hot nutritious meal, served daily to 20 flood affected people.
£40 – Supplies a family with essential hygiene and household items to protect against disease, including anti – bacterial handwashing soap, tooth brushes, tooth paste, nail cutters, hair combs, towels, tarpaulin sheets, plastic mats, buckets and water bottles.
In a typical year, monsoon season brings approximately 4 cycles of heavy downpours, and is always a time fraught with peril for Pakistan. Longstanding poverty, and the aftermath of previous flooding, has left the people critically vulnerable to flood disasters and endangered their safety.
But this monsoon season is different. Instead of the usual river flooding, monstrous rains have now also caused urban flooding, flash floods, and severe inundations due to glacial lake outburst. Regions across the country have been hit with three to six times more rainfall than normal.