Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar In the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, record temperatures are causing glaciers to melt. Can flood risks and the water crisis still be stopped? Spring came early in 2022 in the...
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Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar In the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, record temperatures are causing glaciers to melt. Can flood risks and the water crisis still be stopped? Spring came early in 2022 in the...
The water has gone, many problems remain: the help required for people to survive the aftermath of the flood of the century. When the water came, Alam Chand and his family fled to the other side of...
Aisha Jamshed has been Welthungerhilfe's country director in Pakistan since 2020. In this guest article published in German newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger on September 22, she reports on the...
Growing Concerns About Hunger and Diseases Caused by Flooding. Bonn/Berlin, 2022-08-30. The effects of climate change are more noticeable in Pakistan than ever. After an intense heatwave this spring,...
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(23.04.2015) Just a couple of hours ago we received the terrible news that our dear colleague Giovanni LoPorto, who had been taken hostage almost three years ago, is dead. He was killed already in...
(20.09.2011) Welthungerhilfe is helping the victims of the latest flooding in the Sindh province in southern Pakistan. Over four million people have been affected by the flooding; almost one million...
Welthungerhilfe stands by the flood victims over the long term Bonn, 25.08.2010. The continuing flooding presents the people of Pakistan with a challenge that they will never be able to overcome on...
Bonn, 23.08.2010. In ARD's Anne Will programme on Sunday, Welthungerhilfe's Chairperson, Bärbel Dieckmann, stressed that the humanitarian aid is producing results. "We are hearing on a daily basis...
Bonn, 13.08.2010 Welthungerhilfe is extending its financial support for the victims of the flooding, and is providing a total of 500,000 euros. The money is being used to buy additional aid goods...
Bonn, 10.08.2010 The situation in the flood areas in Pakistan is still disastrous. The UN estimates that over 13 million people have been affected by the flood waters. Aid is urgently required since...
Welthungerhilfe is warning that the continuing fighting in the north of Pakistan could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe if those affected do not receive aid quickly. 'The number of refugees from...
In two districts (Madan and Swabi) in the north of Pakistan Welthungerhilfe is supplying over 5,000 people in refugee camps with hand pumps for clean drinking water, building latrines and washing...
Some 80,000 people were killed by the devastating earthquake in Pakistan on 8th October 2005. Almost 3.5 million became homeless and lost their entire belongings. The province of Bagh in the...
Bonn/Islamabad, 6.10.2006. During the year following the severe earthquake in Pakistan, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) has been able to care for about 100.000 people living under...
At the end of July 2006 Deutsche Welthungerhilfe has started with the rehabilitation of water supply systems in some earthquake affected communities in northern Pakistan. The core problem are the...
Bonn, 7.4.2006. Half a year after the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) has completed the distribution of relief supplies and begun the task of...
Following heavy snowfall three days ago Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) now expects a difficult period for relief operations as the weather conditions in northern Pakistan may worsen...
Wintry weather has descended on Pakistan. After the earthquake, it was cold and damp and blustery. During the day it was ten degrees, at night below five. Now temperatures have dropped well below...
Bonn, 27.10.2005. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) is providing one million euros for the care of earthquake victims in Pakistan. The funding is to help 10,000 people in the district of...
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) has doubled its aid to Pakistan and is now providing for around 5,000 people in Kashmir and in the North-West Frontier Province. Families in the villages...