{"id":358,"date":"2011-01-31T17:16:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T23:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/?p=358"},"modified":"2011-01-31T17:16:55","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T23:16:55","slug":"pakistan-floods-six-months-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/pakistan-floods-six-months-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Floods: Six Months Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was six months ago, at the end of July 2010, that the worst floods Pakistan has ever seen ravaged the country, leaving nearly 2,000 dead; 3,000 injured and millions without homes. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) states that over 20 million Pakistanis, around 10% of the population, have been affected. They report that there are still 170,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps, which does not even take into account the vast numbers of those who have returned to find their homes still under water and uninhabitable.<\/p>\n<p>So the need is not over and we are reminded again that even after disasters leave the headlines they do not leave the lives of those affected. Thank God for those who continue to work after the cameras and reporters are gone. Thank God for those who plan with the foresight needed to meet the continuing needs of people after disasters strike. Please pray that God will continue to sustain both those whose lives have been affected by this flooding and those working on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>For more information read OCHA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reliefweb.int\/rw\/rwb.nsf\/db900sid\/SMDL-8DHGZS?OpenDocument&amp;RSS20&amp;RSS20=FS\">Humanitarian Community in Pakistan is Faced with New Challenges &#8211; Six Months into the Floods<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was six months ago, at the end of July 2010, that the worst floods Pakistan has ever seen ravaged the country, leaving nearly 2,000 dead; 3,000 injured and millions without homes. 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