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August 2022
Fundraising for Flood Relief Efforts
Photo courtesy of The Citizens Foundation USA
On August 25th, the Pakistani government declared a national state of emergency due to dangerous floods that have killed over 1,000 people since June. After a series of heat waves earlier this summer, Pakistan experienced record increases in rain levels, especially in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. The residents of these areas have been forced to move due to significant property damage and endangerment of their safety, in total affecting more than 33 million people.

We recognize the hard work of the dedicated public servants, aid workers, and volunteers engaged in relief efforts. We are in touch with the following organizations who have started to provide relief directly to those affected by the floods. We encourage you to learn more about the work of these organizations, which are all registered as 501(c)(3) entities in the United States.

  • Since mid-July, CDRS has been delivering family food packs, bottled water, tents, and medicines to flood-affected areas. CDRS plans to open a large community kitchen, support mobile medical camps, and provide tents, mosquito nets, household items, and hygiene products. Donate to CDRS

  • The Citizens Foundation, USA (TCF-USA) has built over 250 schools and educated more than 65,000 children in Pakistan. It is currently distributing food ration bags to flood-affected communities in Sindh and opened up its schools to serve as shelter for displaced families. Donate to TCF-USA

  • DIL provides quality education to children living in underserved areas across Pakistan. The organization is currently distributing food rations to local communities and planning to rebuild affected schools and homes as soon as possible. Donate to DIL

  • Friends of Indus Hospital (FOIH) supports the efforts of Indus Hospital & Health Network in Pakistan to provide quality healthcare services to under-served patients in Pakistan. Indus Hospital has established mobile clinics and labs in flood-affected areas of Sindh, Baluchistan, Punjab, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Donate to FOIH

  • The Human Development Foundation (HDF) is a nonprofit organization that works to alleviate poverty in Pakistan by improving access to clean water, food, healthcare, and educational resources. They are currently conducting a Flood Emergency Appeal to rehabilitate victims of the ongoing crisis. Donate to HDF

  • The Paani Project is a nonprofit organization working to expand access to clean water in Pakistan. Originally founded by university students, the volunteer-led group is also working to distribute food and hygiene kits, as well as medical supplies. Donate to the Paani Project

  • Shine Humanity strengthens the primary healthcare system in Pakistan by promoting health literacy and access to health facilities. It has established nine emergency healthcare clinics based out of interior Sindh. In addition to offering the services of physicians, pharmacists, and nurses, the clinics will expand to provide food rations, malnutrition packets, and water purification tablets. Donate to Shine Humanity

We are humbled by the work of these organizations and the coming together of Pakistanis from all around the world to rise to the challenge. In the coming weeks, we will continue to collaborate with all engaged in relief efforts in Pakistan. We will also offer programming that educates the APF community about disaster response, humanitarian aid, and climate change issues in Pakistan.
Estimated Damages & Reconstruction Costs of Floods
Photo courtesy of CDRS
Economist Ammar Khan and Uzair Younus, APF Leadership Council member and Director of the Atlantic Council South Asia Center's Pakistan Initiative, have developed an open-source project to estimate the damages and reconstruction costs of flooding in Pakistan. Based on latest estimates, they assess the total economic loss & reconstruction needs of the 2022 floods to be $13 billion. The methodology and detailed estimates are available here.
Learn About Climate Change in Pakistan
APF Webinar: Impact of Climate Change on Women

Listen to Sara Hayat, a Lahore-based lawyer and consultant, discuss how rising temperatures, floods, and drought add to environmental and climate risks in Pakistan, but also adversely impact women connected to economies reshaped by climate change.
APF Webinar: Water Insecurity in Pakistan

APF and the Stimson Center hosted a discussion on water insecurity in Pakistan with Aisha Khan of the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change; women's rights activist Simi Kamal; and Farwa Aamer at the Stimson Center’s Energy, Water, & Sustainability program.
Interview with The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
Photo courtesy of The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
“Allowing citizens to remember, discuss and learn about the partition is important because it helps us better understand the past and raises awareness of our modern cultural, social and political context. ” The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP) is a nonprofit organization that documents and publicizes Pakistan’s unique and diverse cultural heritage. To learn more about CAP's work, APF Blog Writer Noah Usman interviewed Aaliyah Tayyebi, CAP Senior Project Manager, Aniqa Imran, CAP General Manager, and Mariam Alsikafi, Chair of The Citizens Archive of Pakistan in North America.
Welcoming Noah Usman to the APF Team
After previously serving as a Research Fellow and Blog Writer with APF since Spring 2021, Noah Usman now formally joins APF as Assistant to the President. Originally from Southern California, Noah is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in Linguistics, and is currently a first-year student at Georgetown University Law Center.
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