Delayed Funding Exacts its Cost on Pakistan
Posted on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 10:30 am
A man marooned by flood waters, alongside his livestock, waves towards an Army helicopter for relief handouts in the Rajanpur district of Pakistan's Punjab province.
—Dorothy Blane, Country Director, Pakistan, Concern Worldwide
The world is only now waking up to the alarm that the humanitarian community has been sounding for more than three weeks about the scale of the emergency here in Pakistan.
It’s difficult and rather pointless for those of us in-country to spend too much time wondering why the response, especially in terms of funding, has been so slow to kick in. There is just too much work to do on the ground here, and we have no time for hand-wringing. Read the rest of this entry »
