A non-profit platform GlobalGiving has launched the India-Pakistan Flood Relief Fund to support immediate rescue and relief efforts in the wake of catastrophic flooding across India and Pakistan.
The fund, it said, aims to provide urgent assistance including medical care, food, clean water, and temporary shelter for displaced families.
The appeal comes as torrential rains and a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district triggered flash floods and landslides, leaving at least 60 people, mostly pilgrims, dead, and scores injured and missing.
In neighbouring Pakistan, authorities have reported nearly 200 deaths and large-scale displacement after rivers breached embankments and submerged settlements.
GlobalGiving, a ‘top-rated charity on Charity Navigator and BBB Accredited’, said its priority is to channel aid through locally led organizations, ensuring timely and effective delivery to the hardest-hit and underserved communities. Once emergency needs are met, the fund will transition towards long-term recovery and rehabilitation, it said.
On its website, GlobalGiving said they have been “responding to disasters and supporting emergency aid and long-term relief programs since 2004. We have facilitated more than $285M in disaster donations to funds just like this one.”
Further details are available on their website
