It is very hard to know where to begin – the challenges are enormous, and the tasks seem so monumental that sometimes, all responses seem futile, not big enough or meaningful enough!
Is this you with Flood Relief in Pakistan?
We’re here to help. It is good to start from the beginning when we are lost. And taking up that thread, ask yourself this question – what is the first thing you might need if you’re displaced? Yes, a home would be a good place to start! Hence the Code for Pakistan initiative is a silver lining in some very dark clouds.
Here is why flood impacted families might benefit.
Code for Pakistan is an initiative that uses crowd sourced data to highlight where there is a need for relief efforts. Thye provide crowd sourced data through Floodlight – Crowdsourcing the flood-related data from the 2022 Floods in Pakistan.
The organization elaborates:
A tent is not a home. But it is the first step to rehabilitation for those who’ve lost everything else to the destructive waves of the floods. Many relief camps rely on these temporary shelters to set up base so that aid workers can quickly start helping victims of the Floods in Pakistan in 2022 as they work to rebuild their lives & recover from this calamity.
Here’s how you can purchase tents for flood impacted communities
If you’d like to purchase affordable tents directly from vendors & donate them to a relief camp– or if you need tents for your camp, please visit Flood Light to get in touch.
Alternatively, these Tent vendors can be contacted for direct purchase in various cities of Pakistan:
Following are some of the links to some vendors.
Lahore: https://pak-flood.ushahidi.io/posts/1320
Rawalpindi: https://pak-flood.ushahidi.io/posts/1295
Multan: https://pak-flood.ushahidi.io/posts/1309
Karachi: https://pak-flood.ushahidi.io/posts/1311
Disclaimer: This is crowdsourced data. You are requested to please verify the vendors before placing any orders.
Notes: The fundraisers’ information is publicly available data gathered on the Floodlight platform. It is your own responsibility to verify the authenticity of these resources before donating. The ‘capacity’ of Shelters is only rough estimations. Kindly check with the respective contact persons for accurate numbers.
