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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 7:30p.m.

How could it happen? A country we know well is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in living memory. Yet no one seems to care. Liz Hayes has just come back from Pakistan where nearly a third of the country has been swamped by floodwater and aid is barely trickling in.

Twenty million people are affected - that's a bigger human toll than the Haiti earthquake and the Boxing Day Tsunami combined.

But this time the world isn't digging deep.

Pakistan has been pretty much left to cope on her own. And with disease threatening, this tragedy will only get worse.

Watch the video.

If you want to help victims of the Pakistan flood you will find information on the following websites.
New Zealand Red Cross
World Vision
UNICEF
Save the Children

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Comments [2]

Luana Henriques
26 Aug 2010 8:19a.m.

Hi I want to organise money and 2nd hand goods collection at my work, church and childrens schools. Can you please let me know who I can contact to organise this? Thank you

Lucy
25 Aug 2010 9:09p.m.

It seems this crisis hasn't been publicized any where near as much as previous crises. Where is the support from businesses such as banks that there was for the tsunamis? I'm sure there's many people out there who want to give but are a bit reluctant to give to organisations because we're not sure how much of the money actually gets to help the people who need it. Do banks or other big businesses have donation boxes or other ways to donate set up that I just haven't seen publicized? I can't believe that the world isn't giving to a country in such need just because of the views of SOME of its people!

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