Last month, the United Nations reported that 160,000 square kilometers of Pakistan were underwater. That is nearly one-fifth of the entire country an area nearly as large as Florida or Wisconsin and the flooding continues.
Pakistani engineers are volunteering to relieve victims of the monsoon floods. Professional and student engineering organizations have donated food, water, tents and medical supplies, and are seeking donations to continue their work.
The Pakistan section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers delivered food and medical supplies during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month (while still observing daily fasts, they pointed out). Now, after Eid ul-Fitr, the celebration last weekend that marked the close of Ramadan, volunteers plan to distribute gifts to spread holiday cheer to flood victims. At the same time, engineers across the country are looking for housing solutions for the millions of newly homeless.
this is nice but nothing will happen until our government do something about these people by giving them there homes and jobs back.
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