By RICHARD DAWKINS - RICHARDDAWKINS.NET
Updated: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:51:43 UTC - An RDFRS Original

NEW CRISIS IN PAKISTAN

The situation in Pakistan is grave. The UN estimates that 20 million people have been affected by the worst monsoon-related floods in living memory, with tens of thousands of villages entirely under water. 8 million people are in need of immediate assistance, including food and medical aid, and 4.6m of these have been left without shelter.

With 700,000 hectares of crops destroyed or under water, severe food shortages are inevitable and this, together with concerns about outbreaks of cholera and other potentially fatal diseases, is leading aid agencies to warn that the death toll is likely to rise dramatically.

You can find out more about the crisis from the Special Report on the BBC News website.

Non-Believers Giving Aid and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science are once more partnering with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders to bring much needed help to people whose lives have been torn apart by natural disaster.

Every cent and penny of money donated via Non-Believers Giving Aid will be forwarded to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders – and if you are a UK taxpayer and you complete the Gift Aid Declaration along with your donation, we will pass that on in its entirety too.

We urge you to give generously in support of this much needed humanitarian relief effort - you can donate by clicking here.

Thank you for your support.

Richard

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