ASIA
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In Pakistan, humanitarian needs are driven by armed conflict, natural disasters, and a malnutrition crisis. Pakistan is also the host to the second largest number of refugees in the world, mainly from Afghanistan. The humanitarian situation is exacerbated by the lack of access to basic services and poor sanitation. In 2020, the United Nations puts the total number of people in need in Pakistan at 24 million people.
Give to the World has partnered with Comprehensive Disaster Relief Services to provide both emergency response and long-term support to Pakistan, including to remote areas. Give to the World supports the distribution of food packs to fight malnutrition, water filters to combat sanitation issues and water-borne illness, and medical supplies and equipment to support health clinics providing patients with life-saving medical care. |
GIVE TO THE WORLD SUPPORTED LIMB CORRECT SURGERIES
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AFGHANISTAN
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After 30 years of war in Afghanistan, the situation for ordinary Afghans is bleak. It is the world’s longest major ongoing conflict and has resulted in a crisis in which 6.6 million people are in need of humanitarian support as estimated by UNOCHA in 2018. These needs are characterised by chronic poverty with 55% living below the poverty line, and a lack of access to basic services.
Give to the World support to Afghans began in 2003, where our founder began humanitarian distributions to help stabilize Afghanistan after the start of the war. From 2008-2013 Give to the World distributed 180 shipments of basic humanitarian supplies throughout Afghanistan. In one village where Give to the World provided support, one of the small huts contained just a single room with two men, a woman, and four small children. Temperatures in the winter were routinely below zero and the earth in their area had been wiped free of trees during the Soviet occupation. The family was only able to generate a small warming and cooking fire from the dug-up roots that remained. One of the men had lost a leg from a landmine in the 1980's and was unable to provide for the family, while the other man, his brother, walked 15 miles a day with their handful of goats to find enough grass to feed the tiny flock. Give to the World provided them a large supply of food, water, blankets and clothes to improve their chances of survival. The excess material from the clothing and blankets could be used as windows to cover the openings in the side of their hut. Additionally, GTTW provided the children with school supplies and stuffed animals. The family was so overwhelmed that tears ran down the face of the men, whose cheeks had been weathered by years of hardship. The children smiled from ear to ear. Within a couple of months, Give to the World adopted the orphanage in Golbahar, Afghanistan and continued to supply thousands of pounds of material for the children for over a decade. These efforts remain a critical pillar of stabilization. |
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