# CARE launches £2.5 million appeal for South Asia floods

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/08/08/care-launches-25-million-appeal-south-asia-floods/
- Published: 2007-08-08T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

International aid agency CARE International has launched a £2.5 million appeal to
provide relief in South Asia where flooding has affected almost 35 million people.

The money CARE raises will help nearly a quarter of a million people across the 
region. The £2.5 million raised will help cover immediate emergency aid, as well
as long-term recovery and rehabilitation work that will follow. CARE is providing
emergency relief in Pakistan, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.

“Many of these people were already poor and now they have lost their homes, crops
and possessions. It is going to take long-term support to get them back on their
feet,” said Jon Mitchell, CARE International’s Emergency Response Director.

Oxfam has also launched an appeal for £1 million for its work to help nearly 500,000
flood victims in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The money will be spent on delivering
food, emergency shelter, hygiene items and clean water and safe sanitation.

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