A team of 12 GOALies are distributing shelter materials,
including winterised tents and blankets, and other essential emergency
supplies in the devastated town of Bagh and surrounding villages
high in the Kashmir mountains.
GOAL is one of the only NGOs working in this part of quake-affected
Pakistan and has so far transported dozens of truckloads of materials
to isolated mountain areas. We are distributing these supplies to
25,000 of the most vulnerable families who have survived this earthquake.
GOAL will also distribute food to approximately 66,000 beneficiaries.
Ray Jordon, GOAL's Emergency Coordinator, says "The greatest
needs of the people are food supplies for the coming two months
until the situation stabilises, as well as appropriate shelter for
the oncoming winter snows."
The October 8th earthquake is now known to have killed at least
53,000 people, with the figure climbing higher every day. Over 75,000
others were injured. It is now feared that the fast-approaching
winter weather will bring about a second wave of deaths.
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