What is going on in Pakistan? What happened in Haiti? What is happening in the world?
It is quite heartbreaking to see what is going on in Pakistan. The pain and suffering that the people of Pakistan have to endure at this present time is really quite scary.
According to the BBC "Andrej Mahecic of the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, said about 80% of the town of Jacobabad in Sindh province was under up to 1.5m (5ft) of water and the floods were moving quickly towards Balochistan in the south". EIGHTY PERCENT! This means that a lot of people have been displaced from those areas, approximately 8 million according to the BBC.
The sad thing is that "the World Food Programme says it already has enough food in Pakistan to feed six million people for a month but distribution has been hampered by a lack of resources and the country's shattered infrastructure". I cannot even begin to criticise the way the Pakistani Government has handled the situation. I do know that there is talk that it is mainlyIslamic charities that are assisting flood victims. I think it is highly commendable of them as they are showing true charity to their people who are in urgent and desperate need.
Various charities have appealed to the public to donate money that would be used to help those in need in Pakistan. Call me a skeptic if you will, but I'm not so convinced that every organisation pledging to help the needy with donated money does what they pledge to do! This is exactly what happened with the Haitian disaster. It was well documented by the BBC and other news channels, that months after the earthquake, people were and are still living in makeshift homes. Nevertheless people living far away from Pakistan need to be able to do something to help if they can, and donating money may be their only other option.
Of course money will be needed in the long run to rebuild the area and peoples' homes, but in my opinion the Islamic charities are doing the right thing at the present time - providing medical aid, food, and shelter to those who need it, at least until the floods stop and regeneration of the damaged area can begin.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Pakistani people.
Lord please be with the people of Pakistan. Please give them hope for the future. Please settle the floods, so that people can start rebuilding their lives. Lord please give strength to the pregnant ladies and new born babies; strength to the sick and disabled. You did not create those people in vain o Lord, so please give them life so they can glorify your name and proclaim that you are God. In Jesus name, Amen.
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Amen. It's really sad. And that Haiti thing wound me up massively, especially the Yele charity scandal concerning 'administrative fees' for Wyclef's mistress. The charities will always tout how much money they've collected, as if to pat themselves on the back and say "What a fantastic thing we've done!" and then never say how much actually goes to where it's needed.
It's so sad.
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