Pakistan Flooding

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States, is bringing critical aid to thousands of people affected by the recent flooding in Pakistan. CRS is involved in the relief effort in Pakistan, providing families with shelter and hygiene materials as well as water purification tablets, plastic sheeting and cookware.  Also, CRS engineers are now in the process of repairing seven separate water systems in the region, serving tens of thousands of people. (The agency has years of experience building and repairing water systems in remote mountainous areas of Pakistan, having worked on hundreds of systems following the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan.)CRS is planning 17 cash-for-work projects, paying people affected by the disaster to build irrigation channels, pathways and retaining walls.

To donate, please call 1-877-HELP-CRS, donate online at www.crs.org or send a check to
Catholic Relief Services
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090

In the memo portion of your check, please write: Pakistan Flooding.

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