Dear David,
Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan have left one-third of the country underwater and impacted the lives of over 33 million people in a country whose health system has long struggled to meet the overwhelming need for care.
With more than 1,800 staff currently active in the country—97 percent of whom are locally hired—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was able to quickly respond to the crisis, putting Aid First for patients in need. But the destruction caused by the floods was only the first obstacle we faced; since August, MSF staff on the ground have seen a spike in mosquito- and water-borne diseases like malaria and dengue fever as a direct result of the flooding.
The situation we see unfolding in Pakistan is just one symptom of a much larger problem: climate change is making extreme weather like this more and more frequent—and the countries that are least equipped to deal with the consequences are the ones that are the most affected.
We rely on the generous support of our donors to ensure we can stay prepared to respond to climate-induced disasters like these and more. But with extreme weather becoming more common in the places we work, we anticipate that the need for our care will only grow in the future. We need your help to stay prepared for the unexpected.
Make a generous, tax-deductible gift before midnight on December 31, and it’ll be MATCHED to provide twice the support for MSF teams putting Aid First around the WORLD.
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