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CANADA

"CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY ~ PAKISTAN FLOOD RELIEF FUND"
in conjunction with
FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN
P.O. Box 2831

Station 'D'
Ottawa K1P 5W8, Ontario.

Help Flood Disaster Victims of Pakistan

In the past month Pakistan has been hit by floods
of an unprecedented magnitude causing colossal damage to
life and property. Figures of the damage caused by the
flood, the most disastrous in living memory, indicate:

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1) 20,000 square miles of land, including 11 million
acres of farmland with standing crops, have been
inundated;

2) One million tons of stored wheat has been washed
away;

3) Total loss in terms of foodgrains amounts to

 

800 million dollars;
4) 2 million homes have been destroyed or damaged;

5) 15 million people, which is one-fourth of
: Pakistan's total population, have been affected;

6) 700 miles each of highways and railway track
have been washed away;

7) 70,000 head of cattle have been destroyed;

8) 5 canal headworks, 15 irrigational canals and 5

major bridges h-ve been damaged.

It is estimated that the total damage caused by the
floods exceeds the total foreign aid that Pakistan has
received since its inception.

The Secretary General of the United Nations has
urged that the international community and the United Nations
system in particular spare no effort to help relieve the

massive human suffering now being experienced in Pakistan.

The Canadian Red Cross Society in conjunction with
the "Friends of Pakistan" have launched a campaign to
provide immediate help to these miserable millions. Mr. A.
Brewin, M.P., Mr. Georges C. Lachance, M.P., Chairman of the
Committee for External Affairs and National Defence, and Mr.
Heath Macquarrie, M.P., have very kindly agreed to be
Patrons of this campaign.

 

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