Torrential rains in Pakistan have caused the worst flooding the country has experienced in 80 years. At least one-fifth of the country has been affected, and nearly 20 million people have lost their homes, farmland, livestock, roads and bridges. The growing threat of disease, particularly cholera, could reach epidemic proportions and claim even more lives.

As a service to our donors, we are providing links to some of the charitable organizations that are working to provide aid in Pakistan. You may want to visit their websites to learn more about their specific efforts. We will be updating this page as more information becomes available.

If you are a Dayton Foundation donor and use Donor Express, the Foundation’s secure, online fund access system, you may request grants to the following organizations listed below or to any other 501(c)(3) that you know is providing aid. Please specify in the “Grant Purpose” section on the “Grant Recommendation” screen of Donor Express that your contribution is to be made for the organization’s appropriate fund. Links to the organizations websites are listed below if you would like more information about these funds or prefer to send a personal contribution.

American Red Cross (www.redcross.org)

Catholic Relief Services (www.crs.org)

Doctors Without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org)

Food for the Hungry (www.fh.org)

Give2Asia (www.give2asia.org)

Mercy Corps (www.mercycorps.org)

Oxfam America (www.oxfamamerica.org)

The Salvation Army (www.salvationarmy.org)

Save the Children (www.savethechildren.org)

UNICEF (www.unicef.org)

World Food Program (www.usa.wfp.org)