CRS in Pakistan

by Dennis Coday

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Press Release from Catholic Relief Services:

Baltimore, MD, August 2, 2010 -- Catholic Relief Services teams are hiking through mudslide areas to reach survivors of massive floods that have killed more than 1,200 people and affected an estimated 1 million people in Pakistan.

"For tens of thousands of people, these floods have been a catastrophe,"says Carolyn Fanelli, Head of Programming and Acting Country Representative for CRS Pakistan. "In some areas, whole villages have been wiped off the map. Others are now cut off from main roads and markets."

Read more about it here: CRS Pakistan Teams Brave Floodwaters to Reach Survivors