Children in Crisis Fund

Current appeal: Pakistan floods

Plan urgently needs $US4 million to address the immediate needs of children and their communities affected by the record floods in Pakistan.

Plan and our partners have been formally requested to manage more than 430 displaced person camps across Southern Punjab and Sindh Provinces and we are currently directly supporting more than 250,000 of the most vulnerable displaced people.

We continue to increase the scale of our response daily in order to support the growing numbers of displaced as this disaster continues to unfold.

This will include food, water and shelter, child protection measures and psychosocial support, health/hygiene kits and mobile health facilities to help prevent the outbreak of disease, including cholera.

Plan is also using funding provided by AusAID to implement a Child Protection in Emergencies program across 100 displaced person sites.

Plan-assisted communities in Chakwal, Vehari and Islamabad have been unaffected, and no sponsored children or their families have been impacted at this stage. We will provide updates via the website, Facebook and Twitter as more news on the impact of the flooding becomes available.

You can find the latest information about the situation in Pakistan and Plan's response in the Fact Sheet. You can also read more in the Media Centre of our website, or via the links below.

Children at risk in flood-hit Pakistan

Charities launch joint campaign to raise funds for Pakistan 

Girls face cultural shocks in Pakistan flood camps

Pakistan's Prime Minister tells Plan they need 'more help from our friends'.

Read a first-hand account of the floods by a Plan staff member.

Media information:

Plan staff in Pakistan and Australia are available for media interviews. Please direct all enquiries to:

David Cook
Media Officer
Plan International Australia
Mobile: 0448 816 900
Email: david.cook@plan.org.au

What is the Children in Crisis Fund?

The Children in Crisis Fund is Plan in Australia's central fund for preparing for and responding to disasters around the world.

Your donation to the Children in Crisis Fund will support Plan in Australia's response to disasters that impact Plan International's global operational areas, with a focus on protection and care for children.

Donate online to the Children in Crisis Fund or phone 13 75 26 or +61 3 9672 3600.

When a crisis hits, children are particularly vulnerable. Usually protected by their communities and families, this first line of defence is under stress and needs support. In emergencies, Plan works with communities (in partnership with national governments and other agencies) to ensure they are supported to protect and care for their children in a tense and difficult time.

Plan’s emergency response aims to lessen the impact on the most vulnerable, and to provide long-term, sustainable support with a strong focus on rebuilding and rehabilitation.

Donations to the Children in Crisis Fund will help ensure that our work in emergencies not only helps children and families at the time of the disaster, but also well into the future.

Plan International Australia maintains the Children in Crisis Fund to provide ongoing finances that are used to respond to the needs of children and communities affected by disasters around the world. Plan will at times appeal to the public for funds to go to specific disaster responses. Any funds donated by the public that exceed requirements for specific disaster appeals will be held in the fund for use in responding to other disasters and emergencies affecting children and their communities.