The Australian aid to provide relief for Pakistan floods and disasters has now increased to $35 million. According to AUSAID, the assistance will be rendered in the following manner:
- food to two million people over the next fortnight and a further six million people by the end of September through the World Food Programme
- clean water and sanitation to two million people through UNICEF to halt the spread of disease
- emergency shelter and blankets for the estimated 300,000 families who have lost their homes through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- emergency shelter and supplies to more than 175, 000 people through the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- food, shelter, and other emergency relief to help at least 250,000 people through Australian NGOs
- support to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to coordinate and support the Pakistan Government’s response to the crisis
- a damage and needs assessment mission through the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
