For the Indus Flood Victims in Pakistan

WHAT IS A FLOOD THEN …      

Cloaked under a raven sky —
lightning, thunder, rain
pouring as if the heavens
cannot contain their grief …

Murder and mayhem raining
down from up high;
murder and mayhem below.
The moon glows blood red in
this blighted land of the pure-

ly venal, idle leaders.
Their future glows bright as
the gold they (always) seek —
the victims’ ceases to be.

What is a flood then —
but the tears of our ancestors
crying
the sorrows of our age.

         … Arshad M. Khan

To help Indus flood victims … the following organizations are busy there and

desperately need support:

 * UNICEF is busy providing hygiene kits, water tankers and high-energy biscuits.
 * UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) are distributing tents, relief supplies, and

humanitarian assistance to people displaced by the flooding.  They are

partnered with mGive to allow mobile contributions.
 * The Rural Support Program Network (RSPN) is a national organization and the

largest non-government network of rural development programs in Pakistan.
 * The Kashf Foundation, the largest microfinance organization in Pakistan, has

been distributing relief packages to thousands of households in the most

affected areas.

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