Danish Ambassador to Pakistan Uffe Wolffhechel said on Tuesday that his country would grant an additional US$ 2.8 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to the flood victims of Pakistan. “This announcement along with other recent Danish humanitarian support to Pakistan brings the total assistance to US$ 8.8 million for 2011,” said a press release issued here by the Danish assistance. It quoted the ambassador as saying that the Danish government was committed to supporting Pakistan during its challenging times. “The floods have since 2010 put several millions of Pakistanis in a very vulnerable situation. Thousands of them were still struggling to overcome the financial, social and emotional loss incurred in the 2010 floods and with the disaster of this year’s floods has brought more miseries for them. The food security is becoming more critical day by day and the southern part of Pakistan, which is still fighting the impacts of the floods, especially needs support.”
Wolffhechel said: “Denmark responded immediately to the floods in August 2011 by contributing to the National Disaster Management Authority’s relief operations and ECHO’s assessment, so that we could support the Pakistani authorities in mapping the community and geographical needs as well as review the immediate and long term needs of the flood affected”.
