Saturday, August 07, 2010

Christian victims in Pakistan floods facing discrimination in aid distribution...

The Bishop of Peshawar in Pakistan has warned that Christians there will receive “hardly anything” from the aid packages being distributed among victims of the country’s worst flooding in 80 years.

The warning from Bishop Humphrey Peters came one day after the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), an alliance of aid agencies including World Vision and Christian Aid, launched a major appeal for donations to help victims of the floods.

At least 1,600 people have died in the floods, while millions more are in need of aid. Bishop Peters said many Christians had lost everything.

“Our Christians, who are already deprived and marginalised, are in pathetic conditions. They have lost almost everything in their houses; they could only save their lives,” he said. More...

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