{"id":284352,"date":"2022-09-20T07:42:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T02:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=284352"},"modified":"2022-09-20T07:42:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T02:42:19","slug":"us-announces-additional-2m-for-flood-hit-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/us-announces-additional-2m-for-flood-hit-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"US announces additional $2m for flood-hit Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe United States has announced an additional $2 million for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) flood response efforts in Pakistan. In a statement, US Ambassador Donald Blome said the humanitarian assistance will provide lifesaving items to flood-affected Pakistanis in three provinces.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are pleased to announce two million dollars in humanitarian assistance to support UNHCR\u2019s flood response, providing lifesaving items to flood-affected Pakistanis and Afghan refugees in three provinces and helping to rebuild communities,\u201d noted US Ambassador Donald Blome.<br \/>\nThe announcement comes as the people of Pakistan continue to grapple with the effects of extreme weather due to climate change, with torrential monsoon rains and floods displacing more than 33 million people and causing widespread destruction, damage, and over 1,400 fatalities.<br \/>\nSome 81 districts across the country have been affected, over half of which host Afghan refugees. Meanwhile, the UNHCR Representative to Pakistan, Noriko Yoshida welcomed the United States generous contribution.<br \/>\n\u201cFor decades, the United States has steadfastly supported UNHCR\u2019s work in Pakistan, and this contribution further bolsters our emergency response efforts.\u201d Earlier, the United States announced an additional $30 million in life-saving humanitarian assistance for Pakistan following severe rains and flooding.<br \/>\n\u201cThe United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), today announced an additional $30 million in life-saving humanitarian assistance to support people and communities affected by severe flooding in Pakistan,\u201d the US embassy in Islamabad announced in a statement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The United States has announced an additional $2 million for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) flood response efforts in Pakistan. In a statement, US Ambassador Donald Blome said the humanitarian assistance will provide lifesaving items to flood-affected Pakistanis in three provinces. \u201cWe are pleased to announce two million dollars in humanitarian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-284352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US announces additional $2m for flood-hit Pakistan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/us-announces-additional-2m-for-flood-hit-pakistan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US announces additional $2m for flood-hit Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD The United States has announced an additional $2 million for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) flood response efforts in Pakistan. 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