In the wake of the worst monsoon flooding to hit Pakistan in over 80 years, WFP and its partners are working to reach nearly four million people with emergency food aid. A series of airlifts have begun to deliver relief supplies to communities isolated by the floodwaters.
ISLAMABAD – WFP has staged a series of airlifts to communities in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan who have been cut off from the rest of the country since torrential downpours in late July unleashed a catastrophic wave of flooding.
The first missions touched down in the Kalam area on Thursday carrying over seven metric tons of food—enough to feed 2,500 people for a week.
“In this scene of devastation, with roads cut and bridges washed away, these helicopters are literally life-savers as they are the only way to get vital food supplies to many thousands of hungry and desperate people,” said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran.