ISLAMABAD, Sep 1 (APP): The Friesland Campina Engro Pakistan (FCEPL) is undertaking coordinated relief and rehabilitation initiatives to provide food, shelter and medical assistance to flood victims including their animals.
The company is working closely with the district administrations and local government authorities to provide ration bags covering 20 days of food for 2,700 families, tents for shelter. Medical camps have also been established for livestock in the affected areas.
The efforts were being focused on Sukkur, Khairpur, Nara, Larkana, Hyderabad districts, said a press release issued here on Thursday.
“We are trying to reach as many affected families as possible to provide food and shelter. Livestock is a means of livelihood in these communities; by providing vaccinations for FMD and HS and medical assistance for the animals, we hope to help the affectees continue to earn an income and rebuild their lives in the long-run,” said Director Corporate Affairs at FCEPL Saud Pasha.
Saud Pasha said the FCEPL had set up medical camps at eight different locations in the districts of Sindh.
“These are unprecedented times. All of us need to work together and do as much as we can for the people of Pakistan,” he added.
He said the FCEPL had also organized a voluntary donation drive for employees to generate more funds to multiply relief efforts.
Earlier, the FCEPL partnered with Roshan Pakistan Academy for flood relief in Balochistan, by donating dairy products to the ration packs being distributed to the affectees.
