CMAT preparing to depart Sunday afternoon for Pakistan – Assessment team to evaluate medical assistance needs in devastated areas.

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Displaced children play on a makeshift surface, after being displaced due to flood waters.

Displaced children play on a makeshift surface, after being displaced due to flood waters.

TORONTO, September 3, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT) is deploying its initial disaster assessment team to Pakistan, scheduled to leave Sunday afternoon from Toronto’s Pearson Airport. Over 20 million people in the flood-affected country have been displaced, and hundreds of thousands are now at risk of acquiring infectious diseases. CMAT’s team assessment will survey the health needs of displaced flood victims in order to prepare for the deployment of CMAT’s inflatable field hospital and rotations of medical teams.

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Call for medical volunteers – Pakistan Floods

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A young boy and his family is displaced as a result of the flooding in Pakistan.

A young boy and his family is displaced as a result of the flooding in Pakistan.

August 31, 2010 – CMAT is seeking interested and available medical professionals who would like to be considered for possible deployment as a part of CMAT Medical Team volunteers in Pakistan.

As floodwaters move through Sindh Province, additional flooding has occurred in low-lying areas, and the incidence of disease is swiftly increasing. Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT) will be deploying its initial disaster assessment team to Sindh Province, Pakistan this coming weekend from Toronto. The organization is also making an emergency appeal for additional donations to help provide medical aid to the people in Pakistan after the worst flooding in living memory has displaced over 20 million to date.

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CMAT needs your help to provide health care for flood victims in Pakistan.

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A young child needs medical care after floods washed away her family's home in Pakistan.

A young child needs medical care after floods washed away her family’s home in Pakistan.

Sunday, August 22 – The Government of Canada has announced that it will match dollar-for-dollar, every eligible donation made between August 2 and September 12, 2010 by individual Canadians to Canadian registered charities, including to CMAT- Canadian Medical Assistance Teams. The equivalent contribution will support continuing humanitarian assistance, early recovery, and reconstruction in Pakistan through projects undertaken by the many organizations and non-governmental organizations responding to the floods in Pakistan.

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Pakistan Flood Update

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August 16, 2010 – A UN update released August 14, 2010, reports over 14 million persons are affected by the heavy flooding in Pakistan. A further report warns of new flooding this week in Sindh province, where there are already more than 1.5 million persons displaced in this province alone.

As Muslims in the devastated areas observe the holy month of Ramadan, there is a stark reality that as dusk settles many families will have no food to break their fast. In areas where there is food available, prices have nearly tripled as crops and other infrastructure have been damaged by the flooding.

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