People are arriving at refugee camps traumatized, injured and, most often, with nothing in hand. The need for shelter, bedding, clothes, food, water, cooking utensils as well as medical and mental care is great. And the situation is growing more dire by the day. Existing camps are overcrowded and host communities are being stretched to their limits by the influx.
CARE is on-the ground, working with local partners, to distribute tents for shelter as well as plastic floor mats, kitchen sets, shawls, hygiene kits and mosquito nets to families who have fled fighting in the Swat Valley.
We are also helping people access food, clean water and medical and psychological care, and helping people current living outside of the camps on their own or with host families.
