Cold kills quake survivors

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/11/30/1330563-ap.html

Cold kills quake survivors
By ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — More than 700 people — many suffering from pneumonia and hypothermia — were treated at hospitals Wednesday as winter descends on Pakistani Kashmir and the millions who lost their homes in last month’s earthquake.

Media reports said eight people have died in northwestern Pakistan and Kashmir due to the bad weather, and doctors said the situation could worsen in the coming weeks if arrangements are not quickly made to provide winterized shelters to quake survivors.

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Donors have pledged more than $6 billion, but much of it is meant for reconstruction. MacLoed said less than half of the $550 million appeal for relief funds has been received.

In the coming weeks, he said, NATO plans to start using helicopters that have been hauling aid to the quake zone to carry shelter materials into the high mountains “before the winter really bites” and take medical teams to inaccessible areas.

we spent that money to help people who needed it. The muslim world might actually begin to like us. And the rest of the world for that matter.

Thanks for posting the donation links. Why are these victims being ignored by the rest of world?

There are no words!

Donation fatigue, desensitization, racial and religious crap, political turmoil in the region, blablabla. The UN has received only a small fraction of the sums promised. Very sad.

URGENT! Timing is critical to save freezing earthquake victims!