Pakistan floods: Want to help? Click here.
Just as after the Haiti earthquake, individuals are being encouraged by organizations working on Pakistan flood relief to donate online.
CharityNavigator, an independent US charity evaluator, has vetted the following organizations as effective channels for Pakistan flood relief:
Oxfam America
What’s being done: providing clean water, helping with rescue services
226 Causeway St., 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02114-2206
tel: 1-800-77-OXFAM
Mail donations, payable to 'Oxfam America,' to:
Oxfam America
ATTN: Pakistan Flood Relief and Recovery
PO Box 1211
Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211
To donate online to the Oxfam America: (Click here)
American Red Cross
What’s being done: sending relief supplies, mobilizing volunteers
PO Box 4002018
Des Moines, IA 50340-2018
If mailing a check, please indicate your designation on the check's memo line.
tel: 1-800-RED-CROSS
To donate online to the Red Cross: (Click here)
Islamic Relief USA
What’s being done: distributing supplies, has 500 staff on ground, sending medical aid
PO Box 22250
Alexandria, VA 22304
tel: 1-888-479-4968
To donate online to Islamic Relief USA: (click here)
MercyCorps
What’s being done: working in Swat Valley and Sindh province distributing food, aid, and water
Dept W
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208-2669
tel: 1-888- 256-1900
To donate online to MercyCorps (click here).
United States Fund for UNICEF
What’s being done: distributing food, water tankers, repairing wells, setting up medical camps
125 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
tel: 1-800-367-5437
To donate online to UNICEF: (click here)
