Web Desk (LTN NEWS): Bella Hadid, a Palestinian-American model, recently posted a disturbing video of school children in Pakistan being rushed along flooded roads.
She asked her followers because she really wanted to know “real ways to help Pakistan.” It looks like they did, because the next day she wrote a very informative post that told people how bad the damage was and urged them to give money to help.
“We need to be there for the people of Pakistan,” says Bella Hadid to bring attention to the flood damage caused by rain.
On Friday, she posted pictures and videos of people who had been hurt by the floods. She also gave numbers about the damage to give her followers an idea of how bad things were. This doesn’t even seem real, but for so many people, it is.
Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,000 people, a third of whom were children. From June to August, heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan’s four provinces washed away whole villages and infrastructure, affecting at least 33 million people. There are no crops left on 4 million acres, and 800,000 animals have died.
Noting the immediate and long-term effects of the disaster, she said, “Not only is this traumatic for the people of Pakistan, but it will also increase food insecurity across the country and have a big effect on the economy in the long run”
The model added a quote from IRC Pakistan Country Director Shabnam Baloch, who said that even though Pakistan is responsible for less than 1% of the world’s carbon footprint, the country is still feeling the effects of the rest of the world’s inaction. Hadid said, “This is a climate crisis, and we need to help the people of Pakistan.”
She told people how much they could spend and what their money would be used for. For example, “$2.50 can buy micronutrient sachets for a pregnant woman and a young child.
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With $12, you can buy a hygiene kit with soap, hand sanitizer, detergent, buckets, menstrual supplies, and other things that will last a family three months. $55 can buy a box of 55 ready-to-use therapeutic food sachets that can treat a child with severe acute malnutrition for six to eight weeks.”
Hadid put a link to UNICEF’s website in her bio, saying that it is a group on the ground that is working hard to help flood-affected areas.
She wrote a list of the organization’s services, such as “Providing lifesaving medical supplies, safe water and food, mental health support, educational resources, and more. If you want to donate, you can find the link in my bio. If not, it is also very important to let people know about this environmental crisis and the people who are affected by it. God bless you all, love you all.”
