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Men carry bags of food on their heads in Pakistan

Pakistan: logistics team helping thousands

08 Oct 2010

British Red Cross logistics specialists are helping over 90,000 people a week receive relief items and food in southern Pakistan.

Two Red Cross delegates talk to a woman in Pakistan

Sue's story: assessing needs of Pakistan floods survivors

Sue Le Mesurier is in Pakistan seeing what survivors need after the devastating floods. She describes what she saw in her first week.

Volunteers and a fireman help a man after a fire

What we do for category one responders

Learn more about the services we offer to help category one responders across the UK.

Happy to have pletnty of water at last!

Alan's story: “It’s been a constant worry”

Alan Duligall, whose leg was amputated last year, lives alone in Gloucester. When his water supply ran out, we stepped in to help.

Flood - the Richmonds outside their refurbished Rotherham home

Allan and Lillian's story: “It was like a tsunami hit our garden"

Allan and Lillian Richmond had just retired and were looking forward to going on holiday in the USA when the 2007 UK floods struck.

Flood - Barbara Webb smiling outside her refurbished home

Barbara's story: “I was at a complete loss”

When 80-year-old Barbara Webb’s bungalow was badly flooded, things couldn’t have got much worse. The disabled pensioner had raw sewerage in her house and had no home insurance.

Brian and Glenda Meadwell

Brian and Glenda's story: "We just couldn’t believe it!"

When their remote country home was flooded, pensioners Brian and Glenda Meadwell were completely cut off and had to fend for themselves for a week.

Flood - elderly lady holding hands with volunteer

Doris' story: "I couldn’t sleep, it was terrifying"

Newly widowed Doris felt alone and overwhelmed when her home was flooded - until a cheque from the Red Cross helped her repair her home.

Water baby!

Harrison's story: The water baby!

Bouncing baby Harrison Essex was a little too young to understand flooding, being only a month old, but for his mother the implications were clear.

Two Red Cross volunteers assist a woman at a flood shelter in Oxford

How the UK floods crisis unfolded

From distributing water and food parcels to raising money to help people recover, we helped flooded communities across the UK.

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