President Turkish Red Crescent distributes relief items and pledges all assistance to the Pakistan Red Crescent for flood victims.

KARACHI -- President of the Turkish Red Crescent Society (TRCS), Dr. Kerem KINIK, and the Chairman of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Sardar Shahid Ahmed Laghari, visited flood-affected areas of Sindh and distributed hygiene kits and food packs to flood victims in District Sujawal. This critical visit comes at a time when Trkiye's humanitarian efforts continue at a large scale to support the needs in Pakistan, with 12 airway shipments arriving already and four railway shipments on their way.

According to a press release, a Turkish Red Crescent delegation and the Pakistan Red Crescent distributed 500 hygiene kits and 500 food packs (50 kg) to distressed families in the Sujawal district. In addition, more relief items, including 500 hygiene kits, 500 food packs, and 250 tents, will be distributed in Dadu district and other flood-affected areas of Sindh, benefiting more than 7500 deserving people. Dr. Kerem KINIK, President of the Turkish Red Crescent, said he expresses his condolences to the families who lost loved ones in the devastating floods in Pakistan. Dr. KINIK said that the Turkish Red Crescent would continue its full cooperation with the Pakistan Red Crescent for maximum assistance to the flood victims. "Relief items including food, cash assistance, non-food items like tents, hygiene kits, jerrycans, mosquito nets, blankets, mattresses, etc. have been sent to the flood-affected areas of Balochistan," President TRCS said. He stated that more humanitarian aid and relief supplies would be gradually distributed to Sindh as part of ongoing relief operations. While visiting a free medical camp in Sujawal, he appreciated the efforts of the Sindh branch of...

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