Pakistani officials say more than one million people face starvation in the state of Balochistan due to the devastating floods. More than 5,000 villages in Balochistan have been washed away as well as over 120 miles of roads. Balochistan is located in Southwest Pakistan on the border of Iran and Afghanistan. On Monday, Jane Cocking, humanitarian director of Oxfam, urged people around the world to keep giving to help the people of Pakistan.

Jane Cocking: “What we have is a single long event, which has the scale of the tsunami, the destruction of Haiti and the complexity of the Middle East. And in twenty years in responding to humanitarian crises, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this.”

Nick Guttmann of Christian Aid also appealed to the world to help the survivors of the massive floods in Pakistan.

Nick Guttmann: “We are very, very desperate for donations to come in. Donations have picked up. We’re very pleased that donations in the last week, unusually for the DEC appeal, have picked up in the second week. And within Christian Aid as well, our donations have picked up, but we desperately need more. The scale is so huge that every penny that is raised will be able to be used now. But also, we have to think about the future and rebuilding people’s lives, so they can have a future to look forward to, as well.”