Education in Pakistan - ONE YEAR AFTER MONSOON NEW YORK, USA, July 2011 – The floods that hit Pakistan one year ago are considered to be the worst in its history. Triggered by the annual monsoon rains, the water floods claimed hundreds of lives, destroyed 2 million homes and washed away more than 2 million hectares of crops. Among the thousands of buildings lost in the floods, 10,000 were schools, heavily impacting the education of children in Pakistan. At the occasion of the … [Read more...]
IFAW: Help 'Soni' and her friends….
January 31, 2011 by
Raja was only one month old when rescued. Will you help move him to a safe new home? Yes, I want to help! Please help me move Soni and her friends now. We are racing to move five elephants and two rhinos before the rainy season floods their road to freedom. The elephants and rhinos are at the IFAW Wildlife Rescue Center near Kaziranga National Park in India, where we raise young, abandoned animals until they're ready to be released to the wild. Soni was only four months old - just a baby … [Read more...]
