Following the request of assistance from the Pakistani authorities, the EU is coordinating incoming aid offers to help the country face the ongoing emergency of extensive flooding.

Offers received so far from EU Member States include:

• 300 family tents from Belgium and another 300 from Sweden
• 83 mobile water pumps, 200 family tents, 1,000 ground sheets, 200 kitchen kits, 400 hygiene kits, a team of 8 doctors and 4 technicians and 1 bailey bridge from France
• a water purification team from Denmark
• 400,000 antigen tests and 10,000 examination gloves from Austria.

The European Civil Protection Mechanism is also deploying one Liaison Officer to help coordinate the arrival of further aid.

The assistance comes on top of €2.15 million in EU humanitarian funding released over the past weeks to support families affected by flash floods and new humanitarian funding of €200,000 for the Disaster Response Emergency Fund, released today.