Asian Emergencies
SCIAF has given £50,000 to help people whose homes have been destroyed following a series of natural disasters in Asia.
A young boy looks for his family's belongings in the mud following the typhoon in the Pilippines (Photo: REUTERS, Eric de Castro, courtesy of www.alertnet.org)
Thousands of families have been left without a roof over their heads and in urgent need of food and shelter.
A massive earthquake hit Indonesia, causing houses, schools and hospitals to collapse.
In Cambodia and the Phillipines, deadly tropical storms created floods which washed away homes and destroyed fields of rice. And in the Paciffic Islands, a tsunami (giant wave) caused terrible damage.
The money SCIAF has donated will be used to provide food, water, medicines, kitchen utensils, blankets and shelter to some of the worst affected families. It will also be used to repair some of the damaged houses.
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