Help!
The Malaysian Red Crescent urgently needs warm clothes and blankets in addition to the usual relief items for their South Asian Earthquake Operations.
"Bad weather is still hampering efforts to help victims of the South Asian quake - but heavy rains eased on Monday bringing some hope.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said this was a major preoccupation in Pakistan-administered Kashmir - the worst affected area.
Poor weather had stopped relief and evacuation flights on Sunday.
Meanwhile Pakistani authorities said the number of people killed in the quake was now more than 40,000.
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Relief workers are increasingly worried about severe weather conditions, in particular the cold.
The Red Cross said it was particularly alarmed by the plight of people in a part of the Jhelum valley in Pakistan-administered Kashmir - an area where a large number were killed in the earthquake.
In a statement on Sunday, it warned that within a month, heavy snows will limit helicopter use and re-opening the roads was a "slow and difficult process".'
The MRCS HQ is at:
Malaysian Red
Crescent Society
32, Jalan Nipah
Off Jalan Ampang
55000 Kuala Lumpur.
www.redcrescent.org.my
(Behind Glenagles and next to the Korean Embassy)
And please, no junk like the last time.
Other sites to check out:
Islamic Relief
Mercy Malaysia
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