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by media girl
I am talking about the post-earthquake horror in Pakistan.
 I can't say which is worse: embarrassment and shame that I haven't blogged this yet? Or embarrassment and shame that virtually nobody in the blogosphere has written a single thing about this. But worse than embarrassment or shame is the horrible situation in Pakistan, where tens of thousands have died, and tens of thousands more, including children, still have not received any aid. Let's look at the facts: 50,000 dead, maybe more, many of whom were children, who were in school at the moment the quake hit.  10,000 more children are facing imminent death due to injury, infection, disease, starvation, dehydration, exposure to the sub-zero temperatures at night. 120,000 children are at risk.
These figures are conservative. And aid money has not been coming. Almost two weeks after the quake, less than 14 per cent of the UN's emergency appeal for £180 million has been received. UN relief coordinator Jan Egeland clarifies the urgency: "The world is not doing enough," Egeland said in Geneva. "We should be able to do this."  To help, you can give to Unicef or the Red Cross/Red Crescent. (Beware of scam artists. Stick with the established international organizations.) Also, there's a site with local Pakistani emergency info (in English). Why does this get scant coverage in American media? Why is BBC World virtually they only coverage to be found on dish or cable?
When do 80,000 dead, tens of thousands more facing death count as news? | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
When do 80,000 dead, tens of thousands more facing death count as news? | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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