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CRITICAL Pakistan, Indonesia & Malaysia

Emergency Floods & Earthquake Appeal

Please donate so food, water and shelter are ready when floods or earthquakes hit.

In short

Please donate to the Emergency Floods and Earthquake Appeal so we can get food, clean water and shelter to families in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia. Give by card on this page. Your gift becomes a meal, a drink and a dry place to sleep after the waters rise or the ground shakes.

Last updated .

48–72 hrs
How quickly partners aim to start delivering help
3 countries
Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia — our Object countries
Food, water, shelter
What this appeal is restricted to
Standing fund
Ready before the next monsoon or quake, not after the cameras arrive

What is the Emergency Floods and Earthquake Appeal?

This appeal keeps a standing fund so local partners can deliver food, clean water and shelter after floods and earthquakes in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia. Please donate today. We do not wait to launch a new campaign from scratch while families sleep in the wet.

When the waters rise or the ground shakes, a family can lose everything that keeps them alive before breakfast: the roof over the children’s beds, the well in the yard, the rice that was meant to last the week. They run with what they can carry. Then they wait. That wait is where your donation matters.

Please give to the Emergency Floods and Earthquake Appeal. Monsoon flooding returns every year. Earthquakes do not send a fundraising calendar. A standing fund means kits can move when a national disaster agency declares an emergency — Pakistan’s NDMA, Indonesia’s BNPB or Malaysia’s NADMA.

You do not have to travel. You do not have to pack a box. The most useful thing you can do tonight is donate. A gift of £10 can cover drinking water for a family for a week. £25 can cover an emergency food parcel. £50 can help with a shelter kit. Please give what you can.

Why do families need help after floods and earthquakes?

Homes, wells and food stores are destroyed in hours. Children need clean water. Parents need something to cook. Older people need a dry place to sleep. Please donate so those first things are already funded. The cameras leave. The need does not.

Pakistan’s monsoon can put millions of people on the move in a bad year. Indonesia’s islands flood and shake. Malaysia’s east coast floods in the northeast monsoon. After a quake, people sleep outside because they are afraid the roof will fall. After a flood, the well is spoiled.

A family that had rice for the week may have nothing by nightfall. Dirty water then brings disease. Hunger follows a ruined harvest. Shelter is how a child sleeps without rain on their face. Please donate to this standing fund so partners can answer without waiting for a new headline.

Please do not wait for the next monsoon photograph. Give now to the Emergency Floods Appeal so a family already displaced is not left thirsty while the world organises a response.

Why does one appeal cover floods and earthquakes?

Families need the same first things after both: something to eat, safe water, and a dry place to sleep. Please donate to this standing fund so partners can answer either disaster without waiting. Winter then becomes a second threat for people still in tents.

A coastal quake can bring a wave as well as a cracked wall. A flood can last weeks after the rain stops. One appeal for food, water and shelter means trustees can release funds to whichever Object country has the declared emergency.

This appeal is restricted to those three things. It does not rebuild roads or run long-term housing programmes. Please give if you want those first, essential things in someone’s hands.

What this standing fund is for — and what it is not
This appeal funds This appeal does not fund
Emergency food after floods or quakes Long-term farm recovery or school feeding
Clean drinking water when wells are spoiled Permanent city water networks
Temporary shelter, tarpaulins, blankets House reconstruction or new roads
Winter warmth for families still displaced A separate fashion or clothing campaign

Why does Pakistan’s monsoon need a standing fund?

The monsoon returns. In a catastrophic year, tens of millions of people can be affected and more than a million homes damaged. Please donate before the next rains, not only after the pictures. A standing fund means partners are not starting from zero.

If you want your gift marked for Pakistan specifically, use the Pakistan Floods Appeal. This page is the three-country standing fund. Both buy food, water and shelter through local partners. Please give to whichever page matches how you want to help.

Harvests drowned in floodwater become hunger months later. That is why this appeal sits beside the Hunger Crisis Appeal. Please donate so a family is not left with a ruined field and an empty pot.

What do families need after an earthquake?

Drinking water if a well is spoiled, food if the market cannot open, and a dry place to sleep if they are afraid to go back inside. Please donate. Aftershocks keep people outdoors. Your gift buys those first, essential things.

If you want your gift marked for Indonesia specifically after the Flores earthquake of 15 August 2026, use the Indonesia Emergency Appeal. This page covers earthquakes and floods across Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Local partners buy supplies nearby and put them in people’s hands. Please give so that chain is already funded when the next shock comes.

Why is winter a second emergency after a flood or quake?

When cold weather arrives and families are still displaced, this appeal can fund blankets, warm clothing and shelter repair. That is not a separate fashion campaign. It is the same displaced family, later in the year. Please donate so they are not left in a wet tent.

The news cycle moves on. The monsoon or the aftershocks do not. Children still sleep on damp ground. Older people still get ill. Please give to the Emergency Floods Appeal so winter kits can move without a new launch.

What will my donation to the Emergency Floods Appeal provide?

Your donation provides emergency food, clean drinking water and temporary shelter. A gift of £10 can cover drinking water for a family for a week. £25 can cover a food parcel. £50 can help with a shelter kit. Please give what you can.

Please choose an amount and donate. The figures below are typical partner costs. They are a guide to what kindness can buy. What a family receives depends on the country and on what they need that week.

That is the promise of this appeal. You give. We turn your money into help for people who have lost their homes. Please do not leave the page without giving if you are able.

  • · £10 — clean drinking water for a displaced family for one week, or a thermal blanket
  • · £25 — an emergency food parcel for a flood- or quake-affected family
  • · £50 — a waterproof shelter kit or a winter warmth kit
  • · £100 — water, food and emergency supplies for a family through the first weeks
  • · £250 — pre-positioned supplies for five families in a high-risk zone
  • · £500 — a full relief package for 10 displaced families
What a gift to this appeal typically funds
Gift What partners typically kit
£10 Clean drinking water for a displaced family for one week, or a thermal blanket
£25 An emergency food parcel for a flood- or quake-affected family
£50 A waterproof shelter kit or a winter warmth kit for one household
£100 Water, food and emergency supplies for a family through the first weeks
£250 Pre-positioned supplies for five families in a high-risk zone
£500 A full relief package for 10 displaced families

What does your amount fund?

£50 — A waterproof shelter kit or a winter warmth kit for one household

How does my donation reach flood-affected families?

You donate. We hold the gift for this appeal. When a disaster is declared, trustees release funds to local partners. They buy food, water and shelter materials nearby and deliver them. Please donate so that chain is already funded.

Buying locally is faster, and it is kinder. A shopkeeper in a damaged town still has a customer. A family does not wait for a container from Europe. Please donate so that chain can start.

If you want to give in memory of someone, or as a group, write to [email protected] and we will mark the gift for the Emergency Floods Appeal.

How quickly will my donation help after a flood or earthquake?

Card donations are processed straight away. Partners aim to start delivering food, water and shelter within forty-eight to seventy-two hours of a disaster. Remote ground can take longer. Your gift still means a family can be reached without waiting for a new fundraising drive.

Money that has already been given can move when the waters rise or the ground shakes. Please donate today — once, or every month — so the next family is not left thirsty while the world organises a response.

Can I give monthly to the Emergency Floods Appeal?

Yes — a monthly donation keeps this standing fund ready for the next monsoon or quake. Please set up a regular gift on this page. Even a small monthly amount helps partners keep kits ready. You can also give in memory of someone you love.

Disasters do not follow a fundraising calendar. A regular gift means we can say yes when partners ask for water, food and shelter materials. Please start a monthly gift at the amount that is comfortable for you. You can change it later. If you would rather give once, that gift is welcome too. Donate today.

How is this different from the Indonesia Emergency Appeal?

Indonesia Emergency is the country page for earthquakes and tsunamis there, including Flores on 15 August 2026. This appeal is the standing three-country flood and earthquake fund. Please donate to the page that matches how you want to help. Both buy food, water and shelter.

You do not need to give twice unless you want to. A gift here can still help Indonesian families after floods or quakes. A gift on the Indonesia page is marked for that country. Please give if you are able.

Should I send clothes or bottled water from the UK?

Please donate money instead, unless a partner has asked for a specific item in writing. Parcels from Britain usually arrive late and cost more than buying locally. A card gift on this page is the fastest way to help.

Local partners know what a family needs that week. A container of unused coats does not. Please give to the Emergency Floods Appeal so rice, water and tarpaulins can be bought nearby.

Frequently asked questions

Does this rebuild houses?

No. Funds are restricted to emergency food, clean water and shelter after disaster. Reconstruction is outside our Objects.

Is this the same as the Indonesia Emergency Appeal?

No. Indonesia Emergency is the country page for earthquakes and tsunamis there, including Flores on 15 August 2026. This appeal is the standing three-country flood and earthquake fund.

How quickly does help start?

Partners aim to start within 48 to 72 hours of activation. Islands and cut roads take longer.

Should I send bottled water from Britain?

Please give money instead. Partners buy water locally. Bottles from the UK arrive late and cost more than they help.

How can I help after a flood or earthquake?

Donate on this page by card. Local partners buy emergency food, clean water, hygiene kits, shelter kits and winter warmth nearby. Please do not send parcels from the UK.

Which countries does this appeal cover?

This standing fund covers floods and earthquakes in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia only — food, water, hygiene kits and shelter, not reconstruction.

Will Gift Aid apply?

Gift Aid starts when Charity Commission registration is granted. We will contact donors when that happens.

Can I give monthly?

Yes. A monthly donation keeps kits ready before the next monsoon or quake. You can also give a one-off gift.

Can I donate in memory of someone?

Yes. Write to [email protected] and we will mark the gift for the Emergency Floods Appeal.

Does this appeal fund cancer treatment or eye surgery?

No. Those are separate programmes. This appeal is for food, water and shelter after floods and earthquakes.

How is this different from the Pakistan Floods Appeal?

The Pakistan Floods Appeal is marked for flood-affected families in Pakistan. This page is the standing fund for Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia.

What if more is raised than needed this week?

Trustees hold the gift for the next declared flood or quake in our Object countries, or may direct surplus to other disaster relief in line with our Objects.

How else can you help after a disaster?

You can donate here, give to the Indonesia Emergency Appeal if you want that country specifically, or support hunger and clean water funds. Every gift helps a family who has lost a home.

How can you donate to flood and earthquake relief now?

Please give what you can today. Donate on this page. Your gift helps families after floods and earthquakes with food, clean water and shelter.