Donors' aid amounts to meagre $3.20 per flood victim

The financial tracking system of United Nations has shown that less than $45 million has been committed of $91 million pledged, which breaks down to $3.20 committed per flood affected person in Pakistan. According to UN estimates, this pales in comparison with the amounts committed to other crises.
Within the first 10 days of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, which left some 3.5 million people homeless, the international community had committed $247 million and pledged $45 million. This works out to $70 committed per person, 10 days into the crisis. In the first 10 days after cyclone 'Nargis', which affected 2.4 million when it struck the coast of Myanmar, almost $110 million was committed (and $109 m pledged) in the first 10 days. This works out at $46 committed per person.
Likewise, some $742 million was committed to Haiti in 10 days after the quake and $920 million pledged. Some 1.5 million were directly affected by the quake, which works out at $495 per person in funds committed, in the first 10 days. To date, only five donors--USA, Australia, UK, Italy and Kuwait--have committed or pledged more than $5 million in new funding in response to the crisis.
Almost 14 million people are now affected by the floods in Pakistan, according to latest figures, and that number is likely to increase with water now surging south into Sindh province. The UN now describes the floods as the world's "worst" current disaster but compared with other recent crises the speed of the response to Pakistan's flooding has been sluggish.
The UN is setting up a humanitarian co-ordination centre in Islamabad, and will launch a comprehensive plan for the disaster in the coming days. The Pakistan government has announced that it will send delegations to other countries to seek financial support for flood-affected people. International aid agency, Oxfam, said that the floods that have engulfed Pakistan over the last week are a mega disaster and the world needs to mount a mega response to ensure the millions affected get the help they need.
Neva Khan, Oxfam country director in Pakistan, said in a statement that the rains are continuing and each hour that passes the flooding is multiplying misery across the entire country. Swathes of Pakistan are still under water and people have seen homes, shops, schools and crops flattened. The world must not leave these people stranded. This is a mega disaster and it needs a mega response.