Marfi Foundation Distributes Blankets Among Flood-Affected Families in Ishkoman, Ghizer Ishkoman: Marfi Foundation Pakistan distributed warm blankets to residents of the flood-affected villages of Dain, Sholjha, Asmbar and Chatorkhand as temperatures continue to drop in the region. Speaking to Pamir Times, the General Manager of Marfi Foundation said the organisation had brought these items as a gesture of solidarity from the people of Baltistan and the Foundation. He added that although the flo

Indonesians in the flood-stricken town of Batang Toru began cleaning their homes of mud and debris on Saturday (December 6), more than a week after deadly floods and landslides devastated the town and others in parts of the island of Sumatra, killing at least 900 people. The number known to have died as a result of the cyclone-induced floods and landslides across three Indonesian provinces in Sumatra was 916 on Saturday, with 274 listed as missing, government data showed. The storm systems also