World Vision’s food distribution team registers families in the village of Chinarkot to receive food supplies that will see them through the winter.
Militants today killed six staff at the offices of aid group World Vision in north-western Pakistan.
The grenade attack also wounded four in the town of Ogi, in Mansehra district.
Many foreign aid groups set up offices in the district to help victims of the 2005 earthquake, which killed about 80,000. Extremists claim the aid groups work against Islam.
All the victims of the attack were Pakistanis. “We are deeply sorry we've lost staff members who were locals who were deeply committed to improving lives in Pakistan,” said James East, a World Vision spokesman.
World Vision’s food distribution team registers families in the village of Chinarkot to receive food supplies that will see them through the winter. Wheat flour, vegetable oil, sugar, tea, pulses, dates, high-energy biscuits and salt will be distributed to more than 36,000 people in the Seron valley of the North West Frontier Province between 5,000 and 7,000 feet over the coming five months. At the same time World Vision is distributing kits to enable families to winterise their shelters, as well as hygiene kits to protect the health of survivors, especially children. Photo by Dilawar Khan.
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