Cyclone Yemyin traveling from the North Arabian Sea entered the coastal areas of Southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday 26th June 2007, bringing widespread rains, high winds and consequent floods in two of its provinces namely Baluchistan and Sindh. The cyclone created havoc in these areas resulting in loss of life, livelihoods and property. 

Immediate relief efforts were hampered by limited communications and severe road damage in the worst affected areas. The casualty numbers are said to be around 362, and are likely to rise as hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. According to official estimates, a total of 2.5 Million people being affected by the floods and over 370,000 are rendered homeless and without adequate shelter.   

CARE International in Pakistan began its emergency operations in the immediate aftermath of the disaster in some of the worst affected regions in Baluchistan and Sindh. CARE is providing emergency kits including tents, water purification items, jerry cans, hygiene kits and kitchen sets to around 5,000 most vulnerable families especially women and children. To meet the mounting health needs in the flood affected areas, CARE is also providing mobile medical health care facilities to thousands of patients in four districts in Sindh and Baluchistan. The medical facilities are especially catering for the primary and reproductive health care needs of mothers and children.    

CARE aims to mitigate the hardship of the flood affected population through providing a coherent emergency response that not only caters their immediate needs but aims to steer them towards self-help and recovery.