BASF raises funds for Pakistan flood victims
Germany-based leather chemicals provider BASF has raised approximately €785,000 for the flood victims in Pakistan with help from its employees across more than 20 countries.
The aid money will be distributed among various UN organisations on the ground in the affected areas of Pakistan to help provide basic medical care and clean water.
In the immediate aftermath of the flooding, BASF Group companies in Pakistan and local employees helped to prepare relief packages containing food, medicines and other emergency goods and organised aid distribution points near BASF sites in Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad and Sialkot.
“I was impressed by the willingness of BASF employees to make donations. Through their contributions some of the misery can be relieved by helping to supply the people in Pakistan with essential goods,” said Jürgen Hambrecht, chairman of the board of executive directors at BASF.
At least 1,600 people were killed during the floods and more than 14 million people have been affected by the disaster. The leather industry has also been negatively impacted, with thousands of livestock killed. According to the Pakistan Tanners’ Association (PTA), raw material availability is down by approximately 30% in the country.
