Singapore Government gives $64,000 to support Red Cross fund-raising efforts for flood-hit Pakistan

SINGAPORE – The Singapore Government will contribute US$50,000 (S$64,000) as seed money to support the Singapore Red Cross’ (SRC) public fund-raising efforts for the flood-caused humanitarian crisis in Pakistan.

Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on Sept 12 that the Government’s contribution will supplement SRC’s pledge of $50,000 to support the immediate needs of affected communities in Pakistan.

The torrential monsoon season in 2025 has claimed hundreds of lives in Pakistan.

In mid-August, more than

400 Pakistanis were killed

in a matter of days by landslides caused by torrential rain on the other side of the country in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, close to Afghanistan. 

Pakistani relief officials said on Aug 30

that nearly half a million people had been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain.

Three transboundary rivers that cut through Pakistan’s Punjab province, which borders India, had swollen to exceptionally high levels, affecting more than 2,300 villages.

Overall, as at Sept 1, at least

1.5 million Pakistanis

were affected by the flooding.

“Singapore conveys its deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the floods,” MFA said.