Pakistan experienced its worst flooding in 80 years last August. In the
Shikarpur district of Sindh province, thousands of homes were destroyed and
more than half a million people were forced out of their villages.

Southern Baptists responded to the need through a partnership with Shikarpur
Christian Hospital.

Teams of doctors have been providing medical care from the hospital. The facility has earned a good reputation in the
upper Sindh province since the early 1960s. The Hortons direct the project in South and Central Asia for Baptist
Global Response in the love of Christ and in His name.

However, after the flood, which affected 20 million people throughout the
country, the hospital staff realized they couldn't help everyone. They decided
to focus on one specific area of need — the malnourished children of the flood-affected
families.

These children's families depended on the land for their survival and had no
way to make a living after the floods washed away their crops. As field
laborers, they were already very poor and had limited access to health care.

Doctors and nurses used 43 mobile medical camps to reach out to flood
victims in 14 new villages. Teams also spent time talking to patients and making follow-up
visits.

Because Southern Baptists give to their World Hunger Fund, people in
Pakistan affected by the flood and who can't afford medical care are getting
the help they need, says Francis Horton.

With the funds, the hospital has treated 131 children and their mothers with
problems like tuberculosis, malaria, intestinal parasites and upper respiratory
infections. The team also provided antibiotics,
vitamins, iron supplements, anti-tuberculosis therapy, anti-worm medicines,
anti-malarials, antipyretics, oral rehydration solution and antifungal creams
to over 3700 people.

BGR and its partners have been the hands and feet of Christ,
responding to critical needs in the region. 
As a result, doors are opening for the hope of the Gospel. Keep praying that God will use BGR to provide both physical and spiritual help.

Non-Governmental Organizations like Operation Mobilization are responding to
the needs. Their teams have been
involved in reconstruction, rebuilding school walls and rooms. They have also
completed 300 houses since December, using five OM workers and 80 hired
workers.

In one area, approximately 100 families were living in a severely damaged church
school in a semi-permanent military camp. The team helped them back to their own homes, but as a result of their
work, 150 flood victim children have started studying at this Christian school.

Then, the army wanted to seize and occupy the land on which the church and
school were situated. Church leadership wrote to
OM for help, and they sent a team to reconstruct a 1500-foot long wall around
the church and school and fix three of the damaged classrooms. 

During the reconstruction, the group of 70 worked day and night. The masons,
plasterers and skilled workmen have faithfully helped, teaching new skills as
they went along. Every morning before
work started, they began with worship; and at the end of the day they finished
with worship.

After the wall was completed, an Army officer went to school principal and
said: "I am so impressed by the way these people are working. I cannot
believe how they finished a few months' job in few days. If you had not been
able to finish this, our army planned to occupy this in a few days' time. You
people look like magicians; now you have a boundary wall, and the land is
enclosed once more."

During this time a member of the OM team helped the Christian flood victims to
learn Bible stories and songs. On Palm Sunday, they presented songs and a drama
of the parable of the prodigal son. Between the outreach and the physical labor, many
chose a living faith in Christ.

Dr.  Bransford is the recipient of the 2010 Dr.
Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine. Presented by the American
Medical Association (AMA) Foundation, in association with Pfizer Inc, the award
is part of the Excellence in Medicine Awards program and is presented to a
physician who has dramatically improved health care for an international
patient population. 

Dr. Bransford will be recognized at
the Excellence in Medicine Awards Ceremony in conjunction with the AMA National
Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C.  Award recipients are honored for
their altruism, compassion, leadership and integrity. 

The legacy of Dr. Bransford is his work
with African kids with disabilities in and around Kenya. Bethany Kids, a ministry he established in
2001, annually performs over 1,000 operations on children suffering with hydrocephalus,
spina bifida, and other debilitating conditions.

"Dr. Bransford is the definition of
true selflessness," said AMA Foundation President Richard Hovland. "His
lifetime devotion to caring for children in places such as Kenya, Sudan and
Somalia has transformed the lives of so many. By establishing Bethany
Kids at Kijabe, his efforts will leave a permanent mark on Kenya." 

Together with his team in Kijabe,
they are dedicated to reaching the people with the Good News of Jesus Christ.