Faraway Up Close
 
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Irish Aid in Pakistan

Pakistan has an estimated population of over 169 million people. A multicultural society, it has a young population and hosts one of the largest refugee populations in the world.
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Pakistan Information

On Saturday, 8 October, 2005, a strong and devastating earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, struck South Asia. The epicentre of the earthquake was 95 km north of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The Northwest Frontier and Kashmir Provinces of Pakistan were most severely hit and over 73,000 lost their lives in the tragedy. It is estimated that over 79,000 were injured - one third of which are amputees. Up to 3 million lost their homes and over one million lost jobs and livelihoods.
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About Faraway Up Close

In 2007, The Irish Government will spend €815 million on development assistance to some of the poorest countries in the world.

'Faraway Up Close', now in its second series on RTÉ Television, provides a glimpse into some of these countries and the issues that they face, and looks at how the Irish Government is providing assistance.

Each week, presenter Aoife Kavanagh (Keelin Shanley presented series I) engages with the countries, the issues and the human stories that lie behind them, in order to allow us to see some places where Irish tax-payers money is being spent on aid.

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