Arriving on the scene within hours of a powerful earthquake that struck Pakistan on October 8, 2005, IRC emergency teams aided 230,000 people, treated thousands of the sick and injured, and worked alongside survivors to rebuild their lives.
On the morning of October 8, 2005, a powerful earthquake rumbled through northern Pakistan, wiping out villages, burying roads in rubble and cutting off electricity and water. The devastating quake, the worst in Pakistan's history, killed at least 80,000 people and left three million homeless.