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There has been much comment about the aid effort for the flood victims in Pakistan, with some expressing a reluctance to donate for fear that money will not reach the people in need but will instead end up with terrorists or corrupt officials. Here, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, Daniel Toole, who has just [...]

Dr. Arshad Durani is an immunization specialist working for UNICEF in northern Pakistan. Despite the destruction of his own home, Dr. Durani continues to lead immunization efforts in flood-ravaged Charsaddah district. Dr. Arshad Durani recently filed this first-hand report.
“Wake up and help me get the children!” my wife was screaming. “We have to leave the [...]

Waterborne diseases continue to pose great risk to millions of people affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan, the United Nations warned today, a day after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on a visit to the country, described the “heart-wrenching” suffering he witnessed among flood survivors.

Mr. Ban visited Pakistan at the weekend to [...]

UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia charts his visit to some of Pakistan’s most devastated flood zones
This week UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Daniel Toole has been visiting the provinces worst-affected by flooding in Pakistan. Here are his latest updates on the relief effort.
Day one
First full day of briefings in Islamabad. The scale of [...]

Flood waters have left behind a trail of destruction affecting some 20 million people in Pakistan, according to government estimates. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in the country’s northwest, the floods have affected millions, with women and children representing the vast majority. Field report by Shandana Aurangzeb Durrani.

VIDEO: UNICEF correspondent Nina Martinek reports on emergency relief efforts [...]