As the worst natural disaster in living memory continues to unfold in Pakistan, a chartered airliner carrying 100 metric tonnes of UNICEF emergency relief arrived in the southern port city of Karachi early today. The shipment includes health kits, nutrition supplies, midwifery kits and tarpaulins for families affected by weeks of monsoon rains and flooding [...]
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UNICEF emergency aid arrives in Pakistan amidst continuing flood crisis
13th August 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Pakistan Floods | No Comments
14 million people are now effected by the devastating floods that hit Pakistan in August, including 6 million children.
12th August 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Pakistan Floods | No Comments
According to the latest estimates, 14 million people are in need of clean water, food, medicine and shelter – six million of whom are children and three million women of child bearing age. More people have been affected by the floods in Pakistan than by the tsunami, Kashmir earthquake and Haiti earthquake combined. UNICEF is [...]
Displaced by floods now reaching southern Pakistan, families seek shelter and relief
11th August 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Pakistan Floods | No Comments
The floods that have inundated north-western Pakistan in recent weeks have now moved south, expanding the emergency into Sindh Province as torrential monsoon rains continue across wide areas of the country. According to UN estimates, a total of 14 million people – including 6 million children – have been affected by the flood crisis. Hundreds [...]
Aid workers focus on staving off disease outbreaks in Pakistan flood zone
10th August 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Pakistan Floods | No Comments
As relief efforts accelerate in provinces of north-western Pakistan inundated by torrential rains this week, floodwaters are slowly receding and some stricken areas are finally becoming accessible. The Government of Pakistan and its humanitarian partners – including UNICEF – are now assessing the full extent of crisis. At the same time, weather forecasts are predicting [...]
Flood-affected women and children in north-western Pakistan urgently need aid
9th August 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Pakistan Floods | No Comments
Field report by Shandana Aurangzeb Durrani – “I spent four nights on top of a tree,” says Araba Bibi, 70, a widow from Jala Bela village on the outskirts of Peshawar in north-western Pakistan’s flood-ravaged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The floods have caused widespread destruction here and in other provinces, affecting a total of some 4 [...]
Aid workers focus on staving off disease outbreaks in Pakistan flood zone
5th August 2010 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
As relief efforts accelerate in provinces of north-western Pakistan inundated by torrential rains this week, floodwaters are slowly receding and some stricken areas are finally becoming accessible. The Government of Pakistan and its humanitarian partners – including UNICEF – are now assessing the full extent of crisis, which has affected more than 3 million people, [...]
UNICEF aid reaches more children in North West Pakistan
4th August 2010 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
The drop in the water level in North West Pakistan has allowed UNICEF to reach more children and their families, gathered on higher ground in schools and government buildings. According to the world’s leading children’s organisation, transport remains a challenge, but small trucks are getting through with much needed aid including hygiene kits and water [...]
UNICEF supporting government response to the needs of children affected by floods in eastern Afghanistan
3rd August 2010 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
UNICEF is distributing emergency assistance in the provinces that have been worst affected by recent floods, ensuring that the urgent needs of children are met. The flooding follows torrential rains that have hit central and eastern parts of Afghanistan in the course of the last week. Afghan officials say the floods are the worst the [...]
UNICEF responds as floods affect over 3 million in north-western Pakistan
3rd August 2010 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
More than 1,400 people are dead and more than a million children are in need of emergency assistance after the worst floods to hit Pakistan since 1929 devastated large parts of the country in recent days. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, located in the mountains of north-western Pakistan, is the province worst affected by the floods. Many of [...]
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