Pakistan Floods

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Pakistan·s Floods

What Happened?
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ an unprecedented number of floods began in Pakistan in late July more than 160,000 square kilometers or 61,776 square miles have been affected, 20% of the country has been affected 1.2 million houses damaged or destroyed death toll at 1,752 since early August, the number of people directly affected has risen from 3.2 to 21 million ± 10 million people without shelter major crops affected Created a great environment for Disease epidemics

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People displaced by the flooding scramble for food and aid at the roadside distribution point in Khangarh village

Number of People Affected
Province Balochristan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab Sindh AJ&K Gilgit Baltistan Total # of people affected 672,171 4,365,909 8,200,000 3,684,267 245,000 8,561 17,175,908

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Childrenfloods nearly 8.6 million children have been affected by
7,800 schools have been damaged, while 5,000 others are being used as shelters for displaced peoples floods have damaged or destroyed crops over an area of 4.25 million acres, making millions of poor women and children vulnerable to malnutrtion children are especially vulnerable to diseases due to disruption in water supplies and sanitation A half million Pakistani women hit by the flood will give birth over the next 6 months, and over 32,000 will experience complications

A child suffering from a waterborne disease lies in bed at a local hospital in Multan

Members of a family and their makeshift roadside shelter near Sukkar

Number of Women/Children Affected
Age Women 15-49 Pregnant Women Children under 18 years Children under 5 years Children under 1 year # of people affected 3,091,663 704,212 8,587,954 2,404,627 606,310

Causes
‡ what caused the floods? ± unprecedented floods began in late July ± monsoon patterns and heavy rainfall are responsible for flash floods ± climate change, dams, and deforestation ± timber mafia

Flood victims wait to be evacuated by a Pakistani navy vessel in Sangi Patan

A photograph taken from a Pakistani army helicopter shows the extent of the flooding in Sindh province

Long Term Effects
‡ lost Infrastructure sets Pakistan back in years of development ± hatred and mistrust in Pakistan of government ± devastated agriculture will take years to recover, causing food shortages ± Taliban may turn on humanitarian workers ± Massive disease outbreaks caused by poor water sanitation

Flood victims reach for food packages dropped by a Pakistani army helicopter near Sukkur

A woman displaced by the flooding cares for her ailing son at a field hospital near Nowshera

Global Aid
‡ global aid response has not been as strong as past disasters ± relatively low death toll and slow onset of floods ± Going by the numbers of people affected, the disaster is worse than the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake combined, the U.N. says. ± Ten days after the Kashmir quake, donors gave or pledged $292 million, according to the aid group Oxfam. The Jan. 12 disaster in Haiti led to pledges nearing $1 billion within the first 10 days ± global donor fatigue ± U.N. officials on Wednesday launched a formal appeal for $460 million for immediate relief for Pakistan, and have said the country will need billions more to rebuild after the floodwaters recede. ± US has donated $147 million, UN $455 million ‡ The US and other countries have pledged nearly $800m ± officials estimate total economic impact to be as much as 43 billion USD

UNICEF
‡ hygiene kits are being handed out to families hit by the floods ‡ Supplying ready-to-eat foods for infants and young children ‡ Supplying clean drinking water (2 million/day) and working on fixing tube drinking wells ‡ Vaccinating against polio, measles, tetanus, and tuberculosis ‡ Running maternal and child health clinics, trying to reach the half million women expected to give birth in the next six months ‡ Child-friendly environments are being setup

‡ what we can give: spare change

What is needed?
‡ ‡ ‡ food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, medical and nutritional supplies, hygiene promotion, vaccine immunization biggest threat is outbreak of water-borne diseases displaced population includes large number of children under 5 whose nutritional level needs to be maintained

A girl displaced by the flooding carries bottles of drinking water at a camp in Nowshera

How You Can Help
‡ Put extra change in jars in the lunch line ‡ Buy baked goods from our bake sales ‡ Spread the word about the flooding and disaster relief

Bibliography
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ **http://www.unicefusa.org/assets/pdf/UNICEF-Immediate-Needs-Document-Pakistan-Flooding-26-August-2010.pdf http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C09%5C05%5Cstory_5-9-2010_pg3_1 http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=226036 http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/PakistanFloodsCausesandConsequences_mbisht_190810 http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/floodofmisery/2010/08/201081614111704604.html http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/09/02/Pakistan-floods-and-the-timber-mafia/UPI-92421283453799/ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/13/world/main6770489.shtml http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-08-13-pakistan-floods_N.htm http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/eyqlauaukfkf/ http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/afp/ten-million-without-shelter-in-pakistan-floods-un/395138 Pictures Slide 1: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/aug/13/pakistan-flooding#/?picture=365725546&index=14 Slide 2: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/aug/13/pakistan-flooding#/?picture=365725570&index=18 slide 3: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/aug/13/pakistan-flooding#/?picture=365725779&index=2 slide 6: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/aug/13/pakistan-flooding#/?picture=365725551&index=12 slide 6: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/aug/13/pakistan-flooding#/?picture=365725543&index=27 slide 7: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/aug/13/pakistan-flooding#/?picture=365725572&index=21 slide 7: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/aug/13/pakistan-flooding#/?picture=365725524&index=6 slide 9: http://www.unicef.org/photoessays/55865.html slide 10: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/aug/13/pakistan-flooding#/?picture=365725526&index=9 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10986220

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