Displaced by insecurity in their village in Pakistan’s north-west, eight-year-old Sana Batool and her family now share a rented house in one of the many communities hosting displaced people in and around Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sana’s family had to leave their home, agricultural land and cattle in...
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Mai Shahzadi and her four children are among more than a quarter of a million people living in temporary settlements following monsoon floods that have affected more than 5 million people across Pakistan this year.
Shahzadi, 35, found shelter at a roadside settlement in her village after floods destroyed her house in Qamber...
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$9.9 million to help flood-hit communities in Pakistan’s Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh Provinces. Since August 2012, floods caused by heavy monsoon rains have affected 5 million people and destroyed over a million acres of crops and nearly half a...
Nine months ago, in September 2011, devastating floods in southern Pakistan ruined basic infrastructure and key medical facilities in Shaheed Benazirabad District, Sindh Province, leaving thousands of people without health services.
Suleh Bibi, 25, was in the final stretch of her pregnancy, but she was unable to access...
15 April 2013 - 4:19pmDisplaced by insecurity in their village in Pakistan’s north-west, eight-year-old Sana Batool and her family now share a rented house in one of the many communities hosting displaced people in and around Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sana’s family had to leave their home, agricultural land and cattle in...
21 March 2013 - 11:03amWhat is Humanitarian Kiosk? One of the challenges faced by humanitarian workers is access to timely, relevant and accurate information. New technology provides an opportunity for humanitarian workers to develop better ways to access and share this information, and get aid to those who need it more quickly and...
2 November 2012 - 11:38amMai Shahzadi and her four children are among more than a quarter of a million people living in temporary settlements following monsoon floods that have affected more than 5 million people across Pakistan this year. Shahzadi, 35, found shelter at a roadside settlement in her village after floods destroyed her house in Qamber...
23 October 2012 - 5:31pmThe United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$9.9 million to help flood-hit communities in Pakistan’s Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh Provinces. Since August 2012, floods caused by heavy monsoon rains have affected 5 million people and destroyed over a million acres of crops and nearly half a...
31 July 2012 - 12:21pmNine months ago, in September 2011, devastating floods in southern Pakistan ruined basic infrastructure and key medical facilities in Shaheed Benazirabad District, Sindh Province, leaving thousands of people without health services. Suleh Bibi, 25, was in the final stretch of her pregnancy, but she was unable to access...