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12 March 2011 - A Bangladeshi man waits at the immigration centre at the Saloum Land Port as his passport is checked by IOM and Bangladeshi Embassy officials. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Saloum Border Crossing, Egypt - Food is distributed to the almost 5,000 people still at the border. The vast majority of these are 'Third Country Nationals' from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mali and Chad who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Saloum Border Crossing, Egypt - 'Third Country Nationals' predominantly from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Chad queue for food which is being distributed to the almost 5,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - A Bangladeshi man waits outside the Immigration Center at the Saloum Land Port on the Egyptian/Libyan border. Almost 5,000 people remain at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. The majority are 'Third Country Nationals' from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mali and Chad. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Chadian men who have fled the unrest in Libya share a meal under the limited shelter at a waiting area at the Saloum Land Port on the Egyptian/Libyan border. They are part of the almost 5,000 'Third Country Nationals' (mainly from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mali and Chad) who fled the unrest in Libya but are still awaiting onward transportation at the border. photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - An Egyptian bus driver prepares to take a busload of people who have fled the unrest in LIbya on the onward journey to Cairo. Almost 5,000 people (the majority of whom are 'Third Country Nationals' from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mali and Chad) who have fled the unrest in Libya are still at the border. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Saloum Border Crossing, Egypt - 'Third Country Nationals' predominantly from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Chad queue for the Earn Nose and Throat Mobile Clinic organised by the Egyptian Ministry of Health. Medical assistance is being provided to the almost 5,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - A boy from Mali in the waiting area of the Immigration Center at the Saloum Land Port on the Egyptian/Libya border. Almost 5,000 who fled the unrest in Libya remain at the border awaiting onward transportation. The majority are 'Third Country Nationals' from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mali and Chad. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Egyptian children in Saloum, a town on the Egyptian/Libyan border. Currently up to 5,000 people predominantly from Bangladesh, Mali and Chad who fled the unrest in Libya await on transport at the Saloum Land Port. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - A Chadian man waits for his passport to be verified by IOM at the Immigration Center at Saloum Land Port on the Egyptian/Libya border. Humanitarian assistance is being provided to the almost 5,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - An Egyptian man in Saloum, a town on the Egyptian/Libyan border. Currently up to 5,000 people (most from either Bangladesh, Nigeria Mali or Chad) who have fled the unrest in Libya await onward transportation at the Saloum Land Port. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

A fruit market in Saloum, a town on the Egyptian/Libyan border. Currently up to 5,000 people (mainly from Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mali and Chad) who have fled the unrest in Libya await onward transportation at the Saloum Land Port. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - The new $14 million dollar Libyan Land Port which is not yet operational. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - A Libyan border guard. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AMVU.

Two Libyan border guards share a lighter moment amidst an environment of uncertainty. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AMVU.

12 march 2011 - A Libyan boy runs through a near-deserted town on the Libyan border. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 march 2011 - A group of Libyan women walking through a near-deserted town on the Libyan border. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - A surgery turned storage room at a medical clinic currently being used as a reception center and temporary warehouse for aid material from NGOs and International Organizations on the Libyan border. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - A young Libyan man on the Libyan/Egyptian border. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AMVU.

12 March 2011 - A Libyan man at a medical clinic used as a reception center and temporary warehouse for aid material from NGOs and International Organizations on the Libyan border. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Saloum Border Crossing, Egypt - 'Third Country Nationals' predominantly from Nigeria, Bangladesh and Chad queue for food which is being distributed to the almost 5,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - An OCHA staff member discusses humanitarian needs with Libyan NGO workers on the Libyan border. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Saloum Border Crossing - A Chadian man along with other 'Third Country Nationals' predominantly from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Mali queues for food which is being distributed to the almost 5,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - A group of volunteer Egyptian IOM staff who have been facilitating food distribution at the Saloum Land Port on the Egyptian/Libyan border to the almost 5,000 people who remain at the Port who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - At a Libyan medical facility turned temporary aid warehouse a poster reads: 'The blood of or Martyrs is priceless. The Revolution of the 17th Feb Youth'. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Children wait at the Immigration Center at the Saloum Land Port on the Egyptian/Libyan border. Humanitarian assistance is being provided to the almost 5,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Bangladeshi men, some of whom have been awaiting onward transport for almost two weeks, take shelter in one of the few covered spaces at the Saloum Land Port on the Egyptian/Libyan border. Humanitarian assistance is being provided to the almost 5,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - A young child plays outside the Immigration Center at the Saloum Land Port on the Egyptian/Libyan border. Humanitarian assistance is being provided to the almost 5,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

A Ghanaian man waits outside the Immigration Center at the Saloum Land Port on the Egyptian/Libyan border. Humanitarian assistance is being provided to the almost 5,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

12 March 2011 - Egyptian children ride a donkey-drawn cart in Saloum, a town on the Egyptian/Libyan border. Currently up to 5,000 people predominantly from Bangladesh, Mali and Chad who have fled the unrest in Libya await onward transportation at the Saloum Land Port. Photo: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

9 March 2011, Saloum Land Port, Egypt. Water Distribution. Humanitarian assistance is being provided to the almost 6,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: UNICEF

9 March 2011, Saloum Land Port, Egypt. Humanitarian assistance is being provided to the almost 6,000 people still at the border who have fled the unrest in Libya. Photo: UNICEF

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24 Mar 2011

Egypt (Libyan Border)

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Tunisian/Libyan border visit

Hundreds of people line up for food at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. All have crossed into Tunisia from Libya to escape the violence. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

A Tunisian man at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Thousands of people have crossed into Tunisia from Libya to escape the violence. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

MARCH: Libya's Civil War: Hundreds of migrant workers line up for food at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. More than 700,000 third-country nationals fled the conflict, requiring a major international relief effort. Credit: OCHA/ David Ohana

Each day, hundreds of people who have crossed into Tunisia from Libya arrive at a transit camp near the border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Hundreds of people line up for food at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. All have crossed into Tunisia from Libya to escape the violence. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

A non-governmental organization health worker at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Each day, hundreds of people who have crossed into Tunisia from Libya arrive at a transit camp near the border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Tunisia-Libya border (Mar 2011) - Hundreds line up for food at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: OCHA/David Ohana

Ms. Valerie Amos, the Emergency Relief Coordinator and United Nations Under-Secretary-General (USG), at the Tunisia-Libya border speaking with people who have crossed into Tunisia to escape the violence. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Each day, hundreds of people who have crossed into Tunisia from Libya arrive at a transit camp near the border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

USG Amos at the Tunisia-Libya border, speaking with people who have crossed into Tunisia to escape the violence. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

USG Amos discussed the situation and major challenges in the transit camp with representatives from the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the Tunisian military. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

IFRC and other partners serve food to thousands of people each day at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Each day, hundreds of people who have crossed into Tunisia from Libya arrive at a transit camp near the border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

The United Nations On-Site Operations Coordination Centre (OSOCC) at the entrance to a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

The United Nations OSOCC at the entrance to a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Tunisia-Libya border (Mar 2011) - The United Nations OSOCC at the entrance to a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: OCHA/David Ohana

A United Nations flag at the entrance to a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

A supplies depot at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

USG Amos meets field staff at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border, including representatives from the German International Search and Rescue team. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Members of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team attend a coordination briefing at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Each day, hundreds of people who have crossed into Tunisia from Libya arrive at a transit camp near the border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Tunisia-Libya border (Mar 2011) - An IFRC member serves food to a Tunisian man who has just crossed the Libya-Tunisia border to escape the violence. Credit: OCHA/David Ohana

A transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

A transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Clean-up rosters have been developed to keep the ever-expanding camp as clean as possible. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Tunisa-Libya border (Mar 2011) - A transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: OCHA/David Ohana

A transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Each day, hundreds of people who have crossed into Tunisia from Libya arrive at a transit camp near the border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

As the sun sets, hundreds line up for food at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

Two Moroccan flags by the entrance of a supplies depot at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. Credit: David Ohana/OCHA AVMU

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24 Mar 2011

Tunisia (Libya Border)

An aerial view of flood-affected areas in Batticaloa District (the worst-affected district). Credit:OCHA via AP/Eranga Jayawardena

Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) Catherine Bragg plants a coconut sapling in Thervail, Mullaitivu District, northern Sri Lanka. Credit: OCHA/W.A.K Sanjeewa

Sri Lanka (Jan 2011): ASG Bragg meets a returnee in the Walluapuram return area in northern Sri Lanka. Credit: OCHA/W.A.K Sanjeewa

ASG Bragg visits a de-mining site of the Mines Advisory Group and District Mine Action Office in Thevipuram village, northern Sri Lanka. Credit: OCHA/W.A.K Sanjeewa

Theravil school in Mullaitivu District welcomes ASG Bragg, Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator for Sri Lanka Neil Buhne, and Government officials. Photo credit: OCHA/W.A.K Sanjeewa

Schoolchildren are taught under a tree in the Theravil return area in Puttukudiyriuppu (PTK), Mullaitivu District, where people returned in November 2010. PTK is a former rebel stronghold that endured much destruction during the final conflict between Government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam. Credit: OCHA, W A K Sanjeewa

ASG Bragg at the Vavuniya military airbase. Credit: OCHA via AP/Eranga Jayawardena

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24 Mar 2011

ASG Catherine Bragg's Mission to Sri Lanka January 2011

This woman in Muzaffargarah, Punjab, worries about her son who has just received malaria treatment. Diseases are still a threat, as some areas in Pakistan, particularly in the south, are still flooded and water is stagnant. Children and pregnant women are especially susceptible to these illnesses, which are increasing following the devastating floods. Credit: Jacqueline Koch/Merlin

Parveen and her family never left their home in Azimabad Shogara on the banks of the Khyali River in northern Pakistan. When the floodwaters reached a height of more than two metres, Parveen took her four children and escaped to the roof, where they survived for three days without drinking water. The helicopters hovering over the village never saw them, but their will to live helped them to survive. Credit: Alixandra Fazzina/UNHCR

Pakistani people are working tirelessly to reconstruct their lives and homes that were destroyed by the floods. These villagers are making bricks in Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, where more than 870,000 houses were damaged or completely destroyed. Credit: Marco Botelli/IOM

This Afghan refugee is trying to save some of his belongings that were swept away by the raging floodwaters. Almost 12,000 Afghan refugee families were affected by the floods. Some lost everything, including those in Azakhel, near Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which was completely destroyed. Credit: Alixandra Fazzina/UNHCR

The Afghan refugee village of Azakhel near Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province was completely destroyed. Not one single house survived the raging waters. Despite the dire situation, villagers went back to search through their destroyed properties in the village. In Khyber Pakthunkwa alone, almost 11,500 Afghan refugee families were affected by the floods. Credit: Jason Tanner/UNHCR

This camp in Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is only one of 5,900 camps that were set up during the height of the floods. To date, most flood-affected people have returned to their homes, but they still rely on humanitarian assistance, especially food, shelter and safe drinking water. Credit: Nichole Sobecki/ACF International

The irony of floods is that even though the country is deluged with water, there is a huge lack of safe drinking water. These women in Thatta District in Sindh Province have access to drinking water, but some still have to walk for miles to find a well that provides safe water to drink. Credit: Nichole Sobecki/ACF International

Families in Thatta District are waiting for hygiene kit distributions in Makli Camp, a UNESCO world heritage site, where thousands sought refuge after being displaced from their homes when the floodwaters inundated southern Pakistan. Credit: Nichole Sobecki/ACF International

This mother is worried about her little daughter, who is suffering from severe skin disease. Like here, in Khairpur District in Sindh Province, dermatological illnesses are a big problem for the entire population. Six months on, more than 1.6 million people are affected by this skin disease across the country. Credit: Alvin Fernandes/CWS-P/A

Forced from her home in Shadadkot District, a woman sets up her temporary home on the embankment of the floodwaters. She did not want to move into the nearby camp as the people residing there were of a different tribe. Like many other people, she was sleeping in the open for many weeks until it was safe enough to go back home. Credit: Steven Gordon/GOAL

5. This young girl stands in the rain at a Red Cross/Red Crescent camp in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). She is one of millions of children who escaped the floods. Together with her family, she found shelter and food in this camp. Almost 4 million people were affected in KPK, where floods added to the misery of many people who had already been displaced by military operations. Credit: Olivier Matthys/IFRC

Finally, the journey home begins! This family found the opportunity to use a truck to go home to their village in Dadu District in Sindh Province. But like so many others, they have no idea what is awaiting them in back home. Credit: Olivier Matthys/IFRC

Winter is harsh in Pakistan – whether or not you have a roof over your head. For these people who had to flee their homes following the floods, the cold months are extremely tough and firewood is a rare commodity. This family is fortunate as they have a fire tonight, but the situation might be different tomorrow. Credit: Olivier Matthys/IFRC

This little boy is only one in thousands of children, who has to spend some of his childhood far away from home. After his family had lost their house in the floodwaters in Sindh Province, they found refuge on the banks of Lake Manchar in Dadu District, where they camped out in the open for many weeks. Credit: Jonathan Brooker/Solidarites International

Living among thousands of other flood-affected people along these embankments of Lake Manchar in Sindh Province, this young girl and her family were able to salvage some of their belongings, and they are now waiting for the waters to recede, so they can return home. Credit: Jonathan Brooker/Solidarites International

The sun sets on the floodwaters in Dadu District, one of the most severely affected regions in the southern province of Sindh. Due to the saturation of the ground, the water is slow to recede and is still stagnant in many areas. In Sindh, there are still 128,000 people who live in camps, unable to return home. Credit: Jonathan Brooker/Solidarites International

Sumia was forced to give birth to her baby son by the roadside near a flood camp in Punjab Province. The 25-year-old woman, her husband and their baby were fleeing the floodwaters that swept through their village of Shlar in Muzzafargarh District. They had no time to collect their belongings and have no money, ID cards, or spare clothing. Sumia has had no access to medical treatment since having given birth. Credit: Jason Tanner/Save the Children

These families were forced to camp at the side of the road near Tagan Khuh Village in Muzzafargarh District. They have little or no shelter, no access to medical treatment and they are relying on food and water donations from passing motorists. In Punjab Province, more than six million people were affected by the floods and almost 500,000 villages were destroyed. Credit: Jason Tanner/Save the Children

Humza is only 10 months old, but his life is already hanging on a thread. After having been evacuated from the village of Chowk Goddar in Muzzafargarh, his family took him to hospital with symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting and high fever. The timing was just right as the doctors were able to save his life by giving him intravenous fluids. Credit: Jason Tanner/Save the Children

In a race against the floodwaters, this family has to brave crossing the Swat River in a small basket that is pulled across the raging water by a pulley system. The floods demolished most of the bridges in the Swat Valley, and the only way of getting across the river was by rafts, boats or baskets that were set up by the military. Credit: Jason Tanner/Save the Children

The children of a Pukhtun family are huddled together to find some warmth in a temporary shelter, which was constructed in the middle of a sugarcane field in Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The winter months were tough for the displaced families, especially in the North where temperatures usually drop to sub-zero. Credit: Ghazala Siddiqui/UNHABITAT

The Shabaz Camp for the flood-affected population in Hyderabad in Sindh Province stirs into life in the early morning hours. The camp is one of more than 4,800 camps that were quickly set up in the southern province. At the height of the crisis, 1.1 million people were residing in camps in Sindh alone. Credit: Tim Allen/OXFAM

Thousands of people were cut off by the floodwaters and the only way to reach them was by boat or raft. After having spent some nights on the roof of their house, this family was rescued from their flooded home in Sindh Province. Credit: Matloob Ali/OXFAM

Like many young girls, 10-year-old Reshma still lives in one of the 188 camps that are left in Sindh Province. Drinking water remains a significant problem in the flood-affected areas and access to tap water is not easy. Reshma and her family collect their water from a tap in Shabaz Camp, which was one of the 4,800 camps established in Sindh during the crisis. Credit: Tim Allen/OXFAM

Local residents from a village in Nowshera are walking through a devastated street as they look upon the destruction their homes have suffered in the floods. Almost 2,900 villages were damaged in the floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, affecting 280,000 houses. Credit: Amjad Jamal/WFP

In many areas in the northern districts, the majority of bridges and roads were washed away by floods within a few days. Here in Kalam in the Swat Valley, the only way to assist people with relief items was by helicopter. Credit: Amjad Jamal/WFP

Despite her hardship, this little girl who is forced to live in a camp for flood-affected people, has kept up her smile. Many children are suffering from malnutrition, and in Sindh Province around one quarter of children under five are malnourished. Credit: Amjad Jamal/WFP

At one point during the floods, approximately one fifth of Pakistan’s total land area, which is about the size of the United Kingdom, was under water. A few days into the disaster, it became clear that the catastrophe was on an unprecedented scale and that the relief and recovery would take a very long time. Credit: Rein Skullerud/WFP

Children run through a camp for displaced families while laughing and playing, despite the hardship they experienced in the aftermath of the floods. They are hopeful that they can soon return to their homes and schools in Sindh Province. Credit: Stacey Winston/OCHA

Like millions of other children, this young girl was displaced by the torrential waters in Sindh Province. She is still trying to come to terms with the trauma of having survived the floods and losing her family home. More than six million children were affected by the floods across Pakistan. Credit: Stacey Winston/OCHA

A farmer tries to salvage some of his land that was ruined by water that spread through Sargodha District in the Punjab. More than 2 million hectares of crops were destroyed across the country. It will take years to cultivate the land again. Credit: Marta Ramoneda/UNDP

Syed had been clinging to a tree for many hours after the raging waters had hit his village in Muzzafargarh in Punjab Province. He was one of the lucky survivors as the rescue boat from Pakistan’s civil rescue organisation found him and saved him from his plight. Credit: Jason Tanner/Save the Children

In Sindh Province, where more than seven million people are affected by the floods, water trucking is a welcomed sight on a daily basis as access to safe drinking water is a life-saving measure in the flood ravaged areas. Credit: Nichole Sobecki/ACF International

In their struggle to survive, only two days after the disaster hit Nowshera district, the people who were inundated and taken by surprise by the floods used anything to keep their heads above water – like this nine-year-old boy here clinging to his box. Credit: Syed Haider Ali/WHO

Sindh, Pakistan (Jan 2011) - Children cook their daily meal in one of the 5,900 camps that sprung up across the country during the height of the crisis. Most of camps were set up in Sindh Province, where more than one million people found shelter. Credit: UNICEF/Marta Ramoneda

Despite the hardship, it is encouraging to see that children did not lose their zest for life, such as here in the muddy waters of a relief camp near Sukkur in Sindh Province. Credit: Marta Ramoneda/UNICEF

The flood-affected people tried everything to get across the waters and some of them were fortunate to be able to leave the flooded areas on a motorbike, like this family in Punjab Province. Unfortunately, the motorbike was the only belonging they could take with them on their unknown journey. Credit: Marta Ramoneda/UNICEF

This boy is being measured for malnutrition, which has become a common problem among Pakistan’s flood-affected population. According to UNICEF, malnutrition rates across the country are almost as bad as those in African famines. Credit: Marta Ramoneda/UNICEF

Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (Dec 2010) - Children enjoy playing games in a Child Protection Centre in Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Credit: UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani

Waiting for their turn: many of the flood victims have never seen a doctor before the floods. Credit: Wendy Marijnissen /UNFPA

A woman is lost in thought as she goes back to her house after the floodwaters had receded in Jamshoro in Sindh Province, which was one of the worst affected areas. Credit: Wendy Marijnissen /UNFPA

Thousands of school buildings, like this one in Karachi, were used across the country to accommodate flood-affected families, interrupting education for the children in Pakistan. Credit: Wendy Marijnissen /UNFPA

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24 Mar 2011

Pakistan 6 Months On Exhibition

USG Valerie Amos with UN staff in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Valerie Amos visits a family who found shelter in a camp in Sukkur, Pakistan on 8 September 2010. They are among millions of Pakistanis displaced by the recent floods. The visit to Pakistan is Amos's first field mission as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Valerie Amos arrives at Ghauspur, Pakistan during her first field mission as USG Humanitarian Affairs. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos visits a family which has taken shelter on an elevated road in Kashmore, Pakistan. They are among millions of Pakistanis displaced by the recent floods. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Mohammad Rezwan, 24, swims one hour every other day to get food from at a World Food Programme distribution in Kashmore, Pakistan. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

A girl cools off at a water post in a displacement camp for flood victims in Pakistan. Nearly 21 million people have been affected by the floods, many had to flee from their homes and seek refuge in other places. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

During her first field mission as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos flies over flooded areas of Sindh Province in Pakistan, where 4.4 million people are in need of aid. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Valerie Amos visits a Unicef-run school in a camp for displaced people in Sukkur, Pakistan on 8 September 2010. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Children displaced by the recent floods in Pakistan seeking refuge from the sun under a bridge in Sukkur. They live in a nearby displacement camp with their families. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Valerie Amos visits a camp for flood-affected people in Pakistan on her first field mission as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Displaced people wait in line for a food distribution in a camp for flood victims in Sukkur, Pakistan. Nearly 21 million people have been affected by the floods, many had to flee from their homes and seek refuge in other places. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Fields in Ghauspur, Pakistan are completely inundated by recent floods. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

The fields around Thul in Sindh Province, Pakistan, are completely inundated by the floods that have affected almost 21 million people and destroyed 2 million acres of standing crops throughout the country. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Children greet Valerie Amos at a UNICEF-run school in a camp for displaced people in Sukkur, Pakistan on 8 September 2010. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Valerie Amos arrives in Sukkur, Pakistan during her first field mission as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Girls waiting for a food distribution in a displacement camp for flood victims in Sukkur, Pakistan. Nearly 21 million people have been affected by the floods, many had to flee from their homes and seek refuge in other places. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Valerie Amos is briefed in Ghauspur, Pakistan where the fields are completely inundated by the recent floods. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Fever-ridden Jeber Sadikr, 4, is cared for by his mother at a makeshift shelter on an elevated road after floods displaced them from their home. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

A girl drinks clean water in a displacement camp for flood victims in Pakistan on 8 September 2010. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Three generations of the Hafiz family, the youngest only three days old left their farm a month ago, having lost the harvest, their seeds for the next season and all their animals in the flood. They have found shelter in a school in Sukkur. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

A mother bathes her son in a displacement camp for flood victims in Pakistan. Nearly 21 million people have been affected by the floods including many who had to flee their homes. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Valerie Amos tours a makeshift school in Kashmore, Pakistan during a visit to flood-affected regions of the nation, 8 September 2010. Millions have been displaced by the floods that have devastated large parts of Pakistan. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Valerie Amos visits a makeshift school in Kashmore built on high ground during her visit to the flood affected population. Millions have been displacd by the floods that have devastated large parts of Pakistan. The visit to Pakistan is Amos's first field mission as USG Humanitarian Affairs. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Pakistan General Assembly Film

Photo: David Ohana/OCHA

A group of girls have found some shade by a tent in the Kandaro 2 displacement camp in Nowshera, KPK. They are among the millions that have been displacd by the floods that have devastated large parts of Pakistan. The visit to Pakistan is Amos's first field mission as USG Humanitarian Affairs. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

A man has found refuge from the sun for himself and his herd under a bridge in Sukkur. He lives in a nearby displacement camp with his family after the floods forced them to leave their home. Nearly 21 million people have been affected by the floods, many had to flee from their homes and seek refuge in other places. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Valerie Amos visits displaced families at the Kandaro 2 displacement camp in Nowshera, KPK, during her visit to the flood affected population. Millions have been displacd by the floods that have devastated large parts of Pakistan. The visit to Pakistan is Amos's first field mission as USG Humanitarian Affairs. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

Mizirjan (no last name) guards her family tent in the Kandaro 2 displacement camp for flood victims in Nowshera, KPK. The family lost all their belongings when they had to flee their village. She is among the millions that have been displacd by the floods that have devastated large parts of Pakistan. The visit to Pakistan is Amos's first field mission as USG Humanitarian Affairs. Photo: Truls Brekke/FAO

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24 Mar 2011

Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in Pakistan on her first field mission

An aerial view of flooding in the Province of Punjab, near the city of Multan. Credit: Evan Schneider/UN Photo

A family living in a tent where their home once stood. Credit: Eduardo Diaz

This Indus river bridge was swept away by the floods. It serves the main route between Charsadda and Peshawar. Credit: Eduardo Diaz

A crowd of people surround a truck loaded with food aid. Credit: Eduardo Diaz

A man feeds his sick three-month-old daughter. Her mother stopped producing milk after being trapped without food for days. Now they are sheltering in a school in Charsadda while the baby recovers. Credit: Eduardo Diaz

A boy carries belongings rescued from his destroyed house in the village of Pabbi, in north-west Pakistan. Credit: Eduardo Diaz

On 4 August, eight-year-old Amreen washes dishes in rainwater in Khwas Koorona village, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. Credit: UN Photo/UNICEF/ZAK

Men collect safe water from a UNICEF-supported tanker truck in Jala Bela village, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. Credit: UN Photo/UNICEF/ZAK

Villagers in Charsadda, north-west Pakistan, sit in the rubble of a demolished house next to the flooded river. Credit: Eduardo Diaz

People in Pakistan's north being rescued by the army. Credit: Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN

More areas are inundated as floods spread south. Credit: Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN

Lahore resident Jamila Hasan and her disabled daughter negotiate their way across a flooded street. Tariq Saeed/IRIN

Rustam Khan, an internally displaced person, said he is penniless but safe in Peshawar. Credit: Abul Majeed Goraya/IRIN

Those with mobility difficulties in Pakistan's temporary settlements must depend on family support. Credit: Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN

The devastating 2010 floods destroyed homes and livelihoods and in the 2011 and now 2012 floods communities struggle to recover. Thanks to disaster risk reduction measure incorporated into disaster response programmes, such as these one room shelter built by UNHABITAT, in the 2012 floods these homes withstood the force the floodwaters - making communities more disaster resilient. Photo: UNHABITAT/Siamak Moghaddam

For three years running, Pakistan is hit with torrential rains and subsequent floods revealing the remarkable resilience of women, men and children who help each survive, recover and rebuild their lives and livelihoods. Photo: OCHA Pakistan

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24 Mar 2011

Pakistan Floods 2010