In Pakistan for many weeks now the floods continue to engulf more and more areas and the situation with the refugees is worsening. The boy in the picture below has lost his home during the flood. Here you can see him playing in a refugee camp in Punjab on August 25. To date, nearly 777,000 hectares of agricultural land was covered with water and 800,000 people became homeless and could receive assistance only by air.
Pakistani children are reaching for a bottle of milk in the center of humanitarian assistance to flood victims in Sukkar on August 25. More than 17 million people were affected by flooding in Pakistan.
A starving boy sitting on a piece of cardboard in a refugee camp in Sukkar. Together, the international community has gathered $ 460 million for Pakistan’s victims.
Pakistanis are in the queue waiting for food in a refugee camp in Sukkar. Non-governmental organizations of Pakistan indicate serious shortcomings in the international aid to the victims. Food and medicines often do not reaching people in remote villages.
A woman washes her baby in the camp for flood victims in Sukkar. Refugee camps lack in basic sanitation. Consecutively, the number of recorded cases of typhoid and food poisoning increases.
Pakistani boys who suffer from diarrhea are being treated in hospital Sukkar.
The boy and his younger brother along the road in Sukkar.
Flood victims sitting in a refugee camp in Novshere. To date, 15 to 20 million people of Pakistan are in need of tents, food and other essentials.
Residents of the village Khanpur, near Hyderabad, are being evacuated because of heavy flooding. 8 million people need food, water and shelter. 14 million need medical assistance. Particular attention is required for pregnant women and children.
Pakistani families moving by a submerged road in Shah Jamal on August 25.
