15 September 2010: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow is featured in a new public service announcement making a funding appeal to help children and families affected by the flooding in Pakistan. You can help!
UNICEF and partners in Pakistan conduct ‘Mother and Child Days’ SWAT VALLEY, 28 September 2010 - The scenic Swat valley in Pakistan is facing a complex emergency situation. Since May 2009, conflict has ravaged the area and in July 2010 floods came, affecting some 3.8 million people and devastating thousands.
Health and education aid in southern Pakistan THATTA, 27 September 2010 – Thatta, a town in southern Pakistan’s Sindh province, is one of the areas hardest-hit by the country’s recent floods. It is also home to the famous Makli Hills, a renowned burial place for some 125,000 Sufi saints.
10 million children affected by the flooding in Pakistan GENEVA, 21 September 2010 – UNICEF issued a report saying that, "with over 10 million children hit by the flooding, the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is so massive that the actual scale continues to elude the imagination of the public across the world."
Community health workers help save lives in Pakistan AGHA ALI JATOI, 15 September 2010 – Scattered around a village in Pakistan’s Sindh province are stagnant ponds of dirty water and remnants of destroyed homes. In the clearing, a group of mothers and children listen intently to a lady health worker.
Temporary learning centres established in Pakistan SUKKUR, 13 September 2010 – Over the past weeks, monsoon floods in Pakistan have displaced millions and destroyed or damaged some 1.8 million homes and over 9,000 schools. The latest UN estimates place the total number of people affected at 20.5 million.
A firsthand look at the devastating floods in Pakistan's Punjab province ISLAMABAD, 3 September 2010 - UNICEF Communication Specialist Patrick McCormick recently toured relief camps in the flood-devastated Punjab province of Pakistan together with UNICEF Executive Director. He shares his experience with us.
UNICEF/WFP chiefs call for renewed support to Pakistan’s flood victims ISLAMABAD/KUALA LUMPUR, 1 September 2010 – The Executive Directors of UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today called on the international community to step up their support for the victims of the ongoing floods in Pakistan.
UNICEF Executive Director visits Pakistan's flood-stricken Charsadda district CHARSADDA DISTRICT, 31 August 2010 – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake’s two-day visit to Pakistan, which wraps up today, has reflected the unprecedented scale of emergency the country faces, with more than 17 million people affected by the floods.
Why the world must help Pakistan 26 August 2010 - "From the sky, the massive inland sea of water stretches beyond the horizon -- flashbacks from a different disaster with a puzzlingly different response to the same desperation," writes UNICEF's DANIEL TOOLE.
Thousand homeless and millions reeling in Pakistan's Punjab province MUZAFFARGARH DISTRICT, 23 August 2010 – Flood waters flowing south from northern Pakistan have devastated the province of Punjab. Millions of people have been affected in 12 districts across the province, with thousands of homes.
UNICEF Executive Director Statement: Flooding in Pakistan NEW YORK/GENEVA/ISLAMABAD, 20 August 2010 – “Mothers fleeing flooded homes with nothing but their babies clinging to their backs; people waving for help from the top of houses and sheds as the waters rise around them."
Media Prima, NSTP appeal for humanitarian aid for flood victims in Pakistan PETALING JAYA, 19 August 2010 – Malaysia's media giants Media Prima and the New Straits Times Press launched a joint appeal to raise funds for UNICEF's humanitarian operations to protect survivors of Pakistan’s deadly Monsoonal floods.
Field Diary: Five days in Pakistan flood zone ISLAMABAD, 15-19 August 2010 – This week UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Daniel Toole has been visiting the provinces worst-affected by flooding in Pakistan. Here are his latest updates on the relief effort.
Urgent scale-up of interventions are urgently needed in flood-affected Pakistan CHARSADDAH DISTRICT, 19 August 2010 – Flood waters have left behind a trail of destruction affecting some 20 million people in Pakistan, according to government estimates. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the floods have affected millions of children.
Scale of flood crisis in Pakistan unimaginable PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 17 August 2010 – UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Daniel Toole visited Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province this week to survey the devastation caused by the country’s severe flooding.
UNICEF's life-saving operation in jeopardy due to funding shortfall ISLAMABAD/KUALA LUMPUR, 17 August 2010 - Serious funding shortfalls, warned the UN children's agency, are jeopardising its humanitarian operation in Pakistan, as the worst natural disaster in living memory continues to unfold in the country.
UNICEF emergency aid arrives in Pakistan amidst continuing flood crisis KUALA LUMPUR/KARACHI, 15 August 2010 – 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 Thursday.
UNICEF: 6 million children affected by the floods in Pakistan KUALA LUMPUR/ISLAMABAD, 12 August 2010 - As the figures continue to rise, UNICEF says that 6 million children have been affected by the floods in Pakistan with some 2.7 million children in need of urgent, life-saving assistance.
UNICEF appeals for $47.3 million to fund its relief operation in Pakistan GENEVA/ISLAMABAD, 6 August 2010 - UNICEF has appealed for $47.3 million to fund its relief operation for the millions hit by flooding in Pakistan, including an estimated 1.4 million children. Pakistan is facing the worst flooding in more than 80 years.
UNICEF sends in life-saving supplies to Pakistan GENEVA/ISLAMABAD, 3 August 2010 - UNICEF is sending in life-saving supplies to the millions of people hit by severe flooding said to be the worst in the region for 80 years. An estimated 1.4 million children are affected.
UNICEF responds as floods affect over 3 million in north-western Pakistan NEW YORK, 2 August 2010 – 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.
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