Statement
UNICEF Statement on Flash Floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and devastation caused by the recent flash floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Since 15 August, 333 people lost their lives, including 21 children, in the flood-affected province. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost loved ones and to all ...
Statement
UNICEF Statement on Monsoon Floods’ Impact on Children in Pakistan
Islamabad, 17 July 2025, –, UNICEF, is deeply alarmed by the severe monsoon rains and floods sweeping across Pakistan, which have claimed the lives of 85 children since 26 June and injured 162 more. In the past 24 hours alone, 22 children have died in Punjab, mostly from their houses collapsing under relentless he...
Article
How community-led solutions are strengthening immunization in Pakistan
Rajanpur district, Punjab:, Husna giggles and bounces on her mother’s lap as they wait for her turn to be immunized. She is curiously looking around and trying to slip to the floor to crawl. Nasreen (30) has brought her four-month-old daughter Husna to the vaccination outreach site in Basti Sahu village, Rajanpur,...
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Girl Power - Flood Survivor turned Youth Champion
Dadu district, Sindh:, At first glance, Shaista Mallah (13) seems quiet and reserved, her remarkable resilience hidden behind a shy smile. She joined the Grade 6 class in Jeand Lashari Girls Lower Secondary School in August 2024. Two years earlier, devastating floods washed away her family home and all their belon...
Press release
Education on hold for 230,000 children in Pakistan’s flood-affected Sindh
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, 11 September 2024, : Children are bearing the brunt of extreme weather in Sindh with 230,000 students affected by school closures due to devastating monsoon floods that have swept through the southern part of the country. Over 1,300 schools are damaged, 228 of which are fully destroyed. Over 4...
Statement
Over 6 million children at risk as deadly floods lash across South Asia
NEW DELHI/ KATHMANDU, 30 July 2024, – “UNICEF is alarmed about reports of children and young people affected by torrential rain, flash floods and landslides that have lashed Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. “Our sympathies go out to children and families who have lost loved ones due to extreme ...
Article
“We want education, and we need it the most.”
Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab: , Muqadas Zahra (12) and her mother Salma Qadeer (35) sit side by side to learn together at one of the Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) Elementary centres, established by UNICEF in Dera Ghazi Khan, a flood-affected district of Punjab province. The mother and daughter are eleme...
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Learning with resilience in Rural Balochistan
Jhal Magsi District, Balochistan: , “Whenever it rained, we could not go to school as it was situated in a hut and rainwater would come in,” remembers 13-year-old Naseem Ahmed as he recalls the devastating floods that hit Pakistan in August 2022. "When it rained that day, I did not realise that there would be no l...
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Transitional School Structures provide conducive learning environment for girls in Balochistan
Lasbela District, Balochistan:, “We used to sit by our damaged school thinking that we may never get a chance to learn again,” says ten-year-old Aqsa Mustafa, recalling the aftermath of floods that hit Pakistan in 2022. “I had just started coming to school when the flood water destroyed everything. There was no o...
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A bag full of hope
Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh:, Sometimes, Muhammad Ehsan (7) seems to silently stare at a nothingness only he can explain. Only if he could. “No one should see what my innocent boy had to witness,” says Ehsan’s mother Rehana (32) in a broken voice as tears roll down her cheeks. If you see Ehsan from a distance when ...
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Empowering girls to learn
Khairpur District, Sindh: It’s a hot and humid day in Malang Khan Mangrio village of Khairpur District, Sindh, an area famous for date cultivation. The sound of children singing nursery rhymes drifts across the fields from a large white tent surrounded by date palm trees. Inside the tent, around 200 girls aged 3...
Photo essay
From crisis to recovery: How critical supplies are supporting flood-affected children in Pakistan
When monsoon rains triggered Devastating floods in Pakistan Pakistan's most devastating floods in recent history , the resulting humanitarian crisis affected 33 million people and took almost 1,800 lives. UNICEF immediately raced to deliver life-saving supplies to communities inundated by the floodwaters. Masoo...