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SLIDESHOW: Pakistans floods - 100 days on

by Ocha Ocha | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Friday, 12 November 2010 14:39 GMT

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Complied by Stacey Winston, UNOCHA Pakistan

Just beyond a hundred days into the flooding crisis in Pakistan, 14 million people still remain in urgent need of support, after heavy monsoon rains caused landslides and flood waters to sweep away entire communities.

The situation for those impacted by the floods is desperate -- many have lost what little they owned, either submerged by flood waters or from having to sell animals and personal items in order to see their families through the disaster. Many face serious challenges on a daily basis, relying on the government and humanitarian community for safe drinking water, food, health care and shelter.

The following images taken in the hard-hit southern Sindh province show the harsh reality of this emergency where families still cannot return home as water levels have not receded.

Through the work of the United Nations and its implementing partners, to date, six million people in the country have received food in the last month, emergency shelter has been provided for 3.9 million people, 4.3 million received safe drinking water, and 6.7 million people have benefitted from essential health care.

UNOCHA is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. OCHA's mission is to mobilise and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies.

For more information, please visit: www.pakresponse.info and www.ochaonline.un.org.

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