Notes from the Field | Nowshera is still under water

Rate This Blog

0 rating(s)

Archives

• Current Entries
• June 2013
• May 2013
• April 2013
• March 2013
• February 2013
• January 2013
• December 2012
• November 2012
• October 2012
• September 2012
• August 2012
• July 2012
• June 2012
• May 2012
• April 2012
• March 2012
• February 2012
• January 2012
• December 2011
• November 2011
• October 2011
• September 2011
• August 2011
• July 2011
• June 2011
• May 2011
• April 2011
• March 2011
• January 2011
• November 2010
• September 2010
• August 2010
• July 2010
• June 2010
• March 2010
• February 2010
• January 2010
• November 2009
• October 2009
• August 2009
• July 2009
• June 2009
• May 2009
• March 2009
• February 2009
• January 2009
• December 2008
• November 2008
• October 2008
• September 2008
• August 2008
• July 2008
• June 2008
• May 2008
• April 2008

Latest Entries

Report This Blog

Notes from the Field

Search:

<< Prev | Main | Next >>

Nowshera is still under water

Posted by: Jon Thompson on August 10, 2010 at 10:21AM EST

By Mujahid Hussain, emergency program manager for CARE in Pakistan

August 6, 2010

Nowshera has been declared one of the calamity areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Entire villages and farms have been swept away. Homes have disappeared under flood waters and livestock have been left to rot in the mud.

CARE’s team has responded to the needs of the affected population through our local partners with basic non-food items to the locals, who were able to come to the accessible highland areas and roads. Through our partners and relief team's rapid assessment, surveys have been conducted to ascertain facts and figures about the damages and losses of the people in the area.

As the floods have caused extensive damage to crops, livestock and other food sources in the affected regions, food supply issues remain paramount. People are in desperate need of food and shelter and, as the days pass by, health issues are getting worse.

Here’s what we heard from some of the people:

"Thousands of lives could be lost if food aid and shelter do not reach the affected communities within the coming days."
“My six acres of land washed out in front of my eyes and I couldn’t do anything. All my crops have vanished. My whole family is homeless; now we are sleeping on the road.
"The flood has left no difference between rich and poor; every one is suffering losses and striving for their lives”.
“I had a four-story big house in Nowshera. My daughter was suppose to get married this month and all her dowry items were ready, including furniture, gold, clothing, appliances along with her wedding dress. Now we are left with nothing except the hope of getting the basics to survive”.
“There is so much mud due to the devastation."
"The situation is getting even worse as people are throwing all the food waste nearby. It is causing more pollution in the vicinity and will turn out to be a major reason of health and hygiene issues.”
“Oh God, why we have to suffer again and again ..."
“We have become migrants in our own homes.”
"There is nothing but just water all around us.”
“We don’t have even clean drinking water as all wells have been contaminated and waterborne diseases are spreading.”
"I've lost my house and everything, including food.”
“Food and water comes in every day from local donors but they don't know when or how much there will be -- and there's never enough.”

Read more about the floods and CARE's relief efforts in Pakistan >

Send This | Categories: Aid, Asia, Climate Change, Disaster, Emergency, Health, IDP, Natural Disaster, Pakistan, Relief, Shelter, Women

(0) Comments