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Photo Share: Weighing a baby
Posted by Ned Colt on January 9th, 2012
An IRC doctor weighs a baby as part of a drive against child malnutrition in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The IRC provides health care to thousands of rural villagers who otherwise wouldn't receive it. more »
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Photo Share: In Pakistan, smiles on farmers' faces
Posted by Ned Colt on December 19th, 2011
Farmers hold up IRC coupons entitling them to fertilizer and rice seed. The smiles on the farmers' faces underscore how important the seed is to them. Many of them lost their entire crop in the floods of 2010. more »
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Photo Share: Starting over with seedlings
Posted by Ned Colt on December 16th, 2011
Farmers who lost their rice crops in the record floods of 2010, transplant seedlings from an IRC paddy to be replanted in their own fields. more »
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Restoring flood-damaged schools in Pakistan
Posted by Ned Colt on December 5th, 2011
During this past summer, the IRC rehabilitated nine schools in northern Pakistan that were damaged or destroyed in the record flooding of 2010. more »
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Photo Share: Rebuilding after the floods
Posted by Ned Colt on November 19th, 2011
Farmers in Sindh, Pakistan who lost their livelihoods to devastating floods last year rebuild a damaged culvert that brings water to their rice paddies. more »
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Helping Pakistan's flood-afflicted families -- one goat at a time
Posted by Pi James - IRC on August 30th, 2011
It's hard to place a value on a goat in a place like Sindh, but it's no surprise that at a recent distribution of thousands of goats, thousands of flood-affected families waited patiently in line. Residents of the Pakistani province are still recovering from last year's devastating floods, which killed livestock and wiped out crops. I was in Sindh recently, for one of the distributions. more »
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The long, difficult journey home in Sindh
Posted by Euan.Robinson on August 18th, 2011
Even before the floods hit, many people in Sindh did not have access to health care. Whatever clinics and medical equipment there had been was washed away by the floodwater. Rates of illnesses, including malaria and skin infections, shot up in the wake of the floods, with many people falling very sick. more »
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Fighting disease in Sindh, one year after the floods
Posted by Euan.Robinson on August 11th, 2011
During the floods last year in Pakistan, wells and other infrastructure were washed away or destroyed. The IRC has installed water tanks, hand pumps and latrines across Sindh Province to prevent the spread of disease and educates people about how to stay healthy. more »
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Pakistan: One year later, working together to recover
Posted by Euan.Robinson on August 2nd, 2011
Euan Robinson, IRC-UK policy officer, recently visited Sindh province in Pakistan, one of the regions hit the worst by last year’s floods. more »
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Return to Azakhel Camp, a year after the floods
Posted by Ned Colt on July 22nd, 2011
Take a then-and-now look at one of Pakistan's oldest and largest Afghan refugee camps. The IRC's Peter Biro captured stunning images of the camp residents during last year's monsoon floods. This year, a month ahead of monsoon season, Ned Colt visits Azakhel to see what has changed in the past 12 months. more »
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