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Pakistan Floods

Photo Share: Skilled tailor, Pakistan
Posted by The.IRC on May 28th, 2013
Following record floods in Pakistan in 2010, the IRC provided women with training to become tailors. These women now sew clothing for neighbors in their villages and play an active role in rebuilding their communities. more »
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Photo Share: Matriarch, Pakistan
Posted by The.IRC on May 9th, 2012
A beautiful portrait shared by the IRC's Ned Colt in Pakistan: The matriarch of this family figures her age to be 100, but says she can only guess. She's slowed down over the years, but helps care for her great-grandchildren. 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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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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Muhammad: Behind the scenes with an IRC aid worker (Part l)
Posted by Ned Colt on July 7th, 2011
If you’re ever feeling cynical about human nature, I’d like you to meet Muhammad. He’s an IRC colleague who has performed humanitarian work for more than a decade. However, unless you’re a Pakistani living near the Afghan border, you’ll have a hard time finding him! I ‘m fortunate, Muhammad is a colleague of mine, and was in the capital Islamabad recently. more »
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Pakistan in 2010: A vast and complex catastrophe, with formidable obstacles to our work
Posted by George.Rupp on December 28th, 2010
As emergency conditions continue to prevail in southernmost Sindh province, the IRC has been providing clean water, food, shelter, health care, and emergency kits for thousands of beleaguered families who still have trouble coming to grips with the scale of the devastation. more »
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Quoted: “We can’t get back all that we lost"
Posted by The.IRC on December 7th, 2010
“We can’t get back all that we lost. But these seeds and the crops that will grow from them will help us recover from the floods. I thank the IRC for this assistance.” - Obaid Ullah, one of 3,500 farmers the IRC is assisting in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province more »
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Photo Share: Shenaz and her baby
Posted by The.IRC on December 2nd, 2010
Shenaz is 23 years old and has three children. Her baby was just eight days old when the floods hit. Shenaz fled with her family, holding the newborn and wading through waters that rose waist-high. Now the family has returned to their village to find even more suffering. more »
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From Pakistan’s battered Swat Valley
Posted by Peter.Biro on August 25th, 2010
One year ago the Pakistani military launched an offensive to drive Taliban militants from Pakistan’s Swat Valley. More than two million people fled the fighting, provoking a massive humanitarian crisis. Now, the worst floods in Pakistan’s history have created even greater destruction and displacement. more »
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