International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Pakistan after the floods

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Nowshera, Pakistan: Children try a damaged hand pump in their village.
Nowshera, Pakistan: International Rescue Committee water tanker
Nowshera, Pakistan: Children fill drinking water containers
Nowshera, Pakistan: Three women living in tents
Nowshera, Pakistan: A widow, Tasleem, speaks about her family's hardships
Nowshera, Pakistan: Tamala, a mother of eight, in her temporary kitchen
Nowshera, Pakistan: This girl has not been able to return to school
Nowshera, Pakistan: This boy is suffering from a skin infection after the floods
Nowshera, Pakistan: Two girls collecting water in their village
Photo: Selena Marr/The IRC

The IRC is providing lifesaving aid to families who lost their homes and livelihoods to the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history.  Although flood waters have receded in the northwestern Nowshera district and other hard-hit areas, the situation remains desperate.