Close to eight million people have been displaced by the disaster and the UN along with the authorities and partners have continued to race to reach affected populations with desperately needed relief items.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Southern Sindh province is still in crisis, with many areas still under water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n To date, more than 1,500 people have been killed, including 552 children.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have enough food, we don\u2019t have shelter, and still even the kind of healthcare that is required is not available<\/strong>,\u201d said Gerida Birukila, <\/span>UN Children\u2019s Fund<\/span> (UNICEF) Pakistan Chief of Field Office in Balochistan, another of the worst-hit provinces.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In a fresh appeal for international support, the UNICEF worker described desperate scenes. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRoads and bridges have been washed away; I\u2019ve just come from the field and the water is not going anywhere<\/strong>,\u201d Ms. Birukila\u00a0 continued, speaking via Zoom from Quetta. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As had been feared, life-threatening illness and disease have now spread among displaced communities<\/strong>, including cerebral malaria, for which there is no available medicine.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere is no shelter…people don\u2019t even have clothing<\/strong>,\u201d Ms. Birukila continued. \u201cOne lady asked me, \u2018Please, give me some clothing, I ran away two weeks ago.\u2019 She is still wearing the same dress she wore two weeks ago because she cannot change. You just run with what you have on your back.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Echoing the deep concern among first-responders, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, noted that 7.6 million people in Pakistan have been displaced by the floods, with nearly 600,000 living in relief sites. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a9 UNHCR\/Humera Karim<\/span><\/p>\n Flood victims collect emergency supplies in Balochistan Province, south-western Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n The UN agency has coordinated logistics as part of a plan to transport more than 1.2 million relief items to local authorities in the most flood-affected areas. To date, it has delivered more than one million life-saving items to authorities for distribution. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMany parts of the country, especially in the southern province of Sindh, remain underwater, as well as \u2026 parts of eastern Balochistan<\/strong>,\u201d said UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch, adding that officials have warned that it could take \u201cup to six months for floodwaters to recede\u201d in the hardest-hit areas.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There are also concerns for Pakistan\u2019s 1.3 million registered Afghan refugees; an estimated 800,000 live in more than 45 \u201ccalamity hit\u201d districts out of 80 affected locations, UNHCR said, noting that four of the worst-hit districts in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces host the highest number of refugees.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n To help them, UNHCR and partners have provided emergency cash assistance to hundreds of vulnerable refugee families, supplementing the Government\u2019s monsoon response. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPeople are being displaced. They are looking out and they just tell you, \u2018That used to be my house, this used to be the school<\/strong>,\u2019 but what you can see is just water and water,\u201d said UNICEF\u2019s Ms. Birukila.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nRoads and bridges swept away<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
Please, give me clothes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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\n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\nMassive aid operation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
Afghans in danger zone<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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