According to the NDMA, about 10,000 educational institutions were damaged or destroyed in the 2010 mega-floods. Since then, another 10,000 schools have been damaged.
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Africa, South Asia most threatened by climate-related shocks
The World Bank says such shocks - including crop failures, spikes in food prices, and increased incidence of diseases after heat waves and floods - could lead to irreversible losses.
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Why humanitarian response cannot ignore role of local markets
As part of the response to floods in Pakistan in 2010, aid efforts to help people build shelters using bamboo inadvertently inflated the price. Now aid agencies must ensure that they don’t make the same mistakes again.
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Communicating with crisis-affected communities
A guide explains the rationale behind the creation of the Humanitarian Communications Unit and how timely contextualized information reaches communities affected by disaster.
Promoting hygiene at school to hold back waterborne diseases
Sixty per cent of child mortality in Pakistan is due to waterborne diseases, exacerbated by recent disasters
In Pakistan, flood-affected children get a second chance to attend school
The devastating floods that hit Pakistan in July 2010 paralyzed the already over-burdened education system. UNICEF developed several transitional school structures as an innovative, cost efficient solution to jumpstart the education of children.
Pakistan: Most humanitarian projects in KP and FATA to end in December 2012 due to lack of funds
Humanitarian services for more than 771,000 IDPs in KP and FATA face discontinuation by the year end due to a funding shortfall of $78 million.
Pakistan: Balochistan cries out for rehabilitation
NGOs in two districts dispute official data about the losses and damage caused by the floods, arguing they are much higher than government claims
Pakistan: Hit hard by massive flooding for third successive year, people in Sindh have no respite
By Sami Malik JACOBABAD, Sindh, Pakistan, 13 November 2012 – As the only breadwinner of a family of 13, Sikandar Ali is deeply concerned about the health and nutrition of his wife, nine children and two sisters. Although the family had hardly recovered from hardships brought by floods in 2010,...
Pakistan: Recurrent natural and conflict-driven humanitarian crises need urgent and coordinated action - ICG
Three successive years of devastating floods threatening the lives of millions, coupled with the displacement of hundreds of thousands due to military operations and militancy, gives Pakistan’s radical Islamist groups opportunities to recruit and increases the potential for conflict. “Since the...
Pakistan: Analysis of displacement caused by conflict and natural disasters – IDMC report
Pakistan has faced a series of displacement crises due to natural disasters and armed conflict in recent years. 19 million people have been displaced by earthquakes and flooding and over five million by armed conflict over the past seven years. In December 2011, more than half a million people were...