Several days after the rains ended, the landscape is still submerged. In Pakistan, where a third of the country is submerged, international aid continues to flow and the need is immense; 33 million people are homeless today.
“My house collapsed in the water, I’m going through a hard time. When the floods hit, I took my children to the streets. I took what I could out of my house. No one on the government side is helping us in this difficult situation,” complains Zubaida Bibi, a victim of the floods.
More than 1,260 people have died in the past few weeks. Many refugees leave the authorities behind, distraught.
“My village is under water. We couldn’t even get our things out. Despite the difficulties, I managed to evacuate my children. You see, we didn’t get any rations, we didn’t get a tent, we built a plastic shelter and my kids are inside and they’re getting sick,” says Saddat Ali.
29 international aid planes, particularly from Turkey, China and Qatar, have landed in the past few days.
France also sent medicines and pumps and a medical team arrived on the scene. Diseases such as malaria or cholera could now develop.