Islamabad, July 30 (ANI): Over 18 million victims of last year's floods in Pakistan, almost half of them children, are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives amidst dwindling humanitarian funding and fear of new monsoon floods, according to a new report issued by the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF).
The floods had caused almost 10 billion dollars of damage and stretched communities to breaking point, with millions of people forced from their homes into camps or other temporary shelter.
According to the report, the impact of the floods will continue to be felt for years, especially by children who are the most vulnerable to the impacts of disaster.
It also stressed on the need of new and continued assistance to ensure that flood victims do not enter a downward spiral of increasing vulnerability.
"I, like others, was shocked to see the devastation from the 2010 flooding and its impact on children in Pakistan. Over the past year, the global community, including UNICEF, has launched a massive response, reaching millions with clean water, critical nutrition, immunisations, education and other essential services to protect children and their families," the Daily Times quoted UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, as saying.
UNICEF's response to the flood was one of the largest emergency responses in its history, in terms of the deployment of human and financial resources, and was carried out in close coordination with the Pakistan government, other UN agencies and civil society partners. (ANI)
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