Cooperazione, Emergenza e Sviluppo
According to the United Nations*, the last eight years have been the hottest ever: rising global temperatures and climate shocks are deepening the vulnerability of entire populations around the world, contributing to the escalation of a dangerous cycle of lack of livelihoods, increased displacement, and impact on the spread of disease. In 2023 alone – […]
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In 2022, during the monsoon season, Pakistan experienced one of the worst humanitarian disasters in its history. The torrential rains, up to 5 times more intense than the average of the last 30 years, combined with the rapid melting of glaciers caused by an anomalous heatwave, led to violent floods that submerged a third of […]
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The year 2022 was a terrible year for Pakistan marked by the worst flooding in the country’s history, which was one-third submerged by water. A humanitarian catastrophe that well represents the increasingly devastating effects of the climate crisis: since the beginning of summer 2022 torrential rains – up to 5 times more intense than the average of the last 30 years – have hit the Region.
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We at CESVI have been present in Pakistan since 2005, reaching more than 2.5 million beneficiaries. We have been operating in Sindh for years, where we help local communities and authorities to improve their disaster response capabilities with training activities aimed at improving crisis response capabilities. We have also arranged for the creation of river water monitoring systems that make it possible to control the level of watercourses and to prepare for the impact of floods, once the alert threshold has been reached.
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In Pakistan, over 7 million children and women need immediate access to nutritional and health services and some 5.5 million people lack access to safe drinking water. In the fragile segment of the population, 4 million children do not have access to health services (OCHA, 2022).
In flood-affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan, outbreaks of waterborne diseases continue to increase, particularly due to the unavailability of health facilities and the disastrous consequences of standing water.
In Pakistan, the number of people affected by the floods continues to remain dramatic: 33 million, of which 7.9 million are internally displaced.
Even if the rainy season is drawing to a close, in the southern provinces the situation is still critical and there is indeed an increase in the water level in the flooded areas.
In Pakistan, about 7.6 million people, almost half of whom are children, are displaced, are still in a state of emergency and are in need of help (OCHA, 2022). At least 23,900 schools have been damaged or destroyed by floods across the country, most of them in Sindh. Of those remaining, 5,500 are used as rescue camps.
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Between 8 and 10 September, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres organized a visit to Pakistan to offer solidarity and support to the local community. Since June of this year, the country is experiencing a serious humanitarian crisis, caused by one of the worst monsoon seasons in its history.
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Since June 14, Pakistan has been experiencing one of the worst monsoon seasons in its history, 3 times – 5 times in the most affected areas – more intense than the average of the last 30 years. According to the United Nations, 33 million people – including 16 million children – have been affected by […]
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