A million refugees urgently need shelter, food and water
Pakistan floods photo gallery
The worst floods in decades in Northern Pakistan are affecting nearly 14 million people. Huge areas have been swamped by contaminated water – clean water and sanitation is critical now to prevent the spread of diseases.
Oxfam is aiming to reach at least 1.1 million people with clean water, sanitation kits and hygiene supplies. Our emergency response includes trucking water and installing tanks to help prevent the spread of water-borne diseases. We are also planning to provide hygiene kits to help people who have lost everything in the floods, as well as cooked food and running cash-for-work programs.
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Credit: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.orgA man tries to cross a make-shift bridge to escape his flooded home in Nowshera, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province on 31 July 2010. Heavy monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in decades in Pakistan's northwest, forcing thousands of people from their homes as authorities struggle to reach stranded villagers. Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.org
Credit: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.orgA resident uses a handphone to photograph the flooded town of Nowshera from a nearby hilltop on 31 July 2010. Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.org
Credit: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.orgA man evacuates his children through waist-deep waters after heavy flooding in Nowshera on 1 August 2010. Pakistan newspapers reported outbreaks of waterborne disease. Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.org
Credit: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.orgMen stood outside their mosque as flood waters receded in Nowshera on 1 August 2010. By Sunday, the floods had killed more than 1,000 people in Pakistan's northwest as rescuers battled to distribute relief to tens of thousands of trapped people. Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.org
Credit: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.orgChildren play amidst tents after residents shifted to camps to take refuge from heavy floods in Nowshera on 3 August 2010. The worst floods in memory in Pakistan have affected more than 3 million people so far and the death toll has climbed over 1,400, a spokesman for the U.N. Children's Fund said on Tuesday. Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif, courtesy of alertnet.org
Credit: Oxfam GBIn Punjab Province, Oxfam has deployed emergency boats to assist government search and rescue efforts, which have already evacuated 54,000 people to safety. Photo: Oxfam GB
Credit: Oxfam GBOxfam is providing clean water to people in the worst-hit areas. We are also planning to provide emergency latrines, hygiene kits to help people who have lost everything in the floods, as well cooked food and cash for work. Photo: Oxfam GB
Credit: Imran Khan19-year-old Fazal Mowla stands in front of his collapsed house in Faizabad village in Swat. His family built this house with money sent by his father who works as a laborer in Saudi Arabia. Fazal said he will not be able to rebuild his house in the near future. Photo: Imran Khan
Credit: Qasim BerechTwo young men are helping an old woman walk through a path which was completely submerged. Many roads in Swat are now completely damaged which makes it hard for people to travel and for aid workers to deliver much needed supplies. Photo: Qasim Berech
Credit: Qasim BerechOxfam and its local partner are distributing clean drinking water to flood-affected people in Swat. In Swat, Oxfam and its partner are trying to reach over 100,000 flood-affected people. Photo: Qasim Berech