The World Vision charity is deeply concerned that infant children affected by the flooding in Pakistan are struggling to survive without immediate aid. Now in the second month since the flooding began, World Vision are desperately trying to reach all the mothers and babies that have been left homeless, and are now at risk to disease and malnutrition.
Canadian World Vision spokesperson, Dave Toycen, said –
The need in Pakistan is immediate and everywhere. While there are huge challenges to delivering aid – including the physical challenge of trying to access hard-hit areas – children’s lives are at stake. After three or four weeks in a traumatic situation, without proper food and clean drinking water, little ones are especially vulnerable to common diseases that can kill. Families are in worse shape than they were two weeks ago.
Flooding has swept away many roads and bridges, making access to the hardest hit areas bordering on impossible. Lack of sanitation and clean water is causing outbreaks of diarrhoea and cholera, with children wearing the same muddy clothes for days on end now starting to develop skin diseases.
World Vision plan to set up 20 child-friendly spaces to provide safe, comfortable areas for them to interact whilst receiving support and medical assistance. With more than 18 million people have been affected by the floods, now is the time for the people of the world to stand up and be counted and help the people of Pakistan rebuild their lives after this terrible tragedy.
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