Unprecedented floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains submerged a third of the country and resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,700 people.
Millions displaced, damage to infrastructure
Altogether more than 33 million people were affected, or one in seven Pakistanis, while eight million were displaced and 13,000 were injured. According to United Nations Office in the country.
Nearly one million animals were killed in the flood waters, 4.4 million acres of agricultural land and 2.2 million homes were damaged.
Critical infrastructure was destroyed, including hospitals, schools, water and sanitation facilities, roads, bridges and government buildings.
Map showing number of people reached by sector (as on 28 February 2023).
child malnutrition worrying
The UN and allies continue to support the government-led response.
“We are supporting the authorities to help communities recover, restore their livelihoods and prepare for the next monsoon season in a few months,” Said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric speaking in New York on Monday.
However, he pointed out that a $816 million appeal Only 30 percent is funded, and child malnutrition rates remain of particular concern.
Mr. Dujarric said that the United Nations Children’s Fund (unicef) and partners have reached more than one million boys and girls, and nearly 850,000 mothers in Pakistan, with life-saving nutritional interventions that have helped avert a significant number of deaths.
But again, the response to child nutrition is only a third funded, putting 12 million young people at risk of stunting.
United Nations health agency WHOhas reached over three million people with services, while the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has provided aid to seven million Pakistanis, although four million are still at risk.
a ‘climate disaster’
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Visited Pakistan in September 2022 show solidarity with people in the wake of the tragedy, which he described as a “climate disaster”.
“No country deserves this fate”, he declared, “but especially countries like Pakistan that have not Almost nothing to contribute to global warming.,