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KOT ADDU: PAKISTAN: 20-February-2011.
Mrs. M Ishaque prepares "chapatis" or flat bread outside their pre-fabricated shelter home, while her daughter looks on, near Kot Addu in Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan’s Punjab province.
In late July 2010, heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions of Pakistan culminated in the worst-ever floods in the history that swept across the nation with disastrous effects. At one point, approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's entire land area was underwater.
The emergency homes were constructed by the Turkish Red Crescent Society for flood victims. Turkey donated more than US$200 million; out of which, US$126 million was contributed by the Turkish business community, and everyday citizens, to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s fund for flood-affected Pakistanis.
According to Pakistani government estimates, the floods directly affected about 20 million people, mostly by destruction of property, livelihood and infrastructure, with a death toll of around 2,000.
Photo: Muzammil Pasha/VNA Pakistan.
floods 9545
KOT ADDU: PAKISTAN: 20-February-2011.
Mrs. M Ishaque prepares "chapatis" or flat bread outside their pre-fabricated shelter home, while her daughter looks on, near Kot Addu in Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan’s Punjab province.
In late July 2010, heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions of Pakistan culminated in the worst-ever floods in the history that swept across the nation with disastrous effects. At one point, approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's entire land area was underwater.
The emergency homes were constructed by the Turkish Red Crescent Society for flood victims. Turkey donated more than US$200 million; out of which, US$126 million was contributed by the Turkish business community, and everyday citizens, to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s fund for flood-affected Pakistanis.
According to Pakistani government estimates, the floods directly affected about 20 million people, mostly by destruction of property, livelihood and infrastructure, with a death toll of around 2,000.
Photo: Muzammil Pasha/VNA Pakistan.