Aug 22 2010

Flood

(10:30AM EST – promoted by Nightprowlkitty)

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Flood victims peer out of a Pakistan Army helicopter.

A man thrust a folded paper into a reporter’s hand. “It is requested that this person is very poor, who bought a buffalo after a lot of hard labor. It has died in the flood, and it is requested you help,” it read. It was signed with a thumb print, by Muhammad Amin, from the village of That Salay, in Jhok Kalay Khan. Attached with a small piece of string was a photocopy of his ID card that showed he was 32.

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“For months and even years, the people of the Indus Valley will not have sufficient income for food or clothing,” he concludes. “They will rebuild, if they can afford it, by inches.”



 

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  1. The corrupt and impoverished Pakistani government cannot possibly make these people’s lives whole again. It’s not hard to imagine the potential for radicalization in a country already rapidly turning to extremist political views, to envision the anarchy that may be unleashed if wealthier nations do not find a way to provide sufficient relief. This is not a problem that will go away, and it is the entire world’s problem.

    It is said, the most violent revolutions are the revolutions of the stomach.

  2. ISLAMABAD | Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:16am EDT

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The number of people rendered homeless by the devastating floods in Pakistan has risen to over 4 million, the United Nations said on Thursday.

    is mind boggling. Words simply fail.

    The United Nations has warned that up to 3.5 million children could be in danger of contracting deadly diseases carried through contaminated water and insects in a crisis that has disrupted the lives of at least a tenth of Pakistan’s 170 million people.

    The first case of Cholera has been confirmed by WHO, accompanied by grave concerns that this would not prove to be an isolated case, given the horrible conditions and utter lack of sanitation.

  3. The Pakistanis’ needs are so dire, beyond all thoughts.  See here.

    Although outstanding photography, the content tears at your heart and a sense of helplessness.

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