Pakistan floods (45 images)

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Heavy monsoon rains have caused major floods in the whole of Pakistan since the end of July causing incredible amounts of devastating.
Over 10 million people are still displaced to this day and especially women and children face considerable hardship in an already conservative society.
An estimated 500,000 pregnant women are currently in their second or third trimesters. Of these, 100,000 women are due to give birth in the coming month - most of them in crowded shelters unfit for...
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  • A car is stranded while trying to cross water that is only slowly receding in Mingora. Until last year militants housed in this area, but now nature has taken its course as flood waters have swept away lives and livelihoods. Mingora, Pakistan, 2010

  • A roadside motel is completely destroyed when heavy monsoon rains caused major damage all over Pakistan. Chakdare, Pakistan, 2010

  • A father and two sons on a motorbike drive past one of the many camps for flood victims in Sukkur. Sukkur, Pakistan, 2010

  • 3 tents stand on land where houses were washed away in the recent floods. People slowely return to their land in hopes to rebuild their lives. After constant attacks of Taliban millitants the Swat valley recently was badly hit by flood waters and causing major damage in this already troublesome region. Mingora, Pakistan, 2010

  • Different families sleep together in a school building in Kamari town. All over Pakistan schools, colleges and other government buildings are being used as temporary shelter for flood affected families. Hygiene is one of the biggest concerns and most people have skin infections, diarhhea and other diseases. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A childrens' drawing on the outside wall of a school now housing flood affected families. Education or schooling is still lacking in most of the camps and children roam around or help their mothers with backing or washing clothes. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • Clothing and blankets hang to dry on a school building. The college is now being used to house displaced people from all over the Sindh province that had to leave their flooded villages. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A baby lays in a makeshift hammock in the Technical college now housing families affected by the flood. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • An elderly woman displaced by the floods waits for a consultation with one of the doctors working in the temorary camp housed in the Technical College. Especially children and elderly people are vunerable to many diseases and infections. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • Children play with empty cookie and candy rappers in a college that now houses displaced people affected by the floods. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A man sleeps on a counter of a physics lab in a college that now houses displaced people affected by the floods. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • Washing hangs on the line in front of a wall with a prayer painted on it. This school now houses displaced families from the floods and remains closed until the people affected can return to their villages. Shikarpur, Pakistan, 2010

  • Children sleep on the floor in open air outside the Technical College building temporarely housing flood victims. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A dirty latrine in a school building used to house families affected by the floods. Hygiene is one of the biggest problems in the differernt camps and a big cause of diseases and infections among the IDP's. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A pregnant woman and her child leave the makeshift doctors office in a school now housing IDP's affected by the floods. Providing antenatal care is one of the priorities for doctors assisting the flood victims. Shikarpur, Pakistan, 2010

  • Lack of hygiene is causing many skin infections especially among the children. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A newborn baby sleeps in the Technical College now housing flood affected families. Traditionally they place the head lower to elongate the neck, despite health concerns for the baby. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • Women and children wait outside the doctors office inside the Shikarpur high school now housing families affected by the recent floods. Shikarpur, Pakistan, 2010.

  • A 7 month pregnant woman comes into the makeshift doctors' office for a check up. Her brother died in a road accident the day before and with the stress and grieve she is worried about her unborn baby. On top of the phsychological stress of being displaced by the floods, some have added grievances to deal with. Sukkur, Pakistan, 2010

  • Childrens' drawings on the wall of the Pepri storage building now housing hundreds of flood affected families. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A young child sits by the makeshift cooking fire in the Pepri storage building now housing hundreds of families affected by the floods. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A woman is finishing a newly made blanket out of pieces of cloth donated by charity to the flood victims. After having lost all their possessions in the flood, people are resourceful in making clothes, blankets and other essential items needed to survive. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A youngborn baby with a bad skin infection sleeps covered in flies in Pepri camp housing hundreds of flood affected families. Depsite advice from the medical staff present, people often still don't listen or know how to keep their children clean and healthy. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A pregnant woman in labor about to go to the hospital to give birth, is hanging up the washed clothes of her other children. Living in the camp makes conditions for pregnant women even harder. Most women are anemic and complain of the heat of living in the tents. Keamari town, Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

  • A pregnant woman feeds her 1,5 year old baby in the tent she now lives in after having lost everything in the floods that swept through Pakistan. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010

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