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On 31 October 2022 in Pakistan, 10-year-old Asifa shows a drawing she’s made during class at a UNICEF-supported Temporary Learning Centre (TLC) for children set up next to the flood-damaged government primary school in Meenhoon Khani Buldi village, Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh province.
Pakistan has been enduring severe monsoon weather since June 2022, which has caused widespread flooding and landslides, with severe repercussions for human lives, property and infrastructure. The humanitarian situation has deteriorated over the past months due to the flooding, impacting an already highly vulnerable population.
As of 31 October 2022, an estimated 20.6 million people, including 9.6 million children, need humanitarian assistance due to the floods. To date, 84 districts have been declared ‘calamity hit’ by the Government of Pakistan. Many of the hardest-hit districts are amongst the most vulnerable districts in Pakistan, where children already suffer from high malnutrition rates (which may worsen), poor access to water and sanitation, low school enrolment, and other deprivations. Some of these same districts also host over 800,000 refugees from Afghanistan, and there are at least 7.9 million people who have been displaced, of whom some 598,000 are living in relief camps.
While mounting an initial response, UNICEF has participated in rapid needs assessments as well as post-disaster assessments and is leading sectoral coordination in the WASH, Nutrition and Education sectors and Child Protection sub-sector. UNICEF is supporting the Education Sector to mitigate disruptions to education through immediate response efforts. To date, UNICEF has established 510 Temporary Learning Centers (TLCs) in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh, currently supporting 42,951 students, of whom 18,198 are girls. In Balochistan, UNICEF has supported the dewatering, cleaning, and disinfection of schools in five districts including Jaffarabad, Killa Abdullah, Nasirabad, Sibi and Sohbatpur, allowing 29,614 students to resume education, of which 11,659 are girls. This brings the total students accessing learning opportunities via UNICEF lead education interventions to 72,565, of which 41 per cent are girls.
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UNICEF Global Director of Education visits Pakistan to witness effects of flooding on students and their schools - 2022
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