By IANS,
Islamabad : The UNICEF Wednesday sought $50.3 million from the international community for children affected by the recent floods in Pakistan.
The UNICEF said that 2.7 million children in southern and southwestern Pakistan are among the affected flood victims and have been facing many challenges, Xinhua reported.
In August, Pakistan’s floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains in different parts of the country, killed over 400 people and injured 1,800 besides affecting over 8.2 million more, says the National Disastrous Management Authority (NDMA).
The floods caused damage to an area of 7.98 million acres and swept away standing cash crops in the affected areas of the two provinces, Sindh and Balochistan.
The money would cover the immediate needs of children and women hit by the recent floods in southern Sindh province, said a UNICEF official Wednesday.
He said that additional relief supplies for health, nutrition and water are urgently needed, which cannot be purchased without additional funds.
UNICEF is facing lack of funds as it has scaled up humanitarian assistance to meet the basic needs of thousands of displaced children and women in flood hit areas, he stated.