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Turkish Red Crescent gives a helping hand to flood-hit Pakistan 

by Uğur Yıldırım

SINDH Sep 21, 2022 - 9:55 am GMT+3
Aid workers deliver aid to the displaced, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 19, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)
Aid workers deliver aid to the displaced, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 19, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)
by Uğur Yıldırım Sep 21, 2022 9:55 am

As Pakistan still struggles to recover from this summer’s floods, the Turkish Red Crescent extends a lifeline by providing accommodation, food and other aid 

Recovery is underway after deadly floods that claimed 1,559 lives in Pakistan. The floods, which left millions displaced, were followed by an outpouring of aid to the country. Türkiye, for its part, mobilized to help the affected. The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) is the leading Turkish charity at the forefront of humanitarian efforts.

Displaced people sit outside their tent, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 19, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)
Displaced people sit outside their tent, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 19, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)

Teams of the Turkish Red Crescent try to reach as many as possible, though floodwaters still remain in some places. Either by trucks or by boats, teams seek to address the basic needs of the displaced, including accommodation, food and hygiene.

A woman washes clothes in the river, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 20, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)
A woman washes clothes in the river, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 20, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)

The charity’s president, Kerem Kınık, says the Red Crescent “never left” Pakistan after a deadly earthquake in 2005. “We set up a permanent humanitarian aid delegation here after the 2005 disaster. Our delegation was among the responders to this new catastrophe as well. By the time our teams from Türkiye arrived here, our colleagues, in cooperation with Pakistan Red Crescent, were healing the wounds,” he said.

Kınık also said the Red Crescent first supplied food aid and later organized accommodation efforts. “With the tents we sent from Türkiye and tents we obtained here in Pakistan, we tried to protect flood victims. There is still work to do to address accommodation needs, as well as public health,” he noted. Kınık pointed out that the biggest threat to flood victims was now infectious diseases. “Clean drinking water is a major necessity here. Swamps that the floods created may cause millions to fall ill. People are in need of hygiene materials. So, we will concentrate on supplying hygiene and health care aid in the next stage of our efforts,” he said.

A view of tents, makeshift homes for flood victims, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 18, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)
A view of tents, makeshift homes for flood victims, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 18, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)

The province of Sindh in Pakistan’s southeast is among the worst-hit regions after floods triggered by the heaviest rainfall in three decades that started in June. One-third of Pakistan was inundated with floods, which prompted Pakistan to turn to the international community for aid. In Sindh, which has a population of about 48 million people, more than 500,000 people are still without a home and are taking shelter in makeshift houses.

A view of tents and makeshift homes, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 18, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)
A view of tents and makeshift homes, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 18, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)

Shazadi Mala, who has lived in a tent supplied by the Turkish Red Crescent in Sindh since last month, says some 200 families in their village had to abandon it when the floods hit.

A woman washes her child by the river, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 18, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)
A woman washes her child by the river, in Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 18, 2022. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM)

“I have a 1-year-old baby and I don’t have any means to take care of him. It is very difficult. We have to drink water from the Indus river,” she said. Muhammad Sumar, who lost his 13-month-old daughter to malaria, which became widespread after the disaster, says they had no place to go. “My home, my village is entirely flooded. We could not properly bury our baby and had to bury her here under a tree. We are waiting for the water to recede to return home,” he said.

“I have a baby and we have nothing. My husband brings food by fishing in Indus. We have nothing else to eat,” Marham Morid, another flood victim, said.

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