When I go on Holiday to Pakistan, I always prepare to face hardships bcos things are not always as easy as they are here, so I pack lots of things in case…
I get bitten by insects (repellent),
or get sun-burnt (sun block),
or get food poisoning (anti-biotics),
or drink bad water (water purification tablets),
or get dehydrated (re-hydrating sachets),
or need to freshen up my face (wet wipes),
or if i need some snacks and I don’t like the stuff there.
Of COURSE if goes without saying, I only drink BOTTLED WATER, preferable COLD.
What about the heat, would I need a generator to power the A/C in the event of Load shedding?
Now then, what if I was going on holiday to a refugee camp in Mardan, what would I need to take with me then?
**Unicef plea for Pakistan refugees **
By Jill Mcgivering
BBC News, Islamabad
Those displaced have been forced to flee with little preparation
A senior UN official has made an urgent plea for more money to support the displaced in north-west Pakistan. About two million people have fled their homes to escape fighting between the army and militants.
Louis Georges Arsenault of the UN children’s fund told the BBC it was the biggest internally displaced population since the Rwanda crisis in 1994.
Unicef wants Pakistan to provide the refugees with basic services - water, power, schools and health services.
Pakistan has urged refugees to return home, saying it is safe to do so.
While some refugees have returned, Unicef wants the government to give people written guarantees of their safety.
FROM BBC WORLD SERVICE
Mr Arsenault, who is Unicef’s head of global emergencies, said the situation was dire, not only for the families who fled their homes but also for communities struggling to support them.
Hundreds of thousands of people are living in camps which are now overflowing but they represent a small fraction of the problem in Pakistan.
More than 80% of the displaced are far less visible, dependent on local hosts.
Some communities have doubled or tripled in size. Local homes are bursting and resources depleted.
Mr Arsenault said school buildings were now being used to house people with nowhere else to go.
Almost 4,000 schools have become camps, increasing by about 200 schools a week.
He said pressure was growing with monsoon rains and the planting season both about to start.
“If they [the displaced people] are not able to go back for the agriculture season they are going to miss the year and that is a critical factor,” Mr Arsenault said.
Some people have returned but many say they are still not convinced the fighting is over.
Unicef has called on the government to give formal written guarantees of safety. It also wants basic services restored.
That needs a massive investment which so far foreign governments have been slow to make.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Unicef plea for Pakistan refugees
Makes you think, doesn’t it?
Astaghfirullah.
These people have walked in the blazing heat of the summer to get to the camps, and some have lost wives, husbands, parents and children along the way.
These people are suffering in the blazing heat of the summer, living in congested tents without even a fan. No cool water to drink. They have to walk so far to get water, fight eachother for food, only the strongest most persistent win. Old frail people have to rely on others or sit there wasting away.
What are the chances of their food and water being suitable for consumption? What are the chances that they will NOT have food poisoning?
How far away do you need to walk to go to the loo? There are people who have to walk out very far before they find one that is shared with others and goodness knows what condition it is in, and how long the queue is.
ALL - Please pray and do all that you can to help.
@ the rest of the posters, like read between the pink jeeezz