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STORY: PAKISTAN / FLOOD REFUGEES
SOURCE: UNHCR
TRT: 1:58
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 3 AUGUST 2010, HAJIZAI REFUGEE CAMP AND PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
1. Various shots, flooding waters, children walking in the mud
2. Med shot, child eating on ground
3. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Gul Hassan, Flood Victim:
“We were in the camp when flood waters entered our home. The water level went up to a meter. No there is not a single house standing intact in the village all have been damaged.”
4. Various shots, uunloading truck with UNHCR tents
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Bashir Ahmed, Field Officer, UN Refugee Agency:
“We are distributing tents and non-food items to the refugee populations whose houses were totally destroyed, damaged and washed away by the flood waters.”
6. Various shots, flooded areas
7. Various shots, flood victims
8. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Jan Bibi, Flood Victim:
“Our houses had mud water like this high; animals were lying dead around us. I was screaming and could not stop crying seeing all that.”
9. Various shots, tents
10. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Misken, Flood Victim:
“We moved our children to the roof top to save ourselves from the water. The flood water even made its way to the roof top levels. Then we were left stranded, there was no where to go.”
11. Various shots, flood victims
The rains brought the worst flooding Pakistan has seen in years. The hardest hit region areas are Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and the eastern Punjab.
The authorities say that over 1,400 people have died. And millions have had to move to higher ground to escape the rising waters.
The victims, many refugees, fled Pakistan 25 years ago. Now they are living by roadsides and are homeless again.
SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Gul Hassan, Flood Victim:
“We were in the camp when flood waters entered our home. The water level went up to a meter. No there is not a single house standing intact in the village all have been damaged.
UNHCR distributed over 6000 tents and 2000 essential items to the some of the worse-affected families.
SOUNDBITE (English) Bashir Ahmed, Field Officer, UN Refugee Agency:
“We are distributing tents and non-food items to the refugee populations whose houses were totally destroyed, damaged and washed away by the flood waters.”
The floods have washed away roads and scores of bridges making access to those in need difficult.
This Pakistani family was stranded on the roof of their home until they were rescued by boat. Now they too are living on a motorway near Peshawar.
SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Jan Bibi, Flood Victim:
“Our houses had mud water like this high; animals were lying dead around us. I was screaming and could not stop crying seeing all that.”
Misken’s story is similar.
SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Misken, Flood Victim:
“We moved our children to the roof top to save ourselves from the water. The flood water even made its way to the roof top levels. Then we were left stranded, there was no where to go.”
The distribution of supplies will continue, but agencies say that rebuilding will be costly and time consuming. And they worry that the devastation could spread as the rains move south.
