Die Monsoonüberschwemmungen die Pakistan verwüsteten sind eine anhaltenden und weiterwachsende Krise. Neuerliche Überschwemmungen in der südlichen Provinz Sindth betreffen über 70 Dörfer und zwei Städte um den Mancharsee südlich von Dadu. Der Wasserspiegel überschritt die sichere Marke und führte zu Massenevakuierungen von zehntausenden in die umliegenden höhergelegenen Städte.
Jail City, ein Kamp mit 7.000 Evakuierten in Thatta im Süden von Sindth erhält die wichtigste Unterstützung von der Rotkreuz ERU. Eine deutsche (+österreichische) Watsan Emergency Response Unit (ERU) bringt täglich 33.000 Liter aufbereiteten Trinkwassers, was etwa 5 Liter pro Person und Tag bedeutet. Laut dem Teamleader Claus Muchow, besteht die Herausforderung in der Schulung der Campbewohner.
Ehe die Trinkwassertanks errichtet wurden hatten die Menschen nur Zugang zu schmutzigem Wasser. Jetzt wo sie sauberes Wasser haben, müssen wir ihnen dessen Bedeutung für ihre Gesundheit bewusst machen. Manche trinken weiter Schmutzwasser weil sie den Chlorgeschmack nicht mögen.mehr (engl....)
The monsoon flooding disaster that has devastated Pakistan is still an ongoing and growing crisis. Further flooding in the southern province of Sindh has inundated over 70 villages and two towns around Manchar Lake, south of Dadu. Rising water levels in the lake spilled over protective levees which led to the mass evacuation of tens of thousands of people to surrounding towns and higher ground.
For over a month the devastating effects of the flooding in Pakistan have been relentless. Millions of people remain homeless, hungry and without clean water and medical assistance. Although the floodwaters have started slowly to recede in many areas, the prospects for many who are still unable to return home remain bleak.
Purified water – a cultural challenge
Jail City, a camp of 7,000 displaced people in Thatta in southern Sindh, receives its most essential assistance from the Red Cross and Red Crescent. A German Red Cross Watsan Emergency Response Unit (ERU) pumps out 33,000 litres of purified drinking daily, which allows for approximately 5 litres per person per day. According to Claus Muchow, the German Red Cross Water and Sanitation ERU team leader, challenges remain in educating the camp population, “Before we set up the tanks with drinking water people only had access to contaminated water. Now that they have access to safe water we have to promote its value to their health. Many continue to drink the contaminated water because they don’t like the taste of chlorinated water”.
To remedy this dilemma, the Pakistan Red Crescent, at the forefront of the emergency response, has organised Hygiene Promotion sessions for women and children living in the camp. The camp has only four toilets, so the German Watsan ERU is building more latrines to stop the open defecation which is escalating health risks.
Aid delivery speeding up
The Iranian Red Crescent is also present in the camp with a mobile clinic which treats up to 200 patients every day, from both the camp and surrounding areas, where tens of thousands of people have been cut off from medical assistance. Most of the medical conditions they treat are related to unsanitary living conditions. The displaced villagers are living in close proximity to each other and many have brought their cattle and livestock, which contribute to the hygiene problems. The Iranian Red Crescent has also provided thousands of tents in the whole Thatta region, and is regularly distributing food and other items for 10,000 people.
Along the many roads and levees along the rivers in Pakistan, tens of thousands of people are still roaming the countryside looking for food, water and shelter. To speed up relief deliveries the Red Cross and Red Crescent is increasingly carrying out distributions through village leaders to ensure that aid items reach entire communities. Since the flooding began more than 650,000 people have been reached with emergency assistance.
Quelle: IFRC
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