200 feet with around the world, more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. yes. why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines with this is a w news, asia coming up to date. the challenges facing agencies in pakistan, the floods disproportionately affect children. their homes in school swept away disease on the rise. but some anteaus trying to help the band from pakistan and rescue operations intensify and southwest china after a major earthquake. but strict coven lockdown rules and residents prevented from leaving buildings.

ah, bid fizzle and welcome the international charity safe. the children has appealed on pakistan to lift a band or a number of non governmental organizations from abroad to help with a huge flood relief effort. the government started cracking down the n g o z years ago, accusing them of anti state activities. now it needs a help like never before. the prime minister has repeatedly played for international support. but as you'll hear later in the show, bureaucracy is holding back the 8 effort in the mean time, these kids awaiting deadly diseases spreading. that little bodies are more at risk than adults is a shortage of fresh water. and pakistan simply doesn't have the resources to deal with such a crisis. 3 year old at champ, has been feverish for days. ever since the floods badly damaged his family home.

and they've had to sleep out in the open. he didn't get any medical treatment at the start because the family couldn't afford to go to the doctor by the elbow got out of my son fell ill a few days ago because i didn't have the money to bring him here. but i found it. the doctor says he's got malaria that he's getting a bit better when i go either i can i am i recorded, i read on alive for faintly that the stagnant water means mosquitoes couldn't quickly spread malaria. but medical facilities are basic in this remote area of the southern sinned province. at each kumar runs a small practice and is always busy. most of his patients can't afford to pay some damn more of that. we can't really treat patients for free to live, but we do it anyway. but they still have to pay for the medicine, doesn't it?

okay, but there's a lot of disease doctor. most of the children often have several illnesses at once because they're drinking contaminated water, but you had to like live money vinegar. it's not just medical treatment, which is lacking. food is also in short supply. most of these market traders are farmers whose fields are flooded. they also have to deal with the extreme heat. a sy ganguly lay on my house and the harvest have been wiped out yet. i said there's no shelter from the heat in the water in the fields, a still waste deep. they did a vine. my business will go bust and shake hadn't to hear it hasn't rained in this region for about 10 days, but the water cannot run off because the ground is saturated. scientists fear the harvests in the next 2 years will fail. i, a jazz ali and his family are in a desperate situation. their house is uninhabitable.

part of the roof has collapsed and they live in fear of the next rainfall. and i've been there at oklahoma that a government has to help us. our home has been destroyed or rocky, the children are sick. i say no, but yeah, and we have no work. i'm really worried about you. i know my unity login as our now don't bershana. there's no food and the family is having to survive on a few cups of tea a day that will not sustain them for long joining us. today's koran gondo pakistan country director for say the children. we've seen the horrific pictures and heard about the the, the scale of this disaster. but how bad is the situation for kids in pakistan right now? oh, thank you for having me. it's, it's, we see the devastation only as you know, 33000000 people have been affected by these regular rains. it's $72.00,

it's spelled offering and still maureen's are predicted in the month of september. and out of these 3x3w1x6w are, is the number of children which we are getting. it's a huge, huge number. it's a overwhelming situation on ground. so, so we see complete devastation. so we are making sure that the children under 5, they have the special need in terms of the rex nations and other medical health care. so we are making sure that to over more by clinics, through our health teams, we reach out to the far flung areas with still the reserves struggle to reach. you know, that part of our population there, which is which is living in a far flung areas. it's really unfortunate to see that the children have lost all

the personal belongings. they have lost everything which they loved and cared about, like their house is school, their personal belongings. so it's, it's quite tied, breaking to see. and for that, save the children has stablished the child friendly spaces on ground as well. we are, we are trying to pull wide, some recreational activities as well as we know that in such a disaster situations, you know, children do have, you know, some trauma effects on demand for which we are providing, you know, psycho social support to, to do, to, to comfort them into, you know, make sure that they're, you know, survived through these most difficult times. we are also establishing. but to give a little know, come to the situation and some temporary learning centers. the nor $18000.00 plus schools have been damaged and it would be very hard to bring back the situation

normal. but for the make shift arrangement for the entire m arrangement, we have provided and we are expanding on temporary learning center, which our, which, which was going to bridge the gap. and we do not wish that all these children should lose on their education. because of this disaster. ok, so you're giving psychological help, which is important to these children educational support because we were already talking about a lost generation from the pandemic. and you mentioned the damage to houses but is also damaged to schools and education centers. of course you mentioned health as well. tell me what do you say to, to kids and to families who were drinking water? that's not that that shouldn't be drunk. i mean, there's the serious threat of the spread of water born diseases right now. yes,

i think that's exactly the situation i and it's, it's pretty challenging as well. the water is very basic and a continuous supply is quite a challenge as well because it's such a huge scale it's, we are talking about 33000000 or people and 16000000 children so. so that's, that's really concerning. and, you know, we could see looming in disaster as well, you know, some other disaster off shoots of this mega disaster. but you have very rightly mention these, these waterborne diseases. there was a peak condition in these areas as well, where, you know, kinda king water was a challenge to a population. but then again, with these floods, it's an extraordinary situation and we see that, you know, you know, diarrhea, cholera and dingey so. so that's, that's a huge challenge. and as a huge damage is bill to foot. i mean, the united nations is talking about $160000000.00 in aid to help flood victims with

pakistan has said this is going to cost at least $10000000000.00. where does that leave international n g o's that a band from operating in pakistan, save the children, was even briefly banned from updating their so yes, i think the, the scale of this disaster is huge. i think it's, it's historic, pakistan has never seen such a scale of disaster in terms of your 2nd question. i see now a very recent, very progressive approach by the government of pakistan, a towards the international humanitarian organizations. i think they were very fast in issuing save the children and i know see to operate in all the flood head districts, which i would appreciate that government is going positive. but then again, i thing, it's much more which is needed at this point in time to expedite the process of,

you know, the registration and also providing the eno sees a very quickly to the rest of organizations. because the situation has blown out of proportion. the government is doing an extraordinary job, but we also see that they have limited resources and it is not possible with the present resources, be it human or financial to cater off, such a huge need. so therefore, i think the government of pakistan has to expedite the process and also needs to expedite the process of the visas for international humanitarian workers to come in to support this you know, mega disaster in pakistan, gran gonna from say the children in pakistan. thank you. very much for being part

of the show today. thank you very much. the death tells also rising from this week's earthquake in southwestern china, where the recoveries made even more challenging by pandemic measures and heavy rides. the quakes struck just afternoon on monday in sichuan province, causing extensive damage to houses. it shall buildings in the capital ging do. it's $21.00, millions it citizens are under a strict coven lockdown, which was extend it again today. it's cause frustration and anger following the disaster. police and health care workers refused to allow anxious residence out of their apartment blocks the rug landscape into disaster zone doesn't make rescue efforts any easier. neither did a mudslide and flash floods caused by aftershocks. here near the quakes, api center, emergency teams, a working around the clock to find the remaining survivors. this woman was trapped in the rubble of a collapse 6 story hotel after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck c h one on

monday. yeah, i hear that whole family had to break through the concrete slab of the 3rd floor to rescue someone trapped underneath in a 2nd floor office. we have a we are are loading, but mostly never after 4 hours rescuers managed to pull out the hotel employee. now in stable condition, the survivors spoke to state media about the horror she experienced him with him, i was in the office, which was why crammed, it was too late to run the tip. i had some voices, and then a few, then collapsed. yet i sat in the creek was also felt in shown do the provincial capital, which is largely and unlocked down, but was do exceptions like mandatory must testing. health workers refused to let anxious residence outside adding to public frustration over bating strict coven

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