Pakistan: floods in Balakot

Thursday, August 12, 2010

  • Floods in Balakot, PakistanFlood damage. August 5, 2010 in Balakot, Pakistan. Ghulam Rasool/CWS-ACT
  • Floods in Balakot, PakistanFlood damage. August 5, 2010 in Balakot, Pakistan. Ghulam Rasool/CWS-ACT
  • Floods in Balakot, PakistanMobile medical services. A doctor working for ACT member CWS attends to people who have been affected by the flooding. Ghulam Rasool/CWS-ACT
  • Floods in Balakot, PakistanFlood damage. August 5, 2010 in Balakot, Pakistan. Houses are left precariously overhanging areas that have been washed away by the monsoon floods. Ghulam Rasool/CWS-ACT
  • Floods in Balakot, PakistanACT member CWS speaking to people affected by the flooding. Damage to housing is a major problem. Ghulam Rasool/CWS-ACT
  • Floods in Balakot, PakistanA young boy hurt in the monsoon floods is taken for treatment by medical staff of ACT member CWS. Ghulam Rasool/CWS-ACT
  • Floods in Balakot, PakistanMobile health clinics are being run by medical staff of ACT member CWS to attend to people affected by the monsoon floods. Ghulam Rasool/CWS-ACT
  • Floods in Balakot, PakistanDamage to housing is particularly significant in low-lying areas close to rivers, areas that are mainly inhabited by the economically most vulnerable population. Ghulam Rasool/CWS-ACT

Photographs in this set were taken by Ghulam Rasool for ACT member Church World Service -Pakistan/Afghanistan on August 5, 2010 in Balakot, Pakistan. A majority of affected people have left this community where prefabricated shelters had been their home after the 2005 earthquake.