Cada día 1000 niños mueren por enfermedades relacionadas con el agua

On 23 August, a girl carries buckets of water near a camp for people displaced by flooding, in Sukkur, a city in Sindh Province. By 23 August 2010 in Pakistan, the countrys worst flooding in living memory had affected 20 million people, leaving millions of children in need of immediate, life-saving assistance. Torrential monsoon rains that began in mid-July have caused widespread flooding through much of the country, killing at least 1,497people, a death toll that is expected to rise. Floods initially inundated the north-western provinces, including Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa formerly known as North-West Frontier Province but have since moved south, leaving large parts of Sindh Province underwater and causing mass displacement in Balochistan and Punjab provinces. Nearly a million houses have been damaged or destroyed, and some 4.6 million of people remain without shelter. Energy stations, hospitals, communications networks, water and sanitation systems, schools and other public infrastructure have been damaged. At least 3.2 million hectares of crops have been destroyed, causing severe food shortages and the threat of long-term food insecurity. Stagnant and unsafe water threaten to cause outbreaks of water-borne diseases, including diarrhoea and cholera illnesses especially deadly to children. The United Nations and partners have so far provided shelter to a million people, and tents will soon be distributed to an additional 2.4 million. Over 5,000 schools have been converted into shelters, accommodating an estimated 567,000 flood victims. UNICEF and partners are also providing hygiene and sanitation services, safe drinking water, and medical and immunization services to millions. Still, many more are in need of aid, weather conditions continue to impede aid delivery and additional heavy rains are expected. The United Nations and its partners require US$460 million to meet the humanitarian needs of those affected over the next six months, of which UNICEF requires US$47 million.