By Shahab Qaiser | Relief Manager Tharparkar
Update on Tharparkar DROUGHT 2015 help needed urgently
Tharparkar is the one of desert in Sindh Province, Pastoralists and others in Pakistan’s desert of Tharparkar region in Sindh are facing a grave crisis: Their livestock are dying, their children are malnourished, and when families move to less drought-affected areas they often get a hostile reception.
Mr. Shahab Qaiser Program officer AHD visited the drought hit area during last week and come to know that widespread and large-scale support required for drought hit families of Tharparkar Sindh, the drought hit after every 3-4 years spell when low rain happen. As per media and experts sharing “This is the worst drought we have encountered since 1998,”
Some deaths were reported in Tharparkar from 1 December 2013 to 28 March 2014 of which 51 were men, 34 women and 116 children. Starvation, sickness was the main cause of these deaths.
Drinking contaminated water as supplies ran short also contributed to disease, he said, with “water often shared by animals and humans”.
We at AHD looking up to start sustainable project in Tharparkar and we need of your all cooperation to plan and start some genuine base activities to reduce drought vulnerability
By Mr. Misri Sarwan | Program officer, Mithi Tharparkar
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