Misery for the ‘doomed orphans’ of Pakistan floods (AFP)

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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/August/international_August794.xml§ion=international

16 August 2010, 7:19

AMNOWSHEHRA, Pakistan - Six million children are suffering from Pakistan’s devastating floods: lost, orphaned or stricken with diarrhoea, they are the most vulnerable victims of the nation’s worst-ever natural disaster.

At relief camps in government schools and colleges and in tent villages on the edge of towns and by roadways, children are prostate from the heat, sick from poor drinking water, or simply trying to find work.

“These are the most bitter days of my life,” said Iltaz Begum, 15, suffering from diarrhoea and stretched out in a government tent on the muddy outskirts of the northwestern town of Nowshehra.

“The weather has made our lives miserable. I had to leave my blind mother behind and there’s no one to look after her as my father died two years ago.”

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1. K&R Very very sad and distressing

The UN are saying that 3.5 million children are in danger of catching deadly water borne diseases, too: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4505085

Thank you for posting.

[JNelson6563]

2. Horrible.

Heartbreaking. The misery is unimaginable.

Julie