By 26 September, over 5.4 million people in Pakistan, including 2.7 million children, had been affected by monsoon rains and flooding, and this number was expected to rise.
These photos reflect the situation of thousands of families in Sindh Province in the south of the country.
On 22 September, 10-year-old Asma stands outside her family’s flood-damaged home in Allahdad Awan Village, in Sindh Province.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1531/Asad Zaidi
On 22 September, a boy wades through flood water inside a rural health centre in Thari Mirwah, a town in Khairpur District, Sindh Province
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1530/Asad Zaidi
On 24 September, girls make cow dung cakes at the edge of an expanse of flood water in Ghulam Hussain Gadahi Village in Sindh Province. Dung cakes are used as a source of fuel.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1524/Zaid
On 14 September, families load their belongings into the bed of a truck as they flee rising flood waters in the village of Khoski, in Sindh Province
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1407/Warrick Page
On 10 September, a woman and her children shelter in a classroom in Badin, a city in Sindh Province. They fled rising flood waters in their village. The school has been turned into a camp for families displaced by flooding.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1382/Warrick Page
On 14 September, a child and man sit in the back of a truck in the village of Khoski, in Sindh Province. They are fleeing rising flood waters in the village
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1409/Warrick Page
On 13 September, a girl holds a baby in the city of Hyderabad, in Sindh Province. Nearby, residents block a road to protest the lack of more assistance. They were forced to evacuate their homes due to rising flood waters
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1401/Warrick Page
On 13 September, a boy pushes a cart along a narrow strip of land between utility poles and expanses of flood water, in the city of Hyderabad, Sindh Province.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1402/Warrick Page
