CNN —One year after catastrophic floods devastated swathes of Pakistan, some 4 million children in the South Asian nation remain without access to safe water, the United Nations children’s agency has warned.
“Vulnerable children living in flood-affected areas have endured a horrific year,” Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, said in the statement.
“The climate-related disaster deepened pre-existing inequities for children and families in affected districts,” UNICEF said in the statement.
Children pick vegetables from water at a flooded market after heavy rainfall in Lahore on June 26, 2023.
Fadil from UNICEF said the agency has called on the government of Pakistan and its partners to “increase and sustain investment in basic social services for children and families.”He added: “We cannot forget the children of Pakistan.
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