Stories
A Pair of Hands
Written and Contributed by Samina Jamshaid, CWSA Staff, Professional Art Therapist, and Visual Artist
What springs to mind...
A short spell without debt
The memory of the drought of 2021 was fresh in her mind even a year later. That year, as she had always...
Transforming social mobilisation skills to ensure communities are kept at the heart of aid response and community engagement
Every year Pakistan faces a surge of Dengue outbreak in most of its provinces. With the floods of 2022 leaving lakes of...
Home-grown produce help disaster-hit, small-scale farming families sustain additional income and food security
Home to 50.4 million people and vast agricultural lands, Sindh is vital to Pakistan’s economyⁱ. About 37 percent of Sindh’s rural population...
As Pakistan looks to flood recovery, support for women and children is key
Pakistan’s 2022 monsoon season produced significant rainfall, devastating floods and landslides, affecting millions of people. At the beginning of 2023 and several...
Lone Survivors
As many other disasters and crises, the Pakistan floods have had a disproportionate impact on women and young girls. Deep-rooted gender inequality,...
Kasturi; the Man of her Family
In 2021, the drought killed their three-acre crop and with it their hopes for food on their plates. But Kasturi and her husband...
After the flood: still rebuilding amid uncertainty
Shehdev of village Veri Sal Sarety lying 6 kilometres southwest of Umerkot, the second youngest of seven brothers is a bachelor while...
Eight million displaced communities in need of food, shelter, water and health assistance
The death toll from the Pakistan floods is now recorded at 1,700, with over 33 million people affected. Quoted as the ‘tenth...
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