affected are the poor, people who had very little to begin with. the community that we found here used to live on the banks of the indus river, which has been over flooding for weeks. they came here because this was higher ground, many of them travelled for hours and kilometres to try and get here. just behind me is the little means that they have been able to put together. there aren t any tents here, there is no clean drinking water, there isn t even any food, and they don t know, they tell me, why they have been neglected. this farmer has been sleeping in an open field for a week. today, he has finally gathered enough branches and sticks to build shelter for his family. translation: even - when the water recedes, all we will have are these branches. 0ur homes are gone. we have nothing. i was able to grow my own vegetables back home, and everything is gone now. i can t even feed my children. we need help. the floods have not only taken lives, they ve ta ken livelihoods, too.
there is still dry land. families have been displaced across pakistan, but the people that have been worst affected are the poor, people who had very little to begin with. the community that we found here used to live on the banks of the indus river, which has been over flooding for weeks. they came here because this was higher ground, many of them travelled for hours and kilometres to try and get here. just behind me is the little means that they have been able to put together. there aren t any tents here, there is no clean drinking water, there isn t even any food, and they don t know, they tell me, why they have been neglected. this farmer has been sleeping in an open field for a week. today, he has finally gathered enough branches and sticks to build shelter for his family. translation: even - when the water recedes, all we will have are these branches. our homes are gone. we have nothing.
they came here because this was higher ground, many of them travelled for hours and kilometres to try and get here. just behind me is the little means that they have been able to put together. there aren t any tents here, there is no clean drinking water, there isn t even any food, and they don t know, they tell me, why they have been neglected. this farmer has been sleeping in an open field for a week. today, he has finally gathered enough branches and sticks to build shelter for his family. translation: even - when the water recedes, all we will have are these branches. 0ur homes are gone. we have nothing. i was able to grow my own vegetables back home, and everything is gone now. i can t even feed my children. we need help. the floods have not only taken lives, they ve ta ken livelihoods, too. iqbal ali has travelled across two provinces,
such as clean water and food. this farmer and his family have been sleeping in an open field for a week. translation: even when the water recedes, all we will have are these branches. 0ur homes are gone. we have nothing. i was able to grow my own vegetables back home, and everything is gone now. i can t even feed my children. we need help. but the reality is that the country and its government is overwhelmed and besieged. aid agencies are struggling to cope. situation, unfortunately, unfolding is not good. people are desperate for international aid. and yesterday i was out with my team in kpk, district charsadda, where people were standing alongside the motorway main motorway connecting with islamabad, capital city. they were desperate
travelled for hours and kilometres to try and get here. just behind me is the little means that they have been able to put together. there aren t any tents here, there is no clean drinking water, there isn t even any food, and they don t know, they tell me, why they have been neglected. this farmer has been sleeping in an open field for a week. today, he has finally gathered enough branches and sticks to build shelter for his family. translation: even - when the water recedes, all we will have are these branches. 0ur homes are gone. we have nothing. i was able to grow my own vegetables back home, and everything is gone now. i can t even feed my children. we need help. the floods have not only taken lives, they ve ta ken livelihoods, too. iqbal ali has travelled across two provinces,