

Women survivors shared their problems with her.

Yousafzai expressed concern over the effects of floods on children’s education, according to information from the media consultant. The education of these 2m children was affected, he said and added that “still many areas are under water”. Meanwhile, the education minister shared details of relief measures adopted by the provincial government with her.Īccording to information shared by the chief minister’s media consultant Rasheed Channa, the education minister briefed her about the state of schools and children, stating that 12,000 schools had housed two million children in Sindh. He said IRC was engaged in similar activities in Mirpurkhas, Badin and Sanghar districts which were affected by floods. IRC senior member Asif Hayat also spoke to her, sharing details on how IRC was responding to people in the aftermath of floods in collaboration with the government and civil society. He said it was a high-profile visit in which security remained tight. Soomro told that the Nobel laureate spent around two hours in the area meeting children and women to learn about their problems. Soomro added that Yousafzai went to meet women and children in safe spaces created separately created for them. “I informed her about our response and activities continuing for the last 45 days”, he said. RDF’s executive director Ashfaq Soomro briefed her about the organisation’s response to floods and survivors. A post shared by Churail Sarwat met representatives of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Research and Development Foundation (RDF) - the organisations that are busy in the flood response in collaboration with the provincial government.
