Since June, relentless monsoon rains have dumped up to five times the 30-year average rainfall on Pakistan, leaving more than 3 million children in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, and at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition.

Crop lands, livestock and whole villages have been swept away, robbing families of their homes and their livelihoods. Roads, bridges, health facilities and schools are all severely impacted.

"Pakistan is facing an enormous calamity," said Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan. The country "needs all the support it can get at the moment."

UNICEF is on the ground, working with partners to provide safe drinking water, water treatment facilities, lifesaving medical supplies, medicine and vaccines, therapeutic food supplies, and hygiene and sanitation products.

UNICEF is also establishing temporary learning centers and looking after the protection and psychosocial well-being of children caught up in this climate-related crisis.

UNICEF has set up health centers to provide emergency health and nutrition support, including care for pregnant women and immunization to prevent disease outbreaks.

On Aug. 30, 2022, UNICEF issued a call to action, requesting $37 million to reach approximately 3.4 million children in Pakistan with lifesaving support.

"We're asking the entire world to respond to this catastrophic climate event," said Fadil.

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