Pakistan drought: government accused over child deaths in Sindh provinceAuthorities culpable over failure to provide Tharparkar region with adequate healthcare and infrastructure, claim NGOsMDG : Drought in Pakistan : Famine claims lives of more than 100 children in TharparkarPeople affected by famine await food aid in Sindh province, Pakistan. The government response to the crisis has been criticised by NGOs. NGOs in Pakistan say the death of at least 132 children in a drought in Sindh province might have been avoided had the government responded sooner. As government aid begins to arrive in the area, local activists have linked the crisis to long-term failures to provide proper health care and infrastructure in the region. The deaths occurred in the Thar desert, part of Tharparkar district, some 350km (200 miles) from Karachi, which runs up to the border with India. Local organisations working with some of the poorest people in the area claim many of those affected by the drought are members of the Dalit caste. Known in Pakistan as the scheduled class, Dalits suffer heavy discrimination under the caste system common across south Asia.Advertisement According to the Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network (PDSN), animals started dying in the desert in October last year but the government didnt act until reports of children dying in the Mithi taluka hospital. Hospital sources told the media last week that 38 children died of malnutrition in the Mithi taluka hospital in December. There were more deaths in the first three months of 2014, including those of three children on Monday. Dear people of God. this is time to stand with the people of thar dessert. These people need ur prayers and support. Childern are dying. No food no medical facilities. Those people needs us. Salave in the love of Christ, Evangelist Maheer Shalal
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:36:38 +0000
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