United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

The natural disaster that happened in 2022 located in Pakistan was being caused by the flooding of the Indus River and the tributaries where it took place between June and October; this event has been flagged as the worst scenario that had happened in Pakistan where this disaster also became a domino effect of humanitarian crisis. The primary reason being believed to be unusually heavy monsoon rains, the situation also being worsened by the season of the melting glaciers seeing that Pakistan is home to more than 5,000 glaciers, taking from the meteorologists and climate scientists they mention that the melting point was also being caused due to climate change. An observer in Pakistan highlighted that this flood has submerged around one third of the country’s total land. Moreover, more than 1,700 people were killed followed by damaging more than 2 million homes, within that data the government has to evacuate 33 million people within a total of 30 million USD losses. Furthermore, when the flood occurred Pakistan was also currently dealing within the economic failures due to the effect of COVID-19. Narrowing into the children’s condition during the massive flood that happened, Pakistan itself has claimed that around 528 children had died during the disaster. A report shown by UNICEF presents that 16 million children have been severely impacted, with 3.4 million of them being young boys and girls. During the tragedy UNICEF also reported that the children are living without any shelter, drinking facilities, and food; due to the massive incidents thousands of water systems, schools, and health facilities are unable to operate.