Malala visits women at flood camps in Pakistan
The Hindu
Yousafzai visited camps in rural Sindh province where she met families who have fled their submerged villages
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai met Wednesday with victims of Pakistan's devastating monsoon floods, in only the second visit to her home country since being shot by the Taliban a decade ago.
Catastrophic flooding this summer put one-third of Pakistan underwater, displaced eight million people, and caused at least an estimated $28 billion in damage.
Yousafzai visited camps in rural Sindh province where she met families who have fled their submerged villages.
"The scale of the destruction is astounding and the psychosocial and economic impact on the lives of people, especially women and girls cannot be overstated," Yousafzai said in a statement released by her organisation, the Malala Fund.
"World leaders must step up, accelerate their response plans and mobilise funds needed to help Pakistan rebuild and support impacted populations."
The Malala Fund has committed up to $700,000 to organisations in Pakistan.
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