ISLAMABAD, Oct. 11 (NNI): Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to tour the flood-hit areas, officials said.
Malala and her parents arrived in Karachi amid tight security. She will visit affected areas in interior Sindh. She last visited Pakistan four years ago.
The Malala Fund said in a statement the visit is aimed at inviting international attention on the impact of floods in Pakistan and reinforce the need for critical humanitarian aid.
Officials will brief her about the devastation caused by heavy rains and floods which killed and injured thousands while millions were displaced.
Last month the Malala Fund issued an emergency relief grant to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to support relief efforts and protect the well-being of girls and young women.
With this grant, IRC will provide psychosocial support to girls in Balochistan by creating safe-spaces for them, which will offer life skills training and provide menstrual and reproductive health management support, according to a Fund’s statement.
For girls experiencing displacement or whose school buildings were destroyed or closed, IRC will provide emergency education services to ensure girls can continue their education and reduce dropout rates. IRC will also repair and rehabilitate 10 damaged girls’ government school buildings to ensure girls can return to school.
“My heart breaks seeing the destruction in Pakistan and the lives of millions of people devastated overnight. I urge the international community to respond, not just with generous aid and assistance, but with immediate action on policies to curb climate change and establish climate-finance mechanisms,” said Malala Yousafzai, co-founder of Malala Fund had stated in September. NNI
