Karl Schuler, the SRC for the communication of International Cooperation is responsible, just back from Pakistan. He reports his impressions.
the station of the town of Charsadda in the north of Pakistan have long been no train is more retracted. The neat brick building bears witness to a time when the British introduced railways Pakistan had its heyday. But since a week of the waiting room is the disused railway station revived again. But not with trains. The medical team of the local Red Crescent has here, an incredible surgery for patients and a pharmacy established.
"The people displaced by floods need to be treated mainly diarrhea and skin diseases," says the competent Dr. Nakash.
at the station site next to the overgrown weeds tracks 150, SRC delivered tents are set up. Here is attracted by families who were displaced by the floods from the surrounding villages. Immediately after the flood of early August, they had largely taken refuge in schools and hospitals.
"But now the school starts again and the hospitals need the space for the patient," explains Youssef Jan, the manager of the Red Crescent. "For the most needy families before the coming winter to provide protection, we are building here a model camp." These include next to the station set up health posts in the winterized tents and blankets and stoves, including drinking water and latrines.
Although not a train arrives or departs, there, now very busy in the station-Camp of Charsadda. For each family allocated by the SRC delivered food rations shall be 20 pounds for the next two weeks. All foods like rice, lentils, oil, salt and sugar could be procured in Pakistan. Since the flood, the harvest of the tenant farmers was largely destroyed, is that food aid for the coming weeks and months of great importance.
video with Karl Schuler, he reports his impressions on the spot.
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Text and photos by Karl Schuler SRK; picture of Dr. Nakash: SRK, Olivier Matthys
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