As all of our class trickles in from the International Public Service projects, Channel 11 news decides to air three of the projects from the Clinton School students on their 6:30 pm news.
Our International Public Service Projects in tonight's news
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Worst Floods of the Century
I reached home safe and sound but my heart is still in Pakistan where millions are facing yet another crises......
Pakistan has a traditional moonsoon season during july and august when strong seasonal winds blow from Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, bringing heavy rains to the region but this year's rains caused one of the worst floods of the century, killing hundreds and making several million homeless. Currently more than 20 million Pakistanis are displaced from their homes and more than 1/5th of country is under water.
Pakistan has a traditional moonsoon season during july and august when strong seasonal winds blow from Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, bringing heavy rains to the region but this year's rains caused one of the worst floods of the century, killing hundreds and making several million homeless. Currently more than 20 million Pakistanis are displaced from their homes and more than 1/5th of country is under water.
Millions of people are homeless and hungry. But the outbreak of disease pose a new and great health risk to the floods affected population. Clean water and sanitaion is one of the biggest issues currently.The spread of imminent water born diseases like cholera, pneumonia, diarrhoea, dengue, hepatitis, malaria, etc is the current challenge that needs to be conquered asap.
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