Pakistan floods: one year on | Real life stories, photos & videos

In July 2010, the world’s worst flood left 14 million people in Pakistan needing emergency help. Many families lost everything after fleeing the disaster. Thousands of schools were destroyed and huge areas of farm land were wiped out.

One year on, millions of survivors are back on their feet with the help of UK aid. British support quickly provided people with the lifesaving help they needed – such as shelter, water, food and medical care.

Beyond the immediate crisis, UK aid helped thousands of families to start again. Building new homes that can stand up to floods, repairing damaged schools and providing new seeds for farmers have all helped to give people the tools they need to rebuild their lives for the future.

Hear first hand from the survivors on the progress made so far, and the challenges they still face. Plus access free-to-use case studies, photos and videos in our new feature: www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistanfloods-1yearon

Core Facts

The scale of the Pakistan floods was unprecedented and are the worst ever recorded. Ten years' worth of rain fell in a week affecting 20 million people
The floods killed nearly two thousand people and destroyed 10,000 schools, two million homes, and hundreds of bridges, roads and electricity pylons
The UK provided shelter for more than a million people, including 13,400 flood resistant brick houses, each big enough to house a family of eight
More than 200,000 children are now back in school as the buildings have been repaired with the support of UK aid
Britain delivered basic health care for 2.6 million and safe drinking water for 2.4 million people in the aftermath of the floods
Special seed packages, tools for farmers and skills training for rural communities are also helping to reduce dependency on long-term aid
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Britain is immensely heartened to have been able to change the lives of people affected by the floods, and to now see families living in flood-resistant houses that we've helped to build, children in schools we've repaired, and people harvesting crops from seeds that we gave them.

Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell