AKDN / Insiya Syed
Weeks have passed since Pakistan declared a national emergency and the floods have slipped from the headlines. But while the media has moved on, or shifted the focus to longer term recovery, millions of Pakistanis are still in need of immediate assistance and medical attention.
In the hardest-hit areas of Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, families displaced by the floods are sleeping out in the open, in tents or in makeshift shelters. Clean sanitation is unavailable, causing an alarming spread of diseases and a second wave of death and destruction.
Our photographer travelled to some of the most remote and affected villages in rural Sindh, where the Aga Khan University (AKU) medical relief camps are treating thousands of people by the day. These camps migrate each day to where the needs are greatest. In the early morning, staff set out on boats to assess where communities are stranded, so that camps can be set up nearby in the coming days.
In this photo gallery, meet some of the men and women who shared their stories of how their families are surviving, after the deluge.