Helping families who have fled the conflict in north-west Pakistan

More than 2 million children and adults were forced to flee their homes after fighting in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) escalated.

Many, like Wakeel, his wife and their two daughters, Ilm Naz, five, and Faiza, one, (pictured below) couldn’t afford to pay the extortionate rates being charged by car owners to ferry people to safety.

They had no choice but to make the dangerous 25-mile journey through the mountains on foot.

Not only did Wakeel and his young family have to abandon all of their possessions, but they were forced to leave behind the girls’ grandparents as they were too weak to make the journey.

Arriving at the home of a distant relative in a remote village in the Swabi District of the NWFP, the aid they received from Save the Children staff on the ground in Pakistan proved invaluable, giving Imn Naz and Faiza’s mother the chance to look after her young daughters.

“We left our home in a hurry and didn’t bring anything along. My daughters only have one set of clothes – and they are dirty now and irritate them.

“The household and hygiene kits have provided what we needed for daily life, like bathing and washing clothes. My children can now eat from clean plates.”

We’re delivering much-needed aid, including essential household and hygiene items, to families who have fled from the fighting in the NWFP and who aren’t living in established camps.

We’re also treating thousands of displaced children like Faiza and Imn Naz through our mobile health clinics.

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