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An epidemic outbreak after a month-old drain... visit a flooded site in pakistan

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 A short drive from the city of Sukkur in Sindh Province, Pakistan, a huge body of water starts to flow on both sides of the road. The water that looks so deep that you might think you are passing through the middle of the lake stretches endlessly. Occasionally, only telephone poles and trees are visible, but other traces are hard to find. Tents are lined up on the road where cars run. Cloths of different colors and sizes barely covered the sunlight. Everyone sits helplessly and stares at the water. As we approached for coverage, everyone told us about the difficult situation after the flood. "There's a house right there in the water. There's no support whatsoever. What can we do?"  A city turned into a lake... A village in Shadakoth, Kambar, Sindh, suffered the most from flooding as the water did not drain for a month . As reporters leave, children flock to them. “I want to be a teacher,” as one girl shyly replies when asked about her dream, other kids answer here an...

Malala Yousafzai

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  Malala Yousafzai became internationally known for her activism in defense of women's right to education. She was the victim of a Taliban attack and survived. Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who became internationally known for defending the right of women to have access to education. He lived in a region dominated by the Taliban and defied the fundamentalist group's orders to stop studying. Her activism led to her becoming a target of the Taliban and being the victim of an attack in 2012. She survived and, in 2014, received the Nobel Peace Prize. Summary Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Pakistan. She grew up in a Muslim family and was encouraged by her father to study. During her childhood, Malala became an activist for women's right to have access to education. Because of this, she and her father began to be threatened by the Taliban, a group that controlled the region in which she lived. He was the victim of an attack, but survived. She was sent t...