smartcybers786@gmail.com 
#vulnerable #floodhit #areas #Political #Economy
Loads across Pakistan once again destroyed millions of lives, destroying houses, livelihoods and infrastructure. Rescue efforts are underway, government agencies, humanitarian organizations and community volunteers who are working hard to provide food, shelter and medical aid. Among the commendable arc, a serious reality remains: not everyone arrives.
When the chaos and the displacement, those who are the weakest – such as women, children, disabled people, old and backward groups – are often left behind. First they manage to access strong, more vulnerable and better -connected relief, while disappointing people need to struggle quietly. If humanitarian reaction is to be meaningful, it must move beyond numbers and logistics and ensure the participation of the basic principle.
Disasters do not affect everyone equally. For women and girls, being displaced, harassment, abuse and smuggling are more at risk. When the family is forced to shelter or camps, confidentiality and protection are compromised.
Reports of the previous emergency have shown that the absence of gender -sensitive planning causes women to suffer silence. Women need more than food and shelter – they also need access to safe places, dignity kits and hygiene equipment to handle their basic needs. For pregnant women, disasters can turn into a life -threatening emergency.
Without maternity care facilities, many people face unsafe delivery or lose access to essential medicines. Mothers need help to take care of their newborns in a critical environment. Protection of women’s dignity is not a secondary problem – it is central to the protection of life.
Children are among the first to feel the psychological weight of the homeless. Losing homes, schools and normal safety can stimulate deep anxiety, stress and depression. Often, children’s mental health is ignored in favor of immediate survival needs. In the absence of psychological social support, these wounds can create their entire future. Safe sports places, temporary learning centers and friendly corners of children are important. They allow children to regain the usual feeling while protecting children from exploitation, children’s wages or smuggling.
After each flood or earthquake, people with disabilities are left behind. Rescue camps are rarely accessible and distribution sites are often far away from the affected palaces. Although qualified physicians can quickly access aid, people with disabilities, especially those with malfunction, live at home, wait for help that can never reach.
This emission is not due to a lack of need, but because relief efforts are rarely designed with accessible. Ration, tents and medical kits must reach people where they live. It is important to map their locations before and during the emergency. Community volunteers can play a key role in ensuring that no one is ignored. Providing mobility relief, building ramps to SheltterSand Training Relief Workers to include disability are the steps that can change the reaction.
One of the permanent challenges in the flood -hit areas is the unequal distribution of aid. Effects or contacts often manage to secure relief packages. The poorest and extremely backward risk of going empty -handed.
Another group is often overlooked, especially those who live with chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension or heart disease. For them, obstruction of medical equipment and lack of special care can be fatal. Relief distribution should be given regular medicines, accessible shelters and medical monitoring for older people. Their voices may not always be loud in chaos camps, but their needs are essential.
One of the permanent challenges in the flood -hit areas is the unequal distribution of aid. More influence or better contacts often manage to secure relief packages, while the poorest and most backward risk goes to the empty hand. This imbalance disrupts the purpose of humanitarian aid. Relief should not be occupied by powerful. Transparent and equitable distribution procedures-such as community-led monitoring and fair registration processes are essential.
Beyond food and shelter, disasters are left behind a heavy psychological tool. Families who have lost their loved ones, livelihoods or homes are deeply traumatized. Nevertheless, when health centers are overwhelmed, psychological social support is often the first to be neglected. In South Asian cultures, discussing mental health leads to dishonor, which makes people seeking help even more. Humanitarian actors have to integrate advisers, social workers and trained volunteers in their response. Group sessions, listening safe places and social activities can help individuals to implement grief and anxiety. Healing is just like healing bodies as healing brains.
The reaction to the destruction cannot be measured by how many trucks of aid are sent or how many shelters are arranged. Someone should also ask if the most backward is safe, supportive and involved.
For this, many steps are important, such as mapping to identify and detect women’s heads, disabled people, children, old and backward families. Surveys from house to house are offered to ensure that the distribution locations are offered where they are. Safe spaces, gender -sensitive planning to provide dignity maternity health services; Child protection measures through psychological social support, safe sports and learning opportunities; Disability in camps, centers and services. Integration of mental health services in each relief efforts; And adding local leaders to ensure transparency and justice under the supervision of the community.
The flood of Pakistan not only examines infrastructure and resources, but also the social values. Rescue work that ignores women, children, disabled people and the elderly and the elderly are not really human -friendly, this is the election survival. Including is not an optional extra, this is the basis of justice in the crisis. When we rebuild the destructive floods, let us remember that every life makes a difference and no one should be left behind.
The author is a communication and advocacy expert who guides the lower levels of awareness and development measures. He is currently the project director in digital time communications.
