Gallery: Oxfam - Pakistan relief effort

Updated: 17:32, Tuesday, 24 August 2010

One month on from the start of severe flooding in Pakistan, Oxfam is working to help tens of thousands in need in Nowshera, Charsadda and in Jacobabad district in Sind Province.

All Photos Credit: Rebecca Wynn/Nicholas Brooks

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  • Yasmin in the camp in Charsadda. She shares her tent with three other families and says that 21 people are sleeping in one tent.
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    Yasmin in the camp in Charsadda. She shares her tent with three other families and says that 21 people are sleeping in one tent.

  • Girls in Gore Kheo village at South of Jacobabad in Sind Province have to walk for miles to collect drinking water. This area is now completely underwater.
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    Girls in Gore Kheo village at South of Jacobabad in Sind Province have to walk for miles to collect drinking water. This area is now completely underwater.

  • Men clean up their homes after flooding in Charsadda.
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    Men clean up their homes after flooding in Charsadda.

  • People with their livestock were living on the Saifullah Dam in Southern district of Jacobabad, in Sind Province last week. The Dam is now under water.
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    People with their livestock were living on the Saifullah Dam in Southern district of Jacobabad, in Sind Province last week. The Dam is now under water.

  • Children playing up to the cameria in a camp in Charsadda.
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    Children playing up to the cameria in a camp in Charsadda.

  • Flooded graveyard in Nowshera. When it rains some people put plastic sheeting over the graves of their relatives to try and protect them.
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    Flooded graveyard in Nowshera. When it rains some people put plastic sheeting over the graves of their relatives to try and protect them.

  • A young boy walks in muddy streets in Charsadda.
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    A young boy walks in muddy streets in Charsadda.

  • Floodwater has not completely receded in Nowshera.
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    Floodwater has not completely receded in Nowshera.

  • Boys walking through the camp in Charsadda.
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    Boys walking through the camp in Charsadda.

  • Oxfam water at camp in a technical college in Nowshera. Many public buildings such as colleges and schools are now housing flood victims.
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    Oxfam water at camp in a technical college in Nowshera. Many public buildings such as colleges and schools are now housing flood victims.

  • Last belongings of people on Saifullah Dam in Southern district of Jacobabad in Sind Province.
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    Last belongings of people on Saifullah Dam in Southern district of Jacobabad in Sind Province.

  • Aerial Shot of flooded area in Sukkur District.
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    Aerial Shot of flooded area in Sukkur District.

  • People load their last belongings including livestock into trucks as they flee rising flood waters.
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    People load their last belongings including livestock into trucks as they flee rising flood waters.

  • Rising flood waters in South of Jacobabad district in Sind Province puts rail tracks under threat.
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    Rising flood waters in South of Jacobabad district in Sind Province puts rail tracks under threat.

  • People collect water from Oxfam tanks in Nowshera.
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    People collect water from Oxfam tanks in Nowshera.

  • A camp on the site of the technical college in Nowshera.
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    A camp on the site of the technical college in Nowshera.

  • Children and women are living in poor conditions at a relief shelter in South Jacobabad district of Sind Province.
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    Children and women are living in poor conditions at a relief shelter in South Jacobabad district of Sind Province.