Fazal Kareem, Pakha Gulam.
My name is Fazal Kareem and I belong to Pakha Gulam. Recent floods have indeed caused a lot of damage but the heavy rainfalls which came before the flood caused many of the mud houses to collapse as well. My house was one of the mud houses which fell due to the rain and because of this we have been forced to live under the open skies without a roof on our heads. One of our relatives suggested that people are registering at G.P.S School no.1 for aid and shelter and that we should also go there. When we got there every one started staring at us and looked at us as if we do not belong here because we belonged to another village and that village was not hit by the flood. Most of the people who were there had lost their houses due to the floods; we have also lost our home just like them and have an equal right to be provided relief and aid. After spending a few days at the camp the government announced that all schools should be vacated as soon as possible so we had to pick up the little that we had and left the camp to go and live with one of our relatives. It’s unfortunate that despite the governments orders there are still a lot of people who are living forcefully in other schools and aid is still being given to them. We did not get a chance to celebrate Ramzan or Eid and we still don’t have a home to go to.
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