Peshawar Schools House Flood Refugees

Junaid Alam in Peshawar

More than 3,000 internally displaced people, IDPs, have found refuge in flood relief camps set up in government schools in the city of Peshawar. 

Nearly 2,000 people have been killed and some 16.8 million affected by devastating floods that have swept through Pakistan. 

A total of 3,280 IDPs from Peshawar suburbs including Jaba Daudzai, Akbar Pura, Banda Shaikh Ismail Khail, Lala Kaley Tarnaw and Agra Sardaryab have been accommodated in flood relief camps set up in government schools in Peshawar city. 

In Peshawar’s Government High School No 1, a total of 641 women, 427 men and 1,053 children from 251 families have been housed, while 176 women, 115 men and 473 children from 113 families are now in Government High School No 2. The Jogiwarha Boys’ Middle School has provided 68 families with temporary accommodation and the Government Middle School for Girls is sheltering 12 more. 

A relief camp in the Government Girls Highs School Yousaf Abad is housing 62 displaced families and 22 families are living in the Zaryab Colony Government Middle School and Government Primary School Yousaf Abad. 

Over 900 flood-affected individuals have taken refuge in half-built houses in the Khazana district of Peshawar. 

Government departments and NGOs are providing the IDPs with food items and other essential items like clothes, medicines and cooking utensils.