Floods leave children without education in Kashmir

Published October 17, 2014
A teacher stands on the stairs of a flood-ravaged school. Damaged by the recent floods hundreds of schools are unfit for holding classes in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher stands on the stairs of a flood-ravaged school. Damaged by the recent floods hundreds of schools are unfit for holding classes in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher stands on dried, caked mud as she inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher stands on dried, caked mud as she inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher stands inside flood-ravaged office premises. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher stands inside flood-ravaged office premises. Photo-by-AFP
A chair hangs from a window in a flood-ravaged classroom. Photo-by-AFP
A chair hangs from a window in a flood-ravaged classroom. Photo-by-AFP
A flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inspects a flood-ravaged classroom in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inside a school sorts through certificates and documents damaged by the recent floods hundreds of schools unfit for holding classes and tens of thousands homeless, in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
A teacher inside a school sorts through certificates and documents damaged by the recent floods hundreds of schools unfit for holding classes and tens of thousands homeless, in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
School teachers inspect records and documents damaged by the recent floods hundreds of schools unfit for holding classes and tens of thousands homeless, at a school in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP
School teachers inspect records and documents damaged by the recent floods hundreds of schools unfit for holding classes and tens of thousands homeless, at a school in Srinagar. Photo-by-AFP

Tens of thousands of Kashmiri children have been left without education, as many schools were damaged by the recent floods. The flash floods that hit the Indian-controlled Kashmir over five-weeks ago not only washed away lives but destroyed property, business and dreams of tens of thousands of inhabitants.

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