The struggle for life in Mithi

Agencies Published March 11, 2014
Women and children from a drought-stricken area wait for relief outside the Army Relief Camp in Mithi, on March 11. – Photo by Reuters
Women and children from a drought-stricken area wait for relief outside the Army Relief Camp in Mithi, on March 11. – Photo by Reuters
Pakistani villagers tend to their children, affected by famine, at a government hospital in Mithi, the capital of Tharparkar district, on March 11. 7. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani villagers tend to their children, affected by famine, at a government hospital in Mithi, the capital of Tharparkar district, on March 11. 7. – Photo by AFP
Nand Lal, a 10-year-old who was displaced from a drought-stricken area suffers from a chest infection, sleeps on a bench outside a ward in Civil Hospital Mithi, on March 11. – Photo by Reuters
Nand Lal, a 10-year-old who was displaced from a drought-stricken area suffers from a chest infection, sleeps on a bench outside a ward in Civil Hospital Mithi, on March 11. – Photo by Reuters
Pakistani villagers tend to their children, affected by famine, at a government hospital in Mithi, the capital of Tharparkar district, on March 11. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani villagers tend to their children, affected by famine, at a government hospital in Mithi, the capital of Tharparkar district, on March 11. – Photo by AFP
Kari (Left), a 9-year-old suffering from a stomach infection, lies beside her mother at the Civil Hospital in Mithi, on March 11. – Photo by Reuters
Kari (Left), a 9-year-old suffering from a stomach infection, lies beside her mother at the Civil Hospital in Mithi, on March 11. – Photo by Reuters
A Pakistani villager sits with her child, affected by famine, at a government hospital in Mithi, the capital of Tharparkar district, on March 11. – Photo by AFP
A Pakistani villager sits with her child, affected by famine, at a government hospital in Mithi, the capital of Tharparkar district, on March 11. – Photo by AFP

Due to the devastating epidemic of famine, dozens of children have died from malnutrition and other illnesses in Pakistan's southern region of Thar this year, prompting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to travel to the drought-stricken area to allocate $10 million in emergency aid.The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said 18 children under the age of five had died in January and another 23 in February.

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