Kausar Gul, a student of class 8th, had been saving up to take admission in cadet college — the young girl from Sindh’s Mirpur Khas, managed to save Rs80,000. But when she saw the floods devastating the people of her village, she decided she didn’t want to get admission — she wanted to help.

“When I saw floodwaters entering the houses of the village, I decided to donate the money,” Gul told Aaj News, adding that it was her dream to become an army officer and help the people.

“It seems that I am performing my duties as an army officer,” she said.

The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented, with more than 33 million people impacted and over six million people are in dire need of humanitarian aid.

Record monsoon rains killed more than 1,200 people and injured over 6,000 since mid-June.

Over a million houses have washed away and vital infrastructure has been destroyed.

Moreover, the aid agencies have warned of an uptick in waterborne and deadly diseases, such as diarrhoea, cholera, dengue, or malaria.

The government has decided to increase the cash relief budget for flood victims from Rs28 billion to Rs70 billion in order to cover a large number of affected people.

“I request everyone to support people in this difficult time,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said after reviewing the flood situation in Sindh’s Qambar Shahdadkot.

Meanwhile, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has appealed the international community to help people affected by the large-scale flooding.

After the DEC launched the appeal it raised £13.5 million after just two days to help some of the 33 million people affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan, which have submerged one-third of the country.