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Published 13 Oct, 2022 11:59pm

Malala Fund commits $700,000 to organizations in Pakistan to support flood relief

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai’s charitable organization Malala Fund has committed $700,000 (PKR 154 Million) to organizations to help flood victims in Pakistan.

The organization said it was an investment that includes direct funding to local partners and partnerships to support flood relief.

“The scale of the destruction is astounding and the psychosocial and economic impact on the lives of people, especially women and girls cannot be overstated,” said Malala, adding that millions of Pakistanis were suffering the consequences of climate inaction.

She urged the world leaders to step up, accelerate their response plans and mobilize funds needed to help the country rebuild and support impacted populations.

Yousafzai, who became the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate in 2014, flew to Pakistan on Tuesday to meet flood victims.

She visited camps in rural Sindh province where she met families who have fled their submerged villages.

The trip marks her second visit to her home country since she was flown to Britain after getting shot in the head by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in 2012.

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