Malala Yousafzai, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, told the women who had lost everything to flooding that they were brave.
The 25-year-old advocate for girls’ education went to the flood-affected Chandan neighborhood of Juhi in Dadu district on Wednesday, where she spoke with flood victims and looked at the tent city.
The Nobel Prize winner was warmly received by the female victims of the camp.
You’re all going through a tough time, she addressed the victims.
Sardar Shah, the education minister, Azra Fazal Pechuho, the minister of health for Sindh, and singer-turned-activist Shehzad Roy are all with the education activist.
Malala was told by the minister of education on how the disaster is affecting schools and education.
He stated that “around 2 million youngsters enrolled in 12,000 schools have been impacted by the floods.” Shah also mentioned the several places where water is still accumulating.
The minister continued by saying that a second study would be conducted to assess the harm done to the schools once the water had been drained.
The Nobel laureate voiced worry about the harm done to the schools and the reduction in educational opportunities for kids.
Malala also received a briefing on the water at the MNV embankment from Dadu DC Murtaza Shah during the visit.
This season’s monsoon rains in Pakistan were more than typical, producing widespread flooding that submerged a third of the country and damaged standing crops, roads, and rail tracks in Sindh and Balochistan.
The Nobel laureate landed in Karachi a day earlier and is anticipated to offer flood relief funding from the Malala Fund.
The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize recipient is in Pakistan for the second time.
Yousafzai, who was 15 years old at the time, was returning from school in Swat Valley when Taliban gunmen opened fire, striking her in the head at close range.