The United Nations has said its agency UNICEF is on the ground in Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan supporting the governments and partners in all these countries to support affected children and families.
"In South Asia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it is alarmed about reports of children and young people impacted by torrential rain, flash floods in Afghanistan, in Bangladesh, in India and Pakistan," Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric told reporters in a regular briefing on July 29.
Some of the support provided has been in the form of bed nets, tarpaulins for temporary shelter, buckets, mugs and other essential items, he said.
Dujarric said UNICEF is also calling for $9.3 million from the international community to support emergency preparedness and strengthen climate-resilience programmes for children in the region.
