Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visits flood victims in Pakistan
September 20, 2022, 4:07 pm

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visits flood victims in Pakistan

Angelina Jolie in Pakistan today. She’s in Dadu to meet those affected by the floods and highlight the urgent need for help - Twitter account

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie arrived in Dadu, Pakistan Tuesday Sep 20) to meet people affected by the floods and to highlight the continued urgent need for help, the Daily Times reported.

The Hollywood starlet flew by helicopter to Dadu, where she was closely guarded upon arrival.

She took a boat as well to observe and comprehend the devastation caused by the disastrous floods.

Additionally, she heard directly from the afflicted ladies about their needs and ways to stop similar suffering in the future.

Ms Jolie, who previously visited victims of the 2010 floods in Pakistan, and the 2005 earthquake, will visit the IRC’s emergency response operations and local organisations assisting displaced people including Afghan refugees.

Pakistan, which has contributed just 1% of global carbon emissions, is also the second largest host of refugees globally, its people having sheltered Afghan refugees for over forty years.

Angelina Jolie once again in Pakistan after her last visit in 2010 to help flood victims again. So much respect for this queen she always has used her fame in helping the needy people and being a vocal voice for women empowerment 👑 pic.twitter.com/iUx2D3udQw
— Famy.. (@fambanglani) September 20, 2022

Ms Angelina Jolie will highlight the need for urgent support for the Pakistani people and long-term solutions to address the multiplying crises of climate change, human displacement and protracted insecurity we are witnessing globally.

Nearly 1,500 people have died from the floods since mid-June, nearly 400 of them children, while millions have been displaced, according to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

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Pakistan, which was already grappling with political and economic turmoil, has been thrown into the front line of the human-induced climate crisis.

Pakistan’s monsoon season usually brings heavy downpours, but this year’s has been the wettest since records began in 1961, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department Torrential monsoon rainfall — 10 times heavier than usual has caused the Indus River to overflow, effectively creating a long lake, tens of kilometers wide, according to images from the ESA on August 30.

Source: dailytimes

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