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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Osama Bin Javaid

How Pakistani entrepreneurs stepped in after flood disaster

A Pakistani man walks on a flooded highway in Sehwan in the worst-affected Sindh province [Akhtar Soomro/Reuters]

Jamshoro, Pakistan – Monsoon floods ravaged large parts of Pakistan last month, overwhelming disaster management efforts. But non-profits and dozens of entrepreneurs, old and young, stepped in as their country faced its worst disaster in decades.

There’s a huge need for everything – from tents to blankets, from mosquito nets to water purification, from food to hygiene kits, and from anti-malarial medicines to basic fever medication.

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