Floods sweep future from Pakistan schoolchildren

In Pakistan, where a third of the country lives in hardship on less than $4 a day, education is a rare ticket out of grinding poverty.

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In this picture taken on October 28, 2022, Adbul Qadir (R) along with children walk across a metal girder atop floodwaters in Chandan Mori, in Dadu district of Sindh province. (Photo by Asif HASSAN /

By NewVision Reporter

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Pakistani three-year-old Afshan's trip to school is a high-wire balancing act as she teeters across a metal girder spanning a trench of putrid floodwater, eyes fixed ahead.

After record monsoon rain

Floods sweep future from Pakistan schoolchildren

In Pakistan, where a third of the country lives in hardship on less than $4 a day, education is a rare ticket out of grinding poverty.

In this picture taken on October 28, 2022, Adbul Qadir (R) along with children walk across a metal girder atop floodwaters in Chandan Mori, in Dadu district of Sindh province. (Photo by Asif HASSAN /

By NewVision Reporter

Journalists @NewVision

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