NCA responds to the floods in Pakistan
There has once again been flooding in several areas of Pakistan. Since June 2025, nearly seven million people in Pakistan have been affected. Norwegian Church Aid has responded with emergency assistance in several areas, including clean water, hygiene kits, and mosquito nets.
When we arrive in the village of Dano Kolhi, Sindh, the ground is soft with mud and gravel, a narrow path winding through fields still scarred by water. This is where 15-year-old Jamna Keval lives with her younger sisters and her blind father, a life reshaped by floods.
In 2022, Pakistan suffered one of its worst disasters in living memory. Nearly 2,000 people died as torrential rains, overflowing rivers, and glacial melt, all intensified by heatwaves and climate change, submerged a third of the country. More than 30 million people were affected, half the homes in Dano Kolhi were destroyed, and Jamna lost her mother.
“I don’t remember anything except losing my mother,” she says softly. “The flood only reminds me of her. Now that there’s been flooding again, all the memories have come back. It’s incredibly hard to move on without her. I miss her every day.”
Jamna recounts how the water came rushing in, tearing apart the walls of their home. Her mother, sitting nearby, was struck as the structure collapsed. “My mother suffered serious injuries to her head and body. My father took her to the hospital, but she grew weaker and eventually passed away,” she recalls. “In the beginning, I cried all the time.”
For Jamna, new floods bring old fears. “I feel a lot of fear — about what the future holds, and how the next flood might affect us as a family,” she says.
Building resilient communities
In Sindh, NCA`s sustainable climate solutions, such as robust water systems, toilets, and houses, have enabled people to remain in their homes even as floods strike repeatedly.
For Jamna, these efforts mean her family has clean water and basic supplies — but the emotional loss remains.
“Losing my mother was a huge shock. I still can’t believe she’s gone. I can’t bear the thought of living the rest of my life without her,” she says.
Her story is a stark reminder that climate disasters are not just statistics.
NCA`s response in KPK & Punjab
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) together with local partner Research and Development Foundation, was among the first to respond in 2022. We distributed hygiene kits, installed toilets and water tanks, repaired three water stations, and provided jerry cans and tents. This immediate assistance helped thousands of families endure the aftermath.
Today, the crisis is returning.
Since June 2025, nearly seven million people in Pakistan have been affected by torrential rains and flash floods. Over 69% of those affected are in Punjab and 23% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).
With emergency stocks pre-positioned in both provinces, NCA has once again been among the first responders. Following the emergency declaration in KPK on 16 August 2025, NCA mobilized its core partners under its CRWASH and CES programmes and rapidly deployed emergency supplies.
A Water Treatment Unit we installed is now providing safe drinking water to around 400 families — more than 4,000 liters a day. To date, we have also helped over 800 households with hygiene and dignity kits, water tanks, jerry cans, mosquito nets to prevent malaria and dengue, emergency shelters, latrine slabs, and clean drinking water.
In the next phase, NCA’s Pakistan Country Office plans to upscale its response in Punjab with 6 million NOK from the Norad SPA flex fund. More than 1,500 households will receive hygiene, dignity, and non-food item (NFI) kits.
Other interventions will include trucking clean water to hard-hit areas, installing additional Water Treatment Units, rehabilitating communal water points, and controlling stagnant water to reduce disease. Cash voucher assistance will also support 1,607 households with 25,000 Pakistani Rupees each to help them rebuild their lives.