Mohammad feels lucky that his household has survived, however says he has misplaced every part else.
He exhibits me the fields the place his crops have been ruined.
“This was the one supply of earnings I had,” he says. “I really feel helpless.”
Like 80% of Afghans, he depends upon agriculture for his earnings. Mohammad says he’s not certain how they’ll survive.
He factors to the stays of his home within the distance. He can’t return as a result of the flood waters are nonetheless too excessive.
“I haven’t got something now, what ought to I do? I’ve household to offer for however I’ve nothing.”
Even earlier than the floods hit, the UN estimated that about 24 million folks, greater than half the inhabitants of Afghanistan, would want some type of humanitarian help this yr.
It’s not simply crops which have been affected. Mohammed says his neighbour misplaced his two cows within the floods. They had been the person’s solely approach of creating a dwelling.
And Noor, who’s staying along with his daughter, says the one possessions he has left are the garments he’s sporting. He had lived in the home that was swept away since he was a younger boy – his father constructed it 65 years in the past.
“I had hopes concerning the future,” he says. “My son and granddaughter had been lecturers and I used to be proud as a result of they had been contributing to the way forward for the nation.”
Each at the moment are useless. “The floods took every part,” he says.
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