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“Why does suddenness brings urgency and importance? Isn’t human sympathy sustainable when it comes to natural disasters”? Asks a flood survivor in Thatta district as relief fades away along with the days that pass.
Is it true that another wave of deaths or another disaster is needed in order to stir aid once again?

— Three months of Pakistan Floods: Beginning of the REAL disaster

“Why does suddenness brings urgency and importance? Isn’t human sympathy sustainable when it comes to natural disasters”? Asks a flood survivor in Thatta district as relief fades away along with the days that pass.
Is it true that another wave of deaths or another disaster is needed in order to stir aid once again?

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