NC Desk New York: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan last week to support and directly speak to families affected by floods. She landed in Karachi and immediately was taken to Dadu, Sindh where she surveyed damage caused by floods.

A week later actress has taken to Instagram and shared photos of landscape destroyed by floods and written that people need to “learn and follow what is happening” there. Jolie emphasised that level of trauma and compound trauma is severe and how people need to learn about situation and “be aware of climate catastrophe” that we’re seeing.

She shared photos from her visit and of herself looking out a helicopter window to examine damage. When Jolie arrived she surveyed flood-stricken areas in Johi via helicopter. “Last week I was in Pakistan with International Rescue Committee and local organisations, to witness devastation caused by severe flooding which submerged 1/3 of country’s land,” she wrote. She stated that 33 million people have been affected with over 6 million in dire need of “emergency humanitarian assistance”.

On her visit, she met both flood victims and Afghan refugees in country. “Pakistan also still hosts over a million Afghan refugees who are unable to return safely due to current situation.  She urged people need to push governments to understand “lack of fair trade, rising emissions and failure to address conflicts” are causing more death and suffering to millions of families across world.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 30 2022

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