Pakistan floods: Sindh province still in need of assistance – in pictures

Displaced villagers in Badin district, in Pakistan's Sindh province. In August 2011, heavy monsoon rains triggered flooding in lower parts of Sindh and northern parts of Punjab. Despite aid efforts, thousands are living in makeshift roadside shelters Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images A donkey pulls a cart along a road in Badin district surrounded by flooded fields. This year's rains – which followed the severe monsoons of 2010 , when a decade's worth of rain fell in just three weeks – hit the still-recovering region particularly hard Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Shamin, 23, and her mother-in-law, Chatta Bah, a midwife, go about reconstruction work in Juman Namllah village in Badin district. The women have been gathering mud and preparing house walls after the family home was submerged during the floods Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Shamin's two-month-old baby, Namatullah, lies under a bednet. Donations to funding appeals for those affected by the floods have been slow , prompting aid agencies, including Oxfam and Save the Children, to warn of possible programme cuts Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Husna, 32, with her baby, Wahid Hasina, who received medical care after the family home in the village of Juman Namllah was submerged. They had erected a protective wall, but the water destroyed it, prompting them to relocate to higher ground Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Zahid Hussain, 13, digs a toilet in the village of Juman Namllah as part of an Oxfam education progamme. As part of its relief effort, and to counter the threat of disease, Oxfam has been distributing health kits in the village and providing hygiene guidance Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Farmers and croppers, their crops destroyed in the floods, have resorted to fishing in the submerged fields of Badin district. At this spot, 10 men fishing for three hours caught just one fish; the average family size among the workers is seven Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Buffalo are led to drink at a local sub-drain. Livestock are normally migrated from Badin district to Tharparkar in June, but a lack of rain persuaded herdsmen to break with custom this year. When the floods came, some 100,000 cattle were washed away Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images A makeshift roadside camp in Mirpur Khas district, Sindh province. According to aid agencies, more than three-quarters of households affected by the floods have not received any shelter, while approximately 800,000 people have been displaced Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images A group of people in the makeshift camp in Mirpur Khas. It is estimated that around 3 million people are in need of emergency food assistance, while a minimum of 2 million adults and 3 million children are at risk of contracting disease Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Sahib Khatoon, 61, a widow with eight children, queues for a 7,000 rupee ($80) cheque in Ibrahim Kaloi, Mirpur Khas district. Oxfam is distributing the money to 6,000 households affected by the floods; many women had never previously visited a bank Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images A group of pregnant women (from right: Nahida, 22; Zohra, 20; Nazia, 25; Shebana, 25; Bashira, 22) in a temporary shelter near the village of Geo Kaloid, in Mirpur Khas district, discuss their experience of maternal health during the recent floods Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Naghme, 25, who has four children, makes bread with utensils supplied by Oxfam in a camp next to the village of Geo Kaloi, where she has been living for two months. Her home is still submerged in water. Her sister-in-law, Shazia, 14, collects twigs Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam A women washes utensils in a temporary camp at Digri Bypass in Mirpur Khas district. "Due to lack of funds," says an Oxfam spokesman, "we have had to choose between what is most urgently needed and provide that instead of following our set action plan." Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Flood-affected families fill vessels at a roadside tank installed in Mirpur Khas district. Most families have spent the money they received from Oxfam on food such as rice, pulses, flour and sugar, but clean water remains a vital basic resource Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Children sit among the remains of Geo Kaloid in Mirpur Khas district. The village was totally destroyed in the floods and residents – who have no savings to rebuild their homes once the waters have receded – are living in makeshift roadside shelters Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images A man sells fish on a road near Geo Kaloid. According to the UN, at least 4.2m acres (17,000 sq km) of land have been flooded since late August, a situation that has obliged many farmers to fish in flooded fields in the hope of making a livelihood Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images A boy in a temporary camp at Digri Bypass in Mirpur Khas district. NGOs have criticised the international community doing too little to help Pakistan recover from the 2010 floods, putting the country on the back foot ahead of this year's monsoon season Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Children play in a temporary camp at Digri Bypass in Mirpur Khas district. A lack of media coverage has been blamed for the sluggish response to the emergency funding appeals for Pakistan in the wake of the August flooding Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images Water laps the side of the road at sunset in Mirpur Khas district. Oxfam's flood response aims to provide clean water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, animal fodder, kitchen kits and toolkits to around 3.9 million people Photograph: Sam Phelps/Oxfam Photograph: Sam Phelps/Action images