'Save the Children' pledges student's rehabilitation in flood-hit areas.

ISLAMABAD -- The international humanitarian organization 'Save the Children' Tuesday pledged rehabilitation of flood-affected children across the country while taking part in the government's initiative of extending relief and rehabilitation support to over 33 million affected people including 16 million children displaced due to the recent devastating floods.

'As part of our national child rehabilitation program, we have established two temporary learning centers at Dara Shah gram, a village of flood-hit Swat city, for children, where over 150 students are enrolled to provide them with quality education,' Hassan Noor Saadi, Regional Director Asia, Save the Children, informed the media during his visit to these centres.

He said that teachers, provided by the government, were imparting education at the centres.

'We have also arranged a child-friendly play space where these flood-affected children can end their anxiety through gaming activities,' he said.

Hassan Noor Saadi further added that 'flood-affected Swat was the focused district of 'Save the Children' in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

By quickly responding to the national calls for relief efforts, we have also provided NFI kits, dignity kits and other necessary relief items in addition to tents to ten schools of the district,' he said.

He revealed that Save the Children had also established a rural health centre in Bahrain, district Swat, where two doctors including a female and paramedical staff were providing health care to about 400 patients daily along with provision of free medicines.

'We have also arranged a psychiatrist at the health centre who is counselling children get out of the trauma in shape of flood miseries,' he said.

The latest figures show that 33 million people including 16 million children have been severely affected by the devastating floods in 116 districts across the four provinces.

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