Kamala's Story

They live in Ghunia Village in the Sindh region of south Pakistan, and Kamala depended on her sewing machine for her income as a seamstress.

The family walked three hours in the middle of the night to the nearest town. They then stayed in a tent city in Karachi (on the south coast) for two months.

Kamala has now returned to Ghunia with her two children. She lives with them and her father in a transitional shelter provided by Catholic Relief Services' Cash for Work scheme. Her husband has stayed in Karachi to work as a waiter and is only able to come home for two weeks every two months. Kamala supports the family by sewing.

Before the floods the family enjoyed a good standard of living with a fridge and a fan. Even though the shelter is temporary, Kamala is thankful not to live in a tent. ‘This project gave us a shelter and clean water. It got us out of the tent. We are thankful for that’, she says.

Also read Abdullah's story.