Every year, natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides and drought take the lives of thousands of people across the country. Though the pain and suffering of the survivors become news for a few weeks, they are soon forgotten. Most of the time they are left to put up with a life filled with dreadful images seared into their memories by these catastrophic events.
In a bid to highlight the agony and distress of such survivors, a documentary festival entitled “Rebranding Disaster Risk Management” was held on Thursday at a local hotel. The event was organised by the Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) — an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
Around twenty young people from across the country showcased short documentaries reflecting miseries of survivors of such natural calamities and lacunas in disaster preparedness and response at the national level.
Of the twenty entries, eight had been shortlisted and best four won prizes. First prize went to Rizwan Hunzai, a National College of Arts graduate who had beautifully documented the miseries of a family that had lost all their property to the landslide which created Attabad Lake. He had also shot and documented the work of a humanitarian agency to rehabilitate the victims.
via Natural disasters: Miseries of survivors showcased through short documentaries – The Express Tribune.
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