Principal Prakash Malla ordered students at Bageshwori Higher Secondary School to evacuate to higher ground on August 26 before floodwaters arrived. ^[1] Financing is the biggest obstacle to reforms needed to make nutrition a major objective in Pakistan's food policy. ^[2] Studies and official sources indicate that 30-40% of Pakistani children under five are stunted, 30% are underweight, and 17.7% are affected by wasting. ^[3] Approximately 400 students and teachers were evacuated from Bageshwori Higher Secondary School before the floodwaters reached the location. ^[4] Floodwaters entered the town of Baireni after 9am local time on August 26, inundating the area where the school is located. ^[5] UNICEF estimates that around 17,000 children required humanitarian assistance after the August 26 floods, with the reported toll crossing 900 deaths. ^[6] An estimated 20-40% of food is lost after production in Pakistan, reducing the effective supply of nutritious food. ^[7] Approximately one in three mothers in Pakistan is malnourished, with 42.7% of women of childbearing age anaemic, 27% deficient in vitamin A, and 80% deficient in vitamin D. ^[8]