The real deal. A lifetime, washed away. Mango farmer, author Daniyal Mueenuddin in NYT http://nyti.ms/c4qVqu
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Appeal from Himal Southasia re Pakistan floods
Posted on August 18, 2010 by beenasarwar
We at Himal Southasian have set up a fund in Kathmandu for those all over Southasia and elsewhere seeking to support the immediate, ongoing relief efforts in Pakistan. Please avail this facility to send money to the victims of floods along the Indus. To donate click here.
No administrative charges will be applied to your support, every paisa will be sent to The Institute for Social Movements-Pakistan (ISM PAK) in Hyderabad (Sindh), working with theOrangi Pilot Project (OPP) on emergency response and support. ISM PAK and OPP urgently need funds for rations, medicine, shelters, drinking water, infant diet support, livestock fodder and vaccination, hygiene kits, makeshift toilets and schooling camps.
— From Urooj Zia in Kathmandu
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Pakistani people value India’s $5m aid
Posted on August 18, 2010 by beenasarwar
Pakistani people value India’s $5m aid offer. Indian govt shd send thru fastest channel, even if Pakistan govt under pressure hesitates to accept. No time for games. There’s no problem at people level. Indo Pak peace march (Amn ke Badhte Qadam) 20 Indian marchers donated INR 30K for flood relief in Lahore Aug 15; Indian artists, doctors are volunteering help.
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KarachiRelief, reliable organisation
Posted on August 18, 2010 by beenasarwar
KarachiRelief, reliable organisation, since 2007 cyclone in Balochistan, Sindh. Working w flood victims across Pakistan, donation links/info at http://bit.ly/azDeu7
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60 Pakistan artists donate works; silent auction for flood relief
Posted on August 18, 2010 by beenasarwar
60 Pakistan artists have donated their works at a silent auction at Koel cafe in Karachi. Ends today (Aug 18) 6.30 pm. All proceeds will go to Pakistan flood relief work. See Express Tribune report at http://bit.ly/b8jeFG
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Flood relief: Aitemad Pakistan (good people)
Posted on August 17, 2010 by beenasarwar
Please see email below from friend and activist Naeem Sadiq re Aitemad Pakistan, an organisation formed for flood relief. This is a highly trustworthy (Aitemad in fact means ‘trust’) group of people most of whom I know personally, including the sender, Naeem Sadiq, Justice Fakhruddin Ebrahim, his son Zahid Ebrahim, Dr Samrina Hashmi, Dr Sher Shah Syed, Nazim Haji and others. Please spread the word. They are putting together and distributing 24,000 dry ration bags, to provide approximately two million meals (6000 families for 4 weeks). Each bag costs approx Rs.1500 (less than US $ 20 a bag).
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Medicines needed for flood relief
Posted on August 15, 2010 by beenasarwar
KARACHI, Aug 15: Aslam Khwaja, a friend working in the Sukkur area with Faisal Edhi, sent a message yesterday with a list of the medicines they need (see below). A team of doctors from the Pakistan Medical Association has also joined them. Those wishing to donate, please coordinate with me at the earliest. Will send to Hyderabad where another friend will receive & send on to Sukkur. Thanks.
Continue reading
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Flood relief efforts in Sindh & contact details
Posted on August 14, 2010 by beenasarwar
Flood displaced people in Nowshera, KPK. Photo: Reuters/ Adrees Latif
Information compiled from email received this morning from Maqsood Ali Joyo (grandson of Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo), Petarian 2k007 Jinnah House, Junior Engineer ACE (Pvt) Ltd. Tel. +92 333 2760276:
Floods have forced thousands of people to migrate from Ghotki, Sukkur, Larkana, Shikarpur and Jacobabad. In the latest development 90% of Jacobabad has been evacuated. Special trains have been mobilised for the refugees, heading towards Hyderabad and Karachi. There may be some other camps but so far our civil society teams, political parties and media friends have identified four camps in Karachi: Continue reading
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Flood relief – TCF aims to provide 20 million meals
Posted on August 13, 2010 by beenasarwar
Information on flood relief fund set up by The Citizens Foundation (TCF), a leading non-profit organisation formed by Pakistanis for Pakistanis. This is a reliable NGO with a long track record in education, and also in relief work during the 2005 earthquake. TCF provides formal education to 92,000 less privileged children throughout the country and in AJ&K. TCF will use its network of 660 purpose-built school units in hundreds of rural areas and urban slums located in 68 towns and cities across Pakistan to provide 20 million meals in 30 days to flood affected people.
TCF is putting together ration bags containing flour, rice, cooking oil/ghee, lentils, dried milk, sugar, salts and spices, dates etc. Each bag will feed a family for a month and is worth approx PKR 2,500 (USD 30) including transport. Any amount of donation is welcomed. Donations can be sent to TCF in several ways. Email info@thecitizensfoundation.org for more info or see this link for more information including direct online link for donations.
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Flood relief – Charsadda, Nowshehra, Pubbi and Peshawar motorway
Posted on August 12, 2010 by beenasarwar
Adnan Mufti, a young chartered accountant I know in Karachi, sent information about relief efforts by a group of educated, dedicated and committed individuals he knows working in parts of Charsadda, Nowshehra, Pubbi and Peshawar motorway areas. Charsadda, incidentally, was the home of Bacha Khan, the ‘Frontier Gandhi’ (see report Charsadda lies in ruins). >
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