Fight The Flood – Bridge Our Divide. New blog, check it out (via Wajahat S. Khan) compiling information about Pakistan floods, blogs etc.
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Personal note: Flood relief in remote Kohistan, by Rashida Dohad
Posted on August 26, 2010 by beenasarwar
Agreeing on the process of distribution, Kandia Valley, District Kohistan. Photos: courtesy OAK Foundation
Distributing food in Kandia Valley, Kohistan
Below, a personal note of Aug 25, 2010 about flood relief efforts in Kohistan, from Rashida Dohad, who works with the Omar Asghar Khan Foundation (see website for updates, an overview of their flood relief efforts and photo gallery). As explained on the website, floods have affected 16 (nine severely) of the 24 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “Many in need of urgent aid are difficult to access as areas are isolated due to road/bridge destruction/damage; and blockages due to landslides. The Foundation is initially focusing on the following districts: Nowshera, Charsadda, Shangla, Kohistan, Battagram and Mansehra.” Read on for Rashida’s account of their rather dramatic recent trip to the remote Kandian Valley in Kohistan: Continue reading
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Four main camps around Karachi
Posted on August 26, 2010 by beenasarwar
On the side of Super Highway, children running after a Suzuki with relief goods (not managed). Photos: Yasir Husain
Received this information in an email from Yasir Husain, Karachi, Aug 24, 2010:
A C-130 from Jacobabad airlifted a group of stranded people to Karachi. These people are in a number of camps I visited in the Hawkesbay / Keamari / Manghopir area. One has 650 tents, and is generally secure and well catered for. The area has electricity and a tent hospital with beds.
Another camp close by is in a girls’ college on the main Hawkesbay Rd. The college was built by PPP government 15 years ago. It never opened or finished, but still gets additions. The refugees from upper Sindh housed here are being well looked after, but say they were never told that they were being taken to Karachi, or Mangopir. Ambulances and police are on standby, and district officers are on duty. There was an anti-mosquito spray at the college, which had a generator on standby, but no electricity. Continue reading
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Volunteers needed – Karachi Relief Trust
Posted on August 26, 2010 by beenasarwar
CALL OUT TO ALL CITIZENS – WANTED: Volunteers to help with food distribution, camp management, data collection.
The Karachi Relief Trust urgently requires volunteers for camp management& food distributions in IDP camps in Sindh. KRT has already provided 4000 families with immediate relief in Nowshera and Charsadda and is currently providing food, immediate relief and shelter in the severe flood affected areas of Sindh. KRT has experienced staff in humanitarian relief and disaster management and is working around the clock to ensure efficient and equitable relief and rehablitation to those affected. We are now looking for a team of dedicated volunteers to help with food distribution, camp management, data collection etc.
- Camp Locations: Shikarpur, Moro, Sakhrand, Thul, Sukkur, Ghotki and Jhal Magsi are some of the camps in Sindh.
- Duration: a minimum of 7 days. You can volunteer individually or volunteer together as a group of 4-5 people.
- What do we want you to do?: Food distribution, camp management, data collection, coordination with karachi team etc.
Accommodation and travel will be provided. Briefing and training will be provided to all volunteers before they leave.
For more information or to volunteer: Please email adoptacamp@karachirelief.org or moneeza.ahmed@gmail.com
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Appeal from Zebu Jilani (granddaughter of the last Wali of Swat)
Posted on August 22, 2010 by beenasarwar
Zebu Jilani (right) speaks to women in Swat, July 2010. Photo courtesy Globe & Mail.
The people of Swat suffered first under the Taliban, than due to army action and now due to floods. Inspiring to see their resilience and efforts to get back on their feet. See article in the Globe & Mail: A princess returns to the Swat Valley, Akbar Ahmed’s Huffington Post article Compassion in Taliban Territory, and email below from Zebu Jilani, granddaughter of the last Wali of Swat. Continue reading
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Updated: PIA offers Free Airlift of Relief Goods
Posted on August 21, 2010 by beenasarwar
Updated: PIA offers Free Airlift of Relief Goods thru its Domestic & International Network
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Indian doctors for flood relief? Misleading reports
Posted on August 21, 2010 by beenasarwar
“We hope to be able to get some Indian doctors to volunteer for flood relief in Pakistan as a ‘goodwill gesture’ by Aug 24-25. Their number will certainly not exceed 10-15. It may be another 2-4 weeks before they will be able to go to serve in Pakistan if they are permitted,” clarified an organiser in response to an email today. “The 400 figure is sensationalist, and could be counterproductive”
Fair enough. So where did this story come from? 400 peace doctors may not get visas ??
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Doctors protest target killing of colleagues
Posted on August 19, 2010 by beenasarwar
As the PMA protested in front of the Press Club in Karachi yesterday afternoon over the murder of an Ahmadiyya doctor – a paediatric surgeon at Dow – they got news of the murder of a Shi’a doctor in the city. This is beyond belief. At a time when the country is facing its worst natural disaster ever – these fanatics continue their killing spree, targeting doctors, of all people. See news report. Following is a press release sent out after the doctors’ meeting on Aug 20, 2010: Continue reading
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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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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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